TCP outguns Lady Wolfpack

PASCO–The TriCity Prep Lady Jaguars ran away with 53 first-half points and coasted to a 77-14 win over the Lady Wolfpack Basketball team here Tuesday, Dec. 14 after two weekend games were postponed due to covid precautions.

Colfax visits WHS’s Kison Court tonight, Dec. 16, and the Lady Wolfpack visit Columbia-Burbank on Saturday before breaking for the holidays. Their first game in 2022 will be Jan. 4 against Garfield-Palouse in Dayton.

TriCities Prep passed scoring around their top six players to jet to a 22-3 lead in the first quarter, then blanked the Wolfpack in the second quarter while scoring 31, Kaya Chang pumping in eight.

Teagen Culley drained a three and hit a bucket to score DW’s five points in the third then Megan Forney popped in three baskets in the final stanza as the TCP defense kept other DW scorers at bay.

Versus Oakesdale on Dec. 7, the Lady Nighthawks cruised to a 70-19 win, keeping DW in single digits each of the four quarters. Culley was good from the arc with a pair of treys, one in the second and one in the third.

Makenna Barron swished a three pointer in the first quarter and Kameryn Tupling hit one in the second.

TCP 77, DW 14 (12-14)

DW 3 0 5 6-14

TCP 22 31 10 14-77

DW (14) Megan Forney 6, Alyssa Hollingsworth 2, Teagen Culley 5, Jessika Lambert 1. Free throws: ½-50%. FG2-5/22-23%. FG3-1/2-14%.

TCP (77) Landram 2, H. Chang 10, Roach 6, Smith 15, Potter 6, Balcom 11, Pedersen 12, Almanzar 3, k. Chang 12. Free throws: 0/1-0%. FG2-54%. FG3-7/17-41%.

Oakesdale 70, DW 19 (12-7)

DW 4 8 5 2-19

Oak 25 15 19 11-70

DW (19) Forney 3, Kameryn Tupling 3, Makenna Barron 5, Teagan Culley 6, Jessika Lambert 2. Free throws: 1/6-17%. FG2-3/17-18%. FG3-4/10-40%.

Oakesdale (70) Dingman 13, M. Hockett 21, L. Hockett 11, S. Holling 12, K. Hindenkamp 13. Free throws: 3/7-43%. FG2-29/57-51%. FG3-3/11-27%.