Boys basketball: Evergreen 76, Fort Vancouver 73

Carter Monda hit a go-ahead 3-pointer, Dwight Jones made two late free throws and Christian Huerta deflected a last-second 3-pointer attempt as the Evergreen boys basketball teams survived a wild 76-73 win over Fort Vancouver on Friday.

“It was a great game,” Evergreen coach Brett Henry said. “Crazy, but great.”

The start wasn’t so great for the Plainsmen.

“We were flat,” Henry said. “We didn’t have any energy. It tooks us four minutes to get into it. It was like 11-1. We were just stuck on one and couldn’t get it going.”

That changed in the second quarter when Henry brought in help from the bench. Jerontae Burns hit a 3 to get the Plainsmen going and X’Zayvier Washington scored seven of his nine points in the quarter and took two charges on defense as the Plainsmen outscored Fort 29-7 to take a 42-32 halftime lead.

“We’ve been waiting all season for a quarter like that,” Henry said. “Finally, our shots all dropped. We hit seven of our 13 3-pointers in the second quarter.”

But behind Johnny Green, who finished with a game-high 32-points, the Trappers charged back in the fourth quarter, eventually taking a 3-point lead.

But Burns had a layup and Monda, who finished with 20 points, hit a 3-pointer to put Evergreen back on top.

Jones hit two free throws to make it 76-73. James Husband Jr. got a good look at a game-tying 3-pointer, but Huerta deflected the shot at the buzzer to preserve the win.

EVERGREEN 76, FORT VANCOUVER 73

FORT VANCOUVER — Dakota Jones 8, James Husband Jr. 13, Johnny Green 32, Jameel Morton 20, Ezekiel Block 0, Myron Lawrence 0. Totals 28 (7) 10-15 73.

EVERGREEN — Zyell Griffin 6, Jerontae Burns 8, Dwight Jones 14, Jeremy Harju 7, Brock Schoene 11, X’Zayvier Washington 9, Christian Huerta 3, Carter Monda 20, Daud Kahn 0. Totals 29 (13) 7-13 76.

Fort 25 7 17 24–73

Evergreen 13 29 17 17–76

JV — Evergreen 67-48; C — Evergreen won.