The Bothell High girls basketball team clinched the regular-season KingCo 4A title with a conference win over Woodinville, 57-54, on Friday at Bothell High School.
Senior Sydney Cowan led the Cougars (12-0 KingCo, 16-2) with 19 points, including a critical bucket in the final seconds to give Bothell a three-point edge.
Woodinville (9-3, 14-4) can take control of the second overall seed, and the other first-round bye in the conference tournament, with a win over Eastlake on Feb. 1.
Woodinville’s Madison Lundquist led all scorers with 20 points. Bothell post Taya Corosdale added 16 points in the win for the Cougars.
Next, Bothell is set to play Issaquah at 7:15 p.m. on Feb. 1 in Issaquah before closing out the regular season on Feb. 3 against Inglemoor.
Bothell will play the winner of the third and sixth seeded teams, set for 6 p.m. on Feb. 11 at Lake Washington High School in Kirkland.
Inglemoor 57, Mount Si 45
Picking up the slack while senior post Amanda Luckett returns from an injury, Viking sophomore Jenna Troy had plenty to do in Inglemoor’s conference win over Mount Si on Friday at Inglemoor High School in Kenmore.
Troy finished with a team-high 18 points, and added six rebounds, three assists and three steals.
The Vikings (4-8, 7-10) led by three at halftime, but pulled away in the third quarter for a comfortable double-digit win.
Inglemoor snapped a five-game losing skid and put itself in a position to clinch a conference tournament berth with a win over Newport on Wednesday.
Nicole Rauch had 12 points and a team-high nine rebounds. Hannah Shimek also had 12 points.
Next, Inglemoor is scheduled to play Newport at 7:15 p.m. on Feb. 1 in Kenmore.