SEATTLE – The Spartan girls varsity basketball team did not fair as well as they would have liked in their first Metro 3A postseason outing last week and found themselves on the wrong end of a 53-18 score against Bishop Blanchet.

The game was held at the neutral court of West Seattle High, but Blanchet took the lead early, and led 24-5 in the first quarter.

In the second, Bainbridge again found themselves significantly down on the offensive end, 9-1, and the Spartans trailed at halftime 33-6.

The third quarter turned out to be Bainbridge’s best of the game and they were able to tie Blanchet’s scoring efforts 11-11.

At the start of the fourth, with the score at 44-17, Bainbridge’s dismal offensive attempts continued, and the Spartans were again outscored 9-1.

Spartan senior Paige Brigham lead the team’s offensive efforts. She finished with 10 points.

Sophomore Kiera Havill managed three points and Taylor Tye finished the night with two points.