Down 35-26 midway through the third quarter, Biance Stocks’ Belle Lady Tiger basketball team woke up from their offensive slumber during Gasconade Valley Conference (GVC) basketball action Friday night on the road at Steelville.

Ending the game on a 28-6 run, Belle opened the 2026 portion of their season with a 54-41 victory over the host Lady Cardinals running their overall record to 6-3 and keeping them undefeated at 2-0 inside the GVC.

Aubrey Rehmert led three Lady Tigers in double figures scoring 14 points while adding six rebounds and three assists to her team-high point total.

Anastyn Lansford and Saige Garner each kicked in 13 points for Belle while Ava Feeler hit a pair of fourth-quarter 3-pointers to help her net eight points.

Natalie Lansford rounded out the Lady Tiger scoring with six points on 3-point buckets in the first and fourth quarters respectively.

Garner nearly finished with a double double adding a team-high nine rebounds to 13 points.

Also adding to her 13 points, Anastyn Lansford stepped up defensively with a team-leading four steals for the Lady Tigers.

Emeri Perkins paced Steelville and all scorers with 18 points in six made 3-point buckets.

She canned five of them in the first half.

Jazmyn Hurd also reached double digits in the scoring column for the Lady Cardinals netting eight of her 10 points in the first half.

Opening play in the Battle In Bourbon Girls Basketball Tournament with a 60-24 victory Monday night against the host Lady Warhawks, Belle will face Steelville for the second time in six days tomorrow (Thursday) night at 8:30 p.m.