Kendall Dudley leads Sidwell Friends (D.C.) to first girls basketball national title in school history

Dudley finished with 18 points and 8 rebounds in their 50-39 win over Lake Highland Prep

TAMPA, Fla.- Sophomore guard Kendall Dudley led the Sidwell Friends Quakers (Washington D.C.) to their first girls basketball national title in school history with a 50-39 win over Lake Highland Prep (Florida) on Saturday morning in the State Champions Invitiational.

Dudley finished with a game-high 18 points and eight rebounds and UCLA signee Kiki Rice added 10 points (all in the second half) to go along with seven rebounds.

“It’s exciting as hell to finish all the way at the top,” Sidwell Friends head coach Tamika Dudley said.

“We worked extremely hard for this moment and to graduate just three seniors, we will definitely be back,” Dudley said.

The Quakers finished the season with a perfect 30-0 record.

Louisville signee Nyla Harris finished with yet another double-double - 12 points and 16 rebounds - to lead Lake Highland Prep. Junior guard Eleecia Carter scored 11 points (4-of-13 from the field and 3-of-7 from three-point distance) and sophomore guard Bri Rivera added six points.

“It’s obviously disappointing to come up short ... I feel like we could have played a lot better than the way we did,” said Lake Highland Prep coach Al Honor.

BOX SCORE                1     2    3    4   Total

Lake Highland Prep 11    7   10  11  39

Sidwell Friends         10   13  14  13  50

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

Lake Highland Prep: Nyla Harris (12 points, 16 rebounds)

Lake Highland Prep: Eleecia Carter (11 points)

Sidwell Friends: Kendall Dudley (18 points, 8 rebounds)

Sidwell Friends: Kiki Rice (10 points, 7 assists)

Here are photos from the game:

(Photos by Annette Wilkerson)

Photo by Annette Wilkerson