The Libby High School girls basketball

team had a rough time last week in the Class A State Tournament at

the Belgrade Special Events Center.

The Lady Loggers lost twice by

considerable margins — 65-27 on Thursday against Butte Central and

51-13 on Friday against Billings Central.

Coach Jim May said Libby faced probably

the two best teams in the tournament.

“Both teams were full of very skilled

basketball players and they were very athletic,” he said. “We

struggled getting any offense going in both games. We battled at

the beginning of both games defensively, but really had a tough

time getting into our sets offensively.”

“It was still a great experience and

hopefully our young players understand what their off season goals

are now,” May added.

In Libby’s tournament opener, Butte

Central rolled to a 21-8 lead by the end of the first quarter and

33-15 by halftime. The Lady Loggers managed no more than eight

points in any quarter.

Jaime Gilden, Alysha Martin and Kim

Tangen each scored six points to lead Libby’s offense.

Quinn Peoples tossed in 22 points for

the Maroons, which entered state following a 16-3 regular season.

Kacie McKeon scored 14 points – 10 of those in the first quarter –

with a trio of three-pointers.

On Friday, the Lady Loggers suffered a

tough loss to Billings Central. Libby was scoreless in the second

quarter on the way to a Billings Central lead of 30-6 at

halftime.

Gilden lead the Loggers with nine

points and five rebounds.

Libby’s season ends with an overall

record of 9-13.

Butte Central 65, Libby 27

Thursday at Belgrade

Scoring by Quarters:

Libby 8 7 7 5—27

Butte Central 21 12 18 14—65

LIBBY (27)

Walker 0 0-0 0, Good 0 0-0 0, Forster 0

0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Martin 1 3-5 6, Gilden 3 0-0 6, Best 2 1-4

5, Barton 1 0-0 2, Webster 0 0-0 0, Gilder 0 0-0 0, Shaw 0 2-2 2,

Tangen 3 0-1 6. Totals 10 6-12 27.

BUTTE CENTRAL (65)

McKeon 5 1-2 14, Piazzola 1 2-2 4,

Svejkovsky 2 1-2 5, Kambich 1 0-2 2, Callahan 0 2-3 2, Leary 0 0-0

0, Pica 3 0-1 6, Norbeck 0 0-0 0, Neumann 1 0-0 2, Murphy 3 0-0 6,

Peoples 9 4-6 22, Cooney 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 10-18 65.

Billings Central 51, Libby 13

Friday at Belgrade

Scoring by Quarters:

Libby 6 0 5 2—13

Butte Central 16 14 14 7—51

LIBBY (13)

Alysha Martin 0-4 0-0 0, Jaime Gilden

2-15 4-5 9, Logan Best 1-8 0-0 2, Taylor Barton 0-0 0-0 0, Kim

Tangen 0-3 0-1 0, Sheena Good 0-1 2-2 2. Totals: 3-31 6-8 13.

BILLINGS CENTRAL (51)

Jackie Elliot 8-10 0-0 18, Allie Lucas

1-2 0-1 2, Kalli Sizemore 0-4 0-0 0, Jaelene Zygmond 1-2 0-2 2,

Kayla Lucas 1-2 2-2 5, Sammy Elliot 3-5 0-1 6, Katie Cummins 1-4

0-0 2, Ryanne Frazier 1-4 0-0 3, Molly Woodman 1-3 1-1 3, Taylor

Hanser 2-4 0-0 4, Chere Anderson 0-2 0-0 0, Justin Juhl 2-6 2-3 6.

Totals 21-48 5-10 51.