Bellevue College women’s basketball debuted the 2021-22 season with a cold shooting touch and couldn’t recover in an 81-59 loss at Centralia last night. The Bulldogs, playing their season opener weeks after the majority of other teams in the conference had started, came out jittery, shooting 11% from the field in the first quarter. The 2-for-18 mark put BC in a hole 18-8 after the first quarter.<\/p>\n
In the second quarter, Bellevue regained confidence shooting 44% as sophomore McKayla Rodriguez was 2-for-3 from the field and 3-for-4 from the line for seven points. The ‘dogs put up 20 points in the quarter but also surrendered 30 as Centralia also got hotter with a scorching 63% mark from the field.<\/p>\n
Down 48-28 at halftime, Bellevue played even in the second half but unfortunately was in a hole they could not get out of.<\/p>\n
Brianna Byrnes had 13 points while newcomer Evelyn Loane was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line and had 12 pints. Rodriguez came up big underneath with a team-high 13 rebounds.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs will travel to Peninsula this weekend and will play in the First Federal Pirate Classic in Port Angeles. Their opening game will be Saturday at 3:00 p.m. vs. Wenatchee Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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