Lady Blazers take home opener with ease

Centralia's Lexi Belcher led the Blazers to a dominant 72-51 victory over the South Puget Sound Clippers Jan. 6 with her third straight 20-plus point performance and ninth straight game in double figures.

Centralia jumped out to an early lead and kept it rolling shooting just under 49-percent in the first half going into intermission with a 37-23 lead.

The starting five opened the second half stretching the lead to 54-32 before the bench came in to finish the game.

The Blazers shot 43-percent from the field in the second half as they closed out the game with the 72-51 win.

Centralia out rebounded South Puget Sound 58-31 in the match and scored 16-second chance points on the night.

Belcher scored 20 points on 8 of 16 shooting and hit two of the team's three long balls.

Stevie Isaac came off the bench and got 11 points and six rebounds in just over 13 minutes of action.

Autumn Greene had a team high eight rebounds and three steals while putting in nine points.

Courtney May scored five points and dished out six assists. Ali Campbell rounded out the leaders with 8 points and 7 rebounds.

With the win the Blazers move to 10-2 overall and 2-0 in league. Centralia travels to Auburn Saturday Jan. 9 to take on Green River in a league showdown.