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KENNEWICK — Wa-Hi bounced back from its first loss of the season on Friday night to take a 62-33 Mid-Columbia Conference victory over Kennewick Saturday at the Lions Den.

Mikayla Ferenz led the way with a 3-of-5 shooting night from behind the 3-point arc and a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line. She finished with a team-high 17 points.

The Lions’ bright spot came from Panisesi Taimani who connected on 9-of-11 shots from the field and finished with a game-high 18 points.

The Blue Devil defense stepped it up as Wa-Hi expanded a 35-21 halftime lead into the final 62-33 margin. Wa-Hi limited the Lions to only 12 second-half points and forced 17 Lion turnovers on the night.

Wa-Hi finished with three scorers in double digits. Madi Doepker finished with 14 points and Maddy Sirmon added 10.

The Blue Devils out rebounded the Lions 49-26. Torri Crawford, Doepker, Sirmon, and Mikayla Ferenz led the way with five boards each.

Wa-Hi (5-1 overall, 1-1 MCC) comes back to Kennewick Friday for a league match with Southridge.

wa-hi 62, Kennewick 33

WA-HI (62) SEmD K. Ferenz 2-5 0-0 4, Kennedy 0-2 0-0 0,Doepker 7-10 0-0 14, Sirmon 5-9 0-0 10, M. Ferenz 4-14 6-6 17, Molitor 0-5 1-4 1, Crawford 2-4 5-5 9, Greene 0-3 1-2 1, Hodenfield 2-6 0-0 6. Totals 22-58 13-20 62.

KeHS (33) SEmD Taimani 9-11 0-3 18, Schmitz 0-1 0-0 0, Osmundson 1-10 1-2 3, Nelson 0-0 0-0 0, Kump 0-6 0-2 0, Brasher 0-3 2-4 2, Hicks 0-1 0-0 0, Valerio 3-6 0-0 8. Totals 13-43 5-13 32.

Wa-Hi 17 18 16 11 — 62

KeHS 4 17 4 8 — 33

3-point goals — Wa-Hi 5-17 (K. Ferenz 0-3, Kennedy 0-2, M. Ferenz 3-5, Molitor 0-1, Hodenfield 2-6), KeHS 2-8 (Osmundson 0-3, Kump 0-1, Sanders 0-1, Valerio 2-3). Total fouls — Wa-Hi 16, KeHS 15. Fouled out — none. Technical fouls — none. Rebounds — Wa-Hi 49 (Doepker 5, Sirmon 5, M. Ferenz 5, Crawford 5), KeHS 26 (Taimani 8). Turnovers — Wa-Hi 9, KeHS 17. Assists — Wa-Hi 4 (Hodenfield 2), KeHS 0.