The Montezuma Bravettes moved smartly into Friday’s semifinals with a 75-29 win over Midland of Wyoming Tuesday night, Feb. 14, in Montezuma.
The Bravettes, now 20-3, will remain at home for the semifinals tilt against Springville, which starts at 7 p.m. on Friday.
The Bravettes checked a lot of positive boxes in rolling to this victory.
Montezuma led 19-4, 39-13 and 50-21 at the quarter breaks before finishing off the game with a 15-8 fourth quarter.
Guards Madison Johannes and Mia Boulton each scored 15 points. Johannes led with 8 rebounds and Boulton dished 9 assists.
Claire Erselius scored 13 for the Bravettes, and Shiressa Wetering dropped in 9 points.
Johannes droped in 5-of-6 from the field, all three-pointers. The Bravettes shot 17-for-33 on three-pointers, which is excellent at any level of play.
Boulton was 5-for-8 shooting on her way to 15 points, and Erselius was 3-for-4.
Montezuma made just 8 turnovers, to 22 by Midland.
The Bravettes led 28-18 in rebounding, with the five-foot Johannes leading Montezuma with 8.
The Bravettes assisted 17 of their 24 field goals, Boulton leading with 9.
Midland closed a 10-13 campaign.
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SCORE BY QUARTERS
Midland 4 9 8 8 – 29
Montezuma 19 20 21 15 – 75
MONTEZUMA (75)
Madison Johannes 5-6, 0-0, 1, 15. Ellen Cook 3-15, 0-1, 0, 8. Izzy Roorda 1-1, 0-0, 1, 3. Alivia Cline 0-0, 0-0, 1, 0. Claire Erselius 3-4, 4-4, 0, 13. Mia Boulton 5-8, 2-3, 1, 15. Jadyn Sharer 2-9, 0-0, 0, 6. Jordan Ranfeld 0-3, 0-0, 0, 0. Laila Kercheval 1-1, 0-0, 0, 3. Harlea Pargeon 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0. Ashlee Eilander 0-0, 0-0, 1, 0. Kallie Robison 1-2, 1-2, 1, 3. Shiressa Wetering 3-8, 3-3, 2, 9. TOTALS – 24-57, 10-13, 8, 75.
MIDLAND (29)
TOTALS – 10-36, 5-7, 15, 29.
Line score legend: field goals made-attempted, free throws made attempted, personal fouls, total points.
Three-pointers: Montezuma 17-33 (Johannes 5-6, Erseliue 3-4, Boulton 3-5, Sharer 2-6, Cook 2-8, Rorda 1-1, Kercheval 1-1, Ranfeld 0-2); Midland 4-16.
Turnovers: Montezuma 8, Midland 22.
Rebounds: Montezuma 28 (Johannes 8, Sharer 7, Wetering 5, Cook 3, Robison 2, Roorda 2, Cline 1); Midland 18.
Assists: Montezuma 17 (Boulton 9, Johannes 3, Roorda 1, Erselius 1, Sharer 1, Ranfeld 1, Wetering 1).
Steals: Montezuma 3 (Johannes 2, Roorda 1).