Girls basketball: Glacier beats Helena; Capital downs Flathead

by The Daily Inter Lake
| February 22, 2014 8:35 PM

HELENA — Glacier bounced back from a tough 60-59 Friday night loss to top-ranked Helena Capital to defeat Helena High 53-38 Saturday afternoon in a Western AA girls basketball matchup.

Glacier (12-6 overall, 6-4 league) blew the game open in the second half, outscoring the Bengals 35-23. Glacier led 18-15 at intermission.

Cassie Hashley posted a double-double for Glacier with 13 points and 14 rebounds.

Taylor Loomis led Glacier, and all scorers, with 18 points. She was 7 of 11 shooting from the field and went 3 for 4 at the free-throw line.

Helena High outrebounded the Wolfpack 36-28.

Jessica Stockton and Regan Fruh led Helena in scoring with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Glacier has two regular-season games left — Tuesday at Missoula Hellgate and Friday at Flathead.

Glacier 9 9 16 19 — 53

Helena 9 6 12 11 — 38

Glacier — Hailee Bennett 1-4, 7-9 9, Hannah Atlee 0-1 0-0 0, Katie Thomas 1-4 0-0 3, Brielle Bumgarner 0-3 0-0 0, Ali Williams 1-1 0-1 2, Taylor Salonen 1-2 0-0 2, Taylor Loomis 7-11 3-4 18, Cassi Hashley 4-7 4-6 13, Katie Wiley 2-8 1-3 6, Tessa Krueger 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-42 15-25 53.

Helena — Jessica Stockton 2-12 5-6 11, Jenna Starke 1-3 0-4 2, Paityn Floerchinger 0-4 0-0 0, Hailey Crawford 0-0 0-0 0, Alyssa Ferguson 1-7 2-2 4, Patricia Martin 0-0 0-0 0, Regan Fruh 3-11 4-11 10, Alexis Danz 1-4 0-0 2, Callie Kanthack 2-9 1-6 5, Shanna Floerchinger 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 12-54 12-29 38.

3-pointers – Glacier 4-11 (Loomis 1-2, Hashley 1-1, Thomas 1-4, Wiley 1-3); HHS 2-14 (Stockton 2-7). Rebounds – Glacier 28 (Hashley 14); HHS 36 (Fruh 11). Assists – Glacier 8 (Bennett 4); HHS 6 (Kanthack 4). Turnovers – Glacier 15, HHS 12. Personal fouls – Glacier 22, HHS 16. Fouled out – Hashley; Stockton.

Capital 48, Flathead 34

HELENA — Top-ranked Helena Capital outscored Flathead 16-9 in the second period to take a 27-15 halftime lead and held that advantage for the remainder of play to claim a Western AA victory.

Capital (17-1, 10-0) was led by Michaela Dowdy’s 19 points.

Emma Andrews scored 18 points for Flathead (4-14, 1-9).

Flathead, with 18 turnovers, had five fewer than Capital, but lost the battle on the boards 28-16.

Flathead has two regular-season games left, both at home, Thursday versus Missoula Hellgate and Friday with Glacier.

Flathead 6 9 6 13 — 34

Capital 11 16 9 12 — 48

Flathead — Emma Andrews 8-22 0-2 18, Stephanie Wilson 0-0 0-2 0, Jessica Holmquist 1-2 0-0 2, Kelsey Noland-Gillespie 1-1 2-2 5, Lizzie Sherwood 1-3 0-0 2, Tiana Johnson 0-6 0-0 0, Jessica Simmons 0-2 0-0 0, Janae Moon 0-1 0-0 0, Jenessa Heine 3-7 1-2 7, Bri Smith 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-46 3-8 34.

Capital — Michaela Dowdy 6-6 7-11 19, Kasidee Campbell 1-3 0-0 2, Kami McLean 0-0 0-0 0, Kallie Herrera 1-3 0-0 2, Rayna Pilgeram 2-3 1-2 6, Madi Quick 0-0 1-2 1, McKenzie Johnston 1-6 2-4 5, Sierra Bignell 3-7 3-4 9, Tjaden Pallister 2-2 0-0 4, Savanna Bignell 0-1 0-0 0, Kyra Dawes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-31 14-23 48.

3-pointers – Flat 3-10 (Andrews 2-5, Noland-Gillespie 1-1); Cap 2-13 (Pilgeram 1-2, Johnston 1-4). Rebounds – Flat 16 (Johnson 3, Heine 3); Cap 28 (Dowdy 8, Johnston 8). Assists – Flat 4 (four with one); Cap 14 (Johnston 4, Savanna Bignell 4). Turnovers – Flat 18, Cap 23. Personal fouls – Flat 16, Cap 14. Fouled out – none. Technicals – none.