Hart opened up its new season with a 54-40 victory over defending West Michigan Conference Lakes champion Fremont Monday, with Rilynn Porter leading the way.
Porter posted 20 points and nine rebounds to lead the Pirates in both categories. Hart racked up a lot of rebounds all night, as Reese Smith and Macey Riley each also had seven rebounds.
However, coach Ron Williamson said the team will have to do better on the defensive glass in order to have more success this season.
“The girls played well against Fremont, and being our first game, I can’t complain too much,” Williamson said. “It was a good test for our matchup (with Shelby) on Thursday. We will need to have better ball control, as we had too many turnovers and gave up too many offensive rebounds.”
Joselyn Flores had eight points and Smith added seven.
