After a faltering start to its season opener on Friday, the Aberdeen Central girls' basketball program did its best to erase all memory of it on Saturday.
The Golden Eagles scored on three of their first four possessions of the game and hit 8 of 10 free throws in the final minute to knock off Rapid City Stevens 54-50 Saturday afternoon at Golden Eagles Arena.
“It was a much better start to the game than we had (Friday),” said Central coach Mikayla Arechigo of the team's win over Rapid City Central. “(Friday) we started counting our turnovers to open the night and we started losing track. Today it just seemed like we were having much better success getting the ball into our bigs and finishing our shots.”
Lauryn Burckhard and Taryn Hermansen led the way in that effort. Burckhard was a perfect 6-for-6 from the floor, and stepped out for a pair of 3-pointers for good measure, finishing with 17 points and six rebounds. Hermansen chimed in with 14 points and 11 boards.
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