GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland girls’ basketball team split its two games this past week.

The Lady Dutch got back on the winning side with a 49-18 victory over Niskayuna at home on Tuesday. The Dutch had lost to Columbia, 49-40, on Friday.

Guilderland got 19 points from Kristin Pezze to win Tuesday’s game easily. Danielle Burns scored seven points and Alicia Bowman added six for the Lady Dutch, who saw 11 of 12 players score in the contest.

Guilderland was also strong on defense as it shut out the Silver Warriors in the first quarter, and held a 10-0 lead after the opening stanza. The Lady Dutch did not allow Niskayuna to reach double digits in points in any of the four quarters.

The Lady Dutch had a 31-8 lead at halftime and 42-12 at the end of the third quarter.

On Friday, the Lady Dutch were victimized by Columbia’s Amber Batzold and Kaleigh Lussier. Batzold scored 18 points and Lussier added 15 points to give the Blue Devils the win.

Guilderland got off to a strong start, leading 15-6 at the end of the first quarter and led by a 26-21 score at halftime.

Columbia used defense to come back in the third quarter. They held the Lady Dutch to four points and scored 14 themselves to take the lead, 37-30, heading into the fourth quarter.

Nikki Branchini led Guilderland with 12 points. Pezze was held to just four points.

The Lady Dutch are now 4-3 overall and 3-2 in the Suburban Council. They will get a little break for Christmas and then host their holiday tournament next week. Guilderland will play Bishop Maginn at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 27, and then host Horseheads of Section IV on Thursday. The Thursday game will be played at 3 p.m.