CM Comes Out On Top Over Edwardsville In Back-And-Forth SWIC Shootout Finale

BELLEVILLE – The Civic Memorial girls basketball team wasted no time getting out to a lead Saturday night in what was the eighth and final game of the SWIC Shootout.

The Eagles were the away team against the Edwardsville Tigers and opened up the game on an 8-0 run.

Marlee Durbin drilled a three-pointer, Isabelle Edwards put in a basket, and Addi Jeffery hit another triple to force Edwardsville into a timeout with 4:52 left in the first quarter.

CM would go on to lead 14-4 after one.

But the Tigers put up a fight. They flipped the script and outscored the Eagles 12-3 in the second quarter, closing the gap to 17-16 at halftime.

“I knew that they were eventually going to throw it at us,” CM head coach Jeff Durbin said. “We just got sped up there for about a four-minute stretch. We gave up some offensive rebounds that let them get back into it. I knew if we could just survive that little rush by them, I knew it was going to come down to the end.”

A three-point shot from Kenley Wise put Edwardsville ahead 21-19 shortly into the second half. After a CM timeout, Journey Anderson sank a basket to give the Tigers their largest lead of the night.

The Eagles closed the third quarter with a 14-4 run, taking back the lead at 33-28.

Allie Truetzchler went to work in the fourth quarter. She scored eight of her 20 points in the final frame with a couple of threes and another basket. She led all scorers in the game.

“That Allie,” Durbin said. “I’ve been begging for a year and a half now for her to start shooting the ball more. She’s had breakout games before, but tonight was another one.”

Marlee Durbin also got into double digits with 12 points. Ogden had eight, Edwards had four, Jeffery had three, and Bryn Helminger had two.

“That’s what I tell these girls. Any night, it can be anybody,” Durbin said of his team’s spread-out offense. “When you have four, five, six girls who at any time can score double digits, it’s hard to scout. If I remember correctly, [Edwardsville] was face guarding Ogden at the beginning, and then someone else steps up.”

The Eagles improved to 7-0 on the season while Edwardsville fell to 3-3.

Anderson led the Tigers with eight points. Gabby Cook and Kennedy Gieseking each scored seven, and Wise and Kaylee Hauschild each scored six. Mia Semith added four.

“I knew it was going to be a battle,” Durbin said. “I told the girls coming in, who wins the boards, and who’s the toughest team is going to win this. I thought we were the tougher team tonight.”

CM just barely won the board battle 40-38.

The Eagles will host East St. Louis on Monday, December 8, while Edwardsville hits the road at Belleville West on Tuesday.

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