After a just a day’s rest, the Prairie girls basketball team appreciated its depth.
The Falcons rotated 11 players during its 79-37 win over Kelso at Prairie High School on Tuesday night, the day after beating West Seattle, the No. 5 team in the 3A RPI rankings.
“I think it’s nice to have fresh legs come in off the bench, get a quick minute or two then go back in and pick ups the energy again,” Prairie senior Cassidy Gardner said. “We had a lot of energy for the game so if we were sore it didn’t really phase us.”
Prairie outscored Kelso by 19 points in the second quarter to take a 26-point lead at halftime.
Gardner scored all 23 of her points in the first half, including four 3-pointers. Brooke Walling added 14 points, and did most of her scoring int he second half. Haley Reed added 11 for the Falcons, who move to 7-0 in 3A Greater St. Helens League play with an average margin of victory of 46 points.
Natalie Fraley and Capri Franzen led Kelso with 11 points apiece.
PRAIRIE 79, KELSO 37
KELSO —Natalie Fraley 11, Tally Connors 4, Alexis Kleven 5, Erin Tack 1, Alexandra Harman 0, Evermore Kaiser 3, Mati Ohlson 0, Cayla GGutenberger 0, Capri Franzen 11, Kylee Gibbs 0. Totals 11 (3) 9-15 37.
PRAIRIE — Dayna Vera 9, Meri Dunford 3, Alli Corral 5, Kendyl Carson 3, Brooke Walling 14, Mallory Williams 8, Cassidy Gardner 23, Claire Heitschmidt 3, Hannah Close 0, Haley Reed 11, Kylie Diaz 0. Totals 30 (16) 8-13 79.
Kelso 12 10 6 9 — 37
Prairie 19 29 15 16 —79
