Prep girls basketball: Burlington-Edison 55, Archbishop Murphy 39

Published 7:49 pm Tuesday, February 15, 2011

MT. VERNON — Burlington-Edison outscored Archbishop Murphy 20-10 in the second quarter and advanced to the state regional tournament with a Class 2A District 1 semifinal win. Ryleigh Swagerty made four 3-pointers and scored 18 points and Mariah Swanson added 10 points for B-E, which advanced to Saturday’s championship game. Archbishop Murphy, which beat B-E by 10 earlier this season, was led by the 11 points of Beth Carlson. The Wildcats play Sehome in a loser-out game at 8 p.m. Thursday at Mount Vernon High School.

At Mt. Vernon H.S.

Burlington-Edison 9 20 14 12 — 55

Archbishop Murphy 11 10 11 7 — 39

Burlington-Edison—Swanson 10, Ghoe 7, Brown 5, Edwards 7, Swagerty 18, Torset 8. Archbishop Murphy—Carlson 11, Farrell 1, Ericksen 5, Carroll 0, Begert 8, Vincent 6, Rasmussen 6, Maher 2, Rebich 0, Meehan 0. 3-point goals—Phoe 1, Brown 1, Swagerty 4, Eriksen 1, Vincent 2. Records—Burlington-Edison 18-4 overall. Archbishop Murphy 17-4.