BASKETBALL: Troy girls top Stillwater Christian, Cougars boys flip script
TROY — Class B Troy outscored Stillwater Christian, a member of the Montana Christian Athletic Association, 13-4 in overtime to claim a 57-48 nonconference girls basketball victory Thursday evening.
It was a back-and-forth affair through regulation for the evenly matched squads. Stillwater led 12-11 after the first quarter, but trailed 28-17 at the half.
Stillwater rebounded to trail just 35-34 and the end of three quarters to set up an exciting finish.
Adriana Lambert and Dori Smith led Stillwater (1-2 overall) in scoring with 17 and 15 points, respectively. Smith also pulled down 15 rebounds. Lambert had five treys and went 2 for 4 at the free-throw line.
Allie Coldwell tallied 18 points to pace Troy. Kaitlyn Downey added 13 and Alyssa Lewis 11, six of those coming in overtime.
“Troy is a very solid team,” Stillwater Christian coach Sarah O’Rourke said.
“They have a great inside-out game with strong posts and three-point shooters.
“We made some nice adjustments,” she said.
“We started the game strong, then Troy went on a huge run. We battled back after the half with key scoring from Lambert and huge rebounds and hustle plays from Smith. We had two girls foul out at the end of regulation and just couldn’t battle it out in OT. It was a great game.”
Stillwater 12 5 17 10 4 — 48
Troy 11 17 7 9 13 — 57
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN – Rochelle Fisher 5, Sarena Koch 4, Adriana Lambert 17, Dori Smith 15, Lulu Neumann 4, Alisa Venmar 1, Raney Metzger 2.
TROY – Aurora Becquart 6, Alyssa Lewis 11, Allie Coldwell 18, Kaitlyn Downey 13, Sami Rorich 3, Allie Brown 6.
Boys
Foothills Christian 55, Flathead Valley 54
GREAT FALLS — Dawson Reiman tossed in 17 points and Shane Wood and Luke Willekes helped out with 13 each as Foothills Christian defeated Flathead Valley Homeschool in Montana Christian Athletic Association play.
Foothills outscored the visitors 16-13 in the final frame.
Flathead Valley’s Jay Baker led all scorers with 20 points. Caleb Gwynn netted 12 for Flathead Valley.
Flathead Valley 13 9 19 13 — 54
Foothills Christian 13 14 12 16 — 55
Flathead Valley Homeschool – Dylan Kasberg 2, Caleb Gwynn 12, Jay Baker 20, Elijah DeLapp 4, Taylor Titchbourre 5, Paul Artyamenko 6, Logan Buckner 4.
Foothills Christian – Ben Fried 2, Luke Willekes 13, Caleb Orso 2, Carson Lindseth 8, Dawson Reiman 17, Shane Wood 13.
Stillwater Christian 85, Troy 64
TROY — Isaac Neumann led all scorers with 22 points as Stillwater Christian School rolled by Class B Troy in a nonconference matchup.
Stillwater, a member of the Montana Christian Athletic Association, led 50-36 at the half and outscored the hosts 35-28 in the second half.
BJ Bach contributed 18 points and Clayton Hashley was next with 15.
Dillon Savage had 18, Sean Opland 14 and Adam Tallamadge 12 for Troy.
Stillwater 24 26 19 16 — 85
Troy 18 18 13 15 — 64
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Caleb Reeds 1, Micah Friesen 2, Clayton Hashley 15, BJ Bach 18, Joe Hooker 16, Isaac Neumann 22, Nickolas Sulzbacher 4, Riley Metzger 4, Daniel Fetveit 4.
TROY — Dillon Savage 18, Tucker Winn 6, Adam Tallmadge 12, Sean Opland 14, Cody Johnston 7, Noah Caballero 1, Kolten Winebark 6.