From left, Eisenhower's Mikaela Easter and Taylor Martin, Southridge's Morgan Hall, and Ike's Jessica Bush scramble for a rebound during the second quarter of their Tourneytown.com Shootout game Monday.   SARA GETTYS/ Yakima Herald-Republic

Four games in six days showed from the foul line for the Eisenhower girls basketball team.

The weary Cadets shot only 4 of 15 from the free-throw line as Southridge pulled away for a 54-31 non-eague victory Monday. The energy from playing in the SunDome and the Tourneytown.com Shootout carried Ike through the first quarter before the Suns’ pressing defense allowed them to pull away.

“They were beat and we had a couple girls battling the flu,” Eisenhower coach Chris Cook said. “The kids were just tired physically and emotionally — just beat.”

Ike jumped ahead to start, building a 6-2 advantage. This was the largest lead they had the entire game as Southridge rallied with a 10-2 run for a 12-8 advantage at the end of the first quarter. The CBL 3A team never trailed from there.

All the poor free-throw shooting allowed the Suns to stretch that lead to 26-17 by halftime. The Cadets missed all four shots from the foul line and couldn’t keep up with their opponent’s speedy nature for good reason.

Eisenhower (2-12 overall) had a long week starting with a late-night trip to Walla Walla on Tuesday followed by the emotional test of Friday’s cross-town rivalry game with Davis. Then Saturday’s game against Wenatchee started two hours late because the Panthers had mechanical issues with their bus, getting the girls finally off the floor at 10:45 p.m.

So Southridge’s speed was even harder to contain as 12 of the team’s points came on the fast break. Heather Worley led all scorers with 13 points, Jamie Lyons added 11 and Jenna Wallace rounded out the Suns (6-6) in double figures with 10.

“(Southridge) played tough, in-your-face defense,” Cook said. “They were scrappy and got after it, and our team just couldn’t deal with it.”

Brittany Gaut led all Eisenhower scorers with nine points as the squad struggled to get into an offensive rhythm. Southridge iced the contest with a 20-7 run in the third quarter and converted 22 Ike turnovers into 19 points for the game.

The Suns, who lost last year’s Tourneytown.com Shootout matchup with the Cadets 46-34, shot 44 percent (20 of 45) from the field compared to Ike’s 28 percent (13 of 47) and went 11 of 18 from the foul line. They led by as many as 26 with 6 minutes, 47 seconds remaining in the contest.