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Vikings fall in OT in Polson; Vals roll at home

by Daily Inter Lake
| January 22, 2025 9:53 PM

POLSON -— Malakai Curley hit three 3-pointers and scored 19 points, Cason Graham added 17 and Polson outlasted Bigfork 62-59 in overtime Tuesday in Northwest A boys basketball.

Curley hit all of his threes in the second half, and two in the fourth quarter for the Pirates (5-4 overall, 2-1 in the Northwest A). Then with 2.1 seconds left in regulation he hit three free throws to tie the game at 51-all and send it to OT. 

There, teammate Cody Haggard converted an offensive rebound into an old-fashioned three-point play to put the Pirates ahead 60-57 with 19.1 seconds remaining.  Two Curley free throws capped the scoring with 6 seconds left. 

Austin Savik had a game-high 25 points for Bigfork (3-6, 1-1 in league), including four 3-pointers. He scored 17 points after halftime, hitting 7 of 8 free throws. 


Bigfork        15    11    7    11     8    -    59 

Polson        8    14    12    8     11    -    62     

BIGFORK — Tamret Savik 3, Quinn Herring 9, Treker Hickey 10, Austin Savik 25, Alex Ochs 6, Jack Lucke 6.  

POLSON — Kyson Michel 9, Jese Vail 2, Holden Emerson 2, Maddox Bird 5, Malakai Curley 19, Cody Haggard 7, Cason Graham 18. 


Valkyries 66, Lady Pirates 26

BIGFORK — Braeden Gunlock poured in 28 points and the Bigfork Valkyries used huge first and third quarters to dispatch Polson in Northwest A girls basketball. 

Gunlock hit four 3-pointers, three during her 16-point third quarter in which she also converted three-point play the hard way. Her sister Paeten Gunlock added 15 points and Keni Wade had 13 for the Vals (7-2 overall, 3-0 in the Northwest A). 

Rylee Taylor-Jefferson scored 13 points to lead Polson (4-5, 2-1 in league). 

Polson        1    10    6    9    -    26  

Bigfork        18    11    25    12    -    66

POLSON — Rylee Taylor-Jefferson 13, Samantha Rensvold 3, Hinkley Moss 9, Ahri Rushing 3, Opal Nash 3. 

BIGFORK — Keni Wade 13, Ava Davey 8, Braeden Gunlock 28, Somer Campos 2, Paeten Gunlock 15.