On Friday, Feb 18, the second round of the playoffs were held with the Lady Bulldogs taking on the Tuba City Lady Warriors at Petranovich Gym in Winslow. With the largest crowd in the last two seasons, the excitement and involvement of the fans cheered on the teams through the entire game.
In the first quarter, Winslow would outscore Tuba City 21 to 13. In the second quarter, the Lady Bulldogs’ defense and rebounding was on fire and kept the Lady Warriors to just one three-point basket while they scored 12 for a halftime score of Winslow 33 and Tuba City 16.
During halftime the Tuba City Spirit Line performed for the crowd and afterwards the crowd started the wave and kept it going till the teams returned to start the second half.
In the third quarter, both teams played closely but Winslow would edge out Tuba City in scoring, 10 to 8. In the fourth quarter Coach Jordon would send in the reserves in the final minutes and Tuba City would outshoot Winslow 13 to 11 but the Lady Bulldogs took the game with a final score Winslow 54, Tuba City 37.
Winslow had three players in double figures led by Kylie Begay with 20 points, Jaci Gonnie with 14 points and Anysa Tso with 11 points. Winslow had 17 steals led by Jauslyn Nells with five. Winslow had 13 assists led by Shaelene Singer with five. Winslow out rebounded Tuba City, 8 to 2.
On Monday, Feb. 21, the Lady Bulldogs will have taken on the Alchesay Lady Falcons in Prescott Valley at the Toyota Finley Center.
