BASKETBALL: Flathead girls romp Polson
<p>Tiana Johnson is fouled as she puts up a shot during the second quarter against Polson at Flathead on Thursday. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
The Flathead girls dominated Polson in a 52-17 nonconference win to move to 3-1 this season.
The Bravettes led 19-2 after the first quarter and took a 29-10 lead into halftime, continuing to pull away after the break.
Tiana Johnson scored 12 points to lead Flathead and Kelsey Gillespie had 10 points.
Kaelyn Smith had 12 points for the Pirates (0-4) and Mollie Fisher had the other five.
Polson 2 8 5 2 — 17
Flathead 19 10 10 13 — 52
POLSON — Kaelyn Smith 3 6-10 12, Mollie Fisher 2 1-2 5. Totals: 5 7-12 17.
FLATHEAD — Kylee Meredith 1 0-0 3, Averie Olson 2 2-2 6, Mary Heaton 1 2-2 4, Kelsey Gillespie 4 0-0 10, Clara Vandenbosch 3 0-0 7, Sara Clarin 2 0-0 4, Taylor Henley 3 0-2 6, Tiana Johnson 4 4-7 12. Totals: 20 8-13 52.
BOYS
Flathead 65, Polson 57, OT
POLSON — Braves junior forward Sam Elliott hit a pair of 3-pointers in overtime to lead Flathead (3-1) past Class A Polson (1-3) in a nonconference road game.
Elliott, who finished with a game-high 20 points, hit a game-tying shot with 20 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to extra time. He led the charge in overtime, Flathead outscoring the Pirates 15-7 in the extra session.
Tyler Johnson added 18 points for the Braves.
Tanner Wilson and Jeremiah North Piegan each had 16 points to lead Polson.
Flathead 14 10 11 15 15 — 65
Polson 12 15 9 14 7 — 57
FLATHEAD — Cooper Barrett 9, Wyatt Potter 8, Bridger Johnson 6, Cole Gunderson 3, Tyler Johnson 18, Sam Elliott 20, Anthony Jones 1.
POLSON — J’Von Johnson 7, Tanner Wilson 16, Jeremiah North Piegan 16, Connor Lanier 4, Shade Main 5, Matthew Rensvold 9.