Big third quarter lifts Sentinel boys over Flathead

by Daily Inter Lake
| January 31, 2025 12:00 AM

MISSOULA — Missoula Sentinel’s Carson Towe scored 27 points and fueled a big third quarter that carried the Spartans over Flathead 62-46 in Western AA boys basketball Thursday.

Towe hit three 3-pointers, all during 21-8 third-quarter Spartan surge. Sentinel (5-6 overall, 3-3 in the Western AA) opened the second half on a 15-1 run to lead 40-24, before Flathead’s Lyric Ersland scored to end the run.

Ersland had 15 points and Korbin Eaton added 12 for the Braves (2-9 overall, 0-6 in league), who got as close as 48-38 in the fourth quarter. Both players hit a pair of 3-pointers.

Flathead 14 9 8 15 - 46

Sentinel 15 10 21 16 - 62

FLATHEAD — Korbin Eaton 5 0-0 12, Noah Sonju 1 0-0 3, Lyric Ersland 5 3-3 15, Gabe St. Germain 0 1-2 1, Dustyn Franchini-White 0 0-0 0, Brodee Zahn 2 4-4 9, Jordan Griffin 2 2-2 6, Cam Wells 0 0-0 0, Ben Reichner 0 0-0 0, Eli Coopman 0 0-0 0, Colin Smith 0 0-0 0, Boston Case 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 10-11 46.

MISSOULA SENTINEL — Jace Koshatka 2 0-2 2, Lincoln Rogers 6 2-2 15, Beau O’Reilly 1 0-0 2, Carson Towe 9 6-7 27, Kade Robinson 2 5-7 9, Brayden Burke 1 0-0 2, Zeke Glidewell 1 0-0 2, Jayson McLennan 1 0-0 2, Tyler Stanton 0 0-0 0, Carter Aune 0 0-0 0, Tucker Laslovich 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 13-18 62.

3-point goals — Flathead 6 (Ersland 2, Eaton 2, Sonju, Zahn), Sentinel 5 (Towe 3, Glidewell, Rogers). Fouls — Flathead 19, Sentinel 11.