Blossoms squeak past Randolph girls

Published 11:38 pm Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Blooming Prairie junior forward Whitney Burt scored her team’s last six points as she led the Awesome Blossoms to a 37-35 win over Randolph (3-13 overall) in BP Tuesday.

Burt, who finished with eight points and seven rebounds, scored with 13 seconds left to put BP (9-6 overall, 5-4 Gopher) for good. She also scored to tie the game at 35 with one minute left. She was targeted on two of her three late scores and the other was a put-back.

“She’s one of our quickest kids and she’s strong,” BP head coach John Worke said. “She didn’t get lay-ups like we were hoping for, but she still came up with the scores down the stretch.”

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BP stopped Randolph’s last scoring chance by knocking the ball out of bounds twice to run off the clock.

BP scoring: Whitney Burt, 8; Erica Manske, 8; Marie Morem, 5; Yasmine Smith, 5; Ashley Campbell, 4; Jordan Noble, 4; Kelli Naatz, 2; Tayla Jones, 1; field goals: 29 percent (14-for-48); free throws: 50 percent (10-for-20); rebounds: 30 (Marie Morem, 8)