Tuesday night at the Bruins Arena the Lady Bruins played their last league game of the season against the 3-5 South Umpqua Lady Lancers.
The Lady Bruins came out of the locker room with defense on their minds as they denied the Lady Lancers access to the basket holding them to just 4 points in the first period. Starting out in their signature 2-3 defense picking up pressure at the half court line caused South Umpqua to turn the ball over throughout the first period leading to fast breaks and layups for the Lady Bruins early in the game.
On their way to 14 points in the quarter, Senior forward #4 Brianna Humphrey led the way with 5 points off of two buckets and going 1 of 2 from the line. Senior guard Makaila Holmes #20 and senior guard Abby Farmer both hit 3 pointers and senior guard Malia Leddy #5 hit a basket in the period.
In the second period, the Lady Lancers broke out for 11 points against the stingy Lady Bruins defense. But the Lady Bruins refused to let South Umpqua back into the game putting 16 on the board in the period doubling their lead to 30-15 by the end of the first half.
Pounding the ball into the paint Lady Bruin freshman forward Lexi Schofield #1 went to work down low getting to the line 6 times hitting 4 of 6 with a bucket. Farmer hit a 3 pointer, a basket and went 2 of 2 from the line and Malia Leddy hit twice in the period as the Lady Bruins put 16 points on the board.
Coming out in the third the Lady Bruins kept the Lady Lancers off the boards and the scoreboard only allowing 10 South Umpqua points in the period. The Lady Bruins continued to take advantage of South Umpqua turnovers and put up 13 points to extend their lead.
Abby Farmer was the recipient of many of the turnovers and drove to basket in the third period forcing the Lady Lancers to foul. Farmer got to the free throw line 6 times in the period hitting 5 of 6 free throws and threw in a 3 pointer in for good measure. Brianna Humphrey hit a bucket as Chloe McCrae and Malia Leddy both got to the line in the quarter.
South Umpqua wasn’t going away easily in the fourth period outscoring the Lady Bruins to no avail. The Lady Bruins had four players in the scoring column in the fourth. Abby Farmer led the Bruins with a 3 pointer, a basket and 2 of 2 from the line. Brianna Humphrey added to her total on the night hitting a bucket, and Makaila Holmes hit a 3 pointer as the Lady Bruins defeated the South Umpqua Lady Lancers for the second time this season 57-41.
This Friday night the Lady Bruins travel to Marshfield to play their last league game of the season and head into the playoffs.
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