POLSON - Highly touted Alycia Sims and the 7-2 Stevensville Lady

Hornets didn't get any breaks from the Polson defense, but came

away with the 46-36 victory on Thursday night.

The defense of the Lady Pirates held Sims to just 10 points

(She's averaging 17 points per game), but a late run by Stevi

allowed the Lady Hornets to grab a victory.

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POLSON - Highly touted Alycia Sims and the 7-2 Stevensville Lady Hornets didn't get any breaks from the Polson defense, but came away with the 46-36 victory on Thursday night.

The defense of the Lady Pirates held Sims to just 10 points (She's averaging 17 points per game), but a late run by Stevi allowed the Lady Hornets to grab a victory.

Both teams battled evenly in the first quarter, with Stevi leading 8-7 with 1:23 to go in the stanza. Free-throw shooting allowed them to push that lead to 12-7 going into the second.

In the second quarter, Mackenzie Banner hit a three pointer to tie the game up with 4:34 to go in the half at 14-14 then Riley Kenney sunk two free throws to take the lead at 16-14. Stevi would tie it back up twice, but Heidi Rausch hit a shot with thirty seconds before halftime and Kenney hit a buzzer beater for the 22-18 lead going into the locker room. They ended up outscoring the Lady Hornets 15-6 in that stanza.

Stevi started the second half on a 8-2 run to take the lead, but the Lady Pirates weren't about to go away. Kenney hit a shot to make it 26-26 with 2:10 to go in the third. Then Rausch, who had her hands full with the size of Stevi's post players, found Kenney under the basket (getting swamped just as she passed the ball) for two points and one on a foul to make it 29-26.

After Stevi made a free throw, Mariah Hamel made a highlight reel layup shot under pressure and got the foul to finish a three point play. That made it 32-27 with over a minute to go and Stevi got a three-pointer to make it 32-30 going into the fourth quarter.

The Lady Hornets again started the quarter off with a big run, this time a 12-0 run to go ahead 42-32 midway through the fourth.

All of Polson's points in the fourth quarter were free throws and Stevensville outscored them 16-4 en route to the 46-36 victory.

Kenney led the team with 13 points while Makenzie Banner added eight.

Polson is now 9-4 on the season.

STEVENSVILLE 46, POLSON 36

Stevi - 12 - 6 - 12 - 16 - 46

Polson - 7 - 15 - 10 - 4 - 36

Lady Pirates scoring - Riley Kenney 13, Mackenzie Banner 8, Mariah Hamel 6, Macall Banner 3, Anna DiGiallonardo 3, Heidi Rausch 3.