Warrenton’s Jenny Jansen has looked better than her outing Friday night against Duchesne.

She has scored more points, as well.

But few were more important than her final two buckets, which pushed her over the 1,000 career points mark while sealing a 2016 Warrenton Winter Classic championship over No. 1 seed Duchesne with a 40-35 win.

It was the first Winter Classic title for the Warrenton girls program.

Battling a stingy Duchesne defense that shadowed her all night, Jansen looked visibly frustrated for three quarters while she labored for seven points.

Duchesne Head Coach Ron Twichell constantly reminded his players not to let Jansen out of their sight.

And as Warrenton (9-1) clung to a 34-32 lead with under two minutes left in the game, Jansen had had enough.

She grabbed a steal in front of the Duchesne bench and raced downcourt for a layup that put her over the 1,000-point mark.

“I’m really glad that I got to do this in the championship game,” Jansen said. “But I was more worried about getting the win. Our community really came out to support us and the fans really helped us out a lot.”

The Warriors stopped Duchesne two possessions later and Jansen knocked down a pair of free throws to give her team a 38-33 lead.

Duchesne (13-2) scored on the following possession, but sophomore forward Kayla Nelson sank two free throws with 15 seconds left to close out the game.

“What a great night for us,” Warrenton Head Coach Greg Williams said as the wave of Warrenton supporters filed out of the gym. “This is what we want to do with the program. We want to build this thing up so the kids show up, because the girls play better in front of a big crowd.”

One year earlier, Duchesne had knocked off Warrenton in the championship game. 

Leading up to the tournament, Williams and his players dismissed talks of looking ahead to a rematch.

But the tone was different after posing with the championship trophy and celebrating in the locker room.

“It just made us play a little harder,” junior guard Kaylee Anderson said.

Anderson finished with 11 points on three 3-pointers, and has been hot from the perimeter as of late.

“She (Jansen) didn’t have her best game tonight,” Williams said. “But other players stepped up, which was good.”

Sophomore guard Rylie Cox hounded the Duchesne point guards defensively, which helped Warrenton neutralize the Duchesne size down low.

The Pioneers are led by forwards Katie Sportsman and Natalie Schroeder, who combine to score 23.5 points a game.

The duo was held to 13 against Warrenton.

“We had to do that,” Williams said of his pressure defense. “If we played their game, they were going to beat us.”

Duchesne switched to a box-and-one defense on Jansen in the second half, and Warrenton struggled offensively.

The Warriors finished with six points in the third quarter.

Duchesne parlayed the surprise defense into a two-point lead heading into the fourth quarter, when Jansen came alive for seven of her team’s final 12 points.

She finished with a team-high 14 points.

“What a special night for her, and for us to win the championship,” Williams said. “We have to keep feeding the monster.”

Defensively, Warrenton held to Duchesne to its second-lowest scoring night of the season.

On the other side of the court, the Warriors will continue to look to Jansen as the regular season enters its final month.

“It’s a pretty cool feeling,” Jansen said of her milestone night. “I just hope to build on that. Keep scoring, keep contributing and keep winning games.”