Roughriders trample Cowgirls

Jon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Seeing double? Pima twin sisters, from left, Aubrie and Ashlie Sherwood look to secure a rebound. Aubrie had a huge night Wednesday, scoring a game-high 29 en route to a 93-16 drubbing over Willcox.

By Jon Johnson

jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com

PIMA – Another 2A East Region opponent resulted in yet another blowout for the heavily favored statewide No. 1-ranked Pima Roughriders girls basketball team. 

Pima (3-0 region, 6-0 conference, 17-1 overall) annihilated No. 23 Willcox (0-2 region, 3-3 conference, 7-10 overall) 93-16 on Wednesday. And that was with both teams agreeing to enter the running clock mercy rule in the third quarter instead of waiting for the fourth. 

Jon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Aubrie Sherwood makes a move toward the basket. Sherwood hit for a game-high 29 points.

Defense was the catalyst for the Roughriders, who scored time and time again off turnovers in their full-court zone press. Willcox had trouble getting the ball over the half-court line, and when it did things didn’t go much better. 

The Roughriders held the Cowgirls to single-digit scoring in each quarter with a palindrome 4 points in the first, 5 in the second, 5 in the third, and 4 points in the fourth. 

Offensively, Aubrie Sherwood had a huge game with a team-high 29 points off mostly fast-break layups. However, Aubrie also went 4-4 from the charity stripe. 

Jon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Ashlyn Chlarson goes for 2 of her 24 points on the night.

Ashlynn Chlarson also had a huge night and hit for 24 points by not only scoring in the paint but nailing two 3-pointers much to the joy of the crowd. 

Other scorers for Pima included Ashlie Sherwood and Jayci McClain with 9 points each; Saydee Allred and Ella Wiltbank with 7 points each; and Samantha Pippo with 4 points. 

Willcox was led by Mia Mongarro with 9 points; followed by Sadie Todd with 3; Alexa Cecena and Alyssa Rogers with 2 points each; and Kam Wyatt and Maycee Michaels with 1 point each. 

Pima will next travel to No. 20 Tombstone on Friday, Jan. 21, starting at 5:30 p.m. 

Click here to view the Gila Herald’s photo album of the game.