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Patriots open against Carey
The Summit Lady Patriots will open their state tournament play against Carey at 8 p.m. Mountain Time, 7 p.m. Pacific, Thursday, Feb. 19 at Nampa High School. Carey is the third seed from district 4. If they win they would play the Garden Valley-Dietrich winner at 3 p.m. MST on Friday, Feb. 20. If they lose they would play the Garden Valley-Dietrich loser at 8 p.m. MST. The championship game is at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Idaho Center. The consolation final is at 9:15 a.m. at Nampa High School and the third place game is at 11 a.m., also at Nampa High School. All times are Mountain time. The teams in the other half of the bracket are Mackey vs. Greenleaf (which beat Clark Fork in the play-in game) and Richfield vs. North Gem. 
Shown is the 1-A Division 2 girls basketball bracket. Game 4 starts at 8 p.m. MST. Game 6 on Friday is at 3 p.m. while game 8 is at 8 p.m. Game 13, the championship game, is at 9:30 a.m.. Game 9, the consolation championship is at 9:15 a.m. Game 10, the 3rd place game is at 11 a.m. All games except the championship game are at Nampa High School. The championship game will be at the Idaho Center. Patriots win District opener The Summit Academy Patriots raced to an 11-0 lead and never looked back as they won their first ever boys district tournament basketball game 72-56 over Culdesac Saturday, Feb. 14 at Highland High School in Craigmont. 
Dustin Lustig got things off to a hot start by hitting a pair of 3-pointers. Summit’s full-court pressure then helped them build their lead to 18-3 as Josh Frei made 5 of his game-high 7 steals in the opening quarter nearly all of which led to easy scores for the Patriots. Lustig wound up scoring 9 in the opening quarter while Dylan Prigge scored 7 and Frei 5 as Summit took a 26-14 lead by the end of the period. Summit kept up the offensive pressure in the second quarter as they had a 21-4 run with David Johnson scoring 7 points and Dustin Lustig and Prigge 6 points each as the Patriots built their lead to 47-18. Culdesac bombed in a couple of 3’s at the end of the half to make it 47-24 at the break. Prigge and Dustin Lustig each added 6 more points in the third quarter as Summit built their lead to 63-35 after 3 quarters. They led 70-37 in the fourth when they emptied the bench and let the freshman play the final 5 minutes. Culdesac finished the game with a 2-19 run that made the final score much closer than the game actually was. Dustin Lustig scored 23 points to lead the Patriots in scoring while Prigge scored 19 and Johnson 14. Frei scored 9, Chase Nuxoll 5 and Joseph Lustig 4. Summit also dominated the boards by a 52-32 count. Nuxoll had 15 rebounds to lead the Patriots while Dustin Lustig had 11 and Johnson 10. In addition to Frei’s 7 steals, Dustin Lustig had 5 and Prigge 3. Dustin Lustig also had 4 assists. Levi Parmer led Culdesac with 20 points, 17 in the first half, while Bradley Layes had 19. Summit was In addition to Frei’s 7 steals, Dustin Lustig had 5 and Prigge 3. Dustin Lustig also had 4 assists. Levi Parmer led Culdesac with 20 points, 17 in the first half, while Bradley Layes had 19. Summit was 31 for 80 from the field, 39%, and 8 for 14 at the line, 57%. Culdesac was 22 for 52 from the field, 42%, and 5 for 8 at the line, 64%. Summit 26 21 16 9 -72 Culdesac 14 10 11 21 -56 Summit Academy-J. Lustig 1-4, 2-2, 4; D. Lustig 10-21, 1-2, 23; Prigge 8-20, 3-4, 19; C. Nuxoll 2-7, 0-0, 5; Frei 4-10, 0-0, 9; Johnson 6-16, 2-6, 14; Chmelik 0-2, 0-0, 0; D. Nuxoll 0-0, 0-0, 0; Schlader 0-0, 0-0, 0; Rehder 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-D. Lustig 2, C. Nuxoll, Frei. Culdesac-Miller 1-4, 1-2, 3; Layes 8-16, 1-1, 19; Parmer 8-15, 1-2, 20; Lane 1-8, 0-0, 2; Kegley 0-0, 0-0, 0; Bomar 2-5, 0-0, 5; Dawes 2-4, 0-0, 5; Marcell 0-0, 2-2, 2. 3-pointers-Parmer 3, Layes 2, Bomar, Dawes. Nezperce beats Summit in District title game The Summit Patriots ran into a buzzsaw in the District 2, 1-A Division 2 championship game as they lost 33-62 Monday, Feb. 16 at Highland High School in Craigmont.  Nezperce’s
Damon Leitch nearly outscored Summit all by himself as he scored 30 points
for the Indians. Included were 5 3-pointers as he was 5 for 7 from long
range.
Summit had all kinds of trouble getting into their offense as Nezperce made an effort to take Dylan Prigge’s low post game away, doubling him every time he got the ball down low. He was limited to just 2 shot attempts in the first half and scored just 2 points on a pair of free throws. Summit trailed 6-16 after the first quarter and 15-31 at the half, hitting just 3 of 10 shots from the field in each quarter. Nezperce didn’t let up any in the third quarter as they scored the first 10 points of the second half with 9 of those coming on 3-point shots by Leitch. Summit managed to outscore Nezperce 7-4 the rest of the quarter but trailed 22-44 after 3 periods. Nezperce opened the fourth quarter with a 2-11 run to push their lead to 31. By then both benches had emptied and the remainder of the game was played by the substitutes from both teams. David Johnson came off the bench to lead the Patriots in scoring with 9 points while Prigge scored 8. Derek Nuxoll and Austin Chmelik scored 4 each while Dustin Lustig scored 3, Chase Nuxoll and Josh Frei 2 each and Joseph Lustig 1. Summit hit 13 of 40 from the field, 32%, and 7 of 10 at the line, 70%. Nezperce was 21 for 52 from the field, 40%, and 13 for 19 at the line, 68%. As a team they hit eight 3-pointers while Summit had none. Summit beat Culdesac Tuesday, Feb. 17 and will play at 6 p.m. on Friday at the Bear Den in Moscow. Nezperce plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday’s losers play at 2:30 on Saturday with the winners playing at 1:00. The 2:30 winner plays the 1:00 game loser at 7 p.m. for second place at Regionals and a chance to advance to state through a play-in game set for Saturday, Feb. 28 at Grangeville at 5 p.m. Summit 6 9 7 11 -33 Nezperce 16 15 13 18 -62 Summit-J. Lustig 0-3, 1-2, 1; D. Lustig 1-6, 1-2, 3; Johnson 4-8, 1-2, 9; Prigge 3-8, 2-2, 8; C. Nuxoll 1-2, 0-0, 2; Frei 1-3, 0-0, 2; Schlader 0-1, 0-0, 0; D. Nuxoll 2-2, 0-0, 4; Chmelik 1-2, 2-2, 4; Rehder 0-3, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none. Nezperce-C. Riggers 1-8, 0-0, 2; Leitch 9-13, 7-10, 30; Scott 3-9, 0-0, 8; Zenner 2-3, 0-0, 4; Fuchs 1-6, 1-3, 3; S. Wahl 0-1, 2-2, 2; Killmar 0-0, 1-2, 1; Carpenter 1-1, 1-2, 3; Mizer 1-1, 0-0, 2; Long 0-2, 0-0, 0; R. Wahl 0-2, 0-0, 0; Wemhoff 1-1, 0-0, 2; J. Riggers 2-5, 0-0, 5. 3-pointers-Leitch 5, Scott 2, J. Riggers.  January Boys Regionals at Moscow Feb. 20 and Lewiston Feb. 21. Boys State March 5-7 |
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