The Becker Lady Bulldogs went 3-0 this week to improve to 11-9 overall and 7-3 in the GRC.

 

The Bulldogs defeated the  Little Falls Flyers by 32 points Thursday on the road.  

 

The Bulldogs jumped out to a huge lead in the first half and inflated their scoring to a 47-15 lead. They put the game in cruise control from there as each team tallied 19 points in the second frame.

 

Becker was led by Alayna Lindquist, who poured in 14 points. Head Coach Dan Baird utilized his bench players in the lopsided game and Becker had  11 players make the scoresheet.

 

Little Falls was led by Sophia Sowada, who scored 10.

 

Becker scoring: Lindquist 14, Julia Bengtson 13, Courtney Nuest 8, Lexi Masog 7, Kirsten Fitzgerald 6, Megan Gamble 5, Haley Benda 4, McKenna Anderson 3, Madi Kerzman 2, Jenna Mittelstaedt 2 and Renee Tripp 2.

 

Little Falls scoring: Sowada 10, Megan Kirk 7, Sadie Houdek 7, Taylor Jordan 5, Rachel Tembreull 3 and Abby Poser 2.

 

The Becker Lady Bulldogs defeated the  Albany Huskies by a score of 52-45  Friday night in Albany.  

 

Becker played an excellent defensive game, and out-rebounded  Albany 46-33.  

 

“We played excellent defense without fouling which was a valuable lesson for our team,” said Baird.  “Last game we committed 27 fouls and broke down on defense. 

 

Against Albany, we didn't give up easy buckets and played defense with our feet which was nice to see.  

 

Bengtson had 19 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Nuest had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds.  

 

“Courtney was super aggressive all game,” said Baird. 

 

Lindquist had an excellent game on the defensive end, holding Albany's standout player, Paige Meyer to only 14 points.  

 

“Alayna and Jules (Bengtson) made it tough for Paige all night, switching off on her,” Baird said.

 

Benda scored nine points, had eight rebounds to go with four assists.  

 

“Haley continues to be a great leader for the Bulldogs on and off the court,” Becker’s head coach said.  “Basically, there were a lot of one-and-dones for Albany since we did such a great job boxing out and contesting shots.  We played an excellent game without shooting well against a good team, only 35% as a team.”  

 

Albany fell to 6-3 in the conference and 10-8 overall.

 

Becker scoring: Bengtson 19, Nuest 17, Benda 9, Masog 3, Tripp 2 and Lindquist 2.

 

Albany scoring: Meyer 14, Kollodge 7, Sands 7, Freyman 4, Drehle 4, Wohletz 4, Seiler 3 and Litchy 2.

 

The Bulldogs defeated the Rocori Spartans, 67-40 Saturday afternoon in Cold Spring.  

 

Becker was led by Lindquist's 12 points.  Masog hit three 3's for 10 points while Bengtson also added 10.  

 

Becker got key contributions from its bench.

 

Mittelstaedt scored five points in the first half to give Becker a spark from the outside.  Adeline Kent added seven in the second half and attacked the basket well.  

 

Rocori fell to 2-16 on the season.

 

Becker scoring:  Lindquist 12, Bengtson 10, Masog 10, Kent 7, Gamble 6, Benda 6, Mittelstaedt 5, Fitzgerald 4, Gruenes 2, Nuest 2, Anderson 2 and Bernstrom 1.

 

Rocori scoring: Johannes 7, Botten 6, Neugart 5, Griffin 5, Linz 4, Swanberg 4, Ayala 3, Okeson 3, Krebs 2 and Goebel 1.

 

The girls travel to Mora Friday for a 7:15 p.m. game, then head to Alexandria HS Saturday to play in the Winter Lakes Classic Tournament.