MOUNT VERNON — The Peninsula College men’s basketball team had three close games at the Skagit Valley College Thanksgiving tournament, winning the finale Sunday 77-75 over Big Bend on a last-second 3-pointer by Jaylin Reed.
The Pirates went 2-1 in the tournament, losing 73-67 against Clackamas on Saturday.
In Sunday’s win, Isaiah Sampson led the team with 20 points and 14 rebounds, while Reed had 17 points. Michael Medlock hit two 3-pointers and scored nine points, while KeAndre Hunter-Holiday had nine points.
Reed also hit a bucket with 38 seconds left and two free throws at 1:58 as he scored seven points in the final two minutes.
Peninsula 77, Big Bend 75
PC 36 41 — 77
BB 34 41 — 75
Peninsula (77) — Sampson 20, Reed 17, Hunter-Holiday 9, Medlock 9, Williams Jr. 6, Harris 6, Rodgers 4, Barcia 4, McCullough 2.
Big Bend (75) — Miller 28, Sears 16, Frye 9, Brown 8, McMakin 7, Perez 5, Dennis 2.
Saturday’s game
Clackamas 73, Peninsula 67
MOUNT VERNON — The Pirates were tied 57-57 with Clackamas with four minutes left to play, but the Cougars made nine free throws down the stretch to pull away for a 73-67 win.
Peninsula shot well in this game (46.3 percent), especially from 2-point range, but Clackamas ended up taking 15 more shots, 69 to 54.
Reed hit three 3-pointers and led the Pirates in scoring with 19 points, while Roosevelt Williams Jr. had 15, Isaac Garcia 13 and Sampson 12. Sampson added 10 rebounds. Hunter-Holiday had seven rebounds and four assists. Sampson had three blocks, and Reed and Garcia each had three steals.
The Pirates (2-1) play their first home game at 6 p.m. Wednesday against Northwest Indian College.
Clackamas 73, Peninsula 67
CC 29 44 — 73
PC 23 44 — 67
Clackamas (73) — Bashaw 23, Gonzales 10, Best 10, Autenreith 9, Van Komen 8, Abrahamson 5, Lewis 4, Haynes 2, Gadashev 2.
Peninsula (67) — Reed 19, Williams Jr. 15, Garcia 13, Sampson 12, Welsh 4, Medlock 2, McCullough 2.
