Jeffrey Downs scored 40 points Friday to set the all-time Class 1A boys state tournament scoring record, and Bellevue Christian cruised to a 79-38 consolation victory over King's.

Downs' 40-point effort gave him 301 career points, surpassing the old record of 282 set by Chris Faidley of King's in 2001-2004.

Downs also sank a record-tying eight three-pointers in the game, matching a record set by Ephrata's Travis King in 1992 and tied by Faidley in 2003. He was taken out late in the fourth quarter.

Did he wish he could have stayed in to break the three-point record?

“That would have been fun, but we had the game won,” Downs said. “No point rubbing it in.

“Records are fun, but it’s not worth demoralizing the other team.”

Downs scored 17 points in the first quarter as the Vikings (21-4) rolled out to a 23-7 lead. The game never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way.

Evan Haines added 13 points and nine rebounds for BC, which will face University Prep at 1:30 p.m. Saturday for fourth and seventh places.

Bryan Ayers scored 12 points to lead King's.

Bellevue Christian -- D. Downs 2-3 1-3 5, Coulter 0-0 0-0 0, Iseman 2-2 0-0 4, Aly 0-1 2-2 2, Neal 0-1 0-0 0, Kats 1-2 0-0 3, Baranowski 2-4 2-2 6, J. Downs 13-19 6-8 40, Taylor 1-2 0-0 2, Gunderson 0-0 2-2 2, Stack 1-1 0-0 2, Haines 6-11 1-2 13. Totals 28-46 14-19 79.
King's -- Clark 0-3 1-2 1, Hardy 0-4 0-0 0, George 1-1 0-0 3, Ayers 6-12 0-1 12, Fuhlendorf 1-6 0-0 2, Bowlin 1-1 0-1 3, Wright 1-4 0-0 2, Uhrich 0-3 0-0 0, Tadele 1-4 1-3 3, Mar 1-7 2-3 4, O'Neil 2-4 2-5 6, Talbot 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 15-53 6-15 38.
Bellevue Christian	23	18	20	18	--	79
King's	7	11	13	7	--	38
3-point goals--BC 9-14 (J. Downs 8-12, Kats 1-2), K 2-6 (George 1-1, Bowlin 1-1, Fuhlendorf 0-1, Talbot 0-1, Hardy 0-2). Rebounds--BC 36 (Haines 9, J. Downs 7), K 28 (O'Neil 4, Tadele 4). Assists--BC 12 (J. Downs 4), K 3. Steals--BC 9 (J. Downs 4), K 10 (Ayers 7). Blocked shots--BC 4, K 0. Fouled out--Gunderson. Total fouls--BC 16, K 13. Technical fouls--None. Turnovers--BC 16, K 17.