The Gilman City High School basketball teams traveled to Albany Friday night for a pair of non-conference matchups. The Lady Hawks were able to get the job done, winning 40-32, while the boys squad fell to the Warriors 64-52.
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Girls
The Lady Hawks put their vaunted defense on display in the first quarter, holding a solid offensive squad in Albany to just one single point. The Lady Hawks put up eight points in the first eight minutes to take an 8-1 lead after a quarter of play.
The Lady Warriors caught fire in the second quarter, outscoring the Lady Hawks 14-4 to take a 15-12 halftime lead. A big three by Abbie Herrold and four points out of both Monica Wilson and Taylor Whitney allowed the Lady Hawks to regain the lead in the third quarter. Going into the final eight minutes, Gilman City led 25-23.
The Lady Hawks sealed the deal in the fourth quarter, finishing the game on a 15-9 run to clinch the win.
Gilman City was led by Wilson, who finished with a game-high 21 points, 11 of which came in the fourth quarter.
The Lady Hawks moved to 8-1 overall on the season with the win.
Boys
The Hawks were unable to score a victory in their matchup with the Warriors as they fell.
Gilman City came out a bit slow and fell behind 16-7 in the first quarter. The Hawks battled back in the second quarter, however. Strong post play by senior Blake Johnson got Gilman back into the game. The Hawks outscored the Warriors 15-11 to cut the Albany lead to 27-22 at the half.
The Warriors went on a run in the third quarter to end the Gilman City threat. With just one quarter to play, Gilman trailed by 17 points, 47-30. The Hawks closed the gap a little in the final frame, but still wound up 12 points short as they fell.
“They shot very well in the third quarter and started to pull away,” Head Coach Brent Burke said. “We just couldn’t slow them down. Our rebounding has to improve for us to compete against bigger teams.”
Johnson led the way for the Hawks, scoring 18 points and pulling down 12 rebounds. Chris Hulett also hit double figures for the Hawks, scoring 10 points.
Gilman dropped to 4-5 with the loss.
Both Gilman teams will be back in action on Monday, Jan. 14 for a pair of makeup games at Gallatin.