Vikings throttle winless Waldport, 46-15
Junior Abby Watkins hit 8-of-11 shots from the field and scored a team-high 16 points Wednesday as the Siuslaw Vikings defeated the Waldport Irish, 46-15, in a nonleague girls basketball game at Siuslaw High School.
Watkins also had 7 of the Vikings' 21 steals and the team's only blocked shot.
Junior Destinie Tatum had 11 points and 11 rebounds, while freshman Annabel Tupua had 7 rebounds, 6 points and 5 steals.
Senior Taylor Dotson had 10 rebounds and freshman Madison Reynolds 8 rebounds.
Siuslaw improved to 2-7 with the win, while Waldport fell to 0-8.
The Vikings have two Sky-West Crossover games to end both the week and preleague play.
Siuslaw plays Phoenix on Friday and Klamath Union on Saturday, both at Douglas High School in Winston.
The Vikings open Far West League play on Friday, Jan. 15, at South Umpqua.
Siuslaw's league home opener is 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, against Marshfield.
NOTES: Tatum leads the Vikings in scoring (110 points/13.75 average) and rebounds (96/12.0), playing eight of the team's nine games ... senior Sierra Potter leads the team in steals (25) and is second in points (70/7.8 average) ... senior Taylor Dotson has a team-high 9 blocked shots ... Reynolds has 17 rebounds in the past two games. She had 7 rebounds total in the first 7 games ...
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