Vikings fall to Spokane Falls

MOSES LAKE — Coming off a tough conference opener versus Columbia Basin College, the Lady Vikes had a quick turnaround as they hit the road Wednesday to take on the Spokane Falls Sasquatch.

BBCC has tended to get off to slow starts offensively, and against the Squatch was no different. Being out-shot by 15% from the floor put the Lady Vikes in an early hole down 22-14 after the first 10 minutes. Entering the second quarter Big Bend hoped to get the offense going to close the gap going into halftime, but the Falls had other plans, out-shooting the Lady Vikes by 25% in the second quarter building their lead to 14 points going into the break with a score of 45-31. The BBCC defense came to play in the third quarter holding Spokane to 28% shooting, allowing Big Bend to close the gap to 13 going into the final 10 minutes. BBCC came out on top in the fourth quarter outscoring the Falls 21-16 in the final frame, but were unable to overcome the halftime deficit resulting in a loss by a score of 76-68. A tough eight-point loss that could have gone either way with BBCC going 14-22 from the free throw line and 4-25 from deep. 

Riley Layton led the Viking offense recording a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds with Katie Hasen dropping a baker's dozen in points wrapped up by Kali Kast chipping in with 11 points and eight rebounds. The Lady Vikes hope to fine-tune their shooting and limit turnovers to allow tight games to fall in their favor.