North Central Defeats Mead, 51-49

GSL boys

Adam Hieb scored a career-high 19 points and North Central hit its free throws late in the game to defeat No. 9 Mead 51-49 in the late Greater Spokane League boys basketball game at the Arena Friday night.

The Indians (7-7, 4-6) handed the Panthers (10-5, 8-3) their second straight loss after nine straight wins.

Jerry Holdren added 12 points for NC, which was without Troy Kapelke. Mead held NC’s leading scorer, Marshall Kuhlman, to four points.

The Indians allowed Mead’s three big scorers to reach double figures, but held both Damian Long and Ralph Castaneda below their averages.

Mead won the first matchup by 19.

North Central 51, Mead 49

North Central 16 13 11 11 - 51

Mead 17 11 9 12 - 49

NORTH CENTRAL Plaster 0 0-0 0, Turner 0 0-0 0, Blanchat 3 1-3 9, Blotsky 0 1-2 1, Kuhlman 2 0-0 4, Holdren 4 4-6 12, Hieb 7 4-6 19, Young 0 0-0 0, Eschenbacher 3 0-2 6. Totals 19 10-19 51.

MEAD Morris 3 7-10 13, Klaus 0 0-0 0, Inderrieden 1 0-0 2, Armitage 0 1-2 1, West 1 0-0 2, Long 6 0-0 14, Walton 1 2-2 4, Castaneda 5 1-2 11, Myers 1 0-0 2.Totals-18 11-16 49.

3-point goals - Blanchat 2, Hieb, Long 2. Total fouls - NC 11, Mead 15. Fouled out - none.

Shadle Park 64, LC 55

The Highlanders (6-9, 5-6) made 26 of 32 free throws, including 13 of 14 in the fourth quarter, to defeat the visiting Tigers (10-5, 6-5).

Nate Dunham scored 26 points, 14 coming from the foul line. He was 8 of 8 in the fourth quarter. Kerry Hipps was 5 of 6 from the line in the final period.

Shadle, which also got 17 points from Oliver Cook, took the lead in the second quarter and never gave it up.

Mike Homer had a career-high 26 for LC, hitting five 3-pointers, and Paul Mencke added 20 points.

Lewis and Clark 13 11 12 19 - 55

Shadle Park 13 15 14 22 - 64

LEWIS AND CLARK Steuckle 0 2-2 2, Homer 10 1-2 26, Lynch 0 0-3 0, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Morse 0 0-0 0, Etter 2 0-2 4, Vick 0 0-2 0, Adams 1 1-2 3, Mencke 7 6-7 20. Totals 20 10-20 64.

SHADLE PARK Dunham 5 14-17 26, Cook 4 7-9 17, Kingsbury 2 0-0 4, Pate 0 0-0 0, Anderson 4 0-0 8, Mohr 0 0-0 0, Jones 0 0-0 0, Hann 1 0-0 2, Hipps 1 5-6 7. Totals 17 26-32 64.

3-point goals - Homer 5, Dunham 2, Cook 2. Total fouls - LC 26, SP 21. Fouled out - Etter, Anderson. Technicals - Homer, Vick, Mencke, Anderson.

Ferris 55, Central Valley 45

At CV, the third-ranked Saxons (13-1, 9-1) broke away from the Bears (8-7, 5-6) in the second half to win for the sixth straight time.

Chris Hardan scored 14 points, hitting four 3-pointers, and Justin Bursch scored all 11 of his points in the second half. The Bears held the Saxons’ leading scorers, Scott Stocum and Leonard Harmon, to a combined 12 points. But CV couldn’t stop the guards from picking up the slack.

Ferris made 22 of 43 shots while CV was just 17 of 50. Craig Schuh led the Bears with 20 points.

Ferris 12 10 15 18 - 55

Central Valley 13 9 8 15 - 45

FERRIS Bursch 3 4-4 11, Schuchart 0 0-0 0, Servine 4 0-1 9, Hardan 5 0-0 14, Lucke 1 0-0 3, Henneberry 0 0-0 0, Harmon 4 0-1 8, Stocum 2 0-0 4, Weatherred 3 0-0 6. Totals 22 4-6 55.

CENTRAL VALLEY Nesbitt 0 0-0 0, Smith 3 0-0 8, Schuh 7 3-4 20, Abrams 0 0-0 0, Allen 4 2-4 10, Platt 0 0-0 0, Hinckley 0 0-0 0, McFarlane 0 0-0 0, May 2 1-2 5, Schulz 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 6-10 45.

3-point goals - Bursch, Servine, Hardan 4, Lucke, Smith 2, Schuh 3. Total fouls - F 9, CV 11. Fouled out - none.

University 68, Rogers 52

The Titans (8-7, 5-6) broke the game open in the third quarter to beat the Pirates (1-14, 0-11).

University stretched a four-point half-time lead to 14 entering the fourth quarter. The Titans protected the lead by making 20 of 25 free throws. Kelly Hineman finished with 18 for U-Hi.

The Pirates had nine of their 16 turnovers in the third quarter. Nathan Smith had 10 rebounds for Rogers.

University 17 15 20 16 - 68

Rogers 15 13 10 14 - 52

UNIVERSITY - Dunham 0 2-2 2, Jeffries 0 4-4 4, Fryer 2 2-2 6, Massey 4 1-2 11, Wetzel 0 0-0 0, Earling 0 2-2 2, Heimbigner 0 0-0 0, Price 1 0-0 2, Hineman 8 1-1 18, Carlson 3 5-5 11, Flanery 1 0-0 2, Wilson 2 2-5 6, Allen 1 2-2 4. Totals 23 20-25 68.

ROGERS Browning 2 0-2 4, Loffredi 3 4-7 11, Goldsmith 0 0-0 0, Cuculich 2 1-2 5, Oglesbee 1 1-2 4, Mosby 4 2-6 11, Hassett 1 0-1 2, Dainty 2 0-2 4, Pugh 0 0-1 0, Smith 5 1-2 11, Hemphill 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 9-26 52.

3-point goals - Heineman, Massey, Loffredi, Oglesbee, Mosby. Total fouls - University 22 Rogers 18. Fouled out - none.

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