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Hoonah’s Melissa Fisher is fouled on a shot against Hooper Bay’s Sandra Lake (32) and Mary Long (4) during Women’s Bracket action Monday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s George Houston Gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Hoonah’s Melissa Fisher is fouled on a shot against Hooper Bay’s Sandra Lake (32) and Mary Long (4) during Women’s Bracket action Monday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s George Houston Gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

While baskets around the state are 10 feet high, gyms can vary.

“I think this one is a little bigger than Hooper Bay,” Long said of the George Houston Gymnasium. “I get a little more tired than I usually do. It has a lot more space to shoot though.”

Long noted that Hoonah brought a challenge.

“Their defense is very hard,” she said. “And the man-to-man but we got through it.”

Hoonah’s hard defense kept them close through the second quarter and Jonelle Stavland found a touch from deep outside, as did Melisa Fisher and Alona Howland.

Hooper Bay kept a slight advantage with Florence Kargi scoring from distance and in closer and Hale putting in the last three baskets of the half for a 30-27 advantage.

Hooper Bay would go on an 8-4 run to open the second half and a 13-6 run to close the third quarter up 51-36.

Hoonah would start to chip away at the lead with Stavland scoring nine points in a row to counter Hooper Bay’s balanced scoring with Kargi, Zoey Lake, S. Long and Ariana Lake and closed to 62-51 with three minutes remaining.

past the arc over Hoonah’s Antonia Fogg and Jonelle Stavland (back) in Women’s Bracket play Monday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s George Houston Gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Hooper Bay’s Susie Long (3) shoots from past the arc over Hoonah’s Antonia Fogg and Jonelle Stavland (back) in Women’s Bracket play Monday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s George Houston Gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Larissa Dybdahl and Staland close the gap to 62-55 and then 62-57 country wise email marketing list on a pair of free throws by Krissy Bean.

Hooper Bay’s Kargi and Hoonah’s Antonia Fogg each hit a free throw and Hooper Bay’s S. Long and Fisher each a basket for a 65-60 game.

S. Long would break a press and pass to Hale for a score. Hale would hit two free throws after a steal by Sandra Lake for a 69-60 lead with 29.1 seconds remaining.

Hoonah’s Stavland and Fogg hit baskets and Hooper Bay’s Kargi hit a free throw for the 70-64 final.

“I think we surprised ourselves,” Hoonah coach Lucas Lindoff said. “These girls are young, they’re athletic, they play together really well but we just kind of came together. Some have played together a couple years so I think once we learn how to take care of the ball a little better and play pressure defense the whole game I think we will give ourselves a chance to be in any game…we dug in the last 10 minutes and started to realize we had some umph left in the tank.”

C – HYDABURG 108, KLUKWAN 67

Hydaburg found some long-range accuracy in their 108-67 C bracket win over Klukwan.