Basketball: Spartan girls clinch Sound Division title

Published 8:50 pm Friday, February 5, 2010

Girls basketball

The Bainbridge girls claimed the Sound Division title with a 58-42 victory over Rainier Beach Friday.

Rebecca Sharar scored 18 points and Kasondra Totura had 11.

Micki Johns had seven rebounds and Morgan Moniz dished out nine assists.

The Spartans (6-7 in the Metro, 8-10 overall) will be a top four seed in the Metro League playoffs, and have a first-round bye.

Bainbridge will play the Metro’s second-seeded team at 7 p.m. Feb. 17.

The Spartans will celebrate Senior Day at their last home game against West Seattle Tuesday. The team will conclude regular-season play against Chief Sealth at 6:15 p.m. Thursday.

Bainbridge 8 13 15 22_58

Rainier Beach 9 9 13 11_42

Boys basketball

The Spartans lost to second-ranked Rainier Beach 71-41 Friday.

Ryan Burris scored 10 first-quarter points and finished with 18. Will DiIorio had seven points and eight rebounds.

The Spartans, who were 16-30 from the free throw line, trailed by 13 at the half.

Bainbridge (8-5 in the Metro, 11-6 overall) finishes its regular-season schedule with Sound Division opponents West Seattle on Feb. 9 (5-7 in the Metro, 7-9 overall) and Chief Sealth (10-2 in the Metro, 11-6 overall) on Feb. 11.

Bainbridge 12 10 9 10_41

Rainier Beach 18 17 20 16_71