Union-Bulletin

POMEROY — Pomeroy’s girls are living up to coach Nettie Severs’ expectations after handing Asotin a 49-40 defeat here Tuesday night.

“The girls played really hard,” Severs said of the Southeast 1B League Pirates’ victory over the SE2B Panthers. “This game is kind of how I expected them to play all season. It was a really good win for us.”

Asotin led a low-scoring first half with a 16-14 halftime lead.

The Pirates took the court for the third quarter and outscored the Panthers 25-14 in the third quarter and maintained their lead in the fourth quarter.

Asotin made just 17-of-71 field goals in the game.

“We didn’t score a lot in the first half,” Severs said. “We came out after halftime and the shots started falling for us. “

Mackenzie Monahan scored 15 points to lead Pomeroy, with teammates Savannah Ruark putting up 11 and Emily Jentz 10.

“We had a good defensive game,” she said. “They outrebounded us (35-29), especially on the offensive end, but we were able to contest shots and hold their percentage down.”

Pomeroy, now 4-10 overall and 2-8 in SE1B play, heads to Rosalia Saturday night for a league matchup.

Pomeroy 49, Asotin 40

ASOTIN (40) — Nicholas 6 0-0 12, Proctor 0 0-0 0, Martin 0 0-0 0, Macy 0 0-0 0, Jose 2 2-4 6, Ausam 1 0-0 2, Smith 6 1-5 13, Whittaker 0 1-2 1, Weakland 1 2-3 4, Trizio 1 0-3 2. Totals 17-71 6-17 40.

POMEROY (49) — Wolf 1 1-3 3, Jentz 4 1-4 10, Koller 2 3-6 8, Mayfield 1 0-0 2, Ruark 5 1-2 11, Monahan 7 1-3 15, Cloud 0 0-0 0, Kerne 0 0-0 0, Turner 0 0-0 0. Totals 20-48 7-18 49.

Asotin 6 10 14 10 — 40

Pomeroy 5 9 25 10 — 49

3-point goals — Aso ), Pom (Koller, Jentz). Total fouls — Aso 20, Pom 15. Fouled out — none. Technical fouls — none. Rebounds — Aso 35 (Jose 11), Pom 29 (Monahan 10). Turnovers — Aso 22, Pom 19. Assists — Aso 3 (Ausam 2), Pom 9 (Koller 4).