Lady Grizzlies Go 1-1 On Boise Trip

The Lady Grizzlies split a pair of games last weekend when they made a trip to New Plymouth High School.  Four teams met at the venue to get in a couple of games before the Christmas break.  The four teams included the Grizzlies, Oakley, Prairie and the host school New Plymouth.

The Lady Grizzlies started off Friday night with New Plymouth.  The Lady Grizzlies got off to a solid start and by the end of the first quarter they had put up eleven points coming from five different players.  The Grizzlies continued their balanced attack in the second quarter and by the time that the halftime buzzer sounded Grace held a nine point lead.  As the second half began the Pilgrims began to chip away at the Grizzly lead.  Grace was outscored by four in the quarter but still held the lead.  In the fourth quarter the Lady Grizzlies got back to spreading the scoring around and ended the game pulling away from the Pilgrims winning by eleven points.

The following morning the Lady Grizzlies were back in action this time against a tough Prairie Pirate team.  The Lady Grizzlies struggled in this game especially coming out of the gate.  Though there was a lot of physical play with plenty of contact, the first foul of the game was not called until there was just over three and a half minutes left in the first quarter and the foul went against Grace.  That trend would continue for much of the game.  When the first quarter came to a close Grace had failed to score a single point.  The Pirates dominated the boards in the early part of the game and for the most part controlled the paint.  The Grizzlies did improve in those areas in the second quarter and did finally manage to get on the board.  The lop sided fouling continued with Prairie not earning their first foul until just over three minutes left in the first half.  Before the half would end Grace had cut into the Pirate lead outscoring their opponent by five in the quarter.  Unfortunately a key player for Grace Tess Jorgensen also picked up her third foul.  After halftime the physical play continued with several no calls on big contact.  Jorgensen eventually picked up her fourth foul and the scoring difficulties continued for Grace.  By the end of the third quarter Grace now trailed by nine.  In the fourth the Grizzlies fell apart.  Several forced passes and several missed shots allowed the Pirates to pull away for a big sixteen point win.

The Lady Grizzlies will continue their see-saw season on Thursday night night when they will go to Aberdeen, then they will travel with the boys team to Rich County Utah on Friday to play a double header before heading into Christmas break.

Grizzlies 11 16 10 14 51

Pilgrims 7 11 14 8 40

K.Stoddard 7, K.Christensen 2, K.Mansfield 7, L.Gilbert 5, P.Steadman 17, C.Yost 6, T.Jorgensen 7

Grizzlies 0 10 6 7 23

Pirates 10 5 10 14 39

K.Stoddard 4, K.Christensen 3, K.Mansfield 4, L.Gilbert 2, C.Yost 4, T.Jorgensen 2, E.Olenslager 2, P.Bartlome 2