Lane 82, CBC women 69: The Hawks struggled from the free-throw line and it cost them in a loss to Lane Community College in the semifinals of the at the Chemeketa Holiday Tournament in Salem on Saturday.
Columbia Basin shot 14-of-26 from the free throw line, while Lane was 26-of-36.
Sierra Higheagle’s 29 points and five rebounds led the Hawks, while Alicia Jones added 11 points and seven rebounds and Hannah Depew had seven points and seven rebounds.
Megan Shields’ 19 points and five rebounds led Lane.
The Hawks will play for third place at 2 p.m. Sunday against Wenatchee Valley.
In the other semifinal, Chemeketa defeated Wenatchee 64-56. In elimination games, Highline defeated Treasure Valley 89-53 and Linn-Benton beat Everett 86-77. LANE — Lucero 2-6 2-2 7, Rodriguez 0-1 0-0 0, Moore 0-2 0-0 0, Thompson 2-11 2-3 8, K. Wilcox 4-17 10-12 18, Hannifan 2-3 1-2 5, Walchi 0-5 2-2 2, J. Wilcox 3-7 3-4 12, Megan Shields 7-11 5-6 19, Schmidt 1-2 0-2 2, Mahaffie 3-6 0-1 6, Henshaw 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 25-73 26-36 82.
COLUMBIA BASIN — Jones 3-8 5-8 11, Ross 2-6 0-1 5, Yenney 3-10 3-4 10, Cardenas 0-1 0-2 0, Wenstrom 1-3 0-0 2, Williams 0-4 0-0 0, Avery-Winchester 2-7 1-2 5, Sierra Higheagle 10-21 4-7 29, Bingham 0-0 0-0 0, Depew 3-7 1-2 7, Harrod 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-67 14-26 69.
Halftime— L 42, CBC 35. 3-point goals—L 6-20 (J. Wilcox 3-6, Thompson 2-7, Lucero 1-4, Walchi 0-1, Schmidt 0-1, Shields 0-1), CBC 7-19 (Higheagle 5-10, Yenney 1-3, Ross 1-4, Williams 0-2). Rebounds—L 53 (Shields 5), CBC 51 (Jones, Depew 7). Assists—L 10 (K. Wilcox 7), CBC 9 (three with 2). Turnovers—L 7, CBC 16. Fouls—L 20, CBC 25. Fouled out—Walchi, J. Wilcox.
