If their game against Sandy Valley last Saturday was any indication, the Hiland Lady Hawks are primed for Classic in the Country VII.

McKenzie Miller had a career-high 20 points, Noelle Yoder had an efficient 18 in limited action, and Hiland quickly transitioned from one scoring outburst to another, beating Sandy Valley 75-29 in Inter-Valley Conference play at the Perry Reese Jr. Community Center.

Miller also had an efficient game offensively, making 8 of 12 of her shots, including 4 of 6 3-pointers.  Her previous high was 17 points against Central Catholic on Dec. 17.

Miller had nine points at half but was electric in the third quarter.  The 5-foot-10 sophomore scored on a sweet drive off a steal, then hit back-to-back 3-pointers to highlight a Hiland 13-0 run.

"She's been having great practices, and that's really transferring over to the game," Hiland coach Dave Schlabach said of Miller.  "And we need her.  I think she needs to have a big week this week."

Yoder - who battled the flu all week and didn't start - had 18 points including an incredible 13-point second quarter.  The Bowling Green recruit hit consecutive 3's to open the period and later hit a pretty pull-up off a Hilary Weaver feed to help fuel a 22-2 Lady Hawks tear that span 6:46.

The 5-foot-7 senior hit 6 of 10 shots from the floor, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range, in six minutes of action.

"I wanted to get her a few minutes just to keep her comfortable around the basketball," Schlabach said of Yoder.

Jessica Stutzman added 17 points off an impressive 6 of 6 shooting for Hiland (9-0, 8-0 IVC), which used a 9-0 run in the first to open things up and the monster 22-2 run in the second to put the game away early.  The senior added six rebounds and three steals.

Weaver impacted the game without overloading the scorers' column, dishing out eight assists with five steals.  The Lehigh University recruit did have five points.

After leading 42-9 at halftime, Hiland orchestrated a 13-0 start to the third quarter.  During that tear, 10 of the points came off Sandy Valley turnovers.

Hiland scored 41 of its points off 30 Sandy Valley (6-5, 4-4) miscues.

The Cardinals were held to one field goal in the first and third quarters, settling for foul shots most of the time.

Sandy Valley hit 31 percent (8 of 26) percent of its shots from the floor and 50 percent (12 of 24) from the line.

Compare that to Hiland, which connected on 45 percent (28 of 62) of its field goals, 43 percent (9 of 21) of its 3-pointers and 59 percent (10 of 17) of its foul shots.

Katelyn Stuckey had eight rebounds and Arrianna Shrock added seven for the Lady Hawks, who outrebounded the Cardinals 38-29.

Brittney Tindall and Carli Nicholson each had seven points for the Cardinals, which outscored Hiland 15-8 in the final quarter thanks to the foul happy Lady Hawks.

"We fouled too much in the fourth.  We like to keep the clock running...  so that might be one big negative," Schlabach said.  "We gave them too many free throws."

Schlabach said his underclassmen played well, something the Lady Hawks will need should they pull out a couple key wins against Potter's House and Mason at this weekend's Classic in the Country.

"I thought they did some good things," Schlabach said.