AA Boys: Olsen, Nikunen lead Wolfpack rally; Braves fall to Hawks
BOZEMAN — Ty Olsen scored 17 points, including a couple buckets in the pivotal fourth quarter, and the Glacier Wolfpack rallied to beat Gallatin 53-49 in non-conference boys basketball Friday.
Cohen Kastelitz and Tyler McDonald added 10 points each for the Pack (3-0), which trailed 37-35 going into the final quarter. Adam Nikunen scored all seven of his points in the final eight minutes — including a 3-pointer to open the frame that gave Glacier the lead for good.
OIsen’s night included guarding high-scoring Raptors guard Eli Hunter, who had 21 points — 10 in the first quarter, when Gallatin ran to leads of 11-0 and 18-10.
“Ty had a good, good game, both offensively and defensively,” Glacier coach Mark Harkins said. “Offensively, he got to the rim and was amazing.
“Cohen Kastelitz and Noah Dowler were amazing on the boards tonight. The difference tonight I thought was our rebounding.”
Glacier plays at Bozeman High Saturday at 1 p.m.
Glacier 10 19 6 18 - 53
Gallatin 18 13 6 12 - 49
GLACIER — Cohen Kastelitz 3 4-6 10, Tyler McDonald 3 4-5 10, Noah Dowler 1 1-2 3, Ty Olsen 8 1-2 17, Adam Nikunen 2 2-2 7, Xavier Stout 2 0-0 6, Kaid Buls 0 0-0, Jeff Lillard 0 0-0 0, Carson Gulick 0 0-0 0, Travys Agan 0 0-0 0, Alex Hausmann 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 12-17 53.
GALLATIN — Eli Hunter 7 4-4 21, Quinn Clark 6 1-1 13, Zad Rodarte 1 1-2 4, Logan Springer 0 0-0 0, Garrett Dahlke 1 0-0 2, Ryan Nansel 0 0-0 0, J Repscher 2 0-1 6, J Sonju 1 0-0 3. Totals 18 6-8 49.
3-point goals — Glacier 3 (Stout 2, Nikunen), Gallatin 7 (Hunter 3, Repscher 2, Rodarte). Fouls — Glacier 14, Gallatin 20. Fouled out — Rodarte.
Bozeman 62, Flathead 49: At Bozeman High, three players in double figures weren’t enough for the Flathead Braves to catch Bozeman Friday.
Noah Cummings scored 14 points for Flathead; Josh Eagleton added 12 and Lyric Ersland, who hit three 3-pointers, checked in with 11.
A complete boxscores was not available. Flathead plays at Gallatin Saturday at 1 p.m.