Western B: Eureka girls win, boys fall

PABLO — Eureka’s girls stayed alive at the Western B Divisional basketball tournament, while the boys fell hard into the loser’s bracket. 

Aubrey Casazza scored 20 points to lead the Lady Lions past Anaconda 45-40 in loser-out action. Later Friday, Missoula Loyola scored a 68-37 win over the Lions behind 25 points from Cameron Buxton.

Eureka girls 45, Anaconda 40 

Casazza and Sydney Sharp each hit 3-pointers during an 18-6 first-quarter blitz by Eureka; Casazza had nine points in the frame. 

Brynn Miller added 11 points for the Lions. Eureka will face Mission in another loser-out game Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs suffered their second loss in lopsided fashion Friday, 67-32 to Florence. 

Anaconda    6    5    14    16    -    40 

Eureka 18    7    10    10    -    45 

ANACONDA — Quincy Saltenberg 0 1-2 1, Addy Jovanovich 1 0-0 2, Addie Case 3 1-2 8, Addie Olson 3 0-3 6, Jade Moses 4 1-4 9, Averie Sandoval 5 2-4 14. Totals 16 5-15 40. 

EUREKA — Brynn Miller 4 3-5 11, Aubrey Casazza 7 5-6 20, Sydney Sharp 2 1-2 6, Haidyn Guckenberg 3 1-2 8, Karah Eujene 0 0-0 0, Laina Conard 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 10-15 45.  

3-point goals — Anaconda 3 (Sandoval 2, Case), Eureka 3 (Casazza, Sharp, Guckenberg). Fouls — Anaconda 17, Eureka 15. 

Loyola boys 68, Eureka 37 

Buxton led three players in double figures for the three-time defending State B champion Rams. He and Jamo Kendrick (16 points) each hit a pair of threes. 

Brody Chapman scored nine points to lead the Lions (12-7), who take on District 7-B neighbor Troy in a loser-out Saturday at 9 a.m.  

Loyola advanced to face Anaconda in the title game Saturday night. 

Eureka    7    8    9    13    -    37 

Loyola    17    19    23    8    -    68 

EUREKA — Tyce Van Orden 1 0-0 2, Brody Chapman 4 1-2 9, Rowan Burow 0 5-6 5, Mason Parrish 1 2-2 4, Logan Cuffe 2 2-2 6, Leif Burow 2 1-2 6, Colton Vaughn 2 2-2 5. Totals 11 13-16 37. 

MISSOULA LOYOLA — Cameron Buxton 10 3-3 25, Finn Haffey 6 1-2 13, Owen Felton 1 0-0 2, Joe Grunow 1 0-0 2, Fin Twohig 1 0-0 2, Andrew Richardson 2 0-0 4, Xavier Lincoln 1 0-0 2, Jamo Kendrick 6 2-4 16, Issac Guess 1 0-0 2. Totals 33 6-9 66.  

3-point goals — Eureka 2 (L.Burow, Vaughn), Loyola 4 (Buxton 2, Kendrick 2). Fouls — Eureka 6, Loyola 17. 

Western B Divisional 

Pablo 

BOYS 

Thursday 

Game 1: Eureka 38, Deer Lodge 36 

Game 2: Missoula Loyola 68, Mission 28 

Game 3: Anaconda 63, Plains 29 

Game 4: Arlee 86, Troy 65 

Friday 

Game 9: Deer Lodge 43, Mission 36 

Game 10: Troy 60, Plains 48 

Game 13: Missoula Loyola 68, Eureka 37 

Game 14: Anaconda 56, Arlee 55 

Saturday 

Game 17: Troy (11-9) vs. Eureka (12-7), 9 a.m. (Linderman), lo 

Game 18: Deer Lodge (8-14) vs. Arlee (13-9), 9 a.m., lo 

Game 21: Winner 17 vs. Winner 18, 2 p.m., third 

Game 23: Missoula Loyola (17-5) vs. Anaconda (18-4), 5:30 p.m., first  

GIRLS 

Thursday  

Game 1: Mission 67, Darby 11 

Game 2: Florence 61, Plains 17 

Game 3: Missoula Loyola 72, Eureka 29  

Game 4: Thompson Falls 55, Anaconda 33 

Friday 

Game 11: Plains 50, Darby 43, lo 

Game 12: Eureka 45, Anaconda 40, lo 

Game 15: Florence 67, Mission 32, sf 

Game 16: Missoula Loyola 61, Thompson Falls 34, sf  

Saturday 

Game 19: Eureka (8-12) vs. Mission (18-2), 10:45 a.m. (Linderman), lo 

Game 20: Plains (8-12) vs. Thompson Falls (12-8), 10:45 a.m., lo 

Game 22: Winner 19 vs. Winner 20, 3:45 p.m., third 

Game 24: Florence (19-3) vs. Missoula Loyola (20-1), 7:30 p.m., first