Gallatin’s girls defeated Stanberry, 31-17, last Friday to finish 3-6 in Grand River Conference standings and a two-game improvement over a year ago.
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Keys to the victory for Gallatin were a 33-19 rebounding advantage and keeping Stanberry off the scoreboard by forcing 24 turnovers.
Kailey Salmon was the lone double figure scorer in the game, notching 10 points for Gallatin to go along with five assists and seven steals. Sara Lin and Aubrey Nelson each scored six points for the winners. Kaitlyn Hefley chipped in five and Tory Wood added four points and eight rebounds.
The GHS girls nearly pulled off a non-conference road win against East Buchanan on Tuesday, but fell, 45-43 in the closing moments.
Salmon shot 50% from the field (6/12) to lead Gallatin with 15 points. Lin added 12 points to go with team highs seven assists and five steals. Hefley popped in seven points. Wood finished with six points and 12 rebounds.
The Lady Bulldogs take a 12-12 record into Friday’s home clash with Lathrop.
Maysville top D16 seed
The Lady Bulldogs close the season at home on Friday against the Lathrop Lady Mules before jumping into Class 2, District 16 action next week at Albany High School.
Maysville’s state-ranked (#6) girls come in as the strong district favorite, having lost only three times to state-ranked teams, twice to #8 Class 3 Hamilton and again to #3 Class 2 North Platte.
Gallatin was awarded the #5 seed in the district bracket and will face #4 DeKalb at 5 p.m. on Tuesday for the right to meet top-seeded Maysville on Thursday. In a district comparison, DeKalb beat Polo by two points. Polo defeated Gallatin by six in a game close to the end.