DES MOINES — In a battle of ranked girls basketball teams, Mikayla Pivec led No. 3-ranked Lynnwood to a 79-44 victory over No. 5-ranked Wilson on Saturday at Highline Community College.
Pivec led the unbeaten Royals (4-0) with 24 points, 16 rebounds and four assists. Pivec scored 16 points in the second half as Lynnwood took a commanding 46-22 halftime lead.
“She was just very solid for us,” Lynnwood coach Everett Edwards said of Pivec. “Especially in the second quarter.”
Lynnwood forced Wilson into 22 turnovers, which led to a number of transition baskets for the Royals.
“We were turning them over quite a bit,” Edwards said of the Royals, who had just seven turnovers in the game.
The Royals led Wilson (2-2) by 40 points to start the fourth quarter when the game was switched to a running clock.
“The girls were ready to play,” Edwards said of his team. “It was a great test going up against a well established opponent.”
Lynnwood’s Kelsey Rogers had 16 points and Monty Cooper had 15 points and four assists.
Lynnwood had 18 assists in the game.
At Highline Community College
Wilson 11 11 10 12 —44
Lynnwood 23 23 22 11 —79
Wilson— Knox 18, Morrow 6, Hamlin 7, Matz 11, McMillan 0, Alford 0, Garden 2, Thompson 0. Lynnwood—Mikayla Pivec 24, Kelsey Rogers 16, Monty Cooper 15, Reilly Walsh 8, Jordyn Edwards 7, Taylor Fahey 4, Kaprice Boston 3, Dani Hayes 2, Madison Eyer 0, Sarah Grant 0. 3-point goals—Walsh, Pivec, Edwards, Matz 2. Records—Lynnwood 4-0. Wilson 2-2.
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