Fallon sophomore Kortnie Simper scores against Hug in Friday’s home opener.
Photo by Thomas Ranson.
The Greenwave girls basketball team had Pyramid Lake backed into a corner last week before a low-scoring third quarter swung the game.
Fallon saw a four-point halftime lead turn into a 10-point deficit in the second half when Pyramid Lake, the two-time defending 1A state champion, came back to win, 55-45, Tuesday night in Nixon. Fallon, though, came back strong at the end of the week, blowing out Hug, 54-29, and Sparks, 55-12.
This week, Fallon (5-2) hosted Truckee on Tuesday before traveling to South Tahoe on Wednesday. Fallon finishes the 3A West crossover schedule on Friday against North Valleys.
Sophomore Kortnie Simper and senior Vernita Fillmore scored in double figures with Simper leading the team with 14 points. Fillmore scored nine of her 10 points from behind the arc, while sophomore Karlie Simper and junior Janessa Bettencourt each had six. Kortnie Simper and freshman Amillya Bishop each hit a 3.
Fillmore and Simper each led in rebounds with five each while Bettencourt added four, and Karlie Simper, junior Lea Williams and Bishop each had three. Karlie Simper led the team with seven steals, and Fillmore and Kortnie Simper had five. Bishop led the team in assists with four.
In Friday’s home-opening win over Hug at the Elmo Dericco Gymnasium, all but two players scored as Bishop led the team with 16 points, including a pair of treys, on 63 percent shooting. Kortnie Simper scored 15 points and Karlie Simper had eight. Senior Megan Johnson scored five points, and junior Leah Sorensen and Fillmore each had three. Junior Kylee Simper led the team with seven rebounds followed by Kortnie Simper with six, and Bettencourt and Fillmore each with four. Karlie Simper, Kortnie Simper and Fillmore each had two assists, and Kortnie Simper posted a team-high six steals. Kylee Simper had five steals, and Fillmore and Bishop each had four.
For the second day in a row, Fallon initiated the running clock (margin of 35 points or more) against Sparks on Saturday in the Rail City.
Kortnie Simper led the team in scoring with 21 points on 63 percent shooting, and Karlie Simper added 12 points. Sophomore Raegan Johnson scored five points, and Fillmore and Sorensen each had four.
Senior Brynlee Nichols had a team-high seven rebounds, Bettencourt pulled down five boards, and Karlie Simper and Johnson each had four. Simper also led the team in assists with three and steals with seven. Johnson also had two blocks.