Lady Braves Pick Up Third Win In Season

Britton-Hecla’s girls basketball team picked up its third win of the season on Saturday, downing Waverly-South Shore 57-33 but fell to Warner on Thursday 51-23.

Coach Terry Nelson’s club stood at 3-8 heading into a home contest with Leola-Frederick last night Tuesday. This week the Lady Braves host Aberdeen Roncalli on Friday (C 5 p.m., JV, varsity to follow), host Tri-State in a twin bill with the boys’ squad on Saturday (C boys noon, JV boys girls 1 p.m., varsity girls, varsity boys to follow), and Sisseton comes to town for a doubleheader on Tuesday (C boys, girls 4 p.m., JV boys, girls 5 p.m., varsity girls, varsity boys to follow).

“We better be ready because it’s only going to get tougher,” said Nelson. “Our focus as we head into the home stretch of the season is to put the ball in the hole and do a better job of shooting free throws. Our passing and ball handling also needs to improve.”

Britton-Hecla 57 Waverly-South Shore 33

Britton-Hecla jumped out to a 24-10 halftime lead and then outscored Waverly-South Shore 17-8 in the third stanza to take control of the contest.

Tiyanna Schott led the Lady Braves with 15 points and 10 rebounds, including a personal best nine offensive boards, Jayden Bender added 11 points, four rebounds, four steals, and four assists while shooting over 50% from the field, Sterling Brassfield laced 11 counters and had eight rebounds and four assists, and RaeAnn Hagenson had four assists.

A total of 52 fouls were called in the contest and 69 free throws shot.

BRITTON-HECLA: Sterling Brassfield 4 3-7 11, Tiyanna Schott 7 11 15, Jayden Bender 4 2-3 11, Addison Wade 3 0-2 7, Heather Storbakken 0 48 4, RaeAnn Hagenson 0 0-2 0, Karlie Zuehlke 1 0-2 2, Daynika Zuehlke 0 1-2 1, Mallory Grupe 0 0-2 0, Koryn Joines 0 2-4 2, Chellon Pruitt 0 2-2 2, Natalie Treeby 0 2-2 2. Totals 19-66 17-37 57.

WAVERLY-SOUTH SHORE: Jolene Krantz 0 3-4 3, Jaina Johnson 1 22 4, Emily Heuer 2 1-6 6, Arnie Stricherz 0 1-4 1, Dashya Koch 0 0-2 0, Carlee Mushitz 6 1-10 13, Brianna Gottschalk 0 3-4 3, Sidney Stricherz 1 0-0 3. Totals 10 11-32 33.

BH (3-8) 13 24 41 57 W-SS (0-12) 4 10 18 33

3-point goals – Bender, Wade; Heuer, S. Stricherz. Fouled out – Grupe; Johnson, Heuer, A. Stricherz. Total fouls – BH 27, WSS 25.

Warner 51 Britton-Hecla 23

Warner hit a pair of treys and converted a three-point play to key a 14-7 second period run to forge a 27-12 halftime lead and padded that to a 23-point margin after three quarters.

The Lady Braves struggled from the field, hitting just two buckets in each quarter and were just 7-20 from the charity stripe. Sterling Brassfield led B-H with nine points and eight rebounds and RaeAnn Hagenson added five points. Tiyanna Schott pulled down 10 boards.

WARNER : Kyra Marcuson 4 48 13, Ava Nilsson 5 1-1 12, Kyleigh Schopp 4 0-2 8, Sophia Hoeft 1 0-0 2, Lauren Marcuson 2 2-3 6, Stacia Carda 5 0-0 10. Totals 21 7-14 51.

BRITTON-HECLA: Sterling Brassfield 3 3-4 9, Tiyanna Schott 2 00 4, Jayden Bender 1 0-2 2, RaeAnn Hagenson 1 3-8 5, Karlie Zuehlke 0 1-4 1, Daynika Zuehlke 1 0-2 2. Totals 8 720 23.

Warner (10-1) 13 27 41 51 B-H (2-8) 5 12 18 23

3-point goals – K. Marcuson, Nilsson. Total fouls – Warner 17, BH 15.