LYNNWOOD — The contest was billed as a classic matchup between two powerful heavyweights, but the knockout punches came quickly like fists of fury.
The fast on the hair-trigger Snohomish Panthers rode a hail of 3-point baskets to a 17-point halftime lead and went on to record a 69-53 victory over previously unbeaten Meadowdale in a non-conference girls basketball game Saturday night.
Meadowdale (10-1) came into the game ranked no.1 in Class 3A in both the Washingtonpreps.com and Associated Press polls. Snohomish (9-0) was ranked no. 3 and no. 8, respectively, in Class 4A in the same polls.
But, led by Kristen Moore’s ball-hawking defense it was Snohomish that converted several Meadowdale turnovers in to a surprising 9-0 lead in the opening minutes.
The Panthers never trailed.
Despite a trio of 3-point baskets by Snohomish in the first quarter, Meadowdale managed to creep within 19-14 on Ashley Fenimore’s basket at the end of the first quarter.
The Panther’s Tara Angell hit a 3-pointer to open the second quarter before officials called a timeout to fix the shot clock.
Kneeled down by his team’s bench, Snohomish coach Ken Roberts casually injected a little humor, which effectively framed the fray.
"I don’t care," a smiling Roberts told an official. "We never use it anyway."
Indeed.
Free throws by the Mavericks’ Marelle Moehrle cut the deficit to 28-22 midway through the second quarter, before 3-pointers by Moore, Daesha Henderson and Amanda Best, spurred a brutal 13-2 Panther run to close out the first half.
Snohomish—Best 14, Henderson 15, Moore 16, Angell 3, Benson 8, Wilde 5, Cassidy 8. Meadowdale—Marte 6, Fenimore 12, Martin 15, Moehrle 3, Graham 8, Brewe 7, Lewis 2. 3-point goals—Best 4, Henderson 3, Moore 1, Angell 1, Marte 1, Martin 3. JV score—Snohomish 40, Meadowdale 28 Records—Snohomish 9-0 overall. Meadowdale 10-1. |
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