ANDY SAWYER/Yakima Herald-Republic Yakima Valley Community College's Taitum Dixon drives between Shoreline's Fran McDonald, left, and Semhar Kelati on Saturday in Sherar Gym.

Nor did the Dolphins have one for Chelsie Morrison. Or Lisa Bishop. Or Whitney Honn or any of Yakima Valley's Yaks.

Answers require players, and Shoreline had only six — players, that is.

And no real answers, individually or collectively, for a deep, talented and versatile YVCC squad.

The resulting 89-24 mismatch, then, begged an obvious question for Yakima Valley coach Cody Butler: Can a team benefit from a 65-point victory?

"I think we did," Butler said. "We ran a lot of stuff and executed really well. It didn't become open gym."

Shoreline's lack of personnel and, accordingly, its lack of competitive ability allowed the Yaks to work on a variety of half-court offensive sets and defensive alignments, including zones. And in truth they needed that, since this YVCC team (7-1) will substantially differ from the run-and-gun, full-court pressuring squads of recent years.

"One of the best things," Butler said, "was Andi Jo (Blodgett) gets to get people in the right places and then find them within the structure of the offense. That's good for her, because in high school, when things broke down, she could just go one-on-one."

And few opponents could stop the 5-foot-4 point guard when she played at White Swan.

The Dolphins had little success in that regard Saturday, even when the game was young and their legs were fresh.

Blodgett scored seven of Yakima Valley's first 14 points and finished with a game-high 13.

Morrison, a much-improved 6-0 sophomore from Portland, had 11 points as did 6-4 Eisenhower product Bryna Trescott, the latter coming off the bench.

Bishop totaled 10 points and Honn added six to go with, by most estimates, at least 10 rebounds.

YVCC was breaking in a new statistics crew, so shooting and other stats were not complete.

Morrison, who came into the game shooting 47 percent from 3-point range, said increased experience from offseason competition has translated to increased confidence.

"I've worked on my shot, and just playing a lot has really helped," she said. "I think we have a really good team, and we can grow and do well in the NWAACC. We have a lot of good players, and everyone just brings something different."

All 14 Yaks played at least four minutes Saturday and all 14 scored.

Shoreline had eight players until two were recently dismissed, YVCC assistant coach Kelly Robbins said. Fran McDonald was the Dolphins' top scorer with 10 points, though she sat out part of the game after hitting her head in a fall.

Yakima Valley, having canceled a Monday night home game with Salish Kootenai College, will resume preseason play in the Linn-Benton Crossover Tournament Dec. 14-16 at Albany, Ore.

Eastern Region play starts Jan. 3.

SHORELINE — McClenahan 8, Sherrod 3, Fran McDonald 10, Sare 1-3 3, Kelati 0.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Andrea Blodgett 13, Lisa Bishop 10, Honn 6, Chelsie Morrison 11, Stickney 7, Bain 6, Bryna Trescott 11, Dixey 5, Carlos 2, Streff 4.

Halftime — Yakima Valley 43, Shoreline 10.

Other statistics incomplete.