BROOKINGS – Undefeated Harrisburg pulled away late for a 65-46 defeat of the Bobcats in a girls’ basketball matchup Thursday night at Bob Jostad Gymnasium.
The Tigers were up 18-8 after a quarter. Brookings scored the first seven points in the second – Ainsley Shelsta and Landree Wilson had buckets and Regan Weisbeck canned a 3-pointer – to cut the deficit to 18-15.
Harrisburg pushed the margin back to 10 points – 32-22 – at halftime.
The Bobcats got as close as eight points – 40-32 – late in the third after Allie Clark buried a trey and Shelsta scored in the paint, but the Tigers took a 46-35 advantage into the fourth.
A Johanna Miller traditional three-point play cut the margin to 47-38 with 7:32 showing on the clock; however, that would be as close as the home team would get the remainder of the game.
Later, Harrisburg used a 12-2 spurt to move ahead 62-42 with 2:05 remaining.
Abby Phipps, who missed a majority of the third period with an injury, led a balanced attack with 14 points for Harrisburg, which improved to 10-0.
Emilee Boyer and Brecli Honner both had 11 points, Carolyn Haar nine and Sydney Hybertson seven.
The Tigers shot 44.2 percent from the field, including a 9-of-20 clip from long range, and corralled 13 offensive rebounds.
“There were some good things we saw,” said BHS coach Mitch McLagan. “Our turnover count was down – 14 was our lowest of the year – so I thought we did that really well.
“Defensively, we weren’t very good again tonight. We helped off of shooters we weren’t supposed to; we didn’t close out very well; and then they got a lot of offensive rebounds. That’s stuff we have to clear up. If you’re going to compete – we gave ourselves a chance towards the end of the game, but to beat those good teams you can’t give up that many offensive rebounds.”
Ainsley Shelsta dropped in a game-high 15 points in 18 1/2 minutes off the bench for the Bobcats. She was 7-of-11 from the floor.
Clark, who hit a trio of treys, contributed nine points, Wilson eight and Miller five.
Brookings (0-9) is host to Yankton in the front end of a doubleheader Tuesday at 6 p.m.
HARRISBURG 65, BROOKINGS 46
Harrisburg (10-0)
Emilee Boyer 4-7 3-6 11, Carolyn Haar 3-6 2-2 9, Brecli Honner 4-9 2-2 11, Faith Van Holland 4-9 1-3 11, Abby Phipps 5-8 1-2 14, Sydney Altenburg 1-4 0-0 2, Taylor Kippes 0-1 0-0 0, Sydney Hage 0-0 0-0 0, Sydney Hybertson 2-7 1-2 7, Abby Meister 0-1 0-0 0, Kaylee Timmer 0-0 0-0 0. Team 23-52 10-17 65.
Brookings (0-9)
Johanna Miller 2-13 1-1 5, Regan Weisbeck 1-1 0-0 3, Emily Rystrom 0-1 1-2 1, Jaidyn Bauman 1-3 0-0 2, Kennedy Schafer 0-3 0-0 0, Allie Clark 3-8 0-0 9, Landree Wilson 3-8 2-2 8, Skylar Hinricher 1-1 0-0 3, Lydia Engebretson 0-0 0-0 0, Cynthia Campbell 0-0 0-0 0, Ainsley Shelsta 7-11 1-2 15, Haley Sampson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-49 5-7 46.
Harrisburg 18 14 14 19 – 65
Brookings 8 14 13 11 – 46
3-point goals – H 9-20 (Phipps 3-4, Van Holland 2-4, Hybertson 2-6, Honner 1-2, Haar 1-3, Kippes 0-1), B 5-16 (Clark 3-6, Weisbeck 1-1, Hinricher 1-1, Miller 0-2, Schafer 0-3, Wilson 0-3). Rebounds – H 36 (Boyer 8), B 25 (Miller, Wilson, Shelsta 5). Assists – H 17 (Haar, Honner 3), B 9 (Miller, Schafer, Shelsta 2). Steals – H 7 (Boyer, Van Holland 2), B 3 (Rystrom, Clark, Wilson 1). Blocks – H 2 (Honner 2), B 2 (Miller, Shelsta 1). Turnovers – H 10, B 14. Total fouls – H 8, B 11. Fouled out – none. Technical fouls – none.
