Steamboat girls basketball falls to Rifle
Friday, December 14, 2012
2012-13 Sailors girls basketball schedule
- Nov. 30: Steamboat 41, Roaring Fork 36
- Dec. 1: Steamboat 50, Basalt 31
- Dec. 6: Steamboat 61, Montezuma-Cortez 29 at Steamboat Springs Shoot-Out
- Dec. 7: Elizabeth 46, Steamboat 20 at Steamboat Springs Shoot-Out
- Dec. 8: Steamboat 34, Green River 30 for third place at Steamboat Springs Shoot-Out
- Dec. 14: Rifle 44, Steamboat 29
- Dec. 15: Glenwood Springs 46, Steamboat 39
- Dec. 21: Steamboat 53, Summit 16
- Jan. 11: Palisade 47, Steamboat 35
- Jan. 12: Delta 58, Steamboat 26
- Jan. 18: Eagle Valley 41, Steamboat 40
- Jan. 19: Steamboat 53, Battle Mountain 18
- Jan. 26: Glenwood Springs 51, Steamboat 41
- Feb. 1: Steamboat 63, Summit 23
- Feb. 2: Rifle 44, Steamboat 35
- Feb. 8: Steamboat 65, Palisade 55
- Feb. 9: Delta 42, Steamboat 35
- Feb. 15: Steamboat 62, Battle Mountain 12
- Feb. 16: Steamboat 52, Eagle Valley 30
- Feb. 19: District tournament, first round: Steamboat 50, Summit 20
- Feb. 26: State playoffs, first round: Steamboat 32, Green Mountain 30
- March 1: State playoffs, second round: Windsor 37, Steamboat 24
Steamboat Springs — Steamboat Springs High School girls basketball coach John Ameen pointed to the second half of his team’s Friday night game against Rifle. After trailing through much of the first half, the Sailors cut into the Bears’ lead in the third quarter and hung in the game during the fourth.
“Our girls really battled,” he said, “but sometimes, battling isn’t enough.”
It wasn’t enough Friday as Steamboat fell, 44-29.
The Sailors trailed by four after one quarter and by nine at half. The Bears never relinquished control of the game. Steamboat’s best push came early in the fourth quarter when Mikaila Jegtvig hit a 3-point shot to pull her team within eight, 35-27. Rifle answered right away, but Steamboat got another hoop, this one from Alice Holmquist, to keep the gap at eight, 37-29. But Steamboat wouldn’t score again.
The Sailors were led by Jegtvig’s 13. Megan Stabile had six. Rifle’s Joey Kuheim had 11, working well in the paint.
The Sailors return to the court Saturday against Glenwood Springs.
To reach Joel Reichenberger, call 970-871-4253 or email jreichenberger@SteamboatToday.com
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