Lady Raiders in fourth place

The Lady Raiders won two of three games last week to set themselves up in fourth place in Central Washington 2B North standings.

At Tonasket Jan. 6, Lake Roosevelt defeated the last-place Tigers, 43-27.

Jan. 8, the LR hosted Brewster, which was not the juggernaut of the past but is still a tough foe. LR took an early lead in the first quarter of the low-scoring contest, 9-4. In the second, the Lady Bears came back to tie the game at 16.

LR took the lead in the third quarter, when Brewster was cold from the floor. At the start of the fourth, the score was LR 26, Brewster 21.

Brewster came alive in the fourth quarter and retook the lead. Lady Raider fouls assisted the Lady Bears to keep ahead of LR. Poor ball handling and shot choices also hampered the Lady Raiders.

Even with all that was going in Brewster's favor, the game still came down to the final seconds when the Lady Raiders could not score and Brewster came away with the 38-34 victory.

LR bounced back Saturday against Waterville at Grand Coulee.

In the first, the Lady Raiders again took a lead, and Shocker trouble on the court aided LR.

Jocelyn Moore was called for a flagrant foul, but the Shockers missed both free throws. The first quarter ended 9-5 for LR.

Both squads' offenses came alive in the second quarter, when the Lady Raiders pushed their lead to 10 before the half. At the start of the third quarter the score was Lady Raiders 23, Shockers 13.

The LR offense went cold in the third, while the Shockers heated up. The Lady Raiders saw their 12-point lead cut down to three before a basket put it back out to five. At the end of the third, LR led 27-22.

In the fourth period, neither side pushed the score and both offenses cooled, the Lady Raiders held off the Shockers for the win at 39-30.

Lachelle Bearcub led the Lady Raiders with 12 points. Jocelyn Moore scored 11 against the Shockers. Alana Epperson put up six, while Riley Epperson scored five points for the Lady Raiders. Khani Priest recorded four points, Katelynn Schilling contributed two, and Kayla St. Pierre added a point for LR.

This week, the Lady Raiders again play three games, starting last night at the league leading Okanogan Bulldogs. Thursday at 6 p.m. in Grand Coulee the Lady Raiders host Liberty Bell Mt. Lions, who have won only one game thus far. Then, on Saturday the Pateros Nannies come to Grand Coulee for a 4 p.m. matchup. The Nannies lead the Central Washington 1B League with a perfect record.