With Kiona-Benton packing in its defense, the Connell girls basketball team needed a spark.

And Brittany Vickerman was the one to provide it.

Vickerman hit four 3-pointers, including three in the third quarter as Connell rallied for a 66-48 victory Saturday against the visiting Bears in an SCAC East game.

“That was huge off the bench. A huge lift for us,” Connell coach Kameron Jenks said. “We’ve been struggling with our outside shooting. Teams are starting to pack it in against us, so we have to shoot the ball from the outside.”

Kiona-Benton was playing a box-and-one against Kody Easterday and a triangle-and-two against Easterday and MarciAnne Hawkins, which caused the Eagles to struggle offensively.

The Bears led 23-17 at halftime, but the Vickerman got the Eagles going and Connell outscored the visitors 49-27 in the second half.

KIONA-BENTON — Holtz 5, M. Calzadillas 1, Acevedo 3, Pendergast 6, Thorton, Bailey Schroeder 25, Elliott 4, J. Calzadillas 4.

CONNELL — J. Hawkins, M. Hawkins 14, Vickerman 14, Easterday 8, Booker 2, Boyd, Riner 4, Kroonje 4, Spencer, English 5, Schultz 15.

Kiona-Benton 9 14 13 12 — 48

Connell 9 8 24 25 — 66

Highlights — Schroeder 10 rebounds, Jaky Calzadillas 7 rebounds. Michelle Schultz 12 rebounds, MarciAnne Hawkins 5 assists, 4 steals; Shelby English 3 assists, 3 steals.

Wahluke 52, River View 47: Marleny Garcia scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Warriors to an SCAC East victory over the visiting Panthers.

Mari Paz Olivares added 13 points and 13 rebounds, while Lily Ramirez had 13 points for Wahluke.

RIVER VIEW — Katie Wilhelm 10, Vasquez 4, Smith 2, Munson 9, Dickerson 5, Williamson 8, Washington 1, Robertson 8.

WAHLUKE — Olivares 13, Mendez 4, Marleny Garcia 19 points, Ramirez 13, Martinez 3, Vasquez, Torres, Diaz, R. Ramirez.

River View 6 11 14 16 — 47

Wahluke 10 7 18 17 — 52

Highlights — Olivares 13 rebounds, 3 steals, Mendez 7 rebounds, Garcia 10 rebounds.

Columbia (Burbank) 50, Warden 22: Harley McBride scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Coyotes to the SCAC East home victory.

Julie Mosqueda added 11 points and seven rebounds and Rachel Roberts added nine points.

The win keeps the Coyotes in at least a tie for second place in the league, with a game at Kiona-Benton on Friday looming. The winner of that will earn the East’s No. 2 seed to the District 5 tournament.

WARDEN — Haley Yamane 8, Caballero, Bry. Whitney 8, Guerra, Bre. Whitney, Landaros 3, Kisler 3, Burkholder.

COLUMBIA (BURBANK) — Martineau 2, Aguilar, Lott 4, Wallace 2, Roberts 9, Cotsford, Idler 6, Harley McBride 16, Mosqueda 11, Holst.

Warden 4 3 4 11 — 22

Columbia (Burbank) 12 17 15 6 — 50

Highlights — Nataly Aguilar 6 rebounds, McBride 9 rebounds, Julie Mosqueda 7 rebounds, Rachel Roberts 4 assists.

Ellensburg 55, Prosser 41: Sydney Mercer scored 13 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Mustangs dropped a CWAC 2A home game.

It was a tough weekend for Prosser, which hosted Wapato and Ellensburg. Those two teams are a combined 27-3 on the season.

ELLENSBURG — Russell 6, Malcolm 9, Gruber 6, Gibson 7, Moffitt 1, Trew Tucker 10, Lund, Land 3, Alexa Orcutt 11, Paige 2.

PROSSER — Price 4, Durbin 4, Carillo, Adams 4, Meirndorf 4, Sydney Mercer 13, Davis 3, Kilian, Haringa, Roberts 9.

Ellensburg 16 14 15 10 — 55

Prosser 10 10 13 8 — 41

Highlights — Gruber 7 rebounds, Moffitt 6. Kilian 5 rebounds, Davis 3 steals.

Grandview 69, West Valley 54: Payton Parrish’s 25 points helped the Greyhounds pick up a CWAC 2A home victory to remain in a tie for second place with Ellensburg.

Marissa Caballero added 22 points and six rebounds for Grandview.

WEST VALLEY — Ashley Gray 23, Weber 9, M. Reyes 1, Wickenhagen 1, Gibson 5, Fanbien 2, C. Reyes, Webb 2, Atkinson, Kaela Saner 11.

GRANDVIEW — Lopez 9, Shafer 2, Payton Parrish 25, Grove, Caballero 22, Trinidad 6, Pond 3, Hall 2.

West Valley 10 12 12 20 — 54

Grandview 15 14 19 21 — 69

Highlights — Parrish 9 rebounds, Caballero 6 rebounds, Lopez 3 assists, Trinidad 3 assists, Shafer 3 steals.

Ephrata 67, Othello 33: Kimberly Bullis scored 10 points, but the Huskies dropped a CWAC game on the road.

OTHELLO — Kimberly Bullis 10, Alvarez 2, Quigley 4, Valdez 1, Rodriguez 2, Tolley 7, Anderson 2, Garza 1, Begay 4, Dominguez.

EPHRATA — Hillard 16, Woods 11, Bieber 3, Youngers 4, Hendrickson 5, Sage 15, Jacobson 4, Pheasant 9.

Othello 11 7 8 7 — 33

Ephrata 9 18 14 26 — 67

TROUT LAKE-GLENWOOD 48, BICKLETON 36: Jenny Venema scored 16 points, but it wasn’t enough as host Bickleton lost to Trout Lake-Glenwood in a Columbia Gorge 1B contest.

TROUT LAKE-GLENWOOD — Dakota Jones 14, Tamara Huffman 14, Cox, Vogt 12, Baker 4, Scott 4, Van Laar, Logan, Thompson, Wurtz, Putnam.

BICKLETON — Jenny Venema 16, S.O’Banion, Brown 6, Cannon 6, Ha. Goodnight, Spalding, H.O’Bannion 4, McKey 4, He.Goodnight.

Trout Lake-Glenwood 18 9 10 11 — 48

Bickleton 9 13 8 6 — 36