The Battle Mountain High School girls basketball team made the trip across Nevada this past weekend for the Comstock Classic in Virginia City. The Lady Longhorns went 1-3 in the three-day tournament.
Bulldogs drop Longhorns
Battle Mountain opened the tourney against McDermitt on Thursday and the more experienced Lady Bulldogs came away with a 60-35 win. McDermitt led 18-11 after the first quarter, and used a 36-11 spurt in the second and third quarters.
Freshman Sruti Bhakta led the Lady Longhorns with 9 points and 12 assists. Fellow freshman Grace Melver had six points and Riane Schroeder netted six points and grabbed seven rebounds.
“Overall, a very good weekend,” said BMHS coach Paul Tremayne. “In terms of win loss not so good. We played a couple of very good teams. McDermitt is a senior laden team and have a lot of size. We struggled to contain the post.”
BMHS comes up short to Wells
Just a couple day before traveling to Virginia City, Battle Mountain beat Wells by four points. However, the Leopards were able to turn the tables on Friday and neat the Lady Longhorns 55-46.
Wells held to Battle Mountain to single digits in each of the first two quarters to go in front 28-15 at halftime. The Lady Longhorns cut the deficit to under 10 points in the final quarter but could not complete the comeback.
Schroeder ended with a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, Bhakta had six points and 10 assists and Isabella DeAllah had six points.
“We had beaten Wells on Tuesday (Dec.8),” Tremayne said. “They really outscored us at the free throw line. We need to keep working defensively 55 points is to many to give up.”
BMHS crushes Muckers
In the second game on Friday, Battle Mountain made easy work of Virginia City, winning 53-15. Bhakta outscored the Vandals on her own with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Yulisa Vazquez added eight points.
“Against Virginia City our full court press hurt them early and often,”:said the coach
Longhorns drop nail biter to Vandals
In the tournament finale, Battle Mountain had a chance in the final seconds to Eureka, but came up a point short in the 31-30 loss. Eureka led 19-15 at halftime, but watched as Battle Mountain came back to go in front 25-24 at the end of the third quarter.
With under a minute to play, Vazquez knocked down a 3-point shot to tie the game. Eureka went back in front after making one free throw, leaving Battle Mountain with a chance to win the game. With :09 to play, Battle Mountain was fouled, but missed both free throws, allowing the Vandals to hold on.
Vazquez led the Lady Longhorns with eight points, four steals and four assists and McKenna Jones had six points.
“The Eureka game was a very good game for us,” added the coach. “It was close the entire way. We had a great look at the end. I think the girls did a very good job this weekend. We need to work on the defensive side of the ball. We need to really work on rebounding. We start league with North Tahoe next week. We are excited about this portion of the season.”
Battle Mountain hosted Wells on Tuesday and results were not available at press time. The Lady Longhorns start Division III action this weekend in North Tahoe on Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at Incline at 1 p.m.
