{"id":89605,"date":"2025-12-16T05:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/89605\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T05:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:24:07","slug":"plano-freshman-leniya-viser-shows-no-fear-hits-clutch-free-throws-late-to-beat-woodstock-in-overtime-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/89605\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano freshman Le\u2019Niya Viser shows no fear, hits clutch free throws late to beat Woodstock in overtime \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

Le\u2019Niya Viser on a few occasions late in Monday\u2019s game, the result hanging in the balance, got the ball a long way from the basket.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t hesitate.<\/p>\n

Plano\u2019s <\/a>freshman point guard dribbled the ball on a straight line to the rim, and turned that aggressiveness into points.<\/p>\n

Where does she get that fearless attitude?<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just my game,\u201d Viser said. \u201cI like taking it to the basket strong, and being strong. I just know that I can go in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viser was indeed strong with the game on the line.<\/p>\n

She scored two key baskets in the fourth quarter, and scored five of Plano\u2019s six points in overtime \u2013 all at the free throw line.<\/p>\n

The Reapers hung on for a 45-42 win over visiting Woodstock<\/a> in the Kishwaukee River Conference to snap a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the fifth of Plano\u2019s 11 games played decided by four points or fewer. The Reapers had dropped the last three, the last one in overtime exactly a week ago to Serena.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was proud with how we competed,\u201d Plano coach Tristan Spivey said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we played our best, but at the end of the day a win is a win. We learned a lot from our previous games. In overtime I do think that helped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viser scored 17 points, a season-high, and grabbed eight rebounds, Jadyn Long had 17 points, 13 in the first half, with eight steals and four assists and Chloe Rowe had 11 points and 16 rebounds for Plano (5-6, 2-3).<\/p>\n

Emma Bierman had 11 points, eight rebounds and four steals, Aiyana Fourdyce scored 10 points and Reese Zawisza had seven points and seven rebounds for Woodstock (4-5, 2-2).<\/p>\n

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Woodstock’s Aiyana Fourdyce (24) dribbles the ball during Monday’s game at Plano. (Photo provided by Mark D. Parris )<\/p>\n

Viser scored 10 of her 17 points in the fourth quarter and overtime. She went coast-to-coast off a Woodstock miss for a basket to give Plano a 38-36 lead with 2:59 left in regulation.<\/p>\n

She pushed the ball again off a Woodstock missed basket and turned it into free throws for a 41-39 lead with 3:28 left in overtime.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s nothing new to Spivey, who has turned the keys to his young guard to run the show this season.<\/p>\n

It shouldn\u2019t surprise that Viser has game. Her dad, Snoop Viser, was a standout player in high school at East Aurora, teammates with Ryan Boatright.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a gamer,\u201d Spivey said. \u201cShe is super competitive. I remember watching her in middle school, she made game-winning shots and that is why I trust her to be aggressive. I see that every day from her.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Reese Zawisza split two free throws with 55.9 seconds left in overtime to tie it 42-42, Viser did the same to give Plano the lead back.<\/p>\n

The two teams exchanged turnovers, and after Woodstock missed a runner for the lead Viser swished two free throws in the final margin.<\/p>\n

She was 5-for-6 from the line in overtime.<\/p>\n

\u201cI work on them constantly,\u201d Viser said. \u201cI just hope they\u2019ll go in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spivey was glad to see her come through late at the line. Viser missed six free throws in a two-point loss to Dwight the season\u2019s first week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the opposite today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"Plano's<\/p>\n

Plano’s Chloe Rowe (24) puts up a shot while being defended by Woodstock’s Aiyana Fourdyce during Monday’s game in Plano. (Photo provided by Mark D. Parris)<\/p>\n

Plano led 26-22 at half, but Woodstock surged ahead 32-28 midway through the third quarter on a 3-pointer by Bierman.<\/p>\n

The Blue Streaks from there did not score for nearly 8 minutes while Plano reclaimed the lead. But Bierman split two free throws with 20 seconds left to force overtime.<\/p>\n

A game like Monday\u2019s can\u2019t hurt a young Woodstock team that played three freshmen and a sophomore in its seven-girl rotation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very young, and these girls they care a lot,\u201d Woodstock coach Juel Mecklenburg said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to see they can play in a game like this, playing older and more experienced teams, doing the right things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woodstock committed 19 turnovers in the first half, but cut down on that significantly out of halftime. Mecklenburg said the offense will come, noting the free throws down the stretch (16 of 27 for the game) could be better.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been working on read and react basketball and that is sometimes harder than set plays,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want our girls to be smart and make basketball decisions. That is the best time to do it, is during a game. I\u2019ll never question how hard they play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woodstock did manage just one made field goal over the entire fourth quarter and overtime, defense Spivey is used to seeing from his group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is what we have been preaching,\u201d Spivey said. \u201cOur defense has been really good. We held a really good Johnsburg team to 48 points the other night. As long as we\u2019re playing defense we\u2019ll be in most games we play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Le\u2019Niya Viser on a few occasions late in Monday\u2019s game, the result hanging in the balance, got the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[36760,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-89605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-illinois-high-school-girls-basketball","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}