Published
March 10, 2010
Buchert lifts Ephrata
Tigers rally from halftime deficit to top Mt. Baker, 63-50
TOURNEYTOWN.COM
Ross Buchert poured in a
game-high 28 points as second-ranked Ephrata powered to a 63-50
first-round victory over Mount Baker on Wednesday in the Class 2A boys
state tournament.
The Tigers (21-2)
rallied from a 28-23 halftime deficit, using a 22-9 run in the third
quarter. Buchert, who scored 23 of his points in the second half, gave
the Tigers the lead for good with a trey that made it 35-32 with 2:55 to
play in the third.
Patrick Simon, who
finished with 20 points, scored 10 in each half.
Ephrata rebounded from
shooting just 27 percent (7 of 26) in the first half to sink 65 percent
(11 of 17) of its shots in the final two quarters.
Mount Baker was the
opposite, shooting 38 percent (12 of 32) in the first half but just 23
percent (8 of 35) in the second half.
Anderson Bass scored
14 points to lead Mount Baker, Taylor Engels had 12 and Zach Stalin 10.
Simon grabbed a
game-high 16 rebounds, but Mount Baker outrebounded Ephrata 43-21.
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Mount Baker -- King 2-7 2-2 8, Strachila 0-0 0-0 0, Backstrom 1-13
0-0 2, C. Buchanan 1-7 0-0 2, Bass 6-12 0-0 14, Jacoby 1-2 0-0 2, J.
Buchanan 0-0 0-0 0, Godin 0-0 0-0 0, Kernells 0-1 0-2 0, Stalin 4-9
2-2 10, Engels 5-14 2-3 12, Tanis 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-67 6-9 50. |
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Ephrata -- Buchert 7-15 11-15 28, J. Prescod
0-1 0-0 0, T. Prescod 0-0 0-0 0, Todd 0-0 0-0 0, Scheelke 0-0 0-0 0,
Novik 2-3 1-4 5, Bracht 0-0 0-2 0, Tupling 3-5 2-3 8, Arvan 0-0 2-2
2, Christensen 0-0 0-0 0, Simon 6-19 5-6 20, Leighter 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 18-43 21-32 63. |
| Mount Baker |
15 |
13 |
9 |
13 |
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50 |
| Ephrata |
14 |
9 |
22 |
18 |
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63 |
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3-point goals--MB 4-22 (King 2-7, Bass 2-8, Engels 0-2, Buchanan
0-2, Backstrom 0-3), E 6-16 (Buchert 3-7, Simon 3-9). Rebounds--MB
43 (Stalin 7, Jacoby 7), E 36 (Simon 16). Assists--MB 7, E 11 (Buchert
5). Steals--MB 5 (Engels 2, Buchanan 2), E 5 (Buchert 3). Blocked
shots--MB 4 (Tanis 3), E 4 (Buchert 2). Fouled out--Stalin. Total fouls--MB
21, E 8. Technical fouls--None.
Turnovers--MB 8, E 10. |
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