AURORA | The Grandview girls basketball team got an ideal playoff tune-up Tuesday night.
In a late regular season departure from Centennial League play, the defending Class 5A state champion Wolves got a visit from an 18-win Horizon team with significant holdovers from last season’s Great 8.
Grandview got up early, then held off the Hawks’ late charge in a foul-ridden 64-54 victory in a charged up atmosphere on the Wolves’ home floor.
Senior Jaiden Galloway scored a season-high 12 points — half of which came in the fourth quarter to help Grandview keep control — and senior Leilah Vigil added 11 for coach Josh Ulitzky’s team, which won its 12th game in a row and subsequently stopped a 11-game streak for Horizon (18-2).
The Wolves (16-3) got a balanced effort that saw seven players scored six points or more as Allyah Marlett added nine and junior Tomia Johnson had eight.
Grandview got geared up for its visit to Cherry Creek (14-4) on Feb. 14 as they seek to sweep the Bruins and win the Centennial League outright.
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GRANDVIEW 64, HORIZON 54
Score by quarters:
Horizon 15 9 14 16 — 54
Grandview 19 22 12 11 — 64
HORIZON (54)
Caleese Ramirez 0 1-2 1, Alyssa Jimenez 3 7-10 13, Samantha Deem 5 6-8 16, Isabella Allen 5 6-9 18, Arielle Wisne 1 1-3 3, Sydney Fields 1 0-0 3, Halle Carlson 0 0-0 0, Arianna Delgado 0 0-0 0, Olivia Waufle 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 21-32 54.
GRANDVIEW (64)
Jaiden Galloway 4 4-4 12, Alisha Davis 2 3-6 7, Allyah Marlett 2 5-6 9, Leilah Vigil 5 1-4 11, Addison O’Grady 2 2-2 6, Kameryn Brown 1 1-2 3, Tomia Johnson 2 4-4 8, Landri Hudson 2 1-2 7, Sariah Serrano 0 1-2 1. Totals 20 22-32 64.
3-point field goals — Horizon (3): Isabella Allen 2, Sydney Fields; Grandview (2): Landri Hudson 2. Total fouls — Horizon 20, Grandview 19. Fouled out — Horizon: Alyssa Jimenez. Grandview: Addison O’Grady. Technical fouls — Horizon: Coach.
