Pullman Opens League With Cozy Win

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As if Pullman’s 1-2 punch weren’t enough, Josh Bray is giving the Greyhounds a third option.

Bray made 6 of 9 3-pointers and finished with 25 points on Friday as second-ranked Pullman opened its Great Northern League schedule with an 86-60 win over visiting Medical Lake.

Brent Cummings (26.7 points per game) and Ryan Harms (15.9 ppg) had guided the Greyhounds through six games. Now Bray, who had averaged 7.6 during the first five, has scored 45 in the last two.

Pullman hit 20 of 39 field goals in the first half to pull away from the team that defeated it in last year’s State 2A quarterfinals.

Medical Lake’s Mike Chappell scored 10 in the third quarter.

Pullman 86, Medical Lake 60

Medical Lake 11 9 24 16 - 60

Pullman 27 24 15 20 - 86

Medical Lake (4-3, 0-1) - Earley 8, Berry 7, Fuqua 0, Mitchell 8, Chappell 19, Nichols 16, Mace 2, Ercks 0.

Pullman (7-0, 1-0) - Sheridan 2, Cummings 16, Paulson 2, Bray 25, Harms 11, Myers 0, Rurangirwa 12, Morscheck 4, Weeks 6, Poole 2, Petz 4, Druffel 2.

Deer Park 71, Chewelah 54

Adam Swinyard improved on his 23.8 ppg average with 27 points, hitting 10 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter and 13 of 16 overall, as the Stags remained perfect with a win over the visiting Cougars.

Jesse Frickey added 12 rebounds and six steals, and Zack Axel seven assists for Deer Park, off to its best start of the decade. Chewelah’s Jeremy Miller, just back from an injury suffered during football, hit 4 of 6 3-pointers and scored 20.

Chewelah 16 7 17 14 - 54

Deer Park 18 15 17 21 - 71

Chewelah (2-4, 0-1) - N. Garner 2, Meserve 5, Carpenter 0, Culler 0, Putoff 2, Tupek 2, Grubb 4, Miller 20, K. Garner 3, Parrish 16.

Deer Park (6-0, 1-0) - Axel 9, Swinyard 27, White 14, Henry 0, Westerman 1, Mitchell 1, Frickey 5, Zimmerer 3, Morse 0, Thompson 10.

Riverside 57, Newport 54

Jim Murphy hit four of his six 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, including two near the 2-minute mark, to help the visiting Rams edge the Grizzlies.

Ray Lieske added four 3-pointers for Riverside, which finished 10 of 23 from long range. Newport finished 0 for 9 on 3-pointers. Newport’s Matt Vlasman had 12 rebounds.

Riverside 19 12 8 18 - 57

Newport 20 14 8 12 - 54

Riverside (4-3, 1-0) - Fleetwood 0, Lieske 12, Murphy 25, Steiner 0, Hodgson 1, Hoffman 7, Thomas 0, Dinning 4, Johnson 2, Vannatter 6.

Newport (3-3, 0-1) - Kiehn 4, Meade 10, Walden 4, Drum 17, Reyes 3, Balcom 10, Campbell 0, Jordan 1, Vlasman 5.