Lady Pates win in Slayton, lose in Mountain Lake

The Hills-Beaver Creek girls split two basketball games on the road in the past week nudging their record to 11-13 overall and 10-6 in the conference.
The Lady Pates rolled past the Rebels 64-37 in Slayton on Feb. 14, but lost a close match in Mountain Lake 52-45 on Feb. 17.
Monday night’s game with Adrian was postponed to Tuesday (Feb. 22).
The Patriot girls drew the No. 3 seed in Section 3A South, and will play No. 6 seed Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda Saturday in Worthington. Game time is 4 p.m.
 
HBC 64, MCC 37
The game was still within single digits at halftime, but the Patriots blew it open in the second half Monday night, Feb. 14, in Slayton.
The Lady Pates just couldn’t quite break the game in the first half, but 36 second-half points helped lead them to a 27-point victory.
The Patriots also turned up defense after halftime holding the Rebels to just 17 points.
Senior Kenadie Fick led the way with 23 points, nine rebounds and seven steals.
The Patriots as a team had 22 steals and forced Murray County Central into 36 turnovers. Sophomore Brynn Rauk added four steals also for the Lady Pates.
Eighth-grader Abbie Harris contributed nine points and two steals while sophomore Lanae Elbers had eight points and five rebounds.  
Fick 4 5 0-0 23, Rauk 0 1 0-0 3, L Deelstra 1 1 0-2 5, Voss 1 0 2-2 4, Bork 0 0 0-0 0, Steinhoff 0 0 2-6 2, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 1 0 0-0 2, Elbers 1 1 3-5 8, Fagerness 0 0 0-0 0, Moser 3 0 0-2 6, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0,  Harris 1 2 1-3 9, E Deelstra 1 0 0-0 2
 
Team statistics
HBC: 23 of 64 (36 percent), 8 for 20 Free Throws (40 percent), 34 Rebounds, 22 Turnovers
MCC: 14 of 45 (31 percent), 5 for 16 Free Throws (31 percent), 33 Rebounds, 36 Turnovers
 
MLAC 52, HBC 45
A 13-point halftime deficit was too much to overcome for the H-BC girls in Mountain Lake Thursday night.
Scoring did not come easy for the Patriots who had to battle for each bucket in the first half, and they found themselves trailing 30-17 at intermission. They made just 4 of 23 shots from beyond the arc in the game.
The Patriots battled back in the second half, outscoring Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 28-22. But it was not quite enough as the Lady Pates fell 52-45 in the end. 
Sophomore Layla Deelstra led the way for the Patriots scoring 10 points. Sophomore Lanae Elbers added eight points and seven rebounds while seventh-grader Olivia Deelstra also had six points.
Two other contributors for the Lady Pates were sophomore Brynn Rauk and eighth-grader Abbie Harris who each added five points. 
Fick 1 0 0-0 2, Rauk 1 1 0-0 5, L Deelstra 3 1 1-2 10, Voss 1 0 0-0 2, Bork 1 0 0-0 2, Steinhoff 1 0 1-3 3, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 1 1 1-1 6, Elbers 4 0 0-0 8, Fagerness 0 0 0-0 0, Moser 0 0 0-0 0, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0,  Harris 1 1 0-0 5, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0
 
Team statistics
HBC: 19 of 55 (35 percent), 3 for 6 Free Throws (50 percent), 27 Rebounds, 14 Turnovers
MLAC: 16 of 55 (29 percent), 16 for 21 Free Throws (76 percent), 32 Rebounds, 13 Turnovers