Rochester John Marshall got back on the winning path with a 59-51 win over Austin in a Big Nine Conference girls basketball game Tuesday night at the JM gym.
John Marshall erased a one-point halftime deficit and came back to snap a six-game losing skid. The Rockets also avenged a 29-point loss to Austin a month earlier.
JM improved to 6-16 overall, and 6-9 in the Big Nine. Austin is 8-11, 7-8 in the conference.
John Marshall 59, Austin 51
AUSTIN (51)
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Mary Kate Barinka 6, Babaye Oja 16, Nina Carney 2, Sophia Hebrink 5, Stephanie Justice 2, Meredith Molhusen 7, Jenna Svoboda 11, Taylor Lady 2.
JOHN MARSHALL (59)
Christina Block 4, Katelyn Rushton 9, Megan Byrne 13, Claire Kingsley 7, Megan Haynes 14, Allyson Sherden 1, Tessa Muehe 2, Katie Boldt 9.
Other stats: Byrne 11 rebounds; Kingsley 11 rebounds Haynes 8 rebounds; Rushton 7 rebounds, 5 steals; Block 5 assists.
Halftime: AUST 32, JM 31.
Free throws: AUST 7-16, JM 18-26.
Three-point goals: AUST 6 (Oja 2, Svoboda 2, Hebrink 1, Molhusen 1), JM 5 (Boldt 3, Haynes 1, Kinglsey 1).
