Lowry’s Natalee Formby drives to the basket against Spring Creek.
#For just the second and third time this season, the Lowry High School girls basketball team was on its home floor.
#The Lady Bucks opened Northern 3A East play with a 51-14 win over Spring Creek on Thursday and a 70-42 victory against Elko on Saturday afternoon. Lowry improved to 2-0 in league play and 12-4 overall.
#Lowry 54, Spring Creek 11
#Lowry held Spring Creek scoreless for nearly the first six minutes of the game.
#The Lady Bucks jumped out to a 12-0 lead off baskets by Savannah Stoker, Britain Backus and a free throw by Khlloe Shorey.
#Spring Creek scored with 2:13 left in the first quarter and did not score again until the 5:04 mark of the second quarter.
#Lowry scored the final 12 points of the first quarter to lead 24-2 and the first nine points of the second quarter to increase the advantage to 31-2 and an eventual 39-9 lead at halftime.
#Much of the second half was played with a running clock, as the starters played just a couple minutes of the second half.
#Backus knocked down two 3-pointers to pace Lowry with 14 points. Stoker scored all 10 of her points in the first quarter and Natalee Formby knocked down two 3-pointers to finish with seven points.
#Audry Mason also added seven points, Cambria Tisue and Bryce Brinkerhoff four each, Shorey three and Autum Sanchez two.
Lowry’s Savannah Stoker fights for a loose ball against Spring Creek.
#Lowry 70, Elko 42
#Lowry overcame a slow start against Elko on Saturday afternoon to complete the sweep of the Elko County schools. The Indians scored on a handful of breakaway baskets in the first quarter to lead 9-8 but it was all Lady Bucks from there.
#Behind 13 points from Stoker and seven more from Brinkerhoff, Lowry quickly pulled away to a 24-15 lead after eight minutes of play.
#Stoker and Brinkerhoff continued to give the Indians fits with the two combining 12 points in the second quarter. Shorey added four points to help Lowry lead 42-21 at halftime after an 18-6 run in the second quarter.
#Lowry led by as many as 28 points in the third quarter, following a 3-pointer from Formby.
#Elko got a s close as 22 points in the fourth quarter but it was Lady Bucks on the afternoon.
#Stoker finished with 32 points and Brinkerhoff added 15.
#Shorey contributed eight points, Tisue and Miranda Draper four each, Formby three and Maura Braatz and Sanchez two each.
#Lowry is back home on Friday to play Churchill County at 6 p.m.
