MOSES LAKE - The Moses Lake girls basketball team left everything they had on the court two nights ago in the game against the Davis Pirates. Unfortunately, their hard fought effort wasn't enough to pull out a win as the team lost a thriller on the Chiefs home court, 51-44.

The contest was a see-saw battle as the lead changed hands several times. Moses Lake went up 11-6 at the end of the first quarter of action, but an 11-0 run by the Pirates to start the second eight minutes of play, put Davis up 17-11. Two free throws by the Chiefs Emily Olson stopped the bleeding for the Chiefs. However, Isabel Alvarado drained a shot from behind the arc and started another spurt by Davis that doubled Moses Lake's score, 26-13.

The Chiefs applied full court pressure in an attempt to slow down the pace, but to no avail as the Pirates took a 25-13 lead at the half.  Davis picked up where it left off, pushing the score to 36-23 at the end of the third quarter. The Pirates increased their led to 40-25 as the Chiefs coach Matt Strophy sat his starters for two and a half minutes at the beginning of the fourth to give them a breather, in hopes of the team making a late run and get back in the game.

The plan worked to perfection as Moses Lake closed within three points, 43-40 with two minutes to go in the game. But Davis answered back with an 8-4 run to win the contest and hand the Chiefs their 8th loss in league play.

Olson led the way for Moses Lake with 10 points. Keiley Garcia added eight, and Sadie Nielsen finished with seven points.

The Chiefs are back in action Friday when the team travels to Wenatchee to take on the Panthers.