Ferris Demolishes Cheney

AAA/AA boys

Wayne Gilman saw some things his basketball team needed to improve before the Greater Spokane League season opens Tuesday.

And that’s a scary thought.

Ferris held Cheney to 11 points in the first half and put four players in double figures and coasted to a 65-42 victory at Cheney Friday night.

“Generally, I was happy,” Gilman said. “I was really happy with our firsthalf defense. Our guys did a good job defending their better players. I was happy with our transition baskets - we got the break going.”

That’s how the Saxons (3-0) rolled to a 33-11 halftime lead. Cheney (1-2) hit just 5 of 23 shots, was outrebounded 23-9 and had nine turnovers.

“We didn’t get any second and third shots,” Cheney coach Denny Humphrey said. “It’s not the loss that concerns me, it’s the way we played in the first half. Ferris is a good team, but we’re a Double-A team, we have to score more than 11 points.”

So, what is Gilman worried about, considering the Saxons hit 15 of 28 shots in the first half, 13 of 22 in the second and held Cheney to 18 of 48 for the game?

“Our execution against good man-to-man defense needs to be a little better. We have to be more patient exploring what’s open. We were a little quick to shoot.”

The Saxons play defending Big Nine champion Kamiakin tonight at Ferris. Then Ferris opens GSL play against defending league champion Mead before facing highly-regarded Gonzaga Prep, both at the Arena.

“We’re in real tough right out of the chute. We made good progress in preseason, but I sure wouldn’t want to make any predictions,” Gilman said.

After a slow start, the Saxons took off.

Leonard Harmon scored the first two baskets off offensive rebounds as Ferris was 2 for 10. However, the Saxons made their last four shots, including a powerful dunk by Scott Stocum for a 14-4 lead. They followed that with a 9-of-13 second quarter of mostly layups and a 10-point run to close it out.

Ferris 65, Cheney 42

Ferris 14 19 23 9 - 65

Cheney 4 7 18 13 - 42

FERRIS Bursch 2, Schuchart 0, Servine 4, Brown 2, Hardan 13, Henneberry 11, Sandberg 0, Harmon 15, Stocum 10, Weatherred 8.

CHENEY Randall 6, Battien 2, Urdahl 6, Woodard 0, Stewart 0, Parker 2, Malisani 6, Reiman 0, Olson 3, DeMulling 17.

Shadle Park 72, Colville 51

Joe Baune hit a pair of 3-pointers to open the third quarter as the Highlanders (1-2) crushed the Indians (1-1) at Colville.

Shadle led by just six points coming out of halftime, but outscored Colville 21-10 in the third period.

Ben Pate had 17 points to lead the Highlanders.

Shadle Park 15 19 21 17 - 72

Colville 17 11 10 13 - 51

SHADLE PARK Cook 3, Kingsbury 5, Pate 17, Baune 12, Glanzer 1, Anderson 10, Mohr 8, Augistine 9, Hann 2, Hipps 5.

COLVILLE - Hardison 8, Eslick 1, Johnston 8, Ortner 0, Kane 4, True 4, Sprangers 8, Day 0, Smith 8, Salina 8, Vaagren 2, Noble 0.

LC 68, Kennewick 42

The Tigers (2-0) grabbed a 10-point lead in the first half and kept cruising against the visiting Tigers (0-2).

Paul Mencke scored 19 points and Mike Homer added 16 for LC.

Kennewick 9 9 13 11 - 42

Lewis and Clark 16 12 18 22 - 68

KENNEWICK Wagar 5, Hatch 3, Bowman 2, Menelley 2, Boneck 11, Bjorkedal 4, Larson 14, Meghar 1.

LEWIS AND CLARK Canton 2, Steuckle 6, Homer 16, Lynch 8, Morse 1, Etter 6, Vick 8, Mencke 19, Stack 2.

Pasco 68, University 54

At University, the Bulldogs (3-0) went 24 of 41 from the floor and 7 of 10 from 3-point range to beat the Titans (2-1).

U-Hi trailed by five coming out of halftime, but shot just 7 of 25 in the second half.

Kelly Hineman had four steals and 11 points to lead the Titans.

Pasco 15 19 20 14 - 68

University 15 14 10 15 - 54

PASCO Perez 4, Watson 5, Tippett 11, Collins 9, Fielding 15, Herron 7, Ady 7, Guice 2, Fine 5, Hernandez 2, Haltgren 1.

UNIVERSITY Dunham 1, Jeffries 0, Fryer 3, Massey 4, Wetzel 9, Earling 7, Price 0, Hineman 11, Carlson 5, Flanery 2, Wilson 4, Allen 8.

Kamiakin 86, Mead 71

Scott Mitchell scored 21 points, Jon Carlisle had 20 and A.J. Giesa added 19 as the Braves (2-0) downed the visiting Panthers (1-2).

Kamiakin outrebounded Mead 26-24.

Mead 15 17 16 23 - 71

Kamiakin 18 21 20 27 - 86

MEAD Morris 10, Klaus 0, Inderrieden 2, Riccelli 1, Armitage 13, West 2, Long 16, Eggers 0, Walton 6, Castaneda 22, Wyrick 0, Myers 0.

KAMIAKIN Hubbard 4, Mitchell 21, Gray 12, Robinson 7, D. Wright 2, R. Wright 1, Giesa 19, Carlisle 20.

Davis 54, Rogers 49

At Yakima, Mario Herrera scored 16 points as Davis (1-1) held off a late Rogers (1-2) rally.

Rogers trailed by as many as 15 points in the game, but pulled to within 50-47 before both teams traded free throws to end the game.

Rogers limited Davis to just three points in the fourth quarter.

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ROGERS Browning 4, Loffredi 4, Goldsmith 0, Cuculich 0, Oglesbee 4, Mosby 5, Hassett 1, Williams 4, Dainty 4, Pugh 9, Smith 14, Hemphill 0.

DAVIS Guy 10, Mallore 2, Anderson 8, Gratton 8, Stubblefield 10, Herrera 16.

Pullman 75, Moscow 62

Jeremiah Donati had 10 rebounds and 15 points to lead the Greyhounds (2-2) past the Bears (1-1) at Pullman.

Adam Miller scored 15 points in the third quarter to pull Moscow within seven, but Pullman made 14 of 16 free throws in the fourth to end the Bears’ comeback.

Moscow 15 15 17 15 - 62

Pullman 21 19 14 21 - 75

MOSCOW Dudley 15, Strobel 5, Miller 22, Petersen 3, Lathen 4, Z.Johnson 5, Stinebaugh 0, G.Johnson 0, Keep 6, Owen 2.

PULLMAN Holmes 2, Berry 3, Wang 18, Donati 15, Wilde 6, Mirkovich 19, Shinall 3, Cummings 0, Marong 1, Watters 8.

Riverside 83, Lakeside 66

At Nine Mile Falls, Josh Hall scored 20 points and Ryan Monroe added 19 as the Rams (2-1) trounced the Eagles (2-1).

Riverside went 16 of 29 from the foul line, and Lakeside got into early foul trouble.

Riverside 18 20 27 18 - 83

Lakeside 9 19 18 20 - 66

RIVERSIDE Otto 7, Lundberg 3, Monroe 19, Hall 20, Johnson 6, Ahrens 26, Finch 2.

LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.) - Nelson 5, Petticrew 8, Bender 10, Feider 8, Brakel 2, Day 9, Dasenbrock 3, Coe 9, Spiger 12.

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