Morrison
leads YVCC women past
CBC
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
WENATCHEE — Yakima
Valley may have shot
poorly against Columbia
Basin on Saturday, and
the Yaks may have
committed 28 turnovers,
but they did one crucial
thing well.
YVCC made 18 of 24 free
throws with Chelsie
Morrison hitting 5 of 6
in the final two
minutes, and hung on to
beat the Hawks 56-53 in
the semifinals of the
Wenatchee Tip-Off
Tournament.
The Yaks, 2-0, will meet
the winner of Saturday
night's Wenatchee
Valley-Spokane game at 4
p.m. today for the
championship.
"They hit a bunch of
threes to keep it
close," YVCC coach Cody
Butler said, "but we
made our free throws.
That was the
difference."
Morrison finished with
game-high totals of 19
points and eight
rebounds. Andrea
Blodgett, a freshman
point guard from White
Swan, added 11 points.
Ahead 30-24 at halftime,
Yakima Valley went
scoreless for the first
five minutes of the
second half and, at the
6:00 mark, trailed
40-37.
But Blodgett and
Morrison hit
back-to-back 3-pointers
for a 43-40 YVCC lead.
CBC's Rondelle Guthrie,
a freshman from Zillah,
connected on several
3-pointers to keep the
Hawks close. Guthrie
finished with a
team-high 17 points.
While Yakima Valley
featured Blodgett and
East Valley's Tana
Stickney (Bryna
Trescott, from
Eisenhower, was
injured), Columbia Basin
listed Andrea Edwards
and Karli Thomas from
West Valley, Alexandria
Allen from White Swan
and Brittany Chandler
from Ellensburg.
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