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Northridge High's Karlee Mayfield (30) and Bonneville's Ema Eskelsen (15) battle for a loose ball on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Bonneville's Adisyn Stone (34) passes against the defense of Northridge's Mae Stevenson (41) on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Northridge High's Nini Johnson (25) handles the basketball as Bonneville's Baya Jimenez (10) applies pressure on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Bonneville High's Baya Jimenez (10) steps to the basket as Northridge's Megan Sargent trails her on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Northridge High's Karlee Mayfield lines up a shot against Bonneville on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Bonneville High's Baya Jimenez (10) dribbles the basketball as Northridge's Nini Johnson (25) defends on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Northridge High's Lilly Gilbert (44) looks for help as Bonneville defenders Ema Eskelsen (15) and Madilynn DeGroot (35) converge on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Bonneville High players Baya Jimenez (10) and Stacey Tesch (3) try to connect on a pass during a game against Northridge on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Northridge High's Mae Stevenson (41) avoids the defense of Bonneville players, from left, Ema Eskelsen, Baya Jimenez and Madilynn DeGroot on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Northridge's Nini Johnson (25) dribbles up court as Bonneville's Baya Jimenez (10) prepares to defend on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Bonneville High's Stacey Tesch, left, holds off the defensive pressure of Northridge's Izabel Kap on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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Bonneville High's Charity McDonald (2) rises to shoot while Northridge's Mae Stevenson (41) contests the shot on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington Terrace.

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WASHINGTON TERRACE — Giving up 27 points in a quarter is not usually a formula for success in a high school girls basketball game.

But it worked out fine for Northridge against Bonneville on Wednesday night.

“There’s been a lot of times where we’ve been behind and had to fight back,” Northridge center Karlee Mayfield said. “Today we started off weak and gave them a lot of 3-pointers but we were able to come together as a team and keep our energy high.”

Northridge trailed Bonneville 27-15 after the first quarter but outscored the Lakers over the next three periods, finally taking the lead for good late in the final frame.

“We switched to man (defense), kept them down to less points and worked really hard to get our points in the other three quarters than the first,” Mayfield said.

The Knights won the fourth quarter by 10 points and rode off with a 54-51, come-from-behind Region 5 victory over the Lakers.

“It was a little shocking to give a team 27. We feel like we’re pretty strong defensively and keep teams under their average quite often.” Mayfield said. “It could have been disheartening, but I’m proud of us and our ability to come back and stand as a team instead of going individual and arguing with each other.”

The comeback started when the Knights won the second quarter 9-7, going to the break facing a 34-24 deficit.

A 15-12 third period closed the gap to 46-39 and got the Knights within shouting distance with eight minutes left.

Mayfield knocked down a 3-pointer to open the fourth quarter, then had a rebound basket with 5:56 remaining and suddenly it was 46-44 with a lot of time left.

“I’ve been working on my outside game more; being a senior, I take on the role of running things a little more,” Mayfield said. “Being able to shoot the 3 and go inside throws teams off because they don’t expect a 6-foot post to do both of those things.”

Three times Northridge got within two points but baskets by Baya Jimenez and Emma Eskelsen helped Bonneville keep Northridge from taking the lead.

“Basketball is a game of runs and goes back and forth a lot,” Mayfield said. “It was good we kept coming back and never let them get too big of a lead, and we were encouraged when we got it to two and we kept pushing.”

Izabel Kap scored a rebound basket for the Knights, making it a two-point bout for the final time at 50-48 and setting up what proved to be the game-winner.

Megan Sargent pulled down a rebound for the Knights and whipped a bullet pass to Mayfield, who drove the lane, drew contact and made the tying basket, with a free throw coming at the two-minute mark.

Mayfield calmly made the charity toss and Northridge had a 51-50 lead they protected to the end.

“We work a lot on transition; Megan got a great rebound and I booked it to the other end. I went up with confidence that the layup was going to go in,” Mayfield said. “I knew the girl was coming after me, but I wasn’t going to miss it.”

Northridge (7-9, 2-5 Region 5) won that final quarter 15-5 and with it, the game.

“There was never a doubt in any of our minds that we could come back. We had a good mindset, a winning mindset,” Mayfield added.

Mayfield led the Knights with 22 points and Kap checked in with nine. Abbi Frost scored eight off the bench.

Bonneville’s 27-point first quarter was fueled by 11 points from Jimenez and a trio of 3-pointers by Charity McDonald. But 24 points over the last three quarters doomed the Lakers (5-11, 1-6).

Jimenez had a game-high 24 points, including three 3-pointers, and McDonald netted 16 points and four 3s for the Lakers.