the break. Warner drilled her ….
the break. Warner drilled her first triple to open the second half, Weir got a threepoint play off a Mann assist and Werner knocked down her second 3 to send the Pirates off and running at 30-15 with 15:02 left. Weir hit a jumper and got a putback, Olynick got an offensive putback too and Warner hit 3-pointer number three before Mann’s rebound basket put the Pirates up by 26. Owen-Withee’s Kayla Rasmussen finally ended her team’s long scoring drought with a 3, but the damage was done, dropping the Blackhawks to 4-8 in the conference and 6-12 overall at the time.
James had a solid outing for Gilman with three points, five rebounds, two assists and four steals. Olynick had five points, including a late 3, two boards and two assists. Drier added a basket, three rebounds, five assists and three steals.
Rasmussen hit two 3s to lead Owen-Withee with six points.
Gilman knocked down seven 3-pointers on 22 attempts and was 13 of 26 on twos. Gilman outrebounded the Blackhawks 35-20 and forced 20 turnovers.