LAKEPORT — Missy Particelli scored 12 of her team-leading 20 points in the first quarter — all on 3-pointers — and the St. Helena Saints rolled past the St. Helena Saints 65-33 in a North Central League I South varsity girls” basketball game on Thursday in St. Helena.
Jaime Marshall added 12 points and junior Maddy Densberger had 10, leaving her two shy of 1,000 for her career, as the Saints improved to 4-3 in the South standings. Clear Lake closes out the regular season at 1-7 in league and 6-17 overall.
“We came out in a zone to start the game and it proved to be a mistake,” Clear Lake coach Jennifer Goff said of the hot-shooting Saints, who bombed away from the outside to take a 26-6 lead.
“They”re also a very good free-throw shooting team and they scored a lot of points from the line,” Goff said.
Katie Reynolds scored 19 points to lead the Cardinals, including four 3-pointers. No other Clear Lake player had more than three points.
St. Helena led 41-18 at halftime and 56-27 after three quarters.
Either Clear Lake or Upper Lake will be the No. 4 seed in the NCL I South postseason tournament, which opens next Thursday at St. Vincent High School in Petaluma. Upper Lake (1-5) has two league games remaining (tonight in Cloverdale and Tuesday at home against St. Helena).
Either Clear Lake or Upper Lake will face South champion Cloverdale in the first round of the postseason tournament.
