By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team upped its season record to 13-8 with a 58-46 win over Murray County Central in Hills Tuesday.
H-BC opened a 12-point halftime lead and maintained it by battling the Rebels to a draw at 27 in the second half.
The win was H-BC’s fourth straight, which is the Patriots’ longest winning stretch of the season.
H-BC, 9-5 in Red Rock Conference play, ends the regular season by playing in Adrian tonight and hosting Fulda Tuesday.
According to Patriot coach Tom Goehle, H-BC turned in a solid performance on both ends of the court against MCC.
"Our girls did a great job defensively all night," he said. "Offensively, we moved the ball really well and attacked the basket very well. We received quality minutes from every one of our girls."
The Patriots opened a 14-9 lead in the first quarter before outscoring the Rebels 17-10 in the third period to boast a 31-19 halftime cushion.
MCC fought back to trim the difference to eight points (42-34) in the third quarter, but H-BC returned the favor by outscoring the Rebels 16-12 in the final eight minutes of play to prevail by 12 points.
Cassi Tilstra led the charge for H-BC by netting 19 points and passing for eight assists.
Erin Boeve had a double-double with 18 points and 15 rebounds.
Melinda Feucht scored 12 points for the winners.
Box score
Bush 0 0 0-0 0, Feucht 4 0 4-7 12, Sandstede 0 0 0-0 0, Tilstra 3 3 4-5 19, S.Rozeboom 2 0 0-1 4, Boeve 5 0 8-13 18, Olson 2 0 1-3 5.
Team statistics
H-BC: 19 of 43 field goals (44 percent), 17 of 29 free throws (59 percent).
MCC: 17 of 54 field goals (31 percent), 12 of 18 free throws (67 percent).
