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Lady Trojans advance at Divisional Tournament

The Whitehall High School girls basketball team is moving on at the Southern B Divisional Tournament. The Lady Trojans used a balanced attack Wednesday night to pick up a 61-51 play-in win over Huntley Project. Whitehall will now move on to the double elimination bracket and an 8 p.m. Thursday matchup against top-seeded Colstrip.

Following the game, Head Coach Kelly Nieskens said is team kept fighting all night and was able to keep a comfortable lead.

"We knew if we kept taking care of the basketball things were going to go our way," he said. "That's how you win big games."

After falling behind 4-0, the Lady Trojans bounced back led by a strong first quarter from Asha Noyes and took a 11-9 into the second.

Whitehall had a tremendous second quarter and extended the lead to 26-16 going into the half after back-to-back three pointers from Jada Clarkson and Britney Welker.

The Red Devils would battle back in the third and cut the lead to 32-30 with three minutes left in the quarter. Brynna Wolfe would answer back for the Lady Trojans with back-to-back three pointers to push the lead to 38-30. A Clarkson bucket were the final points of the quarter and gave Whitehall a 40-30 lead going into the fourth.

Huntley Project would pull to within 54-51 with 32 seconds in the fourth before Wolfe hit four consecutive free throws to up the lead to 58-51. A Clarkson bucket and free throw would push the lead to 10 and seal the victory.

Whitehall was led in scoring by Clarkson with 19, Wolfe had 18, Noyes finished with nine, Welker added seven, and Maxine Hoagland and Meagan Johnson each had four.

Nieskens said Clarkson and Wolfe played really well.

"They are really key to us getting our ball movement," Nieskens said.

 

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