Columbia High junior post Keylarae Manly puts up a baseline jumper during the second half of last Wednesday’s SW District 1A loser-out game in Kelso. The Bruins fell to the Evergreen League champions, 56-27.
Sverre BakkeHigher-seeded teams in post-season brackets almost always are presumed to win their games against lower-seeded teams.
Last Wednesday, Trico No. 3 seed Columbia High took on Evergreen League champion Montesano in a loser-out game at the Southwest District 1A girls basketball tournament in Kelso.
The Bruins got off to a good start as they handled to Bulldogs full-court pressure without difficulty. They spotted Montesano the first basket, but took the lead on their first possession on a 3-pointer from the left wing by senior Lauren Thiesies, off an assist from senior Alexis McKee.
McKee scored off a drive later in the quarter to pull CHS within 8-5, but that’s as close as the Bruins got the rest of the way.
Montesano ended the first quarter ahead 15-5, thanks to a closing 7-0 run. The Bull-dogs then kicked off the second quarter with another 7-0 run to extend their advantage to 22-5.
Columbia finally snapped a lengthy scoreless streak with 2:25 left in the half, when junior Keylarae Manly sank a pair of free throws after being fouled in the act of shooting.
Montesano outscored CHS 6-1 in the last 2:25 to take a 28-8 halftime lead.
The Bulldogs matched their first half point total in the second half en route to a 56-27 victory.
Bulldogs junior center Jordan Spradlin was the difference in the game. She scored 24 points and gathered 16 rebounds. Fourteen of her points came in the first half, when she converted 8-of-9 free throws. She finished 10 for 12 from the line, while CHS went 4 for 12.
Thiesies’s seven points were tops for CHS, which got five apiece from McKee and senior Kayla McClain, four from Manly and senior Morgan Vasquez, and two from senior Aidan Liddiard.
“I thought defensively we played well, and for the most part we held their center in check,” Bruins Coach Howard Kreps said.
Those long lapses without scoring points, however, prevented the Bruins from making any serious runs at the Bulldogs.
“It comes down to basketball,” Kreps said. “If you make your shots, you’re in the game; miss, you’re not.”
Columbia shot 20% from the field (10/49 with two 3-pointers), while Montesano hit 22-of-54 shots (two 3-pointers).
“With the adversity we endured, the girls played hard, and I am very proud to have coached them,” Kreps said.
CHS ended the 2015-16 season with a 10-12 record
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