{"id":74987,"date":"2020-02-25T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T05:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bayfield-girls-basketball-stays-hot-with-iml-win-against-montezuma-cortez\/"},"modified":"2020-02-26T05:20:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T05:20:08","slug":"bayfield-girls-basketball-stays-hot-with-iml-win-against-montezuma-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/bayfield-girls-basketball-stays-hot-with-iml-win-against-montezuma-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayfield girls basketball stays hot with IML win against Montezuma-Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Bayfield\u2019s
Bayfield\u2019s Macee Schulz (15) wins the opening tip against Montezuma-Cortez\u2019s Paige Yarbrough on Tuesday night in the first round of the IML tournament in Bayfield.<\/span>Joel Priest\/Special to the Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A mid-season slump didn\u2019t bring the Wolverines down. The Bayfield High School girls basketball team responded to losing seven of nine games by winning five of its last seven. None were bigger than Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

At home inside Wolverines Gymnasium thanks to a head-to-head points differential tiebreaker against Montezuma-Cortez, Bayfield hosted the Panthers in the first round of the Class 3A Intermountain League tournament on Tuesday night. The Wolverines used a big second quarter to take a 22-14 halftime lead and then turned it around after a tough third quarter to secure a 41-33 win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so proud of these girls for their effort,\u201d BHS head coach Josh Kitchen said. \u201cWe are really excited as a team. We knew we had to show up and play well. For chunks of the game, we executed very well. It\u2019s all excitement, and the girls are ready for the rest of the IML tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

BHS (9-11) saw its big halftime lead cut to 25-23 going to the fourth after being outscored 9-3 in the third quarter. But the Wolverines responded with a 16-10 advantage in the fourth quarter to secure the win against the Panthers (6-13). BHS got out to a 10-2 run to start the fourth quarter to put it away.<\/p>\n

\"Bayfield\u2019s
Bayfield\u2019s Macee Schulz spots and prepares to pass out of trouble to a wide-open Madison Wells on Tuesday night at Bayfield.<\/span>Joel Priest\/Special to the Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Macee Schulz scored a game-high 10 points for BHS. Cayanne Carlson and Maddy Oltmanns each had eight points, and Madison Wells finished with five. Carlson was key to keeping Bayfield within 10-9 after the first quarter.<\/p>\n

Kitchen said a big key to the game was the play of reserves such as Riley Campbell, Aubree Farmer and Abby Tate.<\/p>\n

Campbell was key in the fourth-quarter run for Bayfield, as she knocked down consecutive shots and then fed a good assist to Wells for a big 3-pointer. Tate also was key on the floor with Schulz substituted out of the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had some depth tonight off the bench that was great,\u201d Kitchen said. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of the quality minutes we had and having six girls score. Having some balance and being able to give some of the starters a break really pays off later in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montezuma-Cortez was led by eight points from Paige Yarbrough. Presley Frost and Malia Begay each had five.<\/p>\n

BHS had suffered a tough 44-43 loss at Montezuma-Cortez back on Jan. 18. The Wolverines responded by beating the Panthers 50-35 at home Feb. 7. That was the game that gave BHS the home court Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\"With
With help slowing down Montezuma-Cortez\u2019s Myra Simmons coming from teammate Maddy Oltmanns (10), Bayfield\u2019s Cayanne Carlson (20) tries knocking the ball free.<\/span>Joel Priest\/Special to the Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

\u201cWe have a lot of respect for what they do over in Cortez,\u201d Kitchen said. \u201cBut the reality is that we lost the first game because of so many missed free throws. We were frustrated and felt like we had a game we could have won. The last two games against them, we were motivated to beat them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, the Wolverines will face top-seed and fourth-ranked Pagosa Springs (15-4) on Friday night in Monte Vista. BHS lost 49-33 and 47-26 to the Pirates earlier this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are so well-coached and have lots of quality players,\u201d Kitchen said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to play them on a neutral court. That can go a long way for us. Coach Wes (Lewis) doesn\u2019t take anything for granted. Our goal is to counter that, show them stuff they haven\u2019t seen before and show up as a team that can compete with them. It\u2019s tough to beat Pagosa, but we think we have the girls to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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