The Lady Bulldogs of Winslow went 2-1 in their past three games, defeating Payson 51-23 on Jan. 20, falling hard to Page last Thursday, 42-13, and rebounding to beat Snowflake the next night, 58-39.
Winslow led Payson 8-4 after the first quarter and a comfortable 29-7 at the half. The margin was 46-10 after three quarters.
Lynnae Mitchell led all scorers with 16 points for the Bulldogs and Danielle James added 11.
Reagan Ashby led Payson with 11 points.
The Bulldogs suffered one of their worse defeats in years when they fell to the visiting Page Lady Sand Devils. The game was an unusual defensive struggle in which the Sand Devils held the Bulldogs to five points or less in each quarter of play. Page led 9-3 after the first quarter, 11-6 at the half and 31-12 going in to the fourth.
LeLisa Watson led all scorers with 12 points for Page.
Winslow was led by Mitchell with 6 points.
In their 57-39 win over Snowflake, the Bulldogs held an impressive 15-4 first quarter lead and a 27-19 halftime advantage. The margin was 43-27 after three quarters of play.
James led all scorers with 26 points for Winslow and Jenna Yazzie added 13.
Breklee Tanner led Snowflake with 10 points.
The Bulldogs were slated to play at Holbrook Tuesday night. They will face Blue Ridge tonight (Feb. 1) in Lakeside, and will play Friday night at Show Low and Saturday against Monument Valley in Kayenta.
