Jake Siefken sailed coast-to-coast and nailed a layup with 9 seconds remaining to give Liberty Christian the winning basket in a 50-48 thriller Friday against Tri-Cities Prep in a Southeast 2B game in Pasco.
"It was a hard-played game," TC Prep coach Joe Perez said.
It was the first league win and second victory overall for the Patriots, who got a dozen points apiece from Siefken and Mike Olson.
Briar Westerfield had a solid double-double for the Jaguars with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN -- Morris 4, Peterson 5, Mike Olson 12, Crawford 7, Jake Siefken 12, Hoey 9, Howard 1, Ty. Koglin, Ti. Koglin.
TC PREP -- Perez 5, Scott 1, Rivas 6, Pederson 10, Whitsett 11, VerSteeg 2, Briar Westerfield 13.
Liberty Christian 8 12 19 11 -- 50
TC Prep 13 14 10 11 -- 48
Highlights -- Olson 6 rbs, 3 assts; Evan Crawford 3 assts; Westerfield 10 rbs, Jameson Pederson 9 rbs.
COLUMBIA-BURBANK 47, CONNELL 35: Nathan Roberts had 18 points and seven rebounds to lead the Coyotes in an SCAC East home contest.
Casey Hanshew handed out nine assists for Burbank.
Stefan Davidson led the Eagles with nine points. Kade Eppich made his season debut for Connell. He missed the first 10 games after breaking his collarbone during the Class 1A state championship football game Dec. 3.
CONNELL -- Holst 2, Hadley 8, Fox 6, Eppich 2, Stefan Davidson 9, VanHollebeke 2, Hopkins 6, Lyle, Williams, Chase, Huber. Totals 17-45 0-7 35.
COLUMBIA-BURBANK -- Lawrence 14, Nathan Roberts 18, Miller 9, Romm 2, Ryckman 4, McVicker, Bertsch, Chambers, Hanshew, McBride. Totals 15-45 9-15 47.
Connell 8 8 6 13 -- 35
Columbia-Burbank 10 16 14 7 -- 47
Highlights -- Casey Hanshew 9 assts; Roberts 7 rbs.
River View 47, Wahluke 36: David Flores had 17 points for host River View as the Jaguars leapfrogged the Warriors into third place in the SCAC East.
WAHLUKE -- Abarca 1, Ledesma 1, Gallado 2, Mendoza 4, Onofre 4, Saul Juarez 12, Sabin 10, Prudente 2.
RIVER VIEW -- Anderson 2, Brown 8, Bartlett 4, Tyutyunnik 6, Hand 4, David Flores 17, Brisby 2, Westfall 4, Scott.
Wahluke 6 9 10 11 -- 36
River View 10 11 13 13 -- 47
Free throws -- Wahluke 10-18, River View 6-23.
Mabton 55, Royal 51 (OT): Luis Ruiz scored six unanswered points in overtime to give Mabton a victory in an SCAC 1A road contest against Royal.
MABTON -- Ruiz 14, Josh Sanchez 28, Chavez 2, Lopez, L. Sanchez 1, An. Gutierrez 10, Ae. Gutierrez, Espinoza, Reyna.
ROYAL -- Castellon 2, Ramirez 2, Dixon 3, Lefler 8, Vermeer 2, Montoya, S. Leitz 4, N. Leitz 14, Kent Christensen 16.
Mabton 12 11 9 15 8 -- 55
Royal 10 10 12 15 4 -- 51
Highlights -- J. Sanchez 9 rbs, 5 stls; Alex Espinoza 5 rbs; Neil Leitz 12 rbs.
Trout Lake-Glenwood 52, Bickleton 41: Taylor Brown pulled down 18 rebounds and Justin Roberts scored 17 points, but it wasn't enough as the Pirates dropped a road game.
BICKLETON -- Justin Roberts 17, JJ Bates 13, Powers 7, Brown 4.
TROUT LAKE-GLENWOOD -- Vanlaar 2, A. King 9, Lucas King 20, Nakae 2, Johnston 2, English 4, Modrich 13.
Bickleton 14 12 8 7 -- 41
TLG 7 13 16 16 -- 52
Highlights -- Bickleton: Taylor Brown 18 rebounds.
Dayton 69, WWVA 44: Hayden Fullerton scored 27 points to lead the Bulldogs to a Southeast 2B victory Thursday.
DAYTON -- Frame 6, McClary 2, Bickelhaupt 9, Hayden Fullerton 27, Turner 10, Sanchez, Sunderland 14, Ramirez 1.
WWVA -- Fiegel, Moore 22, Rose, Schulte 3, Lodelin 7, Hanson 2, Wagner 10.
Dayton 16 16 21 16 -- 69
WWVA 10 4 7 23 -- 44
