Southern Valley girls fall to Gothenburg, Overton

Despite shooting fairly well, the Southern Valley girls lost both away games against Gothenburg and Overton this week.

The Lady Eagles are now 1-4 for the season.

SV traveled to Gothenburg Thursday and outshot the Swedes from the 2 point area 32%-23.3%. Heading into half time, the score was tied 18-18. However, making 20 turnovers and getting outrebounded both offensively and defensively contributed to the Eagles 32-50 loss.

Ann Bose led the scoring with 17 points and pulled down 8 rebounds. Kynlee Marquez added 8 points, Krista Best contributed 5 and Jess Lambert scored 2.

At Overton on Saturday, the SV Eagles again struggled with rebounding grabbing just 25 compared with the 39 Overton posted. Overton’s shooting percentage was around 5o% from both the 2 and 3 point ranges. This led SV to trail at half 20-33. The SV Eagles didn’t give up and scored 26 in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to get the win as they lost 46-61.