The Dalles girls’ basketball team fell behind 16-5 after one quarter and crept to within a four-point deficit late in the third quarter, but No. 1-ranked Hermiston slammed the door shut in the final period with a 15-5 run to work a 51-36 victory Friday in Columbia River Conference action at Hermiston High School.
Down by 11 points to start the second quarter, the No. 11-ranked Riverhawks used an 11-10 output to make it a 26-16 game at the break.
TD then used a 15-10 rally in the third quarter, getting as close as four points, but were behind 36-31 entering the final frame.
“The girls, as they have done all year, battled hard after the first quarter,” said TD coach Craig Compton. “They never gave up. They started playing a group and they started believing in each other. They were attacking the hoop and dishing it off to each other and making a couple of threes. Overall, they played pretty solid in that part of the game.”
Katie Conklin paced the Riverhawk offense with 11 points, Iliana Telles chipped in eight and the duo of Brooke McCall and Lori Cimmiyotti had seven points each.
For the Lady Bulldogs, Abi Drotzmann and Tavin Headings led the way with 10 points apiece.
Compton said there was a lot to take away from Friday’s game.
“The biggest learning lesson we take from tonight is that we are very capable of playing with Hermiston,” he said. “We have to play a very, very good game for 32 minutes against this Hermiston squad. It looks like we could beat this team, if we can maintain our level of play.”
The Dalles (8-7 overall, 0-1 league) travels to take on Pendleton at 7 p.m. next Friday.
The No. 6 Buckaroos (11-5, 1-0) cruised past Hood River Valley (5-11, 0-1) by a 60-34 margin Friday night.
Commented
Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles.