PLAINS — Plains outlasted Troy to earn its way into the postseason, topping the Trojans 48-44 in a District 7B boys basketball play-in game on Tuesday.

Kyle Revier scored 17 points and Ryan Ovitt had 10 as the Horsemen took a 14-9 lead in the first quarter and maintained their slight lead throughout the contest.

Gage Tallmadge had 15 points to lead Troy.

With the win, Plains advances to play at Bigfork on Thursday in a 7B district tournament semifinal.

Troy 9 12 11 12 — 44

Plains 14 10 13 11 — 48

TROY — Craig Helmrick 6, Dillon Savage 2, Gage Tallmadge 15, Brennan Olds 2, Sean Opland 9, Mason Chapel 6, Kolten Winebark 4.

PLAINS — Ryan Ovitt 10, Trent Brouillette 7, Alec Cole 2, Kyle Revier 17, Cole Benson 2, Aaron Baker 7, Bransen Krebs 2, Brenen Abromeit 1.

Ronan 47, St. Ignatius 35

RONAN — Cedric Earthboy scored a game-high 21 points and Ronan rallied from a slow first half to beat St. Ignatius in a District 6B play-in basketball game.

The Chiefs mustered just 11 points in the first two quarters but leaned on their strong defense to enter the intermission down just three points. Ronan found its form after the break, outscoring the Bulldogs 36-21 in the final 16 minutes, including a 25-point fourth quarter.

Ronan will open the 6B tournament against Missoula Loyola at 2 p.m. on Friday in Hamilton.

St. Ignatius 8 6 7 14 — 35

Ronan 6 5 11 25 — 47

ST. IGNATIUS — Raymond Matt 4, Nick Durglo 10, Aaron Fisher-Ahenakew 13, Will Powell 2, Bill VonHoltum 6.

RONAN — Cedric Earthboy 21, Colton McCrea 8, Jackson Duffey 1, Bryce Cullen 7, Justin Krahn 3, Ty James 2, Aaron Misa 2, Jeremiah North Piegan 3.

GIRLS

Troy 44, Eureka 35

EUREKA — Eureka struggled in the third quarter of its District 7B play-in game against Troy, mustering just two points in the frame as the Trojans took the lead and full control to advance in the postseason.

Allie Coldwell scored 14 points and Aurora Becquart had 12 to lead Troy in the contest, which saw the Trojans outscore Eureka 15-2 out of halftime.

Amanda Peterson scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Lions. Stacy Cooper had 10 points.

Troy advances to play at top-seeded Plains in the 7B district tournament semifinals on Thursday.

Troy 10 10 15 9 — 44

Eureka 11 13 2 9 — 35

TROY — Aurora Becquart 12, Allie Coldwell 14, Kaitlyn Downey 8, Sami Rohrich 4, Allie Brown 6.

EUREKA — Charity Parsons 2, Courtney Lemer 2, Nicole Anderson 2, Amanda Peterson 16, Stacy Cooper 10, Erynn Thier 3.

Frenchtown 46,

Polson 24

FRENCHTOWN — Frenchtown leapt out to a 12-4 lead after the first quarter and outpaced Polson the rest of the way, topping the Pirates in a Northwestern A conference game.

Lacy Hochhalter led the Broncs with 12 points on senior night in Frenchtown.

Lauren Lefthand had 11 points and Nichole Lake had 10 for Polson, which closes its regular season against Whitefish at home on Saturday.

Polson 4 8 9 3 — 24

Frenchtown 12 11 12 11 — 46

POLSON — Lauren Lefthand 11, Nichole Lake 10, Erin Sampson 2, Mckenna Weltz 1.

FRENCHTOWN — Emma Pyron 3, Haley Cyr 4, Laci Willett 6, Krista Hebnes 2, Alli Moe 8, Brooke Yarnall 7, Lacey Hochhalter 12, Megan Delaney 4.