Photos: Two familiar Metro League girls basketball contenders - No. 1 Garfield and Eastside Catholic - tangle in first 2022 meeting

A 15-2 run breaks open a close game, and the Bulldogs beat Eastside Catholic, 88-50.

SAMMAMISH – Guards Malia Samuels and Katie Fiso scored 23 points apiece, and the No. 1 and defending Class 3A champion Garfield Bulldogs erased a first-half deficit to post an 88-50 Metro League victory over host Eastside Catholic on Saturday night.

Twice, the Crusaders held eight-point advantages in the first half – the last at 23-15 early in the second quarter.

But Garfield closed the final 2:20 of the first half on a 15-2 run, capped by three consecutive Fiso buckets in the final 59 seconds to take a 42-30 halftime lead.

Fiso tallied 18 points in the first half.

Isabel Sullivan led Eastside Catholic with her team-high 17 points, 10 coming in the first quarter.

Here is Vince Miller's photo gallery from the Garfield-Eastside Catholic game:

PHOTO GALLERY

(All photos by Vince Miller)