Bruins advance to title game for 2nd straight year

Fargo South thought they had found a weakness in the zone defense of the Red River Rough Riders, and junior Raquel Wellentin made sure the Bruins exploited it. "Rocky" had her best game of her career in the season's most important game so far, and the result was a convincing 75-49 win over regular season EDC champ and top ranked Red River. The Bruins gave Raquel lots of help though, as South made a number of fantastic passes, both in the half court offensive set, and in transition opportunities. After playing a close first 6 minutes with both teams getting the feel of the game, South started to stretch things out as they went on a 12-2 run. Jasmine Moffett scored a three point play and Meghan Roehrich had a gorgeous back door pass to Siri Burck for a hoop in that run that made it a 22-11 Bruin lead with 8 minutes left. South continued to push the Riders. Meghan hit a three pointer and Raquel scored 4 straight points to strech the Bruin lead to their biggest at 34-20 with just over a minute left before halftime, and finished the half off on a fantastic wrap-arouond pass from Raquel Wellentin to Jasmine Moffett to give South a 36-23 halftime lead. In the second half, the Riders made a quick run of 5-0 to pull to within 36-28, but South got back to work and stretched the lead back out. Meghan Roehrich made 4 straight freethrows and Rocky scored inside again on a nice Alley Fisher pass. The Bruin then went on a 16-2 run fueled by a Fisher three pointer and a nice driving basket by Siri Burck, A Meghan Roehrich three pointer from the wing capped off the run and gave South firm control of the game, leading 56-34 with 10 minutes left to play. South continued to push the ball and continued their great teamwork and rolled to the final 26 point win. Meghan Roehrich led all scorers with 21 points while Alley Fisher hit for 18 and Raquel Wellentin scored 16 and also led the Bruins with 7 rebounds. South improves to 21-3 on the season, and will play for the state championship for the 4th time in the last 7 years.

play by play of the game
complete boxscore

Boxscore:
Fargo South: Roehrich 7 4-5 21, Burck 4 0-0 9, Fisher 6 4-5 18, Wellentin 6 4-4 16, Moffett 4 1-1 9; Totals 27 15-21 75, Three point goals: Roehrich 3, Fisher 2, Burck

Red River: Asche 4 1-2 9, Evers 0 1-2 1, Carlson 3 0-0 8, Marhula 1 0-0 3, Carroll 3 0-0 7, Haaven 1 2-2 4, Borg 3 1-2 7, Conneran 0 2-2 2, Ferry 2 0-0 4; Totals: 19 7-10 49, Three point goals: Carlson 2, Marhula, Carroll

Fouled out: none; Total Fouls: South 8, RR 16; Rebounds: South 37(Wellentin 7), GFRR 34(Asche 6); Assists: South 22(Roehrich 7), GFRR 16(Carlson 5), Steals: South 4(Roehrich, Fisher 2), GFRR 7(Asche 2)