Girls basketball: Evergreen 29, Battle Ground 26

A three-pointer by Keila Swearingen in the fourth quarter put Evergreen ahead in a defensive battle.

The 3-pointer provided Swearingen with her only three points of the game.

Battle Ground had drawn up a play for a 3-pointer with under 20 seconds left, but the Tigers were unable to get it to go as they shot 14 percent on three-pointers for the night.

Jossilyn Blackman notched a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds in the loss for Battle Ground.

Cameronn Logan paced Evergreen with 12 points.

EVERGREEN 29, BATTLE GROUND 26

EVERGREEN — Vella Jackson 2, Moriah Doyle 4, Jamilah Harper 0, Lexi Burney , Moné Tovar-Brackett 0, Triann Thompson 5, Jocelyn Gerdau 1, Cameronn Logan 12 , Denisha Mataia 2, Keila Swearingen 3, Adriana Gage , Alexis Lowry . Totals 10 (1) 8-18 29.

BATTLE GROUND — Madison Barr 0, Emily Griffth 8, Kayla Cruz 0, C. Knott 0, Alena Jarvis 3, Kylie Smith 4, Marlayna Gillette 0, Madison Reeves 0, Savannah Hamann 0, Jossilyn Blackman 11 , Audrey Kangas 0 . Totals 8 (3) 7-11 26.

Evergreen 8 6 8 7–29

B. Ground 7 8 9 2–26

JV — Battle Ground won. C-Team – Battle Ground won.