By SCOTT SPRUILL
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

Whenever the ball comes to rest in someone’s hands, even for the briefest moment, there’s a scoring option on West Valley’s girls basketball team.

It doesn’t matter what the lineup is, and it doesn’t matter what type of game it is.

Take, for instance, Monday’s encounter with Enumclaw in the Tourneytown.com Shootout. Talk about taking turns.

Center Karen Chase takes a lob pass from Andrea Edwards and converts it into a quick layup.

Cassidy Murillo pops in a 10-foot baseline jumper.

Edwards stalks the defense from the perimeter, then attacks the lane for a driving layup and is fouled on the shot.

Allison Craven flings in a 3-pointer from the left wing.

Then Karli Thomas does the same from the right side.

Katie Hawkins finishes off the first quarter with a nifty floater from the free-throw line.

One quarter, six different scorers and a 14-4 lead that West Valley would never relinquish.

“We’re all about teamwork and when we have a lot of people scoring we know we’re doing it right,” Edwards said. “We just pass the ball until someone gets an open shot and we had a lot of open shots today.”

Did they ever.

Connecting on 12 of 24 shots in the first half, and adding a defensive effort that forced 30 turnovers, the fifth-ranked Rams ran off with a 60-19 victory over Enumclaw.

Edwards and Murillo led the day with 10 points apiece, but the key offensive statistic for coach Jason Rubright was that 10 of his players scored.

“One of our strengths is spreading the ball around on offense and we can do that because we have a lot of capable scorers,” he said. “Andrea and Karen have really established themselves inside and that enables our outside shooters to get good looks.”

Murillo’s floor game was, as usual, nonstop. In addition to hitting a pair of 3-pointers, the junior point guard claimed a game-high eight rebounds and contributed six assists. West Valley (10-3) pitched in six 3-pointers and shot a season-best 45.3 percent from the field.

Defensively, the Rams were vicious against an Enumclaw squad that had won five of its last seven games. Craven came up with five steals and sophomore Brittany Murillo had four, and the flustered Hornets managed only 25-percent shooting from the field.

Monday’s comfortable win helped West Valley stay reasonably fresh for Tuesday’s home game against Hanford, which will conclude the first half of the Mid-Valley League season.

“We’re still trying to put a whole game together,” Edwards said. “We’ve been a little up and down but today was a lot better.”

Rubright agreed. “Consistency is something we’re still working on,” he said. “Our defense has been a little ahead of our offense, but we took a nice step forward on offense today.”