Hills-Beaver Creek sophomore Melinda Feucht drives past Pipestone's Stacey Plahn during Tuesday's girls' basketball game in Hills. Feucht scored seven points in the first quarter to help the Patriots post a 45-42 win over the Arrows.
By John Rittenhouse
A solid performance as a team set the stage for a 45-42 girls’ basketball victory for the Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots Tuesday.
Hosting Pipestone for a non-conference clash, H-BC faced adversity early when leading scorer and rebounder Erin Boeve picked up two quick fouls in the first quarter.
With Boeve on the bench for most of the first half, the rest of the Patriots came together as a team to keep the game close.
Boeve returned to the court in the second half to help the Patriots outscore the Arrows 30-26, giving the hosts a three-point conquest.
"It was a battle," said Patriot coach Tom Goehle. "We’ll take a win any time when Erin is sitting on the bench for 13 minutes in the first half. The other girls did a good job of defending Pipestone, and they did a good job of taking care of the ball offensively."
The Patriots didn’t seem bothered by the absence of Boeve in the first quarter as Sarah Rozeboom drained a shot at the buzzer to tie the game at 11.
Neither team could generate much offense in a second quarter that ended with the Arrows nursing a 16-15 edge.
The teams traded baskets in the early stages of the third quarter before H-BC put together a surge that left it sporting a 32-24 cushion.
Pipestone trimmed the difference to four points (32-28) by period’s end, but the Arrows’ 14-13 scoring edge in the fourth quarter wasn’t enough to best the Patriots.
Cassi Tilstra, who led the Patriots with 13 points in the game, and Boeve set the pace in the second half by scoring seven points each. Brittney Rozeboom added six points in the second half.
Melinda Feucht, who scored seven points in the first quarter, netted 12 counters for the winners.
H-BC, 10-8 overall, hosts Edgerton Public tonight.
Box score
B.Rozeboom 2 0 2-3 6, Feucht 5 0 2-3 12, Tilstra 5 1 0-3 13, S.Rozeboom 3 0 1-6 7, Broesder 3 0 1-4 7, Olson 0 0 0-0 0, Mulder 0 0 0-0 0, Sandstede 0 0 0-0 0.
Team statistics
H-BC: 19 of 45 field goals (42 percent), six of 19 free throws (42 percent), 18 of 45 field goals (40 percent), six of 11 free throws (55 percent).