4A Eastern Regional

Who

Top 4 from Greater Spokane League and Big Nine Conference district tournaments.

What

Top four teams advance to state.

When

Today, Friday and Saturday.

Where

Today at split sites; today’s winners are at EWU and losers at GU on Friday; all games at EWU on Saturday.

Radio

Today’s games at EWU on KKPL 630 AM; at GU on KEZE 96.9 FM. Remainder of tournament on KEZE 96.9 FM only.

Girls first round

No. 4 Lewis and Clark (12-11) vs. No. 1 Kamiakin (18-4) at Southridge HS, 7:30 p.m.; No. 3 University (16-7) vs. No. 2 Kennewick (17-5) at Southridge HS, 6; No. 3 Richland (16-7) vs. No. 2 Central Valley (19-3) at EWU, 7:30; No. 4 Pasco (11-12) vs. No. 1 Mead (19-3) at GU, 6.

Big Nine girls

Two rematches from a year ago, Kamiakin beat LC 68-26 and Richland beat CV 49-35… . Both leagues return three of four, in Big Nine, Pasco replaces Wenatchee and in GSL U-Hi replaces Ferris… . Mead (53-37) and CV (71-48) beat Kamiakin the first weekend, but after 1-3 start, won 17 of 18 behind Emily Autrey. State 100-meter champion, who has signed with UW, Autrey was league MVP, averaging 21.2 points after being held to 19 on opening weekend. … Kennewick led by Emily Faurholt, 5-11 soph. post, at 17.7 ppg; Heather Thoelke , 5-11 jr. guard, 14.9; and 5-10 jr. post Heidi Mensigner, 10.7. Faurholt and Thoelke are first team All-Big Nine. … Pasco’s 5-9 soph. guard Brooke Lanning made first team all-league with 20.5 average. Bulldogs last made regional in ‘95 and state in ‘89… . Meggen Kautzky of Richland, 5-6 sr. guard, went over 1,000 points Friday and made all-league first team with a 10.6 average.

GSL girls

Morgan Bennett of Mead, who is headed for the Air Force Academy, led the GSL - boys and girls - at 17.8 ppg. Jr. Courtney Ferguson added 10.3 for Mead, which gave up 50 or more points four times, losing three… . CV scored less than 50 four times, losing three. The Bears are led by Marisa Liepman at 12.9 and Jenny Wilson at 10.4. Wilson hit buzzer-beater last year to send Bears to state and keep Kamiakin home. Soph. Raeanna Jewell adds 9.5 off the bench. … U-Hi has most wins since 1990 (21-9) team was sixth at state. No one in double figures for team that won 9 of last 10 in regular season to shoot to third seed. … LC also no double-figure scorer. Tigers won 6 of 8 down stretch to earn fifth seed.

Boys first round

No. 4 Gonzaga Prep (16-7) vs. No. 1 Davis (17-6) at Eisenhower, 7:30 p.m.; No. 3 Central Valley (20-2) vs. No. 2 Walla Walla (20-2) at WWCC, 7:30; No. 3 Pasco (16-7) vs. No. 2 Lewis and Clark (15-7) at EWU, 6; No. 4 Eisenhower (12-12) vs. No. 1 Ferris (20-2) at GU, 7:30.

Big Nine boys

One rematch, Walla Walla beat CV 65-51. Prep beat Wa-Hi 56-54 in season opener; Blue Devils then won 20 straight before falling to Davis in district title game. … Ferris beat Eisenhower in season opener at Ike… . Rare matchup for first round, Wa-Hi went undefeated in Big Nine, CV lost once in GSL, but district upsets produced meeting… . GSL returns all four regional teams from last year… . Wa-Hi’s Kyle Bankhead, a 6-2 sr. guard, was third in league scoring at 17.3 to earn league player of year, but 6-2 sr. forward Jon DeWolfe, first-team all-league, 11.5, could be best player… . Davis has the second and fifth scorers in the Big Nine in Tyler Stubblefield, 6-1 jr. guard, and Josh Williams, 6-7 jr. post, at 19.5 and 14.9, respectively. Both were first team all-league. Williams, nephew of coach Shag Williams, edged Stubblefield for scoring title last year by tenth of a point. Stubblefield shared quarterback duties with Aaron Anderson, a 6-4 sr., who averaged 12.4 in basketball… . Pasco’s leading scorer is 5-10 sr. guard Demetrius Straws, a first-year varsity player, at 13.1. Brian Niebel, a 6-2 sr., adds, 10.9. David Hileman, a 5-10 streaking outside shooter, has signed to play soccer at Wisconsin-Green Bay… . Eisenhower third-year coach Don VanLierop put in two stints as a Ferris assistant. Senior forward Sam Hayden is the leading scorer at 12.8.

GSL boys

CV only allowed 50 points twice, losing both. Balanced attack led by Bryan Depew at 13.6, Kyle Boast at 11.6 and Patrick Libey at 10.0… . Ferris is on second nine-game winning streak. Chris Watts leads Saxons at 10.6 with Andre Atkins at 10.4… . Prep also had nine-game winning streak, but have lost four of last six, averaging 38.5 points in losses. Greg Johnson leads Bullpups at 14.9. … LC boys are 6-2, both losses to Ferris, when they averaged 33 points. Justin Defour is the top scorer at 11.8 with Jeremy Kuhlmann adding 10.6.