GIRLS BASKETBALL: Valkyries cough up halftime lead, fall in Missoula

by Bigfork Eagle
| January 30, 2016 7:39 PM

MISSOULA — Tessa Burke scored 29 points and Missoula Loyola-Sacred Heart erased a halftime deficit to hand Bigfork a 67-59 nonconference loss in Class B play on Saturday.

The Valkyries (10-4) jumped out to a 33-31 halftime lead but saw the Breakers pull away in the second half. Three Loyola players — Burke, Skylar Hollenback (17) and Brook Kolar (17) — scored all but four of the team’s 67 points.

Miranda Campbell led Bigfork with 18 points. Lana Berg added 12 and Mattie McAnally chipped in 10.

The Vals will host Class A Columbia Falls Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Bigfork 18 15 15 11 — 59

Loyola 13 18 18 18 — 67

BIGFORK — Miranda Campbell 18, Lana Berg 12, Mattie McAnally 10, Katie Thomas 6, Haile Norred 6, Jaime Berg 6, Emilee Park 1.

LOYOLA — Tessa Burke 29, Sklar Hollenback 17, Brook Kolar 17, Darien Schneider 2, Joslynn Haran 2.