BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Libby boys squeeze past Troy

Libby 55, Troy 49

TROY — Troy cut a 10-point halftime deficit to a single bucket only for Libby to pull away late in a District 7B basketball game between the Kootenai River rivals.

The Trojans whittled Libby’s 29-19 lead to just two points with two minutes to play when Loggers freshman Ryggs Johnson nailed a 3-pointer to extend the lead back to five points. Troy couldn’t get over the hump in the final minutes to close the gap again.

Johnston scored a game-high 20 points in the contest to lead the Loggers and senior Anthony Johnson had 13.

Sean Opland had 19 points for Troy and Dillon Savage had 14.

Libby 12 17 10 16 — 55

Troy 6 13 17 13 — 49

LIBBY—Jonny Cielak 6, Ryggs Johnston 20, Zander Petersen 6, Anthony Johnson 13, Erik Lauer 3, Brandon Sadewasser 7.

TROY—Dillon Savage 14, Tucker Winn 5, Adam Tallmadge 7, Sean Opland 19, Mason Chapel 4.

GIRLS

Troy 53, Libby 38

TROY — The Troy girls dominated through three quarters, running away with a District 7B conference victory over Libby.

Allie Coldwell had 20 points and Kaitlyn Down 11 for the Trojans, who led 18-10 after the first quarter and 32-19 at halftime. Troy extended its lead to 45-27 after the third quarter before easing to the finish.

Shannon Reny had 18 points to lead the Loggers.

Libby 10 9 8 11 — 38

Troy 18 14 13 8 — 53

LIBBY—Trinity Wallace 4, Madison Monigold 8, Abby Ennenga 2, Jayden Winslow 6, Shannon Reny 18.

TROY—Olivia Roach 2, Aurora Becquart 8, Alyssa Lewis 3, Allie Coldwell 20, Kaitlyn Downey 11, Sami Rohrich 1, Allie Brown 8.