Belle Plaine avenged an earlier loss to Lynnville-Sully Friday night, then on Monday, the girls battled to the end with undefeated North Mahaska before falling by six points. They followed that with a 38-35 loss at Keota on Tuesday.
Taylor Schafbuch scored 21 points, along with three rebounds, 10 assists and four steals to lead the Plainsmen at Lynnville-Sully. Dani Coover had 19 points, with eight rebounds and three blocks. Macy DeMeulenaere was next with 12 points, five rebounds and two assists. Joy Cronbaugh had five points, two rebounds and two assists. Taylor Janss had three points, Julie Long finished with three assists and Laura Breja had four rebounds and two steals.
Tara Van Rees led the Hawks with 11 points.
The last time these teams met, Lynnville-Sully spanked the Plainsmen for a 39-23 win. This time, the Hawks were coming off a Tuesday game, where they fell by a 40-39 score to North Mahaska.
This time, Belle Plaine took a 13-7 first quarter lead, then put 20 points on the total in the second period for a 33-19 advantage. It was 49-28 after three quarters.
Belle Plaine hit 50 percent from the field, 23 of 46 shots, including seven for 16 three-point attempts. The Plainsmen had just 11 turnovers.
On Monday, the Plainsmen scored nine points in the first quarter, six in the second and 10 in the third, hitting just 12 of 36 shots from the field for the night.
Coover led the way with 14 points, with 10 rebounds, three steals and a block. Schafbuch had nine points, three assists and three steals. DeMeulenaere was next with eight points and six rebounds. Breja added eight rebounds and a block.
The team had 18 turnovers.
Tuesday night, the teams battled to a 6-6 tie after the first quarter and the Plainsmen had a 19-18 lead at the half. But Keota outscored Belle Plaine in the third, 4-2 to take a 22-21 lead into the final period.
Three Plainsmen finished in double figure scoring. DeMeulenaere led the way with a dozen points, along with eight rebounds, two assists and three steals. Coover had 11 points, 12 rebounds, three steals adn two blocks. Schafbuch had 10 points, three rebounds, three assists and six steals. Breja had two points, seven rebounds and two steals. Janss had three rebounds.
The Plainsmen hit on 15 of 53 shots from the field and had 18 turnovers.
Friday night, they return home to face Tri-County for Parents’ Night.