Philomath 45, Sweet Home 28
Philomath defeated the Husky girls basketball team 45-28 in Sweet Home on Thursday.
The Warriors held Sweet Home scoreless in the first quarter, leading 15-0.
“If you look past the first quarter, we made a game of it,” Coach Dave Goetz said.
The Huskies put points on the board in the second quarter to trail 24-10 at halftime. Philomath led 33-17 at the end of the third quarter.
“I just think we dug ourselves such a deep hole, it was difficult (climb out),” Goetz said Monday. Later in the game, the Huskies responded well “as you can see by the scores.
“We made some mistakes defensively with rotation that hopefully we corrected. That will help us tonight when we play them again.”
Jenny Hamn led Husky scoring with eight points. Hillary McCartin added 7; Alex Thompson, four; Ashley Danielson, four; Nicole Fagan, three; and Paige Niemi, two. Heather Polley played but did not score.
Brittney Crocker led Philomath with 15 points. Chelsea George added 11.
Central 54, Sweet Home 33
On Feb. 5, the Huskies lost 54-33 at Central.
Sweet Home led 13-12 after the first quarter, but Central got the upper hand in the half, leading 27-20 at halftime. Central expanded its lead to 40-25 in the third quarter.
Danielson led Huskies with 13 points. Niemi and Hamn added six points each; Fagan, four; Polley, three; McCartin, one. Kishya Davis played but did not score.
Chloe Waddell led Central scoring with 10 points.