On Dec. 2, the Winslow Lady Bulldog basketball team hosted the Lady Hornets of Ganado in a game that took an extra four minutes to decide in overtime. The Bulldogs chased the Hornets who often enjoyed a double-digit lead through most of the first half. The Lady Bulldogs came out of the locker room to start the second half with a look of determination and would slowly chip away with the Hornets lead and get to striking distance at the end of the third quarter. It was in the middle of the fourth quarter when the Lady Bulldogs would finally take the lead, only to see Lady Hornet Jasah McIntosh hit a last second 3-point shot to tie the game and force it into overtime.
In the first quarter the Hornets would outscore the Bulldogs 20 to 7. In the second quarter the Hornets would score 15 to the Bulldogs 11 for a halftime score of Winslow 18, Ganado 35. In the third quarter the Lady Bulldogs would outshoot the Hornets 24 to 10 and close the Lady Hornets lead to just 3 points.
In the fourth quarter of the game the lead would change hands on almost every possession until the final moments of the game when the Lady Bulldogs would open up a 5-point lead but the Lady Hornets would cut it to 3 and then the last second shot to send it to overtime for a tie score of Winslow 55, Ganado 55.
In overtime, Taylin Puhuhefvaya would put the Lady Bulldogs up by 2. This would be followed by Hornet Jayanna White hitting a 3-point shot, sending the Hornets up by 1 point. Both teams would miss their free-throw shots, however after missing the free-throws Lady Bulldog Emiah Yazzie would secure the rebound and get the 2-point shot, which gave the Bulldogs the 1-point win with a final score of Winslow 59, Ganado 58.
Winslow had three players in double figures led by Puhuhefvaya with 18 points, along with Yazzie and Kaitlyn Belone each with 13 points and Belone with two 3-point shots.
On Dec. 4, the Winslow Lady Bulldogs traveled to Chinle to take on the Lady Wildcats. In a game that would stay close until the final minutes of the game where the Lady Wildcats would go on a run.
In the first quarter the Lady Bulldogs would have a 1-point lead in a low scoring quarter. In the second quarter the Wildcats would hold the Bulldogs to just 5 points while they scored 13, making the halftime score Chinle 20, Winslow 13.
In the third quarter the Hornets would score 14, but the Bulldogs would stay close, shooting 12. In the fourth quarter the Hornets would go on a late run scoring 20 to the Lady Bulldogs 11, for a final score of Chinle 54, Winslow 36.
Winslow had one player in double figures Yazzie with 11 points, including one 3-point shot.
On Dec. 6, the Lady Bulldogs traveled to Fort Defiance to take on the Lady Scouts of Window Rock in a game that would find the Bulldogs within striking distance through the first half but in the third quarter the Scouts would go on a scoring run and despite the Bulldogs’ best efforts they were unable to close the gap.
In the first quarter the Scouts outshot the Bulldogs 16 to 11. In the second quarter the Bulldogs would outscore the Scouts by one-point 9 to 8, for a halftime score of Window Rock 24, Winslow 20.
In the third quarter the Lady Scouts would hit 20 points and holding the Lady Bulldogs to just 6 points. In the fourth quarter the Lady Bulldogs would outscore the Lady Scouts again by one point, 12 to 11 for a final score of Window Rock 55, Winslow 38.
Winslow top scorers were Yazzie and Belone each with 9 points and each had one 3-point shot.
The Lady Bulldogs will host the Tuba City Lady Warriors at 6 p.m. on Dec. 9, they compete in the Flagstaff Pepsi Invite on Dec. 11 and 12. On Dec. 16, they will travel to St. Johns to take on the Lady Redskins at 6 p.m.
