Basketball: Glacier boys run past Polson
POLSON — The Glacier boys (3-2) outscored Polson (2-4) 36-17 in the second half to run away with a victory, beating the Pirates 74-42 in a nonconference basketball game on Tuesday.
Bryan Michaels led Glacier with 23 points and 11 rebounds and Evan Epperly added 19 points and eight assists in the Wolfpack rout. Glacier scored early and often, putting up 22 points in the first quarter and never scoring less than 16 in a frame.
“We were real consistent scoring all the way through,” Glacier coach Mark Harkins said.
“We played well as a team offensively. (Michaels and Epperly) had great nights. To get those two playing like that, and we had a lot of other contributions, it was a pretty good team effort.”
The Wolfpack locked down Polson late, allowing just three points in the fourth quarter.
Andrew Weltz had 21 points to lead the Pirates.
Glacier22161719—74
Polson159143—42
GLACIER — Cody Sherill 0 0-1 0, Greg Jones 1 0-0 2, Evan Epperly 7 5-7 19, Bryan Michaels 8 6-7 23, Kade McCutcheon 1 0-0 2, Kyler Harkins 1 1-2 4, Tanner Olsen 3 2-2 9, Cain Boschee 3 1-2 7, Tucker Rauthe 3 0-2 6, Truman Pisk 1 0-0 2. Totals 29 15-23 74.
POLSON — Hudson Smith 1 0-1 2, Cedrick Smith 1 3-4 5, Chris McDonald 2 1-4 5, Andrew Weltz 7 6-8 21, Zadin Bautista 0 0-1 1, Payton Lefthand 0 0-1 0, Andrew Curley 1 1-2 3, Tanner Wilson 2 1-2 5. Totals 14 13-25 42.
3-point goals – Glacier 4 (Michaels, Olsen, Harkins), Polson 1 (Weltz). Total fouls – Glacier 19, Polson 16. Fouled out – none.
Flathead JV 39,
Stillwater Christian 35
The Flathead JV jumped out to an 11-point lead after the first quarter, and held on late to top Stillwater Christian in a nonconference game.
Alex Croumans scored 17 to lead the Braves, who outscored the Cougares 18-7 in the first quarter.
Peter Venman scored a team-high 14 for Stillwater.
Stillwater761012—35
Flathead JV1811010—39
STILLWATER — Peter Venman 14, BJ Bach 8, Jeremiah Hashley 9, Jaron Neumann 2, Isaac Neumann 2.
FLATHEAD JV — Matt Marshall 3, Alex Croumans 17, Cade White 5, Blake Wilson 4, Cody Norberg 3, Blayne Bailey 3, Micah Bucey 4.