Sentinel nips Glacier

by The Daily Inter Lake
| January 3, 2014 11:45 PM

MISSOULA — It was another heartbreaking road loss for the Glacier Wolfpack boys basketball team as Missoula Sentinel pulled out a 57-55 victory in the Western AA opener for both teams Friday night.

Glacier trailed by five with a minute left and managed to close the gap twice on 3s by Tanner Olsen and Evan Epperly. Sentinel, however, responded both times at the free throw line.

Glacier (2-2 overall, 0-1 league) ended the 2013 portion of its schedule with a 74-73 loss at Eastern AA foe Great Falls High on Dec. 21. The Bison scored the game-winning bucket with six seconds to play.

Epperly finished with 17 points at Missoula and Olsen knocked down 14.

Chase Walker had 25 points for Sentinel (3-2, 1-0).

Sentinel enjoyed a big edge at the free throw line, going 14 for 22. Glacier was just 4 of 11. The Wolfpack had two players foul out: Bryan Michaels and Kyler Harkins.

Glacier is back in action Tuesday at Class A Polson.

Glacier 16 11 15 13 — 55

Sentinel 14 12 17 14 — 57

GLACIER (2-2, 0-1) — Evan Epperly 7-10 1-6 17, Tanner Olsen 6-9 0-0 14, Bryan Michaels 3-6 1-2 7, Truman Pisk 3-3 1-2 7, Kyler Harkins 2-5 1-1 6, Cain Boschee 1-1 0-0 2, Jaxen Hashley 1-1 0-0 2, Sam McCamley 0-2 0-0 0, Greg Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-38 4-11 55.

MISSOULA SENTINEL (3-2, 1-0) — Chase Walker 10-12 1-2 25, Quaizhon Walker 3-6 4-6 10, Austin Violette 1-6 5-7 7, Zaccheus Darko-Kelly 2-6 1-2 6, Jeremy Eisenmann 2-3 0-0 4, Kagen Khameneh 1-2 1-3 3, Sean Laughnan 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 19-37 14-22 57.

3-point goals — Glacier 5-16 (Epperly 2-4, Olsen 2-4, Harkins 1-3, Michaels 0-2, McCamley 0-2, Jones 0-1), Sentinel 5-13 (C. Walker 4-6, Darko-Kelly 1-4, Violette 0-3). Total fouls — Glacier 18, Sentinel 15. Fouled out — Michaels, Harkins. Rebounds — Glacier 25 (Harkins 5), Sentinel 17 (Darko-Kelly 4).