Isa Garcia, Davis girls show who's still boss in resounding rematch victory over Sumner
Garcia scores a game-high 32 points, and Pirates repeat last year's state-championship game result with a 73-48 victory in Yakima
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YAKIMA, Wash. — Davis High School girls basketball coach Akil White already was certain that powers were aligning against the defending Class 4A state champions.
Drawing 2025 runner-up Sumner, the last in-state team to beat the top-seeded Pirates, in the round of 16 offered evidence.
And seconds into the second quarter when 2024-25 state MVP Cheyenne Hull was tagged with her third foul, one of which a dubious charge call and another that should’ve been assessed to a teammate, White’s suspicions only gained momentum.
When it seemed the Spartans – and all others conspiring against Davis, imagined or otherwise – were going to have their way, the Pirates delivered a collective, ‘We gotcha, coach!’
Isa Garcia drilled six of Davis’ 11 3-pointers en route to 32 points, and Davis smothered Sumner, forcing 19 turnovers in a 73-48 victory Saturday night in an opening-round WIAA game at the Pirate Ship.
The Pirates advance to Thursday’s quarterfinals for the third consecutive year where they’ll face the winner of Wednesday’s play-in between 10th-seeded Lake Stevens and No. 7 Bothell.
Leading up to Saturday’s game - the fifth in three years between the two teams - White worked his conspiracies into drills, pulling one starter to simulate the foul trouble they’ve encountered along the way.
It paid off Saturday.
Davis led by just a point 23 seconds into the second quarter when Hull was hit with her third foul.
The Pirates responded with a 19-6 run to close the half, and the rout was on.
“They just did a great job of picking each other up, playing together and rallying together,” White said.
Hull’s frustrating night continued a few minutes into the third quarter with her fourth foul. But, again, it didn’t disrupt the Pirates’ flow.
“We all have a lot of trust and faith in each other, and we know each other’s game,” Garcia said.
Kobe Johnson scored 10 points for the Pirates (21-2), and shouldered much of the defensive effort to limit 4A SPSL North MVP Kawehi Borden to 15 points.
Hull finished with nine points in 19 minutes.
“We did not like the seed (for Sumner) - we thought they were really, really good,” White said. “So we felt like, ‘OK, you’re going to do this to us? You’ve got our attention.’”
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