Lady Tigers score wins over Wood River, Nampa

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers picked up girls basketball wins over Wood River and Nampa last week before losing to top-ranked Jerome.

Lady Tigers 67

Wood River 43

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers had a slow start against Wood River last Monday at home, but outscored the Lady Wolverines 58-30 the final three quarters for a 67-43 non-conference win.

Brandie Riggs scored a career high 20 points to lead the Lady Tigers, Chantell Crane added 16, also a career high. Shelby Posey added eight, Francesca Hale and Emily Moranda both scored six, Shalamar Enriquez had five, Hannah Zamora, four, and Rebecca Wroten, two.

Lady Tigers 47

Nampa 32

The Lady Tigers improved to 1-1 in conference play with a 47-32 win over Nampa last Wednesday night at Nampa.

Mountain Home led 12-8 after a quarter, and were up 21-19 at the half. A 13-3 third quarter put the Lady Tigers up by 12, 34-22, and they won going away, 47-32.

Chantell Crane and Shelby Posey both scored in double figures, Crane had 15, Posey, 14. Francesca Hale and Emily Moranda both added six points, Hannah Zamora scored four, and Brandie Riggs, two.

"We had a good third quarter effort and built up the lead on them," said Lady Tiger basketball coach Brent Keener. "It was a good effort."

Jerome 38

Mtn. Home 26

Mountain Home hosted the top-ranked 4A school in the state Saturday afternoon and battled them tough but came up short to Jerome, 38-26, in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home.

Both teams went over half the first quarter before scoring.

Jerome went on a 6-0 run in the final minute of the quarter to go up 12-5. The visiting Lady Tigers from Jerome increased their lead to 19-9 at the half.

Both teams warmed up in the third quarter, scoring 13 points to make it 32-22, Jerome, heading into the final quarter.

A basket by Shelby Posey to start the fourth quarter brought Mountain Home within eight, but that would be the closest they would get. Jerome scored six unanswered before Brandie Riggs sank two free throws to make it a 38-26 final.

"We got to feel pretty fortunate to only lose by 12 to right now probably the number one team in the state. I thought we played pretty well defensively. (Aubree) Callen got her 16 points, but I thought those were 16 tough points."

Mountain Home had over 40 turnovers for the game, and Jerome converted them into 29 of their 38 points. Mountain Home forced 27 Jerome turnovers, but their points off turnovers were just 11.

Emily Moranda and Chantell Crane led Mountain Home in scoring with six points apiece, Brandie Riggs added five, Shelby Posey had four, Francesca Hale, three, and Hannah Zamora, two.

The Lady Tigers went into Tuesday's home conference game against Kuna with a 3-4 overall record and 1-1 conference mark.

Mountain Home travels to Columbia High School in Nampa on Friday for a 7:30 p.m. conference contest.