Shorecrest boys play at Shorewood Tuesday in District tournament elimination game after 51-45 semifinal loss to Mountlake Terrace Friday

The Shorecrest boys’ basketball team plays at Shorewood Tuesday in a Northwest District 3A tournament elimination game, after a 51-45 tournament semifinal loss to Mountlake Terrace Friday.

The Scots take a 15-7 record into the game with Shorewood (17-5) at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Shorewood High School, with the loser to be eliminated from the tournament and the winner needing to win both Feb. 17 and Feb. 21 to advance to State competition as the District’s No. 2 3A team.

Shorecrest and Shorewood split their two meetings during the regular season, with each team winning on the other’s home court.

In Shorecrest’s 51-45 loss at Western Conference 3A division champion Mountlake Terrace Friday, Terrace led 10-8 after the first quarter, 21-18 at halftime and 33-29 after three quarters before extending the lead in the final period/Junior Chibuogwu led the Scots with 19 points.

Through 22 games, Chibuogwu leads Shorecrest with 386 points for an average of 17.6 points per game.

Mountlake Terrace 51, Shorecrest 45

At Mountlake Terrace High School, Friday, Feb. 10

Shorecrest------------- 8 10 11 16 -- 45

Mountlake Terrace 10 11 12 18 -- 51

Shorecrest Scoring --Lawson 0, Canfield 3, Oishi 7, McCoy 0, Nelson 0, Shattuck 7, Chibuogwu Jr. 19, Pontrello 7, Horning 2.