Eureka girls bow out of Western B divisional play

by The Daily Inter Lake
| February 25, 2012 7:38 PM

HAMILTON — Eureka bowed out of the Western B divisional girls basketball tournament Saturday afternoon, losing to District 7B rival Plains 45-33.

Eureka failed to recover from a two-point second quarter, as Plains held a 23-14 lead at the half.

Carli Allen led Eureka (11-12) in scoring with 10 points.

Diamond LaDeaux had 14 for Plains (12-12).

Eureka 12 2 8 11 — 33

Plains 8 15 7 15 — 45

EUREKA – Alex Holland 0-5 0-0 0, Mikayla Grove 1-10 0-1 3, Alyssa White 3-10 0-1 8, Cassidy Morgan 1-6 7-11 9, Carli Allen 4-6 2-2 10, Alex Pecora 0-2 0-0 0, Caitlin Larson 1-1 1-2 3, Brooke Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Kendra Chupp 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 10-43 10-17 33.

PLAINS – Felicia Earhart 1-7 1-2 4, Kelsey Beagley 1-4 5-6 7, Diamond LaDeaux 5-12 0-0 14, Kayla Revier 2-3 0-0 4, Ashley Holmes 3-3 1-2 7, Kayla Holmes 0-1 1-2 1, Laurel Danhoff 0-1 0-0 0, Sami Kinzie 0-0 0-0 0, Nikki Kunzer 1-5 1-2 4, Haley Phillips 1-4 2-3 4, Franky Winebrenner 0-0 0-0 0, Ashley Thompson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-41 11-17 45.

3-point goals – Eureka 3-24 (White 2-8, Grove 1-9), Plains 6-16 (LaDeaux 4-7, Kunzer 1-3, Earhart 1-4). Total fouls – Eureka 19, Plains 19. Fouled out – Morgan. Rebounds – Eureka 34 (Morgan 6), Plains 35 (A. Holmes 7).

Loser out

Florence 12 8 19 12 — 51

Deer Lodge 14 22 9 17 — 62

FLORENCE – Paige Bodner 2-11 0-1 5, Cody Miller 0-1 2-6 2, Carli O’Brien 1-6 0-1 2, Kyndall Hoff 1-4 0-0 3, Rosie O’Brien 6-11 0-0 16, Megan Byrne 1-4 1-5 3, Cassidy Skeers 0-0 0-0 0, Courtney Byrne 5-7 4-7 16, Ava Kollman 1-2 0-0 2, Hailey Huot 0-0 0-0 0, Margaret Finlay 1-1 0-3 2. Totals 18-47 7-23 51.

DEER LODGE – Lacie Thomas 5-5 2-2 12, Marisa McKee 0-0 3-6 3, Shelby Applegate 5-8 2-3 13, Cassy Graveley 0-5 0-0 0, Bailee Senecal 0-5 5-5 5, Delaney Knuchel 0-1 0-2 0, Ivy Duncan 0-0 0-0 0, Michele Christnacht 6-13 2-5 15, Shayla Therriault 1-4 5-7 7, Dani Walker 2-4 3-6 7. Totals 19-47 22-36 62.

3-point goals – Florence 8-31 (R. O’Brien 4-8, C, Byrne 2-3, Hoff 1-4, Bodner 1-9), Deer Lodge 2-6 (Applegate 1-1, Christnacht 1-4). Total fouls – Florence 26, Deer Lodge 24. Fouled out – Miller, Hoff, R. O’Brien, Walker. Rebounds – Florence 38 (Miller 7), Deer Lodge 39 (Applegate 7, Graveley 7).

Boys

Deer Lodge 53,

Florence 50

Deer Lodge outscored ninth-ranked Florence 8-5 in the second overtime to claim the Western B boys divisional title late Friday night.

Deer Lodge (13-10) outscored the Falcons 17-12 in the fourth quarter to force overtime.

Both teams could tally just three points in the first extra session.

Robert Stone led Deer Lodge offensively with 16 points.

Aaron Ward had 17 for Florence (19-4).

Both teams advance to the Class B state tournament March 1-3 in Bozeman.

Bigfork (19-5) claimed the consolation title on Friday.

Deer Lodge 6 3 16 17 3 8 — 53

Florence 9 11 10 12 3 5 — 50

DEER LODGE – Derek Walker 1-4 0-0 2, Robert Stone 5-14 6-10 16, Reno Ward 1-4 0-0 2, Tristen Clark 1-3 2-2 4, Jese Vasquez 2-5 2-4 7, Hayden Benjamin 3-8 0-0 9, Malik Parham 0-3 7-8 7, Logan Doiron 1-4 3-7 5, Andrew Pierson 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 14-45 21-33 53.

FLORENCE – Sage Hansen 2-5 0-0 4, Ryno Baerlocher 3-14 4-7 11, Chantz Hotsinpiller 0-5 8-10 8, Micahel Finley 1-4 3-5 5, Aaron Ward 7-17 3-15 17, Bradley Schaff 1-1 0-0 2, Ryan Magnum 0-0 1-2 1, Riley Phillips 1-5 0-0 2, Rhett Baerlocher 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 15-53 19-39 50.

3-point goals – D.Lodge 4-10 (Benjamin 3-5, Vasquez 1-3), Flroence 1-10 (Ry.Baerlocher 1-4). Rebounds – D.Lodge 44 (Doiron 12), Florence 46 (Ward 19). Total fouls – D. Lodge 27, Florence 26. Fouled out – Ward, Clark, Vasquez, Hansen, Finley. Turnovers – D. Lodge 19, Florence 15.