Fremont 42  Ludington 38

We we able to beat a very good and well coached Ludington team to go 12-0 in the league and win Fremont Girl's first outright conference championship since 1978.  Fremont won a conference championship shared with Big Rapids in 2020.  I told the girls from day 1 that the conference championship goes through Ludington.  They had won 5 in a row and I have the upmost respect for Coach Stowe and the program he runs.  

I thought if Ludington was able to keep the score and the pace of the game low, we would have a hard time.  We like to speed the game up.  Well, the pace was slow because Ludington plays great defense.  They are long and athletic and do a great job limiting shots.  What kept us in the game and ultimately won the game was our defense.  We showed we can win a grind it out style game as well as a fast paced game.  We led 8-6 after one quarter and 17-12 at halftime.  We scored first in the third quarter but then Ludington made a run and by the end of the third it was Ludington 27  Fremont 26.  The fourth quarter was just a battle of two proud teams that work extremely hard.  We took the lead late in the 4th, maybe 2 minutes to go, and held on.  We had 5 different people score in the 4th.  Jessica Bennett came up big late again scoring 7 in the 4th quarter when we needed it most.  In the first game at Ludington when we trailed by 8 in the 4th, Jessica hit 3 triples in the span of 2 minutes to put us ahead.  Riley Chase also played great in the second half scoring 11 of her 13 in the second half.  Scoring for us was Riley Chase with 13, Jessica Bennett with 10, Taylor DeKuiper with 7 points and 10 rebounds, Mia Clemence with 5 points, 4 assists and 8 rebounds, Olivia Hansen with 4 points, Eliana Vandenberg with 2 and Katie Ackerman with 1 point and 5 assists.  We are now 17-4, 12-0 and we play at Fruitport to close out the regular season.