Lisbon girls’ basketball dropped a pair of games last week, falling to Springville, 57-20, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, and to Bellevue Marquette, 62-43, on Friday, Dec. 6.

Against the then-No. 14 Orioles, Springville raced out to a 32-10 halftime lead. The Lions shot just 18.2 percent (8 of 44) and had 25 turnovers.

“Their 1-2-2 press certainly gave us some fits,” Lisbon Coach Jack Leighty said. “As the game went on, we were able to slow down and made some good decisions against it. This only helps us improve.”

Morgan Sauser led the way with nine points and Ava Ahrendsen had eight rebounds.

Against Marquette, the Lions were outrebounded 50 to 27.

“They have three kids 5-foot-11 or taller on the floor at one time and thatcertainly posed some match-up problems for us,” Leighty said. “We struggled to keep their post players off the offensive boards.”

Sauser had 11 points and junior Kamryn Kahl had 11 points.

Lisbon (1-2) host Calamus-Wheatland on Friday, Dec. 13, and hosts Tipton on Saturday, Dec. 14.