Balvanz’s big night leads Baker to win
Mount Baker guard Grant Balvanz scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Mountaineers to a 78-63 nonleague win over Sultan on Saturday, Jan. 2, at Sultan High School.
Balvanz scored 20 of his 29 points in the first half and helped the Mountaineers build a 21-5 first-quarter lead.
Timothy Soares contributed 29 points, and TJ Bass chipped in 13 and had 12 rebounds.
“We came out and played hard the first quarter,” Mount Baker coach Rob Gray said in a phone interview. “We weathered the third quarter and basically matched them in the fourth.”
Mount Baker 78, Sultan 63
Mount Baker | 21 | 24 | 13 | 20 | — | 78 |
Home team | 5 | 13 | 25 | 20 | — | 63 |
Mount Baker: Keenan Gray 4, Mason Bass 2, Sam Stargell 2, Carson Engholm 0, Thomas Barbo 8, TJ Bass 13, Grant Balvanz 29, Timothy Soares 18, Ethan Gates 2. Totals: 24-42 21-25 78.
Sultan: St. Paul-U’Ren 0, McQuarrie 17, Lopez 0, Biddle 3, Walcott 5, Morris 25, Cotterill 8, McGuire 0, Headrick 5, Frame 0. Totals: 20-62 9-15 78.
3-point field goals — Mount Baker: 7 (Blavanz 6); Sultan: 11 (Morris 7). Rebounds — Mount Baker: 37 (Bass 12); Sultan: 12 (Cotterill 3). Assists — Mount Baker: 20 (Gray 5); Sultan: 15 (Walcott 4). Fouls — Mount Baker: 18; Sultan: 20. Turnovers — Mount Baker: 22; Sultan: 12.
This story was originally published January 2, 2016 at 10:00 PM with the headline "Balvanz’s big night leads Baker to win."