[ t o u r n e y t o w n . c o m -- 2010 Class 2A boys state tournament ]

Burlington-Edison -- Garcia 0-1 0-0 0, Babington 3-10 3-5 10, Coulter 5-12 11-11 21, W. Stewart 2-3 2-2 6, C. Stewart 6-13 6-9 19, Nelson 0-1 0-0 0, Reed 1-2 0-0 2, Boe 2-5 3-4 7, Conijn 2-5 1-1 5, Luiten 0-1 0-0 0, Schifferl 0-1 0-0 0, Walser 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 21-55 28-34 72.

Lynden -- Blair 0-1 0-1 0, DeWitt 2-9 0-0 4, Groves 1-2 0-0 2, Wielenga 2-5 0-0 4, Varner 5-9 0-0 12, Vis 0-1 0-0 0, Shagren 0-2 0-0 0, Bomber 2-11 4-6 9, Schoepe 0-0 0-0 0, Kraght 0-0 0-0 0, Garcia 0-0 0-0 0, Seto 9-9 2-8 20. Totals 21-49 6-15 51.

Burlington-Edison

Lynden

3-point goals--B-E 2-9 (Babington 1-2, C. Stewart 1-3, Garcia 0-1, Reed 0-1, Coulter 0-2), L 3-15 (Varner 2-4, Bomber 1-5, Groves 0-1, Blair 0-1, Wielenga 0-2, Shagren 0-2). Rebounds--B-E 44 (Boe 11), L 29 (Seto 9). Assists--B-E 5 (Coulter 5), L 5 (Bomber 3). Steals--B-E 6 (Babington 2, Coulter 2), L 1. Blocked shots--B-E 0, L 2. Fouled out--Blair. Total fouls--B-E 17, L 25. Technical fouls--None. Turnovers--B-E 9, L 14.

Evan Coulter poured in 21 points to lead Burlington-Edison past Lynden 72-51 on Friday and back into the Class 2A boys state title game.

Colin Stewart scored 13 of his 19 points for the Tigers (22-4) in the first half as they jumped out front 8-0 and raced to a 40-17 halftime lead.

The Tigers will face either Ephrata or defending champion Squalicum in Saturday's 7 p.m. championship. Squalicum beat B-E 60-49 last year.

In the first half Friday, B-E hit 39 percent (12 of 31) shots, tallied 26 rebounds -- including 10 offensive rebounds that the Tigers turned back into 10 points -- and only suffered two turnovers.

After that, it was all academic; Lynden never got closer than 16 points after halftime.

Ryan Seto scored 20 points and Nyles Varner had 12 for the Lions (21-6), who shot 56 percent (15 of 27) in the second half.

Dylan Boe pulled down 11 rebounds for the Tigers, and Seto grabbed nine for Lynden.

B-E outrebounded Lynden 44-29.