Maidens earn split in conference clashes

by John Heglie For Leader
| January 30, 2020 4:00 AM

This past weekend, the Ronan Maidens played a pair of key conference matches on the road, falling to top five ranked Browning, followed up by a victory over the Lady Loggers at Libby.

The last time the Maidens faced the Lady Indians, Ronan held the lead through three quarters before Browning culminated a rally. This time around, no Maidens would score in double figures as the Lady Indians dictated the tempo as they ran their offense. Home court loomed large in both meetings. The prospect exists of a potential third clash materializing during the postseason dependent upon seeding, only that one would take place in a more neutral setting with higher stakes.

At Libby, the Maidens benefitted from a two pronged attack of a double J offense as Jaleigh Gatch and Jaylea Lunceford combined for two dozen.

The Maidens travel to Pablo this Friday for round two of the Rez roundball rivalry wrangle with Polson at the Joe McDonald Health & Wellness Center (SKC gym).

Ronan 50, Libby 31

Jaleigh Gatch minted a new varsity career high.

Ronan (4-2, 8-4), Libby (1-4, 3-8)

Ronan 16 11 12 11 – 50

Libby 13 2 11 5 – 31

RONAN – Jaleigh Gatch 3 8-11 14, Jaylea Lunceford 3 4-6 10, Regan Clairmont 3 0-1 8, Madison Clairmont 2 2-3 6, Analeta YellowBird 1 1-2 4, Lexi Wirz 3, Kieauna DeRoche 3, Ari Burke 2.

LIBBY – Syd Gier 7, Olivia Gilliam-Smith 6, Julia Martineau 5, Taylor Munro 5, Elise Erickson 2, Kinzee Boehmler 2, McKenzie Proffitt 2, Rylee Boltz 2.

3FG – R5-25 (R.Clairmont 2-6, YellowBird 1-4, L.Wirz 1-4, DeRoche 1-8), L2-5 (Gier 1-2, Martineau 1-2). REB – R30 (Lunceford 7, Madeline McCrea 7, Gatch 6, DeRoche 2, A.Burke 2, YellowBird, M.Clairmont, R.Clairmont, noID3), L37 (Boltz 6, Martineau 6, Proffitt 5, Munro 5, noID7). AST – R11 (M.Clairmont 3, YellowBird 2, A.Burke 2, Lunceford, R.Clairmont, L.Wirz, LaReina Cordova), L8 (Gier 3). STL – R12 (M.Clairmont 3, A.Burke 3, Gatch 2, McCrea 2, Lunceford 2), L4 (Gier 2). BLK – R2 (McCrea, Lunceford), L3 (Gilliam-Smith, Proffitt, Munro). (Sa25Jan20)

#12 7p (Syd Gier), #20 6p (Gilliam-Smith), #22 5p (Martineau), #50 5p (Taylor Munro), #24 2p (E.Erickson), #30 2p (Boehmler, #34 2p (McK.Proffitt), #40 2p (Rylee Boltz)

Browning 63, Ronan 44

Ronan (3-2, 7-4), Browning (5-1, 8-2)

Ronan 9 12 9 14 – 44

Browning 18 14 17 14 – 63

RONAN – Jaleigh Gatch 1 6-8 8, Analeta YellowBird 3 0-1 7, Madison Clairmont 2 3-4 7, Jaylea Lunceford 1 4-5 6, Ari Burke 2 0-3 5, Lexi Wirz 2 0-0 5, Regan Clairmont 0 2-2 2, Kieauna DeRoche 2, LaReina Cordova 2.

BROWNING – *Dulci Skunkcap 5 9-10 19, Tamika Guardipee 11, Alena Burdeau 7, Mecca Bullchild 6, Walker RunningCrane 5, *Tatum RunningCrane 1 2-2 4, Skyla Wells 4, Kelsey Madplume 3, Hailey Racine 2, Chalissa Kipp 2.

3FG – R3-21 (YellowBird 1-2, Burke 1-3, L.Wirz 1-5, ), B4-18 (Burdeau 1-1, W.RC 1-2, Wells 1-3, K.Madplume 1-1). REB – R27 (Madeline McCrea 6, Lunceford 4, M.Clairmont 4, Gatch 4, YellowBird 4, R.Clairmont, L.Wirz, noID3), B51 (T.Guardipee *11, T.RC 8, K.Madplume 7, D.Skunkcap 6). AST – R9 (YellowBird 5, DeRoche 2, Gatch, A.Burke), B14 (Madplume 3). STL – R5 (YellowBird, R.Clairmont, L.Wirz, Gatch, L.Cordova), B12 (D.Skunkcap 3, W.RC 3). BLK – R0, B2 (T.Guardipee, D.Skunkcap). (Fr24Jan20)

Asterisk (*) denotes stat variant(s) where alternate data exists between R film breakdown & Browning data: Skunkcap 17p(FG5-14, FT7-8), Tatum RC 6p (#34: FG1-3, FT4-4), noID6r: T.Guardipee 9r, T.RC7r, W.RC 3a, Skunkcap (hudl B10s: 3s, Bbk 12s: 2s)