BREMERTON — Another slow first half, another second-half rally for the Port Angeles girls basketball team in a come-from-behind 39-32 Olympic League 2A win over Bremerton.
Tuesday’s rally kept the Roughriders, who trailed 23-10 at halftime, in contention for an Olympic League championship.
Port Angeles (9-2, 16-3) is tied with Olympic (9-2, 13-5) for first place in the Olympic League 2A standings.
If the Riders and Trojans both win in today’s games against Kingston and North Mason, respectively, they will share the league crown and play for the top seed to districts on a to-be-determined neutral court Saturday.
Port Angeles would earn an outright title if Olympic falls, while the Trojans would win league for the second straight season if the Riders come up short against the Buccaneers.
In Tuesday’s game, the Knights managed half of their scoring output in the first quarter.
“Bremerton’s 16 points in the first quarter were the result of their finding weaknesses in how we were playing our press and zone defense,” Port Angeles coach Michael Poindexter said.
“Lizz Lamoureux, in particular, hurt us along the baseline and underneath early in the game, scoring half of her 14 points in the first quarter.”
Poindexter said his team settled for outside jumpers rather than attacking the Knights’ zone defense.
“We also missed a number of contested attempts inside early in the game,” Poindexter said.
Nizhoni Wheeler took over in the second half for the Riders, scoring 15 of her game-high 19 points after halftime.
“Nizhoni Wheeler did a good job of getting open low against Bremerton’s zone defense in the second half, and our guards rewarded that effort with better passes than we had been making,”
Poindexter said.
Port Angeles’ Lauren Lunt and Gracie Long also helped the Riders on offense in the second half.
Lunt scored all five of her points and Long notched four points after halftime.
“Gracie Long and Hayley Baxley did an outstanding job of defense in the second half against Bremerton’s top two scorers this season, Michaela Derda and Lamoureux,” Poindexter said.
Port Angeles 39, Bremerton 32
Port Angeles 7 3 15 14— 39
Bremerton 16 7 4 5— 32
Individual scoring
Port Angeles (39)
N. Wheeler 19, Lunt 5, Long 4, Baxley 4, McGuffey 2, Politika 2, Gray 2, C. Wheeler 1, Boe, Steinman, Flores.
Bremerton (32)
Lamoureux 14, Derda 9,Godinez-Gonzalez 6, DeWalt 3.
North Kitsap 58, Sequim 34
SEQUIM — The Wolves said goodbye to seniors McKenzie Bentz, Jordan Miller and Allysen Montelius in a senior night loss to the Vikings.
Adrienne Haggerty led Sequim with 10 points in Tuesday’s game.
Bentz added nine points, Montelius scored six, and Miller hit a fourth-quarter 3 to give her four points on the night for the Wolves (2-10, 6-13).
North Kitsap 58, Sequim 34
North Kitsap 16 13 12 15— 58
Sequim 4 8 5 17— 34
Individual scoring
North Kitsap (58)
Moore 14, Keller 9, S. Selembo 8, Vest 8, Lemmons 7, O. Selembo 5, Weins 4, Mackenzie 2.
Sequim (34)
Haggerty 10, Bent 9, Montelius 6, Miller 4, McMinn 3, Grasser 2.
Coupeville 51, Port Townsend 39
PORT TOWNSEND — The Redhawks fell into a tie with Klahowya for the Olympic League 1A’s second seed to the district playoffs after a home loss to the Wolves.
Port Townsend (3-4, 6-11) hosts Klahowya (3-4, 4-13) tonight in the rubber match of the team’s three-game season series.
“Challenging Coupeville is a tall order this year for anybody in the league,” Redhawks coach Scott Wilson said.
“But we played them much tougher than our last contest on Jan. 22, and won two of the four quarters. They took off on us in the second period with fast breaks and that was the difference in the game.”
Kassie Olin led Port Townsend with 13 points, and had four steals and two assists.
Jaz Apker-Montoya added 12 points and led the Redhawks with nine rebounds.
Kaitlyn Meek scored eight points and totaled seven rebounds, five steals and three assists, even though she was the defensive target of Coupeville’s Makana Stone, who led all scorers with 22.
“Kaitlyn is constantly looking for and finding ways to make a difference,” said Wilson. “She is all-hustle all the time, a terrific player.”
Coupeville 51, Port Townsend 39
Coupeville 11 20 9 11— 51
Port Townsend 10 10 5 14— 39
Individual scoring
Coupeville (39)
Stone 22, Littlejohn 8, Briscoe 5, Kellner 5, Roberts 3, Grove 2, Wenzel 2, Briscoe 1.
Port Townsend (51)
Olin 13, Apker-Montoya 12, Meek 8, Berkshire 4, Kellog 2.
Boys Basketball
Chimacum 61, Klahowya 55
CHIMACUM — Chris Bainbridge poured in 28 points as the Cowboys kept the Eagles (0-7, 1-17) winless in Olympic League 1A play.
Chimacum (5-2, 7-11) kept pace with rival Port Townsend (6-1, 8-10) for the league title.
The Cowboys must beat Coupeville today at home, and knock off the Redhawks at Port Townsend on Saturday, to earn their second straight 1A league title.
Chimacum 61, Klahowya 55
Klahowya 6 10 17 20— 55
Chimacum 8 15 21 17— 61
Individual scoring
Klahowya (55)
Ryan 7, Greller 13, Snope 8, Cook 4, Harris 6, Hartford 11, Houghton 4, Joe 2. .
Chimacum (61)
Bainbridge 28, Dowling 2, Porter 9, Golden 11, Koenig 6, Winkley 3, Torres 0, Glessing 0, Dotson 2.
North Kitsap 74, Sequim 50
POULSBO — The Wolves closed out their season with a loss to the Olympic League 2A-leading Vikings.
North Kitsap opened up a 22-4 advantage after one quarter, which turned out to be too much for Sequim to overcome.
Senior Jackson Oliver scored 19 points, grabbed four rebounds and had three assists and two steals in his final game for the Wolves
Jack Shea, another Sequim senior, scored nine points and pulled down five boards for the Wolves.
Sophomore Payton Glasser added 17 points and six rebounds for Sequim (2-10, 6-14).
North Kitsap 74, Sequim 50
Sequim 4 14 14 18— 50
North Kitsap 22 13 13 26— 74
Individual scoring
Sequim (34)
Oliver 19, Glasser 17, Shea 9, Black 3, B. Despain 2, N. Despain, Faunce, Cowan, Holland.
North Kitsap (58)
Rabedeaux 27, Benson 15, Feliz 9, Barringer-Mahitka 7, Olmsted 3, Hecker 3, Lindsey 3, Setterlund 2, Waller 2, Ka. Warren 2, Ki. Warren 1, Kohnke, Houghton.
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Compiled using team reports.
