Groth Brothers Score 63 In Win

Jeremy Groth became Washington state’s No. 2 all-time scorer by hitting 20 of 20 free throws and scoring 41 to ignite the Curlew Cougars to a 82-74 win over the Ritzville Broncos in a Northeast B basketball seeding game Saturday.

Groth’s career total of 2,334 points trails only current Eastern Washington University player Ryan Hansen, who scored 2,411 for Cascade (Leavenworth) from 1993-97.

Groth hit 8 of 14 from the floor, including 5 of 9 3-pointers. Brother Craig Groth hit six 3-pointers and scored 22. Ritzville’s Josh Whitman totaled 14 rebounds and 33 points, hitting 13 of 29 field goals.

Ritzville 13 15 16 30 - 74

Curlew 19 19 19 25 - 82

Ritzville (18-8) - Reilly 2, Burt 0, Heider 0, Plager 6, B. Arlt 7, Borth 2, J. Arlt 3, Marcus 0, Kuster 10, Whitman 33, Pflugrath 9, Dirks 2.

Curlew (25-2) - Lindgren 0, Anderson 2, C. Groth 22, J. Groth 41, H. Barkley 0, Olsen 9, Stotts 0, Baker 0, Garrison 8, W. Barkley 0.

Girls: Selkirk 55, Davenport 41

Rachea Allert scored 20, hitting 7 of 13 from the field and 4 of 4 from the line, and added eight rebounds to guide the Rangers over the Gorillas.

Selkirk 11 13 10 21 - 55

Davenport 10 4 13 14 - 41

Selkirk (22-5) - Fairbairn 8, Scherf 1, D. Haney 4, Pettis 9, Gonzalez 0, M. Haney 2, Dorn 0, D. Beatty 1, M. Beatty 2, Allert 20, Emrick 6, Schmidt 2.

Davenport (17-9) - Paul 0, Pebles 3, Bell 0, Hutsell 0, Guhlke 11, A. Lust 3, Kunz 13, E. Lust 3, Buchanan 2, Deal 1, C. Guhlke 1, Cowdrey 4.