The Nevis girls basketball team rebounded from a close loss to Clearbrook-Gonvick to post a close win over Bertha-Hewitt and roll to an easy victory over Blackduck last week.
Clearbrook-Gonvick prevailed 44-42 in a Northwoods Conference game last Tuesday night at Nevis before the Tigers rebounded to edge Bertha-Hewitt 43-42 in a non-conference game last Thursday night at Bertha. Nevis coasted to a 64-42 conference win over Blackduck last Friday night in the regular-season finale at Blackduck.
Nevis ended the regular season with a 13-10 overall record.
Bears lock up second place
Clearbrook-Gonvick locked up second place in the conference standings with the win over Nevis last Tuesday night.
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The Bears improved to 10-2 in conference play and 20-2 overall. Pine River-Backus leads the conference with a 12-0 record.
Megan Norby's 17 points and Riley Hanson's 12 points, 13 rebounds, three assists, three steals and three blocked shots led the Tigers.
NEVIS: Norby 6 5-6 17, Dierkhising 3 0-0 9, Hanson 6 0-0 12, Bliss 1 0-0 2, Schuldt 0 0-0 0, Drury 0 2-2 2, Hjelseth 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 for 41 (FG), 7 for 8 (FT).
Halftime: C-G 28, Nevis 25. Three-point field goals: Dierkhising 3. Rebounds: Nevis 25 (Hanson 13, Hjelseth 7, Norby 2, Drury 2, Dierkhising 1). Assists: Nevis 10 (Hanson 3, Drury 3, Dierkhising 2, Norby 1, Hjelseth 1). Steals: Nevis 6 (Hanson 3, Norby 1, Drury 1, Hjelseth 1). Blocked shots: 4 (Hanson 3, Schuldt 1). Team fouls: Nevis 14. Fouled out: Dierkhising. Turnovers: Nevis 28.
Tigers top Bertha-Hewitt
Norby scored 18 points while Hanson (15) and Hannah Bliss (10) combined for 25 rebounds in leading the Tigers past Bertha-Hewitt.
Bertha-Hewitt fell to 10-12.
NEVIS: Norby 8 1-1 18, Dierkhising 2 0-0 6, Hanson 2 0-0 4, Bliss 4 0-0 8, Schuldt 2 0-0 5, Drury 1 0-0 2, Hjelseth 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 for 55 (FG), 1 for 1 (FT).
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Halftime: B-H 25, Nevis 20. Three-point field goals: Norby 1, Dierkhising 2, Schuldt 1. Rebounds: Nevis 38 (Hanson 15, Bliss 10, Norby 4, Schuldt 4, Hjelseth 4, Drury 1). Assists: Nevis 8 (Dierkhising 2, Drury 2, Hjelseth 2, Norby 1, Hanson 1). Steals: Nevis 9 (Norby 2, Hanson 2, Drury 2, Hjelseth 2, Schuldt 1). Blocked shots: Nevis 4 (Hanson 3, Hjelseth 1). Team fouls: Nevis 17. Turnovers: Nevis 21.
Tigers coast past Blackduck
Norby led a balanced scoring attack with 18 points as the Tigers closed out the regular season with a win over Blackduck.
Karly Drury and Mattie Hjelseth scored 10 points apiece while Hanson and Bliss scored 8 points each for the Tigers, who led 36-20 at the half. Hanson also had 10 rebounds, six steals and four assists while Drury and Hjelseth had five steals and four assists apiece as Nevis improved to 9-5 in conference play. Blackduck fell to 3-11 in the conference and 5-17 overall.
NEVIS: Norby 8 1-1 18, Dierkhising 1 1-2 4, Hanson 4 0-0 8, Wolf 0 0-0 0, Bliss 4 0-0 8, Schuldt 2 0-0 6, Drury 4 2-2 10, Hjelseth 4 2-2 10, Lucas 0 0-0 0, Wormley 0 0-0 0. Totals: 27 for 68 (FG), 6 for 7 (FT).
Halftime: Nevis 36, Blackduck 20. Three-point field goals: Norby 1, Dierkhising 1, Schuldt 2. Rebounds: Nevis 33 (Hanson 10, Bliss 6, Hjelseth 6, Norby 4, Wolf 2, Schuldt 2, Dierkhising 1, Drury 1, Wormley 1). Assists: Nevis 19 (Hanson 4, Drury 4, Hjelseth 4, Dierkhising 3, Schuldt 2, Bliss 1, Lucas 1). Steals: 24 (Hanson 6, Drury 5, Hjelseth 5, Dierkhising 3, Schuldt 3, Norby 2). Blocked shots: Nevis 3 (Hanson 2, Drury 1). Team fouls: Nevis 11. Turnovers: Nevis 23.
