Steamboat girls hoops keeps playoffs hopes alive with win
Friday, February 10, 2012
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 kept its playoff hopes going Friday with a rugged 34-24 win at Palisade.
In an ugly, physical contest, the Sailors used a big fourth quarter to put the game away.
“It was probably the most physical game we’ve played this year,” Steamboat coach John Ameen said. “The referees were letting a lot go on both ends. We responded well and kept our composure.”
The two teams traded leads for most of the first three quarters. Neither team, however, could quite pull away.
Palisade led, 21-20, midway through the third before Steamboat took a 25-21 lead into the fourth quarter.
There the Sailors locked down defensively and did just enough offensively to open the game up.
Eryn Rinck led the Sailors with nine points. Alex Feeley added seven, and Nikki Fry had six.
Steamboat next plays at 1 p.m. Saturday at Delta, one of the top teams in the league.
“We have to go into Delta and believe we can play with them,” Ameen said.
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