Dayton Girls Drop Into First-Place Tie with DeSales

Dayton 47, WWVA 35

COLLEGE PLACE – The Dayton Girls played a solid game and easily coasted past Walla Walla Valley Academy on Jan. 26, taking a victory on the road, 47-35.

The Lady Bulldogs took a 22-18 lead into halftime and then extended it to 30-22 after three.

For the game, Shayla Currin had a double-double for Dayton, with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Madison Mings added 11 points, including two three-point shots. Jenna Phillips had 10 points, along with three assists.

Dayton    10    12   8   17   —   47

WWVA   8   10   4   13   —   35

Dayton (47) — Phillips 3-8 4-4 10, Andrews 2-13 3-6 7, Price 0-0 0-0 0, Becker 1-2 1-4 4, Wanlarbkam 0-1 0-0 0, Mings 3-10 3-4 11, Fullerton 1-3 0-0 2, Currin 5-12 3-5 13, Laughery 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 15-50 14-23 47. 

WWVA (35) — Evans 0-1 306 3, King 2-11 4-5 8, Anderson 0-1 0-0 0, Underhill 4-12 3-3 13, Browning 4-11 0-0 11, Miller 0-3 0-0 0, Cole 0-0 0-0 0, Graham 0-7 0-0 0, Rothrock 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 10-46 10-14 35.

3-point goals — Day 3-16 (Becker, Mings 2), WWVA 5-22 (Browning 3, Underhill 2). Total fouls — Day 13, WWVA 18. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.  Rebounds — Day 34 (Currin 11), WWVA 37 (King 8). Turnovers — Day 16, WWVA 26. Assists — Day 7 (Phillips 3), WWVA 5 (Graham 4).

DESALES 44, DAYTON 38

DAYTON – The Dayton girls suffered their first league loss of the season Friday night, falling to DeSales, 44-38. The loss dropped the Lady Bulldogs into a tie with the Irish in the SE 2B District 9 league, with each team sporting an 8-1 record.

Dayton fell behind early on hot DeSales shooting, and trailed 18-9 after one quarter. They fought back and were down by only three at the half, 26-23. The game was tied after three, but the Irish went on a 14-8 run in the fourth quarter to pull out the victory.

Jenna Phillips led a balanced Dayton attack, scoring 10 points, while Madison Mings and Sidney Andrews dropped in eight apiece. Mings had two three-points. Josilyn Fullerton pulled down eight rebounds, and Phillips had three assists.

DeSales 18 8 4 14—44

Dayton 9 14 7 8—38

DESALES (44) — Baumgart 4 3-4 14, Acock 5 5-7 17, K. Burrato 0 0-0 0, H. Burrato 0 0-0 0, Cortez 0 0-0 0, Lyons 2 1-4 5, Haider 1 2-8 4, Olsen 1 1-2 4. Totals 13 12-24 44. 

DAYTON (38) — Phillips 3 4-7 10, Andrews 3 2-3 8, Becker 1 0-0 3, Mings 3 0-1 8, Fullerton 1 1-3 3, Currin 3 0-0 6, Moore 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 7-14 38

3-point goals — DeSales 6 (Baumgart 3, Acock 2, Olsen 1), Dayton 3 (Mings 2, Becker 1). Total fouls — DeSales 17, Dayton 16. Fouled out — Dayton, Currin. Technical fouls — none. Rebounds — DeSales 27 (Lyons 10), Dayton 28 (Fullerton 8). Turnovers — DeSales 15, Dayton 22. Assists — DeSales 7 (Baumgart 2, Acock 2, Lyons 2), Dayton 7 (Phillips 3). 

Ritzville 39, Dayton 36

RITZVILLE – The Lady Bulldogs showed their fatigue in the first half of their third game of the week, and couldn’t recover against Lind-Ritzville Saturday night, losing 39-36.

Dayton scored only one point in the second quarter and dug a big hole, trailing 19-8 at the half. After a furious comeback in the third and fourth quarters, the Lady Bulldogs trailed by three points with a few seconds left, but couldn’t convert a three-pointer to tie it.

Sidney Andrews led Dayton with 12 points. Josilyn Fullerton had six points, as did Madison Mings, who’s scoring came on two three-pointers. Shayla Currin led the Lady ‘Dogs with nine rebounds.

Dayton 7 1 12 16—36

Ritzville 7 12 9 11—39

DAYTON (36) — Phillips 2-7 0-3 4, Andrews 3-12 6-8 12, Price 0-0 0-0 0, Becker 1-2 1-1 3, Wanlarbkam 0-0 0-0 0, Mings 2-7 0-0 6, Fullerton 3-10 0-0 6, Currin 2-7 1-2 5, Moore 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 13-47 8-14 36.

LIND-RITZVILLE (39) — Ziemer 1-2 0-0 2, Nygren 3-9 0-0 8, Schell 0-0 0-0 0, Curtis 3-12 7-10 16, O’Brien 0-1 0-0 0, Jantz 2-3 1-1 5, Miller 1-5 0-0 2, Harder 3-8 0-0 6, Lamar-Pasla 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 13-41 8-11 39.

3-point goals — Day 2 (Mings 2), L-R 5 (Nygren 2, Curtis 3). Total fouls — Day 16, L-R 14. Fouled out — none. Technical fouls — none. Rebounds — Day 28 (Currin 9), L-R 25. Turnovers — Day 11, L-R 10. Assists — Day 11 (Fullerton 3, Currin 3), L-R 8.