Boys basketball: Athletics knock off Christian Life Academy

Published 10:50 pm Tuesday, February 28, 2017

The No. 7 seeded Lyle-Pacelli boys basketball kept its season alive when it beat No. 10 Christian Life Academy (6-16 overall) 77-33 in a Section 1A West tournament game in Lyle Tuesday.

Trinity Anderson hit seven three-pointers and he scored 27 points in the win for the Athletics (10-15 overall).

“The guys played really well. We really created a lot of turnovers,” LP head coach Scott Koenigs said. “We trapped and we pressed and we changed things up to make them as uncomfortable as possible.”

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The Athletics will play at No. 2 Southland 7 p.m. Thursday.  The Rebels beat LP 60-54 Jan. 28.

CLA 19  14    33

LP 40  37    77

LP scoring: Trinity Anderson, 27; Kamis Kuku, 13; Brady Lester, 11; Jed Nelson, 10; Joseph Maas, 6; Zach Bollingberg, 5; Cole Walter, 2; Nathan Drees, 2; Bryce Strouf, 1; free throws: 76 percent (10-for-13)