Cv, Lc Stay Tied With Wins

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The difference was subtle but significant.

Central Valley slipped past Mead 65-61 Friday night simply because the visiting eighth-ranked Bears moved their feet better in the second half.

“At halftime, Coach said to stop their penetration, they were killing us,” CV senior Marc Hinckley said. “When we stopped the penetration of their guards, they couldn’t dump the ball off.”

When the Mead guards got inside, they dumped the ball to 6-foot-8 Brian Wolverton, who was perfect on seven shots, five in the first half. If the guards shot, Wolverton had inside position for offensive putbacks.

Without penetration, Wolverton only got two baskets in the second half and got into foul trouble while Hinkley had eight of his nine rebounds.

CV (11-2 overall, 10-2 GSL) stayed tied for the Greater Spokane League lead with Lewis and Clark while Mead (9-5, 8-4) dropped to third. LC plays at CV on Tuesday.

It also helped that CV hit its free throws, 24 of 30 for the game. Three of the misses came after the Bears got the lead to eight, the biggest of the game, at 65-57 with 39 seconds left.

“The key down the stretch is we missed the front end of three one-and-ones and they made their free throws (when it counted),” Mead coach Jim Preston said. “In a big game like this, often times it’s one little thing.”

There were five ties and eight lead changes through three quarters. The last lead change came when CV reserve guard Craig Eigenhuis hit a big 3-pointer from the top with 56 seconds left in the third quarter to put the Bears up 47-45.

Central Valley 12 20 17 16 - 65

Mead 16 17 12 16 - 61

CENTRAL VALLEY - Eigenhuis 1 0-0 3, Priebe 1 1-2 3, Smith 6 1-3 14, Hebden 0 0-0 0, Hinckley 0 4-4 4, Libey 2 2-4 6, Depew 0 2-2 2, McFarlane 3 7-7 14, Perkes 6 7-8 19. Totals 19 24-30 65.

MEAD - Adams 0 0-1 0, Stenerson 6 1-3 13, Stucky 0 0-0 0, Zelinski 0 0-0 0, Castillo 4 1-2 9, Schollmeyer 0 2-3 2, Scholl 0 0-0 0, Stone 5 0-0 10, Galles 5 1-4 11, Wolverton 7 2-3 16. Totals 27 7-16 61.

3-point goals - Eigenhuis, Smith, McFarlane. Total fouls - CV 16, Mead 23. Fouled out - Stone.

LC 49, Rogers 45

Tyrees Donastorg and Luke Bowman scored in the last 2 minutes and Pat Luce had a career-high 25 points to give the Tigers (11-3, 10-2) the win over the Pirates (9-5, 7-5), who got 21 from Sam Dempsey.

Rogers 13 11 9 12 - 45

Lewis and Clark 7 14 12 16 - 49

ROGERS - Hooper 0 1-2 1, Bedford 0 0-0 0, Ridley 3 2-4 8, Oglesbee 3 1-2 7, Dempsey 7 7-12 21, Pugh 2 0-0 4, Rother 1 2-4 4. Totals 16 13-24 45.

LEWIS AND CLARK - Bowman 1 0-0 2, Hook 1 0-0 2, Defour 5 1-3 11, Coleman 0 2-2 2, Avery 0 0-0 0, Donastorg 2 3-6 7, Floyd 0 0-0 0, Kuhlmann 0 0-0 0, Luce 11 3-5 25. Totals 20 9-17 49.

3-point goals - Rogers 0-0, Lewis and Clark 0-0. Total fouls - Rogers 20, Lewis and Clark 20. Fouled out - None.

Gonzaga Prep 58, U-Hi 49

Greg Johnson sank all six of his free throws in the fourth quarter to lead the Bullpups (6-8, 6-6) past the Titans (1-13, 1-11), who got 6 3s and 22 points from Chris Short.

University 8 15 13 13 - 49

Gonzaga Prep 11 21 12 14 - 58

UNIVERSITY - Sale 0 1-2 1, Merrifield 0 0-0 0, Short 8 0-0 22, Ruscio 1 0-0 3, Roberts 2 3-3 7, Van Dyne 1 1-2 3, Florence 0-0 2-4 2, Renz 1 0-0 2, Price 3 3-5 9, Schmidt 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 10-16 49.

GONZAGA PREP - Johnson 3 6-6 13, McIntyre 3 0-0 6, Thielman 1 2-5 4, Maher 0 3-6 3, Dixson 1 0-2 2, Bacon 5 1-1 11, Hartnett 7 3-5 17, Yarbrough 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 15-25 58. 3-point goals Short 6, Ruscio, Johnson. Total fouls University 22, Gonzaga Prep 18. Fouled out Ranz, Roberts.

Shadle Park 53, NC 49

Charlie Howlett’s 3 with less than a minute left sealed the Highlanders’ (4-10, 3-9) win over the Indians (6-8, 6-6) at the Arena, but the Indians retained the Groovy Shoes in the annual spirit competition.

Shadle Park 14 9 14 16 - 53

North Central 6 11 16 16 - 49

SHADLE PARK - Wynne 1 1-2 3, Ryan 2 0-0 4, Beal 3 0-0 8, Evans 0 0-0- 0, Jerr.Johnson 0 0-0 0, Howlett 5 2-3 16, Bruck 0 0-0 0, Doyle 6 1-3 14, Jere.Johnson 0 0-0 0, Singleton 4 0-0 8. Totals 21 4-8 53.

NORTH CENTRAL - Allen 9 0-2 18, Lesesne 0 0-0 0, Robinson 0 0-0 0, Blotsky 2 2-3 6, Farr 1 0-0 2, Allbery 6 2-3 15, Martyn 4 0-0 8. Totals 22 4-8 49.

3-point goals Beal 2, Howlett 4, Doyle, Allbery. Total fouls Shadle Park 13, North Central 12. Fouled out - none.

Ferris 47, Mt. Spokane 28

Chris Watts’ 14 points and six boards led the Saxons (11-3, 9-3) past the Wildcats (1-12, 0-12).

Mt. Spokane 5 7 9 7 - 28

Ferris 6 12 14 15 - 47

MT. SPOKANE - Gordon 0 0-0 0, Adams 0 0-0 0, Wilson 0 0-0 0, Gaston 1 0-0 3, Tabisz 2 0-1 5, Clark 5 2-2 14, Bishop 1 0-0 2, Hardman 0 0-0 0, Hammond 0 0-0 0, Swanson 1 0-0 2, Lewis 1 0-0 2. Totals 11 2-3 28.

FERRIS - Biggerstaff 0 0-0 0, Servine 4 0-0 10, Atkins 2 0-0 4, Sleeth 1 1-3 3, Gill 1 2-3 4, Watts 7 0-0 14, Mietus 0 0-0 0, Donner 0 0-0 0, Williams 4 2-3 10, Pounds 0 0-0 0, White 0 2-2 2. Totals 19 7-11 47.

3-point goals - Gaston, Tabisz, Clark 2, Servine 2. Fouls - MS 13, Ferris 11. Fouled out - None.

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