State AA: Glacier boys bow out
GREAT FALLS — Brothers Brady and Paidrag Lang combined for 22 points and the Bozeman Hawks pulled away in the second half of a 56-43, loser-out win over Glacier Thursday at the State AA boys’ basketball tournament.
Glacier, which ended up 7-10, led the Hawks 18-16 on Colin Presnell’s basket off a feed from Jaxson Olsen midway through the second quarter.
Bozeman (12-5) closed the half on a 10-3 surge, including a 3-pointer from each Lang to lead 26-21 at halftime.
Glacier scored the first five points of the third quarter, getting a three from Weston Price and a basket from Ty Olsen. Bozeman answered with a 10-2 surge, capped by a Ty Huse driving layup, to go up 36-28 at the 2:48 mark.
The gap was 40-32 heading to the fourth and grew to 45-34 on a Huse three and 48-35 on another bomb from Jackson Basye. The 6-foot-7 Basye hit all three of his 3-point attempts and scored 11 points.
Jaxson Olsen had game highs of 13 points and eight rebounds for the Wolfpack, though he was off the mark at the line. As a team Glacier went 6-for-20 on free throws, 4-for-10 after halftime.
Olsen left the game with 3:40 left after getting fouled, apparently with a leg issue. Jackson Weber came in and hit one free throw, and then drained a 3-pointer as time expired.
Presnell started in place of 6-7 Noah Dowler, who sprained an ankle early in Glacier’s opening-round loss to Great Falls and played sparingly after.
Price added nine points for the Pack.
Glacier 10 11 11 11 - 43
Bozeman 9 17 14 16 - 56
GLACIER — Weston Price 2-5 4-6 9, Jaxson Olsen 6-8 0-5 13, Colin Presnell 1-1 1-2 3, Ty Olsen 3-6 0-2 7, Keifer Spohnhauer 1-6 0-1 2, JT Allen 0-1 0-0 0, Luke Bilau 0-0 0-0 0, Connor Sullivan 1-7 0-0 3, Tyler Hausmann 0-1 0-0 0, Will Salonen 1-1 0-0 2, Noah Dowler 0-1 0-0 0, Jackson Weber 1-2 1-4 4. Totals 16-39 6-20 43.
BOZEMAN — Bryson Zanto 2-6 1-2 6, Jackson Basye 3-5 2-2 11, Padraig Lang 5-10 1-3 12, Brady Lang 2-3 5-6 10, Ty Huse 3-7 0-0 7, Trent Rogers 1-4 3-6 6, Tanner Weppler 1-2 0-0 2, Tucker MacBeth 1-5 0-0 2, Ryan Barnes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-42 12-19 56.
3-point goals - Glacier 5-17 (T.Olsen 1-2, Weber 1-2, J.Olsen 1-2, Price 1-3, Sullivan 1-5), Bozeman 8-15 (Basye 3-3, Huse 1-1, Zanto 1-2, B.Lang 1-2, Rogers 1-3, P.Lang 1-3). Rebounds - Glacier 29 (J.Olsen 8, Spohnhauer 6), Bozeman 27 (Basye 6, Weppler 6). Fouls - Glacier 18, Bozeman 18. Fouled out - Zanto. Steals - Glacier 5 (5 with 1), Bozeman 7 (7 with 1). Blocks - Glacier 4 (Presnell 2, Hausmann, J.Olsen), Bozeman 2 (Basye, Weppler). Turnovers - Glacier 15, Bozeman 14.