(TUESDAY NIGHT UPDATE: Next game for WSHS set; scroll down)
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(WSHS #30, Lexi Iaone; photos by WSB’s Patrick Sand)
4:39 PM: In postseason competition at Ingraham High School in North Seattle this afternoon, the West Seattle High School girls’ basketball team has just lost to Mercer Island, 52-49; down by nine points at the start of the 4th quarter, head coach Sonya Elliott‘s young team (no seniors) embarked on a comeback, but fell short.
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(WSHS #12 Lydia Giomi, #21 Gabby Sarver, #10 Charli Elliott)
They’re not out of the postseason yet; our crew reports the Wildcats are expected to play again Friday night in Bellevue, opponent TBA. (More photos & game details later this evening.)
ADDED 11:02 PM: Coach Elliott tells WSB their next opponent is Liberty, 8:15 pm Friday at Bellevue College. Ahead, notes and a few more photos from today’s game:
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Mercer Island controlled the ball for much of the game, but WSHS persevered with its more-physical style of play. After ending the first quarter with an 11-11 tie, MI moved into the lead; in the third quarter, they were up by as much as 10, and then the Wildcats came back in the fourth, getting within one point with Gabby Sarver‘s three-pointer at under two minutes to go – but that’s as close as they got.
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Lydia Giomi led WSHS scoring with 20, followed by Lexi Ioane with 13, Sarver with 9, Sarah Cooper with 4, Charli Elliott with 3.
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Liberty, WSHS’s next opponent, lost to Cleveland tonight, 70-28.
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