Shorecrest boys fall to 2nd in Wesco South. Shorewood in 4-way tie for 3rd

The Shorecrest boys’ basketball team finished the pre-holiday schedule in second place in the Western Conference South Division after the Scots lost their first game of the season to still-unbeaten Jackson at Jackson Friday, December 18.

Shorecrest resumes its schedule Tuesday, December 29 with a non-conference game at Burlington-Edison of the Northwest League’s 2A division. The Scots return to Wesco play Tuesday January 5 at Meadowdale, Shorecrest gets a second chance at Jackson in a home game, Friday, January 29.

Shorewood, meanwhile, dropped into a four-way tie for third with a 53-40 home loss to Lynnwood. Shorewood, Lynnwood, Meadowdale and Montlake Terrace all have 3-2 division records, behind Jackson’s 5-0 record and Shorecrest’s 4-1.

Shorewood plays a home game Wednesday, December 30 against Everett of the Wesco North Division and returns to Wesco South play with a home game against Glacier Peak, Tuesday, January 5.

Shorecrest trailed Jackson throughout the 69-60 loss but closed to within two points in the third quarter.

Shorecrest 13 12 16 19 — 60

Jackson 22 14 13 20 — 69

Shorecrest—Clevenger 10, T. McCoy 2, Diel 2, Hake 6, Bateman 0, B. McCoy 7, Brown 19, Chibuogwu 14.
In Shorewood’s 53-40 loss to Lynnwood, Lynnwood overcame a three-point halftime deficit by outscoring Shorewood 35-19 in the second half in a Wesco South win. Micah Mitchell scored a team-high 13 points for Shorewood.

Lynnwood 5 13 18 17 — 53

Shorewood 13 8 10 9 — 40
Shorewood—Gage Carroll 2, Ben Andrews 2, Micah Mitchell 13, Semir Kadiric 8, Peter Berquist 4, Jerry Smallwood 4, Adrian Simpkins 5, Duncan Hendrickson 0, Josh Hawkinson 2.

Wesco south boys’ basketball	Conference					Overall
Team	W	L	Win %		W		L	Win %
Jackson (4A)	5	0	1.000		6		0	1.000
Shorecrest (3A)	4	1	.800		5		1	.833
Lynnwood (3A)	3	2	.600		3		3	.500
Meadowdale (3A)	3	2	.600		4		2	.667
Mountlake Terrace (4A)	3	2	.600		3		2	.600
Shorewood (4A)	3	2	.600		3		3	.500
Edmonds-Woodway (4A)	2	3	.400		3		3	.500
Glacier Peak (3A)	2	3	.400		3		3	.500
Kamiak (4A)	0	5	.000		1		6	.143
Mariner (4A)	0	5	.000		0		6	.000