Steamboat Springs girls basketball team loses in Rifle
Saturday, February 2, 2013
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 — The Steamboat Springs High School girls basketball team started strong but struggled to open the second half in a 44-35 loss at Rifle on Saturday.
The Sailors were down by just four at half, 24-20, before struggling on offense in the third quarter.
“On both sides it was not a pretty quarter,” Steamboat coach John Ameen said. “There was not a lot of flow. It affected us. We gave up 10 points in that quarter. But the flow and the shots that we did get, we didn’t put in.”
Steamboat (7-8) was again led by Alice Holmquist who scored 10 points including going 3 of 6 from the 3-point line. Nikki Fry kicked in eight.
After struggling through much of the Western Slope League schedule, Steamboat has started to play better.
Even in Saturday’s loss, the Sailors played much better than the first time they played the Bears, a 15-point loss in December.
But Steamboat, with four league games remaining, needs to start turning things on with seeding for the district tournament nears.
The team plays next at 6 p.m. Friday at Palisade.
“We got to come away with that win,” Ameen said. “We were up by 10 last time. Then in the second half we go cold and we don’t execute. That’s what killed us. Friday will be big.”
To reach Luke Graham, call 970-871-4229 or email lgraham@SteamboatToday.com
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