Shorewood girls’ season ends with 61-60 tournament loss to Ferndale

The Shorewood girls’ basketball season ended Saturday with a 61-60 District-tournament loss to Ferndale at Ferndale.

The loss eliminated Shorewood from the Northwest District 3A tournament after the Thunderbirds had opened tournament play with an overtime loss to Western Conference 3A champion Lynnwood in the first round Thursday.

Ferndale meets Meadowdale Wednesday, with the winner needing to win both Feb. 18 and Feb. 21 to get the District’s No. 2 berth in the regional round of the State 3A tournament.

The T-birds finished the season with a 9-13 record after going 8-8 in the Wesco 3A.

In Shorewood’s 61-60 loss to Ferndale (13-9), Shorewood led 27-23 at halftime and 46-41 after three quarters before Ferndale outscored the Thunderbirds 20-14 in the final period for the one-point victory that ended with a Ferndale 3-point goal with 18 seconds to play. Masha Shtikel led Shorewood with 23 points, followed by Kassie Rasmussen with 13 and Jennifer Thompson with 11.

For the season, Shtikel led the Thunderbirds with 336 points in 22 games for an average of 15.3 points per game.

The Shorewood junior varsity had a 9-11 season record (8-8 Wesco 3A). The Shorewood “C” team had a 3-9 record (3-8 Wesco 3A).

  

Ferndale 61, Shorewood 60
At Ferndale High School, Saturday, Feb. 11

Shorewood     11 16 19 14 - 60
Ferndale         11 12  18 20 - 61

Shorewood Scoring: Georgia Allfrey 0, Jennifer Franklin 3, Gabby Hager 0, Christine McCauley 0, Salyna McDonald 2, Kassie Rasmussen 13, Masha Shtikel 23, Jennifer Thompson 11, Lauren Thompson 7.

Shorewood Season Scoring

Player                         Games             Points             P/G

Masha Shtikel                     22              336                  15.3

Kassie Rasmussen              22              183                    8.3

Lauren Thompson              19              108                    5.7

Jennifer Thompson             20              113                    5.7

Georgia Allfrey              22               96                    4.3

Jennifer Franklin\                19                80                    4.2

Gabby Hager\                      22                67                    3.0

Christine McCauley             22                48                    2.2

Bella Gangnes                     18                24                    1.3

Salyna McDonald                12                16                    1.3

Muna Abdulla                      14            2                     0.1