Martin, Mee push Libby past Eureka
The Daily Inter Lake
LIBBY - The Libby Loggers shots the lights out from 3-point range on Friday night and came away with a 52-35 nonconference victory over Eureka, 6-7 overall.
Brittany Martin hit four 3-pointers and led the Loggers with 20 points.
Jackie Mee had three 3-pointers and Larona Luscher had two.
"Mariah Newell had a pretty good game for us," said Eureka coach John Hammond.
Newell scored 16 points and brought down 12 rebounds.
"They're a pretty solid team," Hammond said of the Loggers.
"We knew Martin and Mee were the people we needed to stop and we didn't get it done tonight."
Eureka is at Pablo tonight to take on St. Ignatius in a doubleheader at Salish-Kootenai College.
Eureka 6 3 12 14 - 35
Libby 7 14 18 13 - 52
Eureka - Cami Stacy 6, Courtney Dickenson 6, Auna Lawler 3, Chantel Ibach 2, Steph Vogelman 2, Mariah Newell 16.
Libby - Larona Luscher 8, Brittany Martin 20, Jaime Gilden 5, Logan Best 2, Jackie Mee 15.
3-point goals: Eureka 2 (Dickenson, Lawler), Libby 9 (Luscher 2, Martin 4, Mee 3); Total fouls: Eureka 9, Libby 15. Fouled out: None.
Helena High 46, Flathead 37
HELENA - Kelsey Hildal scored 17 points in a losing effort for the Flathead Bravettes.
The Bravettes led 27-22 at the half, but a 10-point second half killed the effort.
Ariel Johnson added six points and 11 rebounds, and freshman Tess Brenneman added eight points for Flathead.
Monica Grimsrud paced the Bengals with 10 points.
Flathead, 0-3 league and 0-11 overall, plays at Helena Capital today.
Flathead 13 14 4 6 - 37
Helena 14 8 9 15 - 46
Flathead - Kelsey Hildel 8 0-0 17, Ariel Johnson 3 0-1 6, Jaimee Zorn 0 2-2 2, Danika Johnson 2 0-0 4, Tess Brenneman 3 1-4 8.
Helena - Kelli Hubley 2 1-2 5, Jordan Briski 1 1-2, 4, Kelsey Williams 3 1-2 8, Sarah Jackson 1 1-4 3, Kyndal Williams 2 5-8 9, Monica Grimsrud 5 0-0 10, Taylor Kanthack 1 1-3 3.
3-pointers - Flathead 2 (Hildel, Brenneman), Helena 2 (Ke. Williams, Briski 1); Rebounds - Flathead 37 (A. Johnson 11), Helena 46 (Grimsrud 11) Assists - Flathead 5, Helena 7 (Briski 3); Fouls - Flathead 16, Helena 15; Technical Fouls - none; Fouled out - none.
Helena Capital 54, Glacier 45
HELENA - Emilee Hashley scored 16 points, had 11 rebounds and two steals in a losing effort for the Glacier Wolfpack.
Rachel Cutler added nine points and Kayla Smart contributed five points, five assists and two steals for Glacier, which fell to 4-7, 0-3.
Kelsi Brekke scored 33 for the Bruins, 10-1, 5-0.
Capital outscored Glacier 14-8 for a 38-30 edge.
Glacier 13 9 8 15 - 45
Capital 14 10 14 16 - 54
Wolfpack (4-7, 0-3) - Rachel Cutler 4 0-0 9, Emilee Hashley 6 4-5 16, Brooke Watkins 3 0-0 8, Kayla Smart 2 1-1 5, Ashlee Waggoner 2 2-2 7; Totals: 17 14-17 45.
Bruins (10-1, 5-0) - Sammi Bignell 2 0-0 4, Kelsi Brekke 8 11-12 33, Alecia Wilson 0 1-2 1, Kelsey Grey 2 0-0 4, Kaci Matthies 2 0-0 4, Jordan Johnston 3 2-3 8; Totals 17 14-17 54.
3-pointers - Glacier 4 (Smart 2), CHS 6 (Brekke 6); Rebounds - Glacier 29 (Hashley 11), CHS 27 (Wilson 5, Brekke 4); Assists - Glacier 13 (Smart 5), CHS 13 (Wilson 5, Bignell 4); Steals - Glacier 6 (Hashley 2, Smart 2), CHS 12 (Brekke 6, Wilson 4); Turnovers - Glacier 19, CHS 9; Fouls - Glacier14, CHS 15.
Columbia Falls 49, Bigfork 43
BIGFORK - The DeWit sisters acted as the one-two punch and the Columbia Falls girls took down Northwestern A conference-foe Bigfork.
Kayla and Kelsey DeWit scored 15 points apiece and Alyssa Ladenburg added 14 points for the first-place Wildkats, 7-5 overall and 5-0 in conference.
The Wildkats scored 14 of their 20 fourth-quarter points from the free throw line.
Roxy Thurman scored a game-high 19 points for Bigfork, 7-4, 3-2. Mallery Knoll scored nine and Kailey Fierro chipped in seven.
Columbia Falls 10 11 6 20 - 49
Bigfork 11 5 17 10 - 43
Columbia Falls - Kayla Stratton 2, Brook Cady 1, Kayla DeWit 15, Alyssa Ladenburg 14, Shay Grilley 2, Kelsey DeWit 15.
Bigfork - Mallery Knoll 9, Taylor Peck 4, Roxie Thurman 19, Caitlin Charlebois 3, Kailey Fierro 7, Signa Mcleod 1.