MERIDIAN — Tanner Harris scored 19 points on 7 of 13 shooting for the defending champion Sugar-Salem Diggers in a 63-48 win over the Kellogg Wildcats in the opening round of the state 3A boys basketball tournament on Thursday at Meridian High.

Gavin Luna scored 12 points for Kellogg, which led 13-8 after the first quarter. Sugar-Salem outscored the Wildcats 15-4 in the third quarter after taking a 26-24 halftime lead.

Kellogg (16-7) face Homedale (11-13) in a loser-out game today at 3 p.m.

Crew Clark and Hadley Miller scored 11 points each for Sugar-Salem (18-5), which faces Filer (11-14) in a semifinal game tonight.

Sugar-Salem 8 18 15 22 — 63

Kellogg 13 11 4 20 — 48

SUGAR-SALEM — Clark 11, T. Harris 19, Guymon 0, Garner 0, Ostermiller 0, Nead 2, Miller 11, K. Harris 0, Gordon 0, Parkinson 7, Bean 4, Pinnock 0, Michaelson 2, Handy 7, Schulthies 0. Totals 21-42 17-24 63.

KELLOGG — Bush 2, R. Luna 0, K. Luna 10, Oertli 2, Groves 0, Nearing 11, Miller 9, Walker 0, Jerome 2, G. Luna 12. Totals 18-59 6-14 48.