{"id":68138,"date":"2017-02-08T04:37:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T11:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lady-bears-fall-to-nucla-in-overtime\/"},"modified":"2017-02-08T11:37:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T11:37:39","slug":"lady-bears-fall-to-nucla-in-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lady-bears-fall-to-nucla-in-overtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Bears fall to Nucla in overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"The
The Lady Bears celebration ended as Ignacio won in overtime 46-42 Thursday night. In Nucla on Saturday, the Lady Bears again lost in overtime, 45-38.<\/span>Sam Green\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

For the second consecutive game, the Dolores girls basketball team brought fans to their feet in a nail-biter of a game.<\/p>\n

Again, the Lady Bears came up just short, falling to Nucla, 45-38, in overtime on Feb. 4.<\/p>\n

Much like they did against Ignacio two days earlier, Dolores looked to senior Madi Archuleta, who responded with big shots, including a three-pointer that beat the first-quarter buzzer and put the Lady Bears ahead, 13-10.<\/p>\n

The Lady Bears\u2019 long-range onslaught continued in the second quarter. Junior Sierra Schwartz and freshman McKenzie Howerton, each drained three-point buckets on the way to 22-17 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

Buoyed by two threes from Archuleta in the third, Dolores entered the final eight minutes of the game with a 32-22 lead.<\/p>\n

Things began to unravel for the Lady Bears early in the final quarter when a Dolores pass ricocheted off a referee\u2019s leg into the hands of a Nucla player, who scored a layup to cut Dolores\u2019 lead to 32-27.<\/p>\n

Later, Nucla sophomore Taryn Sickles drained a three-pointer to cut the Lady Bears lead to 37-32, and senior Tayla Sickles took advantage of a clearly tired Lady Bears defense to drill another three to cut the Dolores lead to 37-35 with 2:55 remaining.<\/p>\n

Tayla Sickles then tied the game with a layup at 2:10, and the game headed to overtime.<\/p>\n

With Archuleta and Tatum Majors on the bench through most of overtime after each player fouled out, the Lady Bears could not hold back Nucla, losing 45-38.<\/p>\n

Archuleta said fatigue took its toll.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering how many games we\u2019ve had this week, we were all exhausted emotionally and physically,\u201d she said. \u201cWe just gave it our all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Head coach Tiffany Hill agreed, adding that they need a little more confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese girls are talented girls,\u201d she said. \u201cThey just have to believe that they can finish when they are leading four quarters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Archuleta scored 16 points for the Lady Bears, Howerton had eight, Tatum Majors had six, and Sierra Schwartz had five.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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