Published
March 8, 2008
Mt. Rainier rallies
to 4th
West Valley misses shot to tie at buzzer, falls 60-57
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE -- Jon Morine
scored 22 points, including the fourth-quarter free throw that gave
Mount Rainier its first lead, and the Rams hung on to beat West Valley
of Yakima 60-57 on Saturday for fourth place in the Class 3A boys state
tournament.
Alfie Miller added 16 points for Mount Rainier (23-6), and hit three
free throws in the last 20 seconds to help keep West Valley (21-8) at
bay.
Evan Berndt had 19 points for West Valley, and had a shot to tie at the
buzzer, but it fell short. Jared Robinson added 18 points, and hit 4 of
8 3-pointers, three during the first quarter, and pulled down 11
rebounds.
Mount Rainier's trophy was just the second in school history. Its only
previous hardware came 37 years ago, when it placed third in the 1971
tournament.
West Valley took the seventh-place trophy, the eighth time in school
history it has earned an award.
Mount Rainier trailed from the outset, but made 11 of 18 shots in third
quarter — one more field goal than it had for the entire first half — to
climb into a 51-all tie heading into the final eight minutes.
Each team scored just two points in the fourth quarter until 1:11
remained and Morine went to the line, hitting the first end of a
two-shot foul for a 54-53 Mount Rainier lead. A tip-in by Theo Bowie
made it 56-53 with 45.7 seconds left.
West Valley twice got within one, the last time at 58-57 on two free
throws by Berndt with 16.3 seconds left. But that was the end of its
scoring.
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Mount Rainier -- Santos 0, Bridges 0, Lewis 5, Armstrong 3,
Richardson 10, Miller 16, Bowie 4, Morine 22, Harris 0, Butler 0,
Dollahite 0, McPhee 0. |
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West Valley -- Staples 2, Goodman 0, Delorme 0, Berndt 19, Borton
11, Robinson 18, Hernandez 5, Wood 2, Croshaw 0, Albrecht 0. |
| Mount Rainier |
14 |
14 |
23 |
9 |
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60 |
| West Valley |
15 |
20 |
16 |
8 |
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57 |
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