IOWA CITY – The Washington girls basketball team started slow and fell to seventh-ranked Iowa City High, 70-59, Tuesday in a Mississippi Valley Conference game in Iowa City.

The Warriors trailed 14-3 after the first quarter and could not catch up, despite a 27-19 advantage in the fourth quarter.

Joniqua Clark and Payton Bruner scored 16 points for the Warriors (5-5).

Kenya Earl led the Little Hawks (8-1) with 23 points and Ashley Joens had 18 points.

WASHINGTON (59): Clark 4 5-6 16, Carey 0 0-0 0, Visser 3 0-0 8, Eniola 2 1-1 5, M.Hoeger 0 0-0 0, Bruner 5 3-4 16, Puk 2 1-2 6, Riley 1 0-0 3, Mia 0 0-0 0, Johnson 2 0-0 5. Totals 19 10-13 59.

IOWA CITY HIGH (70): Schroder 4 0-1 8, A.Joens 7 3-5 18, Fontana 0 1-2 1, Gamamou 5 0-0 10, C.Joens 2 6-7 10, Earl 9 5-5 23. Totals 27 15-20 70.

Halftime – Iowa City High 25, Washington 19. 3-point goals – Washington 11 (Clark 3, Bruner 3, Visser 2, Puk, Riley, Johnson), Iowa City High 1 (A.Joens).