Flathead girls fall to Sentinel
Missoula Sentinel jumped on Flathead early, leading 30-8 at the half en route to a 51-34 Western AA girls basketball victory on Thursday at Flathead High School.
The Bravettes did rebound in the second half, outscoring Sentinel 26-21.
Sentinel was led by Liz Harper's 13 points.
Flathead had three players lead the way with six points - Emma Andrews, Tess Brenneman and Jenessa Heine.
Missoula Sentinel 10 20 11 10 - 51
Flathead 4 4 8 18 - 34
MISSOULA SENTINEL - Kennedy Fulbright 2, McCall Hasquet 1, Katie Focher 4, Liz Harper 13, Kate Patenaude 6, Olivia Roberts 7, DJ Reinhardt 8, Amanda Davis 8, Amanda Bearmedicine 2.
FLATHEAD - Emma Andrews 6, Sam Thompson 2, Christyne Hanson 2, Tess Brenneman 6, Megan Jones 4, Ashlee O'Dell 3, Brittany Earnest 2, Cassie Krueger 2, Jenessa Heine 6, Danika Johnson 1.
Libby 45, Troy 11
LIBBY - Jaime Gilden scored 22 points and Logan Best added 11 as Libby cruised to an easy nonconference win over Troy.
Gilden scored nine of Libby's 14-first quarter points as the Loggers enjoyed a 12-point edge.
Gilden tallied 11 of Libby's 19 points in the third period.
Troy 2 1 0 8 - 11
Libby 14 5 19 7 - 45
TROY - Megan Cummings 1, Jackie Pepiot 2, Jordan Williams 6, Alyssa Olds 1, Michaela Curry 1.
LIBBY - Alysha Martin 7, Jaime Gilden 22, Logan Best 11, Taylor Barton 2, Ashley Shaw 1, Kim Tangen 2.
Boys
Missoula Big Sky 58, Glacier 54
MISSOULA - Jay Owens hit three treys down the stretch to help Missoula Big Sky down Glacier in a Western AA matchup.
Big Sky, held to just four points in the third period, outscored Falthead 23-19 in the final frame.
Owens finished with 19 points to lead all scorers.
Bryan Chery had 14 and Trey Griffith 12 for Glacier.
Glacier 10 13 12 19 - 54
Big Sky 13 18 4 23 - 58
Glacier - Bryan Chery 5-14 2-2 14, Trey Griffith 2-11 6-6 12, Marshall Boyland 2-3 0-2 4, Colter Hanson 3-7 1-2 7, Sean Peters 2-8 0-0 4, Kyle Griffith 4-10 0-0 8, Evan Epperly 1-1 0-0 2, Andy Boyer 0-1 0-0 0, Jacob Leininger 0-2 0-0 0, Brandon Doty 0-2 0-0 0, Ryan Edwards 1-5 1-4 3. Totals: 20-64 10-16 54.
Big Sky - Cole Baker 1-9 0-0 2, Jason Neibergs 2-4 2-2 6, Jay Owens 7-11 2-5 19, Aaron Koster 3-10 2-2 8, Matt Ethridge 4-4 0-0 8, R.J. LaValley 1-2 0-0 3, Zach Sandau 1-1 0-2 2, Tyler Thornock 2-3 1-2 5, Dan Miller 2-3 1-2 5. Totals: 23-47 8-15 58.
3-point goals - Glacier 4-15 (Chery 2, T Griffith 2), Big Sky 4-7 (Owens 3, LaValley). Totals fouls - Glacier 15, Big Sky 19. Fouled out - Boyland. Rebounds - Glacier 27 (Edwards 5, Boyland 4), Big Sky 44 (Koster 8, Owens 6, Miller 6). Steals - Glacier 15 (T Griffith 7), Big Sky 8. Blocks - Glacier 1 (Edwards), Big Sky 0. Turnovers - Glacier 19 (Peters 5, Chery 4), Big Sky 32 (Owens 7, LaValley 6).
Libby 34, Troy 26
LIBBY - A slow start did not end on a bad note for the Libby boys basketball team.
The Loggers, down 6-4 after the first period, battled back to claim a 34-26 nonconference victory over Lincoln County rival Troy on Thursday evening.
James Hare led Libby, and all scorers, with 12 points.
Cory Orr tallied 13 points for Troy.
Troy 6 9 7 4 - 26
Libby 4 11 6 13 - 34
TROY - Cory Orr 10, Ryan Rayson 6, Kody Hoffman 6, Trent Cratty 4.
LIBBY - Reese Jensen 4, Micah Germany 2, Cree Maloney 2, Kelly May 3, Garrett Craig 3, Alex Cislo 8, James Hare 12.
Two games called off
Weather forced cancellation of two basketball games on Thursday - Eureka girls at Polson and Polson boys at Eureka.
Not make-up dates have been set.