Lady Bears fall in L&C Tny. quarterfinals

The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Lady Bears’ hopes to win the Lewis & Clark Conference title came up short Tuesday, as they dropped a 64-51 decision to Homer in the quarterfinals.

Homer built a 12-point halftime lead and LCC’s offense just couldn’t get anything rolling in the second half to mount a comeback. LCC did outscore the Lady Knights 14-11 in the final eight minutes, but it wasn’t enough as Homer advanced.

Kinsey Hall paced the Lady Bears with 19 points, the lone LCC player in double figures. Makayla Forsbergand Erica Wolfgrameach added seven points.

Also scoring were Delaney Ehlers with six, Mollie Schutte with five and Haley Christensen with four.

Hall led the team in rebounds with five and steals with seven. Schutte and Jordynn Urwiler both had three rebounds and Christensen had two steals.

On Friday, LCC defeated Creighton 56-49 as three Lady Bears finished in double figures.

Hall led the way with a gamehigh 19 points, with Forsberg adding 16 and Ehlers putting in

10. Wolfgram added six points and Christensen scored five.

Hall had seven rebounds, Ehlers grabbed six and Forsberg had five. Hall had four assists and Forsberg had three.

The 11-9 Lady Bears finish the regular season on the road with games at Wisner-Pilger on Thursday and Summerland on Friday. Subdistrict play begins next week at Battle Creek.

LCC 12 10 15 14 — 51 Homer 16 18 19 11 — 64 LCC — Schutte 5, Forsberg 7, Christensen 4, Hall 19, Wolfgram 7, Ehlers 6. HOMER — Elsea 3, Schmidt 5, Harris 13, Rasmussen 10, Baker 8, Johnson 23, Peters 2.

LCC 13 22 11 10— 56 Creighton 11 9 11 18 — 49 LCC — Forsberg 16, Christensen 5, Hall 19, Wolfgram 6, Ehlers 10 CREIGHTON — Scoring not available.