Chapman bucket lifts Eureka in Western B

PABLO — Just like they drew it up.

Brody Chapman’s tip-in off an inbounds play with 0.7 seconds left lifted Eureka to a 38-36 win over Deer Lodge in a first-round Western B Divisional boys basketball game Thursday. 

Chapman’s heroics came after Deer Lodge scored twice in the final 55 seconds to knot the score at 36-all. The Wardens’ Shawn Lombardi hit a put-back came with :09.2 left.  

Eureka then got off a baseline jumper, with the rebound going out of bounds to the Lions with under a second left. Chapman banked in the game-winner from 8 feet. He scored eight points, as did Rowan Burow. Leif Burow led the Lions with nine points. 

Kaiden Beck hit three 3-pointers and scored 19 points for the Wardens.  

Eureka (12-6) advanced to Friday’s 3 p.m. semifinal against Missoula Loyola (16-5). The three-time State B champion Rams swamped Mission 68-28 on Thursday. 

Deer Lodge (7-14) and Mission (6-13) play a loser-out game Friday at 9 a.m. 

Deer Lodge    8    8    9    11    -    36 

Eureka    4    10    11    13    -    38 

DEER LODGE — Shawn Lombardi 2 1-2 6, Kaiden Beck 7 2-2 19, Jarrett Pennington 1 2-4 4, Blake Hawks 0 2-2 2, Collin Spears 1 0-3 2, Chase Henze 0 0-0 0, Tamu Lombard 1 0-0 3. Totals 12 9-13 36. 

EUREKA — Tyce Van Orden 1 3-4 6, Brody Chapman 3 1-2 8, Rowan Burow 3 2-6 8, Logan Cuffe 1 3-4 5, Leif Burow 3 2-2 9. Totals 13 11-18 38. 

3-point goals — Deer Lodge 5 (Beck 3, S.Lombardi, T.Lombardi), Eureka 3 (Van Orden, Chapman, L.Burow). Fouls — Deer Lodge 12, Eureka 9. Fouled out — Pennington. 

Loyola 72, Eureka girls 29 

Spencer Laird outscored Eureka by herself, netting 35 points on 14 of 22 shooting. She was 3 for 8 from the 3-point arc; Emma Laird added 12 points for the Breakers. 

Haidyn Guckenberg scored 12 points to lead the Lady Lions (7-11). 

Eureka has an 11:30 a.m. loser-out game against Anaconda, which lost to Thompson Falls 55-33 in Thursday's late game.

Loyola (19-1) takes on Thompson Falls in Friday’s 8:15 p.m. semifinal. 

Loyola    24    21    12    15    -    72 

Eureka    9    8    5    7    -    29

MISSOULA LOYOLA — Amya Lindauer 3 0-0 6, Kenzie Hall 0 1-2 1, Emma Laird 6 0-0 12, Caitrin Harrington 1 0-0 3, Sammy McHugh 0 1-2 1, Spencer Laird 14 4-4 35, Tali Palma 1 0-0 3, Charlotte Ward 1 0-0 3, Sloane McCall 1 0-0 2, Haley Richardson 3 0-0 6. Totals 30 6-8 72. 

EUREKA — Brynn Miller 3 0-0 7, Aubrey Casazza 0 2-2 2, Syd Sharp 1 2-2 5, Haidyn Guckenberg 5 2-3 12, Laina Conard 1 0-0 3. Totals 10 6-7 29. 

3-point goals — Loyola 6 (S.Laird 3, Harrington, Palma, Ward), Eureka 3 (Conard, Sharp, Miller). Fouls — Loyola 7, Eureka 9.