Just when it seemed the Ignacio Lady Bobcats may have caught Pagosa Springs’ Lady Pirates in something of a vulnerable state Saturday afternoon, Pagosa Springs junior Kylie Ketchum, well … caught them.

The Pirates started pulling ahead late in the third quarter en route to a 41-29 victory.

Pagosa Springs improved to 9-3 overall and 2-0 in 3A/4A Intermountain league play. Ignacio fell to 4-6 and 0-2 in league play.

After senior teammate Annie O’Donnell knocked down a 3-pointer from the wing, earning the visitors a 14-13 lead early in the third quarter of a game deadlocked at 11-11 through one half, Ignacio soon managed to retie at 14-14, and then again at 16-all before Ketchum banked in a trey from nearly straight away with 4:25 left.

One minute, 15 seconds later, with Pagosa Springs still leading 19-16, Ketchum collected an offensive rebound, converted it into two more points, and was fouled by Ignacio’s Darlyn Mendoza-Lechuga. Ketchum nailed the resulting free throw.

Although Ignacio managed to respond make it a 24-21 game with 1:49 left in the third, momentum belonged to the Lady Pirates – who, via senior Daveyann Snarr’s own bank-shot triple with three seconds remaining, took a 31-23 advantage into the fourth quarter.

Pagosa Springs, Class 4A’s sixth-ranked team going in, went 3 of 4 from the free-throw line down the home stretch, while Ignacio went 0 of 4.

Ignacio’s Cosio totaled a game-high 14 points, while Pagosa Springs’ Ketchum scored 12 points. Lady Pirate junior Elizabeth Currier scored 11 points.

Ignacio will host Bayfield Thursday night.

The Lady Wolverines lost 48-8 at Centauri on Saturday.

Bayfield (3-6, 0-2) trailed 16-2 eight minutes in and didn’t recover.

Junior Renae Foutz logged all eight of the Lady Wolverines’ points.

Centauri sophomore Joselyn McCarroll scored 16, while junior teammate Braelyn Tucker added 11 points.