By JIM WALKER

Tribune Sports Editor

 

BAINBRIDGE — In this case, one out of three was good enough.

The St. Joseph Female Flyers didn’t play their best in the season opener, but they did enough to beat the Whiteoak Lady Wildcats 44-40 in overtime at the Paint Valley Shootout.

“We didn’t shoot well and we turned the ball over, but we played well enough defensively to win,” said Female Flyers’ coach Nick Miller.

Amber Neal had 18 points and Hannah Miller 14 to pace the Female Flyers. Neal was voted St. Joseph’s game MVP.

Neal had six points in the first quarter to give St. Joseph a 13-9 lead. Miller got four points in the second quarter but Whiteoak got within 20-19 at the break.

Whiteoak rallied to take a 28-26 lead at the end of the third quarter. Neal had all six points in the quarter for the Female Flyers.

Hannah Miller hit two foul shots with 37 seconds left to tie the game and force overtime.

Four different players scored in overtime for St. Joseph. Neal had a steal and layup, Miller sank two fouls shot, Haley Bartram had a putback and Becca Patrick hit a foul shot.

St. Joseph hosts Harvest Christian at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

St. Joseph 13 7 6 11 7 = 44

Whiteoak 9 10 9 9 3 = 30

ST. JOSEPH (1-0): Meg Alexander 0 0 0-0 0, Katie Roach 0 0 0-0 0, Amber Neal 7 0 4-8 18, Sarah Neal 1 0 0-0 2, Hannah Miller 5 0 4-5 14, Haley Bartram 1 1 1-4 6, Molly Miller 1 0 1-4 3, Becca Patrick 0 0 1-3 1. Totals: 15 1 11-24 44. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None.

WHITEOAK (0-1): Jessie Gilliland 2 1 4-6 11, E. Stratton 0 0 0-0 0, Marissa Bohl 1 0 2-4 4, B. Loman 3 1 2-4 11, C. Johnson 1 0 4-6 6, J. Parr 2 0 1-2 5, Gampbell 0 1 0-0 3, A. Gorman 0 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 3 13-22 40. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: Bohl.