Shorewood topples Mountlake Terrace boys, 55-54, Saturday

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Josh Hawkinson and Semir Kadiric combined for 28 points as Shorewood knocked off third-ranked Mountlake Terrace, the state's only remaining undefeated Class 4A or 3A boys’ basketball team, 55-54, Saturday night.

The defeat ruined what had been a perfect season for Terrace (19-1 overall, 15-1).

Hawkinson, a 6-foot-9 center, hurt the Hawks inside with 15 points, seven blocks, six rebounds and three steals. Kadiric, a 6-6 forward, added 13 points, three rebounds and two steals for Shorewood (16-4, 13-3).

Terrace advances to next week's district tournament as the No. 1 seed. Shorewood finished tied with Shorecrest for second in Wesco 3A, but took the No. 2 district-tournament seed on a tiebreaker.

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Shorewood opens Northwest District 3A tournament play at home Wednesday against Wesco No. 5 Oak Harbor (7-13, 7-9 Wesco 3A).

The top three Western Conference 3A teams – Mountlake Terrace, Shorewood and Shorecrest -- and the No. 1 Northwest Conference 3A team – Mount Vernon -- play their first-round games at home, with the Nos. 4-6 Wesco teams and the No. 2 Northwest Conference 3A team playing on the road.

Shorecrest (16-4, 13-3) will play host Wednesday to the No. 2 Northwest Conference 3A team, either Ferndale (14-6, 6-6 NWC 3A-2A-1A) or Sedro-Woolley (9-10, 6-6), as each team had a final NWC game Monday.

In Shorewood’s 55-54 victory over Mountlake Terrace, Shorewood trailed 15-14 after the first quarter and 34-32 at halftime but took a 45-44 third-quarter lead and held the lead through the final period. Hawkinson led Shorewood with 15 points followed by Kadiric with 13, Gage Carroll with 10 and Ben Andrews with 8.

For the season, Hawkinson leads Shorewood with 311 points in 18 games for an average of 17.3 points per game. Kadiric has scored 234 points in 20 games for an average of 12.7 points per game.

Shorewood 55, Mountlake Terrace 54
At Shorewood High School, Saturday, Feb. 4

Mountlake Terrace 15 19 10 10 -- 54
Shorewood 14 18 13 10 -- 55

Shorewood Scoring	Points
Ben Andrews	8
Taylor Freeman	4
Zane Hope
Michael	2
Josh Hawkinson	15
Semir Kadiric	13
Gage Carroll	10
Anxhelos Pere	0

Shorewood Season Scoring

Player		Games	Points	P/G
Josh Hawkinson		18	311	17.3
Semir Kadiric		20	254	12.7
Ben Andrews		20	205	10.3
Gage Carroll		20	195	9.8
Taylor Freeman		20	113	5.7
Yonathan Michael		19	50	2.6
Zane Hopen		18	35	1.9
Phil Mar		11	15	1.4
Levi Diaz		9	12	1.3
Chris Giles		15	13	0.9
Anxhelos Pere		17	9	0.5

Final Wesco 3A Boys' Basketball Standings

	Conf.		Overall
	W	L	W	L
Mountlake Terrace	15	1	19	1
Shorecrest	13	3	14	6
Shorewood	13	3	16	4
Glacier Peak	11	5	14	6
Oak Harbor	7	9	7	13
Meadowdale	5	11	7	14
Everett	5	11	5	14
Lynnwood	2	14	2	18
Marysville-Getchell	1	15	1	19

Top six teams to Northwest District 3A tournament