Jackie Mee pours in 35 points for Libby

The Daily Inter Lake

LIBBY - Jackie Mee poured in a season high 35 points in Libby's 65-44 nonconference girls' basketball victory Saturday night over Lincoln County rival Eureka.

Mee nailed three of her four 3-point field goals for the game in the opening quarter. She had 19 points in the first half as the Loggers led 33-23.

Mee added 16 points in the final half.

The 6-foot sophomore center had an exceptional performance at the free throw line, sinking 15 of 17 foul shots.

Mariah Newell was the scoring leader for Eureka with 12 points.

Eureka 14 9 7 14 - 44

Libby 21 12 16 16 - 65

Eureka - C. Stacy 0 0-2 0, T. Holder 1 0-2 2, C. Hammond 1 3-5 5, M. Zauner 1 0-0 2, M. Finch 4 2-2 10, K. West 0 1-2 1, A. Lawler 3 2-5 9, R. Fils 0 2-3 2, S. Vogelman 0 1-2 1, M. Newell 3 6-14 12. Totals: 13 17-37 33.

Libby - Brooke Hageness 0 2-2 2, Korey Kulbeck 1 1-2 3, Brittany Martin 1 0-2 3, Jaime Gilden 4 3-5 12, Laice Dedrick 2 1-5 5, Nicole Rios 1 1-2 3, Jackie Mee 8 15-17 35. Totals: 17 23-35 65.

3-point goals: Lawler; Gilden, Mee (4); Team fouls: Eureka 25, Libby 25; Fouled out: Martin.

Whitefish 67,

Ronan 41

RONAN - Amanda Ormsby's 15 points led a balanced attack as Whitefish stormed past Ronan in a Northwestern A conference contest.

Ashley Ferda helped out with 14 points and and Katie Klundt added 12.

Jordan Strozzi tallied 10 points for Ronan.

Whitefish 19 10 25 13 - 67

Ronan 6 14 12 9 - 41

WHITEFISH - Jesse Slaybaugh 5, Toni Powell 3, Katie Klundt 12, Ashley Ferda 14, Heather Meker 2, Desiree Clarke 6, Dana Labuda 6, Adelle Fauntleroy 4, Amanda Ormsby 15.

RONAN - Ashlee Cheff 2, Kaylee Larson 8, Jordan Strozzi 10, Ishan Wylie 13, Ali Anderson 4, Mikallah Thompson 2.

Bigfork 41, Polson 39

POLSON - Alyssa Fierro scored 12 points and Roxy Thurman added another 11 as Bigfork built a big lead and then held on for dear life to defeat Northwestern A opponent Polson.

Polson (2-4) which was outscored 13-2 in the first quarter, battled to within a bucket, but wasn't able to get a final shot off before the buzzer.

"We dug ourselves a hole early," said Pirate coach Randy Kelley.

"We just kind of whittled (the lead) away. I felt good about the second half," Kelley said.

The Pirates turned the ball over 26 times on the night.

"Most of those came in the first half," Kelley said.

Callie Hislop and Jessica Buckless paced the Pirates with 12 and 11 points, respectively.

Merilee Mowbray and Nicole Davey each added six offensive rebounds for the Pirates.

Polson is off now until Jan. 5 when it travels to Columbia Falls.

Bigfork 13 8 12 8 - 41

Polson 2 11 7 19 - 39

Bigfork - Hattie Bowen 4 0-0 9, Roxy Thurman 4 2-2 11, Alyssa Fierro 5 2-2 12, Kailey Fierro 1 2-4 4, Jaylee Haveman 2 0-1 5 Totals: 16 6-9 41.

Polson - Jessica Buckless 4 0-2 11, Merilee Mowbray 1 3-6 5, Nicole Davey 4 0-0 8, Sarah Newton 1 1-4 3, Callie Hislop 6 0-1 12. Totals 16 4-13 39.

pointers: Bigfork 3 (Bowen, Thurman and Haverman), Polson 3 (Buckless). Fouls - Bigfork 11, Polson 14. Fouled out: Thurman.

Missoula Sentinel 57, Columbia Falls 25

MISSOULA - Columbia Falls had four players out with the flu and Missoula Sentinel took full advantage of that.

Sentinel outscored the tired Wildkats 32-11 in the final half.

Alyssa Ladenberg had 12 points to lead Columbia Falls.

Columbia Falls 7 7 6 5 - 25

Missoula Sentinel 16 9 18 14 - 57

COLUMBIA FALLS - Jylissa Fields 3, Amanda Miliard 2, Alyssa Ladenberg 12, Ceder Smith 1, Courtney Westguard 4, Cali Hislop 3.

MISSOULA SENTINEL - Reagan Cole 2, Cassie Kavran 4, Tiffany Seeberger 12, Caitlin Gaul 4, Meghan Eisenmann 2, Bryn Hasquet 11, Bette Rubie 6, Michelle Powers 11, Emily Garland 5.

3-point goals - Columbia Falls 1 (Fields), Sentinel 1 (Hasquet). Total fouls - Columbia Falls 16, Sentinel 17. Fouled out - Westguard.