Second quarter slump sinks Lady Trojans

The Lady Trojans got off to an excellent start but let it all slip away in the second quarter against the Thompson Falls Lady Bluehawks.

Thompson Falls pulled out a 49-35 victory in the District 7B matchup.

The Lady Bluehawks scored first, but then the Lady Trojans got on the board with an Allie Coldwell layup with 3:45 left in the first. Both teams took turns trading shots but sophomore Allie Brown hit a three with 3:08 to go to give Troy the lead for the remainder of the period.

Thompson Falls got their offense clicking in the second quarter as they regained a lead they would keep for the rest of the game.

With the score tied at 10, Allie Coldwell intercepted a pass and drove the length of the court to give the Lady Trojans a 12-10 lead with 5:46 to go in the half. After that, however, it was all the Lady Bluehawks. With 1:22 left in the half, Thompson Falls Shey Hannum drove into the lane and was fouled as she made a layup. She sank the free throw to give Thompson Falls a 20-13 lead.

“I was happy with the girls’ performance,” Lady Trojans head coach Justin Young said. “We started out strong, but lately we’ve been having a habit of slowing down in the second quarter and that really hurts us. But overall we improved since the last time we played Thompson, and I couldn’t be happier with the way the girls played tonight.”

Freshman Aurora Becquart got things going for Troy when she was fouled on a shot but connected and went to the foul line. Becquart sank the lone free throw to make the Thompson Falls lead 26-16 with 6:33 to go in the third. Troy buckled down and played tough defense at the beginning of the third quarter, but Thompson Falls found holes in the Lady Trojans defense and took a 35-22 lead into the fourth quarter.

The Lady Trojans fought back in the fourth quarter and kept pace with Thompson Falls. But the Bluehawks kept a comfortable lead as the final minutes ran out.

Bluehawks Shey and Autrey Hannum led all scorers with 14 points each.

The Lady Trojans will be back home on Feb. 6 to battle Bigfork.

T. Falls 7  15  13  14_49

Troy      8   5    9   13_35

Thompson Falls (49)

 Lindsay Laws 9, Shey Hannum 14, Sierra Sorlie 2, Haley Wilson 3, Haley Morgan 2, Autrey Hannum 14.

Troy (35)

Aurora Becquart 7, Taylor Brown 3, Allie Coldwell 12, Kaitlyn Downey 6, Allie Brown 7.