The Columbia-Burbank boys basketball team was stellar from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter Tuesday, knocking off River View 45-37 in Connell.
The victory gives the Coyotes (9-12 overall) the SCAC East's No. 4 seed to the Class 1A District 5 Tournament. Columbia-Burbank plays at Zillah at 7 p.m. Thursday in a first round game.
The loss ended River View's season.
On Tuesday, the Coyotes overcame a three-point deficit at the end of the third quarter by shooting 12-of-16 from the line in the fourth.
"That was kind of the turning point," Columbia-Burbank coach DJ Traver said.
Nathan Roberts was 5-of-6 and Heath Lawrence was 4-for-4 from the line in the quarter.
Roberts led the Coyotes attack with 11 points, while Terran Brown and Cody Hand scored 10 points apiece to shine in River View's season finale.
RIVER VIEW -- Anderson, Brown 10, Bartlett, Scott, McGaughey, Tyutyunnik, Hand 10, Flores 3, Johnson, Brisby 11, Contreras 3 Totals 15-52 6-9 37.
BURBANK -- McBride 3, Hanshew 4, Lawrence 5, Roberts 11, Chambers, Bertsch 5, McVicker, Ellis, Romm 6, Ryckman 5. Totals 11-48 21-29 45.
River View 6 14 10 7 -- 37
Burbank 6 9 12 18 -- 45
Ellensburg 63, Othello 40: Caleb Garza scored nine points and Othello coach Pete Patitucci's last home game as the Huskies boys basketball coach ended with a CWAC 2A loss to Ellensburg.
ELLENSBURG -- Engstad 13, Hull 10, Ledgurd 2, Mitchell, Bennett 1, Jacobs 10, Graham 6, Doelder, Strom 3, Ravett 18.
OTHELLO -- Tovar 3, Cantu, Boersma, C. Garza 9, Walker 3, Drew Scott 8, D. Garza 7, Lind, Rogers 6, Mollotte 4.
Ellensburg 15 19 18 11 -- 63
Othello 5 13 14 8 -- 40
Grandview 53, Prosser 41: Brandon Curtis had 19 points for Grandview to guide his team to a CWAC 2A win on the road against Prosser.
PROSSER -- Hamilton, Raap, Schutt 6, Kyle Kilian 11, Frank 4, Baker, Wade French 13, Flores 4, Durbin 3.
GRANDVIEW -- Saenz 2, Mendoza 5, Godinez 4, Lara, Escobedo 6, Gonzalez 8, Carpenter, Brandon Curtis 19, Ruiz 9.
Prosser 15 10 7 9 -- 41
Grandview 13 14 14 12 -- 53
Highlights -- Sal Escobedo 6 rbs; Hector Godinez 5 assts, 5 stls; Isaiah Ruiz 4 assts; Bubba Frank 4 assts.
Waitsburg-Prescott 57, Liberty Christian 41: Jake Siefken's 17 points pushed him to 1,022 career points but Liberty-Christian couldn't overcome the gravity of a 14-point first quarter deficit and fell in a Southeast 2B game on the road against Waitsburg-Prescott.
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN -- Morris 4, Peterson 5, Olson 8, Crawford 3, Jake Jake Siefken 17, Howard 2, Hoey 2, Groth, Ti. Koglin, Heiman.
WAITSBURG-PRESCOTT -- Eastman 3, D. Estes 7, Brown 5, Lanning 4, Zuger 8, Acevedo, Zach Bartlow 20, Wooderchak 3, Leroee 2, E. Estes 4.
Liberty Christian 3 15 14 9 -- 41
Waitsburg-Prescott 17 10 16 14 -- 57
Highlights -- Brandon Peterson 7 rbs.
Dayton 73, Tri-Cities Prep 28: Garett Turner's 23 points led Dayton to a Southeast 2B win at home against Tri-Cities Prep. Briar Westerfield had nine points for the Jaguars.
TRI-CITIES PREP -- Perez 5, Scott 3, Rivas 4, Whitsett, Ledesma 7, Loftus, Hinkson, Daly, Ver Steeg, Briar Westerfield 9. Totals 8-56 3-6 28.
DAYTON -- Frame 12, McCleary 3, Bickelhaupt 7, Schlachter 8, Lambert 2, Garett Turner 23, Sunderland 9, Fullerton 9, Ramirez. Totals 32-54 3-6 73.
Tri-Cities Prep 4 4 12 8 -- 28
Dayton 19 20 16 18 -- 73
Echo 89, Nixyaawii 50: Treve Moffit had 16 points for Echo in a victory at home agains Nixyaawii. Josh Barkley led the Eagles with a game-high 31 points.
NIXYAAWII -- Enick, Josh Barkley 31, Bumgarner, Wilson, Farrow 5, Frank, Bevis 14, Totus. Totals 19-58 8-15 50.
ECHO -- Bettencourt 11, Swanger 9, Barrera 8, Treve Moffit 16, Ibarra 2, Cisneros 14, Enright 8, Flores 14, Murstig, Hughes 7. Totals 35-75 11-13 89.
Nixyaawii 9 19 13 9 -- 50
Echo 21 33 20 15 -- 89
Highlights -- Elijah Bevis 9 rbs, Barkley 6 stls, Dylan Enright 8 rbs, Glenn Swanger 7 rbs, Moffit 7 rbs.
