4A boys state hoops: 5 players who stood out on Thursday at the Tacoma Dome
Eight teams squared off in four games in the Class 4A boys high school state tournament bracket in the quarterfinal round on Thursday at the Tacoma Dome. Here are the results and our picks for five players who stood out.
Follow our full coverage from the Tacoma Dome on Thursday here, complete with game recaps, stats, photo galleries from TNT photographers Tony Overman and Brian Hayes, coach and player interviews and more.
RESULTS
No. 4 Glacier Peak 65, No. 3 Gonzaga Prep 58
No. 5 Davis 75, No. 11 Skyview 69
No. 1 Mount Si 71, No. 2 Tahoma 53
No. 7 Richland 84, No. 8 Kentwood 60
FAB FIVE
Demaree Collins, Skyview — Storm’s guard kept Skyview in the game until the end, pouring in 31 points on 12-of-23 shooting. Also had three rebounds, two assists, a blocked shot and four steals.
Jack Forbes, Richland — Seems like it’s anyone’s turn on any given night for this Bombers squad. Forbes had a big game against Kentwood, scoring 26 points on 12-of-17 shooting from the field. Also had four rebounds, and two assists.
Finnegan Anderson, Davis — Anderson wouldn’t be stopped for Davis. His 36 points are the highest single-game total in the 4A tournament so far. Also tallied nine rebounds and two assists.
Josiah Lee, Glacier Peak — Grizzlies’ guard had a game-high 22 points, including 5-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc in overtime win over Gonzaga Prep.
Latt Ford, Mount Si — Put up 26 points and several highlight-reel dunks in blowout win over Tahoma. Also had seven rebounds, two assists.
QUOTABLE
Latt Ford, Mount Si: “We knew how to beat them. They didn’t get back on defense, so we rebounded and we ran. Just got a lot of buckets in transition, hit a couple of threes.”
Josiah Lee, Glacier Peak: “We got here, and we talked about playing on Saturday… I looked at the scoreboard, we were down, I knew something had to change.”
This story was originally published February 29, 2024 at 10:55 PM.
