CMR cagers defeat Bravettes

by The Daily Inter Lake
| January 12, 2013 11:29 PM

GREAT FALLS — Diondra Denton scored 23 points to lead Great Falls C.M. Russell to a 50-37 Class AA nonconference girls basketball victory on Saturday over the Flathead Bravettes.

CMR led 23-16 at intermission and gained some more breathing room by outscoring the Bravettes 14-8 in the third quarter.

Emily Russell scored 12 points to pace Flathead (3-3). Emma Andrews was next with eight and Jenessa Heine added seven.

CMR capitalized beyond the arc, hitting seven treys. Denton had three.

Flathead had just one three-point shot.

CMR held a slight edge on the boards, 41-38, and turnovers were about the same with CMR totaling 16 to Flathead’s 17.

Jessika Abbrescia led FHS in rebounding with eight.

Denton pulled down a game-high 10.

Flathead is back on the court Tuesday at home facing Class A’s top-ranked Columbia Falls Wildkats. The Bravettes follow that with a Thursday home contest with Polson.

Flathead 6 10 8 13 — 37

CMR 11 12 14 13 — 50

FLATHEAD — Emma Andrews 3-14 2-5 8, Dani Davis 1-7 0-0 2, Emily Russell 2-6 7-12 12, Tana Fountain 3-8 0-1 6, Jessika Abbrescia 1-5 0-0 2, Payton Pietron 0-0 0-0 0, Jenessa Heine 2-6 3-4 7. Totals: 12-46 12-22 37.

CMR — Kaydee Parsons 1-5 1-2 4, Ashlee Atchison 1-3 1-4 5, Kristen Kaste 0-1 0-0 0, Taylor Edwards 2-6 0-4 5, Kylie Otis 0-0 0-0 0, Maggie Reilly 0-3 3-4 3, Maddy Gregoire 2-2 0-0 5, Diondra Denton 10-19 0-0 23, Hannah Vining 2-8 2-4 7, Maddy Watkins 0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 18-49 7-18 50.

3-pointers — CMR 7 (Denton 3), Flathead 1 (Russell). Rebounds — CMR 41 (Denton 10), Flathead 38 (Abbrescia 8). Turnovers —CMR 16, Flathead 17. Total fouls — CMR 19, Flathead 16. Fouled out — Atchison. Technical fouls — none.