PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles’ defense powered the Roughriders to a 45-15 pasting of Olympic in an Olympic League home win Thursday.
“We missed several inside shots in the first half, but we played sound defense to get to our 21-7 halftime lead,” coach Michael Poindexter said. Our passing and movement improved in the second half, but we still struggled with our field goal-percentage [26-percent].
“We were finally able to rely on our defense to produce some points in the third quarter as we got steals that produced some lay-ins to get us going.”
The Riders forced 29 turnovers and only gave the ball back 11 times.
“Paige Mason had a good game on the inside of our zone defense, picking up six steals,” Poindexter said.
“Piper Williams had a personal-best five assists. Our defensive rebounding was a solid teamwide effort.”
Anna Petty led the Riders with nine points and Lexie Smith posted eight points, six rebounds and three steals.
Port Angeles (8-2, 8-7) will look to even up the season series with Bainbridge at home on Tuesday.
Without Petty and guard Izzy Felton, the Riders fell 33-25 to the Spartans on the road on Dec. 15.
Port Angeles 45, Olympic 15
Olympic 6 1 2 6— 15
Port Angeles 10 11 12 12— 45
Olympic (15) — Mailli Bode 9, Sophia Brown 4, Ariyah Blackwell 1, Kylee Murphy 1
Port Angeles (45) — Petty 9, Le. Smith 8, Clark 6, Mason 4, Rognlien 4, Williams 4, Li. Smith 4, Stevens 3, Moses 3, Felton.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Piper Williams of Port Angeles dribbles in on the baseline as Olympic’s Angelina Godinez-Gonzalez guards the approach on Thursday night at Port Angeles High School.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Anna Petty of Port Angeles, right, makes a pass as Olympic’s Mailli Bode looks on during Thursday’s game in Port Angeles.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Izzy Felton slips around the defense of Olympic’s Angelina Godinez-Gonzalez during Thursday’s game at Port Angeles High School.
