EDMONDS — Peninsula College split an NWAACC North basketball doubleheader with Edmonds, with the women’s team dropping the Tritons 65-52 and the Pirate men falling 68-48.
Both Pirate teams are alive in the race for a top-four finish in the North Region — and with it, a trip to Kennewick for the 2014 NWAACC Basketball Championships.
In Wednesday’s women’s game, the Pirates went up 36-28 at the half and maintained that lead throughout, getting 18 points and six rebounds from Madison Pilster, 15 points and nine boards from Gabi Fenumiai and 13 points and four assists from Alison Knowles.
Peninsula (5-4, 8-11) is tied with Everett (5-4, 8-14) for fourth place, one game back of the Pirates’ next opponent, Skagit Valley (6-3, 15-7).
The Pirates blew out Everett 92-69 and lost to Skagit Valley 82-75 earlier this season.
Peninsula 65, Edmonds 52
Peninsula 36 29— 65
Edmonds 28 24— 52
Individual scoring
Peninsula (48)
Pilster 18, Fenumiai 15, Knowles 13, Schmillen 6, Henderson 5, Flinn 4, Brumbaugh 2, Fischer 2.
Edmonds (68)
McEachin 19, Greene 14, Smythe 8, Velasco-Bono 6, Keanu 5.
Men’s Basketball
Edmonds 68, Peninsula 48
Peninsula hit just 17 of 62 shots as a team, including an 0 for 15 effort from beyond the 3-point arc, en route to a 20-point defeat.
Xavier Bazile led the Pirates with 14 points and 11 rebounds, Geno Horsley had 10 points and Juwan Flowers scored eight.
Edmonds’ 7-foot post Payton Pervier notched 15 points and 11 rebounds,
Next up for the Pirates (4-5, 10-8) is a home doubleheader against Skagit Valley (7-2, 14-8) on Saturday.
The women tip off at 5 p.m. and the men will tackle the Cardinals, under head coach Brock Veltri, a member of the 1997-98 and 1998-99 Pirates, at 7 p.m.
Peninsula is tied for Everett for fifth place in the North Division, two games behind Edmonds (6-3, 14-8).
Edmonds 68, Peninsula 48
Peninsula 21 27— 48
Edmonds 29 39— 68
Individual scoring
Peninsula (48)
Bazile 14, Horsley 10, Flowers 8, McKinney 6, Rawls 6, Hechanova 2, Erwin 2.
Edmonds (68)
Pervier 15, Margasa 11, Pederson 11, Maxie 7, Johnson 6, Pohlman 5, Stoen 4, Smith 3, Omondi 3, Rosales 3.
