Montesano’s Jillie Dalan joined an exclusive club as we review Friday’s girls prep basketball action on the Twin Harbors.

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GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL

Montesano 65, Klahowya 30

Montesano’s Jillie Dalan surpassed a milestone for her prep career in the Bulldogs’ 65-30 victory over Klahowya on Friday in Klahowya.

Monte’s standout junior forward had a double-double with a game-high 24 points and 10 rebounds to go along with six steals.

Dalan surpassed 1,000 points for her prep career in the process.

Playing in their second game in as many nights, the Bulldogs (11-5 overall) had the game in hand after eight minutes of play, leading 28-2 at the end of the first quarter.

Senior post Ava Schrader (11 points, 6 rebounds) and sophomore Makena Blancas (10 pts., 7 reb.) also scored in double figures for Monte.

Bulldogs sophomore point guard Tieander Olson scored eight points while grabbing nine rebounds and recording six steals in the victory.

Montesano went 27 for 80 from the field (34%) and held a 40-27 advantage on the boards.

The Bulldogs forced 32 turnovers by the Eagles (3-8) and committed just 10 turnovers in the game, one in the first half.

”Playing back-to-back nights, we came out with a lot of energy and moved the ball well,” Monte head coach Mark Mansfield said. “We were getting great shots and if we missed, we were getting second and third chances. We were jumping out on them, created some turnovers, raced out to a big lead and played solid the whole night with a lot of energy.”

Mansfield said it can be difficult for a team to keep the energy level up on consecutive nights, but the message to the team was they had to play through any potential fatigue.

“We talked about that, there are no excuses,” he said. “We’ve got to come out and get after them at the start and play our game and the girls did a really nice job of that today.”

Montesano resumes 1A Evergreen League play with a game against Tenino at 5 p.m. on Monday in Tenino.

Montesano 28 14 15 8 – 65

Klahowya 2 11 9 8 – 30

Scoring: Montesano – Dalan 24, Schrader 11, Blancas 10, Olson 8, Forster 6, Wintrip 4, Jones 2.

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Tumwater 53, Aberdeen 26

Facing Tumwater without its leading scorer proved to be too much for Aberdeen to overcome in a 53-26 loss on Friday at Aberdeen High School.

The Bobcats (3-9, 1-3 2A Evergreen) were without the services of sophomore standout guard Bentley Brown due to illness, and her absence was felt on the court according to Bobcats head coach Curtis Eccles.

“We just didn’t shoot well and honestly, our defense was a little big out of whack,” he said. “We gave them too many open looks and they shot the ball well.”

The Thunderbirds (5-9, 3-1) led 26-11 at the half and had the game in hand by the end of the third quarter, leading 45-19.

Tumwater hit 6 of 17 threes (35%) in the game.

Sophomore point guard Sophia Knutson had eight points and senior post Alyvia Lamont had 12 rebounds to lead Aberdeen.

The Bobcats shot 20% from the field on 9-of-44 shooting.

With the loss, the Cats sit in a tie with Black Hills for fourth place in the 2A Evergreen Conference.

Aberdeen plays at Black Hills at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

Tumwater 13 13 19 8 – 53

Aberdeen 5 6 8 7 – 26

Scoring: Aberdeen – Knutson 8, Lamont 6, Kolodzie 3, D. Shoemaker 3, Dunlap 2, Mainio 2, S. Shoemaker 2.

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Ocosta 44, Lake Quinault 26

Ocosta snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 44-26 victory over Lake Quinault on Friday in Westport.

The Wildcats (2-9, 1-4 1B Coastal) celebrated Senior Night by holding the Elks (2-8, 0-5) to four points in the first half to take an 18-point lead by halftime.

Sophomore Peyten Morris scored eight of her game-high 24 points in the first quarter to help Ocosta get off the the good start.

Ocosta’s lone senior, Gabby Ness, scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds on Senior Night.

The Wildcats shot 41% from the floor on 18-of-44 shooting and made 8-of-11 free throws (73%).

“Tonight was a total team effort.” Ocosta head coach Rissy Ness said. “From the offense, defense, hustle and most importantly, heart, these young ladies came to play tonight and it showed on the scoreboard. I could not be prouder of them.”

The two teams will run it back once again when Ocosta travels to Amanda Park to take on Lake Quinault in a game scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Lake Quinault 2 2 12 10 – 26

Ocosta 12 10 12 10 – 44

Scoring: Ocosta – Morris 24, Ness 10, Wlfley 9, Baldwin 1.