South punches ticket to state tournament

Fargo South rode a huge first half for the second straight night, and rolled into next weeks state tournament with a big 78-41 win over the Red River Roughriders on Friday night. The Bruins full court pressure was in high gear the entire first half, forcing the Riders into 22 costly turnovers. Many of the turnovers resulted in easy baskets or freethrows for South. Compounding the scoring effort for the Bruins was the fact that they were hot from the three point line as well. South dropped in 8 first half three pointers, including 4 by Alley Fisher, which resulted in her breaking Jenna Lee's single season three point record. Jenna's record set in 2006 was 53, and Alley's 4 three's on the night pushed her season total to 55 made. Meghan Roehrich also hit a pair and Siri Burck and Caitlyn Haring also made bombs in the opening half. The result was a 53-27 halftime lead and control of the game. In the second half, South continued their hot shooting to start things out, scoring the first 9 points of the half to push the lead to 62-27. Meghan Roehrich's second half include a pair of three pointers, one from 28 feet to beat the shot clock, and another one where she was fouled on the shot. The Bruins made 11 threes on the night. South again had their typical performances. The Bruins ran the floor well all night and scored numerous transition hoops, many coming on beautiful passes. Katie Lee owned the boards again, Siri Burck had a great overall floor game, leading the team in steals, assists, and blocked shots, while Caitlyn Haring dropped in 17 points and caused havoc on defense. The Bruins also had steady play off the bench in the form of Katie Dockter who had 5 points and 4 rebounds. Meghan Roehrich paced South with 18 points. The Bruins advance to the title game and will play Devils Lake.

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complete boxscore

Boxscore:
Fargo South: Roehrich 6 2-4 18, Burck 5 3-4 14, Lee 1 1-2 3, Fisher 4 3-4 15, Dockter 1 3-4 5, Haring 8 0-1 17, Wald 1 0-0 3, Moffett 0 1-2 1, Wellentin 1 0-0 2; Totals 27 13-21 78, Three point goals: Fisher 4, Roehrich 4, Burck, Haring, Wald

Red River: Borg 1 2-2 4, E. Asche 2 0-0 4, H. Asche 3 1-2 7, Evers 2 0-0 4, Carlson 2 4-6 9, Haaven 2 0-2 5, Meager 2 0-0 4, Cleveland 1 0-0 3; Totals: 15 8-19 41, Three point goals: Carlson, Cleveland, Haaven

Fouled out: none; Total Fouls: South 16, RR 17; Rebounds: South 51(Lee 9), GFRR 38(Borg 7); Assists: South 17(Haring, Burck 5), GFRR 13(Marhala 3), Steals: South 18(Burck 5), GFRR 18(Marhala 4)