In the second meeting of the year between the Arlington and Dell Rapids St Mary girls basketball teams, Arlington again got the best of St Mary. Arlington beat St Mary by a score of 45-41 on Friday, February 14th.
Arlington got the early lead at 7-4, but St Mary went on an 11-0 run to take a 15-7 and ended the first quarter leading 17-11. Arlington held St Mary to just three points in the second quarter and was able to get the game tied at 20-20 heading into halftime. St Mary regained the lead in the third quarter and led by four points heading into the final quarter at 34-30. Neither team scored until 4:20 to go in them game when Arlington hit a three-point shot to pull within a point at 34-33. Arlington took the lead at 37-36 with 1:11 to go and made eight free-throws down the stretch to hold on for the victory.
St Mary shot just 27% (12-44) from the field, 26% (5-19) from three-point area, and 67% (12-18) from the free-throw line. St Mary also had 25 team rebounds and eight steals.
Ella Heinitz led the team with 14 points, six rebounds, three steals, and two assists. Karlie Klein added 12 points, four rebounds, and three steals. Courtney Brown and Ella Griffin both had six points each. Brown and Sydney Klein both had seven rebounds.
St Mary (9-9) will play the Elkton-Lake Benton Elks on Tuesday, February 18th in their final home game of the regular season.