Boys basketball: Lincoln 72, Columbia River 64

Lincoln of Tacoma pulled away over the final three minutes to reach the Class 3A bi-district championship game.

Spencer Long scored 24 points for Columbia River, which will play Saturday in Puyallup for third place against Foss of Tacoma. The Chieftains have already clinched a state berth.

Josian Barsh scored 28 points for Lincoln, which led by three with three minutes to play.

“Every time we made a move they answered,” River coach David Long said. “They stepped up and hit tough shots, I thought our kids defended really well.”

Andrew Vickers had eight points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for River.

Lincoln will play Tacoma rival Wilson for the bi-district championship Saturday.

LINCOLN 72, COLUMBIA RIVER 64

LINCOLN — Josian Barsh 28, Williams 5, Simon 3, T. Brown 3, Broggs 2, Tr. Brown 8, Anderson 21, Crespi 4. Totals 26 (9) 11-14 72.

COLUMBIA RIVER — Nathan Hawthorne 15, Andrew Vickers 8, Jacob Hjort 10, Tyler Hellman 0, Spencer Long 24, Chad Pedigo 7, Jordan Hall 0. Totals 23 (8) 10-4 64.

Lincoln 14 23 18 17—64

Columbia River 15 16 17 16—72