Converse’s five 3’s not enough, Bravettes fall to Sentinel
Flathead's Chloe Converse (25) knocks down one of her five three-pointers in the first half against Missoula Sentinel at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Kennedy Moore (14) knocks down a jumper guarded by Missoula Sentinel's Shay Casagrande (24) in the first half at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Celie Vandenbosch (23) goes to the basket in the first half against Missoula Sentinel at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Quin Tennison (10) looks to shoot in the second half against Missoula Sentinel at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Harlie Roth (21) looks to shoot in the first half against Missoula Sentinel at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Mattie Thompson (24) shoots in the first half against Missoula Sentinel at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Emily McElmurry scored 23 points, including 10 in the third quarter as Missoula Sentinel defeated Flathead 58-51 in Western AA girls basketball Thursday at the Flathead gym.
Kennedy Moore led the Bravettes (3-6, 0-5 in Western AA) with 18 points and Chloe Converse added 17 of her own, including five 3-pointers in the first 10 minutes of the game.
Mo Mastro added 10 points for the Spartans (5-5, 2-4), who held a 54-34 lead with six minutes left in the game.
“I thought offensively we moved the ball real well, we just missed some shots,” said Bravettes coach Kaylee Fox. “We got a little cold at the start of the two halves.”
Sentinel managed to jump on the Bravettes early, scoring the first eight points of the game. Fox got her team settled in after a time out, and the Converse barrage from three began. She hit four of her triples during a 14-4 Flathead run which tied the game at 18. Sentinel would recover and take a 25-22 lead into the half.
Out of the break the Spartans started to open up the lead, going on a quick 9-2 run and forcing a Bravettes timeout with the score 34-24. Sentinel kept the offense rolling through the third and early fourth as they extended the lead out to 54-34 on a McElmurry jump shot.
Flathead would go on a run late though as Moore found her rhythm scoring 10 of the Bravettes 17 points in the final frame.
The comeback would fall short as Sentinel would lead wire to wire in this one.
“Defensively we played pretty tough,” Fox said. “They were just hot tonight, they made a lot of shots and we missed some offensive rebounds.”
Flathead goes on the road to take on Hellgate Saturday.
Sentinel 16 9 22 11 - 58
Flathead 12 10 12 17 - 51
SENTINEL — Andrin Reimers 4 0-1 8, Kaitlyn Hammett 2 3-3 8, Mo Mastro 4 0-0 9, Avery Ogren 0 0-0 0 , Callie Crass 0 0-0 0, Emily McElmurry 10 1-2 23, Shay Casagrande 1 0-0 2, Peyton Size 4 0-0 8. Team totals 25 4-6 58
FLATHEAD — Ava Malmin 0 0-0 0, Quin Tennison 0 0-0 0, Kennedy Moore 7 3-3 18, Harlie Roth 1 0-0 3, Celie Vandenbosch 1 1-2 3, Mattie Thompson 3 0-2 6, Chloe Converse 6 0-0 17, Sami Delager 2 0-0 4. Team totals 20 4-7 51.
3-point goals — Sentinel 4 (McElmurry 2, Mastro, Hammett), Flathead (Converse 5, Roth, Moore). Fouls — Sentinel 9, Flathead 9. Fouled out — none.
Flathead's Kennedy Moore (14) knocks down a jumper guarded by Missoula Sentinel's Shay Casagrande (24) in the first half at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Celie Vandenbosch (23) goes to the basket in the first half against Missoula Sentinel at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Quin Tennison (10) looks to shoot in the second half against Missoula Sentinel at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Harlie Roth (21) looks to shoot in the first half against Missoula Sentinel at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Mattie Thompson (24) shoots in the first half against Missoula Sentinel at Flathead High School on Thursday, Jan. 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider