Play-in action starts in AA basketball
The play-in game schedule for Class AA girls basketball started Tuesday night with No. 2 seed Missoula Sentinel (18-3) defeating No. 7 Missoula Hellgate 59-29.
Sentinel, led by Amanda Davis' 18 points, now advances to the AA state tournament March 10-12 in Butte.
All play-in winners, boys and girls, advance to state-tournament play in Butte.
Flathead will host Helena Capital on Friday, 7 p.m. in boys play-in action. Tickets, $6 for adults and $4 for students, will go on sale one hour before tipoff. Reserved seats and season tickets are not honored for Montana High School Association playoff games.
Glacier's boys, by virtue of winning the Western AA regular-season title, have an automatic bye to the state tournament.
In girls play-in action, Flathead visits Missoula Big Sky on Thursday, 6 p.m., while Glacier is at Helena High on Friday, 7 p.m.
Western AA
Boys
No. 1 seed - Glacier, automatic bye to state
Thursday
7 p.m. - No. 7 Helena High at No. 2 Missoula Hellgate
Friday
7 p.m. - No. 6 Missoula Big Sky at No. 3 Missoula Sentinel
7 p.m. - No. 5 Helena Capital at No. 4 Flathead
Girls
No. 1 seed - Helena Capital, automatic bye to state
Tuesday
No. 2 Missoula Sentinel 59, No. 7 Missoula Hellgate 29
Thursday
6 p.m. - No. 6 Flathead at No. 3 Missoula Big Sky
Friday
7 p.m. - No. 5 Glacier at No. 4 Helena High
Eastern AA
Boys
No. 1 seed - Bozeman, automatic bye to state
Friday
6 p.m. - No. 5 Billings Senior at No. 4 C.M. Russell
7 p.m. - No. 6 Great Falls High at No. 3 Billings Skyview
7 p.m. - No. 7 Butte at No. 2 Billings West
Girls
No. 1 seed - Bozeman, automatic bye to state
Thursday
6 p.m. - No. 7 Billings Skyview at No. 2 Billings West
6 p.m. - No. 5 Billings Senior at No. 4 Butte
Friday
7:30 p.m. - No. 6 Great Falls High at No. 3 C.M. Russell
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Tuesday's Western AA Play-In Box At Missoula Sentinel
Missoula Hellgate 6 4 7 12 - 29
Missoula Sentinel 19 10 7 23 - 59
HELLGATE - Raina Walther 0-3 0-0 0, Jackie Wells 2-3 2-4 6, Katie Martens 1-5 0-0 2, Leyna Downey 1-10 1-2 3, Jenae White 1-2 0-0 2, Kelsey Meagher 4-7 1-4 9, Cara Guderian 0-0 0-0 0, Nettie Pew 1-3 0-0 2, Hannah Cook 0-1 0-0 0, Katie Swanson 1-5 0-0 3, Sophie Hainline 0-1 0-0 0, Elizabeth Halverson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 12-41 4-10 29.
SENTINEL - McCall Hasquet 2-4 0-0 4, Kate Focher 3-6 0-0 7, Kate Patenaude 2-5 0-0 4, Olivia Roberts 2-9 3-3 7, Amanda Davis 5-7 7-10 18, Kennedy Fulbright 2-5 2-2 7, Liz Harper 2-6 0-0 4, Megan Beach 1-1 0-0 2, Keli Grover 1-1 0-0 2, Brianna Olson 1-3 0-2 2, Amanda Bearmedicine 1-3 0-2 2. Totals
3-point goals - Hellgate 1-10 (Swanson 1-4), Sentinel 3-8 (Davis 1-1, Focher 1-2, Fulbright 1-2). Total fouls - Hellgate 14, Sentinel 9. Fouled out - none. Rebounds - Hellgate 20 (Meagher 8), Sentinel 30 (Roberts 7). Turnovers - Hellgate 24, Sentinel 12.