The Juneau-Douglas High School boys basketball team split its two-game road series against the Ketchikan Kings this weekend.

The Juneau-Douglas High School boys basketball team split its two-game road series against the Ketchikan Kings this weekend.

JDHS boys, Kayhi split series

  • Sunday, January 31, 2016 2:18pm
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct inaccurate information. 

Ketchikan High School’s Jason James scored a game-high 34 points Saturday night to lift the Kings over visiting conference rival Juneau-Douglas High School 73-57, splitting the weekend road series at 1-1.

The No. 1 ranked Kings maintained their lead the entire game by dominating offensively in the second and fourth quarters.

Guy Bean led the Crimson Bears in scoring with 22 points, Kaleb Tompkins scored 17, and Treyson Ramos added seven.

Entering the second quarter tied at 12, the Kings put 23 points on the board, 13 by James, to go into halftime up 35-29. The Crimson Bears matched the Kings point-for-point in the third, but then sealed the victory in the final quarter.

The Kings outscored the Crimson Bears 27-17 down the stretch, including hitting 9-of-13 free throws to close out the game.

 

JDHS 66, KAYHI 63

The Crimson Bears needed a few extra minutes but still got the job done Friday night in Ketchikan.

Ending regulation tied at 60, seniors Kaleb Tompkins and Treyson Ramos came up big for their team in closing minutes. Ramos scored the Crimson Bears’ only field goal in OT, and Tompkins went 4-of-4 at the free throw line to give visiting JDHS the 66-63 victory.

JDHS’ Guy Bean led his team with 21 points, 18 coming from behind the 3-point arc, and Tompkins added 17 in the winning effort. Erik Kelly contributed 10.

Kayhi’s Jason James led all scorers with 27 points.

JDHS took an early lead after one quarter, 15-10, and then the Kings caught fire in the second and went into the locker at halftime up, 31-27.

The Crimson Bears battled back in the third behind three 3-pointers from Bean and a field goal and 3-pointer from Tompkins to narrow the gap, 44-43. Tompkins scored eight of his points in the final quarter, Ramos hit a 3-pointer, and Molo Maka, Bryce Swofford and Erik Kelly all found the net to tie the score at the end of regulation.

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