Basketball roundup: Martin, Loggers roll past Eureka
The Daily Inter Lake
EUREKA - Eureka held high-scoring Jackie Mee to 11 points, but Brittany Martin tossed in 16 to pick up the slack for Libby, who rolled to a 50-30 nonconference girls basketball victory Friday night.
Martin had two 3s in the first half and added another in the second.
Libby outscored Eureka 13-4 in the second quarter to break open the tight game and to lead at the half 20-10.
Mariah Newell had 14 points and nine rebounds for Eureka (1-3).
Libby 7 13 16 14 - 50
Eureka 6 4 9 11 - 30
Libby - Evi Cernick 2, LaRona Luscher 7, Brittany Martin 16, Jaime Gilden 10, Logan Best 2, Jackie Mee 11, Ashley Shaw 2.
Eureka - Kayci West 2, Auna Lawler 12, Steph Vogelman 2, Mariah Newell 14.
Hamilton 49, Polson 28
HAMILTON - Ashley Albert tallied 16 points and Misha Trotter 15 as Hamilton crushed Polson in nonconference play.
Trotter also led in steals with six.
Davey paced Polson with seven points.
Polson 7 9 5 7 - 28
Hamilton 12 12 17 8 - 49
Polson - Amanda James 2, Stacy Benson 3, Rochelle Woods 4, Riley Kenney 5, Kayla Duford 2, , Nicole Davey 7, Sarah Newton 3, Cali Hislop 2.
Hamilton - Ashley Hayes 2, Misha Trotter 15, Ali Mildenberger 7, Cierra Smith 5, Ashley Albert 16, Annie Schultz 4.
Valley Christian 48, Ronan 45, OT
RONAN - Valley Christian outscored Ronan 7-4 in overtime to pick up the nonconference victory.
Ronan's Carli Starkel scored 22 points to lead all scorers.
Valley Christian 8 12 8 13 7 - 48
Ronan 10 8 10 13 4 - 45
Valley Christian - Lauren Cross 8, Monica Hartzell 10, Beth Kesler 11, Heidi Cross 9, Charisa Ireland 10.
Ronan - Taylor Lynch 4, Kaylee Larson 9, Jordan Strozzi 8, Carli Starkel 22, Jade Michel 2.
Boys
Libby 60, Eureka 16
EUREKA - Libby jumped out to a 23-4 first-quarter lead and rolled from there in the nonconference matchup.
Libby's Conner Benson led all scorers with 22 points. Teammates Joel Fuller added 12 and TJ Benson finished with 10.
Marcus Pluid tallied 12 points for Eureka.
Libby 23 15 11 11 - 60
Eureka 4 6 4 2 - 16
Libby - Conner Benson 22, TJ Benson 10, Kelly May 2, Matt Nelson 3, Joel Fuller 12, Colton Cannon 7, Alex Cislo 2, Garrett Craig 2.
Eureka - Marcus Pluid 12, Ryan Holder 4.