Girls basketball: Battle Ground 53, Heritage 20

Battle Ground 53, Heritage 20 — Behind pressure defense and 27 points from Emily Griffith, Battle Ground was able to defeated Heritage on Friday night.

The high pressure defense by Battle Ground led to lots of transition points for Griffith which then sparked the rest of her offensive game. Griffith had three steals to go along with her big scoring night.

Audrey Kangas led Battle Ground with 10 rebounds to go along with three points off the bench.

Ashley Edwards led Heritage with seven points.

BATTLE GROUND 53, HERITAGE 20

HERITAGE — Ashley Edwards 7, Cassidy Morris 0, Emily Anderson 5, Anna Penttila 0, Mesha Branch 6, Madison Bare 0, Cassidy Williams 0, Lisi Thomas 2. Totals 4(1) 9-21 20.

BATTLE GROUND — Madison Barr 2, Emily Griffth 27, Kayla Cruz 2, C. Knott 2, Alena Jarvis 7, Kylie Smith 2, Marlayna Gillette 0, Madison Reeves 0, Savannah Hamann 0, Jossilyn Blackman 4, Audrey Kangas 3, Alla Mironenko 4. Totals 24(2) 3-7 53.

Heritage 3 5 4 8–20

B. Ground 13 15 18 7–53

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