Brooklyn Loose’s Eight 3-Pointers Breaks Adna School Record

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LONGVIEW — If Adna’s game vs. Ilwaco Monday at Lower Columbia College was on the video game NBA Jam, the basketball would have had flames shooting off it every time Pirate junior Brooklyn Loose touched it.

Loose was on fire from long range, knocking down a school-record eight 3-pointers and finishing with a game-high 32 points as the Pirates smacked the Fishermen 77-34 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Basketball Tribute.

“She’s been our most consistent scorer all year, so I’m not surprised,” Adna coach Chris Bannish. “I am a little surprised by how many she made, but I’m not surprised. She shoots and it feels like it’s going in almost every time. She has one of the quicker releases I’ve seen.”

It was a slow start for the Pirates, who sent out four bench players (Gaby Guard, Natalie Loose, Danika Hallom and Kendall Humphrey) and starter Brooklyn Loose to start the game and trailed 6-2 early.

Once Adna coach Chris Bannish sent in his other four starters midway through the first quarter, the Pirates took over. Adna ripped off a 15-2 run to take the lead for good with two minutes remaining in the first quarter and went on cruise control the rest of the way. 

The Pirates took even further control in the second quarter, breaking off a 24-5 run to build a commanding 30-point lead at 46-16. 

Most of that was due to Loose, who was on fire in the first half, sinking five 3-pointers to lead all scorers with 21 points heading into the locker room. 

The second half was more of the same as the Pirates outscored the Fishermen 14-13 in the third quarter and 17-5 in the final frame in a convincing victory.

Von Moos finished with 13 points and a team-high nine rebounds, while Faith Wellander added nine points and six boards and Summer White tallied eight points and three boards. Eight Pirates total scored points on the day.

Adna (8-6, 2-2 C2BL) hosts Winlock on Tuesday in a Central 2B League contest.

“We don’t have a quality, tier-2 win this year, so if we’re gonna make a run out here, we’ve got to show up,” Bannish said. “We just have not shown up in the big games yet this year. We know what we can do. We have four core girls who have started for three-straight years. It’s about wanting to do it for each other.”