Shorecrest girls defeat Shorewood 44-41 in Wesco 3A season opener Saturday at Shorecrest

Photo by Geoff Vlcek

The Shorecrest girls defeated Shorewood 44-41 at Shorecrest Saturday in the Western Conference 3A opener for both teams.

The Shorecrest victory gives the Scots a 1-0 Wesco 3A record (4-1 overall). Shorewood is 0-1, 3-1.

In Shorecrest's 44-41 victory over Shorewood, the Scots led 12-10 after the first quarter, 20-17 at halftime and 30-28 before increasing the lead by a point in the final period. Keyonna Jones scored 14 points, and Onyie Cibuogwu added 13 points and nine rebounds for Shorecrest. Lily Gustafson led the Thunderbirds with 11 points and shot 7-for-7 from the free-throw line in the loss.

Photo by Geoff Vlcek

Shorecrest plays host to Glacier Peak Wednesday at 7:15pm, with junior varsity teams from the two schools playing at 5:40pm. The Shorewood varsity and JV teams play at the same times at Meadowdale.

  

The Shorewood junior varsity defeated Shorecrest 36-30 Saturday to improve its record to 1-0 Wesco 3A and 3-1 overall. The Shorecrest JVs are 0-1, 1-4. 

Shorecrest 44, Shorewood 41 

At Shorecrest High School, Saturday, Dec. 14

Shorewood -- 10 7 11 13 -- 41

Shorecrest --  12 8 10 14 -- 44

  

Shorewood--Kayla Bradley 2, Salyna McDonald 0, Mika Morgan 12, Abby Gustafson 0, Jasmine Pollard 0, Lily Gustafson 11, Danica Bernabe 8, Karrin Leazer 6, Taryn Shelley 2. Shorecrest--Lindsey Shattuck 0, Wurrie Njadoe 9, Arianna Rantz 0, Jazlyn Owens 0, Hailey Bouffiou 0, Keyonna Jones 14, Onyie Cibuogwu 13, Savannah Tidwell 0, Jalyn Hizey 8 

Varsity Girls Basketball Standings

Wesco 3A South	Conf.				Overall
Team	W	L	W	L
Mountlake Terrace	1	0	5	0
Shorecrest	1	0	4	1
Glacier Peak	0	0	4	0
Shorewood	0	1	3	1
Meadowdale	0	1	1	3

Each Wesco 3A team plays conference games against each team in its own division twice and each team in the other division once.

Wesco 3A North	Conf.				Overall
Team	W	L	W	L
Stanwood	1	0	3	1
Marysville-Pilchuck	1	0	2	3
Everett	0	0	4	0
Marysville Getchell	0	1	1	4
Oak Harbor	0	1	0	4

Top three teams in each Wesco 3A division qualify for the Northwest 3A tournament, along with two teams from among non-qualifying Wesco teams and Ferndale of the Northwest 3A/2A/1A Conference.