Boys basketball: Fort 70, Parkrose (Ore.) 67

It took awhile for Fort Vancouver’s boys basketball team to play its brand of basketball, but once it did, the Trappers had a flurry of a finish.

Jameel Morton’s game-high 30 points and James Husband, Jr.’s 26 helped the Trappers to a 70-67 come-from-behind victory over Parkrose (Ore.).

Fort trailed by double-digits for a good portion of the game before making its comeback inside 2 minutes to go in the third quarter.

Fort coach James Ensley called Husband, Jr., and Morton “unstoppable” especially in the second half. Husband, Jr., had 10 of his points in the third quarter — half of the Trappers’ points — and the two combined for 21 of the team’s 27 total field goals. Morton also was 10 of 15 from the free-throw line.

Travis Huffman’s deep 3-pointer, his first of two in the fourth quarter, gave Fort its first lead inside 90 seconds to play. Huffman finished with eight points.

“We talked about attacking the hoop,” Ensley said. … “We play fast, and part of the first half was my fault trying to slow down. We are who we are, and I said, ‘let’s go be who we are.'”

Ensley also credited Dakota Jones’ defensive play as a spark for the Trappers.

FORT VANCOUVER 70, PARKROSE (Ore.) 67

FORT VANCOUVER — Dakota Jones 6, James Husband, Jr., 26, Travis Huffman 8, Jameel Morton 30, Vincent Bennett 0, Tre Cannon 0, Ezekiel Block 0, Tyrique Cargile 0. Totals 27 (4) 12-18 70.

PARKROSE — Justin Tran 8, Damontae Burns 10, Elliott Saephanh 0, Isamu Chang 8, Ahmed Ibrahim 23, Shawn Briggs 15, Raheem Ola 0, Jason Davis 0. Totals 28 (3) 8-12 67.

Fort 14 10 20 26–70

Parkrose 17 18 15 17–67