Taylor Knutson and Taryn Knutson both came off the bench to give the Ferndale girls' basketball team a spark in a 63-41 Northwest Conference win over visiting Bellingham on Thursday, Jan. 24.

The win improved the Golden Eagles to 16-2, 10-0 while the Red Raiders dropped to 9-9, 3-6 NWC.

Taylor Knutson scored 11 and Taryn Knutson added seven points for Ferndale, which also had 16 points from Koral Weidkamp and eight rebounds and seven points from Linsey Honeycutt.

A 20-point second quarter helped the Golden Eagles take a 12-point lead going into halftime.

"I thought our guards did a great job getting the ball down low," Ferndale coach Mike Ivy said in a phone interview.

Bellingham was led by Joelle Zamora who scored 14 points.

FERNDALE 63, BELLINGHAM 41

Bellingham 8 12 10 11 - 41

Ferndale 12 20 13 18 - 63

Bellingham: Carleen Syth 4, Jenn Paul 7, Michaela Knutson 7, Monica Ziels, Alicia Romero 6, Olivia Halverson, Chantelle Chen 3, Catrina Mahoney, Joelle Zamora 14.

Ferndale: Kendra Bodger, Koral Weidkamp 16, Taylor Knutson 11, Kelli Bannerman 2, Taylor Reid 8, Kodie Euper 2, Taryn Knutson 7, Hannah Carlson 10, Brooke Benson, Linsey Honeycutt 7.

3-ptg: Bellingham 2 (Zamora 1, Knutson 1), Ferndale 2 (Taylor Knutson 1, Taryn Knutson 1). Rebounds: Bellingham 27 (Zamora 5), Ferndale 25 (Honeycutt 8). Assists: Bellingham 7 (Paul 2), Ferndale 18 (Reid 8). Fouls: Bellingham 9, Ferndale 13. Turnovers: Bellingham 21, Ferndale 14.

NOTE: Spelling of Chen's name corrected Jan. 25.