Shorecrest boys start district basketball tournament at Stanwood Tuesday after winning final regular-season game

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The Shorecrest boys’ basketball team opens Northwest District 3A tournament play at Stanwood Wednesday, Feb. 6, after the Scots won their final regular-season game Thursday. Jan. 31. 

With the victory over Meadowdale Thursday Shorecrest wrapped up the fourth and final spot in the tournament from the Western Conference 3A South.

As the No. 4 Wesco 3A South team, Shorecrest (4-9 Wesco 3A, 10-10 overall) is matched with Wesco 3A North champion Stanwood (12-1, 15-5). The game is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Stanwood High School.

In Shorecrest’s 63-47 victory over Meadowdale, the Scots led 20-2 after the first quarter, 32-14 at halftime and 45-24 after three quarters before coasting through the final period. Dylan Pontrello led the Scots with 20 points and Alex Horning added 14.

Two days earlier, Shorecrest had lost to Wesco 3A South champion Mountlake Terrace.

Leading scorers for the Scots are Conin Oishi, with 194 points in 16 games for an average of 12.1 points per game, and Alex Horning, with 210 points in 19 games for an average of 11.1 points per game.

Mountlake Terrace 51, Shorecrest 35
At Shorecrest High School, Tuesday, Jan. 29

Mountlake Terrace -- 14 15 8 14 -- 51
Shorecrest ------------   9   9 8   9 -- 35

Shorecrest Scoring — Drew Magaoay 0, RJ Eserjose 2, Benny Ortega 0, Zach Lawson 0, Liam O’Neill 4, Alex Hofstrand 0, Sam Franks 3, Aaron Kelly 0, Masamba Njadoe 10, Dylan Pontrello 3, Alex Horning 10, Connor Hyppa


Shorecrest 63, Meadowdale 47
At Meadowdale High School

Shorecrest     20 12 13 18 -- 63
Meadowdale   2 13   9 23 -- 47
 

Shorecrest Scoring --Benny Ortega 9, Zach Lawson 1, Liam O'Neill 0, Sam Franks 9, Masamba Njadoe 10, Dylan Pontrello 20, Alex Horning 14, Connor Hyppa 0.

Shorecrest Regular-Season Scoring

Player		Games	Points	P/G
Conin Oishi		16	194	12.1
Alex Horning		19	210	11.1
Masamba Njadoe		20	152	7.6
Sam Franks		19	134	7.1
Dylan Pontrello		20	115	5.8
Benny Ortega		20	91	4.6
Liam O'Neill		16	52	3.3
Jake Scherf		16	36	2.3
Zach Lawson		19	42	2.2
Taylor Simmons		1	2	2.0
RJ Eserjose		8	14	1.8
Alex Hofstrand		15	26	1.7
Connor Hyppa		14	22	1.6
Danny Ghebremichael		7	10	1.4
Keelan Tidwell		8	5	0.6
Aaron Kelly		1	0	0.0
Drew Magaoy		1	0	0.0