Ashley Rodriguez hit two big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to lift the Hudson’s Bay girls basketball team to a 47-43 win over Kelso to open play in the 3A Greater St. Helens League.
The game was tied 40-40 when Rodriguez, who averaged 1.7 points a game coming into the game, hit her two 3-pointers to put the Eagles up 46-40. Jaydia Martin hit a free throw before Kelso’s Alexis Kleven made a late 3-pointer.
“It was a tough matchup,” Bay coach Michael Rainville said. Kelso’s Natalie “Fraley got into foul trouble, so she didn’t play as much. But it was a good, defensive battle.”
Martin led the Eagles with 18 points. Kleven also had a 18 for Kelso, and Fraley added 11.
The win was Bay’s fifth in a row, while Kelso has dropped four straight after a 6-0 start.
HUDSON’S BAY 47, KELSO 43
KELSO — Alexis Kleven 18, Cooper Joy 10, Evermore Kaiser 2, Mati Ohlson 0, Natalie Fraley 11, Madison Harkins 2, KK Perez 0. Totals 16 (8) 3-4 43.
HUDSON’S BAY — Mae Carse 0, Jaydia Martin 18, Ashley Rodriguez 6, Devon Johnson-Brown 4, Paytin Ballard 7, Kamelai Powell 6, Stacia Mikaele 4. Totals 17 (3) 10-17 47.
Kelso 12 9 12 10–43
Hud.Bay 12 10 4 17–47
JV — Kelso won.
