Taylor Blehm and Ireland Foster paced No. 6 Morrisville to a 77-41 win over Spokane in the opening round of the Walnut Grove Holiday Tournament.
Spokane hung close early with Morrisville trailing 14-10 after one quarter. In the second quarter, Morrisville outscored Spokane 27-12 to expand its lead to 41-22. Morrisville pressed that advantage in the third quarter with a 21-12 margin to make the lead 62-34 after three quarters on the way to the 77-41 win.
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Blehm led all scorers with 21 points with Foster just behind at 19 points. As a team, Morrisville nine total 3-pointers with four of them coming from Foster.
Sydney Bryan led Spokane with 20 points.
Morrisville will face No. 3 Walnut Grove in the quarterfinal round at 1:30 pm on Saturday at Walnut Grove. Spokane will play No. 14 Hurley in the consolation quarterfinals at 10:30 am on Saturday at Ash Grove.
(6) Morrisville 77, (11) Spokane 41
Spokane – 10-12-12-7 – 41
Morrisville – 14-27-21-15 — 77
S: Sydney Bryan 20, Lilyan Carr 7, Tristen Wallace 6, Makenzie Melton 6, Sarah Essick 2
M: Taylor Blehm 21, Ireland Foster 19, Hailey Presley 9, Maggie Painter 9, Lilly Thompson 7, Macie Letterman 6, Addy Bess 4, McKenna McLean 2
