WARDEN — Warden girls basketball continued rolling on Tuesday, taking down Cascade 77-12. The Cougar defense continued to be a force, with 21 steals as a team.

Cutting the lead to 8-4 early in the first quarter would be the closest the Kodiaks would come in the game. A red-hot Cougar offense and defense, ballooned a 34-6 margin by the end of the quarter, with Jaryn Madsen leading Warden with 11 points in the quarter. 12 of the team’s 21 steals came in the opening quarter.

Warden slowed the offense down in the second quarter as they looked to burn clock, but kept the defense dialed in. The Cougars held the visitors to just four points in the quarter, pushing the margin to 38 going into the half, at 48-10.

The Cougars held the Kodiaks scoreless in the third, with a running clock for much of the second half. Warden led 57-10 going into the fourth. The offense picked back up a bit in the fourth, as Madsen added seven to her tally in the quarter to lead the Cougars. The defense held the visitors to just two points in the second half as Warden continues to roll toward the postseason.

Jaryn Madsen and Kiana Rios both finished with a team-high 18 points. Madsen added two rebounds, an assist and a steal. Rios added four assists, three steals and a board.

Jlynn Rios finished with 15 points, adding a team-high five steals, as well as four boards and four assists. Quinn Erdmann led the team in assists with nine, adding five points and three boards. Brecka Erdmann did a bit of everything, finishing with four points, five assists, three boards, two blocks and two steals.