Kamiakin girls accomplish rare feat in blowout win over Hanford
Very rarely does a high school basketball team have two active players with 1,000 career points. It’s almost unheard of for those two players to be underclassmen.
The Kamiakin High School girls team acheived just that feat on Tuesday when junior guard Alexa Hazel scored 20 points to get to exactly 1,000 for her career in a 75-35 steamrolling of the visiting Hanford Falcons in MCC play.
Already established in the 1,000-point club, fellow junior Oumou Toure led all scorers with 24 points to push her career total to 1,503.
Kamiakin (16-1, 11-0) raced out to a 25-5 lead at the end of the first quarter, then continued to romp on its way to leading by 30 at intermission.
Hanford (3-14, 1-10) made more 3-pointers (seven) than it did 2-point field goals (five), with leading scorer Haley Coleman accounting for all nine of her points on triples.
Ranked No. 2 in 3A RPI, Kamiakin will try to clinch its second straight MCC title on the road against Chiawana at 5:45 p.m. Friday.
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This story was originally published January 23, 2018 at 7:34 PM with the headline "Kamiakin girls accomplish rare feat in blowout win over Hanford."