BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Trojans hold on to early lead
Meridian pulled to a 17-3 lead in the first quarter and held off a Bellingham comeback to get a 45-43 win on Thursday, Dec. 17, in a Northwest Conference game.
Camden Burgess made some key buckets down the stretch and Brady Moore sealed it at the line late, while Bellingham’s shot with 1.5 seconds left went in and out.
“Bellingham showed a lot of heart tonight,” Meridian coach Shane Stacy said in a phone interview. “They battled back and kept fighting.”
Moore finished with 16 points and Burgess had 13 for the Trojans (4-4, 1-1 NWC). Bellingham (3-4, 0-2) was led by Zach Nolan’s 14 points.
Other results
Mount Baker 57, Sedro-Wolley 54: Timothy Soares had 17 points and iced the win over Sedro-Woolley with two late free throws and Jed Schleimer tipped a pass out of bounds as time expired as the Mountaineers earned a Northwest Conference victory over the Cubs. Grant Balvanz led Mount Baker with 19 points, including five 3-pointers, and TJ Bass had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Ivanhoe 51, Lummi 41: The Travelers from Australia were too much for Lummi, as the Blackhawks saw their 31-game win streak come to an end. Trazil Lane scored 20 points but the size of Ivanhoe was too much for Lummi.
Obviously for them (the boys), it was something they were keeping an eye on, but I just said ‘Let’s not get too caught up in that.’
Lummi coach Jerome Toby on the end to the Blackhawks’ 31-game win streak
Up next
Nooksack Valley travels to play Sehome in a Northwest Conference game at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18. Nooksack Valley’s Connor Beard and Sehome’s Leighton Kingma will be ones to watch.
Scoreboard
NWC STANDINGS
All | NWC | |
School (Class) | W-L | W-L |
Lynden Christian (1A) | 6-0 | 2-0 |
Lynden (2A) | 4-0 | 1-0 |
Ferndale (3A) | 3-2 | 1-0 |
Sehome (2A) | 2-3 | 1-0 |
Anacortes (2A) | 4-2 | 1-0 |
Meridian (1A) | 4-4 | 1-1 |
Blaine (2A) | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Burlington-Edison (2A) | 2-4 | 0-0 |
Mount Baker (1A) | 2-2 | 0-1 |
Sedro-Woolley (2A) | 1-3 | 0-1 |
Nooksack Valley (1A) | 4-3 | 0-1 |
Squalicum (2A) | 5-1 | 0-1 |
Bellingham (1A) | 3-4 | 0-2 |
Ivanhoe 51, Lummi 41
Ivanhoe | 13 | 16 | 8 | 14 | — | 51 |
Lummi | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | — | 41 |
Ivanhoe: Graham 10, McIntire 7, Abrham 4, Vacirca 2, Colter 5, Drehr 8, Dimoski 6, Clark 3, VanBelli 6. Totals: 21-39 9-22 51.
Lummi: Caleb Revey 2, Stanford Hoskins 3, Gene Cultee 6, Jonathan Casimir 0, Jeff Cultee 6, Trazil Lane 20, Mike Washington 4, Josh Hillaire 0, Dashawn Lawrence 0. Totals: 15-48 6-13 41.
3-point field goals — Ivanhoe: 0; Lummi: 5 (Lane 3). Rebounds — Ivanhoe: 42; Lummi: 33. Assists — Ivanhoe: 16; Lummi: 9. Fouls — Ivanhoe: 17; Lummi: 19. Turnovers — Ivanhoe: 16; Lummi: 29.
Mount Baker 57, Sedro-Woolley 54
Sedro-Woolley | 13 | 21 | 10 | 10 | — | 54 |
Mount Baker | 11 | 12 | 19 | 15 | — | 57 |
Sedro-Woolley: Josh Gaethle 9, Cade Isakson 10, Ethan Isakson 19, Will Ennis 8, Davis Mihelich 5, Isaac Howell 0, Stephen Cann 2, Gage McLarty 1, Lars Stenseth 0. Totals: 17-52 14-29 54.
Mount Baker: Keenan Gray 2, Jed Schleimer 2, Mason Bass 2, Sam Stargell 0, Carson Engholm 3, Cory Bergh 0, Thomas Barbo 0, TJ Bass 12, Grant Balvanz 19, Timothy Soares 17. Totals: 22-54 7-8 57.
3-point field goals — S-W: 6 (Ethan Isakson 3); Mount Baker: 6 (Grant Balvanz 5). Rebounds — S-W: 33 (Cade Isakson 6); Mount Baker: 31 (TJ Bass 12). Assists — S-W: 15 (Josh Gaethle 4); Mount Baker: 18 (Keenan Gray 5). Fouls — S-W: 11; Mount Baker: 23 (Mason Bass, TJ Bass). Turnovers — S-W: 12; Mount Baker: 10.
Meridian 45, Bellingham 43
Bellingham | 3 | 14 | 10 | 16 | — | 43 |
Meridian | 17 | 7 | 8 | 13 | — | 45 |
Bellingham: Johnny Larson 10, Phillip Breeding 5, Jack Lewis-Clarke 2, Nick Knutson 2, Julian Franklin 2, Alex Daniels 4, Caden Mee 4, Zach Nolan 14, Joe Worley 0. Totals: 17-46 5-13 43.
Meridian: Marcus McGuinn 2, Gursewak Singh 6, Brenden Buys 0, Brady Moore 16, Josh Plagerman 0, Derek Campfield 6, Tyler Linderman 2, Camden Burgess 13, Andrew Logan 0, Bailey Hodge 0. Totals: 17-40 8-13 45.
3-point field goals — Bellingham: 4 (Nolan 2); Meridian: 3 (Moore 2). Rebounds — Bellingham: 22; Meridian: 36. Assists — No information reported. Fouls — Bellingham: 14 (Breeding); Meridian: 16 (McGuinn). Turnovers — Bellingham: 11; Meridian: 24.
This story was originally published December 17, 2015 at 10:19 PM with the headline "BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Trojans hold on to early lead."