MISSOULA — The Glacier (12-3 overall, 5-2 Western AA) boys basketball team hammered Missoula Sentinel 71-50 in a Western AA conference game Tuesday.

Evan Epperly led Glacier with 18 points while Ryan Edwards scored 13 and pulled down a game-high eight rebounds.

Glacier trailed 19-16 after the first quarter but gained a 34-32 lead at the half. The Wolfpack pulled away in the third quarter, when it outscored Sentinel 19-6.

Tres Cunningham and Jake Messerly led Sentinel (2-13, 0-7) with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Glacier 16 18 19 18 — 71

Sentinel 19 13 6 12 — 50

GLACIER – Charlie Obermiller 1 0-0 2, Kyle Griffith 4-7 2-4 10, Evan Epperly 6 5-6 18, Bryan Michaels 2 3-4 8, Kalen Reed 0 2-2 2, Nate Brown 1 0-0 3, Logan Iverson 4 0-0 9, Matt Peters 3 0-0 6, Ryan Edwards 6 1-2 13. Totals 27 13-18 71.

SENTINEL – Jake Messerly 4 0-0 10, Tony Hilliard 1 0-0 2, Tyler Martin 2 1-2 6, Austin Violette 3 0-0 7, Tres Cunningham 3 3-3 11, Trevor Powell 1 1-2 3, Drew Tschida 2 0-0 4, Dillon Gibbs 1 0-0 3, Jeremy Eisenmann 0 0-2 0, Kyle Douglas 1 2-3 4. Totals 18 8-12 50.

3-point goals – Glacier 4 (Epperly, Michaels, Brown, Iverson), Sentinel 7 (Cunningham 2, Messerly 2, Violette, Martin, Gibbs). Total fouls – Glacier 15, Sentinel 14. Fouled out – none. Rebounds – Glacier 26 (Edwards 8), Sentinel 17 (Cunningham 4). Turnovers – Glacier 7, Sentinel 16.

Missoula Big Sky 48, Flathead 43

MISSOULA — Missoula Big Sky (7-8 overall, 2-5 Western AA) held off a late rally to beat Flathead (8-6, 3-4) in Western AA conference action.

Trailing 44-29 with 2:49 left in the game, Flathead went on a 14-4 run but didn’t have enough time to complete the comeback.

Shea Schroeder scored 15 points to lead the Braves. Garth West scored nine and grabbed eight rebounds. Chandler Escalante scored eight.

Jesson Preston scored 14 to lead Big Sky.

Flathead 11 3 11 18 — 43

Big Sky 18 10 5 1 — 48

FLATHEAD – Kaleb Cannaday 0-1 0-0 0, Shea Schroeder 7-8 1-1 15, Garth West 3-8 3-4 9, Matthew Tokarz 2-5 0-0 5, Blaine Newman 1-7 1-3 3, Chandler Escalante 3-6 0-0 8, Matt Quist 1-3 0-0 2, Adam Bradley 0-1 0-0 0, Parker Sutton 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 17-40 6-10 43.

MISSOULA BIG SKY – Ryan Koster 0-2 0-0 0, Cole Baker 2-11 0-1 5, Tyler Thornock 1-1 0-0 2, Jesson Preston 6-14 0-0 14, Olan Donaldson 0-0 0-0 0, RJ LaValley 1-3 2-2 4, Alex Mustard 1-4 2-3 4, Colin Bingham 2-5 1-2 5, Ethan Donaldson 4-7 2-2 12, Jay Owens 0-3 2-2 2.Totals 17-50 9-12 48.

3-point goals – Flathead 3-13 (Escalante 2-5, Tokarz 1-4, Newman 0-3, Quist 0-1), Big Sky 5-20 (E. Donaldson 2-4, Preston 2-8, Baker 1-6, LaValley 0-1, Owens 0-1). Rebounds – Flahtead 30 (West 8), Big Sky 27 (Preston 8). Fouls – Flathead 21, Big Sky 23. Fouled out – Tokarz. Steals – Flathead 5 (5 with 1), Big Sky 14 (Baker 4, LaValley 4). Blocks – Flathead 3 (Schroeder, West, Tokarz), Sentinel 1 (Baker). Turnovers – Flathead 21, Big Sky 11.

Libby 68, Eureka 44

LIBBY — Jared Winslow and Barak Lapka each scored 17 points and Kraig Nelson added 16 for Libby (7-9) in a nonconference win over Eureka (0-17).

The Loggers had a narrow 22-20 lead at halftime before outscoring Eureka 18-11 in the third quarter.

Tanner Blankers led Eureka with 18 points.

Eureka 14 6 11 13 — 44

Libby 16 6 18 28 — 68

EUREKA – Trey Bohne 11, Dalton Smith 7, Tanner Blankers 18, Cameron Griffin 6, Richard Roo 2.

LIBBY – Collin Johnson 1, Dan Leggins 3, Lane Luscher 8, Dalton Brown 1, Will Reichel 4, Jared Winslow 17, Barak Lapka 17, Kraig Nelson 16, Tarasik Krisanov 1.

Stillwater Christian 65, Summit Prep 26

Stillwater Christian controlled Summit Prep throughout.

Josh Bray scored 21 points and had four assists and four steals to lead the Cougars. Caleb Chuang had 10 points and a team-high six rebounds.

The Cougars have one game left in the regular season, a home tilt against the Troy varsity on Thursday.

Stillwater 20 10 27 8 — 65

Summit Prep 6 3 8 7 — 26

STILLWATER — Jeff Mwiluki 1, Josh Bray 21, Noah Hashley 7, Caleb Chuang 10, Zach Falk 9, Jeremiah Hashley 4, Brad Heine 3, Jaron Neumann 4, BJ Bach 4, Peter Venman 2. Totals: 25 7-11 65.

SUMMIT PREP — N/A.

GIRLS

Eureka 53, Libby 40

EUREKA — Forwards Cassidy Morgan and Carli Allen scored 18 and 11 points, respectively, pacing Eureka (10-7) in a nonconference win over Libby (3-13).

Eureka led 25-18 at the half and extended its lead to 37-26 at the end of the third quarter.

“We just moved the ball well,” Eureka coach R.J. McDole said. “We got it into the post and they finished for the most part.”

Hannah England and Devon Gallagher led Libby with 15 and 13 points, respectively.

Libby 7 11 8 9 — 40

Eureka 10 15 12 16 — 53

LIBBY - Hannah England 15, Hailey Craig 3, Hailley Moe 3, Dayln Germany 6, Devon Gallagher 13.

EUREKA - Whitney Williams 2, Alex Holland 8, Mikayla Grove 4, Alyssa White 4, Caitlin Larson 2, Amanda Peterson 4, Cassidy Morgan 18, Carli Allen 11.

Stillwater Christian 53, Flathead JV 29

A big first half propelled Stillwater Christian (16-2) to a nonconference win over the Flathead junior varsity team Monday at Flathead High School.

Stillwater led 31-9 at halftime.

Sarah Paolini led Stillwater with 21 points and 10 rebounds while Jordan Danz added nine points, 11 rebounds and five assists.

Tana Fountain led the Flathead JV with 13 points.

Stillwater 14 17 14 8 — 53

Flathead JV 4 5 12 8 — 29

STILLWATER - Sarah Paolini 21, Jordan Danz 9, Morgan Paolini 8, Serena Koch 6, Sarah Smith 4, McKenzie Hemp 3, Janelle Falk 2.

FLATHEAD JV - Tana Fountain 13, Ronalae Rogers 5, Jessica Simmons 4, Amber Lucas 3, Toree Cano 2, Paige Birky 1, Becca Marshall 1.