Hellgate drops Flathead in battle of unbeatens

MISSOULA — Bailee Sayler led four Missoula Hellgate players in double figures with 13 points, and the Knights handed Flathead an emphatic first loss Saturday, 58-22.

Maddy Moy scored 10 points to lead the Bravettes, who came into the battle of unbeatens with a 10-0 record and left the Hellgate gym in second place in the Western AA (6-1 in league).

Alex Covill, Addy Heaphy and Perry Paffhausen added 11 points each for Hellgate (10-0 overall, 6-0 in the Western AA). The Knights saw Sayler score eight points in the first quarter, and Covill pour in nine in the third while the lead grew to 45-19.

In between Heaphy hit a pair of threes in the second quarter.

The Bravettes struggled to score against a defense that, with the 6-foot-5 Covill in the middle, was able to extend out on their shooters. After Moy hit a three early in the second quarter to cut Hellgate’s lead to 18-13, Flathead didn’t score again until Avery Chouinard’s three in the third..

Flathead has time to regroup ahead of a Friday home game against Butte. Tip off is set for 6 p.m.

Flathead 10 3 6 3 - 22

Hellgate 18 8 19 13 - 58

FLATHEAD — Maddy Moy 4 1-2 10, Akilah Kubi 2 0-0 4, Kennedy Moore 0 0-0 0, Clare Converse 0 1-2 1, Avery Chouinard 1 0-0 3, Olivia Pate 0 0-0 0, Tali Miller 1 0-0 2, Celie VandenBosch 0 0-0 0, Ivy Gannon 1 0-2 2. Totals 9 2-6 22.

MISSOULA HELLGATE — Bailee Sayler 5 2-3 13, Keke Dvis 1 1-2 4, Alex Covill 5 1-2 11,

Addy Heaphy 4 0-0 11, Lauren Dick 1 1-2 3, Perry Paffhausen 4 2-2 11, Hailey Flamand 1 0-0 3, Chloe Larson 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 7-11 58.

3-point goals — Flathead 2 (Moy, Chouinard), Hellgate 7 (Heaphy 3, Paffhausen, Flamand, Sayler, Davis). Fouls — Flathead 7, Hellgate x. Fouled out — none.