Shorecrest girls continue District basketball tournament play at home Friday

The Shorecrest girls’ basketball team plays host to Marysville-Pilchuck Friday in a Northwest District 3A tournament elimination game after losing a first-round game at Ferndale Tuesday.

The Western Conference 3A South No. 3 Scots take a 10-11 record into the 7pm Friday game against Wesco 3A North No. 3 Marysville-Pilchuck (6-14). Shorecrest had defeated Marysville-Pilchuck, 49-36, in a Jan. 9 home game.

In Shorecrest’s 54-35 first-round loss to Northwest 3A/2A/1A Conference champion Ferndale, the Scots fell behind 10-5 after the first quarter, 22-12 at halftime and 37-21 after three quarters, and fell further behind in the final period. Onyie and Uju Chibuogwu led on offense for Shorecrest with 10 and 8 points respectively.

Ferndale 54, Shorecrest 35

At Ferndale High School, Tuesday, Jan. 5

Shorecrest    5   7   9 14 -- 35

Ferndale     10 12 15 17 -- 54

Shorecrest Scoring -- Lindsey Shattuck 4, Wurrie Njadoe 0, Lauren Iredale 1, Kathryn Lindsey 1, Annie Schlachter 7, Keegan Monson 4, Onyie Chibuogwu 10, Savannah Tidwell 0, Sophia Vivano 0, Bella Kemp 0, Uju Chibuogwu 8.