Packer girls fall short to Rochester Mayo

Published 10:34 pm Tuesday, February 18, 2014

The Austin girls basketball team lost 71-54 at Rochester Mayo (11-11 overall, 8-6 Big Nine) Tuesday.

Austin (7-13 overall, 5-10 Big Nine) attempted just three throws in the loss as the Spartans went 28-for-33 from the free throw line.

“It was a real physical game,” Austin assistant coach Jeff Hovland said. “They had a lot of second chance points on offensive rebounds.”

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Ruth Koang had 10 points for the Packers, Shayley Vesel and Alex Hansen each scored nine points and Merideth Fritz had eight points.