Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper

March 6-8 | Spokane Arena

St. George's 51, Northwest Christian 48

Details

Date/Time
March 8, 2014, 11:15 a.m.
Location
Northwest Christian
Season
Winter 2013

Results

Teams 1 2 3 4 F
St. George's (17-15, 8-6) 14 16 10 11 51
Northwest Christian (27-4, 15-0) 11 10 13 14 48

Summary

Down by 3 with 8.3 seconds left, the Crusaders could not get a good look at the basket, giving St. George's third place in the State 2B tournament with a 61-58 win at the Arena.

Hailey Higashi shined once again for St. George's. She shot 11 of 19 from the field, including 5 of 9 from three, to score 29 points to go along with eight rebounds.

The Dragons had an 11-point lead in the second quarter, but the Crusaders clawed back to make it a nail-biter in the final quarter.

The Crusaders outrebounded the Dragons 37-27, but St. George's shot 41 percent from the field compared to the Crusaders' 35.3 percent.

Courtney gray recorded 18 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, and Mackenzie Gray added 13 and six rebounds for Northwest Christian, who took fifth place with the loss.

Scoring

St. George's

Bergquist 11, Ward 6, Johnson 1, Tender 0, Higashi 29, Hayes 2, Armitage 2.

Northwest Christian

Guske 2, Shellerud 2, Taylor 0, C. Gray 18, Farmer 5, Knight 8, Bozlee 0, M. Gray 13.

Current Standings as of March 8, 2014

Team League Overall
Wins Losses Wins Losses
Northwest Christian 15 0 27 4
Colfax 11 3 25 6
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 9 5 17 12
St. George's 8 6 17 15
Davenport 7 7 13 13
Liberty 4 10 5 17
Springdale 2 12 4 20
Reardan 1 14 3 19