Dawn James scored a team-high 18 points - 17 in the second half - but the Lummi girls' basketball team fell 62-23 to Mount Vernon Christian in a non-conference game Saturday, Dec. 8, in Lummi.

The Blackhawks trailed 15-3 at the end of the first quarter and could never catch up.

"We came out a little flat," Lummi coach Woody Bakke said in a phone interview. "We didn't execute very well. When we did execute, we did improve on getting the ball into the post and got better shots."

Samantha Wilson and Theresa Solomon each scored two points in the loss. Lummi committed 18 turnovers to Mount Vernon Christian's eight. Bakke said it was Mount Vernon Christian's 11th or 12th game, while the Blackhawks were playing one night after their season opener.

Lummi travels to play Lopez next at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11.

MOUNT VERNON CHRISTIAN 62, LUMMI 23

Mount Vernon Chr. 15 21 10 16 - 62

Lummi 3 3 11 6 - 23

Mount Vernon Chr.: Sakuma 13, Anderson 6, Lervick 2, Kaptein 3, J. Withers 2, Camacho 1, Case 20, Whitener 2, Kuipers 4, Noste 5, Lucas 4, Weidenbach 0. Team totals: 10-22 (FT) 62.

Lummi: Bella James 0, Dawn James 18, Samantha Wilson 2, Thelma Wall 0, Alexis Roubideax 0, Theresa Solomon 2, Valerie Edwards 1, Kayla Dennis xx, Jane Jefferson 0, Seaneen Roberts 0, Lena Buck 0, Halle Sturgeon 0, Sarah Burke 0, Tatsiana James 0. Team totals: 5-7 (FT) 23.

3-ptg: Mount Vernon Chr. 4 (Case 4), Lummi 4 (Dawn James 4). Turnovers: Mount Vernon Chr. 8, Lummi 18.