Roosevelt slips by Lady Lynx on home floor

By: 
Jill Meier, Journal editor
India Bradfield makes a drive for the basket Jan. 14 as Roosevelt’s Kaela Martinez keeps pace with the Lynx junior. The Rough Riders contained Brandon Valley to six points in both the second and third quarters en route to the 49-44 win. Jill Meier/BV Journal

The Lady Lynx let this one slip away.
But it was not for a lack of trying.
Instead, Sioux Falls Roosevelt (3-4) stepped up when they needed to, as they squeaked out a 49-44 win over Brandon Valley (3-4) Jan. 14.
Lynx head coach Mike Zerr chalks the home loss up to missed opportunities
“We have to take each possession for what it is – an opportunity for us to execute in that situation in that moment,” Zerr said. “We had moments where we did that and moments where we didn’t and Roosevelt did. Give them credit, they played well and did what they needed to do to get a win in our gym.”
Early on, the game was going BV’s way. In the first two and a half minutes, the Lynx out-scored the Riders 10-3 and widened the spread to nine on a long bomb pass from Kylie Foss to Hilary Behrens. The Lynx closed out the quarter with a Mara Schaap 3-pointer to make it a 17-11 game at the quarter’s end.
Roosevelt’s Macey Nielson was BV’s nemesis in the second quarter. The senior drilled the net for seven points to get her team within one of the Lynx at 21-20, and Kaela Martinez put the Riders over the top at 23-21 when she dropped one in from the perimeter. 
The Rough Riders contained BV to six points in both the second and third quarters. The Lynx closed out the second quarter with a bucket by Hilary Behrens, which Hattie Giblin answered to give Roosevelt the 26-23 advantage heading into the break.
Zerr, who views the Lynx and Riders as “two evenly matched teams,” said Roosevelt did a great job of forcing his team to execute in the half court offensively. “At times, we struggled with that, just like we try and do to teams. They were aggressive, took it into the paint and created opportunities for themselves, which translated into some easy baskets and some frustrating ends to some really good defensive possessions by us for a big portion of the shot clock,” he said.
A Hannah Behrens to younger sister Hilary resulted in a bucket to bring the Lynx within one early on in the third, and BV regained the lead when India Bradfield drained a pair of free throws. Nielson answered back with two free throws and Shayla Tuschen upped their lead to three.
The Lynx got two free throws and the Riders closed out the third with back-to-back 3’s by Taliyah Hayes and Cierra Watkins. With a quarter to go, the Lynx trailed by seven, 36-29.
BV’s 15-point fourth quarter just wasn’t enough to overcome the Riders’ minimal lead. The Lynx got baskets early on from Hilary Behrens and Emma Jarovski to get within three of the Riders, 37-34. Nielson dropped a pair of free throws to up the lead to seven, which was answered by a Hannah Behrens basket for the 45-40 score, still in Roosevelt’s favor. The Lynx watched the game slip away at the free throw line the rest of the way, getting points from Giblin, Tatum Kooima and Tuschen for the 49-44 ending. 
The Lynx had a good night at the charity stripe, where they canned 73 percent of their shots, 11-15. From the floor they netted 15-51 (29 percent).
The Behrens sisters both finished the night in double figures. Hilary had 13 to her credit and Hannah scored an even dozen. Emma Jarovski aided with nine and India Bradfield accounted for seven.
For Roosevelt, Macey Nielson led the charge with 13 points. Taliyah Hayes tossed in eight and Kaela Martinez chipped in five.
The Rough Riders picked up 14 points of their 21 opportunities at the free throw line. They were charged with nine turnovers and hauled down 28 rebounds, 10 on the offensive end of the court.
The Lynx worked the glass for 26 rebounds. Hilary and Hannah Behrens had six and five, respectively. Jarovski was credited with four and Bradfield had three.
“These were two very evenly matched teams,” Zerr said. “Our goal is to learn and get better from each opportunity we have to play.”
Zerr said his team learned that when they execute and are poised on offense, they get the ball in the paint and create scoring opportunities. 
“We also learned we are still a very good defensive basketball team and as long as we keep doing that we are going to have a chance to win in every contest we play. We will take advantage of those opportunities to get better and continue to work on those items to accomplish that goal, continue to grow and ‘trust the process’, so to speak,” Zerr said.
 
Brandon Valley  17 23 29 44
SF Roosevelt      11 26 36 49
 
Brandon Valley (2PFG, 3PFG, FT, TP): Kennedy Nuebel 0-1 0-0 0-0 0; India Bradfield 2-6 0-1 3-3 7; Mara Schaap 0-2 1-4 0-0 3; Kylie Foss 0-2 0-0 0-0 0; Emma Jarovski 2-6 1-1 2-4 9; Hilary Behrens 4-13 1-4 2-2 13; Grace Gerken 0-0 0-1 0-0 0; Hannah Behrens 4-9 0-2 4-6 12; Sidney Thue 0-1 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 12-38 3-13 11-15 44.

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