Boling girls lose to Louise in Needville tourney

NEEDVILLE - Boling's girls basketball team dropped a 43-33 decision to Louise in the first round of the Leroy Miksch Invitational Tournament at Needville Thursday afternoon in Blue Jay Gymnasium.

"Turnovers and missed shots were a major factor in this game," said Boling first year coach Cynthia Clark.

Boling had 33 turnovers and was 15 of 65 from the field.

"Most of the shots we missed were layups," said Clark. "We have to make the easy shots and control the ball with less turnovers."

"We played good defense and had 37 steals."

Boling played a second round game on Friday against Tidehaven, which lost to Needville on Thursday.

The Lady Bulldogs play another game in the tournament this morning.

Louise jumped out to a 7-5 lead after the first quarter and were up 29-15 at halftime.

The Lady Hornets outscored the Lady Bulldogs 8-6 in the third quarter to go up 35-23. Boling scored 10 points in the fourth quarter and Louise scored 8.

Stephanie Rachunek led Boling with 15 points. She also pulled down 5 rebounds and had 3 steals and 1 assist. Ebony Ashley finished with 10 points, 13 rebounds, 14 steals and 2 assists.

Ash Lunford scored 6 points and had 12 rebounds and 3 steals. Jessica Moore scored 2 points and had 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 13 steals.

Janice Arriaga had 2 steals and 2 assists. Beth Llanes had 2 rebounds and 2 steals and Laura Kueker had 2 rebounds.