The Bridgewater/Emery Huskies earned a come-from-behind win over the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal girls basketball team 45-38 on Monday, February 1st, at Dell Rapids St Mary High School. The Cardinals led by as many as 10 points in the second quarter, but couldn’t hang on for the win.
St Mary jumped out to a 13-5 lead at the end of the first quarter, and pushed the lead to 10 with 7:40 to go in the first half, but the Huskies were able to tie the game by halftime at 19-19. The Huskies held St Mary to just six points in the third quarter to take a 32-25 lead. The largest lead for Bridgewater/Emery came with :42 to go in the third when they lead by nine points. Bridgewater-Emery scored their last field goal with 3:34 to go in the game, but held on to beat the Cardinals.
St Mary was led by Ally Mullaney with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Lindsey Wolles tossed in nine points and grabbed four rebounds. Jackie Wolles finished with four points in the game. Kaitlyn Vortherms had three points, and Claudia Schwebach added four rebounds for the Cardinals.
St Mary shot 33% (13-39) from the field, 22% (2-9) from three-point area, and 71% (10-14) from the free-throw line in the game. The Cardinals had 30 team rebounds, five assists, two steals and 15 turnovers as a team.
The Cardinals fall to 4-12 on the year. St Mary will host the Elkton/Lake Benton Elks on Friday, February 6th. The game will be webcast on Big Sioux Media.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Bridgewater/Emery | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 45 |
| Dell Rapids St Mary | 13 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 38 |