Girls basketball: Battle Ground 41, Jefferson (Ore.) 38

Mallory Meyer hit three free throws inside 20 seconds to go to break up a tie game and give the Tigers their opening-game win at the Nike Interstate Shootout.

Meyer was 8 of 9 at the line for the game, including 7 of 8 in the fourth quarter. She finished with a game-high 16 points.

A steal and 3-pointer by Abby Beall put the Tigers up 3 inside 2 minutes to play.

Battle Ground faces Barlow (Ore.) at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

NIKE INTERSTATE SHOOTOUT

At Lake Oswego, Ore.

BATTLE GROUND 41, KEF38

BATTLE GROUND — Megan Geiger 7, Faith Prom 2, Jenna Bergren , Hailey Geiger 5, Mallory Meyer 16, Abby Beall 5, Lena Whitten 2, Elizabeth Miller 4. Totals 15 (1) 10-16 41

JEFFERSON — Lamberth 8, Mayers 0, Jones 11, Thompson 5, Gonzalez 2, Smith 0, Robinson 10, Andrews 2, Dunn 0. Totals 15 (3) 5-12 38

B. Ground 7 13 7 14–41

Jefferson 6 12 10 10–38