Glacier boys top Flathead in loser-out
HELENA — Glacier worked the boards and the nets for win No. 8 Friday morning, dispatching crosstown foe Flathead 54-26 in a Western AA Divisional boys loser-out game at Carroll College.
No player reached double figure points for either team — Flathead was without the injured Joston Cripe, the Western AA’s second-leading scorer — with Glacier’s Xavier Stout hitting three 3-pointers off the bench to garner a game-high nine.
Glacier ran out to leads of 21-2 after one quarter, 36-10 at the half and scored the first 15 points of the third quarter. Flathead shot just 22 percent (8-for-36); Glacier hit eight 3-pointers.
The 8-12 Wolfpack faces either Missoula Hellgate or Big Sky, who battled in Friday’s 5 p.m. semifinal, Saturday at 9:30 a.m. That game will be at Carroll College, and the winner nails down a spot to next week’s State AA in Billings.
Gavin Chouinard and Drew Lowry scored five each to lead the Braves, who ended up 4-16.
Loser out
Flathead 2 8 1 15 - 26
Glacier 18 18 15 3 - 54
FLATHEAD — Gavin Chouinard 1 3-6 5, Luca Zoeller 2 0-0 4, Joseph Hanson 2 0-0 4, Drew Lowry 1 2-4 5, Noah Cummings 1 2-6 4, Gabriel Sims 0 1-2 1, Lyric Ersland 1 0-0 3, Josh Eagleton 0 0-0 0, Brody Thornsberry 0 0-0 0, Michael Manning 0 0-0 0, Stephen Riley 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 8-18 26.
GLACIER — Nolan Hyde 2 0-0 4, Will Salonen 2 0-0 6, Noah Dowler 2 2-2 6, Connor Sullivan 4 0-0 10, Ty Olsen 2 0-0 5, Tyler McDonald 1 1-4 3, Kyson Wagner 1 6-6 8, Xavier Stout 3 0-0 9, Kaid Buls 1 0-0 0, Travys Agan 1 1-2 3, Jake Turner 0 0-0 0, Cohen Kastelitz 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 10-14 54.
3-point goals — Flathead 2 (Lowry, Ersland), Glacier 8 (Stout 3, Salonen 2, Sullivan 2, Olsen). Rebounds — 22 (Zoeller 5, Hansen 5), Glacier 39 (Dowler 8). Fouls — Flathead 11, Glacier 17. Assists — Flathead 4 (Lowry 2), Glacier 12 (Dowler 3, Olsen 3). Steals — Flathead 4 (Eagleton 2), Glacier 6 (McDonald 2, Salonen 2). Blocks — Flathead 4 (Hansen 3, Thornsberry), Glacier 2 (Dowler 2). Turnovers — Flathead 13, Glacier 14.