After a frigid first half, the Oak Harbor High School girls basketball team made a run at host Everett Friday, Jan. 23, before falling 43-26.

The Wildcats sank only two of 24 shots in the opening half and trailed 14-6 at the break. The deficit grew to 13, 26-13, heading into the fourth quarter.

Oak Harbor finally pried the lid off the hoop in the final period and went on a 10-0 run to slice the gap to five, 31-26. The Seagulls (3-2, 7-8), however, recovered and ended the game on a 12-0 spurt to wrap up the Wesco North win.

“We played well in the first and fourth, (but) just couldn’t get shots to go down,” coach Jon Atkins said. “If we can starting hitting some shots in the first half, we will be looking good.”

Julie Jansen (eight points), Rashanna Graham (six) and Jinai Guzman (four) combined to shoot 45 percent, going 9-for-20. Their teammates struggled, draining just two of 28.

Bryn Langrock, who connected on three of four free throws and a three-pointer, had six points and Hayley Lundstrom added two.

Jansen finished with a strong all-around game, grabbing 10 rebounds and three steals. Lundstrom and AnnaBelle Whitefoot collected five rebounds each.

Oak Harbor (1-4, 2-13) heads to Stanwood (5-1, 13-3) at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28.