Mercer Island beats Bellevue Friday, prepares for tiebreaker | Prep boys basketball results
Published 10:04 am Saturday, February 4, 2012
After battling the whole regular season for a clear view of the standings in the KingCo 3A, things finally cleared up after the final game of the regular season. Mercer Island beat Bellevue 57-48 Friday, Feb. 3.
With the win, the Islanders remained tied with the Wolverines, forcing a tie breaker game on Saturday, Feb. 4 at Bellevue College at 7:30 p.m.
The winner will get the No. 2 seed into the KingCo tournament, which begins Monday, while the loser will be No. 3, facing Mount Si on Monday.
Against Bellevue on Friday, the Islanders were up 15-4 at the end of the first quarter, followed by an 11-7 run by Bellevue in the second quarter.
Mercer Island hit 16 in the third, followed by 19 in the fourth. Despite the Wolverines scoring 21 in the final minutes of the game, it wasn’t enough to make up for the earlier point deficit.
Sean Hughes hit 14 points for the Islanders, a game high, with Brian Miller posting 13. Kaleb Warner had 11 points, seven for Sam Cohn, six for Joe Rasmussen had six, while Jeff Lindquist added four and Parker Scott had two.
