Lake Washington boys win KingCo title | Playoff update

After facing Bellevue three times this season, the Lake Washington boys basketball team earned their third win over Bellevue Thursday evening, in what may have been the most important of the three games.

By Megan Managan • February 10, 2012 12:39 pm
Lake Washington's Darien Nelson-Henry defends the basket as Bellevue's Jackson Rezab shoots during the KingCo title game on Thursday
Lake Washington's Darien Nelson-Henry defends the basket as Bellevue's Jackson Rezab shoots during the KingCo title game on Thursday

After facing Bellevue three times this season, the Lake Washington boys basketball team earned their third win over Bellevue Thursday evening, in what may have been the most important of the three games.

The Kangs left Bellevue College on Feb. 9 the 3A KingCo tournament champions, winning 53-42.

With the win, the Kangs move into next week’s SeaKing district tournament as the No. 1 seed.

Their first district game will be on Fe.b 14 at 8:15 p.m. against the winner of the Chief Sealth vs. Nathan Hale game.

During the game with Bellevue, the Kangs controled it early on, up 10-6 at the end of the first quarter. Bellevue outscored Lake Washington 8-6 in the second quarter, but it wasn’t enough to earn the halftime lead.

The Kangs hit 22 points during the third quarter, while holding Bellevue to 10, followed by a 18-15 fourth quarter, with Bellevue hitting the higher number. Despite the final push, the Wolverines couldn’t pull out another last second win for the title.

Guy Lynott had 14 points during the game for Lake Washington, followed by 13 from Darien Nelson-Henry and 12 from Matt Staudacher. Cody Bernstein had six points, Kelly Guy added five and Jeff Staudacher had three points.