Seeking their first win of the season, the Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team fell just short of the win to the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies on Saturday, January 25th. The Huskies overcame an early deficit to win a close battle 42-35.
The Quarriers got out to a 7-1 lead just minutes into the game. The Huskies scored the next eight points and took a 9-7 lead with 1:00 to go in the first quarter, and they led by that same score at the quarter break. Elk Point-Jefferson scored the first five points of the second quarter for a 13-0 run. Dell Rapids finally broke the streak on an Aspen Hansen layup with 6:15 to play in the half to cut the lead to 14-9. The Quarriers tied the game at 19-19 with 2:15 to play after a three-point shot by Maggie Schmidt. The first half ended with a 5-0 Husky run for a 24-19 lead.
The two teams traded baskets throughout much of the third quarter with Elk Point-Jefferson maintaining a three-to-five point advantage. Dell Rapids was able to get the lead down to a point at 32-31, but the Huskies led 33-31 heading into the final quarter. Elk Point-Jefferson scored the four points of the fourth quarter to extend their lead to 37-31, but the Quarriers responded with a 4-0 run of their own to cut the lead down to 37-35 with 4:07 to play in the game. Unfortunately for Dell Rapids, that was as close as they would get as the Huskies held the Quarriers scoreless the last half of the fourth quarter for the win.
Hansen led the Quarriers with 11 points in the game. Zoey Hilmoe finished with eight points, and Alli De Stigter added six points.
Dell Rapids (0-10) will host the Vermillion Tanagers in a girls and boys double-header on Thursday, January 30th. The games can be seen on Big Sioux Media.