BILLINGS — Helena High took advantage of a poor offensive third quarter by Glacier to post a 53-39 victory over the Wolfpack in consolation play at the Class AA state boys basketball tournament on Saturday morning.

Helena outscored Glacier 11-2 after the half to take 35-25 advantage into the fourth quarter.

It was the third meeting this season for the two Western AA foes. Glacier had won the previous two.

McBride Galt tallied 12 points for the Bengals. Henry Garrett added 11 and Chase South 10.

Bryan Michaels had 15 for Glacier and Evan Epperly 12.

Glacier finished the season with a 12-12 mark. The Wolfpack went 1-2 at state.

Glacier entered state play as the No. 3 seed from the Western Division.

Helena went on to claim third place, beating second-ranked Billings West 44-36 in the consolation final.

Top-ranked Helena Capital claimed the state championship, defeating No. 3 Missoula Hellgate in the final, 51-47. Carson Dummer and Hunter Belo led Capital with 16 points each.

Loser Out

Helena 53, Glacier 39

Helena 11 13 11 18 — 53

Glacier 13 10 2 14 — 39

Helena (10-14) — Garth Grimsrud 2 0-0 4, Tyler Tolman 0 0-2 0, Kyle Cochran 0 4-4 4, Troy Arntson 3 0-1 8, McBride Galt 4 4-5 12, Chase South 0 10-12 10, Ragen Sheen 2 0-0 4, Henry Garrett 5 1-4 11. Totals: 16 19-28 53. 3-point goals: 2 (Arntson 2). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: None.

Glacier (12-12) — Sam McCamley 0 0-0 0, Greg Jones 1 0-0 3, Evan Epperly 5 2-6 12, Bryan Michaels 4 7-9 15, Kyle Harkins 1 0-0 2, Tanner Olson 1 1-1 3, Cain Boschee 1 0-0 2, Jaxen Hashley 1 0-0 2, Kevin Malloy 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 10-16 39. 3-point goals: 1 (Jones). Fouls: 24. Fouled out: Epperly.

Billings West 66,

Great Falls CMR 49

CMR 11 9 16 13 — 49

West 10 12 21 23 — 66

Great Falls CMR (12-12) — Kari Tucker 1-3 5-6 7, Daryl Williams 2-2 2-2 8, Jayse McLean 2-10 5-5 9, Jarrod Simmons 0-0 0-0 0, Gabe Kuntz 0-2 0-0 0, Andrew Grinde 4-9 0-0 10, Dylan Halverson 1-3 0-0 3, Trevor Pepin 0-1 0-0 0, Andre Langhorne 5-10 0-2 12, Eric Dawson 0-2 0-0 2, Jacob Bahnmiller 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 15-42 12-15 49. 3-point goals: 7-19 (Williams 2, Grinde 2, Halverson 1, Langhorne 2). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: Tucker. Rebounds: 20 (McLean 5. Assists: 8 (McLean 2). Blocks: 3 (Halverson 2). Steals: 6 (Dawson 2). Turnovers: 10.

Billings West (18-5) — Christian Kappel 5-8 5-6 20, Tanner Greyn 0-0 0-0 0, Wilson Brott 2-2 1-2 5, Jayson Leinwand 0-0 0-0 0, Zack Funyan 3-4 2-2 10, Danny Betcher 6-7 3-5 16, Kameron Rauch 1-1 0-0 2, Jared Samuelson 2-7 7-7 13, Jeremiah Cochran 0-1 0-0 0, Angelo Villarreal 0-3 0-0 0. Totals: 19-33 18-22 66. 3-point goals: 10-19 (Kappel 5, Funyak 2, Betcher 1, Samuelson 2). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 24 (Samuelson 5). Assists: 14 (Brott 4, Funyak 4). Blocks: 2 (Betcher 2). Steals: 5 (Kappel 2, Funyak 2). Turnovers: 10.

Third Place

Helena 44, Billings West 36

Helena 9 12 6 17 — 44

West 9 9 10 8 — 36

Helena (11-14) -- Garth Grimsrud 3-4 0-0 6, Tyler Tolman 1-3 0-0 2, Kyle Cochran 4-5 1-4 9, Troy Arntson 1-4 3-4 6, McBride Galt 3-6 0-0 6, Chase South 1-4 2-2 4, AJ Kanthack 0-0 0-0 0, Henry Garrett 5-5 1-4 11. Totals: 18-31 7-14 44. 3-point goals: 1-5 (Arntson). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 22 (Garrett 7). Assists: 13 (Cochran 4, Arntson 4). Blocks: 4 (Garrett 2). Steals: 7 (Cochran 3). Turnovers: 9.

Billings West (18-6) -- Christian Kappel 1-4 0-2 2, Tanner Greyn 0-0 0-0 0, Wilson Brott 0-4 4-6 4, Jayson Leinwand 1-1 0-0 2, Zack Funyak 1-5 0-0 3, Danny Betcher 2-6 3-4 8, Jared Samuelson 4-9 0-0 11, Jeremiah Cochran 1-4 1-1 3, Angelo Villarreal 1-4 0-0 3. Totals: 11-37 8-13 36. 3-point goals: 6-18 (Funyak 1, Betcher 1, Samuelson 3, Villarreal 1). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 23 (Kappel 6). Assists: 4 (four with 1). Blocks: 2 (Brott 1, Cochran 1). Steals: 3 (Kappel 2). Turnovers: 12.

Championship

Helena Capital 51,

Missoula Hellgate 47

Hellgate 9 13 8 17 — 47

Capital 8 13 8 22 — 51

Missoula Hellgate (19-5) -- Tres Tinkle 7-13 8-10 24, Dylan Harvala 1-1 0-0 3, Rhett Baerlocher 3-5 0-0 6, Brady Henthorn 1-3 0-0 3, Connor Schenk -0 0-0 0, Devin Bray 1-7 0-0 3, Pat Colberg 4-6 0-0 8, Mark Lebsock 0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 17-37 8-10 47. 3-point goals: 5-16 (Tinkle 2, Harvala 1, Henthorn 1, Bray 1). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 22 (Tinkle 9). Assists: 13 (Henthorn 4). Blocks: 3 (Colberg 3). Steals: 2 (Tinkle 1, Baerlocher 1). Turnovers: 8.

Helena Capital (22-1) -- Kyle Nickol 3-11 3-4 12, Keeley Larson 0-1 0-0 0, Kyle Harrington 3-4 0-0 7, Sean Mulcahy 0-1 0-2 0, Hunter Beto 3-5 7-8 16, Jason Corne 0-1 0-0 0, Carson Dummer 4-9 8-12 16. Totals: 13-32 18-26 51. 3-point goals: 7-17 (Nickol 3, Harrington 1, Beto 3). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: Harrington. Rebounds: 22 (Beto 6). Assists: 10 (Mulcahy 3). Blocks: 1 (Dummer). Steals: 3 (Nickol 1, Beto 1, Dummer 1). Turnovers: 6.