Indian Creek girls roll in home debut

<p>In Indian Creek’s first girls basketball game of the season last weekend, Katie Burkman was kept pretty quiet.</p><p>She was much louder on Tuesday night.</p><p>The senior hit six 3-pointers on the way to a game-high 29 points as the Braves opened up their home and conference schedules with an easy 67-47 victory over Cascade.</p><p>&quot;She was on a mission tonight,&quot; Indian Creek coach Brian Ferris said. &quot;And they were falling; that’s always nice. Everybody kind of follows suit then, and there’s a lot of confidence building out there when you get somebody on fire like that early.&quot;</p><p>Burkman, held to three points in a loss at Martinsville last Saturday, got going right away. She scored seven in the first 4:33 of action to help spot the Braves a 9-2 lead. The Cadets trimmed that margin to 13-11 by the end of the opening quarter, but Burkman sank four more 3s and Jessie Hart added another to put Indian Creek comfortably in front, 30-13, with 3:48 to go in the half.</p><p>The Braves (1-1, 1-0 WIC) led at the break, 34-18. With 19 points, Burkman was outscoring Cascade by herself.</p><p>&quot;Once I hit one or two, I’m feeling it and I want the ball back because I know I can drain them,&quot; said Burkman, who also grabbed nine rebounds.</p><p>A Burkman 3 followed by a steal and three-point play by Hannah Grider made it 46-24 with 3:10 to go in the third quarter, and Indian Creek was able to coast from there. The Cadets (0-2, 0-1) never got closer than 14 in the second half.</p><p>Grider finished with a solid all-around stat line of 11 points, six rebounds, four assists and five steals for Indian Creek, while Hart and Heather Maddox each added seven points.</p><p>Overall, nine different players scored for the Braves.</p><p>&quot;Everybody that was out on the floor was giving us something,&quot; Ferris said. &quot;They were all working together, they knew where each other were at, and there were a lot of people involved. And that’s who we want to be.&quot;</p>