By Sandy Anderberg
The Lady Broncos fought hard against the Lady Mustangs in Wheeler Friday night, but ended with a 28-46 loss.
The ladies could never get anything going offensively in the battle in the first half, but put together a big third quarter on both sides of the ball. They were able to score 14, while holding the Lady Mustangs to only three points. But a slow shooting fourth quarter spelled disaster for the Lady Broncos and they suffered another district loss.
Briley Chadwick finished with eight and Brianna Butler added five. Jensen Hatley, Sandrea Smith and Berkeley Alexander all had four, Hannah Howard put in two and Hannah Hommel added one.
“Again, we had a game of two halves,” Grahn said. “We had a tough time scoring in the first half, so we found ourselves in a hole at the half. The second half we came out very aggressive and shut them down and outscored them, 14-3. We limited their second shots and forced them to throw the ball away. We had to foul at the end and they sealed the game at the free throw line. We have to keep working to find our shooting groove.”
Earlier in the week the Lady Broncos hosted Quanah and were defeated 41-51. The Lady Broncos jumped out to an early one-point lead, but succumbed to cold shooting in the second quarter. The Lady Indians were able to capitalize on it and take a four-point lead into the break.
Clarendon was able to fight back in the third quarter and even tie the game at 28 all until Quanah was able to pull away and get the win. Butler and Hatley led the way with eight points each and Smith and Owiti each had six. Chadwick finished with five, Howard four, Alexander three, and Hommel had one.
“The girls came out and played a very good first half,” Grahn said. “We had balanced scoring with eight of the ten girls scoring. Quanah did a nice job of attacking our zone and getting to the free throw line in the fourth quarter. We have nice balanced scoring; we just need to push our averages up.”
The Lady Broncos take on Shamrock at home February 5 and travel to Wellington February 9 for their last district game at 6:30 pm.
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