Top Seeds Each Advance With Wins

Southeast B Tournament

There were few suprises in the first round of the Southeast B Tournament on Monday.

The Blue Mountain League’s top seed, Pomeroy, and Whitman County League’s No. 1 seed, LaCrosse-Washtucna, both advanced to today’s second round with easy victories over lesser-ranked opponents.

Second seeds Waitsburg and Garfield-Palouse also advanced, setting the stage for some eagerly anticipated matchups.

Touchet, Saint John-Endicott, Rosalia and DeSales all face elimination in a pair of loser out games.

The SEB tournament will continue at Washington State University’s Friel Court through Saturday, with the top two seeds advancing to the State B Tournament in Spokane next week.

LaCrosse-Wash. 64, Touchet 50

Casey Rouleau and Troy Nealey combined for 18 of the Tigercats’ 25 points in the fourth quarter to propel LaCrosse-Washtucna past the Indians in the first round of the SEB Tournament at Pullman.

Touchet trailed 39-36 going into the fourth period, but Nealey rebounded from a scoreless third period to tally eight points.

Mike Adams had 23 points for Touchet.

LaCrosse-Wash. 17 13 9 25 - 64

Touchet 16 7 13 14 - 50

LACROSSE/WASHTUCNA Nealey 17, Schwiger 1, Camp , Swenson 0, Ledbetter 10, Rouleau 11, Henley 0, Daniel 16, Kinch 0, G.Whitman 1, Roberts 3, J.Whitman 5.

TOUCHET Clarke 0, Renwick 4, Adams 23, Ford 0, Nolan 0, Espinoza 0, Hegdal 6, Bussell 2, Carlisle , Gosney 10, Trejo 5.

Waitsburg 59, St. John-End. 46

Eric Wyatt scored six of his team-high 14 points in the third quarter to lift the Cardinals over the Eagles.

St. John-Endicott pulled to within six points at the end of the third quarter 44-38 but Waitsburg went on a 15-8 run to close out the game.

Josh Largent came off the bench to hit two 3-pointers for the Cardinals in the first period.

Waitsburg 18 16 10 15 - 59

St. John-Endicott 16 10 12 8 - 46

WAITSBURG Harris 2, Largent 8, Scott, Riggs 8, Pesina 0, Pearson 8, Wyatt 14, Erikson 13, Banks 6.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Kleweno 11, Colyar 9, Repp 0, Bafus 2, Strader 6, Gering 7, Jordan 1, Hergert 10, Stolmeier 0, Phillips 0.

Pomeroy 64, Rosalia 33

Nick Cox scored eight points in a 25-point fourth quarter as the Pirates cruised to a win over the Spartans.

Adam McCabe hit two 3-pointers in the first quarter to help Pomeroy get out to a 10-8 lead.

The Pirates overcame an 11-25 shooting performance at the line. Rosalia was 7-11.

Rosalia 8 13 13 7 - 33

Pomeroy 10 19 10 25 - 64

ROSALIA Bernard 2, Peterson 0, VanGrimbergen 0, Maley 10, Naught 4, Scheele 9, Goyke 3, Finley 2, Blank 2, Botham 1.

POMEROY A.McCabe 12, Gwinn 4, Young 2, Cox 16, Klaveano 2, Kimble 5, Edvalson 8, Barr 0, E. McCabe 10, Fruh 5.

Garfield-Palouse 60, DeSales 34

The Vikings’ overcame Brian Lindgren’s 20 points with a balanced scoring attack.

Logan Coles scored seven of his nine points in the first quarter as Garfield-Palouse opened up a 22-9 lead.

B.J. Hill’s 12 points led three Vikings in double-figures.

Garfield-Palouse outscored DeSales 28-9 in the second half.

DeSales 9 16 7 2 - 34

Garfield-Palouse 22 10 15 13 - 60

DESALES - Lindgren 20, Huether 3, Wolfram 3, Heinzman 2, Casey 2, Levens 4, Mormorco 0, Zea 0.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Hill 12, Bischoff 11, Coles 9, Fox 10, Gearhart 2, Miller 4, Hegg 4, Thurston 8. , DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: TODAY’S GAMES Game 5: Touchet (10-11) vs. SJE (7-16) (loser out), noon Game 6: LaCrosse-Washtucna (17-6) vs. Waitsburg (13-7), 1:30. Game 7: Pomeroy (18-2) vs. Garfield-Palouse (18-5), 6. Game 8: Rosalia (12-12) vs. DeSales (12-10) (loser out), 7:30.