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East Grand Forks pulls away in second half to beat Pirate Girls Basketball

The Crookston Pirate Girls Basketball team battled, but the East Grand Forks Green Wave’s Tatem Votova made her first six three-pointers on her way to a 31 point night on the way to an 88-60 victory in a Section 8AA game at the Crookston High School gymnasium.

FIRST HALF –
It was a low-scoring first four minutes and East Grand Forks jumped out to an 8-2 lead with a basket from Emma Marcott and after a Pirate basket, the Green Wave’s McKaylee Fitzpatrick scored six straight points for the six-point lead. Crookston’s Madi Bruggeman scored in the paint only to bring the Pirates within an 8-4 deficit. EGF answered with an Ellie Marcott basket and a Tatem Votava three. Crookston’s Halle Nicholas and Brooklyn Waldal responded with a basket each before the Green Wave’s Votava made another three for a 16-8 lead seven minutes into the game. Crookston’s Chloe Boll made two frees throw only to have Votava answer with five straight points for a 21-10 lead. East Grand Forks had a 26-14 lead after another Votova three-pointer, but the Pirates Grace Boll made a three, Chloe Boll added five straight points to cap an 8-0 run to get Crookston within a 26-22 deficit with 6:24 remaining in the half. East Grand Forks responded with five straight points from Taylor Bergh and after a Pirate basket, McKaylee Fitzpatrick made a basket before Votova made two more three-pointers for a 39-24 lead, capping a 13-2 run. The teams played even the rest of the half and East Grand Forks took a 53-36 lead into halftime.

SECOND HALF –
Crookston came out strong to start the second half as the teams exchanged baskets for the first two minutes before Crookston’s Chloe Boll made a three-pointer and Joey Nesseth had two nice post moves for baskets to get within a 57-47 deficit. East Grand Forks responded with seven straight points as Camryn Adams had five and Votava added a basket for a 64-47 lead. Crookston couldn’t get any kind of run the rest of the game as the got within a 67-54 deficit with 9:31 to go, but Lanee Hams made a free throw and Votava added five points and that sparked a 20-6 run the rest of the game and the Green Wave won the game 88-60.

Crookston drops to 5-12 on the year and will travel to Barnesville on Friday at 7:30 p.m. East Grand Forks improves to 10-7 on the year.
J.V. – EGF won 61-39

Click above to hear Coach Kory Baril’s post-game comments.
 1st 2nd Final
East Grand Forks533588
Crookston362460
For Crookston PointsReboundsAssists/steals
Chloe Boll2084 assists/1 steal
Grace Boll16103 assists/1 steal/1 block
Madi Bruggeman663 assists/1 block
Naomi Johnson521 assist/1 steals/1 block
Halle Nicholas511 steal
Joey Nesseth421 assist
Brooklyn Waldal421 assist/ 1 steal
For East Grand ForksPoints
Tatem Votava31
Camryn Adams15
McKaylee Fitzpatrick11
Taylor Bergh8
Ellie Marcott6
Emma Marcott5
Ella Gerber5
Hayden Bergh4
Lanee Hams3
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