RAPID CITY A 31-5 second quarter for the Rapid City Stevens Raiders put the game completely out of reach, and they would defeat the Huron Tigers 76-35 in Class AA SoDak 16 action Friday in Rapid City.
Huron came out playing like they had nothing to lose, as Aly Davis took a pass from Allison Janes for a bucket and the first lead of the game. Stevens All-Stater Taaliyah Porter got a layup as the Raiders broke the press to tie the game.
Janes would get fouled and hit two free throws to give Huron a 4-2 lead. It would be their last lead.
Halle Peterson cut backdoor for Stevens for a bucket and MacKenzie Schreiber cut through the Huron defense for a bucket to give Stevens their first edge, 6-4.
The teams exchanged press break layups by Finley Love for the Raiders and Davis for Huron, then Porter sealed off the Huron defender in the post for an easy bucket.
Schreiber then hit the first three of the game for Stevens to give the home squad a 13-6 lead.
Hylton Heinz drove hard to the hoop for a bucket, but Jessa Griswold answered with a three. Stevens seventh-grader Marley Seumanutafu was fouled on a putback attempt and made one of two to push the lead out to 17-8.
Janes was fouled with 17.2 seconds left in the first quarter and hit one of two charity shots, but as the buzzer sounded, Haley Thorton hit a wing three for Stevens to give them a 20-9 lead at the end of one period.
Thorton got the first two buckets of the second quarter off steals generated by the Stevens press. Heinz would drive from the top of the key for a bucket, but Thorton then got a putback and was fouled. After she hit the free throw, the Raiders had a commanding 27-11 lead.
Porter would get one of two free throws, but Haley Falcon came off the bench and hit a three for Stevens and Porter got into the long-range fun as well, hitting her own three.
Seumanutafu drew a foul and hit both free throws and Porter got a bucket underneath. Falcon would hit a three to make it 41-11 Stevens with 4:22 left in the first half.
Falcon hit a long jumper after a rebound was deflected out to her. Porter then got a bucket and followed that with an and-one move underneath. A three from Love made it 51-11.
Jencie Goergen would hit a three for Huron with less than thirty seconds left in the first half to cut the lead at the break to 51-14.
Porter opened up the second half with a bucket on a post move, and Davis responded with a hard drive from the top of the key. Brittany Jones joined the three-point shooting party for the Raiders to make it 56-16.
The running clock sped through the rest of the game. The Raiders emptied the bench with six minutes left, and Huron did the same after getting two points for each of the seniors on the roster, Janes and Madison Jurgens. When the final buzzer sounded, Stevens had a 78-35 victory.
There wasnt really a big mystery for Tigers coach Kody Kopfmann when he reflected on the final game of the season.
We struggled breaking their press and they couldnt miss a shot, he observed. They took open shots and they made open shots.
Stevens moves to 16-5 with four players in double-figure scoring and 12 players scoring. Porter led the way with 19 points. Falcon added 11 points and Schreiber and Thorton each had 10 points.
The Tigers finish the season 7-14, losing their final six contests. Heinz led the way with 11 points. Janes added seven points in her final game as a Tiger.
Huron 9 14 25 35
Stevens 20 51 65 78
Huron (7-14): Madison Jurgens 0 2-2 2, Allison Janes 1 5-6 7, Aly Davis 2 2-2 6, Hylton Heinz 5 1-1 11, Addyson Knight 1 2-2 4, Jencie Goergen 1 0-0 3, Chloe Carr 1 0-0 2. Totals: 11 12-13 35.
Rapid City Stevens (16-5): Brittany Jones 1 0-0 3, Taaliyah Porter 7 4-5 19, Haley Falcon 4 0-0 11, MacKenzie Schreiber 4 0-0 10, Finley Love 2 0-0 5, Hayden Thorton 4 1-1 10, Lexi Portlock 1 0-0 2, Jessa Griswold 2 0-0 6, Halle Peterson 1 0-0 2, Macy Muth 1 0-0 3, Kaia Farlee 1 0-0 3, Marley Seumanutafa 0 4-6 4. Totals: 28 9-12 78.
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