Boys hoops: Eureka 3-0 in league; Polson pair combine for 57

TROY — Logan Cuffe scored 17 points, Brody Chapman added 15 and the Eureka Lions beat Troy 61-46 in Western 7-B boys basketball action Tuesday.

Chapman scored five of his points during a 16-5 third-quarter surge by the Lions (6-5 overall, 3-0 in 7-B games), who pushed into a 44-34 lead going to the fourth. Cuffe then added five points in the final period as Eureka continued to pull away. 

Carson Orr scored a game-high 18 for the Trojans (6-4, 2-2 in league), who led 29-28 at halftime. 

Eureka    14    14    16    17    -    61 

Troy    13    16    5    12    -    46

EUREKA — Brody Chapman 15, Rowan Burow 7, Logan Cuffe 17, Leif Burow 6, Tyce Van Orden 2, Mason Parrish 4, Ben Byers 1, Bennett Clear 1, Grayden Casas 8.  

TROY — Carson Orr 18, Emerson Downey 8, Thomas Guinard 9, Nolan Morris 9, Gunnar Fisher 2. 

Polson 78, Whitefish 59

WHITEFISH — Malakai Curley and Kyson Michel combined for 11 3-pointers and 57 points, and the Polson Pirates outscored Whitefish in Northwest A play. 

Curley hit five 3-pointers on the way to 31 points; he had four threes and 17 points by halftime, when the Pirates (5-6 overall, 2-3 in the Northwest A) pushed out to a 36-19 lead. 

Michel’s 26 points included six 3-pointers; he scored 13 in each half. 

Will Sisson scored 18 points, 12 in the second half, for Whitefish (5-6, 1-4 in league). 

Polson    16    20    21    21    -    78 

Whitefish    9    10    19    21    -    59

POLSON — Kyson Michel 26, Holden Emerson 4, Maddox Bird 12, Malakai Curley 31, Ama Old Shoes. 

WHITEFISH — Will Sisson 18, Aiden Rickels 3, Jayke Thew 9, Finn Ryan 8, Len Bungener 9, Drew Queen 7, Reyd Hobart 5.