The No. 1 ranked Washington girls basketball team scored wins over Marlow and Cashion to run their record to 7-0.

They defeated Marlow 65-19 on Tuesday night at home.

Defensively, the Warriors only allowed 19 points. But there was a curious anomaly in one of the quarters.

The Warriors didn’t give up a single point in the first and third quarters. And they only gave up one point in the fourth quarter.

But they allowed 18 points in the second quarter.

Warrior head coach Kale Simon was not pleased with the defensive let down.

“We have everything it takes to be special. But we also know when great talent and great players don’t work hard and stay focused, we can give up 18 points in a quarter,” he said. “And more importantly, know we can go home before it’s our time.”

Simon credited Marlow and head coach Megan Robbins, who he said is doing a wonderful job with her program. But he said ultimately the responsibility falls on his players to give effort like they talk about in practice every day.

“As proud as I am of the three quarters, we know what we can be,” Simon said. “If we’re only training to be good three quarters of the time we’re training to not win our last game.”

Offensively, Breanna Lindert had a game-high 22 points.

She made a bevy of field goals and was 4/6 from the free throw line.

Aubri Clary joined her in double figures with 10 points.

Cashion

Washington defeated Cashion 51-47.

They were slow getting out of the gate offensively and had to climb out of a hole.

“We weren’t ready to go and be our best against Cashion,” Simon said. “Not playing the first four minutes makes games harder sometimes. We got hit in the mouth and slowly recovered.”

Preslee Johnson carried the water for the Warriors offensively. She had 20 points in the game.

“Preslee has had some good games and her hard work is paying off,” Simon said.

Washington picks back up December 26 with the prestigious Bertha Frank Teague Mid-America Classic at East Central University where they play Duncan.

Boys

The Warrior boys also picked up a pair of wins this week to set their record at 6-1.

Their only loss has come at the hands of Class 2A No. 1 Dale.

They beat Marlow, who is ranked No. 13 in Class 3A,  43-36 on Tuesday at the Warrior Event Center.

Mason Adams led the Warriors with 12 points.

He was followed by Jace Myers, who had nine.

The Warriors got out to an early lead in the first quarter and led 16-9.

But they struggled to score in the second period and only scored two points – on a Gavin Cortez bucket. Cortez finished the game with seven points.

That quarter allowed Marlow to make it a tie ball game heading into the halftime locker room.

The Warriors ultimately regained control of the game.

Cashion

Washington beat the Class 2A No. 13 Cashion on Thursday night on the road.

The Warriors got balanced scoring and had three players in double figures.

Cortez led the team in scoring with 20 points.

He was joined in double figures by Adams, who had 15, and Cooper Collins with 10 points.

Nine Warriors scored in the game and depth continues to be an advantage for Trevor Smith’s boys team.

The Warriors will pick up after the break with Purcell on January 7 before heading to the Ripley tournament January 9-11.

Washington is ranked No. 9 in Class 3A.