Dimond wrapped up an undefeated regular season Friday by blasting visiting Eagle River 85-19, a victory that will send the Lynx into next week's Cook Inlet Conference tournament with a 21-0 record.
Four players scored in double figures in the Senior Night game at Dimond, including Alexis Rogers, Dimond's lone senior, who led the team with 18 points.
Aminata Cole (17 points, 10 rebounds) and Seirra Afoa (14 points, 12 rebounds) racked double-doubles and Ione Fischer (14 points) hit four of seven shots from 3-point range for Dimond, 14-0 in the CIC.
East 75, South 50
East senior Wenda Poleo racked 34 points, six rebounds and six assists Friday, propelling the Thunderbirds to a 75-50 CIC girls basketball win over visiting South on Senior Night.
The game was tied 35-35 at halftime, but East went on a 26-2 run in the third quarter to all but seal the win. East senior Christine Malua contributed a career-high 10 points, and senior Fifiti Manu just missed a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds.
Zulai Cole led South with 17 points, and Jasmine Ashby added 14.
Wasilla 47, Colony 43
Wasilla overcame poor shooting to win a Northern Lights Conference thriller against Colony 47-43 in Wasilla.
Wasilla hit just 12 of 46 shots from the field but made up for it at the free throw line, where the Warriors sank 22 of 29 shots. Alysha Devine hit all seven of her free throws en route to a game-high 14 points and Kyla Dinkle posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Colony, which hit 5 of 11 from 3-point range and 16 of 37 shots from the field, was 6 of 17 at the foul line. Mary Klapperich's 12 points led the Knights.
Bartlett 37, Chugiak 34
Kelly Rypkema hit three first-half 3-pointers on her way to 12 points Friday, leading the Bartlett girls basketball team to a 37-34 home win over Chugiak in a CIC game.
Olivia Calloway chipped in eight points for the Golden Bears, and Alistie Augilar led Chugiak with 10 points.
Bartlett coach Steve Stansbury said the real difference maker for the Golden Bears was senior Sharia Holley, who pulled in a career-high five rebounds to go with five steals and two points.
"That's her best game by far," Stansbury said.
West 53, Lathrop 47
West held off Lathrop 53-47 in a nonconference game Friday at West behind eight-point efforts from Chanel Bookert and Alexandra Rojas and an eight-rebound performance from Aliisa Korkiamaki.
Lathrop's Brooke Lizotte lead all scorers with 15 points and teammate Jasmine White added 12.
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