GREEN RIVER – The Lady Wolves struggled offensively on Friday and their ranked opponents took advantage.
The ladies opened the Flaming Gorge Classic with a comeback win against a ranked Rawlins team on Thursday and continued with tough competition on Friday. The faced second-ranked 3A Star Valley to open and followed it with a challenge against last year’s 3A state champs, the Worland Lady Warriors.
Against Star Valley, the ladies had another slow start scoring only eight in the first quarter. The Lady Wolves shook off the cold start but still trailed by eight at the break, 29-21. The Lady Braves completely shut down Green River in the second half. SV extended the lead to 14 after three and held the Lady Wolves to only three points in the final quarter to take the win, 58-33.
After suffering its first setback, Green River looked to respond against Worland. Madelyn Heiser started strong scoring 10 points in the first quarter as the two teams remained close for the first half. Mallory Seymour hit a key three in the second quarter and Andri Dewey had key buckets to give the Lady Wolves a lead at the break, 28-24.
Green River came out of the locker room ice cold and the Lady Warriors took advantage. Dewey continued to hit for the ladies and Ashelynn Birch played key minutes knocking down several shots at the end of the third but Worland was able to take a two-point lead into the final quarter.
The Lady Wolves again struggled in the final period as they only managed seven points. On the other side, the Lady Warriors opened up. At the final buzzer, it was Worland with the 10-point win, 56-46.
The Lady Wolves will close out the FGC with another 3A team as they are scheduled to face Pinedale at 4:50 p.m.
