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 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
|
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