District 13 girls basketball tournament: Cougars edge Wildfire

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BOWMAN — Miranda Kadrmas had 20 points and nine rebounds as No. 4 seed Heart River held on to defeat No. 5 Mott-Regent in the opening round of the District 13 girls basketball tournament.

The Cougars moved on to the semifinals, where they’ll face No. 1 seed Beach, with a 40-37 victory Friday night at Solberg Gymnasium.

Heart River led by as much as 10 in the first half and had a 23-15 halftime lead.

Both teams shot 33 percent from the field. Heart River was 16 of 48 and Mott-Regent was 15 of 45.

Alexis Roth had 10 points, six rebounds and four steals for Mott-Regent. Abby Honeyman and Naomi Meier each had eight points and five rebounds. Honeyman also had three blocked shots.

The teams were nearly even in many statistical categories.

Mott-Regent held a 34-33 rebounding edge and Heart River had 11 steals to the Wildfire’s 10.

However, Mott-Regent committed 26 turnovers.

The Cougars take on Beach at 5:30 p.m. today. Mott-Regent falls into a region-qualifier game at 4:30 p.m. Monday. Their opponent will be the loser of today’s semifinal game between No. 2 seed Bowman County and No. 3 Hettinger-Scranton.

MR 10 15 25 37

HR 13 23 32 40

MR: Alexis Roth 10, Abby Honeyman 8, Naomi Meier 8, Brandi Poehls 7, Marah Friez 2, McKayla Roll 2.

HR: Miranda Kadrmas 20, Quinn Steffan 9, Mary Hlebechuk 4, Alex Poland 3, Janessa Schmidt 2, Karli Northrop 2.

3-pointers: MR 3 (Poehls 2, Meier 1), HR 2 (Kadrmas 1, Poland 1). Free throws: MR 4-8, HR 6-11. Total fouls: MR 16, HR 12. Fouled out: MR, Roth. Rebounds: MR 34 (Poehls 7), HR 33 (Kadrmas 9). Assists: MR 8 (Meier 3), HR 13 (Northrop 5). Steals: MR 10 (Poehls 4), HR 11 (four with 2). Blocks: MR 7 (Honeyman 3), HR 0. Turnovers: MR 26, HR 18.

Hettinger-Scranton 42, New England 39

No. 3 seed Hettinger-Scranton needed a fourth-quarter rally to overcome the No. 6 seed Tigers.

Kaitlin Reitz had 16 points and five steals and Taylor Kelner had 13 points and four steals to lead Hettinger-Scranton.

New England committed 31 turnovers to the Night Hawks’ 22.

Hannah Nordby had nine points and five rebounds for the Tigers. Gabbi Hanson added eight points.

Hettinger-Scranton faces No. 2 seed Bowman County at 7 p.m. today in the semifinals. New England must wait until 5:30 p.m. Monday when it will play the loser of the semifinal game between Beach and Heart River in a region-qualifier game.

NE 7 20 27 39

HS 7 17 24 42

NE: Hannah Nordby 9, Gabbi Hanson 8, Taylor Hewson 5, Bryanna Rasch 5, Kristen Neprash 4, India Fitterer 4, Erin Volk 3, Ashley Plaggemeyer 1.

HS: Kaitlin Reitz 16, Taylor Kelner 13, Reba Resner 6, Rebecca Oase 4, Michaela Erickson 2, Paige Gravning 1.

3-pointers: NE 0, HS 1 (Resner 1). Free throws: NE 11-18, HS 17-32. Total fouls: NE 24, HS 17. Fouled out: Volk, Rasch, Anderson. Rebounds: NE 41 (Rasch 9), HS 27 (Anderson 5, Resner 5). Assists: NE 7 (Fitterer 2, Nordby 2), HS 6 (Reitz 2). Steals: NE 3 (three with 1), HS 18 (Reitz 5, Resner 5). Blocks: NE 2 (Rasch 1), HS 6 (three with 2). Turnovers: NE 31, HS 22.

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