Halfcourt Shot Boosts Nampa To State Tourney

Sun., Feb. 5, 1995

A halfcourt shot by Tonna Woolery gave Nampa a halftime lead it wouldn’t relinquish in a 56-51 victory over Lewiston in an A-1 girls basketball playoff game Saturday afternoon at Cascade.

The victory puts Nampa (17-7 overall) into the state tournament, which begins Thursday at Albertson College in Caldwell. Lewiston ends the season at 18-6.

Woolery’s bomb put Nampa ahead 31-27 at halftime.

Liz Benear led Nampa with 18 points and Woolery added 17. Sarah McEachern led Lewiston with 18 points, while teammates Laura Bloom and Andrea Gomez added 12 and 10, respectively.

Lewiston 12 15 10 14 - 51 Nampa 19 12 11 14 - 56

LEWISTON Acord 2, Couch 3, Roberts 2, Wimer 0, Gomez 10, Cushman 4, McEachern 18, Bloom 12 .

NAMPA Worrell 2, Ketterling 7, Woolery 17, Liz Benear 18, Markus 4, Lampman 7, Smith 2.

Lapwai 64, Wallace 46

Lapwai (17-9) advanced to the Idaho state playoffs and put an end to Wallace’s (12-9) season with the win at Moscow, Idaho.

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