Things went south from there when the Wolverines scored 12 straight points before Bonneville broke the streak with 1:53 left in the third quarter.

“Sometimes we get these mental blocks. We started turning the ball over,” Bonneville coach Johnny Caine said. “Basketball is a game of possessions and we kept giving them more and more.”

The Lakers closed a nine-point gap after three periods to five mid-way through the final frame, but Hunter went on another run late and took a 55-42 victory in a non-region opener for both schools.

“We turned it over like three times in a row; they get baskets and push the lead. That puts us behind … trying to play catchup the entire half,” Caine said. “We start forcing things and it gets us in trouble. We’ve got to build some skill and improve. I think the girls are willing to do that.”

Stone’s basket tied the game at 24 but Hunter’s double-digit burst led to a 14-7 third-quarter advantage and a 38-29 lead at the horn.

“Their team got into our heads and we weren’t playing the way we know how,” Stone said.

Bonneville countered in the fourth quarter with consecutive baskets by Mylie Miera, Charity McDonald and Stone to make it 40-35 at the 4:53 mark before the Wolverines answered with a 10-1 run to put it away.

“Each team will go on a run and we have to mentally push through that and get on a run of our own; get ourselves back in the game, which we did,” Caine said. “Then we go back out and have a lull with three more turnovers and they take the big lead again.”

Stone led the Lakers with 16 points on seven field goals and 2 of 4 from the free-throw line. Sophomore guard Baya Jimenez scored eight points and McDonald, a junior forward, tallied seven.

“They get it to me to loosen the defense so we can find plays to break things up. It was our team working together like we always do,” Stone said.

Bonneville scored 13 points in both the first and fourth quarters, but single digits (nine and seven) in the second and third stanzas.

“We need to put four quarters of basketball together,” Caine said. “Maybe there was some fatigue, plus we want to work our new girls in and get up to speed so we can go deeper into our bench and fatigue won’t come into play.”

Caine spent a long time with his team in a closed locker room before exiting some 20 minutes after the game.

“Every game we have a “Focus Five”– five things that will affect the game in a positive way. If we do these things well, we’re going to have a shot. We didn’t do some of those things today,” Caine said. “We talked about how it went and what to work on in practice. Bring the right energy and commitment the next few days to get a little bit better.”

Destini Perez had an outstanding game for Hunter, with a game-high 25 points on seven baskets, including four treys and 7 of 12 from the line.

CLEARFIELD 70, SKYLINE 37

CLEARFIELD — Clearfield High girls blasted Skyline 42-17 in the first half and cruised to a convincing home win to open their season Wednesday.

Xiyah Yarbrough led Clearfield (1-0) with 19 points, peppering Skyline with six two-pointers and a 7-of-10 night from the foul line. Izzy Wyaskett hit a pair of triples and scored 15 points. Ciara De La O knocked down three 3-pointers in the first quarter, totaling four for the game to account for her 12 points.

OGDEN 64, JUAB 56

NEPHI — Ogden High boys basketball scored 19 points in the second quarter to lead 34-28 at halftime and held its margin for a road victory to start the season Tuesday night.

Jackson Maw, shooting 11 of 13 at the foul line, led Ogden (1-0) with 21 points. Tayson Porter added nine points, while Ryan Kirkland and Robert Strickland each scored eight points.

Sports editor Brett Hein contributed to score reports.