By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team finished a 5-20 regular season in Slayton Monday.H-BC had hopes of knocking Murray County Central out of a share of first place in the Red Rock Conference, but an upset didn’t materialize as the home-standing Rebels walked away with a 69-55 win.The Patriots did knock down a season-high 12 three-point shots to hang with MCC most of the night.The Rebels, however, used their strong play in the paint to win by 14."We didn’t match up with them very well in the paint," said H-BC coach Jason Blosmo."They shot 50 percent for the night, and most of their points came from the inside. We just didn’t have any answers for them on the inside."MCC outscored the Patriots 40-31 in the game’s first half.The Patriots did trim the difference to six points with 9:00 remaining in the second half, but they couldn’t complete the comeback."When we were down by six in the second half, we became impatient and didn’t take care of the ball as well as we could have," Blosmo said.Kerri Fransman buried eight three-point shots to lead the Patriots in scoring with 18.Chelsi Fink and Stacy Bush contributed 11 and 10 points respectively to the cause.Bush finished with eight assists, six rebounds and four steals. Amanda Tilstra led H-BC with eight rebounds.H-BC drew the 10th seed for the South Section 3A Tournament. The Patriots play No. 7 Ellsworth at 7:30 tonight in Edgerton Public School in a preliminary-round game.Box scoreFransman 0 6 0-0 18, Bush 2 2 0-2 10, Tilstra 4 0 0-0 8, Fink 2 2 1-2 11, Helgeson 1 2 0-0 8, Roozenboom 0 0 0-2 0.Team statisticsH-BC: 21 of 64 field goals (33 percent), one of six free throws (17 percent), 31 rebounds, 14 turnovers.MCC: 32 of 62 field goals (50 percent), five of five free throws (100 percent), 40 rebounds, 16 turnovers.