Herald staff
MILL CREEK – Archbishop Murphy rode a second-quarter offensive explosion to a 58-54 victory over Coupeville Tuesday night.
The win over the Wolves, who are ranked fifth in the Associated Press poll, brings No. 10 Archbishop Murphy (9-1 in league, 16-4 overall) into a tie for first-place with Coupeville (9-1, 18-2) in the Northwest A League standings.
The tiebreaker will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday at La Conner High School. The winner will gain a first-round bye in the tri-district tournament.
Trailing 18-14 going into the decisive second quarter, Archbishop Murphy turned up the heat by turning up the speed.
“We moved the ball around nicely and ran the court really well,” said Archbishop Murphy head coach Bill Kelley. “I think we tired them out a little bit.”
After wearing them down, Senior center Lauren Coate went to work. She dropped in 10 of her game-high 22 points in the second quarter, and Trisha Terhar added seven. Also off the bench Mattie Johnson completed a 3-point play to help build Archbishop Murphy’s lead to 38-30 by halftime.
In the second-half, Coupeville began to chip away at the Archbishop Murphy lead, but two steals by Terhar in the last minute nullified any comeback attempts by Coupeville and all but sowed up the victory for the Wildcats.
King’s 75, Auburn Adventist 40: King’s continued its undefeated season with a Chinook League win. Senior center Allison Burke scored 14 points and had 11 rebounds for King’s, while junior guard Rachel Strand contributing 13 points and five steals. KayKay Gambs scored 11 points for Auburn Adventist. 12 13 7 8 – 40 16 22 18 19 – 75
Lynden Christian 59, Sultan 40: Avery Bostrom scored a game-high 20 points and hit five 3-pointers to lead Lynden Christian to the North Cascades Conference victory. With the victory, Lynden Christian clinched a berth in the 2A district tournament. Lola Nelson and Dani Drivstuen scored 13 and 11 points, respectively, to lead Sultan’s offense.
18 14 12 15 – 59 10 5 12 13 – 40
Mount Baker 39, Granite Falls 34: Anna Wright scored a team-high nine points for Granite Falls in the North Cascades game.
11 4 14 10 – 0 11 11 6 6 – 0
Lakewood 35, Meridian 33: Dakota Gemmer hit a lay-in with 30 seconds remaining to put Lakewood ahead for good in the North Cascades Conference game.
6 10 6 11 – 33 12 5 8 10 – 35
Mount Vernon Christian 55, Darrington 38: Amy Jones scored 21 points for Darrington in the Northwest B League game.
13 11 9 5 – 38 11 13 17 14 – 55
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Coupeville-S. Mouw 14, Ellsworth-Bagby 11, King 10, A. Mouw 7, Taylor 6, Lamb 4, Davis 2. Archbishop Murphy-Coate 22, Lyons 11, Taylor 8, Terhar 8, Linscott 4, Johnson 3, Duval 2. 3-point goals-Lyons 3, Terhar 1. JV-Coupeville defeated Archbishop Murphy. Records-Archbishop Murphy 9-1 in league, 16-4 overall. Coupeville 9-1, 18-2.
Auburn Adventist
King’s
Auburn Adventist-Baines 4, Gambs 11, Shipowick 4, Martin 8, Kobberstad 5, Blaser 2, Bailey 6. King’s-Tollefson 3, Strand 13, Zevenbergen 2, Galliher 6, Huebner 8, Heng 2, Wikstrom 2, Nordtvedt 4, Burke 14, Wine 7. 3-point goals-Gambs 1, Tollefson 1, Strand 1, Huebner 2, Wikstrom 2. JV-King’s defeated Auburn Adventist Records-Auburn Adventist 7-6 in league, 7-6 overall. King’s14-0, 20-0.
Lynden Christian
Sultan
LC-DeHaan 8, Bajema 7, Bostrom 20, A. DeBoer 4, L. DeBoer 2, Kaemingk 12, Vandenhoek 6. Sultan-Brown 5, Nelson 13, Valdez 7, Harris 4, Drivstuen 11. 3-point goals-Brown 1, Drivstuen 1, DeHaan 2, Bostrom 5. JV score-Sultan 37, Lynden Christian 33. Records-LC 7-5 in league, 8-8 overall. Sultan 2-11, 4-13.
Mount Baker
Granite Falls
Mount Baker-J. Phillips 2, Varang 4, K. Postlewaite 12, Flannery 2, L. Postlewaite 5, Auguston 4, S. Phillips 10. Granite Falls-Jensen 3, Von Stubbe 2, Goss 3, Hardy 8, Wright 9, Kirchgessner 3, Kasch 6. 3-point goals-K. Postlewaite 2, S. Phillips 2. JV-Mount Baker def. Granite Falls. Records-Mount Baker 9-3 in league, 12-4 overall. Team 5-8, 7-10.
Meridian
Lakewood
Meridian-Johnson 5, Brandt 10, DeVries 5, Shockey 2, Rainer 2, Wasel 7, Eigenbrood 2. Lakewood-Black 7, Anderson 3, Bader 3, Steinborn 9, Guske 8, Gemmer 5. 3-point goals-Johnson 1, DeVries 1, Black 1, Bader 1, Steinborn 2. JV score-Lakewood 52, Meridian 36. Records-Lakewood 6-7 in league, 9-7 overall. Meridian 2-11, 3-13.
Darrington
Mount Vernon Chr.
Darrington-Perrault 1, Jones 21, Bryson 5, Meece 5, Nations 5, Koch 1. Mount Vernon Chr.-Rouw 2, Braun 12, Gudmonson 3, Orange 10, Westra 3, Vandermeulen 4, Annema 2, Kuipers 20. 3-point goals-Westra 1, Jones 2, Bryson 1, Meece 1, Nations 1. JV score-Darrington 46, Mount Vernon Christian 39. Records-Darrington 6-1 in league, 14-5 overall. Mount Vernon Christian 8-0, 18-2.
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