Basketball roundup: Glacier edges Polson

by The Daily Inter Lake
| January 6, 2015 11:45 PM

Although the Glacier Wolfpack never trailed in their nonconference matchup against the Polson Pirates, they needed clutch free throws down the stretch to hold on for a 57-52 home victory on Tuesday night.

“We keep getting better in different areas each game and this game was managing the clock, getting to the free-throw line and hitting some free throws to win the game,” Glacier head coach Mark Harkins said.

“Sometimes you need to learn how to win when things don’t go your way. Polson hung around all game it was just a close game all night long.”

Polson (2-4) trailed by one after the opening quarter, but Glacier’s second straight 16-point period took the Wolfpack into the break with a 32-26 lead.

The Pirates finally outscored Glacier 14-12 in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough to complete the comeback.

Glacier, aided by Jaxen Hashley’s game-high 12 points, was 6 for 11 from behind the arc where Taden Gilman shot 2 for 3 and finished with eight points. Like Hashley, Sam McCamley also reached double figures, scoring 10 points in the victory. He hit two 3-pointers and was a perfect 2 for 2 from the charity stripe.

“They played hard. I didn’t think we executed as well as we have on either side of the floor, but their effort was phenomenal,” Harkins said.

Polson was led by Peyton Lefthand and Derek Peel who each netted nine points. Peel scored all of his points from the three-point line, finishing 3 for 4 from behind the arc. Andrew Curley added eight points.

The Wolfpack travels to Missoula Big Sky on Saturday for a 4:15 p.m. tip-off.

Polson hosts conference foe Columbia Falls on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

Polson 15 11 12 14 — 52

Glacier 16 16 13 12 — 57

POLSON — Chris McDonald 0-2 2-2 2, Payton Lefthand 3-7 3-4 9, Tanner Wilson 7-13 2-4 16, Joe Gallatin 0-4 1-2 1, Matthew Rensvold 3-7 1-1 7, Wyatt Ducharme 0-1 0-0 0. Derek Peel 3-6 0-2 9, Andrew Curley 3-6 0-0 8.

GLACIER — Kade McCutchen 1-4 3-6 5, Sam McCamley 3-6 2-2 10, Jaxen Hashley 4-7 3-4 12, Cain Boschee 1-1 0-0 2, Truman Pisk 3-9 1-2 7, Tucker Rauthe 1-1 0-2 2, Noah Lindsay 1-3 1-2 3. Dylan Ruggles 0-2 1-1 1, John Learn 0-1 1-3 1, Taden Gilman 2-4 2-2 8, Jake Norberg 1-2 0-0 3 Cody Norberg 1-3 0-0- 2.

3-Point Goals — Polson 5-14 (Peel 3-4), Glacier 6-11 (Gilman 2-3, McCamley 2-5). Rebounds — Polson 28 (Rensvold 4) Glacier 30 (Hashley 6). Assists — Polson 14 (Lefthand 3, Wilson 3, Peel 3), Glacier 13 (McCutchen 4). Turnovers — Polson 17, Glacier 16. Total Fouls — Polson 23, Glacier 17. Fouled out — None.

Flathead JV 56,

Stillwater Christian 23

Flathead’s Tyler Johnson hit four 3-pointers in the first quarter to lead the Flathead JV squad to a 56-25 home victory over Stillwater Christian on Tuesday night.

Johnson’s game-high 18 points led the Braves while Kye AuClaire also reached double figures, adding 10 points.

The Cougars (2-5) were paced Clayton Hashley who scored a team-high 10 points. BJ Bach finished with a seven-point effort and Isaac Neumann scored six.

Stillwater 9 2 2 10 — 23

Flathead JV 20 13 8 15 — 56

STILLWATER — Clayton Hashley 4 1-4 10, BJ Bach 3 1-2 7, Daniel Lambert 1 0-0 2, Matt VanSomeren 0 0-2 0, Isaac Neumann 2 2-4 6, Totals — 10 4-12 25.

FLATHEAD — Seth Adolph 4 0-0 9, Cooper Barrett 2 0-0 5, Tucker Cronk 1 0-0 2, Kye AuClaire 4 2-3 10, Bridger Johnson 1 0-0 2, Cade White 2 0-0 4, Wyatt Smith 1 0-0 2, Tyler Johnson 7 0-0 18, Micah Bucy 2 0-0 4, 24 2-3 56.

3-point goals — Stillwater 1 (Hashley), Flathead 6 (Adolph, Barrett, Tyler Johnson 4) Fouled Out- None.

GIRLS

Glacier 56, Polson 15

POLSON — Taylor Salonen and Hailee Bennett each poured in 10 points to take Glacier past Polson for a nonconference road victory on Tuesday night.

The Wolfpack (5-1) held the Lady Pirates to a single field goal in the opening quarter and jumped out to a 24-6 halftime lead.

Zoe Boschee scored nine points and Katie Wiley added six.

Polson (0-6) saw Nichole Lake lead with a team-high six points. Lauren Lefthand finished with five.

Glacier 11 13 13 19 — 56

Polson 2 4 2 7 — 15

GLACIER — Taylor Salonen 5 0-0 10, Hailee Bennett 3 3-5 10, Alma Krutinger 1 0-0 2, Zoe Boschee 3 3-4 9, Katie Wiley 2 2-2 6, Christine Connelly 1 0-0 2, Tessa Krueger 1 1-2 3, Nikki Krueger 3 0-0 6, Ali Williams 2 0-0 4. Totals: 21 11-15 56.

POLSON — Skyla Krantz 1 0-0 2, Lauren Lefthand 2 1-4 5, Nichole Lake 0 6-11 6, Peyton Anderson 1 0-0 2. Totals: 4 7-15 15.

3-point goals — Glacier 1 (Bennett), Polson 0. Total fouls — Glacier 17, Polson 11. Fouled out — none.