Girls basketball roundup: Bulldogs bounce back against Islanders
RUDYARD — The Rudyard Bulldogs returned to Eastern UP Conference play, and cruised past the Cedarville-DeTour Islanders 51-19 Tuesday night.
Brooklynn Besteman scored a game-high 18 points to lead the Bulldogs (8-6 overall, 4-2 EUPC). Emily Kopitz added nine points and Karlee Mayer had eight points for Rudyard. The Bulldogs were without starting guard Tristin Smith for a second straight game, and coming off a non-conference loss at Munising Monday.
Rudyard led 23-9 at halftime against Cedarville-DeTour and continued to pull away in the second half. The Bulldogs’ defense limited the Islanders to single digits in every quarter.
“Great all around play from everyone,” Rudyard coach Carlos Molina said. “It was good to see a team effort. I am proud of them all. If we can play like this the rest of the season it will be great. We need to get better with our free throws as they have been ill-fated all season.
“Besteman, (Meagan) Postma and Kopitz had a great night on the boards. Mayer, Besteman and Bradley had some key steals. (Delaney) MacDowell had a great all around game and it was great to see her use her speed. All in all it was a great team effort tonight.”
Hayley Kohlmann scored six points for the Islanders (8-8 overall, 2-3 EUPC).
Rudyard plays host to St. Ignace in a Straits Area Conference game Thursday night. Cedarville-DeTour has a home game against Pickford Thursday.
Cedarville-DeT. 3 6 6 4 — 19
Rudyard 12 11 16 12 — 51
Cedarville-DeT. — Kohlmann 6, Williams 2, Fisher 3, DePaul 2, Bailey 2, Bias 4. FT: 1-6; F: 16; 3-point field goals: none.
Rudyard — Kopitz 9, Mayer 8, Postma 4, Bradley 6, Deyoung 1, Besteman 15, MacDowell 6, Martin 2. FT: 10-22; F: 12; 3-point field goals: 1 (Besteman).
Brimley 56, Mid Peninsula 32
The Brimley Bays got off to a fast start and downed the Mid Pen Wolverines 56-32 in a non-conference girls basketball game at the Karl Parker Gym Tuesday night.
Autumn Tremblay netted 12 points, while Ceara LeBlanc and Liz Johnson chipped in 11 points each for the balanced Bays (5-11 overall).
Brimley led 19-7 through the first quarter and pushed its advantage to 32-11 at intermission.
“We finally put together four quarters tonight and played with intensity from start to finish,” Brimley coach Matt Bathey said. “It was a great team win. Our defense shined in the first half especially. I was most proud of the way we shared the ball racking up 15 assists.”
The Bays snapped a seven-game losing skid,
Landry Koski and Mary McNally scored six points each for the Wolverines.
Brimley visits Engadine for an Eastern UP Conference game Thursday night.
Mid Pen 7 4 10 11 — 32
Brimley 19 13 16 9 — 56
Mid Pen — Croasdell 5, Koski 6, Lampinen 3, McNally 6, M. Van Damme 2, Herminger 4, C. Van Damme 2. FT: 5-10; F: 12; 3-point field goals: 1 (Lampinen).
Brimley — V. Carrick 5, LeBlanc 11, Lyons 4, S. McGuire 4, Johnson 11, Tremblay 12, Pesola 2, B. Carrick 3, Hill 4. FT: 5-16; F: 16; 3-point field goals: 7 (Tremblay 2, LeBlanc 1, S. McGuire 1, Pesola 1, B. Carrick 1, V. Carrick 1).
Pickford 83, Newberry 39
Five players scored in double figures for Pickford, which remained unbeaten in the Eastern UP Conference by rolling past the visiting Newberry Indians Tuesday night.
Madison Thurmes scored 21 points, Kennedy Guild put up 20 points, while Morgan Fox had 14, and Lucy Bennin and Lizzie Storey added 10 each for the Panthers (13-2 overall, 7-0 EUPC).
Pickford led the Indians 42-23 by halftime and went on to sweep the season series over the Indians. The state’s No. 7-ranked Panthers extended their winning streak to five games.
Amelia Shanley finished with 13 points for the Indians (0-11).
Pickford visits the Cedarville-DeTour Islanders, at DeTour Thursday night.
Pickford 26 16 23 18 — 83
Newberry 15 8 10 6 — 39
Pickford — Thurmes 21, Bennin 10, Storey 10, Fox 14, Wiltfong 2, Crimin 2, Guild 20, Potoczak 2. FT: 10-15; F: 15; 3-point field goals: 5 (Guild 2, Storey 1, Bennin 1, Thurmes 1).
Newberry — Shanley 13, Whalen 8, Dunbar 4, Depew 5, James 2, Johnson 5, Taylor 2. FT: 10-13; F: 11; 3-point field goals: 1 (Depew).
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