YAKIMA - Seattle Christian's quest for a trophy at Class 1A state ended with a 54-28 defeat at the hands of Connell on Friday, March 4, at the Yakima Valley SunDome.

The Eagles contained lanky 6-foot-2 junior post Katie Collier with double teams on defense and attacking tactics on offense that led to foul problems for the potential Division I recruit.

In the first half, Collier scored 15 points to keep the Warriors close at 24-22, but the Eagles shut her out in the second half as Seattle Christian shot poorly and committed uncharacteristic self-destructive mistakes while also falling into foul trouble.

Although SCS (21-7) shot poorly in the first half with a 26 per cent (6-for-23) performance from the field, it dropped off even more in the second half to 12 per cent (2-of-17) while only scoring six points in the final 16 minutes.

Connell used its defense to jump start the offense.

Putting a crimp in the Warriors' intentions was sharp-shooting Megan Booker, who scored a team-high 14 points, including 4-of-7 behind the three-point arc. Macy Whitby and Kayla Bjorge collaborated for five more three-pointers and 21 points.

Collier kept battling, but eventually fouled out with 5:38 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Warriors down 40-26. The SCS star worked for three blocks with seven rebounds. Catie Shelton and Alayna Gleason grabbed eight rebounds apiece for the Warriors.

A total of 25 turnovers told the story of the Seattle Christian ball handling dilemmas.

Kelly Jansen, Maddie Harris, Lexi Petersen and Carissa Doyle graduate, but Collier, Molli Ronish, Jessica Johnson, Hannah Sasaki, Catie Shelton, Alayna Gleason, Alyssa Kaler, Carmen Terhune, Jillian Corliss and Makalah Mumm return for another potentially great season of Warrior basketball for coach Bob Kickner.