"We played excellent as a team tonight," Smith said. "When we play together as a team, then we can beat anybody. That always helps us when we get a good start. It felt like that we were in control."
Cayla Broadwater had 12 rebounds, 10 points and four blocked shots for the Wildcats, while Morgan Smith added eight points and four assists and Hannah Petro also had eight points. The Wildcats outrebounded the Leopards, 40-18.
The Smiths combined to score the Wildcats' first nine points heading to the 13-2 lead.
"We had a big size advantage and we pretty much dominated the boards tonight," Malott said. "The thing that I liked the best was that we played with tremendous intensity on defense. When you hold a team to single digits in every quarter, that says something about your defense."
None of Smithburg's players scored more than four points. Gretchen Downey had four steals for the Leopards (4-15, 3-9).
"I think Williamsport put a lot of pressure on us," Smithsburg coach Ed Hargreaves said. "Their man-to-man defense is really good. Our strength all year has been defense. In the first half, we did not bring intensity at all on defense and they got a lot of good looks."
