TACOMA — Two good looks, but neither could fall.
It resulted in Camas’ 44-42 overtime loss to Glacier Peak in Thursday’s Class 4A boys quarterfinal at the Tacoma Dome.
After a Glacier Peak missed free throw with 15.3 seconds left, Camas forward Ethan Harris brought the ball up the floor with the Papermakers trailing by two. He drove the lane against Glacier Peak’s Jayce Nelson, resulting in two good looks at the game-tying bucket.
It wasn’t the original play design out of a timeout before Glacier Peak’s second of two free throws, Harris said, but the Papermakers did get what they wanted out of the play.
“At the end of the day, we got an open lay-up,” he said. “I just missed it.”
Glacier Peak’s victory sends the Grizzlies to Friday’s 3:45 p.m. semifinal. Camas falls to the consolation bracket and remains alive for its second state trophy in three seasons. In order for that to happen, it must win Friday’s 9 a.m. consolation game.
Harris led Camas with 14 points, eight rebounds and four blocks Thursday in the low-scoring game that had Glacier Peak leading 19-17 at halftime. Harris’ bucket with 32 seconds left in regulation tied the game at 39-all, and Cade Washington’s steal off an in-bounds pass with 2.7 seconds remaining sent the game into overtime.
Jace VanVoorhis (13 points) had all three Camas points in overtime, including the extra-period’s first field goal to take a 41-39 lead. That proved to be the Papermakers’ only field goal of the extra 4 minutes.
Harris said he and his teammates are looking at the defeat from an outsider’s perspective.
“I believe that we played better than them,” he said. “We got more rebounds, we got better looks. Of course, this is a huge arena. Our shots just didn’t fall.”
Camas went 0 for 8 on 3s in the first half and finished 3 of 15 for the game.
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GLACIER PEAK 44, CAMAS 42
GLACIER PEAK — Josiah Lee 11, Jack Taylor 5, Reed Nagel 16, Zachary Albright 7, Paulos Mulugeta 0, Jayce Nelson 5, Luke Posey 0. Totals 17 (4) 6-13 44.
CAMAS — Cade Washington 2, Nyima Namru 8, Jace VanVoorhis 13, Channing Nesland 5, Ethan Harris 14, Landon Frost 0. Totals 18 (3) 3-6 42.
Gla. Peak 5 13 9 11 5 – 44
Camas 5 12 14 8 3 – 42
