Basketball: Stillwater sweeps Troy
<p>Stillwater Christian's Daniel Lambert and Troy's Sean Opland dive for a loose ball during the first quarter at Stillwater. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Stillwater Christian's BJ Bach floats a shot in a crowd of Troy defenders at Stillwater on Tuesday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>Stillwater Christian's Serena Koch lofts a shot over Troy's Aurora Becquart during the Cougars 58-56 win at Stillwater on Tuesday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
Stillwater Christian held off a strong charge and hot shooting from Troy on Tuesday night to win its final home game of the season 58-56 in a nonconference girls basketball game.
The game didn’t look to be all that close early on, with the Cougars jumping out to a 10-point lead in the first quarter.
However, a pair of 3-pointers from Taylor Brown and another from Allie Brown to end the frame cut the lead in half for the Trojans. Allie Brown hit another pair of 3s in the second quarter and a fourth in the third to keep Troy close.
That’s when they were able to dump the ball to post Aurora Bequart, who tallied nine points in the fourth quarter, one more than Stillwater had as a team, to nearly even the score.
The Cougars had just enough, including four free throws from Dori Smith, to finish off Troy and earn one last victory before heading to the MCAA state tournament. Smith had 13 points in the game.
Sarah Paolini led Stillwater with 20 points and 12 rebounds on senior night and fellow fourth-year player Janelle Falk had 14. Cougars seniors Megha Tannehill and Amanda Kauffman were also recognized at the game.
Bequart had 20 points to lead the Trojans, who also got 14 each from Allie Coldwell and Allie Brown.
Troy 13 16 14 13 — 56
Stillwater 18 18 14 8 — 58
TROY — Aurora Bequart 8 4-7 20, Olivia Thomas 1 0-0 2, Taylor Brown 2 0-0 6, Allie Coldwell 6 2-2 14, Allie Brown 5 0-0 14. Totals 22 6-9 56.
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Serena Koch 2 1-4 6, Janelle Falk 6 0-0 14, Alisa Venman 1 0-0 2, Dori Smith 4 5-6 13, Sarah Paolini 8 4-7 20, Megha Tannehill 1 0-0 2, Amanda Kauffman 0 1-2 1. Totals 22 11-19 58.
3-point goals — Troy 6 (A. Brown 4, T. Brown 2), Stillwater 3 (Falk 2, Koch). Total fouls — Troy 15, Stillwater 11. Fouled out — Troy, Coldwell.
BOYS
Stillwater 66, Troy 56
Isaac Neumann scored 22 points and the Stillwater Christian boys pulled away late to edge Troy in a nonconference boys basketball game at SCS.
The Cougars held a five-point advantage at halftime and outscored Troy by five points in the fourth quarter to walk away with the victory over a scrappy group of Trojans.
BJ Bach added 14 points for Stillwater on senior night.
Sean Opland had a team-high 19 points for Troy. Gage Tallmadge added 16 points and Brennan Olds 10 for the Trojans.
Troy 10 17 14 15 — 56
Stillwater 13 19 14 20 — 66
TROY — Craig Helmrick 3, Gage Tallmadge 16, Brennan Olds 10, Sean Opland 19, Kolten Winebark 8. Totals 22 9-16 56.
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN — Clayton Hashley 7, Nathan Chuang 8, BJ Bach 14, Daniel Fetveit 2, Daniel Lambert 2, Matt VanSomeren 9, Isaac Neumann 22, Alex Sulzbacher 2. Totals 27 6-13 66.
3-point goals- SCS 6 (Hashley, Bach, Neumann 4), Troy 3 (Tallmadge 2, Opland).