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Feb. 28-March 2 | Spokane Arena

Colfax 53, Wahkiakum 37

Details

Date/Time
March 1, 2013, 3:45 p.m.
Location
Colfax
Season
Winter 2012

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Results

Teams 1 2 3 4 F
Wahkiakum 14 12 2 9 37
Colfax (22-7, 10-4) 8 10 16 19 53

Summary

Brady Ellis led Colfax with 17 points and nine rebounds as the Bulldogs pulled away from Wahkiakum in the second half to advance to the WIAA 2B Boys State Basketball championship game.

Brandon Gfeller scored 16 points and was a perfect 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. 13 of his points came in the second half and he led all players with four assists.

Gfeller's 3-pointer with 5:00 left in the fourth quarter from beyond NBA range put the Bulldogs up by eight and capped a 23-5 run that began at the end of the first half.

The Mules were held to just 11 second-half points and converted on four of their 22 shot attempts in the third and fourth periods. Peter Weiler led Wahkiakum with 13 points and Eli McElroy grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.

Scoring

Wahkiakum

Souvenir 0, Doumit 9, Good 3, Blix 10, Weiler 13, LaBerge 0, Budd 0, Doumit 0, McElroy 2, Peacock 0.

Colfax

Gfeller 16, Ellis 17, Kramlich 0, Webber 0, Gfeller 3, Weitze 0, Burke 0, Johnson 9, Becker 0, Mellor 0, Simonson 8.

Next Games for Colfax

Teams Date Time Sport
St. George's 50, Colfax 28 March 2, 2013 9 p.m. Boys Basketball

Next Games for Wahkiakum

Teams Date Time Sport
Wahkiakum 62, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 54 March 2, 2013 11:15 a.m. Boys Basketball