CMR boys top Glacier with late basket Friday

by Daily Inter Lake
| December 9, 2023 10:02 AM

GREAT FALLS — Dean Blair scored 20 points for Great Falls CMR Friday, including a bucket with 8 seconds left that lifted the Rustlers to a 45-44 win over Glacier in boys basketball.

The Wolfpack got a good look in the final seconds, coach Mark Harkins said, but the shot didn’t fall. Blair’s heroics offset a 24-point, 15-round performance by Glacier’s Cohen Kastelitz.

Jonah Van Tassell added nine points for the Rustlers, including a fourth-quarter 3-pointer.

Glacier 14 11 10 9 - 44

CMR 12 14 8 11 - 45

GLACIER — Cohen Kastelitz 10 4-11 24, Jackson Endreson 2 1-1 5, Brantly Salmonsen 2 1-3 5, Liam Ells 1 0-0 3, Luke Nikunen 1 0-0 3, Easton Kauffman 0 0-2 0, Josh Eagleton 0 0-0 0, Gabe Christianson 0 0-2 0, Slate Burrington 1 0-0 2, Ben Winters 0 0-0 0, Owen Henry 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 6-19 44.

GREAT FALLS RUSSELL — Dean Blair 8 4-6 20, Hunter Goad 3 0-0 6, Hunter McMann 0 2-2 2, Landon Grosenick 0 3-4 3, River Wasson 2 0-0 5, Jonah Van Tassell 3 1-2 9, Kael Barnes 0 0-2 0. Totals 16 10-16 45.

3-point goals — Glacier 2 (Ells, Nikunen), CMR 3 (Van Tasel 2, Wasson). Fouls — Glacier 21, CMR 17. Fouled out — Nikunen.