PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Monroe wins with 3rd-quarter outburst

Published 11:22 pm Tuesday, February 16, 2010

MONROE — The Monroe girls basketball team relied on its defensive quickness and a 22-point third quarter to distance itself from Shorewood, winning 49-31 in a first-round game of the 4A District 1 playoffs Tuesday night.

The Wesco North’s No. 1 seed, Monroe plays Lake Stevens at 6 p.m. Friday in a winner-to-state semifinal game at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. Shorewood plays Jackson in a loser-out game at 6 p.m. Thursday at M-P.

After taking a 20-15 lead at halftime, Monroe went off, scoring 22 points in the third quarter while holding Shorewood to seven.

“Really the telling stat was a team stat, the 29 steals we had and with only seven turnovers,” Monroe assistant head coach Craig Bekins said.

Suzanna Ohlsen (game-high 25 points) had six steals and Sara Murphy had eight steals.

“That really was the game,” Bekins said.

“Both teams had first-playoff-game-in-districts-tightness, but for some wonderful reason we relaxed in the third quarter,” Bekins said.

Bekins said that although Monroe swept Lake Stevens during the regular season, the district semi will be a whole different beast.

“Every game is new and we take nothing for granted,” Bekins added. “We feel very fortunate to get by them the first two games of the season. Its a whole new season now. We hope that we are able to do the right things and play hard enough and have a shot at it.”

At Monroe H.S.

Shorewood11479—31

Monroe911227—49

Shorewood—Fasbender 2, Lindgren 2, Hasegawa 4, Franklin 2, McDonald 1, Nephew 6, Ellersick 5, Shtikel 9. Monroe—Ohlsen 25, Ashleigh Brazel 0, Alyssa Brazel 3, Dubell 0, Johnson 0, A. Alexander 4, Robertson 2, Jacobsen 0, Clark 13, Murphy 0, Wilkins 2, Snell 0. 3-point goals—Ohlsen 1, Clark 1, Ellersick 1, Shtikel 1. Records—Shorewood 7-15 overall. Monroe 17-4.

Sultan 57, Lakewood 32: At Marysville, Courtney Batts (17 points) and Bianca O’Hara (18) combined for 35 of Sultan’s points in the Cascade Conference game. Chrystle Clark had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Lakewood.

At Lakewood H.S.

Sultan178824—57

Lakewood48119—32

Sultan—Batts 17, Nuyen 6, Wiedeger 0, Hopkins 0, Hassler 3, O’Hara 18, Haney 2, Johnson 2, Beucherie 0, Markwood 9. Lakewood—Darrah 0, Clark 15, Wessell 0, Eby 0, Austad 0, Orr 0, Mizell 9, Smith 1, Jensen 0, Raymond 7. 3-point goals—Hassler 1, Raymond 1, Mizell 1. Records—Sultan 10-3 league, 13-6 overall. Lakewood 0-13, 0-18.

Archbishop Murphy 58, South Whidbey 35: At Langley, Archbishop Murphy had 10 different scorers in the Cascade Conference game. With the South Whidbey loss, Granite Falls clinched a berth in a play-in game to the 2A District 1 tournament.

At South Whidbey H.S.

Murphy1919137—58

S. Whidbey15965—35

Archbishop Murphy—Carlson 6, Farrell 0, Ericksen 6, Lyman 16, Bartholomew 2, Begert 0, Vincent 0, Pettinger 4, Fletcher 7, Rasmussen 7, Nelson 2, Maher 0, Rebich 3, Mehan 0, Carlson 5. South Whidbey—Kovic 2, Cayla Calderwood 17, Alber 4, O’Sullivan 3, Prosch 6, Brown 0, Linehan 3, Schuster 0. 3-point goals—Ericksen 2, Lyman 2, Rasmussen 1, Rebich 1, Calderwood 1, O’Sullivan 1. Records—Archbishop Murphy 13-0 league, 17-2 overall. South Whidbey 3-10, 3-16.

North Sound Christian 48, Northwest Yeshiva 35: At Mountlake Terrace, Melissa Castor scored 19 of her 21 points in the second half to help North Sound Christian to the 1B Tri-district tournament win. North Sound Christian qualified for the 1B state tournament with the win and advanced to the 1B Tri-district championship game against undefeated Neah Bay on Saturday. Neah Bay is one of only two teams to beat North Sound Christian this season.

At Mountlake Terrace H.S. H.S.

NW Yeshiva1010105—35

N. Sound Chr.1062012—48

Northwest Yeshiva—Rettman 0, Phillips 0, Greenberg 11, Owen 12, Davydov 12, Friedland 0, Price 0. North Sound Christian—M. Castor 21, Otis 2, J. Castor 5, Speck 10, Washio 9, Oakland 1. 3-point goals—M. Castor 3, Washio 1. Records—Northwest Yeshiva not reported. North Sound Christian 15-2 overall.