Racine Park Girls Basketball Streak

The last time a Park team lost to a Horlick team was on December 11, 1992.

12/11/92 Park 38 Horlick 43 L

1/29/93 Park 52 Horlick 46 W 1

2/23/93 Park 47 Horlick 44 W 2

12/17/93 Park 43 Horlick 42 W 3

1/7/94 Park 54 Horlick 27 W 4

2/28/94 Park 55 Horlick 43 W 5

12/16/94 Park 51 Horlick 28 W 6

1/6/95 Park 66 Horlick 44 W 7

3/3/95 Park 59 Horlick 50 W 8

12/15/95 Park 60 Horlick 37 W 9

2/9/96 Park 55 Horlick 46 W 10

3/1/96 Park 63 Horlick 32 W 11

1/10/97 Park 64 Horlick 50 W 12

2/14/97 Park 52 Horlick 38 W 13

3/1/97 Park 61 Horlick 40 W 14

1/9/98 Park 58 Horlick 37 W 15

2/13/98 Park 51 Horlick 33 W 16

2/28/98 Park 52 Horlick 28 W 17

1/8/99 Park 77 Horlick 33 W 18

2/12/99 Park 59 Horlick 38 W 19

2/27/99 Park 76 Horlick 43 W 20

12/17/99 Park 47 Horlick 29 W 21

2/18/00 Park 48 Horlick 44 W 22

3/3/00 Park 46 Horlick 36 W 23

12/15/00 Park 51 Horlick 43 W 24

1/15/01 Park 54 Horlick 35 W 25

2/24/01 Park 37 Horlick 25 W 26

1/11/02 Park 65 Horlick 44 W 27

2/15/02 Park 53 Horlick 41 W 28

1/17/03 Park 39 Horlick 42 L

The Park girls' basketball team continued to ride the Southeast Conference roller coaster Friday night.

On Tuesday, the Panthers hit the highest heights by beating state-ranked Franklin. But on Friday night, they plunged downward. They missed too many free throws, had too many turnovers and lost to crosstown rival Horlick 42-39 at the Park Fieldhouse.

It was the first time Horlick had beat Park since 1993 -- a span of 28 straight games, including postseason contests -- Park coach Jim Betker said.

"In the SEC, you have to come ready to play each and every night, especially in these crosstown games," Betker said. "We didn't have that instinct tonight. Horlick came out pumped up."

The Rebels (7-4, 6-3 SEC) used that emotion to get a 26-22 lead at halftime, but watched it dwindle away in the third quarter. The Panthers (5-6, 4-5 SEC) outscored them 11-2 and took a 33-28 lead into the fourth period.

That's when Park fell apart. The Panthers threw the ball away on their first three possessions in the last quarter.

"That kind of set the path for the rest of the game," Betker said. "We let Horlick get right back in it."

The game was tied 39-39 with about 12 seconds left when Horlick's Barb Ferch made a 3-pointer to give the Rebels the lead for good. She and Tasha Smith each scored 10 points, while Heather Vanoss added eight.

For Park, Jessica Sanchez scored a game-high 13 points and Nina Marcsis added 11.

"We threw the ball away too many times. We didn't make enough free throws," Betker said. "We just didn't have the right intensity."