Lady Vikes lose to Dubois
Jan. 26—MONTGOMERY — The Lady Vikings ended a two-game winning streak with a loss in New Viking Arena on Tuesday. The Vikes fell to BCC foe No. 4 NE Dubois, 49-24.
The Vikes posted a better second half than first, while getting extended minutes from Colleen Trambaugh, who had been injured, along with perimeter scoring from Jennica Helms and Beth Graber.
Helms led with seven points, while Hannah Bledsoe had six, Graber with five and two each from Trambaugh, Thompson and Ava Carter.
Dubois got a dominant effort Rhylan Kalb with 18 and 11 from Hadley Fuhrman.
"We looked sluggish and missed a lot of shots. That type of effort isn't going to get us very far so we will rebound and give it another try Thursday," said B-R coach Lacey Higgins.
Bledsoe picked up the Vikes first bucket, but Dubois moved out to a 6-2 margin. The Lady Jeeps extended it to 9-2 and eventually 12-2 before Bledsoe added a basket on a put back. NED's Reagan Knies added her second triple and send the Jeeps into the second quarter up 15-4.
Bledsoe added an interior basket early in the second, but NEDs' Haley Fuhrman hit a 3-ball to make it 25-6. The Jeeps rolled to 31-6, but Trambaugh added a basket and Jennica Helms a free throw to make it 31-9, before ending the half at 33-9.
Beth Graber hit a trey for the Vikes, but NED maintained its 25-point lead. Graber added a second basket and Helms also went deep, cutting the NED lead to 20. Willow Thompson added a transition basket to cut it to 42-19 as B-R outscored NED 10-9 during the quarter.
Ava Carter got her name in the scorebook with a basket in the fourth for the Vikes, while Helms knocked down her second trey to make it 24-47.
In the JV game, B-R won 32-29, with Emma Knepp getting 15, Liv Emmons with eight, Akayasha Stoll with six, while Elle Knepp and Kennedy Sinnott also scored. B-R travels to North Knox on Thursday.
