On the second night of a grueling stretch of six games in eight days, Windham’s girls basketball team only committed seven turnovers Saturday against Westbrook.

It was an impressive statistic, but it melted in significance when another number was revealed: the Eagles were 9-for-66 from the floor.

Lady Blazes guard Erin Murphy, on the other hand, was on fire, scoring 24 points to lead her team to a 57-37 win over visiting Windham.

“You’ve got to score to win basketball games, and we didn’t score,” said Eagles coach Wayne Martin. “They came out ready. Tough loss for them last night, and they bounced back and beat us.”

Both teams had played the night before, Windham beating Marshwood, 57-45, and Westbrook dropping one to Massabesic, 45-31. Blazes coach Mike Murphy was concerned that the back-to-back contests might tire his squad.

“I thought our kids played with a lot of energy after playing three quarters really hard last night,” he said. “The kids came out and played the way we’re capable.”

Cynthia Wescott went to work inside right away for the hosts, scoring five points in the first few minutes to push Westbrook to a 10-1 lead. Murphy sank a trio of three pointers in the opening period to extend the lead to 19-6.

Ashley Fitzgerald sank a three of her own for the Eagles early in the second quarter, and Taylor Graves and Kelsey Babb hit for four points each in a three-minute span leading up to the half, cutting their opponents’ lead to six.

Murphy, however, took a nice pass from Lauren Sawyer and laid it in at the buzzer. She was fouled as well, and the free throw put the Blazes up 28-19 at the break.

Sawyer, a junior on a team comprised mostly of freshman and sophomores, has stepped into a leadership role on the floor this year. She continually pushed the ball up the floor and made a number of smart passes, which is why she is among the top 10 in assists this year in the SMAA.

“(Coach) tells us to push it up because we’re a fast team,” Sawyer said, “and if we get the ball up quickly we’ll get easy points.”

“This was by far (Sawyer’s) best effort of the year,” said Coach Murphy. “She rebounded well, and I believe she had five assists in the first half. Her turnovers were down, and she had four baskets.”

Windham cut the margin to seven early in the second half, but they could get no closer. Sawyer and Audrey Shutts each had six points in the third to help extend the lead to 14 after three and Westbrook didn’t look back.

Murphy didn’t sink another shot from behind the three-point arc after the first quarter, but she didn’t have to. Once she’d established that she could hit that shot if left open, the defense was forced to react to her, which opened up scoring opportunities for others.

“I was a little nervous because the game before I got whiplash on my neck and I was scared that I was going to hurt it,” said the freshman, “but I just went out there and gave it my all.”

Murphy leads the league in three-pointers made and averages more than two a game.

Wescott had nine points for the Blazes, and Sawyer and Shutts added eight each. Fitzgerald led the Eagles with eight, while Taylor Graves and Allyson Noble had six each.

“We never play well in this gym. Our whole team was cold,” said Windham guard Darcey Webster. “We played Marshwood last night (and we’re) tired.”

The Eagles were scheduled to play four games this week, including hosting Scarborough Friday and Noble the following evening. Westbrook was scheduled to travel to Marshwood Tuesday, host Thornton Friday and to travel to Scarborough Saturday.