SHORELINE — The King’s boys basketball team held on to beat Auburn Adventist 58-42 Tuesday night but the Knights lost one of their key players for the rest of the season.
Senior Ben Pawlak suffered a broken left arm when he slid into the cement wall behind the King’s basket midway through the fourth quarter.
The 6-foot shooting guard is the Knights’ second-leading scorer, averaging 14.2 points per game.
Auburn Adventist shrunk its 26-20 halftime deficit to two points early in the third period, but King’s closed the quarter with a 13-1 run to take charge of the Chinook League clash.
King’s (7-3 league, 11-7 overall) owns a half-game lead over Life Christian and Bellevue Christian for second place in the league standings.
The top two finishers receive automatic berths to the Class A Tri-district tournament, which begins Feb. 18.
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