Extra hot shooting from the field powered the Seattle Christian girls basketball team to a Class 1A state regional berth from the 2012 Tri-District tournament in a 60-40 home court domination of Nooksack Valley on Thursday, February 16.

By shooting 46 per cent from the field (25-of-54) and limiting the Pioneers to just 19.6 per cent from field goal territory (11-of-56), the Warriors (15-9) will finish no worse than a sixth seed with a game remaining against Cedar Park Christian while Nooksack Valley (9-15) turned in its gear for the season.

SCS controlled the boards while holding NV to only 17 rebounds for the game as one key element of the victory along with a suffocating defensive effort.

For the greater part of this match up, the Warriors forced the Pioneers to circle their wagons inj a defensive position in attempts to hold off the attacking Seattle Christian team.

Seattle Christian's defense held Nooksack Valley to quarter scores of eight and seven en route to a 29-15 halftime advantage.

Continuing to fire away strongly behind Katie Collier, Aly Kaler and Alayna Gleason, the Warriors widened their domkination to 46-28 before cruising to the loser-out win.

Collier ruled the glass while scoring 15 points. Kaler was sharp from the outside with a pair of three-pointers as part of her 14 point total and Gleason played hard nosed basketball for 10 points.

For the Pioneers, Melissa Stadt worked for 17 points.