The W.J. Mouat Hawks set a new scoring record for the B.C. AAA high school girls basketball championship on Wednesday afternoon, blasting the Prince George Polars 116-17 in their opener at Capilano University.
The top-seeded Hawks led 48-0 before the Polars got on the scoreboard, and they forced 54 turnovers while limiting Prince George to 13.6 per cent shooting from the field.
"We didn't press a second of that game, but we pushed the ball hard," Hawks coach Paula Thompson said.
"They're a nice team, don't get me wrong, but we're here to get the job done. We're going to play our game."
The old tournament scoring record was 113 points, set by the Brookswood Bobcats in 2004. Thompson said she wasn't aware of the record until there were two and a half minutes left in the fourth quarter, with her team on 110 points.
"One of my girls leaned over and told me – she had read the program," Thompson said. "There was a little bit of excitement there at the end for us."
Kayli Sartori led Mouat with 29 points, 16 rebounds and nine steals, while Melissa Spring (22 points, 17 rebounds), Katie Brink (19 points) and Jaslyen Singh (18 points) also had big games for the Hawks.
Mouat moves on to the quarter-finals on Thursday at 3:30 p.m., where they face the winner of Wednesday evening's game between Maple Ridge and Carson Graham.