BUCYRUS — If the Bucyrus Lady Red ever sustain momentum and duplicate quarters, they will break through.

Again, on Friday, they showed what they are capable of in spurts. But two bad quarters doomed their effort.

Carey took advantage of the middle quarter lapse to pull away to a 62-36 Northern 10 Athletic Conference win on Phil A. Joseph Court at Alex Kish Memorial Gymnasium.

Bucyrus (0-11, 0-7 N10) grabbed a 13-12 lead after the first quarter, led by Malina Rowland’s eight points. Lady Red still had the advantage at 16-14 on Karlee Shull’s 3-point shot at 6:32 in the second period. But then a Bucyrus scoring moratorium took effect.

“We were playing in attack mode, we were taking it at them,” Bucyrus coach Brian Seybert said. “We were getting what we wanted to get, not what they were giving us.”

Then the offense hit the pause button, as Shull’s 3 accounted for the only Lady Red points in the second quarter. The Blue Devils went on a 19-0 run to intermission to open up a commanding 33-16 at the break.

A contributing factor was Carey’s press, which helped force eight turnovers on the run — 29 for the game — and limited Bucyrus to just five shots in the frame. Rachel Reinhart registered 10 of her 15 points to lead Carey (7-4, 4-2).

“I honestly think we sped ourselves up. We made it a lot harder than it should have been to break that press,” Seybert said. “And when we did break it, and we were calm and collected as we did it, we got success out of it.”

The Lady Red continued to struggle to get — and make — shots in the third quarter, hitting just one of seven attempts. That one was by Marissa Middleton. Savannah Clark added two free throws for the only other Bucyrus points.

The Blue Devils continued their scoring onslaught with 18 in the period. Emily Brodman scored eight of her game-high 18 to inflict much of the damage as the Carey lead ballooned to 51-20 by period’s end.

To their credit, Lady Red did not pack it in for the final eight minutes, scoring nearly half their points, 16, in the final eight minutes. They also hit seven of their 13 shots for the game. The defense created five turnovers.

“We picked up the press in the second half,” Seybert said. “It got us some points — turnovers and runouts. As long as we get more points than we give up, that’s what we run a press for.”

Brodman with 18 points, Reinhart with 15, and Yost with 13 points and six rebounds led the Blue Devils.

“Reinhart is a heck of a shooter, Yost does a good job of handling the ball, and Brodman has been stepping up for them all year long,” Seybert said. “Those three were the three we were concentrating on, and they were the three leading scorers for the game.”

Middleton topped Bucyrus with 10 points and Rowland finished with eight. Reese Garvin grabbed six boards.

“I like how we stepped up in the fourth quarter,” Seybert said. “I challenged them in the second half — a couple of individuals on how they were playing and what they were doing. I thought it picked up in the second half.

“That’s what we were preaching at the beginning of the game,” he added. “From here on out, be aggressive, be in attack mode, be physical, offensively, defensively. Sooner of later, we’re going to get this turned around.”

Box score                                                                             

Carey       12   21   18   11 — 62

Bucyrus   13     3     4   16 — 36

Carey (7-4, 4-2 N10): Shots 25-57; 3-pt. shots 4-11 (Rachel Reinhart 2, Emily Brodman 2); Free throws 8-13; Rebounds 33 (Riley Yost 6); Turnovers 13. Scoring: Rachel Reinhart 6 1 15, Bella Phoenix 4 0 8, Riley Yost 5 3 13, Rylie Stoops 2 2 6, Emily Brodman 7 2 18, Trinity Reinhart 1 0 2.

Bucyrus (0-11, 0-7 N10): Shots 13-34; 3-pt. shots 4-11 (Karlee Shull 2. Malina 2); Free throws 6-7; Rebounds 21 (Reese Garvin 6); Turnovers 29. Scoring: Karlee Shull 2 0 6, Reese Garvin 1 0 2, Marissa Middleton 4 2 10, Lilyan Butchko 2 0 4, Malina Rowland 3 0 8, Savannah Clark 1 4 6.

JV: Carey 24-9 (2 quarters).