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March 1-8 | Spokane Arena

Kittitas 67, St. George's 59

Details

Date/Time
March 3, 2017, 3:45 p.m.
Location
Spokane Arena
Season
Winter 2016

Results

Teams 1 2 3 4 F
St. George's (19-9, 12-4) 20 8 20 11 59
Kittitas 16 9 17 25 67

Summary

Brock Ravet poured in 40 points, including seven made 3-pointers, and No. 1-seeded Kittitas (23-0) pulled away in the fourth quarter to defeat No. 11-seeded St. George's (18-9) 67-59 in the state 2B semifinals at the Spokane Arena on Friday.

The Coyotes (23-0) outscored the Dragons (18-9) 25-11 in the fourth quarter. Connor Brown initially put Kittitas up 58-56 with a 3-pointer and Ravet made 5 of 6 free throws down the stretch to seal it. Ravet scored 12 of his 40 points in the final quarter.

The Dragons lost starting point guard Erik Farias, 21.5 points per game, to injury early in the first quarter. But recieved solid performances from Cade Peplinski with 17 points and seven rebounds and Xander Werkmen with 16 points and nine rebounds.

Brown added 10 points and eight rebounds for the Coyotes.

Kittitas goes on to face No. 12-seeded Liberty in the state title game at 9 p.m. on Saturday. St. George's will face No. 2-seeded Life Christian Academy at 11:15 p.m. in the third-place game.

Scoring

St. George's

Peplinski 17, Melendez 0, Rigsby 5 , Steele 0, Ward 7, Werkman 16, Farias 4, Watkins 0, Halliburton-Link 10.

Kittitas

Harris 0, Gibson 4, Brown 10, Jauragui 6, Ravet 40, Hudson 2, Lenihan 0, Arnold 3, Driver 0, Lamb 2.

Next Games for Kittitas

Teams Date Time Sport
Kittitas 72, Liberty 69 March 4, 2017 9 p.m. Boys Basketball

Next Games for St. George's

Teams Date Time Sport
Life Christian 64, St. George's 51 March 4, 2017 11:15 a.m. Boys Basketball