Thunderbirds eliminate Mount Vernon in district 3A tournament elimination game Friday

Shorewood's Pep Band was pumped !
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

The Shorewood boys’ Basketball team will play another Northwest-District-3A-tournament elimination game, this time against Shorecrest, Tuesday, after the Thunderbirds eliminated Mount Vernon with a 67-43 victory Friday.

Shorewood's Ben Andrews gathers in the loose ball
under his offensive board.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Shorewood takes a 17-5 record into the home game against Shorecrest (15-7) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, with the loser eliminated from the tournament and the winner needing to win both Feb. 17 and Feb. 21 to qualify for State 3A play as the Northwest District's No. 2 team.

Shorecrest fell into the losers’ bracket with a 51-43 semifinal loss to Western Conference 3A division champion Mountlake Terrace Friday.

Shorecrest and Shorewood split two games during the regular season, with each winning on the other’s floor.

Shorewood players #20 Levy Diaz Jr., #5 Chris Giles, and #21 Phil Mar
track the rebound ball. Photo by Wayne Pridemore.

In Shorewood’s 67-43 home victory over Mount Vernon, the Thunderbirds outscored the Bulldogs in every quarter, leading 14-6, after the first quarter, 25-15 at halftime and 48-29 after three quarters before extending the lead in the final period. Josh Hawkinson led Shorewood with 22 points followed by Semir Kadiric with 18 and Gage Carroll with 16.

T-Bird center, Josh Hawkinson, puts up a shot
just outside the lane in the first quarter.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore.

Hawkinson has scored 345 points in 20 games for an average of 17.25 points per game, Kadiric has scored 287 points in 22 games for an average of 13.05.

Shorewood 67, Mount Vernon 43

At Shorewood High School, Friday, Feb. 10

Mount Vernon          6   9 14 14 -- 43

Shorewood             14 11 23 19 -- 67