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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Shorewood boys' basketball season ends with two losses in district tournament

The Shorewood boys' basketball team finished its season with an 11-11 record after two losses in the Northwest District 3A tournament.

As the No. 4 team from the Western Conference 3A South, Shorewood opened the tournament with a road game against Wesco North No. 1 Stanwood Tuesday, February 11, a game that Stanwood won, 77-61.

The Thunderbirds then lost an elimination game Thursday, February 13 at Ferndale, 86-75.

In the 77-61 loss at Stanwood, the Thunderbirds trailed 23-7 after the first quarter, 39-25 at halftime and 50-43 after three quarters before the Spartans pulled away in the final period. Senior guard Taylor Freeman led Shorewood with 26 points; teammate Sam Boone scored 15; and Brandon Mar added 11.

In the 86-75 loss at Ferndale, the T-birds led 24-16 after the first quarter and 37-32 at halftime before falling behind 59-58 after three quarters and being outscored 27-17 in the final quarter. Freeman led Shorewood with 20 points, followed by senior guard Boone with 16; senior Zane Hopen and sophomore Jordan Muir-Keung each scored 13.

Stanwood went on to defeat Mountlake Terrace in the tournament semifinals Friday, Feb. 14, and take a 22-0 record into the district championship game against Shorecrest Friday, Feb. 21, at Jackson High School in Mill Creek, with both teams advancing to the March 1 regional round of the State 3A tournament.

Ferndale takes a 9-13 record into a Tuesday, Feb. 18, tournament elimination game against Marysville-Pilchuck, with the winner advancing to the District third-place game Friday at Jackson for the right to advance to regionals.

STANWOOD 77, SHOREWOOD 61
At Stanwood High School, Tuesday, Feb. 11

Shorewood -- 7  18 18 18 -- 61
Stanwood --- 23 16 11 27 -- 77

Shorewood Scoring -- Anxhelos Pere 0, Taylor Freeman 26, Brandon Mar 11, Jordan Muir-Keung 5, Karson Gronvold 0, Zane Hopen 3, Aaron Okamura 0, Ezekiel Lacy 1, Sam Boone 15.

FERNDALE 86, SHOREWOOD 75
At Ferndale High School, Thursday, Feb. 13

Shorewood -- 24 13 21 17 -- 75
Ferndale ----- 16 16 27 27 -- 86

Shorewood Scoring -- Freeman 20, Mar 9, Muir-Keung 13, Gronvold 3, Hopen 13, Lacey 1, Boone 16, Okamura 0.


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