The Bellingham boys' basketball team was unable to come back in its 92-84 loss to Mount Vernon in the Prostock Winter Classic in Bellingham on Friday, Dec. 28.

"It was a racehorse game with a lot of mistakes," Bellingham coach Ken Crawford said in a phone interview. "They are very big and pounded the boards really well. They had 25 offensive rebounds and that was the difference in the game."

Bellingham was outrebounded 54-42 in the loss.

The Red Raiders were led in scoring by Kailen Hayes, who had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Nick Zeegers, who scored 17 points.

"I'm really pleased with the effort," Crawford said. "We almost came back. We need to work on some stuff on defense though before we go back to league games."

Bellingham will host Blaine on Thursday, Jan. 3, in a Northwest Conference game.

MOUNT VERNON 92, BELLINGHAM 84

Mount Vernon 17 29 27 19 - 92

Bellingham 18 22 19 25 - 84

Mount Vernon: Robert Monroe 2, Melvin Walser 9, Ian Johnson 0, Miles Witt 18, Adrian Johnston 0, Kevin Hofstad 9, Seth Jensen 4, Andrew Roozen 34, Mitchell Wohlman 0, Evan Repplier 0, Casey Leek 16. Team totals: 33-70 24-33 92.

Bellingham: Cyrus Davies 0, Kyle Redmond 9, Darice Haywood 2, Alex Check 14, Tristan Hurley 12, Nick Zeegers 17, Marques Reynolds 2, Dante Check 3, Kailen Hayes 25. Team totals: 34-82 13-22 84.

3-ptg: Mount Vernon 2 (Witt 2), Bellingham 3 (Hurley 2). Rebounds: Mount Vernon 54 (Roozen 11), Bellingham 42 (Hayes 11). Assists: Mount Vernon 18 (Hofstad 9), Bellingham 16 (Hurley 7). Fouls: Mount Vernon 18 (Leek), Bellingham 25 (Redmond). Turnovers: Mount Vernon 17, Bellingham 19.