YAKIMA – After a sluggish first quarter, the Lions rattled off 40 points in the next two periods before defeating Sammamish 58-41 in the quarterfinals of the boys 2A state tournament.
Junior Brant Heppner showed his inside/outside game with 25 points scored on 11-of-19 shooting as well as seven rebounds. The 6-foot-6 forward also connected on three of his seven three point attempts.
Senior Anthony Canales, who became the Lynden’s all-time leading scorer last week, suffered an off-shooting night but still managed to post a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Senior center Ty Holleman came off the bench to hit all four of his field goal attempts for eight points.
The top-ranked Lions (22-4) will face Bremerton (21-6) at 7:15 tomorrow night in the semifinals.
Lynden 58, Sammamish 41 SAM 8 11 13 9 - 41 LYN 7 20 20 11 - 58 Sammamish: Layton 2-4 1-2 6, Rak. Showki 6-17 4-6 16, Boddie 1-5 0-0 2, Ray. Showki 1-5 0-0 3, Morrissette 1-3 0-0 2, Pelto 0-1 0-0 0, Kariuki 2-11 2-4 7, Reed 1-3 0-0 3, Khamis 0-0 0-0 0, Arthur 0-0 0-0 0, Bruels 1-1 0-0 2. Lynden: Elsner 1-5 0-0 2, VanDalen 1-1 0-0 3, Ayres 0-1 0-4 0, K. Stapleton 0-0 0-0 0, Bowler 1-2 0-0 2, Holleman 4-4 0-1 8, Bedlington 0-0 0-0 0, Adams 0-0 0-0 0, Canales 5-20 3-3 14, Heppner 11-19 0-3 25, Jorgenson 0-0 0-0 0, Stapleton 2-8 0-0 4. Percentages: FG - SAM 15-50 .300, LYN 25-60 .417; FT - SAM 7-12 .583, LYN 3-11 .273. 3-point goals: SAM 4-24 (Layton 1-3, Reed 1-3, Ray Showski 1-4, Kariuki 1-7, Rak. Showkin 0-3, Boddie 0-4), LYN 5-14 (Heppner 3-7, VanDalen 1-1, Canales 1-4, Elsner 0-1, Ayres 0-1). Rebounds: SAM 34 (Rak. Showki 9), LYN 42 (Canales 10). Assists: SAM 5 (Rak. Showki 2), LYN 11 (Elsner 4). Steals: SAM 4 (Layton 1, Boddie 1, Ray. Showki 1, Morrissette 1), LYN 5 (Elsner 2). Blocks: SAM 2 (Kariuki 2), LYN 4 (Canales 3).
