Desperately needing power point wins to have any hope of reaching the sectional tournament, the Snowflake Lady Lobos picked up two such victories in action last week against just one loss.

Hosting Cibecue on Tuesday, the Lady Lobos limited the visitors to single digits in each quarter en route to a 54-22 home court win.

Natalie Elkins led the team with 16 points, followed by Lisha Titus with 8; Brylee Coplan, 7; Caitlin Christensen and Tara Nezzie, 6 each; Mattie Scott, 4; Katie Larson, 3; and Tandis Yellowhair and Devrie Woodside, 2 each. As a team the Lady Lobos made 12 of 27 free throws. They had 30 steals and just 12 turnovers.

Cibecue 4 6 5 7 22

Snowflake 13 12 18 11 54

Friday night’s road trip to Whiteriver didn’t go quite as well for the Lady Lobos. This time Snowflake was the team held to single digits in each period, as the Lady Lobos suffered a 52-27 loss after shooting just 21 percent from the field.

The game was within three points at the end of the first period, but in the second the Lady Falcons utilized their size advantage on the inside and opened up a 14-point halftime lead. The second half went much like the first, with Snowflake scoring just 13 points in the half.

Woodside led the team with 8 points. Nezzie added 6; Titus, 5; and Coplan and Yellowhair, 4 each. Snowflake made just five of nine free throw attempts. The Lady Lobos had 15 steals, but committed 18 turnovers.

Snowflake 8 6 8 5 27

Alchesay 11 17 14 10 52

On Saturday the Lady Lobos returned to the win column with a solid 22- point win over the Lady Cougars. Playing in Show Low, the Lady Lobos doubled up the home team in the first period, then led by 13 at the half. They held the upper hand in each of the third and fourth periods, eventually winning 49-27.

Titus led with 13 points. Nezzie added 12; Yellowhair, 10; Woodside 6; and Scott and Coplan, 4 each. The Lady Lobos made 12 of 21 free throw attempts, had 20 steals and turned the ball over 22 times.

Snowflake 10 18 13 8 49

Show Low 5 10 7 5 27

The Lady Lobos are now sitting at 3-5 in power point contests and need to pick up several wins in the next three weeks to entertain any thoughts of post-season play. After hosting Alchesay on Tuesday, they will travel to Payson tonight (Jan. 18) and host Joseph City on Friday. Next Tuesday thry will host Show Low.