By Steve Morris

It's been a bumpy ride for the Rush City girls basketball team and last week was no different as the girls dropped games against Barnum and Aitkin.

On Feb. 13, the girls were overthrown by Barnum 64-27.

Barnum was hot from behind the arc, hitting nine of 15 three -point attempts.

Laura Kay was a bright spot for the Tigers and played "great interior defense," head coach Jeremy Albright said.

The Tigers committed 23 turnovers in the loss.

Senior Amber Hoffman paced the girls with six points.

"I thought we played extremely hard against Barnum,"
Albright said. "Barnum's combination of size and outside shooting was just too much for us to handle."

Amber Hoffman 6, Janet Kemen 2, Derra Gullickson 5, Laura Kay 4, Brittany Scheffer 3, Cheona Fields 2, Amy Carlson 3, Jenna Scheffer 2

And on Feb. 15, the girls fell prey to Aitkin, and lost 66-44.

Hoffman again led the team in scoring with 20 points and added three assists.

Derra Gullickson chipped in eight points in the loss.

The Tigers were outrebounded 50-23.

"Aitkin killed us on the offensive boards," Albright said.

Rush City had nine offensive rebounds compared to 30 by Aitkin.

Chelsea Kirchberg 2, Amber Hoffman 20, Janet Kemen 6, Derra Gullickson 8, Cheona Fields 2, Amy Carlson 4