Boys basketball: Foss 42, Prairie 40

Prairie rallied in the fourth quarter of a Class 3A district tournament battle of Falcons, but a last-second 3-point attempt that would have won Wednesday’s game “went in and out and in and out,” coach Kyle Brooks said, as Foss escaped with a 42-40 victory.

Roberto Gittens had 14 points and nine rebounds to lead Foss (13-7), scoring about eight points fewer than his season average.

Demet Crosby and Donald Scott each added 10 points for Foss.

“It was tight,” Brooks said of the game. “We struggled out of the game in the first half. Our kids did a phenomenal job of getting back into the game in the second half. It was a tough road game, and we gave ourselves a chance at the end.”

Prairie (17-5) never trailed by more than five points, briefly leading during the third quarter and entering the final period facing a 32-27 deficit.

Prairie eventually had the ball out of bounds with seven seconds left, trailing 42-40.

“I thought it was going to stay down, and we would have won the game,” Brooks said. “It seemed like it spent an eternity on the rim.”

Greg Bernash scored 12 points and Dwayne Stewart added nine for Prairie, which will play Auburn at 7:45 p.m. Friday at Washington High School in Tacoma.

“The kids battled hard,” Brooks said. “Now we’ve got to regroup and battle on the consolation side.”

FOSS 42, PRAIRIE 40

PRAIRIE — Palmer Goecke 6, Kameron Osborn 0, Braiden Broadbent 0, Michael Stockbridge 5, Seth Hall 6, Ethan Rouse 2, Dwayne Stewart 9, Greg Bernash 12. Totals 16 (5) 3-7 40.

FOSS — Crosby 10, Sterling 2, Gittens 14, Tyson 6, Scott 10. Totals 14 (1) 13-18 42.

Prairie 11 7 9 13—40

Foss 13 10 9 10—42