Basketball roundup: Smith, Topp, Hashley all net 13 points for Cougars
The Daily Inter Lake
BIGFORK - Thirteen was the lucky number for Stillwater Christian School's varsity girls basketball team on Tuesday.
Abby Smith, Dana Topp and Linnea Hashley scored 13 points each to lead the Cougars to a 51-44 victory over the Bigfork JV.
Topp hit two 3-point goals and was the team's assist leader with three.
Smith pulled down a team-high 11 rebounds.
Stillwater outscored Bigfork 18-8 in the final frame to pull it out.
"This was a hard fought game with many lead changes," Stillwater coach Denise Topp said.
"It is an amazing thing for any coach to have three girls as the top scorers."
Taylor Peck, 14 points, and Quinci Paine, 11 points, were the offensive leaders for Bigfork.
Stillwater, 15-1, hosts Flathead Valley Home School on Friday, 5:30 p.m., in an MCAA West conference game.
Stillwater Christian 9 18 6 18 - 51
Bigfork JV 10 13 13 8 - 44
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN - Laetitia Block 6, Abby Smith 13, Dana Topp 13, Samantha Red Elk 4, Linnea Hashley 13, Julia Bray 2.
BIGFORK JV - Quinci Paine 11, Kristen Woll 4, McKenzie Shutts 6, Taylor Peck 14, Lila Lenis 2, Caitlin Charlebois 5, Kate Lamm 2.
Bigfork JV boys down Stillwater
The Daily Inter Lake
Travis Knoll scored 18 points and Kyle Parker 17 as the Bigfork JV defeated Stillwater Christian School's varsity 74-62 on Tuesday in boys nonconference basketball play at Stillwater Christian.
Bigfork, which led 33-31 at the intermission, had four double figure scorers. Ben Sandry and Christian Ker both tallied 10 points.
Stillwater, 8-11 overall, was led by Josh LeGassey's 28 points.
Stillwater hosts Flathead Valley Home School on Friday at 7 p.m. The winner claims the Montana Christian Athletic Association West regular-season title and secures the conference's No. 1 seed for the state tournament Feb. 19-21 in Helena.
Bigfork JV 11 22 16 25 - 74
Stillwater Christian 7 24 10 21 - 62
Bigfork JV - Carter Sorenson 9, Jordan McAnally 7, Ben Sandry 10, Kyle Parker 17, Kyle Huans 3, Christian Ker 10, Travis Knoll 18.
STILLWATER (8-11) - Jeremy Curtis 6, Trevor Holladay 4, Jake Meerkatz 7, Logan Ward 8, Josh Topp 4, Ben Harrel 5, Josh LeGassey 28.