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The Dolores Lady Bears came out sluggish against the Dove Creek Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday evening, before pulling away for a 56-30 win.<\/p>\n
Dolores head coach Larry Schwartz said his players may have been overconfident to start the contest \u2013 having defeated Dove Creek 56-25 earlier this season \u2013 and the Bulldogs took advantage.<\/p>\n
LaRissa Martin scored four of her game-high 13 points in the opening frame, and Kris Johnson added a 3-pointer to give Dove Creek a 7-5 lead after one.<\/p>\n
Dolores brought its usual full-court pressure, but for a quarter at least, the Bulldogs navigated through the traffic. Even when turning it over, Dove Creek kept the Bears from scoring in transition.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were just trying to keep control of the ball and run the press break,\u201d said Dove Creek head coach Angie Gatlin. \u201cAnd they did fairly well the first quarter.\u201d<\/p>\n
The following three quarters were a different story.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re at our best when we steal the ball and run,\u201d said Schwartz. \u201cWe aren\u2019t very big, but we are fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alternating between man-to-man, 1-2-1-1 and 2-2-1 presses, Dolores was able to speed up the game and turn Dove Creek turnovers into breakaway scores.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey started putting a little more pressure on us and our girls got frustrated and started throwing the ball away and just couldn\u2019t get past the press,\u201d Gatlin said.<\/p>\n
Dove Creek had eight second-quarter turnovers and the Bears outscored the home Bulldogs 26-5 to go into halftime with a 31-12 lead.<\/p>\n
Dolores put the game out of reach to start the second half.<\/p>\n
The third quarter began with six consecutive Dove Creek turnovers and six straight Dolores scores \u2013 including a 3-pointer by Madi Archuleta and two triples by Larissa Umberger \u2013 to extend the Bears\u2019 lead to 46-12.<\/p>\n
Dolores finished the third up 53-20, and although Dove Creek outscored them 10-3 in the fourth quarter, the Bears had built a comfortable lead and cruised to a 56-30 win.<\/p>\n
Dolores got scoring help from ten different players, led by Archuleta\u2019s 11 points.<\/p>\n
Aryelle Wright scored multiple breakaway buckets to finish with nine, Tatum Majors\u2019 nine points included a 3-pointer, and Umberger and Nichole Kibel each added eight.<\/p>\n
Martin led the Bulldogs with 13, Johnson finished with eight and Maureen Bartley added five.<\/p>\n
With Tuesday\u2019s loss \u2013 and after falling at Ouray on Saturday, 23-19 \u2013 Dove Creek drops to 0-7 on the season and will next host Ridgway on Friday.<\/p>\n
Dolores moves to 5-3 on the season with its second consecutive win coming back from the break.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, the Bears were led by Kibel\u2019s 15 points and 11 steals to take down Telluride 46-11.<\/p>\n
Dolores will take on the Norwood Mavericks (7-1) on Friday in an away contest, and then the Bears are back at home on Saturday against the Ouray Trojans (4-3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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