The Hills-Beaver Creek girls opened Tri-County Conference basketball play by turning in a dominating performance in Bigelow Thursday.
The Patriots controlled play on both ends of the court during a convincing 86-28 victory over the Faith Christian Falcons.
With everything clicking for the 2-0 Patriots, H-BC coach Tom Goehle was able to substitute freely while getting great efforts from all of his players.
"It was a good chance for everyone to play, and they all played hard," he said.
The Patriots made a sizzling 58 percent of their field goals and 68 percent of their free throws in the 58-point win.
H-BC controlled the boards by a 32-14 margin, and forced the Falcons to turn the ball over 40 times in the game.
The Patriots got off to a great start by taking a 20-6 lead in the first quarter and turning it into a 28-point halftime advantage (44-16) by outscoring the Falcons 24-10 in the second quarter.
Erin Boeve, who passed for four assists led the charge by netting 16 of her team high 20 points in the first half.
The Patriots increased their lead to 41 points (64-23) by the end of the third quarter before outscoring FC 22-5 in the final eight minutes of play.
Jody Rentschler set the pace in the second half by netting nine of her 15 counters.
Becky Broesder had a big game that featured a double-double with 11 rebounds and 17 points to go along with five steals and five assists.
Shanna Tilstra added 10 points, seven steals and four assists to the cause, while Sarah Rozeboom chipped in 12 points.
Box score
C.Tilstra 1 0 0-0 2, Olson 3 0 0-0 6, Sandstede 0 0 0-2 0, Brandt 0 0 0-0 0, Rentschler 6 0 3-3 15, S.Tilstra 4 0 2-2 10, Broesder 8 0 1-1 17, Rozeboom 6 0 0-0 12, Boeve 8 0 4-7 20.
Team statistics
H-BC: 38 of 66 field goals (58 percent), 10 of 15 free throws (67 percent), 32 rebounds, 23 turnovers.
FC: 11 of 27 field goals (41 percent), six of 14 free throws (43 percent), 14 rebounds, 40 turnovers.