Girls Basketball Playoffs: STM & Belle Fourche advance to SoDak 16
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The girls basketball playoffs continued on Saturday with several teams looking to punch a ticket to the SoDak 16.
Top-seeded St. Thomas More earned a victory in Region 8A as the Cavaliers defeated Hill City, 54-37.
Reese Ross led STM with 17 points followed by Jada Mollman with 16 points.
The Cavaliers improve to 18-3 on the season and have earned the No. 5 spot in the SoDak 16.
St. Thomas More will play Vermillion on Thursday, March 3 with the winner punching a ticket to the State ‘A’ Girls Basketball Tournament.
Meanwhile, Belle Fourche pulled out a one point win Rapid City Christian, 50-49.
So the Broncs will play No. 3 Hamlin in the SoDak 16.
Girls Basketball Playoffs
SoDak Qualifier
Class A
Region 1
Florence/Henry 59, Webster 40
Sisseton 56, Groton Area 39
Region 6
Crow Creek 65, Dupree 48
Winner 68, Mobridge-Pollock 38
Region 7
Lakota Tech 84, Pine Ridge 33
Red Cloud 68, Todd County 35
Region 8
Belle Fourche 50, Rapid City Christian 49
St. Thomas More 54, Hill City 37
Class B
Region 1
Aberdeen Christian 49, Warner 44
Aberdeen Roncalli 57, Britton-Hecla 28
Region 2
Herreid/Selby Area 55, Miller 49
Sully Buttes 52, Highmore-Harrold 43
Region 6
Avon 42, Platte-Geddes 28
Corsica/Stickney 44, Gregory 39
Region 8
Bison 48, Wakpala 41
Faith 39, Harding County 38
