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Region girls basketball action started at Avon last week with the Pirates taking on Corsica/Stickney. Avon took the big win 65-44. Courtney Sees led the scoreboard with 23 points, Rilyn Thury had 20 and McKenna Kocmich 12. Sees pulled down 9 rebounds and Lila Vanderlei had 6. Thury had 5 assists and 2 steals, and Lila Vanderlei had 5 assists and 3 steals. The team was 57% from the field with 26 of 46, 52% for 3-point attempts with 11 of 21, 60% for 2-point attempts with 15 of 25 and 50% from the charity stripe with 2 of 4. The team gave up 14 turnovers for the night which brings their record to 16-5. Avon traveled to Mitchell for their second game of Region play to face off against Andes Central/Dakota Christian where the Pirates suffered the tough loss 39-54 to end the season. Courtney Sees led the scoreboard with 15 points, Lila Vanderlei had 9 and McKenna Kocmich 8. Rilyn Thury pulled down 11 rebounds and Lila Vanderlei had 10. Lila Vanderlei had 3 assists and 2 steals, Courtney Sees had 2 assists, Lexi Vanderlei and Thury had 2 steals each. As a team they were 25% from the field with 15 of 60, 13% for 3-point attempts with 2 of 23, 35% for 2-point attempts with 13 of 37 and 86% from the charity stripe with 6 of 7. The team committed 9 turnovers for the night.