Brookings picks up 50-29 road win over Mitchell

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MITCHELL – The confidence continues to build for the Brookings girls’ basketball team.

A pair of 10-0 runs in the second and third quarters helped the Bobcats leave the Corn Palace with a 50-29 win over Mitchell Tuesday night in Eastern South Dakota Conference play.

“We made a concerted effort to take away their high-low game and we’re athletic in certain positions, so we did a good job on defense of being active and pressuring them,” said Brookings coach Lynn Frederick. “We did get off to a good start which helped get things going and we had really good balanced scoring, so it was a good effort for us.”

The Kernels had a decent early start, as Mitchell guard Tess Limberg had the spark, scoring seven points in the first quarter and momentarily giving Mitchell a 9-6 advantage.

But Brookings led 11-9 at the end of the first and Mitchell’s momentum was washed away quickly, as the ‘Cats started the second frame on a 10-0 run.

Michaela Jewett had the hot hand for the Bobcats, drilling three 3-pointers to help build a 27-17 halftime advantage.

Jenna Weich helped the Kernels rally in the third quarter, as her 3-pointer with 2:40 left in the quarter trimmed the lead to 35-28.

But Baylee Tetzlaff answered the Kernel charge with eight points in a 90- second span to help fuel another 10-0 run to put Brookings up 45-28 after three quarters.

There were just six more points scored the remainder of the game and the Bobcats accounted for five of those points as Mitchell had 20 turnovers and made just four field goals after halftime.

Tetzlaff finished with 16 points and Peyton Evans and Jewett each had nine points for the Bobcats, who shot 54 percent in the win, draining 20-of-37 shots and making 6-of-9 from 3-point territory.

Limberg finished the game with 11 points. Jenna Weich had eight points for Mitchell and Carly Haring had a game-high six rebounds for the Kernels.

“We do a good job of sharing the basketball and we’re making an effort to get better on defense and we’re hitting the board hard,” Frederick said. “It’s a process and I think between the win on Saturday at Huron and tonight, we’re building confidence, even though it’s a grind in our league.”

Brookings will play host to Brandon Valley on Thursday at 7 p.m.