GIRLS BASKETBALL: Hellgate girls pull away from Bravettes

by The Daily Inter Lake
| February 23, 2016 11:46 PM

MISSOULA — Katie Stahl scored 15 points and the Missoula Hellgate girls pulled away from Flathead in a Western AA basketball game on Tuesday night.

The Bravettes (4-15 overall, 0-11 Western AA) hung close with Hellgate in the first quarter, trailing just 10-7 after eight minutes, but couldn’t keep pace.

Hellgate outscored Flathead 14-5 in the second quarter and 16-10 out of halftime to extend that one-possession lead to 40-22 after the third quarter.

Kylie McWilliams had 10 points and Syd Riddle nine for the Knights to keep Hellgate (11-8, 6-5) on pace with a horde of Western conference teams searching for a second seed in the state tournament.

Tiana Johnson had nine points for the Bravettes and Kylee Meredith and Sierra Siblerud each had eight points.

Flathead plays its final game of the regular season on Friday in a crosstown clash at Glacier. Glacier won the first meeting 59-36 at Flathead.

Flathead 7 5 10 13 — 35

Hellgate 10 14 16 13 — 53

FLATHEAD — Kylee Meredith 2 2-5 8, Mary Heaton 0 0-0 0, Sierra Siblerud 4 0-0 8, Cadelyn Nunn 1 1-2 4, Clara Vanderbosch 1 0-0 3, Allie Gagnon 1 1-6 3, Tiana Johnson 3 2-3 9. Totals: 12 6-19 35.

HELLGATE — Darby Henthorn 1 3-4 6, Kaci Paffhausen 3 1-3 7, Kylie McWilliams 3 2-2 10, Syd Riddle 3 2-2 9, Katie Stahl 6 0-1 15, Saydee CHeff 0 2-4 2, Holland Small 0 1-2 1, Shay Evans 1 1-2 3. Totals: 17 12-20 53.

3-point goals – Flathead 5 (Meredith 2, Nunn 1, Vanderbosch 1, Johnson 1), Hellgate 7 (Stahl 3, McWilliams 2, Riddle 1). Total fouls – Flathead 20, Hellgate 14. Fouled out – Taylor Henley, Flathead.