The Britton-Hecla girls basketball team held a pair of halftime leads but came out on the short end of three contests during the past week.
Coach Terry Nelson’s club took a 1-5 record into a game with Milbank last night Tuesday. This week the Lady Braves travel to Redfield on Thursday, host Great Plains Lutheran on Friday (JV games 5 p.m., varsity girls, varsity boys to follow), and play at Wilmot on Tuesday with all the contests being twin bills with the boys’ squad.
B-H held an 11-point halftime lead against Tri-State before dropping a 56-51 decision on Saturday, led by seven at the half against Deuel on Friday before losing 53-45, and was a victim of an ice-cold shooting night in a 46-13 loss at Florence-Henry last week Monday.
“All the teams we have played so far have a winning record and the competition is only going to get better,” said Nelson. “But we are slowly getting better. The girls are hustling and are aggressive, and our outside shooting is improving. And the good attitude is there, so that’s the best thing.”
Nelson was without the services of Chellon Pruitt due to the state Snow Queen contest last weekend and will be missing Koryn Jones for the next two weeks with a back injury.
Tri-State 56
Britton-Hecla 51
Tri-State erased an 11-point halftime deficit on the way to its win over Britton-Hecla.
The Lady Braves jumped out to a 19-11 first quarter lead and boosted that to 32-21 at intermission. Tri-State cut that margin to 42-38 after three quarters and then outscored Nelson’s crew 18-9 over the final eight minutes.
Heather Storbakken notched 12 points and Daynika Zuehlke added 10 points, 10 rebounds, and four assists to lead the Lady Braves. Karli Zuehlke added eight boards.
BRITTON-HECLA: Karlie Zuehlke 0 2-4 2, Rae Ann Hagenson 3 0-0 6, Heather Storbakken 4 3-4 12, Daynika Zuelke 4 0-0 10, Mallory Grupe 3 1-5 7, Maddie Micko 3 2-8 8, Koryn Jones 3 0-0 6. Totals 20 8-21 51.
TRI-STATE: Iceli Rabbithead 4 3-6 13, Shali Laurence 8 3-7 21, Macy Fritz 3 0-2 6, Taylor Laurence 2 3-5 8, Cindy Perez 0 1-4 1, Taylyn Thomas 2 0-3 4, Kiara Westby 1 0-0 3. Totals 20 10-27 56.
BH (1-5) 19 32 42 51
TS 11 21 38 56
3-point goals – Storbakken, D. Zuehlke 2; Rabbithead 2, S. Laurence 2, T. Laurence, Westby; Total fouls – BH 22, TS 20.
Deuel 53
Britton-Hecla 45
Britton-Hecla broke a first quarter deadlock by outscoring Tri-State 17-10 in the second period for a 25-18 halftime advantage but Deuel outscored the Lady Braves 35-20 in the second half for the win
Heather Storbakken had 15 counters and RaeAnn Hagenson contributed 11 to lead B-H scorers.
BRITTON-HECLA: Karlie Zuehlke 1 2-4 4, RaeAnn Hagenson 5 0-0 11, Heather Storbakken 6 0-0 15, Daynika Zuehlke 2 1-2 5, Mallory Grupe 1 0-0 2, Maddie Micko 0 1-4 1, Koryn Jones 0 3-4 3. Totals 15 7-14 45.
DEUEL: Morgan Theisen 1 5-6 7, Jaycee Hourigan 2 0-0 6, Cam Peterreins 5 1-1 14, Katrina Hagberg 1 1-4 3, Ella Kerkvliet 2 0-0 4, Graclyn Nielsen 3 2-2 10, Roxi Raml 1 1-2 3, Amelia Giese 1 0-0 3, Sophie Trupe 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 10-15 53.
BH (1-4) 8 25 35 45
Deuel (2-2) 8 18 37 53
3-point goals – Hagenson, Storbakken 3; Hourigan 2, Peterreins 3, Nielsen 2, Giese. Fouled out – K. Zuehlke. Total fouls – BH 14, Deuel 15.
Florence-Henry 46
Britton-Hecla 13
There was a lid on the basket for Britton-Hecla with just four of 31 shots finding their mark for a 12% shooting average from the field in the loss to Florence-Henry.
Daynika Zuehlke and Paityn Erickson led the Lady Braves with three points apiece.
BRITTON-HECLA: Heather Storbakken 0 2-4 2, Daynika Zuehlke 1 0-0 3, Mallory Grupe 1 0-0 2, Paityn Erickson 1 1-1 3, Natalie Treeby 1 0-0 2, Koryn Jones 0 1-4 1. Totals – 4 4-9 13.
FLORENCE-HENRY: Ashelyn Klitzke 2 2-2 7, Addison Byer 1 0-0 2, Brooke Hlavacek 5 2-2 14, Grace Kahnke 3 3-4 9, Andie Rislov 0 1-2 1, Ashlynn Vavruska 4 0-0 9, Ana Byer 0 2-4 2, Mylee Sumner 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 12-14 46.
BH (1-3) 2 11 11 13
FH (3-1) 11 32 43 46
3-point goals – D. Zuehlke; Hlavacek 2, Klitzke, Vavruska. Fouled out – Griffyn Muller.
