Pullman girls’ basketball (6-14, 5-5 Greater Spokane Leauge) lost, 55-37, on the night they celebrated Seniors Sophia Armstrong, Ryliann Bednar, Jennabee Harris, and Lynnsey Biorn Friday against West Valley (Spokane) (12-8, 8-2 GSL).
Pullman had a slow start to the game scoring 6 points in the first quarter, but they held West Valley to 12 points, with Chloe DeHaro scoring all 12.
West Valley was not making shots outside of DeHaro, so in the second quarter, the coaching staff started to call plays for her and have her come off screens to score. West Valley ran zone on defense that stifled Pullman’s offense. DeHaro outscored Pullman at halftime with 18 of her team’s 28 points. West Valley led 28-17 at the half.
West Valley came out of halftime with a 6-0 run. Pullman scored their first basket six minutes into the second half and ended up scoring 3 points in the third quarter. West Valley started finding other players with DeHaro scoring 5 of their 14 points in the third quarter.
DeHaro finished with 27 of West Valleys’ 55 points and sophomore Grace Kuhle scored 15 of Pullmans’ 37 points.
This senior class is coach Barbour’s first senior class she has seen all the way through as the head coach of Pullman girls’ basketball. Barbour began coaching in 2020 when her seniors were freshmen.
The next game for Pullman girls’ basketball is against East Valley (Spokane) in the district quarterfinals at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Pullman High School.
