Lady Raiders hold off Swedes

Karissa Segelke and Kylee Price provided the offensive lift, and the Sidney High School Lady Raiders’ defense held up just enough to frustrate Brittyn Munster in the final seconds in holding on for a 46-43 win Thursday evening against Gothenburg in the opening round of the Cabela’s Holiday Shootout.

Segelke and Price combined for 20 of SHS’s 27 second-half points, and Tyler Shaw’s club improved to 6-1 by using a 6-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to reverse a 36-34 Swedes lead.

Segelke, who led all scorers with 21 points, scored her team’s final six points in the final two minutes to ward off a late charge from Gothenburg.

Munster buried a 3-pointer with 1:30 remaining to cut the deficit to 42-41, and the Raiders began running time off the clock, as the Swedes had committed just five team fouls in the second half.

Gothenburg managed to get the sixth personal in, but in trying to get to seven, Regan Geiken smacked Segelke on the forearms as she hurried her shot in off the ensuing inbounds play.

Segelke got the roll and the foul, but missed the free throw, leaving Sidney ahead 44-41.

“Karissa had a few shots that had rolled in and out on her,” Shaw said. “So it was good to see one fall there.”

Taylor Wolf countered at 28 seconds for Gothenburg, but Segelke made two foul shots at 23.5 seconds for a 46-43 Raiders edge.

Gothenburg tried to set up Munster for a game-tying 3-pointer twice in the waning seconds. First, she traveled while trying to shake a defender, then, after a missed foul shot by Segelke at 6.7, the Swedes had an inbounds off the sideline following a tipped pass.

Munster fired from the deep right wing as time expired. Munster’s 3-point attempt glanced off the front of the iron, and Sidney had escaped.

“We were lucky on the those final two trips for Munster,” Shaw said. “She traveled while faking the first one, and I guess we had tired her enough to the point where the second one wound up short.”

Down 21-19 at halftime, SHS scored the first seven points of the third period to take a 26-21 lead. Gothenburg managed to get back in the game when Sidney hurried a couple of long-range shots that enabled the Swedes to get out on the fast break.

“We rushed a few shots, and the lack of patience cost us a bit there,” Shaw said.

Sidney, behind six points from Price and four via Segelke, carried a 30-27 lead in to the final frame, the same three-point margin it maintained at the end.

Segelke scored 21 points, Price 10 for SHS, which meets Cheyenne (Wyo.) South in today’s 3:45 p.m. semifinals. Munster scored 14 to lead Gothenburg, Jacey Wiggins 11.

While the Lady Raiders welcomed the return of senior Morgan Linneman (knee injury) Thursday, they also had to play three quarters without reserve center Abbi Porter, who turned her ankle early in the game.

Shaw said Porter will have her ankle taped and she will be in action today.

SHS 46, Gothenburg 43

GOTHENBURG (43)

Munster 4 4-4 14, Meisinger 2 1-2 5, Mrocek 1 0-0 2, Geikin 0 1-2 1, Wiggins 5 1-4 11, Wolf 5 0-2 10. Totals 17 7-13 43

SHS(46)

Segelke 8 5-8 21, Price 3 4-4 10. Rowley 3 0-2 6, Linneman 2 0-0 4, Mahr 1 1-2 3, JeHeeren 1 0-4 2. Totals 18 10-20 46

Gothenburg 6 15 6 16-43

SHS 8 11 11 16-46

3-point goals – Gothenburg 2 (Munster 2). Team fouls – Gothenburg 17, SHS 13. Fouled out – Geiken.