By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls picked up their sixth Red Rock Conference win of the season when they toppled Comfrey 56-38 in Hills Thursday.
After a sluggish first half, H-BC put together an extended run late in the third quarter and early in the fourth quarter that sealed the game's outcome.
"We went on a 22-5 run in the last three minutes of the third quarter and the first four minutes of the fourth quarter to pull away," said Patriot coach Tom Goehle. "We did a nice job of getting the ball up and down the court and taking it to the basket during the run."
H-BC led by one point going into the second half, when leading scorers Erin Boeve and Cassi Tilstra spurred a 32-15 run that ended in an 18-point win.
Boeve, who had a double-double with 12 rebounds and 20 points, tossed in 12 counters in the second half. Tilstra, who had five assists and four steals in the game, scored 14 of her 19 points in the third and fourth quarters.
The Patriots turned a 24-23 halftime lead into an 11-point cushion (42-31) by outscoring the Rockets 18-8 in the third quarter.
A 14-7 scoring advantage in the fourth quarter gave the hosts an 18-point win in the end.
The Rockets led 15-10 after eight minutes of play before being outscored 14-8 in the second quarter to trail by one point at halftime.
H-BC shot the ball well from the floor (46 percent) and the line (77 percent) during the game and outrebounded Comfrey 34-23, forcing the Rockets to turn the ball over 21 times.
Box score
B.Rozeboom 1 0 0-0 2, B.Olson 0 0 3-4 3, Feucht 0 0 0-0 0, Rentschler 1 0 0-0 2, C.Tilstra 9 0 1-2 19, Broesder 2 0 2-2 6, S.Rozeboom 0 0 0-0 0, DeNoble 2 0 0-0 4, Boeve 8 0 4-5 20, A.Olson 0 0 0-0 0.
Team statistics
H-BC: 23 of 50 field goals (46 percent), 10 of 13 free throws (77 percent), 34 rebounds, nine turnovers.
Comfrey: 15 of 37 field goals (41 percent), five of 10 free throws (50 percent), 23 rebounds, 21 turnovers.