BREMERTON — The Peninsula College basketball teams split a pair of contests on the road at rival Olympic, with the Pirate women maintaining their share of first place in the NWAC North Division after a 76-66 win over the Rangers, while the Peninsula men lost 66-56 to fall into a three-way tie for first place.
The Pirate men struggled on the glass in losing for the second time in their past three contests. Olympic handily outrebounded the taller Peninsula squad 45-31 on the game. The Trojans also had the edge at the free-throw line, hitting 16 of 22 as a team compared to the Pirates 6 of 9 night at the line.
Darrion Daniels was a bright spot for Peninsula with 22 points on 9 of 18 shooting, including 4 of 7 from 3-point range.
Jalon McCullough hit three 3s and scored 11 points for the Pirates and Cole Rabedeaux scored seven points and added five rebounds.
Peninsula (7-3, 16-6) is now tied for the NWAC North Division lead with Bellevue (7-3, 17-8) and Shoreline (7-3, 14-7) with four games remaining in the regular season. The Pirates split their season series with Shoreline and lost their first game with Bellevue, so a win in Sunday’s 3 p.m. game on the Bulldogs’ home court is crucial.
Olympic 66, Peninsula 55
Peninsula 25 30 — 55
Olympic 28 38 — 66
Peninsula (55) — Daniels 22, McCullough 11, Rabedeaux 7, Warren 6, Baham 3, Lo 3, Velez 2, Baker 1, Day.
Olympic (66) — Flowers 15, Spearman 14, Johnson 10, Simmons 9, Gathers 8, West 7, Lewis 2, Davis 1.
Women Peninsula 76, Olympic 66
The Pirates (8-2, 16-7) raced to a 21-7 lead after one quarter and held the Rangers at bay for the remainder of the game to stay tied for first place with surging Skagit Valley (8-2, 18-6).
Alicia Dugan had a good night from the floor, hitting 8 of 14 shots, including 2 of 4 3-pointers, to lead all scorers with 21 points for Peninsula.
Anaya Rodisha added 13 points, seven rebounds and two steals, while Jenise McKnight scored 12 points, grabbed six rebounds and had two steals.
Sephora Yayouss had 12 points, a team-high four assists and two steals.
Port Townsend product Jewel Johnson scored 11 for Olympic.
The Pirates visit Bellevue (7-3, 15-8) at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Peninsula 76, Olympic 66
Peninsula 21 11 24 20— 76
Olympic 7 15 20 24— 66
Peninsula (76) — Dugan 21, Rodisha 13, Yayouss 12, McKnight 12, Barnes 9, Thomas 8, Smith 1, Butler, Schaubel, Geberyesus, Alvarez.
Olympic (66) — Borgonia 13, Carter 12, Chandler 11, Johnson 11, Gordon 9, Davies 6, Oliver 4.
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Compiled from team reports.
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