Bonners women drop one to Sandpoint
Badger senior No.32 Markayle Acord goes up for two points against heavy defensive pressure from Sandpoint in Saturday nights Moose Madness women’s varsity basketball.
The Bonners Ferry women’s varsity basketball kicked off the 3rd annual Moose Madness activities with a disappointing 42-53 loss Saturday night.
The Badgers went into halftime with a 24-22 lead over Sandpoint. Bonners Ferry played a good first half led by juniors Amanda Riley who led the team with 13 points and 5 steals and Jordan Porter with 7 points and 11 rebounds. Women’s varsity head coach Travis Hinthorn told the girls at half time that they did a good job; need to keep it up and rebound a little bit better.”
The Badgers had a tough time in the second half, being out scored 5-12 in the third and 13-21 in the fourth. Hinthorn adds “We had a little mental lapse in the third quarter; we just could not get a shot off. I think that we got a little tired.”
“We seem to have two or three great quarters but we always seem to miss that one quarter. “ Hinthorn continues, “It will be nice to get back to league and put it together, the good thing is that we competed tonight a much better effort than when we paled down in Sandpoint.”
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Bonners Ferry 15 9 5 13 42
Sandpoint 14 8 12 21 53
Bonners Ferry: Tucker 2, Andrews 9, Merrifield 1, Porter 7, Riley 13, Gust 6, Taggart 0, Accord 4.
Sandpoint: Van Ooyen 0, Chatburn 5, Kirscher 24, N Roop 5, Oyharsabal 0, Tucker 0, Speelmon 4, S Roop 2, Bruce 5, Olin 10