By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team evened its record at 3-3 with a thrilling victory over Edgerton Friday in Hills.The Patriots let a 13-point lead slip away during the second half only to put together a 7-0 run late in the game to pull out a 51-46 win.H-BC, which led 36-23 when Erin Boeve hit a free throw in the third quarter, fell behind 38-36 when Edgerton scored the final 11 points of the third quarter and the first four points of the fourth quarter.Three-point plays by Cassi Tilstra and Boeve gave the Patriots a 42-38 advantage, but the Flying Dutchmen countered with an 8-2 surge to sport a 44-42 advantage with three minutes remaining in the game.Boeve, who scored 29 points in the contest, put the Patriots in front to stay (47-46) when she converted a three-point play with 2:21 remaining that ignited H-BC’s late 7-0 run. Boeve added another field goal to the run, while Tilstra and Kerri Fransman chipped in one free throw each.Boeve scored the first four points of the game and Tilstra gave the Patriots a 9-4 lead at the 4:13 mark of the first quarter before EHS rallied to tie the game at 11.Boeve drained a pair of field goals in the final 1:24 of the period to give the Patriots a 15-11 lead at quarter’s end.Boeve scored the first four points of the second quarter to make it a 19-11 game, and the Patriots led by nine (26-17) when Stacy Bush dropped a three-point shot late in the second quarter.Edgerton, however, scored the last two points of the first half to trail 26-19 at the intermission.Along with leading all players in scoring, Boeve collected 16 rebounds, blocked four shots and charted three steals along with Tilstra, Brittney Rozeboom and Melinda Sandstede for H-BC. Tilstra added 10 points and four assists to the winning cause.Box scoreRozeboom 2 0 0-1 4, Fransman 0 0 1-2 1, Bush 0 1 2-4 5, Sandstede 0 0 0-0 0, Tilstra 2 0 6-9 10, Hoyme 0 0 0-0 0, Boeve 12 0 5-11 29, Olson 0 0 0-0 0, Mulder 1 0 0-0 2.Team statisticsH-BC: 18 of 47 field goals (38 percent), 14 of 27 free throws (52 percent), 43 rebounds, 10 turnovers.Edgerton: 16 of 35 field goals (46 percent), 14 of 22 free throws (64 percent), 39 rebounds, 15 turnovers.
