Lady Red top Galion, 56-47, for 6th straight win

By BRAD FRANK
Gazette Sports Editor

GALION — The Belle­vue Lady Red remained unde­feated in the month of Jan­u­ary with a 56–47 road win over the Galion Lady Tigers on Tues­day in a non-league var­sity girls bas­ket­ball game.

The vis­it­ing Lady Red slowly but surely built a siz­able 16-point lead in Tuesday’s game.

Belle­vue held an eight-point lead, 30–22, at half­time before dou­bling that mar­gin, 46–30, with a 16–8 edge in the third quar­ter. Galion posted a 17–10 advan­tage in the fourth quar­ter to shrink the final mar­gin to sin­gle digits.

The win is Bellevue’s sixth in a row, push­ing the team’s record to 12–2 over­all. Galion dropped to 5–10.

Galion (14-for-16) out­shot Belle­vue (11-for-20) at the free-throw line Tues­day, 88 per­cent to 55.

“It was a rough night,” Belle­vue coach Ryan Orshoski said about Tuesday’s game. “We had a lot of turnovers and a lot of plays to learn from.

“We talk about play­ing to our stan­dard, and I don’t know if we played to our stan­dard, but it’s a win.”

Belle­vue sopho­more Carly San­toro totaled 24 points in the win, while junior Makala Daniel tal­lied 10 points, and Han­nah Lilly had eight.

Galion was led by Bai­ley Ruhe’s 18 points. Pey­ton Beachy added 14.

Orshoski described his team’s defen­sive approach against Galion.

“We wanted to take away Beachy with her threes. She’s an out­stand­ing three-point shooter. We wanted to con­tain Bai­ley Ruhe, who is one of their bet­ter guards,” Orshoski said. “I thought both of those girls got their points, but it was after the game was determined.”

Orshoski com­mented on a cou­ple play­ers who stood out for the Lady Red offensively.

“Han­nah Lilly did a great job han­dling the ball and get­ting to the bas­ket,” he said. “Makala Daniel had a great game. She pro­vided us a lot of points in the paint.”

Bellevue’s junior var­sity man­aged a nar­row 39–35 win over Galion.

The unbeaten Lady Red trailed by four at half­time, 17–13, and by six enter­ing the fourth quar­ter, 29–23, but outscored Galion 16–6 in the final period to pull out the win.

Tara Rin­ner sup­plied 14 points for the Lady Red, fol­lowed by Jes­sica Zeitz with 11.

Kayla Lafor­est had 12 for Galion, while Raven Craw­ford notched 11.

Belle­vue will host Willard on Sat­ur­day in North­ern Ohio League play.

BOXSCORE
Var­sity
Belle­vue 56
Whit­ney Schalk 2–0-5, Han­nah Lilly 4–0-8, Tara Rin­ner 1–0-2, Carly San­toro 9–4-23, Jes­sica Zeitz 1–0-2, Shelby Stamm 1–0-3, Janelle Wat­son 1–1-3, Makala Daniel 4–2-10. Totals 21–11-56.
Galion 47
Jor­dan Kuns 2–2-6, Kelly Mann 1–0-2, Bai­ley Ruhe 6–5-18, Pey­ton Beachy 4–4-14, Ramonda Dorsey 2–3-7. Totals 15–14-47.
Score by quar­ter
Belle­vue 15 15 16 10 — 56
Galion 12 10 8 17 — 47

Junior Var­sity
Belle­vue 39
Han­nah Ruff­ing 2–2-6, Casie Hino­josa 1–0-2, Tara Rin­ner 5–4-14, Sarah Licata 1–0-2, Jes­sica Zeitz 3–4-11, Sarah Bedell 2–0-4. Totals 14–10-39.
Galion 35
Kayla Lafor­est 5–1-12, Tay­lor Horn 1–0-2, Robin Barnes 0–2-2, Tay­lor Valen­tine 2–1-6, Shel­bie Schramek 1–0-2, Raven Craw­ford 4–2-11. Totals 12–8-35.
Score by quar­ter
Belle­vue 9 4 10 16 — 39
Galion 9 8 12 6 — 35

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