JV girls fall to Kuna, Jerome

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers JV squad dropped road games at Kuna and Jerome, and beat Columbia at home.

Kuna 38

Mtn. Home 28

A fourth quarter rally came up short, as Mountain Home fell to Kuna, 38-28 Tuesday night in conference girls JV basketball at Kuna.

The Lady Tigers led early, but fell behind, 13-12, after a quarter.

Trailing 27-20 after three quarters, the Lady Tigers rallied to within one, 29-28, with 3:15 left, but did not score the rest of the way as Kuna prevailed, 38-28.

Brenda Hawkins led Mountain Home in scoring at Kuna with seven points, Jasmyn Jewett and Ashley Christiansen both scored six, Blas Lord, Charde` Huntington and Bre Sugden each scored two points.

Mtn. Home 36

Columbia 32

Mountain Home built up a 15-point lead in the third quarter and held on for a 36-32 win over Columbia's JV Friday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home.

Mountain Home managed just two free throws by Brenda Hawkins in the final eight minutes, but it was enough to hold off a fourth quarter charge by Columbia, as the Lady Tigers hung on for a 36-32 win.

Breann Christiansen led Mountain Home in scoring with six points, Jasmyn Jewett, Brenda Hawkins, Charde` Huntington and Bre Sugden all had five points, Kelsie Hopkins, Annika Moody, Jessi Cameron, Jennifer Juarez and Sarah Cantrell each scored two points.

Jerome 41

Mtn. Home 20

Mountain Home left their game on the bus Saturday as they fell to the Jerome JV 41-20 at Jerome.

Mountain Home made just six field goals in the game and shot 24 percent from the field. They trailed Jerome, 14-1, after a quarter, and 23-6 at the half. Jerome extended their lead to 35-12 after three.

Breann Christiansen led the Mountain Home scoring with five points, Jasmyn Jewett had four, Blas Lord and Brenda Hawkins both had three, Annika Moody and Charde` Huntington each had two, and Ashley Christiansen, one.