By Doug Helm
JH girls basketball coach
The Montezuma Bravettes 7th grade basketball team hosted the Iowa Valley Tigers on Thursday, December 12.
The teams were back and forth in the first quarter as Monte took a 4-3 lead. The second quarter belonged to the Bravettes as they shut out the Tigers 6-0 to lead 10-3 at the half.
Iowa Valley cut the lead to 10-6 early in the third quarter but Monte rallied to lead 14-8 at the end of the third quarter.
Iowa Valley would swish a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 16-15 with 4 minutes to go in the game. But, Montezuma buckled down on defense to shut the Tigers out the rest of the way.
With 1 minute to go, Ava DeWeese found Alyssa Latcham at the free throw line. Alyssa made a strong rip through to score the last basket of the game and help the Bravettes hold on to win 18-15.
Monte shot 9-52 (17%) from the field, 0-5 from long range and 0-4 from the free throw line. Iowa Valley shot 5-48 (10%) from the field, 1-5 from long range and 4-14 from the free throw line. Monte outrebounded the Tigers 51-42. The Bravettes had 18 turnovers while IV had 16.
Lucy Semprini had her best game. She had 6 points on 3 power points (power point = an offensive rebound back to score) with 12 total rebounds.
Lexi Urfer also had a strong game. She scored 6 points and had 6 rebounds. Alyssa Latcham had 4 points, 11 rebounds and a block. Aubree DeJoode had 2 points, 7 rebounds and a block. Ava DeWeese had 6 rebounds. Abby Bos had 3 steals.
The Montezuma Bravettes 7th graders even their record to 3-3 on the season. The hostrf Lynnville-Sully on Monday, December 16.