Photo: 1 Addie Prisciandaro shoots over 10 Avery Wells in the first quarter. The Lady Badgers all time leading scorer finished with 23.
Varsity Girls Basketball
The Prescott Lady Badgers continue to roll through the Grand Canyon Region with a 74-21 blowout over the Bradshaw Mountain Lady Bears in the Badger Dome. Prescott has now won 11 in a row and has beaten Bradshaw Mountain six straight.
Addie Prisciandaro scored 23 for the second time this season against Lady Bears while Bella Abt added 15.
Photo: 23 Presley Connolly attempts to shoot over 10 Bella Abt and Mandy Hirasa
Prisciandaro said, “Regardless of the score a win is a win. The rivalry is super fun and to beat Bradshaw is always a must for us. The atmosphere we get in these games makes it better.”
Photo: 32 Bentlee Crockett with the shot while being defended by 1 Carlee White and 23 Presley Connolly. Behind them is 20 Kylee Murdock
About the team’s growth as the season has progressed, Prisciandaro said, “We have had some tough opponents. More recently our win at Sunnyslope was big for us because we were on the road against a bigger school and they play at another level. We had gone down there to scrimmage them at the beginning of the year and they beat us, so for us to go down there and get that win was huge for us confidence wise. We continue to improve and not getting complacent.” Abt said, “I feel like if we keep playing together as a team and those who can step up in clutch moments come thought then we can continue to win. I think we are a very selfless team and that has been a big part of our success.”
Photo: The Lady Badgers take a moment to celebrate the accomplishments of 1 Addie Prisciandaro and 10 Bella Abt
Prescott came out and went up 7-0 in the first minute. Coach Jamie Johnson called a timeout with 6:36 on the clock after Prisciandaro scored her school record 2000th point and Abt’s 1250 rebound record. Both players agreed that the records are great, but the goal is for the team to win and a Division 4A title in their senior year would be the best.
The Lady Badgers went back on the court and used a full court press for the next minute to create steals and easy buckets to lead 18-0. The lead continued to grow to 30-0 with two minutes left in the first quarter.
Photo: 10 Bella Abt gets inside position to go up for two of her 15 points
Bradshaw Mountain got their points soon but trailed 35-2 after the first quarter. The Lady Badger bench saw plenty of playing time as the lead continued to swell to 53-9 at the half.
Prescott, #2 in Division 4A, (9-0) in the Grand Canyon Region and (22-3) overall will host ALA-Queen Creek in a non-region game on Monday at 5:30pm.
Bradshaw Mountain falls to (3-5), and (13-11), and will travel to Flagstaff on Monday night at 7pm.
PRESCOTT LADY BADGERS 74, BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN LADY BEARS 21
PRESCOTT (74)-Prisciandaro 10 0-1 23, James 3 1-1 8, Abt 5 3-3 15, Jones 1 2-2 4, Crockett 1 1-2 3, Martinez 0 0-0 0, Hirasa 0 0-0 0, Roskopf 2 1-2 7, Murdock 2 2-3 6, Luedeman 0 0-0 0, Islas 3 0-0 6, Young 1 0-0 2. 28 10-14 74.
BRADSHAW MOUNTAIN (21)-Johnson 1 0-0 2, White 1 1-2 3, Martinez 1 0-1 2, Wells 3 0-0 6, Connolly 0 2-2 2, Bennett 0 1-1 1, Downing 1 1-5 3, Jones 1 0-0 2, Holliday 0 0-0 0, Dorsey 0 0-0 0, Astorga 0 0-2 0. 8 5-11 21.
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Prescott 35 18 14 7 – 74
Bradshaw Mountain 2 7 7 5 – 21
Fouled Out-None
Total Fouls-BM 9, P 12
Three Pointers-BM (0), P (6)-Prisciandaro 3, Abt 2, Roskopf 2, James 1.
GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS
School- W-L W-L
Prescott 9-0 22-3
Flagstaff 7-1 16-5
Mingus 6-4 14-8
Bradshaw Mountain 3-5 13-12
Lee Williams 1-2 4-9
Coconino 3-7 6-11
Mohave 0-10 1-18
GIRLS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
Prescott 74, Bradshaw Mountain 21
East Valley for Christ 46, Trinity Christian 31
River Valley 54, Chino Valley 48
Ash Fork 53, Grand Canyon 16
Deer Valley 71, Estrella Foothills 61
Mingus 68, Mohave 8
Salpointe Catholic 47, Mica Mountain 40
