SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sophomore Tayli Paeu-Lindgren posted a double-double of 16 points and 16 rebounds while senior Sydney Teoh drained three three-pointers en route to 13 points, leading seven Troubie scorers in St. Francis' 62-23 win over Rio Americano in the varsity finale of a non-league girls' prep basketball doubleheader Tuesday night.

The Troubadours even their season record to 1-1.

Junior Laila Mendoza poured in another 12 points with fellow junior Lexi London adding eight. Natalia Zitelli, Annie Swanson and Audrey Bashore also scored their first points of the year: Zitelli buried a pair of treys in the third period after having assisted Swanson's three-pointer in the first. Bashore made her varsity debut with a transition bucket to end the first quarter and a putback midway through the third.

Senior Karly Okamoto was the only SF player who didn't score, but she more than compensated by providing five rebounds and team bests of four assists and five steals. Swanson matched those five rebounds despite just 12 minutes on the court.

St. Francis never trailed in the contest, with Teoh opening the scoring with a step-back three at the 6:24 mark. That lead grew to 9-2, all from the free-throw line, with the Swanson bomb and Bashore fast break putting the Troubies up by a 14-6 edge after the first eight minutes.

Paeu-Lindgren assisted Teoh on another three-pointer to start the second, then dominated the paint for two field goals of her own, extending the Troubies' advantage to 21-8. Paeu-Lindgren also blocked a shot in that frame while a steal at one end of the court resulted in her own finish on the other end, pushing the lead to 27-10 with 3:28 left in the half. Mendoza scored three times down the stretch of the second, helping SF go to the locker room with a 31-11 halftime edge.

Zitelli's work from beyond the arc led a 20-point Troubie third period. Paeu-Lindgren added five in the same stanza, while London assisted Mendoza on a score and nailed a three to extend St. Francis' margin to 51-18 heading to the finale. Okamoto assisted Teoh on a fast break to start the fourth then again on a three-pointer that pushed the Troubies up by a 58-18 margin, invoking the running clock.

The varsity win followed a 30-17 victory for the St. Francis junior varsity, playing in its home opener. Freshman Emmy Cheatham led the way with 15 points, including the entirety of the Troubies' scoring during a 10-3 start to the contest. Jocelyn Dickinson and Keanna Daneshvar chipped in another five points each while adding matching totals of five steals.

Cheatham had all of St. Francis' points in a 7-0 first period, knocking down a three-pointer, a long two, then hitting both ends of a trip to the line. She turned a Dickinson feed into a corner three with 5:06 left in the second to make it 10-3, then Daneshvar assisted Lena Mundhenk, Dickinson and Carley Glenn in succession to boost the Troubies' lead to 16-7 at the break.

Cheatham continued to strike from the perimeter in the third, scoring five more points to extend the edge to 23-7. The Raiders managed to close the gap with six unanswered in the fourth, bringing the score to 23-13 with 5:19 left. However, Daneshvar figured on a 7-0 Troubie run to push SF back up by a 30-13 margin. She banked in a shot on a Cheatham inbound pass, assisted Dickinson's three-pointer, then drove the lane on a Dickinson inbound play, all in a span of 70 seconds.

Both St. Francis teams return to action on Saturday against Inderkum, albeit in two different locations. The jayvees face the Tigers in Natomas for a noon start, while the varsity Troubies take on Inderkum for the 1 p.m. game of the all-day Fortune Basketball Showcase at Fortune Early College High.