SCC men's basketball goes 3-1 at NWAACC Tournament, defeats Bellevue to close out strong season

SCC Men's 2012 Basketball Team and Coaches

The Shoreline Community College Men's Basketball Team defeated Bellevue College on Tuesday at the NWAACC Basketball Tournament to finish 7th out of 16 teams. SCC defeated Bellevue 92 to 88 as SCC superior depth prevailed; the Shoreline bench outscored Bellevue's bench 44 to 19 and SCC defense turned BC's turnovers into points (31 for SCC, 12 for BC).

Shoreline was led by Avery Scharer who scored 17 points and had 7 assists along with Kelly Hong who scored 14 points and Nahshon George who added 12 points and had 10 rebounds. Joe Bodman scored 9 and had 9 rebounds as well.

Avery Scharer in action
Photo by Wilson Tsoi

Shoreline opened the tournament with a 100-93 loss to Mt. Hood Community College from Oregon, the #1 seed from the NWAACC Southern Region. The Dolphins were sent to the consolation bracket of the 16 team tournament and faced Walla Walla Community College and defeated WWCC 96-94 on a last second shot by Avery Scharer. Shoreline then faced Lower Columbia College in the consolation semi-finals and defeated the Red Devils 80-77 and that victory sent SCC to play its Northern Region rival, Bellevue in the consolation finals (and 7th place in the tournament).

SCC was the only NWAACC Northern Region team to win 3 games at the tournament, as #1 seed, Whatcom, was 0-2, #2 seed Peninsula went 2-2 (finished 4th) and Bellevue finished 2-2.

Shoreline finished the season 19-12 overall, 10-6 in the region and went into the tournament as the #4 seed from the Northern Region.

--Douglas W. Palmer, SCC Director of Athletics