Pirate girls cold in 2nd half against Wildcats
The Bluffton girls basketball team went cold in the second half and lost 42-29 to visiting Delphos Jefferson in Northwest Conference play Thursday night, December 9.
Bluffton trailed 14-11 after the opening period, but rallied to lead 20-19 at intermission. DJ outscored the Pirate girls 23-9 in the second half to win going away.
The Lady Pirates dropped to 4-2 overall and 0-1 in the NWC with the defeat. Unbeaten Jefferson improved to 6-0 and 2-0 in the NWC after the victory.
Pirate senior Sami Scoles led Bluffton with 10 points and two treys. Senior Kylie Monday added eight points.
Wildcat Lyv Lindeman topped all scorers with 22 points. She scored 10 points in the first period, and netted seven in the third quarter with two triples as DJ outscored Bluffton, 15-7.
The Lady Pirates canned 13 baskets. They made 10 shots from inside the arc, and sank three shots from three-point territory. Bluffton shot zero for seven from the charity stripe (0 percent).
DJ also sank 10 two-point field goals, and they drained four triples for 14 total baskets. They also converted 10 of 18 foul shots (56 percent).
DJ 42 (6-0, 2-0 NWC)
Wiltsie 1 0-0 2, Teman 1 0-0 2, A. Lindeman 3 1-2 8, L. Lindeman 7 5-9 22, McGue 1 4-5 6, French 1 0-2 2.
Totals: 10-4/10-18/42. 3-pointers: L. Lindeman 3, A. Lindeman 1.
Bluffton 29 (4-2, 0-1 NWC)
Busch 1 0-2 2, Eachus 1 0-0 3, Stackhouse 0 0-4 0, Scoles 4 0-0 10, Monday 4 0-0 8, Grandey 3 0-1 6.
Totals: 10-3/0-7/29. 3-pointers: Scoles 2, Eachus 1.
1 2 3 4 F
DJ 14 5 15 8 42
Bluf 11 9 7 2 29
The Pirates play a non-league game at North Baltimore (5-1, 2-0 BVC) Saturday, Dec. 11. NB edged Riverdale 42-38 Thursday night.
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- April 23 landscaping night at the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club-LE&W Depot
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