Mercer Island finishes fourth at districts, advances to regionals | Girls prep basketball

Published 3:00 pm Sunday, February 17, 2013

The Mercer Island girls basketball team met KingCo foe Bellevue on Saturday afternoon in the third/fourth place game of the SeaKing District tournament.

The Islanders lost 41-35.

With the loss, the Islanders become the No. 4 team out of District 2 going into the state regional tournament. The Islanders will play Everett, the No. 1 team from District 1 on Friday, Feb. 22 at Glacier Peak High School at 8 p.m.

The winner of Friday’s game moves on to the state tournament in the Tacoma Dome, while the loser is finished for the season.