A strong combination of offense and defense helped lead the Sehome girls' basketball team to a 49-18 Northwest Conference win over visiting Meridian on Monday, Jan. 28.

The win improved the Mariners to 10-8, 7-3 NWC while the Trojans dropped to 1-18, 0-11 NWC.

Sehome broke the game open by outscoring Meridian 23-0 in the second quarter.

"I thought we did a nice job in the second quarter of moving the ball around offensively and picking up our intensity defensively," Sehome coach Kim Kirk said in a phone interview.

The Mariners were led by Rachel Albert's 17 points and 12 rebounds.

Meridian was led by Taylor Lunde's nine points.

SEHOME 49, MERIDIAN 18

Meridian 6 0 7 5 - 18

Sehome 10 23 7 9 - 49

Meridian: Madison Holz, Kendall DeMerice, Allecia Galindo, Kendra Holmes 5, Sydney Swanson 1, Taylor Lunde 9, Allie Mack 1, Janessa Murphy, Haley Belanger 2, Grace Pyles. Team totals: 5-45 5-17 18.

Sehome: Rachel Albert 17, Sarah Swan 2, Meagan McIntyre 2, Maddy Bryan 6, Mackenzie Caldwell 5, Jenny McIntyre 5, Megan Bayless 5, Alia Jones 2, Hallie Messenger 4, Danielle Stasser 1. Team totals: 18-58 12-19 49.

3-ptg: Meridian 1 (Holmes 1), Sehome 1 (J. McIntyre 1). Rebounds: Meridian 35, Sehome 48 (Albert 12). Assists: Sehome 9 (J. McIntyre 3). Fouls: Meridian 14, Sehome 15. Turnovers: Meridian 25, Sehome 16.