Arrows win over Tigers 54-44
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HURON — A three-and-a-half minute stretch to open the second half spelled the difference in the game, as the Watertown Arrows took a 54-44 ESD Conference girls’ basketball win over the Huron Tigers Friday night at Huron Arena.
The Arrows, who move to 2-6 on the season, were led by Anni Cummings, with 11 points, while Mariah Gloe added 10.
In the early going, defense was the name of the game.
Gloe got Watertown started with a short field goal, but Huron tied it up on a pair of Gracie Schoenfelder charity tosses, igniting a brief run.
First Havyn Heinz, then Reagan Rozell hit three-point field goals to stake the Tigers to an 8-2 lead.
The Arrows climbed back into the game, using turnovers on back-to-back Huron possessions to get baskets from Megan Fannin and Gloe to carve the lead to two.
Huron got a bucket from Tenley Buddenhagen and Watertown’s Meghan Heggelund hit one-of-two from the line to make it 10-7 after one quarter, as both teams struggled to get into any sort of offensive flow.
The pace of the game quickened in the second quarter, as Huron managed to run its offense, leading to several free throw attempts.
Heinz was four-for-four from the charity stripe and Schoenfelder hit a pair as well, while Watertown used a basket from Jackie Tetzlaff and threes from Fannin and Drew VerDouw to keep it a one-point game, at 16-15.
The Arrows took a brief lead, as Heggelund scored inside, but Heinz countered with a basket. Annie Norberg hit a short jumper and Heggelund scored again, but Heinz got loose on the baseline for a layup and a 22-21 Tiger lead at the half.
The Arrows found the target in the third quarter, as they opened the period on a 10-0 run over the first three-and-a-half minutes to establish a 31-22 lead before Heinz broke the ice with a pair of free throws.
“That stretch in the third quarter really hurt us tonight,” said Huron coach Wade Stobbs. “We got down and while we played pretty even the rest of the way, we just never got back over the hump.”