Lisbon girls’ basketball was a tad unstable Friday, Dec. 13, against Calamus-Wheatland, but came up with the win, 46-40, in the Lions’ Den.

Lisbon (2-3) won the first quarter, 17-5. Then lost the second quarter, 18-3. Then won the third quarter, 17-7.

But it all turned out okay.

“I was very pleased with every quarter but the second,” Lisbon coach Jack Leighty said. “Basketball is a game of runs and I felt we did a good job outside of the second quarter of making our runs longer and theirs shorter.”

The Lions had 31 turnovers, but forced 18 of their own.

“I believe you can overcome mistakes with hard work at the high school level,” Leighty said. “Our kids competed for 32 minutes.”

Junior Kamryn Kahl led the scoring with 15 points. Sophomore Emma Pleasant added 10 points and seven rebounds off the bench.

Freshman Kyla Kahl had nine points and sophomore Morgan Sauser had eight.

The Lions started the week with a rough loss to No. 5 Regina, 67-15, on Monday, Dec. 9, at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

The Lions got behind 23-3 after one quarter, and only scored two points in the second half. Regina senior Morgan Miller had 33 points and 12 steals.

A third game Saturday, Dec. 14, at home against Tipton was postponed, due to the weather.