Heading north for the winter break, the Lake Washington girls basketball program went to Alaska last week for the Doc Larson Roundball Classic, which is held in Wasilla, Alaska.
The team played three games, going 2-1 during the tournament. The tournament, hosted by Wasilla High School, featured girls and boys teams from the greater Pacific Northwest.
In the Lady Kangs first game on Dec. 19 the team beat Kentlake 45-27. Lake Washington had an early lead, up 12-9 at the end of the first, and increased the lead in the second quarter. The Kangs held Kentlake to just eight points in the second half, while scoring 24 points.
Hunter Hopkins had the team high during the first tournament game with 17 points. Whitney Dunlap added 10 points for the Kangs, while Claire Anderson, Sara Wilson and Peyton Wozeniak had four points each. Anna Jessen, Cassie Lively and Jessica Tramp each posted two points for the team.
The next day the Kangs took on Juneau, winning 53-31.
A big 11-5 lead at the end of the first was extended in the second quarter when the Lady Kangs posted 20 points to Wasilla’s 9. In the second half it was more of the same, with the Lake Washington defense controlling their opponent, allowing just 17 points, while the Kangs scored 22.
Once again Hopkins lead the team on the floor, scoring 14 points, with Wozeniak earning 12 points for the team. Dunlap added eight, while Wilson posted seven and both Lively and Madison Shepard added three. Jessen, Margo Lynott and Tramp had two a piece.
In their final game of the trip, Lake Washington faced off against the host team, losing 47-38 to Wasilla.
The team from Alaska held the lead early on with a 19-13 first quarter, but Lake Washington slowed them down in the second, keeping the hosts to just eight points in the second and third quarters while scoring 15. But 12 points for Wasilla in the final minutes of the game finalized the match.
Hopkins scored 18 points during the last game, while Dunlap had six, Lynott added five, as did Wozeniak and Anderson and Lively each posted two.
