The Whatcom Community College womens' basketball team jumped out to a 23-4 lead in its 70-59 win over Skagit Valley College at home in an NWAACC game Wednesday, Jan. 9.

"Skagit is a big rival for us and our girls were prepared and ready to play," Whatcom coach Sara Bergner said in a phone interview. "We got up early and that gave us a nice cushion. I thought we had a balanced attack scoring wise and defensively we did a good job holding them to 59 and I was happy about that."

Erika Locker led the Orcas (9-5, 2-0 NWAACC) with 21 points, eight assists and eight rebounds. Bree Park scored 20 points and Cambie Edwards scored 16 for Whatcom.

"Locker was pretty much perfect shooting tonight," Bergner said. "The only shot she missed was a free throw and was very productive in her 40 minutes."

Former Nooksack Valley player Allison Johnson scored two points for Skagit Valley College.

Whatcom plays at Edmonds at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12.

WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE 70, SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE 59

SVC: Christina Nash 2, Brittany Wilson 3, Serenna Duncan 0, Sophia Baetz 15, Samantha Kelleigh 3, Laken McClelland 17, Allison Johnson 2, Nanaya Miki 10, Arie Boyd 5, Kylie Whitener 2. Totals 21-68 9-14 59.

WCC: Amanda Tapia 5, Jaydee Schmidt 2, Nathalie Gruber 2, Erika Locker 21, Amanda Bromley 0, Cambie Edwards 16, Margaret Redelinghuis 4, Leah Korthuis 0, Bree Park 20. Totals 23-55 14-18 70.

Half: 34-25 WCC

3-ptg: SVC 8 (McClelland 3); WCC 10 (Park 6). Rebounds: SVC 32 (Miki 6); WCC 51 (Gruber 10). Assists: SVC 10 (Whitener 3); WCC 19 (Locker 8). Fouls: SVC (none), WCC 10 (none). Turnovers: SVC 9, WCC 17.