Belle Lady Tiger basketball drops opener to Steelville

By Will Johnson, Sports Editor
Posted 12/2/20

Originally scheduled to open their season back on Friday, Nov. 20 at Dixon, Belle’s Lady Tigers finally got to get on the basketball court Monday night at home against Steelville’s Lady …

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Belle Lady Tiger basketball drops opener to Steelville

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Originally scheduled to open their season back on Friday, Nov. 20 at Dixon, Belle’s Lady Tigers finally got to get on the basketball court Monday night at home against Steelville’s Lady Cardinals.

Grabbing an early 3-1 lead on a Halle Smith 3-pointer, Steelville took the lead with a 10-0 run and never relinquished it before handing Belle a 65-48 loss.

Trailing 9-3 at the start of the second quarter, Evin Farris’ Lady Tigers went on a 6-2 run on two Chloe Krause buckets and a Natalie Gehlert basket trimming Steelville’s lead to 11-9 at the 5:44 mark of the second quarter.

Answered by a 7-0 Lady Cardinal run, Gehlert hit a free throw at the 4:07 mark of the first half to stop Steelville’s latest run.

Smith went on to score Belle’s final four points of the first half leaving the host Lady Tigers trailing Steelville 28-14 at halftime.

Naomi Perkins led SHS with 10 first-half points while Smith paced Belle with seven first-half markers.

Although the scoring picked up in the third quarter, the Lady Tigers found themselves trailing their Gasconade Valley Conference (GVC) foes 49-30 with one quarter of basketball to play.

Outside of baskets from Miranda Sanders and Nevaeh Kinsey, Smith carried the scoring load in the third quarter with 12 points.

Edging Steelville 18-16 in the fourth quarter, it was not enough to keep Belle from dropping their season opener.

Smith led Belle and all scorers with a game-high 29 points in addition to 12 rebounds, four steals and a blocked shot.

Krause also reached double figures for the Lady Tigers with 10 points while adding six rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Sanders scored all four of her points in the second half to go along with three points from Gehlert and two markers from Kinsey.

Sydney Booked paced Steelville with a near triple double effort of 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven steals. Alyssa Church (18) and Naomi Perkins (12) also scored in double figures for Steelville.

In a two-quarter junior varsity game, Belle dropped an 11-8 decision led by four points from Kinsey.

Morgan Willis and Sanders also had two points for Belle