By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls have disposed of four straight opponents after going 3-0 since last Thursday.
The Patriots posted 18- and two-point home wins over Comfrey and West Lyon on Thursday and Saturday respectively. H-BC went to Round Lake Tuesday and produced a 29-point win over Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster.
H-BC, 9-5 overall, hosts Red Rock Central and Pipestone-Jasper tomorrow and Tuesday respectively.
H-BC 68, SV-RL-B 39
The Patriots dominated play during Tuesday's 29-point win over the Raiders in Round Lake.
H-BC drained 50 percent of its field goals while outscoring SV-RL-B in every quarter of a lopsided contest.
"We shot the ball really well, we did a good job of pushing the ball up the floor, and we played good defense at times," said Patriot coach Tom Goehle. "We're getting closer to piecing together a complete game. The more consistent we become, the better we will be."
Erin Boeve, who blocked seven shots along with recording a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds, helped the Patriots open 16-5 and 33-14 leads at the first two quarter breaks by scoring nine points in the first half.
Sarah Rozeboom burned the nets for 10 of her 14 points in the second half, when the Patriots sported a 55-31 lead after three quarters before winning by 29.
Becky Broesder scored 10 points, passed for four assists and picked up four steals for H-BC. Cassi Tilstra and Brittney Olson added seven and four assists to the cause.
Box score
B.Rozeboom 2 0 2-2 6, Olson 2 0 0-0 4, Rentschler 4 0 0-0 8, Tilstra 4 0 0-0 8, Broesder 5 0 0-0 10, Rozeboom 7 0 0-0 14, DeNoble 1 0 0-2 2, Boeve 6 0 4-5 16.
Team statistics
H-BC: 31 of 62 field goals (50 percent), six of nine free throws (67 percent).
SV-RL-B: 17 of 48 field goals (35 percent), five of 12 free throws (42 percent).
H-BC 45, WL 43
The Patriots were able to overcome their own mistakes while nipping the Lions by two points in Hills Saturday.
H-BC turned the ball over 26 times and shot 20 percent from the charity stripe to keep the Lions in the game, but the hosts were able to withstand a late challenge to prevail.
"We made the game much harder than it had to be on two ends," said Patriot coach Goehle. "We didn't shoot free throws well at all, and we had 26 turnovers. We just didn’t take care of the ball."
WL led 9-7 after eight minutes of play before falling behind 22-21 at the intermission. H-BC extended its lead to five points (36-31) by the end of the third quarter before winning by two in the end.
Becky Broesder scored 12 points, collected eight rebounds and came up with four steals for the winners. Erin Boeve had 10 points, nine rebounds and seven blocked shots. Brittney Olson scored 10 points and distributed five assists for H-BC. Cassi Tilstra added 10 points and Jody Rentschler eight rebounds to the winning cause.
Box score
B.Olson 5 0 0-0 10, Rentschler 0 1 0-2 3, Tilstra 5 0 0-0 10, Broesder 6 0 0-2 12, Rozeboom 0 0 0-0 0, DeNoble 0 0 0-0 0, Boeve 4 0 2-6 10.
Team statistics
H-BC: 21 of 47 field goals (45 percent), two of 10 free throws (20 percent), 39 rebounds, 26 turnovers.
WL: 15 of 60 field goals (25 percent), 10 of 15 free throws (67 percent), 35 rebounds, 25 turnovers.
H-BC 56, Comfrey 38
A 22-5 scoring run in the second half carried the Patriots to an 18-point home win over the Rockets Thursday.
It looked like the game might go down to the wire when H-BC led 24-23 at the intermission, but the Patriots went on a 22-5 scoring spree in a seven-minute span to set the stage for victory.
"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 Goehle. "We did a nice job of getting the ball up and down the court and taking it to the basket during the run."
Comfrey played its way to a 15-10 lead in the first quarter before falling behind by one point at halftime. H-BC led 42-31 after the third quarter of play before outscoring the Rockets 14-7 in the fourth quarter.
Boeve had 12 rebounds and 20 points during a double-double effort for H-BC. Tilstra scored 19 points, passed for five assists and created four steals.
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.