South falls in Semi-finals

Fargo South ran into a Bismarck team who brought their "A" game with them to the semi-finals on Friday night, and the top ranked Demons ended South's title hopes with a 62-50 win at the Bismarck Civic Center. The Demons started out with some hot shooting, and jumped out to a 13-5 lead early in the game, with South's only points coming from freshman Meghan Roehrich, who led all scorers in the game with 14 points. Roehrich hit a rainbow three pointer to get the Bruins on the board, then followed that up with a pair of freethrows. The quick start by the Demons made the Bruins play in catch-up mode all night, as the lead hovered in the 10 to 12 point range for most of the first half. Behind Roehrich's 10 first half points and the 6 points off the bench from Katie Lee, the Bruins stayed within shouting distance at 37-25 at halftime. In the second half though, the Bruins tried to rally back. South cranked up their defensive pressure, and forced the Demons into turnovers on 7 of the first 8 possessions after the break. Siri Burck, Caitlyn Haring, and Meghan Roehrich all caused problems up front for the Demons, while Amy Stroup was able to get her offensive game going, scoring all 11 of her points in the second half, most on some nice drives to the basket. By the 11 minute mark of the second half, the Bruins had cut the lead to just 43-40, and appeared to have the momentum, but thats when Bismarck wrestled control of the game back. Sara Feeney hit a pair of tough pull up jumpers to regain calm to Bismarck, and the lead stayed at 8 to 12 points the remainder of the game. Caitlyn Haring and Amy Stroup joined Meghan Roehrich in double figures with 12 and 11. The loss drops South to 20-4 on the season, and sets up a third place game with Shanley, the fourth meeting of the year with the Deacons on Saturday.

Boxscore:
Fargo South: Roehrich 4 4-6 14, Burck 1 2-2 4, Lee 3 0-0 6, Fisher 0 2-2 2, Weatherspoon 0 1-4 1, Stroup 5 1-4 11, Haring 4 4-6 12; Totals 17 14-24 50, Three point goals: Roehrich 2

Bismarck: Reimnitz 1 1-2 4, Buechler 2 0-0 4, Sturlaugson 1 0-0 2, Sigl 1 3-5 5, Gilbertson 4 2-3 11, Schmidt 4 2-3 10, S. Feeney 4 4-4 12, A. Feeney 6 2-2 12; Totals: 23 14-19 62, Three point goals: Reimnitz, Gilbertson

Fouled out: none; Total Fouls: South 15, B 21; Rebounds: South 29(Haring 10), B 38(Gilbertson 8), Assists: South 15(Burck 5), B 11; Steals: South 11(Roehrich 5), B 8; Turnovers: South 16, B 18