Granite teams take it on the chin for second straight outing at Charlo

CHARLO – For the second time in as many outings the Granite boys and girls basketball teams suffered a loss to a non-district opponent, this time to Vikings in Charlo.

Boys Basketball

Charlo 73, Granite 28

The Prospectors were only down seven before the host Vikings used an 18-4 second quarter to pull away and secure the victory.

“We didn’t play our game,” said GHS Head Coach Mindy Avila. “We started out with some intensity and it kinda looked like we got scared and that caused us not to play our game in the first half. The second half we fell into a little rhythm but still played a bit scared. We need to focus on our defense and boxing out.”

Junior Andrew Tallon was the only Granite player that managed double figures in the loss with 15.

The Prospectors will get one more bite at the apple Tuesday when they travel to Missoula to take on Valley Christian.

SCORING

Granite – 11/4/9/4 – 28

Charlo – 18/18/20/17 – 73

Granite – Mason 8, Tallon 15, Babbitt 3, Langton 2

Charlo – Love 2, Piedalue 15, Hollow 6, Smith 3, Nagy 6, Reum 19, Tomlin 4, Anderson 16, Hovet 2

Girls Basketball

Charlo 56, Granite 39

The Vikings opened a six-point gap in the opening stanza and continued to make it bigger as the night went on to beat the Lady Prospectors.

Asha Comings led the offense for Granite with 13 points, followed by Reece Pitcher with 11 and Rachel Ward 10.

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