Skyline Spartans junior forward Taylor McKerlich turned in her most dominant performance of the 2014-15 season against the Issaquah Eagles girls basketball team.

McKerlich scored a game-high 24 points and freshman Jade Loville added 17 points in the Spartans’ 66-39 victory on senior night in the regular season finale against the Eagles on Feb. 5 at Skyline High School in Sammamish. Skyline improved its overall record to 12-5 with the win. Issaquah dropped to 8-10 with the loss.

Spartans’ head coach Joe Fithian said his team is not only on a five-game winning streak, but also is peaking at the right time.

“Nobody has been playing better basketball than us the past three or four weeks,” Fithian said. “We are just gelling. That was really the story of the game tonight. I’m really pleased with how we’ve played.”

The Spartans had a 14-point lead at halftime and outscored the Eagles 14-7 in the third quarter to put the game away courtesy of a 21-point lead heading into the final eight minutes of play. Fithian said the spectacle of senior night while simultaneously facing a cross-town rival had no effect on his mentally tough squad.

“We have taken on the personality that it is all just business. I can tell just by looking at our team before the game if it’s going to be a good night or a bad night. Tonight we were all business,” he said.

With the playoffs looming on the schedule Fithian said the focus isn’t on the possible opponents, but instead is on themselves and their own style of play.

“Our goal is to continue to win. Only one team goes home without a loss. We’re just going to keep playing our style of basketball,” Fithian said. “One of the things I keep preaching to the players is that we are a damn good basketball team when we play Skyline basketball.”

Shaun Scott: 425-453-5045; sscott@bellevuereporter.com