Sentinel girls trip Pack in back-and-forth battle

MISSOULA — Brooke Stayner and Emily McElmurry scored 14 points each, and McElmurry basket gave Missoula Sentinel the lead for good as the Spartans edged Glacier 53-49 in Western AA girls’ basketball action Friday.

McElmurry’s basket off a steal created by Stayner and Olivia Huntsinger, putting the Spartans (3-2 overall, 1-0 in league) up 45-44 early in the fourth quarter, the last of many lead changes in the game.

Huntsinger added 10 for Sentinel, which trailed Glacier (3-2, 0-1) 34-27 midway through the third quarter.

Bethany Sorenson scored a game-high 17 points for the Wolfpack, who play at Butte today. She hit four 3-pointers.

Glacier 16 7 18 8 - 49

Sentinel 10 17 13 13 - 53

MISSOULA SENTINEL — Olivia Huntsinger 3 4-6 10, Brooke Stayner 5 3-5 14, Kodi Fraser 2 0-0 4, Hannah Hart 3 0-0 6, Emily McElmurry 5 4-6 14, Kaitlyn Hammett 0 0-1 0. Lilly Allen 1 0-0 2, Hamilton 0 1-1 1, K. Kirgan 1 0-4 2.

GLACIER — Bethany Sorenson 6 1-2 17, Reese Ramey 4 0-0 8, Sidney Gulick 4 0-0 10, Kiera Sullivan 2 2-4 7, Noah Fincher 3 1-2 7, Kenedee Moore 0 1-2 1, Colette Daniels 1 0-0 2.

3-point goals — Sentinel 4 (Stayner 4), Glacier 7 (Sorenson 4, Gulick 2, Sullivan).