Lady Grizz Split A Pair Of Road Games

The Lady Grizzlies got back into action after a long holiday break by playing two road games in less than twenty-four hours.  They kicked off last week’s road stint by traveling to Murtaugh on Friday night.  Kallie Stoddard helped get the Grizzlies going in the first quarter of this game putting up five of the team’s twelve points.  Stoddard’s five points matched the overall lead that the Grizzlies held going into the second period.  Tess Jorgensen took over in the second quarter as she scored six of her ten points in the game.  The Lady Grizzlies also turned on the defense in the second, holding Murtaugh to just one field goal in the stanza.  Going into the half the Lady Grizzlies held a commanding thirteen point lead.  In the third period the Lady Grizzlies faltered just slightly and were out scored by three but still had a ten point lead going into the final quarter of the game.  In the fourth quarter the Grizzlies once again put on some defensive pressure and once again limited the scoring by Murtaugh.  Grace only gave up two baskets in the quarter while offensively nine different Lady Grizzlies contributed to Grace’s twenty point quarter.  Several younger girls were able to get into this game in the fourth and get some varsity experience.  

Following the Murtaugh win, the Lady Grizzlies didn’t arrive home until after midnight. In a quick turnaround they had to be up and back on the bus by nine o’clock the next morning to travel to 4A American Falls for an early one o’clock tip off time.  Once again Stoddard got off to a good start putting up five points in the first and was joined by Karlie Christensen who also added five points.  Unfortunately American Falls also got off to a good start and were able to outpace the Grizzlies in the first going up by six points.  In the second quarter the teams traded blows.  Grace spread the scoring out a little more and were able to close the lead to four points going into the halftime break.  In the third quarter the Lady Grizzlies suffered from several tough calls by the officials.  The Grizzlies sent the Lady Beavers to the charity stripe six times in the quarter and American Falls took advantage of the opportunities making eight out of eleven foul shots.  The tough quarter was enough to doom the Lady Grizzlies.  Grace was not able to chip into the Beaver lead any further and eventually fell in this game losing by ten points.  

The Lady Grizzlies will hit the road once again this week.  They travel to Marsh Valley on Wednesday then take on a tough Oakley team on Saturday.

Grace 12 12 8 20 52

Murtaugh 7 4 11 5 27

E.Olenslager 4, K.Stoddard 10, K.Christensen 4, K.Mansfield 4, S.Lloyd 2, L.Gilbert 6, P.Steadman 6, C.Yost 6, T.Jorgensen 10

Grizzlies 10 9 10 9 38

Beavers 16 7 14 11 48

E.Olenslager 6, K.Stoddard 14, P.Bartlome 2, K.Christensen 7, K. Mansfield 3, L.Gilbert 2, C.Yost 2, T.Jorgensen 2