EDMONDS — Jennifer Singh of Edmonds-Woodway had a hot hand Wednesday night.
The junior guard had 21 points, stroking four 3-pointers in front of a fairly sparse home crowd.
Unfortunately for Singh and the Warriors, Kamiak’s Kelsey Patrick had an even hotter hand, hitting three 3-pointers of her own to finish with a game-high 27 as Kamiak defeated Edmonds-Woodway 57-50 in Wesco South girls action on Wednesday.
“She played with a lot of heart tonight,” Kamiak coach Jody Schauer said of Patrick. “She had a great game and did a lot of (good things) for us, but a lot of it was just being a competitor and playing with heart and desire.”
A Singh 3-pointer gave the Warriors a 14-8 lead to end the first quarter before the Knights’ full court trap quickly turned the momentum of the contest.
With 5 minutes remaining in the half, Patrick hit a pair of free throws to cut Edmonds-Woodway’s lead to 18-10. The Knights went immediately into their trap, getting steals on three straight Warriors’ possessions, which all ended in layups, including two from Patrick.
“That was a real big turning point in the game for us,” Schauer said. “(We) really got the momentum back and that gave us confidence and took away their confidence.”
Singh answered with her second 3-pointer of the contest, but the Knights pulled even at 23 on a Patrick 3-pointer with three minutes to play in the half.
Kamiak’s Lauren Simmons scored four straight to end the half and the Knights took a 27-25 lead into intermission.
The teams traded turnovers on six straight possessions to open the third quarter, before a 10-footer by Singh broke the drought and tied the game at 27 with 5:48 to play in the third. But Patrick answered with her second 3-pointer and added another with 1:55 left, as Kamiak took a 42-37 lead into the fourth quarter.
Edmonds-Woodway battled back as Singh hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to tie the game at 45 with 5:05 left in the game.
Patrick answered again, but the Warriors managed to tie the score again at 50 with 2:27 left.
After a timeout, the Knights pulled away as Taige’ Kussman hit 5 of 6 free throws in the final minute and a pair of Singh 3-point attempts failed to drop.
“They just wanted it a little more than we did tonight,” E-W coach Wayne Edwards said. “We didn’t get what we wanted.”
Edmonds-Woodway did out-rebound Kamiak 28-26, but the Knights managed to convert more rebounds into second-chance points.
“We got the momentum back after we pressed (and) we got a lot of rebounds as well as a lot of other things,” Schauer said. “It just kind of gave us confidence all the way around.”
That second quarter momentum swing was indicative of the struggle E-W has had with their ball-handling this season.
“We need to handle that and we’re going to do that tomorrow in practice,” Edwards said. “It’s a work in progress with these girls and teaching them to play fundamental basketball.”
At Edmonds-Woodway H.S.
Kamiak8191515—57
E-W14111213—50
Kamiak — Church 8, Johnson, K. Kussman, Keller 2, McClaskey 4, Patrick 27, Simmons 6, Sovich 2, T. Kussman 8, Taglialavore. Edmonds-Woodway — Albertson 4, Butler 12, Donaldson 3, Kenney 2, Lauber 4, Lee, Olson 2, Petty, Schultz, Shen, Singh 21, Wellington. 3-point goals — Singh 4, Patrick 3. Records — Kamiak 4-1 league, 6-3 overall. E-W 3-3, 5-5.
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