Girls: Tacoma Baptist 55, Northwest Chr. (Colbert) 42

Highlights: Sophomore Melanie Shank scored eight of her team-leading 20 points in the final 5:25 to help Tacoma Baptist prevail in a loser-out battle of Crusaders at the Arena.

Leading by seven after three quarters, freshman Hayley Hendricksen and sophomore Taryn Russell powered Northwest Christian to within 38-36 with 5 1/2 minutes remaining.

But Shank and senior Olivia Wilson helped the Crusaders stave off elimination in the clutch. Wilson pitched in five points during the final five minutes including a rebound and put-back shot to extend Tacoma Baptist’s lead to 44-36.

Both teams reached the bonus midway through the final frame. Northwest Christian converted 12-of-16 free throws (5 of 7 in the last five minutes) and Tacoma Baptist hit 7 of 17 for the game.

Hendricksen led the young Crusaders (10 players are either freshmen or sophomores) with eight rebounds. Erica Tuell, Jennifer Rea and Wilson all collected seven rebounds for Tacoma Baptist.
Final 1 2 3 4 F
Tacoma Baptist 9 13 14 19 55
Northwest Christian (Colbert) 9 4 16 13 42

Tacoma Baptist (55) Finley 11, Slifer 0, Shank 20, Tuell 7, Rea 0, Lyons 9, Wilson 8, Kliewer 0.

Northwest Christian (Colbert) (42) Hauck 0, Hendricksen 23, Bailey 0, Watts 0, Descoteaux 0, Dami 0, Dahm 5, Fairburn 0, Russell 10, Vandenburg 4.

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