Inconsistency plagues Niwot girls at Roughrider Shootout

The Niwot girls basketball team fell to 3-6 on the season after dropping two of three games at the sixth annual Roughrider Shootout, held Jan. 3-5 at Roosevelt HS.

Lack of offensive production continued to hamper the Cougars, who dropped games to D’Evelyn (53-33) and Grand Junction Central (35-31), but held on for an ugly 29-27 win over Steamboat Springs on Jan. 4. Afterwards, Niwot head coach Terri Ward was not in much of celebratory mood.

“We can’t play even or below our competition, we have to play above. We didn’t crank it up today….There’s a lot of things that went wrong, but in the end, it’s a W.”

(1/3) — D’Evelyn 53, Niwot 33

Cougars (2-5) 13 4 9 7 — 33

Jaguars (8-1) 12 16 9 16 — 53

Rachel Noble 2 (0-0) 4; Elise Gillett 0 (1-2) 1; Nikki Sims 2 (0-0) 5; Elise Crall 3 (2-2) 8; Marlow Baines 2 (5-13) 9; Lily Sieben 2 (0-0) 6; Team Totals 11 (8-17) 33

(1/4) — Niwot 29, Steamboat Spr. 27

Sailors (2-8) 8 6 6 7 — 27

Cougars (3-5) 6 9 4 10 — 29

Nikki Sims 2 (2-2) 8; Marlow Baines 2 (3-8) 7; Lily Sieben 2 (2-2) 7; Rachel Noble 0 (2-2) 2; Brynn Beaton 1 (0-4) 2; Brenda Luna 1 (0-0) 2; Bitzy Archibald 0 (1-2) 1; Elise Gillett 0 (0-1) 0; Team Totals 8 (10-21) 29

(1/5) — GJ Central 35, Niwot 31

Warriors (2-8) 8 19 4 4 — 35

Cougars (5-7) 6 12 4 9 — 31

Marlow Baines 6 (4-11) 16; Lily Sieben 3 (0-0) 8; Bitzy Archibald 2 (0-0) 4; Elise Gillett 1 (0-0) 2; Nikki Sims 0 (1-2) 1; Team Totals 12 (5-13) 31