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GSL boys

A year after being swept by Lewis and Clark during the regular season, the Mead boys basketball team returned the favor.

Adam Morris scored seven points in the fourth quarter to rally the Panthers past the Tigers 63-50 Friday night at LC. Mead won the first-round game against LC 51-48.

The Tigers led 44-39 with 5 minutes remaining, but the Panthers (8-1 Greater Spokane League, 9-3 overall) held LC (5-4, 9-4) to just six points the rest of the way.

Morris, who finished with 13 points, made five free throws in the final minute to help extinguish Lewis and Clark’s upset bid.

“When we were down, we didn’t give up,” Mead coach Jim Preston said. “We maintained composure and defense. That’s been one of the keys for us all year.”

Another key for the Panthers was getting LC scoring leader Paul Mencke into foul trouble. In the first half, Mencke scored 16 points and helped hold Mead’s Ralph Castaneda scoreless. Mencke picked up his fourth foul early in the third period, however, and the 6-foot-5 forward sat most of the second half before fouling out with 3:32 left.

“We really had a great deal of difficulty stopping Paul Mencke, and when he got in foul trouble that took away a great deal of their offense,” Preston said. “He’s a tremendous player and very difficult to stop, and I don’t think we did as good a job as I would have liked to on him, but most of that’s probably because of Paul and what he did.”

LC coach Glenn Williams said another big factor was the discrepancy in the number of fouls. The Tigers were charged with 22, the Panthers only eight.

“I don’t know if we were fouling that much more than the other team, but we sure had a lot more fouls called on us, and I think that really frustrated us mentally.”

In the first half, Mead was paced by Damian Long’s 22 points. Long finished with four 3s and 25 points.

With the victory, the Panthers moved a half-game ahead of Ferris in the GSL standings. The fourth-ranked Saxons (7-1, 11-1) were idle.

Mead 63, Lewis and Clark 50

Mead 14 18 7 24 - 63

Lewis and Clark 13 15 11 11 - 50

MEAD Morris 4 5-7 13, Klaus 1 3-6 5, Armitage 1 0-0 2, West 0 0-0 0, Long 10 1-7 25, Walton 0 0-0 0, Castaneda 6 4-6 16, Myers 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 13-26 63.

LEWIS AND CLARK Steuckle 0 0-0 0, Homer 4 3-4 12, Lynch 3 1-2 7, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Morse 0 0-0 0, Etter 1 0-0 2, Vick 2 0-1 4, Adams 2 1-2 5, Mencke 8 3-6 20. Totals 20 8-15 50.

3-point goals - Long 4, Homer, Mencke. Total fouls - Mead 8, Lewis and Clark 22. Fouled out - Mencke, Vick. Technicals - Homer.

Shadle Park 67, University 48

Oliver Cook and Tom Mohr each scored 14 points as the Highlanders (3-6, 4-9) beat the Titans (3-6, 6-7) at University.

Shadle’s pressure defense sparked a 16-8 run in the second quarter to put the Highlanders up 31-21 at halftime.

Shadle forced 18 turnovers and shot 23 of 56 from the field.

Shadle Park 15 16 22 14 - 67

University 13 8 12 15 - 48

SHADLE PARK Dunham 2 4-3 8, Cook 6 1-4 14, Kingsbury 1 3-4 5, Pate 3 1-1 9, Baune 1 0-0 3, Anderson 4 2-2 11, Mohr 5 2-2 14, Hann 1 0-0 2, Hipps 0 1-4 1, Jones 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 14-20 67.

UNIVERSITY Jefferies 1 0-1 3, Fryer 1 0-0 2, Massey 3 0-1 6, Wetzel 2 0-0 5, Earling 0 2-2 2, Heimbigner 0 2-2 2, Price 0 0-0 0, Hineman 0 0-0 0, Carlson 8 4-9 20, Flanary 1 0-0 2, Wilson 1 0-0 2, Allen 2 0-0 4. Totals 19 8-15 48.

3-point goals - Jefferies, Wetzel, Dunham, Cook, Pate 2, Baune, Anderson, Mohr 2. Total fouls - Shadle 17, University 20. Fouled out - None.

Central Valley 73, Rogers 51

Jeff Allen had four steals, 11 rebounds and 16 points to lift the Bears (5-4, 8-5) over the Pirates (0-9, 1-12) at Central Valley.

CV outrebounded Rogers 34-21 and forced 37 turnovers.

Corby Schuh had three of the Bears’ eight 3-pointers.

Rogers 11 10 15 15 - 51

Central Valley 15 23 16 19 - 73

ROGERS Browning 2 0-0 4, Goldsmith 0 1-4 1, Cuculich 1 0-0 2, Oglesbee 3 3-5 10, Mosby 2 0-1 4, Hassett 2 0-0 5, Dainty 4 2-4 10, Pugh 0 0-0 0, Smith 4 0-0 10, Hemphill 0 0-0 0, Salgado 0 5-6 5. Totals 18 11-20 51.

CENTRAL VALLEY Nesbitt 1 0-0 3, Millar 0 0-0 0, Smith 3 2-2 9, Schuh 5 2-2 15, Abrams 0 3-5 3, Allen 6 4-9 16, Platt 0 0-0 0, Hinckley 1 0-0 2, McFarlane 2 2-2 7, May 4 0-1 8, Schulz 3 4-4 10. Totals 25 17-25 73.

3-point goals - Oglesbee, Hassett, Smith 2, Smith, Schuh 3, Nesbitt, McFarlane. Total fouls - Rogers 21, CV 17. Fouled out - None. Technicals - Platt.

G-Prep 55, North Central 45

Brian Herrin scored 19 of his 28 points in the second half to lead the Bullpups (6-3, 10-3) over the Indians (3-6, 6-7) at North Central.

Herrin also had four 3-pointers in the second half.

Gonzaga Prep 11 13 15 16 - 55

North Central 15 9 11 10 - 45

GONZAGA PREP Kocharhook 1 1-2 3, Dixson 1 0-0 3, Thielma 0 0-0 0, Ryan 1 0-0 2, Powell 0 0-0 0, P.Sweeny 6 0-0 12, Herrin 10 4-5 28, McFarland 1 3-6 5, Egger 0 0-0 0, Hartnett 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 8-13 55.

NORTH CENTRAL Plaster 0 0-0 0, Turner 0 0-0 0, Blanchat 1 3-4 6, Blotsky 5 0-0 10, Holdren 4 0-0 8, Hieb 6 0-0 12, Young 1 0-0 2, Kapelke 3 0-0 6, Eschenbacher 0 1-2 1. Totals 20 4-6 45.

3-point goals - Herrin 5, Dixson, Blanchat. Total Fouls - GP 11 NC 15. Fouled out - None.

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