Knights edge Braves in Missoula

by Daily Inter Lake
| February 11, 2021 10:26 PM

MISSOULA — Josh Wade scored 13 points, Cayve LaRance added 10 and Missoula Hellgate held Flathead to 11 second-half points in a 48-34 Western AA boys’ basketball victory Thursday.

Joston Cripe scored 14 points for Flathead, which beat Hellgate 57-55 in Kalispell a month ago. Ethan VandenBosch added nine points for the Braves.

The game started quickly and then slowed way down. Flathead’s Gabe Adams hit a jumper in the lane to tie the game at 23-all, but Hellgate scored the last two baskets of the half – Josh Wade’s floater made it 27-23 – before grinding out a lead in the third and fourth quarters.

Adams added six points for the Braves, who were held to a season-low.

Flathead 16 7 4 7 – 34

Hellgate 19 8 9 12 – 48

FLATHEAD – Joston Cripe 14, Ethan VandenBosch 9, Gabe Adams 6, Luca Zoeller 3, Gavin Chouinard 2.

MISSOULA HELLGATE – Josh Wade 13, Cayve LaRance 10, Brogan Callaghan 8, Beckett Arthur 7, Griffin Kinch 7, Zach Johnson 2, Dre Bowie 1.