WIAA Class 2A state girls basketball updates, quarterfinals
YAKIMA - The 2022 Hardwood Classic is underway. Game updates, top performers and video highlights and interview will be provided here.
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W.F. WEST 48, HUDSON'S BAY 41
Aniyah Hampton is Hudson's Bay best playmaker at point guard.
By Todd Milles
W.F. West broke a 30-30 with seven unanswered points to start the fourth quarter, and the Bearcats advanced to their first state semifinal since 2018.
Pepperdine signee Drea Brumfield led all scorers with 18 points and 10 rebounds. She had 10 of her team's 18 points in the second quarter, including the final eight in the last 3;40 of the half.
BURLINGTON-EDISON 53, WASHOUGAL 33
Burlington-Edison tallied the game's first 11 points against Washougal on Thursday.
Photo by Todd Milles
Amey Rainaud scored a team-high 17 points - 15 in the first half - as the Tigers started the game on an 11-0 run in the first 4:03, and cruised to the state semifinals.
Jaiden Bea led all scorers for Washougal with 20 points, including 12-of-13 effort at the free-throw line. The Panthers turned it over 23 times.
PROSSER 59, ARCHBISHOP MURPHY 36
Halle Wright and the Prosser Mustangs are coming off two convincing state-tournament wins over Port Angeles and Archbishop Murphy.
Photo by Todd Milles
Remember those Mustangs?
The ones that everyone forgot about after a pair of lopsided losses to top-ranked Ellensburg?
Well, they are one step away from making it back to the Class 2A title game.
Led by Halle Wright's game-high 27 points, Prosser is back in the state semifinals for the first time since it won it all back in 2010-11.
And after back-to-back dominant showings over Port Angeles (61-48) and the Wildcats, who won the Northwest District title, suddenly the Mustangs are now being noticed -again.
"We know what a quality program we are," Prosser girls coach Kyler Bachofner said. "The east side of the mountains has some great basketball, so we are honored to be out there demonstrating it."
Prosser broke away on a 14-0 run in the second half, holding the Wildcats scoreless for nearly eight minutes.
Wright, who has been nursing an ankle injury, was scoring from all over the floor - from the perimeter and especially getting in the lane.
"She knows it is tournament time," Bahofner said. "Those dings hurt, but the idea of being here and getting to play on Saturday night, I think her and team is going to fight through it."
