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Woods Cross • After a tight contest through three quarters of play Tuesday afternoon, the Box Elder Bees went on a 20-6 run during the final quarter to pull away from the Woods Cross Wildcats in a 64-47 road victory.

Sophomore Emily Isaacson put up a season-high 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the floor with four rebounds, an assist and a steal while the team's leading scorer, Keslee Stevenson, added another 11 points with six rebounds and three assists in the pull-away victory for the Lady Bees.

After a steal and a breakaway layup from Woods Cross' Paige McKenna cut the Bees' lead to 44-41 early in the fourth quarter, Isaacson's dominant inside play took the game over as she scored three field goals inside the paint during Box Elder's closing run.

"I was just finding ways to get to the basket and my teammates were getting me some open passes," Isaacson said about her career-high performance. "My coach told me that I need to try and get to the basket more so I was really trying to work on that. I saw a lot of open lanes and I made it a priority to find the lanes and drive inside."

Aside from the offensive outputs from Isaacson and Stevenson, the Box Elder defense was just as instrumental in the victory as the Bees forced Woods Cross to turn the ball over 22 times while holding the Wildcats to a mere 20-of-48 (41.6 percent) shooting performance.

"We want to pick up the pace a little bit and force them into some bad decisions," Box Elder coach Aarron Dooley said. "We were fortunate to be able to cause that by forcing all of those turnovers. We try and teach the girls to look for an opportunity and steal the ball whenever they can."

After a rough start from the floor for junior point guard Kambri Curtis, she took her head coach's advice and became opportunistic as she helped her team by racking up five assists, three rebounds, a steal and three free throws, all without scoring a point from the floor.

"As a point guard my coaches challenge me to be the 'assister' of the team," Curtis said. "Usually on nights when I'm not having the best of luck [from the floor], I'll look to make opportunities for my teammates. I think our offense is really keyed in with us knowing where we're all going to be. … We're unstoppable when we're that organized on offense."

The win improved Box Elder to 16-1 overall and 7-1 in Region 5, keeping the Bees in first place. With four more region games remaining before the state tournament begins, Isaacson believes that her team must continue to live up to the team mantra if they want to be named region champions at the season's end.

"The mindset is to keep working hard," Isaacson said. "We have to keep sharpening the saw, that means working hard in practice and winning the tough games on the road." —

Box Elder 64, Woods Cross 47

R Box Elder's Emily Isaacson scores a career-high 24 points as the Bees run away from Woods Cross in the fourth quarter.

• The Bees make only 23 of 58 shots from the floor (39.6 percent) but enjoy a +13 turnover differential and make 15 free throws.

• Woods Cross' Paige McKenna scores 15 points, and Sara Noel adds 10 points .