Bravettes lose at Missoula Big Sky

MISSOULA — Kadynce Couture scored 19 points and the Missoula Big Sky Eagles used a big second quarter to push past Flathead 56-48 Thursday in Western AA girls basketball action.

Avory DeCoite added 17 points and Sadie McGuinn 13 for the first-place Eagles (12-1 overall, 9-0 in league), who fell behind 13-6 early and trailed 16-12 going to the second quarter.

McGuinn scored eight points in the second quarter for Big Sky, while Flathead had just three as a team. The Bravettes (4-8, 1-7) made a late surge with Kennedy Moore scoring 10 fourth-quarter points, but it wasn’t enough.

Moore had 15 points and Chloe Converse 12 for Flathead. Converse hit four 3-pointers.

Flathead    16    3    10    19    -    48

Big Sky    12    15    15    14    -    56

FLATHEAD — Kennedy Moore 6 1-3 15, Harlie Roth 1 0-0 2, Sami Dalager 1 1-3 2, Chloe Converse 4 0-0 12, Celie VandenBosch 2 2-4 7, Mattie Thompson 3 1-2 7, Quin Tennison 0 0-0 0, Ava Malmin 1 --0 2. Totals 18 5-11 48.

MISSOULA BIG SKY — Sadie McGuinn 5 0-2 13, Kaydynce Couture 8 0-0 19, Mya Hubbard 1 0-0 2, Gianna Janacaro 1 0-0 2, Avory DeCoite 6 3-3 17, Skyler Latrioelle 1 0-2 3, Delaney Laird 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 3-7 56.

3-point goals — Flathead 7 (Converse 4, Moore 2, VandenBosch), Big Sky 9 (Couture 3, McGuinn 3, DeCoite 2, Latrielle). Fouls — Flathead 10, Big Sky 10. Fouled out — none.