River View’s Kody Bartlett hit a key 3-pointer and played lockdown defense Tuesday to lead the Panthers to a 51-41 upset of visiting Kiona-Benton in an SCAC East game in Finley.

Bartlett held Cristian Aguilar, the Bears’ all-time leading scorer, to eight points in the victory.

“We played straight man-to-man. He does a great job for us, he is our defensive stopper,” River View coach Roger Sonderland said.

Bartlett also hit a 3-pointer with 90 seconds to play to put River View on top by five.

“We started out with a good lead and Ki-Be slowly tore into it and it was back and forth,” Sonderland said. “The star of the night, though, was Mike Anderson.”

Anderson had a game-high 17 points and 12 rebounds for River View.

Mick Phelps’ 13 points led Kiona-Benton, which suffered its first league loss of the season.

KIONA-BENTON — Cortez 2, Garcia 12, Aguilar 8, Solerzano, Phelps 13, Christensen 6, Ramirez 0.

RIVER VIEW — Brown 7, Bartlett 12, Moore, Williamson, Marshall 6, Hand 6, Cooper 1, Rogers 2, Anderson 17, Weatherby.

Kiona-Benton 5 11 13 12 — 41

River View 13 9 9 20 — 51

Highlights — Mike Anderson 12 rebounds.

Wahluke 57, Warden 46: Oscar Onofre had a near triple-double as the Warriors topped the visiting Cougars in SCAC East play to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Onofre had 15 points, eight assists and six rebounds in the victory. Alan Caro added 14 points and eight rebounds for Wahluke, which is in sixth place, but only two games back in the loss column of the final playoff spot.

WARDEN — L. Reyes 7, Agaton 2, Cole 14, Alba 2, Schuler 6, Kissler 7, J. Reyes 6, Luna 2.

WAHLUKE — Barajas 3, Oscar Onofre 15, Squeochs 10, Abarca 1, Caro 14, Espindola 2, Prudente 12.

Warden 8 18 10 10 — 46

Wahluke 10 13 16 18 — 57

Highlights— Caro 8 rebounds, Onofre 8 assists, 6 rebounds

Connell 45, Royal 37: The Eagles picked up a key home victory in SCAC East play.

No further information was provided.

The win keeps Connell in third place, while Royal falls into fifth place behind Columbia (Burbank).

Sunnyside Christian 43, Columbia (Burbank) 30: Jesse Romm scored eight points but it wasn’t enough as the Coyotes dropped a nonleague home game.

SUNNYSIDE CHRISTIAN — Brouwer 23, Hoff 2, Gamboa 2, Bosma 3, Broersma 12, Servantes, Puterbaugh, Scheenstia 1.

COLUMBIA (BURBANK) — McBride 2, Watternberger 2, Koopman, Meija, Scott, Boulds 5, P. Romm 2, Barrajas 5, Schrimsher, Miller, Jesse Romm 8, Ryckman 6.

Sunnyside Christian 6 13 11 13 — 43

Columbia (Burbank) 12 7 4 7 — 30

Bickleton 61, Yakama Tribal 54: Taylor Brown scored 16 points and pulled down 14 rebounds to lead the Pirates to a Columbia Gorge League home victory.

Nathan Powers added 24 points for Bickleton.

YAKAMA TRIBAL — Holguin 4, Andy 6, Heath 10, Justin Shiloh 19, Wahsise 8, Rojas 3, Mills 4.

BICKLETON — Nathan Powers 24, Lowe 7, T. Roberts 2, Clinton 3, J. Roberts 4, Underwood 2, M. Powers 3, Brown 16.

Yakama Tribal 16 13 13 12 — 54

Bickleton 17 19 15 20 — 61

Highlights — Taylor Brown 14 rebounds, 1 blocked shot, 3 steals.

Tri-Cities Prep 52, Liberty Christian 38: Josh Guajardo scored 18 points to lead the Jaguars to a win against the host Patriots.

Isaiah Ojeda’s 12 points led Liberty Christian, while Jared Hoey had nine points and 10 rebounds in the loss.

TRI-CITIES PREP — Perez 5, Hinkson, Loftus, Montelongo, Josh Guajardo 18, Rivas 2, Versteeg 14, Pederson 7, Jor. Guajardo, Ledesma, Westerfield 6.

LIBERTY CHRISTIAN — Isaiah Ojeda 12, Whitler, Peterson, Olson 7, Morris 4, Hoey 9, Koglin 2, Conoway, Steele 4.

Tri-Cities Prep 13 12 17 10 — 52

Liberty Christian 16 5 7 10 — 38

Highlights — Jared Hoey 10 rebounds, Timmy Koglin 5 steals.