Eureka boys fall in OT to Plains

by The Daily Inter Lake
| February 18, 2011 2:00 AM

LIBBY - Plains overcame a rough first quarter to defeat Eureka 63-59 in overtime in a first-round matchup at the District 7B boys basketball tournament on Thursday.

Taylor Finstone led three Horsemen in double figures with 19.

Bryton Guckenberg led the Lion effort with 21. Tanner Petersen and Chris Ibach chipped in 13 each.

Plains 3 17 22 12 9 - 63

Eureka 10 15 9 20 5 - 59

PLAINS - Carson Lilja 3, Andrew Baker 16, Jeff Revier 13, Taylor Finstone 19, Carter Montgomery 2 Tanner Ostrem 8.

EUREKA - Dalton Smith 2, Tanner Petersen 13, Tanner Blankers 7, Mark Good 3, Chris Ibach 13, Bryton Guckenberg 21.

Troy 45, Mission 32

LIBBY - Troy used a big second half to pull away from Mission in a first-round matchup.

Cory Orr led the way for Troy (10-9) with 14 points. Ryan Rayson added 10.

Stuart Grant tallied 10 points for Mission (10-9).

Troy moves on to play top-seed Bigfork (13-5) today at 1 p.m.

Mission drops to loser-out action Saturday at 9 a.m.

Troy 10 9 13 13 - 45

Mission 5 10 6 11 - 32

TROY - Creede Garcia 3, Cory Orr 14, Ryan Rayson 10, Cody Orr 6, Kody Hoffman 4, Trent Cratty 8.

MISSION - Austin Durglo 9, Dylan Evans 8, Stuart Grant 10, Nikko Alexander 3, J. Durglo 2.

Girls

Thompson Falls 34, Eureka 31

LIBBY - Kelsey Fitchett scored 11 points to help Thompson Falls edge Eureka in a first-round contest.

Thompson Falls led 26-20 heading into the final frame, and then held off a late charge by the Lions.

Alex Holland led Eureka with eight points.

Thompson Falls (6-13) moves on to face third-ranked and top-seed Bigfork (17-1) today at 3 p.m.

Eureka (2-17) drops into loser-out action at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday.

Thompson Falls 5 11 10 8 - 34

Eureka 6 5 9 11 - 31

THOMPSON FALLS - Kelsey Fitchett 11, Allison Vaught 7, Hope Reid 9, Kayla Stark 2, Mara Hanks 2, Leann Lantz 2, Angela Padden 1.

EUREKA - Alex Holland 8, Brooke Williams 6, Cassidy Morgan 7, Carli Allen 3, Caitlin Larson 7.

Plains 48, Troy 42

LIBBY - The Trotters held of a late surge by Troy to advance to the semifinals.

Kayla Revier led Plains with 14 points.

Jackie Pepiot scored 13 for Troy (1-18).

Troy 9 5 11 17 - 42

Plains 13 11 11 13 - 48

TROY - Jackie Pepiot 13, Jordan Williams 5, Kimmy Klin 7, Michaela Curry 10, Kellie Lundin 7.

PLAINS - Malena Sweet 8, Diamond LaDeaux 6, Kayla Revier 14, Nikki Kunzer 3, Kelsey Beagley 8, Laurel Danhof 4, Felicia Earhart 3, Ashley Thompson 2.