Eureka boys reach hoops postseason

| February 13, 2008 1:00 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

EUREKA - The Eureka high school boys' basketball team punched its ticket to the postseason Tuesday night.

The Lions beat St. Ignatius, 46-34, in a District 8-B Tournament play-in game.

Big John Davis registered a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead the way for Eureka. Marcus Pluid had six points and seven rebounds. Josiah Begay added 11 points.

Ahead 16-15 at the half, the Lions outsored the Bulldogs in both the third and fourth quarters.

The Lions finished with a 29-14 rebounding advantage, according to Eureka coach Chad Dunn.

The victory improved the Lions to 4-15 on the season. They will play Thompson Falls on Friday in the first-round of the district tournament in Polson.

St. Ignatius 5 10 8 11 - 34

Eureka 9 7 11 19 - 46

ST. IGNATIUS (2-17) - Dallas Cordier 4 2-3 11, Jorren Gief 2 2-2 6, Lucas McDonald 4 1-2 10, Alex Morigeau 2 2-4 7. Totals 12 7-12 34.

EUREKA (4-15) - Josiah Begay 5 0-1 11, Tanner Newell 1 3-4 5, Ben DeChart 2 0-0 5, Chad Price 1 0-0 2, John Davis 7 3-4 17, Marcus Pluid 3 0-2 6. Totals 19 6-11 46.

3-point goals - SI 3 (Cordier, McDonald, Morigeau), Eur. (Begay, DeChart). Total fouls - SI 14, Eur. 14. Fouled out - Gief.