Shorecrest girls' victory over Shorewood leaves Scots one game from State tournament, Thunderbirds one from elimination

The Shorecrest girls' basketball team defeated Shorewood 54-51 in a first-round Northwest District 3A tournament game Wednesday at Shorecrest.

The game moves Shorecrest within one game of a return trip to the State 3A tournament and Shorewood within one game of elimination from the District tournament.

Shorecrest, the No. 1 seeded Western Conference team in the tournament takes a 12-game winning streak and 14-7 overall record (12-2 Wesco 3A) into a Friday home semifinal game against Wesco No. 3 Meadowdale (13-8 overall, 10-4 Wesco 3A), which defeated Sedro Woolley 79-44 Wednesday.

The winner of the 7:30 p.m. Friday Shorecrest-Meadowdale game advances to that District championship game against the winner of a game between Wesco No. 2 Lynnwood and Wesco No. 5 Glacier Peak. The District championship game, Feb. 18, at Lynnwood High School, will send both finalists to the State tournament beginning Feb. 25-26.

A Shorecrest loss Friday would mean that the Scots would have to win two games to get the District’s No. 3 State tournament berth.

Shorewood (4-17 overall, 3-11 Wesco 3A) plays a loser-out game at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Sedro Woolley (7-14 overall. 5-8 Northwest 3A-2A-1A League). The winner of that game plays in one of two elimination games Feb. 15, with the winners of those games advancing to the third-place game Feb. 18 at Lynnwood.

Shorecrest’s 54-51 victory over Shorewood marked the second straight time the Scots had won a close game from the Thunderbirds. Shorecrest had won 43-41 in January after an 11-point win in December.

In the three-point victory Wednesday, Shorecrest held a 7-point lead after the first quarter before Shorewood cut the lead to 5 points at halftime and 3 points after three quarters, but the Thunderbirds couldn’t close the gap in the final period. 

Brianne Lasconia led Shorecrest with 25 points; India Matheson scored 12; and Janie Uppinghouse added 10. Erin Ellersick led Shorewood with 12 points.

At Shorecrest 54 Shorewood 51
Shorewood 10 9 16 16 — 51
Shorecrest 17 7 14 16 — 54

Shorewood Scoring	Points
Kenra Holley-Lair	8
Lauren Thompson	8
Lisa Echert	7
Masha Shtikel	7
Jennifer Thompson	5
Jennifer Franklin	4
Erin Ellersick	12
Allegra Simpkins	0
Shorecrest Scoring	Points
Allison Jones	3
Brianne Lasconia	25
Christina Jarvis	2
India Matheson	12
Janie Uppinghouse	10
Mickey Greenburg	1
Melissa Ruhlman	1
Addy Ibsen	0