3A/4A girls Hardwood Classic 2020: Quarterfinal highlights, photos, standout performances, statistical leaders

TACOMA -- The 3A/4A Washington high school girls basketball state tournament began on Wednesday with eight teams playing in loser-out games. GIRLS SCOREBOARDÂ
3A/4A girls Hardwood Classic 2020: Quarterfinal highlights, photos, standout performances, statistical leaders
3A/4A girls Hardwood Classic 2020: Quarterfinal highlights, photos, standout performances, statistical leaders

TACOMA -- The 3A/4A Washington high school girls basketball state tournament began on Wednesday with eight teams playing in loser-out games.

The 4A girls games take place in the morning, 3A in the afternoon.

Here is a breakdown of each game, statistical leaders, top highlights and photos:

4A GIRLS

FINAL: NO. 6 GLACIER PEAK 62 VS. NO. 4 CHIAWANA 57

UP NEXT: Winner plays the winner of Todd Beamer/Woodinville at 3:45 p.m. Friday in the semifinals; Loser drops to 4th place consolation playoff at 9 a.m. Friday.

What made the difference?

Glacier Peak already presents an imposing defense. Combine that with a blistering shooting performance, and the Grizzlies are tough to beat. They hit 11 3s — six of them came from Malia Smith, who hit 6 of her 10 attempts — and they shot 52.4 percent from deep as a team. That was tough to catch up with. Even as Chiawana pulled within as few as three in the fourth quarter, it seemed Glacier Peak always had an answer. And Aaliyah Collins' tight mark on five-star guard Talia Von Oelhoffen.

Players of the game

Maya Earling, Glacier Peak

Scored a game-high 23 points, dished out six assists and hit three of the team's 11 3.

Kylie Thorne, Chiawana

Scored a team-high 18 points on 8 of 13 shooting, and pulled down eight boards

HALFTIME: NO. 2 TODD BEAMER 25, NO. 1 WOODINVILLE 24

AT STAKE: Winner plays Glacier Peak/Chiawana winner at 3:45 p.m. in the semifinals; loser drops to play the Chiawana/Glacier Peak loser in a 4th place playoff at 10:30 a.m. Friday.

NO. 12 ISSAQUAH (20-9) VS. NO. 3 CENTRAL VALLEY (20-3) , 12:15 P.M.

AT STAKE: Winner plays the winner of Moses Lake/Union in Friday's semifinals at 5:30 p.m.; loser drops to a 4th place playoff against the loser of the same game.

NO. 9 MOSES LAKE (20-3) VS. NO. 7 UNION (20-5), 2 P.M.

AT STAKE: Winner plays Central Valley/Issaquah winner at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the semifinals; loser drops to 4th place playoff against CV/Issaquah loser.

3A GIRLS

NO. 6 LAKE WASHINGTON (20-6) VS. NO. 4 MT. SPOKANE (19-3), 3:45 P.M.

AT STAKE: Winner plays Seattle Prep/Eastside Catholic winner in the semifinals at 7:15 p.m. Friday.

NO. 10 SEATTLE PREP (21-8) VS. NO. 1 EASTSIDE CATHOLIC (25-1), 5:30 P.M.

AT STAKE: Winner plays the Lake Washington/Mt. Spokane winner in the semifinals Friday at 7:15 p.m.

NO. 5 SHORECREST (22-3) VS. NO. 3 ARLINGTON (22-2), 7:15 P.M.

AT STAKE: Winner plays Garfield/Bethel winner in the semifinals Friday at 9 p.m.

NO. 9 GARFIELD (20-7) VS. NO. 2 BETHEL (23-1), 9 P.M.

AT STAKE: Winner faces Shorecrest/Arlington winner in the semifinals Friday at 9 p.m.

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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports
ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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