No. 10 West girls' can't hold halftime lead against No. 6 Washington

No. 10 West girls' can't hold halftime lead against No. 6 Washington

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http://wcfcourier.com/high-school/waterloo-west/article_7c221f1e-ff5c-11df-afd1-001cc4c03286.html Girls' basketball: C.R. Washington beats Waterloo West, 65-42 By MATTHEW SULENTIC, matt.sulentic@wcfcourier.com | Posted: Friday, December 3, 2010 10:07 pm WATERLOO, Iowa --- Sixteen minutes made all the difference for the Waterloo West girls' basketball team Friday night. In their 65-42 setback to Class 4A, No. 6 Cedar Rapids Washington, the 10th-ranked Wahawks battled to a one-point halftime lead. The sixteen minutes following the break broke the Wahawks, as the Warriors outscored West 42-18. "They just played a faster paced game than we did," said Wahawk Jadyn Spencer, who led all scorers with 24 points. "And I don't think we were ready to play tonight." West looked raring to go in the opening half when Spencer nailed a three to give West a 20-11 advantage. "I thought we played fairly well in the first half, and won the first half, and looked good doing it," said West head coach Dr. Tony Pappas. Later in the second quarter, the Warriors dialed up the long ball when Alissa Oney and Janay Pritchett connected from beyond the arc to cut the West lead to 22-19. "A lot of it was finding the open player," said Washington coach Frank Howell. "Then being ready to take the shot before the ball got to them and staying on balance when they took their shots." Washington opened with a 15-2 run to start the second half, taking the lead from West on an Ashley Piper three-pointer. Tia Dawson followed with a lay-up and the Warriors led 28-24. "They are a top-five team," said Pappas. "Once they got rolling on us, we lost our composure." Howell said that hitting their shots allowed Washington to turn up the pressure defensively. "The first half, it was pretty much neutralized," he said. "We were fortuante to knock down some of those shots in the corners, and that gave us the ability to press more." West trailed 45-36 heading into the fourth quarter, but the Warriors depth proved too much to overcome. Oney drained three treys for Washington, and the Warrior defense allowed just six points. West's Jordan Johnston provided the first bucket of the quarter for the Wahawks with 3:48 remaining. "We gave up, it was as simple as that," said Spencer. "You could see it peoples faces. "I think we just need to step up and realize that we are not quite to our potential yet. "It's in your heart. You have to have the passion to win before you can do it." CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON (65) - Ashley Piper 3-10 0-1 8, Alissa Oney 5-14 0-1 14, Jordon Pilcher 1-6 0-0 2, Jazzmine Royster 2-3 0-0 4, Tia Dawson 3-9 2-2 8, Layloni Beard 3-5 0-1 6, Latasha Roundtree 3-10 4-5 12, Janay Pritchett 3-7 0-0 6, Madison Kramer 1-3 0-0 2, Gail Barnum 0-1 0-0 0, Kelli Klaus 0-0 0-0 0, Brooke Foreman 1-1 0-0 2, Abigail Herb 0-1 0-1 0, Chelsey McMahon 0-0 0-0 0, Lauren Goodlove 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-71 6-11 65 WATERLOO WEST (42) - Jordan Johnston 5-15 0-0 10, Sarah Sand 0-5 2-2 2, Zinka Duric 2-4 0-0 4, Jadyn Spencer 9-17 5-8 24, Haley Puk 1-4 1-4 3, Blaire Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Hannah Swartzendruber 0-1 0-0 0, Jasmine Anderson 0-2 0-2 0, Cece Roe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-48 8-16 42 Washington 11 12 22 20 - 65 West 12 12 12 6 - 42 3-point goals -- West 1 (Spencer); Washington 9 (Royster 2, Oney 4, Pritchett, Piper 2). Total fouls -- Washington 14, West 15. WASH SOPHS 52, WEST 15