Prescott Girls JV defeat Riverside Christian 31-28

YAKIMA-The Prescott girls basketball team traveled to Riverside Christian on December 14th to play in their second game of the season. They won their first game in overtime at Dayton, against the D-W JV girls team. This game got off to a similar start. The first quarter belonged to Prescott and #32 Jean Rowlette, who poured in 10 points on shots in the lane. #12 Jamileth Saldana added an outside shot of her own to give the first quarter to Prescott 12-8.

The second quarter had a lot of missed shots and very little offense. Fortunately, the Tigers defense only allowed two points in the quarter. Jamileth Saldana had a nice blocked shot of an attempted jump shot by Riverside Christian. Two free throws, one by #24 Hedra Morales, and one by Jena Rowlette, plus a shot from #31 Angeles Ayala, would take the team into halftime up by a score of 16-10.

Riverside Christian would start their comeback in the third quarter. Prescott's defense was still active but RCHS did a better job of scoring under the basket in the quarter. At one point during a timeout I could hear head coach Tiffany Hedman tell her team they were good shooters and to not to pass up open shots.

Late in the fourth quarter Prescott fell behind 28-26. With 1:41 left in the game, Jena Rowlette scored-giving her 19 points and tying the game at 28-28. Then two clutch free throws by #21 Vianey Granados, with 51 seconds left, gave Prescott the lead back at 30-28. She would go to the line a few seconds later to make another free throw and seal the win at 31-28.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total

Prescott 12 4 10 5 31

RCHS 8 2 14 4 28

Prescott scoring

Jamileth Saldana 2, Vianey Granados 3, Angeles Ayala 6, Hedra Morales 1, Jena Rowlette 19