Gilbert girls basketball continued a postseason streak to be proud of on Friday night. The fourth-seeded Lady Tigers advanced to a conference semifinal for the sixth year in a row, dispatching #5 Cactus Shadows with ease, 57-32, in a 5A contest at the Jungle.

A chance at revenge is next. Gilbert (24-7) visits top-seed Flowing Wells on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Flowing Wells, the 2021 5A runner-up, moved on by knocking off #9 Ironwood Ridge, 56-45.

Gilbert's starters did all the scoring in balanced fashion. Meisha Caserio led with 20 points. Morgan Evenson and Saadia Salim added 10 points apiece. Maliyah Ross chimed in with nine points and Nicole Evenson finished with eight.

Cactus Shadows (22-6) never led and was outscored in every quarter. Gilbert took an 11-7 lead after the first quarter. The Lady Tigers improved the margin to 24-13 at the half. The balanced scoring and strong defense continued. Gilbert's starters totaled 7, 6, 5, 4 and 2 points the first 16 minutes. Its free-throw shooting was exceptional. Gilbert shot just two free throws in the opening half and made both. The second half totals from the line - 14 of 16. Caserio made 8 of 8.

Cactus Shadows didn't mind shooting threes throughout the game, but struggled from that distance - 3 of 16. The Falcons were led by junior guard Sierra Labuwi with 14 points and sophomore Camryn Koester (11 points).

Gilbert players celebrate quarterfinal win over Cactus Shadows on Friday night. (Azpreps365 photo)