Boys basketball: Battle Ground 67, Camas 62

Kaden Perry scored 21 points to help Battle Ground upend Camas.

The two teams were locked at 17-17 after a quarter.

Then Perry managed a momentous dunk that helped the Tigers head into halftime up two.

Battle Ground led comfortably down the stretch.

Vince McCormic scored 10 of his 13 points in the second half, and added seven assists for the Tigers.

“Coming in being able to beat a top-10 RPI team at their place, it’s a huge league win for us,” Battle Ground coach Manny Melo said. “We have aspirations to go on past the regular season, and this was a win we definitely had to have. … you could see the looks on the kids faced that they were hungry.”

Jackson Glikbarg and Isaiah Sampson each scored 14 points for the Papermakers (11-5, 1-3), who dropped their second game of the week.

The Tigers (9-6, 2-1) move above .500 in league play with the road win.

BATTLE GROUND 67, CAMAS 62

BATTLE GROUND — Jaiden Linville 0, Isaiah Cummings 0, Vincent McCormic 13, Cooper Laine 0, KeAndre Hunter Holliday 6, Brendan Beall 13, Colin Barton 3, Kaden Perry 21, Elijah Parker 5, Scott Hatch 6. Totals 24 (5) 14-20 67.

CAMAS — Connor Shira , Jackson Glikbarg 14, Kyle Allen 5, Shane Jamison 9, Carson Bonine 4, Ben Cooke 9, Ryan Rushall , Gabe Mukobi, Isaiah Sampson 14, Fox Bessinger, Zachary Chillian 2, Joshua McPhun 0, Treton Carlisle 6. Totals 0-0 (0) 0-0 00.

Battle Ground 17 17 16 17–67

Camas 17 15 14 16–62

JV — Camas won. C — Camas won.