Shorecrest girls manhandle Lakewood, 63-40

The Shorecrest girls combined a stifling defense with balanced scoring to win their first round game in the 2A District One playoffs Saturday night over Lakewood, 63-40.

When the Lakewood team arrived at the Shorecrest campus, the Scots pressing defense followed them to the locker room.

Things got worse for the visiting Cougars once the game started as they had trouble even getting the ball across mid-court for most of the game.

Wurrie Njadoe led the scoring for the Scots with 15, while Uju Chibuogwu chipped in with 13. Stocky sophomore Sheridan Stephenson came off the bench to account for 12 points, and soph guard Jazzlyn Owens got all her 11 points in the second quarter.

Shorecrest will face highly regarded Burlington-Edison Tuesday night at 8pm up at the old Mount Vernon HS gym. Winner of that game will advance to the round-of-sixteen Regionals.

Lakewood           11     12      6     11     40
Shorecrest           13     23    12    15     63