The Baltic Bulldog girls fell just short of a win against the Tri-Valley Mustangs at Tri-Valley High School on Monday, January 12th. The Mustangs held off the Bulldogs for a 48-42 win.
Tri-Valley opened the game on an 11-0 run. They would hold a 19-10 lead after the first quarter. Baltic battled tough in the second quarter and cut the lead down to 28-24 by halftime. The Bulldogs would start the third quarter with a 7-2 run to go in front 31-30. Tri-Valley would end the quarter on an 8-3 run for a 38-34 advantage going into the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to retake the lead 39-38. Unfortunately the Mustangs held Baltic to just three more points in the quarter while scoring 10 to get the 48-42 win.
Baltic shot 27% (13-48) overall in the game, 29% (6-21) from three-point area, and 50% (10-20) from the free-throw line. Tri-Valley was 25% (15-59) shooting overall, 28% (11-39) on three-point shots, and 70% (7-10) from the free-throw line.
Harper Kortemeyer had 11 points and six rebounds. Caitlyn Pickett had a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds. Kaiya Lenderts added nine points and four rebounds. Kate Bouman and Sadey Holt each had three points.
