Turnover-prone Pack falls 59-51 at Big Sky

by Daily Inter Lake
| January 7, 2021 10:56 PM

MISSOULA — Kaden Olsen scored 14 points for Missoula Big Sky, and the Eagles held off Glacier 59-51 for a Western AA boys’ basketball win in the season opener for both teams.

Weston Price hit three 3-pointers and scored a game-high 20 points for the Wolfpack, who committed 30 turnovers in the loss.

Colin Presnell added 12 points off the bench for Glacier, and fellow reserve Connor Sullivan added eight.

Glacier will have its home opener Saturday at 2 p.m. with MIssoula Sentinel, while Big Sky tips off at Flathead High at the same time.

Glacier 9 6 15 21 - 51

Big Sky 10 11 16 22 - 59

GLACIER - Jaxson Olsen 2 2-6 9, Weston Price 7 3-7 20, JT Allen 1 0-0 2, Keifer Spohnhauer 0 0-0 0, Will Salonen 0 0-1 0, Tyler Hausmann 0 0-1 0, Luke Bilau 0 0-0 0, Connor Sullivan 4 0-1 8, Noah Dowler 0 0-0 0, Colin Presnell 4 4-4 12, Jackson Weber 0 0-0 0, Ty Olsen 1 0-0 2, Kayden Jassman 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 9-20 51.

MISSOULA BIG SKY - Tre Reed 1 6-8 9, Caden Bateman 4 1-2 10, Louis Sanders 4 0-0 9, Chaz LeDue 6 2-4 8, Kade Olsen 5 4-5 14, K. Jensen 1 0-0 3, Dayne Jarrett 0 0-1 0-, Jake Gardiner 0 2-2 2. Totals 21 15-22 59.

3-point goals - Glacier 4 (Price 3, J. Olsen), Big Sky 3 (Reed, Sanders, Bateman). Fouls - Glacier 24, Big Sky 20. Fouled out - Bateman.