By Mark HaugenTwo games into the season, coach Tom Goehle is seeing a lot of good things from his H-BC girls basketball team.The Patriots opened their season at home Friday night and the offense put on a show, beating Lake Benton 71-65. Again on their home court Monday night, Hills-Beaver Creek couldn’t keep pace with Ellsworth and lost 67-55.H-BC hosted Pipestone Tuesday night and then hits the road for games at Central Lyon on Monday and at Murray County Central in Slayton on Tuesday, Nov. 30.H-BC 71, Lake Benton 65The Patriots used a 31-10 second quarter surge to break a 16-16 first-quarter tie and then held on for their first victory of the season."The second quarter was huge," Coach Tom Goehle said. "We were able to create turnovers and then score off those turnovers. We were able to take advantage of their miscues and got a lot of transition points. That set the tone."But the Lady Bobcats bounced back with their own surge in the third quarter, outscoring H-BC 22-8 and trailed only 55-48 after three quarters."That third quarter they got extremely hot," Goehle said. "They got back in the game and made it into a great ballgame."Senior Cassi Tilstra pace the Patriots with 22 points (including two 3-pointers) and 10 rebounds. Fellow senior Melinda Feucht netted 12 points, while Brittney Rozeboom and Stacy Bush scored eight each."I’m very happy with how we played. We got out and pushed the ball like we wanted to and were able to defend fullcourt," Goehle said.Box scoreRozeboom 4 0-2 8, Fransman 2 3-4 7, Bush 3 2-8 8, Amanda Tilstra 1 0-0 2, Feucht 5 2-2 12, Fink 2 0-0 4, Helgeson 1 0-0 2, Cassi Tilstra 7 2 6-7 22, Roozenboom 2 0-0 4, Mulder 1 0-0 2. Team statsField goal shooting: HBC 28-70, LB 25-68. Rebounds: HBC 48 (C. Tilstra 10, Feucht 7, Bush 7), LB 44. Steals: HBC 15 (Bush 4, Mulder 4). Assists: HBC (Bush 5). Turnovers: HBC 18, LB 21.Ellsworth 67, HBC 55The Patriots’ shots weren’t falling as well on Monday night, and they had difficulty stopping the inside play of Ellsworth’s Laurel Drenth, as H-BC fell to 1-1 on the season.H-BC led 18-14 after the first and 32-30 at halftime. "Then Drenth took over the game," Goehle said, as she had 28 points in the game (19 in the second half). "I thought she played outstanding. She was definitely the difference in the second half."Tilstra again led the Patriots with 20 points, six assists and four steals. Rozeboom scored 14, and Melinda Feucht grabbed seven rebounds."I was happy again with the effort we gave," Goehle said. "We were trying to pressure them and force turnovers. They turned the ball over 22 times, but we just didn’t convert many. On the offensive end we were a little impatient. That’s to be expected this time of year and with the style we’re pushing. It’s a fine line of knowing when to push the ball and when to slow down and run the offense."Box scoreRozeboom 3 8-10 14, Fransman 1 2-2 5, Bush 0 0-0 0, Amanda Tilstra 0 0-2 0, Feucht 2 3-4 7, Fink 2 2-2 7, Helgeson 0 0-0 0, Cassi Tilstra 8 3-7 20, Roozenboom 0 0-0 0, Mulder 1 0-0 2. Team statsField goal shooting: HBC 17-55, E 23-49.