Shorewood, Shorecrest boys meet Saturday at Shorecrest in District-tournament game

The Shorewood and Shorecrest boys’ basketball teams will meet Saturday at Shorecrest in a Northwest District 3A tournament elimination game after both lost first-round games Thursday
 

The 7:30 p.m. game will be the third of the season between Shorecrest (11-10) and Shorewood (10-11). Shorecrest won a December home game, 55-52; Shorewood then won at home in January, 58-44.
 

The winner of the Saturday game will advance to a Wednesday, Feb. 16, game against the loser of a Saturday semifinal game between Wesco 3A champion Glacier Peak and Oak Harbor. The winner of that game will play Friday, Feb. 18, for the District’s No. 3 berth in the State 3A tournament, beginning Feb. 25-26.

Shorewood fell into the losers’ bracket when the Thunderbirds lost Thursday at Mountlake Terrace, 40-33. Shorecrest lost at Mount Vernon, 64-54.
 

In Shorewood’s 40-33 loss to Mountlake Terrace (11-10), Josh Hawkinson led the Thunderbirds with 13 points; Semir Kadiric scored 11; and Peter Berquist added 7.
 

Our news partner, the MLT News, said this:

“The game started off slow, and at the half it was Terrace 17, Shorewood 13. The Hawks held the T-birds to only 4 points in the third quarter, as the Hawks’ lead increased to 10. Both teams picked up the pace in the fourth quarter as the T-birds outscored the Hawks 16-13. It wasn’t enough as the Hawks hit several key free throws late in the fourth to move on to the next round of the playoffs.”

        

In Shorecrest’s 64-44 loss at Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon (12-7) led throughout the game, outscoring the Scots in each of the four quarters. Junior Chibuogwu scored 32 points to raise his season average to 17.7 points per game. Keith Shattuck scored 15 to raise his average to 11.9.

At Mountlake Terrace 40, Shorewood 33 Shorewood    6   7   4 15 — 33M. Terrace    7 10 10 13 — 40

Shorewood Scoring	Points
Peter Berquist	7
Ben Andrews	2
Josh Hawkinson	13
Semir Kadiric	11
Gage Carroll	0
Chris Giles	0
Duncan Hendrickson	0
Anxhelous Pere	0

At Mount Vernon 64, Shorecrest 54
Shorecrest      9 11 17 17 — 54
Mt. Vernon  10 15 21 18 — 64

 

Shorecrest Scoring	Points
Keelan Tidwell	5
Junior Chibuogwu	32
Dylan Pontrello	2
Keith Shattuck	15
Ryan Canfield	0
Zach Lawson	0
Max Nelson	0
Liam O'Neill	0
Colin Shands	0
Keegan Small	0