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Late free throws clinch girls' road win

The Hills-Beaver Creek girls picked up their first basketball victory in 2001 when they upended Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster in Round Lake Tuesday.

What was a tight game through three quarters of play turned into a nine-point win for the Patriots as they used a late surge to post a 56-47 advantage.

The game was decided in the fourth quarter, when the Patriots used an 18-5 scoring run to erase a 42-38 deficit entering the stanza.

According to Patriot coach Tom Goehle, his team didn't do anything different in the final eight minutes of play. The key was that H-BC's offensive strategy finally took a toll on the Raiders.

"We continued to attack the basket in the fourth quarter, and it paid off for us as we made all of our free throws when they fouled us. We were 10 for 10 as a team at the free-throw line in the fourth quarter," he said.

The Patriots led 12-9 at the end of the first quarter before SV-RL-B came storming back to knot the score at 25 with a 16-13 scoring edge in the second quarter.

The Raiders moved in front 42-38 during the fourth quarter, but H-BC's sharp shooting from the charity stripe spurred its fourth-quarter rally.

This game was decided at the line, where H-BC outscored the Raiders 22-7.

Erin Boeve produced a double-double for the Patriots by scoring 15 points and snaring 11 rebounds. She also led H-BC with four blocked shots.

Shanna Tilstra netted 14 points and came up with four steals for the victors.

H-BC, 5-3 overall, plays in Ellsworth tonight before hosting Fulda and Adrian Monday and Tuesday respectively.

Box score
C.Tilstra 1 0 0-0 2, Olson 1 0 0-2 2, Sandbulte 1 0 0-0 2, Brandt 0 0 0-0 0, Rentschler 2 0 3-4 7, S.Tilstra 4 0 6-7 14, DeNoble 1 0 4-4 6, Boeve 5 0 5-5 15, DeHaan 1 0 0-0 2, Arp 1 0 4-9 6.

Team statistics
H-BC: 17 of 42 field goals (40 percent), 22 of 31 free throws (71 percent), 29 rebounds, 26 turnovers.
SV-RL-B: 20 of 54 field goals (37 percent), seven of 18 free throws (39 percent), 34 rebounds, 23 turnovers.

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