MURPHY — Strong guard play and defense spurred Crater to its first win of the season Tuesday night in a nonconference girls basketball game against Hidden Valley.
Sophomore point guard Brittney Newcomb scored 15 points and fellow guard Andi Bagdan contributed six rebounds, five assists and two steals as the Comets pulled away for a 47-38 victory.
Crater (1-2) trailed 25-23 at the half, but its defense held Hidden Valley without a field goal in the third quarter.
"Essentially, we came out and pressured a little bit better," said first-year Comets' coach JT Thomas. "They had a majority of their turnovers early in the third quarter and that gave us a cushion."
The Mustangs (2-1) trimmed one point off the Crater lead in the fourth quarter but couldn't overcome the deficit.
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Newcomb also had five steals for Crater, while post Alana Harding chipped in with 12 points on 6-for-8 shooting and seven rebounds.
Hidden Valley didn't help its cause by hitting just 11 of 25 from the foul line.
"We didn't score a field goal (in the third quarter) and we miss 14 free throws," said Schaefer. "That's tough to overcome."
CRATER (47) — Newcomb 15, Harding 12, Salyer 6, Bagdan 4, Reiter 3, Albright 3, Haas 2, Heard 2, Ulrey 0, Deschamps 0, Brown 0, Noon 0. Totals: 20 3-10 47.
HIDDEN VALLEY (38) — J. Richardson 12, R. Richardson 8, Torres 6, Wicks 3, Silva 3, Matthews 2, Swanson 2, Seal 2, Abel 0, Killian 0, Matson 0. Totals: 12 11-25 38.
Crater 14 9 14 10 --47
Hidden Valley 9 16 2 11 --38
3-point goals — Crater 4 (Newcomb 2, Salyer 2), Hidden Valley 3 (R. Richardson 2, Silva 1). Fouled out — J. Richardson. Technical foul — Crater book.
JV result — Crater won.
- YREKA 56, PHOENIX 28 — At Yreka, Calif., Phoenix shot 3-of-29 from the field in the second half as Yreka handed the Pirates their third loss of the season.
Phoenix (1-3) had cut the lead to 20-17 before the break, but Yreka went on a 7-0 spurt to close the second quarter.
Rebecca Singleton had nine points to lead the Pirates, who will participate in the Cottage Grove Tournament this weekend.
PHOENIX (28) — Singleton 9, Baker 4, Ka. George 2, Fry 4, Rodriguez 4, Passante 5, Ke. George 0, Tally 0, Helm 0. Totals: 11 4-10 28.
YREKA (56) — Scala 4, Silvia 2, Lovitt 3, Weckerle 10, Rokes 9, Ford 6, Crechriou 4, Hopkins 2, Graves 4, Smith 12. Totals: 22 11-19 56.
Phoenix 7 10 4 7 --28
Yreka 14 13 6 23 --56
3-point goals — Phoenix 2 (Singleton 1, Passante 1), Yreka 1 (Weckerle); fouled Out — Passante.
- GLENDALE 56, ST. MARY'S 38 — At Glendale, hot-shooting Glendale shot 59 percent from the field to bury St. Mary's and hand the Crusaders their first loss of the season.
Gretchen Owens led a balanced Pirates' attack with 15 points. Ashley Marriott added 13 points and Candyce Pate chipped in 13.
Glendale soared to an 18-6 after one period and stretched their advantage to 39-13 at halftime.
Whitney Adderson paced St. Mary's (3-1) with 13 points.
ST. MARY'S (38) — Adderson 10, Lass 7, Williams 6, Steinsick 5, Gross 4, Valdez 4, Picknell 2, Vladek 0, Montan 0. Totals: 15 6-12 38.
GLENDALE (56) — Owens 15, Marriott 14, Pate 13, Lovemark 6, Brown 4, Thelts 2, Poore 2, Flores 0, Bartholomew 0, Maduzia 0. Totals: 26 4-8 56.
St. Mary's 6 7 11 14 --38
Glendale 18 21 8 9 --56
3-point goals — St. Mary's 2 (Steinsick 1, Lass 1).
JV result — St. Mary's 36, Glendale 13
- PROSPECT 44, ROGUE VALLEY ADVENTIST 12 — At Prospect, Becky Musard scored 22 points to lead Prospect to the win over Rogue Valley Adventist.
Meaghan Scriven chipped in big for the Cougers (3-1) with 14 rebounds and six points while Catherine Anderson tallied 10 assists and four points.
ROGUE VALLEY ADVENTIST (12) — Cruz 5, C. Wold 4, Cole 3, J. Wold 0, Allen 0, Tresenniter 0, Cool 0, Wood 0, Sustaine 0, Denton 0. Totals: 5 2-6
PROSPECT (44) — Musard 22, Can. Lewis 8, Scriven 6, Shallenberger 4, Anderson 4, McCollum 0, Gallagher 0, Cai. Lewis 0. Totals 21 2-9
RV Adventist 5 4 0 3 --12
Prospect 14 12 12 6 --44
Fouled out — C. Wold.
