Steamboat girls hoops wins season opener
Friday, December 2, 2011
2011-12 Sailors girls basketball schedule
- Dec. 2: Steamboat 45, Roaring Fork 36
- Dec. 3: Steamboat 52, Basalt 24
- Dec. 8 to 10: Steamboat Springs Shoot-Out
- Dec. 8: Windsor 59, Steamboat 29
- Dec. 9: Montrose 47, Steamboat 29
- Dec. 12: Steamboat 56, Aspen 39
- Dec. 15 to 17: at Green River, Wyo., tournament
- Dec. 15: Steamboat 35, Kemmerer 25
- Dec. 16: Steamboat 48, Jackson 27
- Dec. 17: Cheyenne Central 57, Steamboat 26
- Jan. 6: Glenwood Springs 62, Steamboat 28
- Jan. 7: Mead 42, Steamboat 21
- Jan. 13: Steamboat 50, Battle Mountain 27
- Jan. 14: Steamboat 37, Eagle Valley 31
- Jan. 20: Steamboat 36, Palisade 28
- Jan. 21: Delta 55, Steamboat 26
- Jan. 24: Moffat County 55, Steamboat 31
- Jan. 28: Glenwood Springs 62, Steamboat 21
- Feb. 3: Steamboat 42, Battle Mountain 28
- Feb. 4: Steamboat 56, Eagle Valley 26
- Feb. 10: Steamboat 34, Palisade 24
- Feb. 11: Delta 54, Steamboat 32
- Feb. 17: Moffat County 48, Steamboat 35
- Feb. 22, state playoffs: Mountain View 48, Steamboat 32
Steamboat Springs — The Steamboat Springs High School girls basketball team used a strong defensive performance and timely offense to run away with its season opening game Friday. The Sailors beat Roaring Fork, 45-36.
“Defensively, we played really well,” Steamboat coach John Ameen said. “We forced them out of their game a little bit, forced a lot of turnovers and made them make a lot of mistakes.”
Steamboat couldn’t take advantage of that defense early, leading by only 1 point at halftime. It cracked the code in the second half, however, and built up a 19-point lead in the fourth quarter.
Sydney Bauknecht and Nikki Fry helped lead the way. Each scored 13 points, Bauknecht with four 3-point shots. Fry and Jessie Wallace each grabbed five rebounds.
“In the second half we warmed up offensively, so that was good, but defensively we were consistent the whole game,” Ameen said. “We were flying everywhere, forcing a lot of turnovers.”
The squad returns to action Saturday against Basalt.
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