Eagles open season with 51 - 48 win

The Aberdeen Central girls used tough full court pressure all game long to defeat the Brandon Valley Lynx in Central's 58-41 season opening win Friday night at the Civic Arena. The Eagles pressure allowed them to jump out to leads of 14-4 at the end of the first quarter and 20-6 early in the second quarter before leading by ten, 26-16 at the half. Brandon Valley made a nice run in the third quarter at the Golden Eagles, however, scoring 13 of 15 points to take their first lead of the night at 32-30. The Lynx managed to open up a 4 point lead at 36-32, but the Eagles regained their composure to take a lead they would not relinquish when two freethrows by Jennifer Murphy at 3:36 gave the Eagles a 43-41 lead. Key freethrows down the stretch by Katie Norman, Laura Graf, and Dawn Sillman stretched the lead back to five before a final layup by Brandon Valley at the buzzer made the final score 53-48. Jen Murphy led the Golden Eagles with 20 points. Trish Poppen led the Lynx with 14.

Boxscore:

Aberdeen Central: Sillman 0-6 6-6 6, Norman 3-7 2-4 8, L. Graf 1-3 3-4 5, Murphy 8-16 4-4 20, E. Graf 3-6 0-1 6, Goodman 2-3 2-3 6, Healy 0-2 0-0 0, Jensen 0-1 0-2 0, Jark 0-0 0-2 0 Three point goals: none

Brandon Valley: Richert 3-7 1-2 7, Roemen 4-5 0-0 9, Roddel 1-4 0-0 2, Schneiderman 3-5 0-0 6, Mostec 1-6 0-0 2, Poppen 7-10 0-1 14, Jacobson 1-2 0-2 2 Three point goals: Mostec, Roemen

Fouled out: none. Total fouls: Aberdeen Central 12, Brandon Valley 22, Rebounds: Aberdeen Central 35 (Norman 7, Murphy 5), Brandon Valley 20 (Jacobsen, Richert 4). Turnovers: Aberdeen Central 12, Brandon Valley 11. Officials: Waage, Richter. Sophomore game: Brandon Valley 52-48.

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