By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek girls made a bid to end a three-game basketball slide in Butterfield Tuesday.Taking on the Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin Wolverines in a Red Rock Conference clash, the Patriots played well enough to sport a lead during the first half.ML-B-O, however, rallied to take a 29-25 halftime lead and fought off a couple of challenges offered by the Patriots in the second half to notch a 51-47 win."We didn’t move the ball around very well in the first half," said H-BC coach Jason Blosmo."We moved the ball better in the second half and cut their lead to one point, but we couldn’t get the shots to fall after that."H-BC, which dropped its fourth consecutive game, received a 14-point, three-assist, three-steal effort from Chelsi Fink.Stacy Bush scored 13 points, collected nine rebounds, distributed five assists and charted three steals.Playing her first game since undergoing knee surgery in December, Kerri Fransman returned to the floor and recorded three steals and two assists.H-BC hosts Comfrey Friday before playing in Tyler Tuesday.Box scoreFransman 0 2 0-1 6, Bush 1 3 2-2 13, Tilstra 1 0 0-1 2, Fink 4 2 0-0 14, Helgeson 1 0 0-1 2, Roozenboom 4 0 2-4 10.Team statisticsH-BC: 18 of 62 field goals (29 percent), four of 11 free throws (36 percent), 28 rebounds, 10 turnovers.ML-B-O: 19 of 47 field goals (40 percent), 10 of 19 free throws (53 percent), 35 rebounds, 21 turnovers.