BOZEMAN — KBOW radio announcer Ron Davis called it the “Cadence Graham Show.”

That sounds about right.

The performance put on by the Butte High sophomore Saturday morning was definitely prime-time material. Graham broke the Butte High girls’ 3-point record with nine long balls on her way to 35 points at Gallatin High School. That led the Bulldogs to a 76-52 rout of 2024 Class AA State champion Billings Skyview.

The win sends Butte High to the 5 p.m. third-place game at the Brick Breeden Field House. The Dogs will take on Missoula Big Sky for the trophy. The Eagles beat Missoula Hellgate 65-43 in the other 10:30 a.m. loser-out game at the Brick.

Graham’s nine 3-pointers broke the record of seven that was shared by Hattie Thatcher (2013), Mariah Richardson (2014) and McKaul Ori (2015). Sonja Rogers (2003) and Brianne McClafferty (2008) each sank six 3 pointers in a game.

Graham also matched Torre Tempel’s boys’ record of nine treys in a game. He set that mark this season against Helena High at the Richardson Gym.

The 35 points ties Graham with Butte Sports Hall of Famer Deanna Dugdale for third place on Butte High’s girls’ all-time single-game list. Lexie Nelson set the record with 39 points in 2010. Bulldog teammate Brityn Stewart, now a senior, scored 36 in a Western AA Divisional game in 2023.

Graham did not score a point in the fourth quarter. She scored 23 points in the first half before draining four 3-pointers in the third.

Butte High will roll into the third-place game having outscored its last two opponents by a combine 48 points.

On Saturday morning, the Bulldogs did not trail. They scored the first seven points of the game and never looked back. Butte led 17-9 after the first quarter, 32-22 at the half and 62-30 after three quarters.

Stewart added 14 points for the Bulldogs, who saw 10 different players score as Butte improved to 16-7 on the season. Eighth grader Ellison Graham and junior Franki Salusso each scored six points, while senior Dylann Bartoletti joined junior Emma Johnson and sophomores Allie Becker and Autumn Clary with three points. Senior Sidney Whitaker scored two, and eighth grader Saege Grey tossed in one. Junior Gracie Jonart also contributed in the win.

Rae Smart scored 17 for the Falcons, who close the season at 13-10. Skyview reached the semifinals before falling 38-37 to 20-1 Billings West.

Butte High dropped both regular-season games to Big Sky this season. Butte fell 58-55 in overtime Jan. 24 at the Butte Civic Center. The Eagles won 43-35 Feb. 21 in Missoula.

Butte High is hunting its first trophy since the Bulldogs placed second in 2008 and 2009.

BILLINGS SKYVIEW (13-10) —Tenley Ceffler 1 0-0 3, Rae Smart 6 5-11 17, Taryn Slveson 1 2-4 5, Kenna Pfiefle 0 0-0 0, Rylee Maccher 2 204 4, Kiki Canebear 1 4-4 7, Mylie Reiter 4 0-0 8, Kailey Stewart 0 0-0 0, Olivia Field 0 0-0 0, Ellie Wlocott 2 0-0 6. Totals 17 13-23 52.
BUTTE HIGH (16-7) — Dylann Bartoletti 1 102 3, Cadence Graham 11 4-4 35, Brityn Stewart 6 2-2 14, Franki Salusso 1 4-4 6, Allie Becker 1 0-0 3, Emma Johnson 1 0-0 3, Ellison Graham 1 3-3 6, Sidney Whitaker 0 2-4 2, Autumn Clary 0 3-4 3, Gracie Jonart 0 0-0 0, Saege Grey 0 1-2 1. Totals 22 20-27 76.
Skyview          9          13        8          22 — 52
Butte               17        22        23        14 — 76
3-point goals — Skyview 5 (Wolcott 2, Ceffler, Salveson, Conebear), Butte 13 (C. Graham 9, E. Grham, Becker, Johnson). Fouls — Skyview 20, Butte 16. Fouled out — Ceffler.

Photo of Graham courtesy of Alycia Holland Photography.