EDGERTON
A six-minute stretch to start the second half was the difference for Elkhorn High鈥檚 girls basketball team Tuesday night.
Leading by one at halftime, the Elks opened the second half on a 17-1 run and cruised to a 50-41 win over Elkhorn in the nonconference season opener for both teams.
Elkhorn got 14 points from Hannah Koss and 13 from Haley Remington.
Elkhorn coach Jeff Brown said his halftime speech was nothing special.
鈥淚t was nothing I said,鈥 Brown said with a laugh. 鈥淚t was just a matter of settling down and knocking down some shots, which we did.
鈥淥verall, it was a typical first game. Some things we can build off of, and obviously, some areas to work on.鈥
Elkhorn went on an 10-0 run late in the first half to open up a 21-15 lead with 3:22 left.
Edgerton held the Elks scoreless the rest of the half and eventually cut the lead to 21-20 at the break. The Crimson Tide trailed by one despite 10 first-half turnovers.
Koss got an offensive rebound for a basket to start the second half and then added a 3-pointer to push the lead to 26-20. Dillyn Ivery, a 6-foot-4 junior, then made it 28-20 with another putback and Remington鈥檚 free throw stretched the lead to 29-20 with 13:48 to play.
Cassidy Danks, who led Edgerton with 14 points, hit a free throw for her team鈥檚 first point of the second half with 12:45 left, but Elkhorn scored the next six to make it 38-21 with 11:19 remaining. Remington鈥檚 3 capped off the run.
Edgerton coach Mike Schmidt said the game got away when his team didn鈥檛 step up defensively.
鈥淕ive Elkhorn credit, they hit some 3s,鈥 Schmidt said. 鈥淎nd that鈥檚 our fault for not closing out and getting flat-footed.
鈥淎nd offensively, we didn鈥檛 get out and run as well as I think we can. But we鈥檙e young, and that鈥檚 something we鈥檙e going to get better at.鈥
Edgerton opens up Rock Valley Conference play Friday night at Brodhead.
Elkhorn plays at Fort Atkinson on Friday in another nonconference game.
ELKHORN 50, EDGERTON 41
Elkhorn (50)鈥擱emington 4-4-13; D. Ivey 2-0-5; M. Ivey 4-0-8; Koss 5-2-14; Hunter 1-0-3; Grochowski 3-0-6. Totals: 19-6-50
Edgerton (41)鈥Danks 4-4-14; Gunderson 1-1-4; Schuman 1-0-2; Fox 2-0-6; Radtke 1-0-3; Rusch 3-0-7; Zeimet 2-1-5. Totals: 14-6-41
Elkhorn 21 29鈥50
Edgerton 20 21鈥41
Three-point goals鈥擡lkhorn 6 (Koss 3, Remington, Hunter, D. Ivey), Edgerton 6 (Fox 2, Danks 2, Rusch, Fox Gunderson). Free throws missed鈥擡lkhorn 7. Edgerton 7. Total fouls鈥擡lkhorn 13, Edgerton 13