The Bowie Lady Rabbits won their home opener on Tuesday night against Poolville.
The Lady Rabbits won in blowout fashion 67-41 in a game that was only competitive for about a quarter.
Bowie came into the game fresh off its first win against Era that it won in a blowout.
The Lady Rabbits started the game on the right foot, driving to the basket and scoring enough to go up 8-0 midway through the first quarter.
The Lady Monarchs turned to their best player Emery Bryan who used her big frame and ball handling to score in many different ways. Her 13 points the rest of the quarter kept Poolville in the game even as Bowie continued to score at a good pace.
The Lady Rabbits led 17-13 heading into the second quarter.
Bryan could not keep that up for Poolville though. Bowie changed to a zone defense to try and wall off the paint while also allowing their guards to harass anyone out on the perimeter knowing there was help behind them.
Outside of a couple corner 3-pointers, the Lady Rabbits defense controlled the Lady Monarchs in the second quarter.
On offense, Bowie kept scoring at a good clip even with much of the bench getting valuable playing time. Ziba Robbins scored 11 of the teams 16 points during the quarter as the Lady Rabbits lead was up to 33-19 at halftime.
The third quarter was more of the same. Bowie players were now jumping passing lanes for steals and Poolville dealing with some foul trouble was never able to get back into the game.
Bowie played its regular rotation in the third as Maddie Mandela scored eight of her team high 18 points during the quarter to help lead the team.
Up nearly 20 points heading into the fourth quarter and with Poolville’s Bryan now fouled out, the Lady Rabbits started clearing the bench and playing everyone in platoon like shifts.
The lead stayed secured even with a lot of early season mistakes happening as girls were eager to make plays, sometimes too eager.
Bowie won 67-41.

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