Shorewood boys continue District basketball tournament Saturday at home against Marysville Getchell

The Shorewood boys’ basketball team plays host to Marysville Getchell Saturday in a Northwest District 3A tournament elimination game after a 54-49 first-round loss at Oak Harbor Wednesday.

The Western Conference 3A South No. 3 Thunderbirds now take a 14-7 record into the 7 p.m. Saturday home game with Wesco 3A North No. 3 Marysville Getchell (7-14).

In Shorewood’s 54-49 loss at Oak Harbor Wednesday, the Thunderbirds trailed 17-14 after the first quarter and tied the game  28-28 at halftime before the T-birds fell behind 41-37 after three quarters and dropped behind by another point in the final period. Taylor Freeman had a game-high 17 points for the Thunderbirds, who were missing leading scorer Josh Hawkinson. Thunderbird Ben Andrews scored 14.

At Oak Harbor High School, Wednesday, Feb 6

Shorewood ---- 14 14   9 12 -- 49

Oak Harbor  --  17 11 13 13 -- 54

Shorewood Scoring -- Anxhelos Pere 0, Jordan Muir-Keung 0, Taylor Freeman 17, Brandon Mar 2, Zane Hopen 5, Karson Gronvold 5, Ben Andrews 14, Zach Rattray 4, Sam Boone 2.