vs Mossyrock (Feb. 4, 2011)

 On Friday night in Morton the Vikings beat the Timberwolves 52-42.
 “This was a big win for us after losing so bad to Napavine two nights earlier,” Mossyrock coach Gale Bridges said. “You never know if you can regroup after getting blown out of your own gym. I am real proud of this team; they came to play.”
 Mossyrock scored the first five points of the game and led 12-7 after a quarter. The two Sams and Autumn Moorcroft scored all nine second quarter points for the Vikings with Sammi Snodgrass getting six, Sami Dolan two, and Moorcroft one. Snodgrass finished with 14 points, Moorcroft 11 and Dolan 10.
 “I thought the biggest advantage we had was some great post play by Sammi, Sami, and Autumn,” Bridges said. “They combined for 35 points and grabbed 27 of our 42 rebounds.”
 Mossyrock expanded their lead to as much as 18 in the final quarter (52-34, 1:48 to go) with Morton/White Pass scoring the final eight points of the game.
 “We struggled a little bit at the end of the second quarter and that happens when we quit running our offense,” Bridges said. “We came out in the third quarter and were patient on offense, and it helped us to get a little bit of a lead. Morton/White Pass works hard the whole game so you better stay focused or your lead can slip away in a hurry. We had some great offensive rebounds and putbacks. Jordan (Nelson) scored all nine of her points in the second half. Teams try to take Jordan out of our offense so she really has to work extra hard for her points. She did a great job in the second half finding ways to score. The biggest thing I am pleased with was our free throw shooting (17 of 21). We have been working real hard on all aspects of our shooting, and it paid dividends. Autumn was 7 of 10 and Jordan was 3 of 4 at crunch time. Sammi finished 4 of 4 at the line.”
 The Vikings were 17 of 50 for the game (.340). Jamie McLean and Montana Eastman each scored three points with Chelsea Dickinson getting two.
 Freshman Ashley Kelly led the Timberwolves scoring 11 points with Kayla Reynolds and Chelbi Eveland each reaching double figures with 10 points. Darian Atkinson scored five points, Whitney Elledge four and Nicole Anderson two. They shot 41 percent for the game (14 of 34) from the field and 10 of 17 at the line.
 “We didn’t play very well for most of the night,” Morton/White Pass coach Lauren Kanyer said. “We looked sluggish and didn’t seem to have a lot of energy. Mossyrock’s posts played well and we didn’t do a lot to slow them down. I was glad to see Kayla play well for us in the second half.”