Shorewood girls' basketball victory Wednesday ends 3 game losing streak

The Shorewood girls' basketball team broke its three-game losing streak with a victory at Stanwood Wednesday that ended Stanwood's 11-game winning streak.

The victory finished Shorewood's regular season with a 9-4 Western Conference 3A record (14-6 overall) and sends the Thunderbirds into the Northwest District 3A tournament as the No. 2 Wesco 3A South team and No. 4 overall seed, meaning that Shorewood will play its first-round tournament game at home Tuesday at 7 p.m. against Everett (6-7 Wesco 3A, 10-10).

The Shorewood-Everett winner advances to a Feb. 8 semifinal game at Lynnwood High School against the winner of a first-round game between Stanwood (12-1, 17-3) and Meadowdale (8-5, 13-7). The losers of those two games meet in an elimination game at the home of the higher seeded team.

In Shorewood's 64-39 victory over Stanwood, the Thunderbirds outscored the Wesco North champion Spartans in every quarter, leading 18-16 after the first period, 30-23 at halftime and 46-34 after three quarters before outscoring Stanwood 18-5 in the final period. Masha Shtikel led Shorewood with 17 points; Kassie Rasmussen and Lauren Thompson each scored 11; Angel Tulee added 10 points for the T-birds, followed by Lily Gustafson with 8.

The Shorewood junior varsity defeated the Stanwood JVs, 40-39, to finish the season with a 6-7 Wesco 3A record (9-10 overall).

Shtikel led the Shorewood varsity for the 20-game regular season with 394 points for an average of 19.7 points per game.

At Stanwood High School
Shorewood --  18 12 16 18 -- 64
Stanwood ---- 16   7 11   5 -- 39

Shorewood Scoring -- Masha Shtikel 17, Trisha Fernandez 0, Lauren Thompson 11, Kayla Bradley 2, Gabby Hager 3, Salyna McDonald 2, Lily Gustafson 8, Abby Gustafson 0, Karrin Leazer 0, Kassie Rasmussen 11, Angel Tulee 1.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL STANDINGS

Wesco 3A South --------------- Conf. (Overall)

***Glacier Peak ---------------------- 10-3 (15-5)

**Shorewood -------------------------  9-4 (14-6)

*Shorecrest ----------------------------  8-5 (11-9)

*Meadowdale ------------------------  8-5 (13-7)

Mountlake Terrace -----------------  5-8 (7-12)

Wesco 3A North

****Stanwood ------------------------12-1 (17-3)

*Everett ------------------------------   6-7 (10-10)

*Marysville-Pilchuck --------------   4-9 (6-13)

Oak Harbor ---------------------------  3-10 (6-14)

Marysville Getchell -----------------  0-13 (2-18)

Northwest Conference 3A -- Conf. (Overall)

**Ferndale --------------------------- 11-0 (17-1)

*Qualified for Northwest District 3A tournament

**Gets first--round tournament game on home court

***Wins division

****No. 1 seed in tournament

Shorewood Regular-Season Scoring

Player	GP	Points	Avg.
Masha Shtikel	20	394	19.7
Lily Gustafson	20	154	7.7
Angel Tulee	15	94	6.3
Kassie Rasmussen	17	98	5.8
Lauren Thompson	20	72	3.6
Salyna McDonald	19	68	3.6
Gabby Hager	19	67	3.5
Abby Gustafson	19	50	2.6
Kayla Bradley	17	45	2.6
Karrin Leazer	17	35	2.1
Trisha Fernandez	13	18	1.4
Mariah Schultz	1	0	0
Jasmine Pollard	0	0	0