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Lady Pates win fifth-straight RRC game

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Dalton Bass for the Star Herald

The Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ basketball team picked up two more games in the win column over the past week with Red Rock Conference victories over Adrian-Ellsworth and Okabena.
The Lady Pates easily took the Dragons 66-39 on their home court Tuesday, Jan. 25, and they coasted to a 61-46 victory over Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda Friday in Fulda.
The games mark the Patriots’ fifth-straight conference wins as they improve to 7-2 in the Red Rock Conference and 8-8 overall.
They will host Dell Rapids St. Mary’s Monday night in Hills.
 
H-BC 66, A-E 39
The Patriots won their fourth-straight Red Rock Conference game with a 27-point victory Tuesday night, Jan. 25, over Adrian-Ellsworth.
It was a 34-21 lead at the break that continued to grow throughout the second half and led to a 66-39 victory for the Lady Pates.
It was an all-around team effort for H-BC on both offense and defense.
Offensively, the Patriots assisted on 19 of their 27 field goals and came down with 11 offensive rebounds.
Sophomore Brynn Rauk led the way for the home team, knocking down all three of the three-pointers she shot while finishing with 13 points on the night. 
Senior Kenadie Fick came away with a double-double, scoring 12 points to go along with 11 rebounds, eight assists and four steals.
MacKenzie Voss was also a contributor with 11 points and eight rebounds while Sam Moser, Lanae Elbers and Olivia Bork each added eight points of their own.
 
Box score:
Fick 1 3 1-1 12, Rauk 2 3 0-0 13, L Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Voss 5 0 1-2 11, Bork 1 2 0-3 8, Steinhoff 1 0 0-0 2, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Elbers 2 1 1-5 8, Fagerness 0 0 0-0 0, Moser 4 0 0-1 8, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0, Harris 2 0 0-1 4, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0
 
Team stats:
H-BC: 27 of 56 (48 percent), 3 for 13 free throws (23 percent), 38 rebounds, 23 turnovers
A-E: 15 of 58 (26 percent), 6 for 13 free throws (46 percent), 31 rebounds, 21 turnovers
 
H-BC 61 HLOF 46
It was a very important Red Rock Conference matchup Friday night in Okabena as the second-ranked Patriots took on fifth-ranked Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda.
The Lady Pates got off to a hot start as they built up a double-digit halftime lead at 35-23.
The scoring was coming from all around for the Patriots, who had four different players score in double digits on the night.
The second half was more about playing good defense and maintaining that nice lead.
They outscored the Coyotes 25-22 the rest of the way to end the game with a 61-46 victory.
Kenadie Fick, Lanae Elbers, Abbie Harris, and MacKenzie Voss were the double-digit scorers with 14, 12, 11, and 10 points respectively. Voss also came down with 11 rebounds to complete her double-double while Fick and Elbers each had six.
 
Box score:
Fick 3 2 2-4 14, Rauk 0 1 0-0 3, L Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0, Voss 4 0 2-2 10, Bork 0 1 0-0 3, Steinhoff 0 0 1-2 1, Anderson 0 0 0-0 0, O Deelstra 0 1 0-0 3, Elbers 5 0 2-3 12, Fagerness 0 0 0-0 0, Moser 2 0 0-0 4, Spykerboer 0 0 0-0 0,  Harris 1 3 0-0 11, E Deelstra 0 0 0-0 0
 
Team stats:
H-BC: 23 of 65 (35 percent), 7 for 11 free throws (64 percent), 35 rebounds, 14 turnovers
HLOF: 17 of 44 (39 percent), 7 for 14 free throws (50 percent), 27 rebounds, 22 turnovers

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