The Becker girls basketball team continues to live up to its top ranking in Class AAA, picking up a pair of victories in the last week over Mississippi 8 Conference foes.

Last Friday, the Bulldogs used a used a big first half to take a 55-19 lead before cruising to a 78-36 victory over Cambridge-Isanti.

Balanced scoring was again the theme for the Bulldogs, as four girls ended up in double figures.  

Leading the way was Senior Julia Bengtson, as the Eastern Illinois commit poured in 22 points in just 23 minutes of play.  She also grabbed five rebounds, had four steals and dished out four assists in a tremendous all around game.

Maren Westin was also on fire in the game, scoring 15 points on 8-for-12 shooting from the floor.  Adeline Kent chipped in 14 points and five assists, while Courtney Nuest hit for 10.

Becker played in the passing lanes all night, collecting a total of 16 steals in the game.

At Saints

Tuesday night, Becker traveled to St. Francis and absolutely dominated the game, defeating the Saints 91-21.

Coach Dan Baird prefers to play an uptempo style with a lot of pressing, but only played the full court game for about the first four minutes of the game as Becker raced to a 52-7 halftime lead.

Becker again shot over 50% for the game, whereas the Saints were held under 25%, shooting just nine-of-40 for the contest.

In fact, Becker dominated every statistical category including transition points (50 to two), points off turnovers (49 to four), and points in the paint (58 to 10).

Becker forced 36 turnovers and only committed 11.  A paltry nine free throw attempts were taken in the entire game by the two teams combined.

Leading Becker in scoring was Courtney Nuest, as she had a great night scoring 18 points in a  10-for-14 performance from the field.  Teammate Bengtson was right behind with 16 points and an incredible eight steals for the Bulldogs.

Megan Gamble and Adeline Kent also reached double figures in scoring, as they each collected 13 points.

Additional scoring for Becker: Maren Westin 9, Alayna Lindquist 5, Dani Nuest 3, Jackie Yoerg 7, Ayla Brown 5, Evelyn Kreft 2.

Becker was scheduled to host Chisago Lakes on Thursday night before heading to North Branch for a Monday evening contest.