Girls basketball: Prairie 74, Kelso 39

Cassidy Gardner scored 14 of her game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to help the Falcons coast.

Prairie hit a season-low five 3-pointers. Instead, they went inside.

A 17-point halftime lead was compounded when Brooke Walling opened the third quarter with three and-ones in a row.

“Brooke took over in the second half with her inside scoring,” coach Hala Corral said.

She finished with 17 points and Kendyl Carson added 13 points.

Haley Reed had eight rebounds and Alli Corral dished out six assists.

PRAIRIE 74, KELSO 39

PRAIRIE — Dayna Vera 4, Meri Dunford 4, Alli Corral 0, Kendyl Carson 13, Brooke Walling 17, Mallory Williams 6, Cassidy Gardner 20, Claire Heitschmidt 3, Haley Reed 4, Kylie Diaz 0, Hannah Clouse 0. Totals 29 (5) 8-10 74.

KELSO — Natalie Frey 5, Tally Connors 0, Alexis Kieven 9, Cooper Joy 3, Erin Tack 0, Alexandra Harman 8, Evermore Kaiser 0, Mati Ohlson 0, Cayla Gutenberg 0, Capri Franzen 10, Kylee Gibbs 4, Megan Skeels 0. Totals 14 (7) 4-6 39.

Prairie 18 19 15 22–74

Kelso 10 10 12 7–39

JV — Prairie won.

C — Prairie won.