Montana All-Stars again sweep Wyoming's
Jun. 11—LOCKWOOD — Montana made it six straight sweeps Saturday, taking both games in its All-Stars basketball series with Wyoming at Lockwood High School.
The Montana girls, getting 13 points from Laurel's Alyse Aby, pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Wyoming 82-62.
The Montana boys followed the same trail as in their Friday win, outscoring Wyoming 58-35 in the second half to win 101-66.
Montana girls 82, Wyoming 62
Colstrip's Malea Egan and Helena High's Alex Bullock added 12 points each for Montana, which saw a 13-point halftime lead (37-24) pared to five at one point. The hosts led 59-51 after three quarters but outscored Wyoming 23-11 from there.
Flathead's Maddy Moy chipped in six points to a balanced attack. Hamilton's Layne Kearns, who torched Wyoming for 22 points in Gillette on Friday, had eight on Saturday.
It was the 12th straight win for Montana, which leads the girls series 39-13.
Wyoming 12 12 27 11 — 62
Montana 22 15 22 23 — 82
WYOMING — Jaylen Ostenson 14, Joelie Spelts 10, Boden Liljedahl 8, Sage Bradshaw 7, Laney McCarty 6, Millie Riss 5, Brooke Wright 4, Kennedi Niemann 4, Raimi Hladky 3, Cantrell Rosalez 1.
MONTANA — Alyse Aby 13, Malea Egan 12, Alex Bullock 12, Layne Kearns 8, Jada Clarkson 8, Avery Burkhart 7, Maddy Moy 6, Layla Baumann 6, Brooke Badovinac 6, Ava Bellach 3.
Montana boys 101, Wyoming 66
Montana's 22nd straight win in the boys series, all under head coach Steve Keller (22-0), started becoming reality in the second quarter when the hosts opened up a 45-31 lead.
Seth Amunrud of Manhattan Christian scored a game-high 21 points, and Lewistown's Royce Robinson and Eli Hunter of Gallatin added 18 each.
Amunrud hit five 3-pointers, including a buzzer-beater from near midcourt to end the third quarter that put Montana up 73-49.
Three more Montanans reached double figures: Connor Dick (Hellgate) had 14 points, Lane Love (Billings Skyview) had 11 and Dougie Peoples (Butte Central) chipped in 10.
Glacier High pivot Noah Dowler had four points for the winners, who lead the series 67-27 all-time.
Wyoming 20 11 18 17 — 66
Montana 21 24 28 28 — 101
WYOMING — Brenon Stauffenberg 16, Dalton Thomas 12, Carter Clark 8, Ryan Wells 8, Kysar Jolley 7, Braydon Bradshaw 4, Isaac Patic 4, Wilkins Radacovich 4, Kamden Niemann 1.
MONTANA — Seth Amunrud 21, Royce Robinson 18, Eli Hunter 18, Connor Dick 14, Lane Love 11, Dougie Peoples 10, Noah Dowler 4, Connor Michaud 3, Michael Murphy 2.
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