3rd-quarter Butte surge sinks Bravettes

by Daily Inter Lake
| February 13, 2021 10:00 PM

BUTTE — MacKenzie Tutty scored 15 points, Kodie Hoagland added 14 and the Butte Bulldogs pulled away after halftime to beat the Flathead Bravettes 48-35 Saturday in Western AA girls’ basketball.

Clare Converse led the Bravettes (2-7) with 10 points, and Flathead trailed just 15-14 before Butte (3-8) scored the last five points of the first half.

The Bulldogs then opened the third quarter with a 17-4 surge, and led by as much as 45-23 in the fourth period.

Maddy Moy added eight points for Flathead, whose next game is at Helena Capital Thursday.

Flathead 4 10 7 14 — 35

Butte 5 15 20 8 — 48

FLATHEAD (2-7) — Kuyra Siegel 2 0-1 4, Maddy Moy 3 1-1 8, Akilah Kubi 1 0-0 2, Clare Converse 4 2-5 10, Molly Winters 1 0-1 2, Bridge Crowley 2 2-4 6, Avery Chouinard 0 0-0 0, Tali Miller 0-0 0, Macy Carver 0 0-0 0, Ivy Gannon 0 3-5 3, Maddie Engle 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 8-17 35.

BUTTE (3-8) — MacKenzie Tutty 5 2-7 15, Kodie Hoagland 3 5-7 14, Madalynn Rhodes 0 0-0 0, Madison Skeel 0 1-4 1, McCaul McCarthy 3 0-0 6, Ashley Olson 4 1-6 9, Laura Rosenleaf 1 1-1 3, Tylar Clary 0 0-0 0, Emmarie Richards 0 0-0 0, Brooke McGrath 0 0-0 0, Mya Stenson 0 0-0 0, Payton Clary 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 10-25 48.

3-point goals — Flathead 1 (May), Butte 6 (Tutty 3, Hoagland 3). Fouls — Flathead 22, Butte 21. Fouled out — Kubi.