Cubs split at home vs Fredonia

GIRLS

There was a moment around the five-minute mark in the fourth quarter of the girls’ Humboldt-Fredonia game when the Cubs might have wrested the momentum back to their advantage.

Humboldt was down 38-30. Cubs had the ball. Hard-charging point guard Riley Wilhite drove the lane, was hacked, went to the line, and pocketed two fresh points for her team. Score: 38-32 Fredonia. The Cubs then got a quick stop on the other end and barreled back down court, Wilhite at the point. Crossing midcourt, the senior found sharp-shooting junior Maggie Johnson, her feet set and hands in an expectant pose. The two have enacted this transaction a thousand times before. But, this time, Johnson was deep in three-point territory — really deep, much deeper than usual; still in Allen County, but certainly outside internet access. No matter. Although she’s expanded her menu of basketball skills since last season — adding an inside-out component and honing a quick first-step — her signature is still her precision shooting. Johnson had already deposited three three-pointers on the night. But she’d missed a few, too. But never by much; she never misses by much. 

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