The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team picked up a huge conference win over Red Rock Central 63-49 in a packed gym on Friday night in Hills.
That was after the Lady Pates fell to Dell Rapids St. Mary’s 64-49 Monday, Jan. 31, in Hills and Westbrook Walnut Grove 49-44 Thursday, Feb. 3, in Westbrook.
The Lady Pates improved to 8-3 in the conference and 9-9 overall. They will host Southwest Christian on Tuesday night in Hills.
DRSM 64, H-BC 49
Senior Kenadie Fick’s 29 points wasn’t enough for the Lady Pates to take down Dell Rapids St Mary’s last Monday night in Hills.
St. Mary’s is a tough, young team that was able to knock down 12 three-pointers in the contest.
They put pressure on the Patriots up and down the court and played a physical game.
Despite digging themselves into a 19-point halftime deficit, the Patriots went on to outscore St. Mary’s 34-30 in the second half as the game ended 64-49.
Fick not only scored well over 50 percent of the Patriots’ points, she also added 10 rebounds.
Sam Moser had six points and five rebounds for the Lady Pates while MacKenzie Voss, Olivia Deelstra and Larissa Steinhoff each added four.
Box score:
Fick 4 6 3-4 29, Rauk 1 0 0-0 2, L Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Voss 1 0 2-4 4, Bork 0 0 0-0 0, Steinhoff 2 0 0-2 4, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 2 0 0-0 4, Elbers 0 0 0-0 0, Fagerness 0 0 0-0 0, Moser 3 0 0-3 6, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 0 0 0-3 0, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0
Team stats:
H-BC: 19 of 43 (44 percent), 5 for 14 free throws (36 percent), 32 rebounds, 23 turnovers.
DRSM: 25 of 57 (44 percent), 2 for 6 free throws (33 percent), 21 rebounds, 13 turnovers.
WWG 49, H-BC 44
The Lady Pates’ five-game winning streak against Red Rock Conference opponents came to an end Thursday night in Westbrook.
In a low scoring matchup, the Patriots’ nine-point halftime deficit was too much to overcome.
The Chargers led 26-17 headed into the break before the Patriots went on a 10-0 run to start the second half to take a 27-26 lead.
The next 12 minutes featured back-and-forth scoring before the home team pulled away late for a 49-44 victory.
Senior Kenadie Fick led the way for the Patriots with 13 points, and MacKenzie Voss added nine points and six rebounds.
It was sophomore Layla Deelstra’s first game back in over a month as she added six points for the Patriots in only eight minutes of play.
Box score:
Fick 2 3 0-0 13, Rauk 0 1 0-0 3, L Deelstra 0 2 0-0 6, Voss 4 0 1-2 9, Bork 0 0 0-0 0, Steinhoff 1 0 0-0 2, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Elbers 1 1 0-0 5, Fagerness 0 0 0-0 0, Moser 2 0 0-2 4, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 0 0 0-0 0, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0
Team stats:
H-BC: 18 of 48 (37 percent), 1 for 4 free throws (25 percent), 27 rebounds, 14 turnovers.
WWG: 18 of 47 (38 percent), 9 of 16 free throws (56 percent), 22 rebounds, 8 turnovers.
H-BC 63 RRC 49
The Patriot girls picked up a huge conference win over Red Rock Central in a packed gym on Friday night in Hills.
Not everything went smoothly, however, as the Lady Pates found themselves in a 29-20 hole at half time.
Coach Dylan Gehrke’s pep talk at half time woke up the Patriots’ offense, which went on to knock down eight three-pointers in the second half on the way to a 63-49 victory.
Eighth-grader Abbie Harris (10 points) hit three threes in a row at one point, while senior Kenadie Fick (23 points) had four of her own in the game.
Sophomores Brynn Rauk and Layla Deelstra (10 points) each had timely three-pointers of their own late in the second half.
MacKenzie Voss also had a big game for the Patriots with seven points and 12 rebounds.
Box score:
Fick 3 4 5-8 23, Rauk 0 1 0-4 3, L Deelstra 2 1 3-3 10, Voss 2 0 3-3 7, Bork 1 0 0-0 2, Steinhoff 2 0 0-0 4, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Elbers 0 0 0-0 0, Fagerness 0 0 0-0 0, Moser 1 0 0-1 2, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 0 3 1-4 10, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0
Team stats:
H-BC: 21 of 57 (36 percent),12 for 23 free throws (52 percent), 35 rebounds, 15 turnovers.
RRC: 18 of 50 (36 percent), 6 for 18 free throws (33 percent), 33 rebounds, 22 turnovers.