Butte Central and Hamilton split a Southwestern A basketball doubleheader Saturday at the Maroon Activities Center.

The Broncs beat the BC girls 51-47 in the opener before the Central boys topped Hamilton 59-43. The wins completed the regular-season sweeps for the BC boys and Hamilton girls.

Central’s teams are back in action Tuesday when they travel to Livingston for a non-conference doubleheader against the Rangers. That is the only action of the Maroons until a Feb. 17 doubleheader at East Helena.

The next home game for the BC boys is Feb. 21 against Corvallis. The Maroon girls are not home again until their Feb. 24 Senior Night game against Dillon.

BOYS
Butte Central 59, Hamilton 43
Joshua Sutton led the way with 20 points as the Maroons completed the season sweep of the Broncs.

Half of BC’s 20 field goals came from behind the 3-point line. That includes four threes from Sutton, who scored 16 points as the Maroons outscored the Broncs 39-29 in the second half.

Jaxon Hiatt hit three 3-pointers and scored 15 points for the Maroons, and Ryan Peoples scored 10. Noah Sutton came off the bench for two threes and eight points.

The Maroons also got four points from Cade Kelly and two from GG Fantini.  Burkley Lakkala and Henly Mansanti contributed to the BC victory too.

The win lifted the Maroons to 12-2 on the season, 7-1 in Southwestern A play.

Trevyn Bakken sank three 3-pointers and scored 13 points to lead the Broncs (5-10, 3-4). Jake McCarthy added four treys and 12 points.

HAMILTON (5-10, 3-4) — Kaden Gum 1 0-0 2, Jake McCarthy 4 0-0 12, Trevyn Bakken 4 0-0 13, Cartier Ferguson 1 4-6 6, Cash Lockhart 2 1-1 5, Easton Hollis 0 0-0 0, Taylor Doleac 1 0-0 3, Cooper Weston 1 0-0 2. Totals 15 5-7 43.
BUTTE CENTRAL (12-2, 7-1) — Ryan Peoples 3 4-6 10, Cade Kelly 1 1-4 4, Josh Sutton 7 2-3 20, GG Fantini 1 0-0 2, Jaxon Hiatt 6 0-0 15, Noah Sutton 2 2-2 8, Henly Mansanti 0 0-0 0, Burkley Lakkala 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 9-15 59.
Hamilton        8          6          19        10 — 43
Central           8          12        22        17 — 59
3-point goals — Hamilton 8 (McCarthy 4, Bakken 3, Doleac), BC 10 (J. Sutton 4, NHiatt 3, N. Sutton 2, Kelly). Fouls — Hamilton 15, BC 10. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.

GIRLS
Hamilton 51, Butte Central 47
A BC comeback attempt fell just short, and the Maroons lost to the Broncs by a final margin of four points for the second time this season.

Meryn Leonardi buried four 3-pointers and scored 16 points to pace the Broncs, who improved to 6-9 overall and 3-4 in conference play. Taryn Hochhalter added 11 points for Hamilton, which got nine from Kassidee McKern and seven from Loretta Hanson.

Zayonna Otherbull scored 14 of her game-high 18 points in the second half to pace the Maroons, who fell to 4-10 and 2-6. Kenzie McQueary poured in 13 points for BC.

Jaedyn Maldonado gave the Maroons a spark by scoring all of her six points in the third quarter. Central got five from Braelynn Schelin, three from Luci Fantini and two from Rylee Forbes.

Jordyn Samson returned from injury to contribute for the Maroons along with starter Arika Stajcar.

HAMILTON (6-9, 3-4) — Anna Lewis 2 0-1 5, Meryn Leonardi 6 0-0 16, Elise Carroll 0 0-0 0, Loretta Hanson 2 3-3 7, Ashlynn McKern 1 1-2 3, Taryn Hochhalter 5 1-1 11, Kassidee McKern 3 0-0 9, Nellie Dickemore 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 5-7 51.
BUTTE CENTRAL (4-10, 2-6) — Kenzie McQueary 6 0-2 13, Zayonna Otherbull 7 4-6 18, Rylee Forbes 0 2-4 2, Braelynn Schelin 1 2-2 5, Arika Stajcar 0 0-0 0, Lucy Fantini 1 0-0 3, Jordyn Samson 0 0-0 0, Jaedyn Maldonado 2 2-3 6. Totals 17 10-17 47.
Hamilton        8          19        13        11 — 51
Central           4          11        16        16 — 47
3-point goals — Hamilton 8 (Leonardi 4, McKern 3, Lewis), BC 3 (McQueary, Schelin, Fantini). Fouls — Hamilton 15, BC 11. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.