The Ballard High School girls basketball team, looking for its first win since Jan. 8, found itself on the wrong end of an 82-55 blowout at Redmond High School Feb. 3.
Ballard was down by 11 points after the first quarter. By halftime, the deficit was 23.
Ballard coach C.J. Sealey said her team had one of its better games of the season offensively, but Redmond didn't seem to miss a shot.
"Teams always seem to have their best games against us," Sealey said. "I don't know why that is."
The 27-point loss was the Beavers' seventh in a row and ties their worst loss of the season.
Redmond's 82 points, the most given up by Ballard this season, helped the team break its own three-game skid.
Senior Kayla Wenger led the Beavers with 17 points. Junior Theresa Moriarty had 12.
With three games remaining, Ballard has dropped to 1-12 in KingCo and 3-14 overall.
Sealey said the team is going to keep working on defense and playing hard to finish out the season, and hopefully that will result in a win.
She said the girls on her team continue to have a great attitude despite the losses.
"They are a really, really good group of kids," Sealey said. "They are always motivated to show up."
If there is any bright side for the final games of the season, it's that the Beavers have a rematch against Bothell, the team they beat for their lone KingCo victory.
But before that, Ballard has to face first-place Woodinville, a team that previously beat them 59-34, at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 5 at Ballard High School.