Wildcats whack Lions, Loggers on the road
<p>Wildcat Luke Kazlauskas with a layup against Libby last week.</p>
They needed a week like this. The Columbia Falls boys basketball team went on the road and walloped Class B Eureka 88-48 on Jan. 24 and dispatched conference-foe Libby a couple days later, 63-40.
In both games, the Wildcats piled on the points right off the bat. In their first quarters, the Cats out scored Eureka 21-3 and Libby 21-9.
The Cats shot 55 percent against the Lions and were 20 of 25 from the line while commtting just 11 turnovers. They also out rebounded the Lions 39-17. Jared Trinastich had 11. Luke Kazlauskas led the team with 15 points, Alex Presnell had five assists and no turnovers.
“We did a good job sharing the ball,” coach Cary Finberg said.
In the Libby game, Ty Morgan led all scorers with 14. The Cats out rebounded the Loggers 40-25. Kazlauskas had 14 and Trinastich had 16.
“It was a tremendous job by those guys,” Finberg noted.
The only down stat was assists — the Cats had just eight.
The boys need to share the ball better, Finberg noted. If they do, they’ll be more successful.
The boys face Class B Bigfork at home Thursday night and then they’re on the road against Polson on Saturday.
Thursday’s game is at 7:30 p.m. The Cats are now 9-4 overall and 4-1 in conference play.