LEWISTOWN — For the fourth time this season, the girls basketball teams of Melstone and Denton-Geyser-Stanford-Geraldine will square off, this time for the Southern C divisional title.
Both the Broncs and Bearcats won semifinal matchups in Lewistown on Friday.
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D-G-S-G 63, Custer-Hysham 40
The D-G-S-G continued its pursuit of perfection with a 63-40 win over Custer-Hysham in the semifinals of the Southern C divisional basketball tournament.
D-G-S-G closed the first half with five points in the final minute to take a 34-20 lead. The Bearcats' lead hung between 15-20 for the majority of the remainder of the game.
BriElla Becker led D-G-S-G with 24 points, while Emma Smith added 23. Reagan Fink had 18 for Custer-Hysham.
D-G-S-G will play the Melstone in Saturday's title game, while Custer-Hysham falls to loser-out action and will face Park City at 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
Melstone 51, Harlowton 15
The Melstone girls led 23-0 after the first quarter and 42-5 at halftime as the Broncs topped Harlowton 51-15 in the semifinals of the Southern C divisional tournament.
Melstone is eyeing a return trip to the State C tournament, but a familiar foe will stand in the way. Melstone will face D-G-S-G on Saturday night, as the Broncs and Bearcats have squared off three times this season.
D-G-S-G has won all three, though its margin of victory has shrunk each time.
That championship game is slated for a 7 p.m. tipoff, while Harlowton will face Plenty Coups in loser-out play at 9:30 a.m.
