Peninsula College Pirates

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Pirates sweep at Olympic

Women win close battle against former teammate; Men crack 100

BREMERTON — The Peninsula College women’s basketball team had their toughest win in some time, going up against a former teammate, holding on down the stretch to get past Olympic 69-67 on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the men had their highest scoring output of the year, shooting 70.3 percent in the second half in a 103-92 win over the Trojans.

The women’s game was a battle for first place in the North Region, with both teams coming in to the game 3-0 in conference play. The Pirates went up against Allie Greene of Neah Bay. After playing for Peninsula last year, she now plays for the Trojans. Greene scored 22 points, and scored seven of those points in the final three minutes of the game to keep Olympic close.

The Pirates managed to maintain a two- to four-point lead down the stretch, never allowing Olympic to take the lead.

Shania Moananu led the team with 18 points, while Ciera Tugade Agasiva had 13 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. Jelissa Julmist led the team with 12 rebounds to go along with seven points. Greene’s former teammate at both Neah Bay and Peninsula, Ryana Moss, scored seven points to go with six rebounds. Moss made two free throws near the end of the game that turned out to provide the final margin of victory as Greene hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Greene also finished with six rebounds and three blocked shots.

Peninsula (4-0, 13-2) next plays Skagit Valley (2-2, 10-7) at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Port Angeles High School graduate Paige Mason plays for Skagit Valley.

Peninsula 69, Olympic 67

PC 17 15 18 19 — 69

Oly. 17 14 15 21 — 67

Peninsula (69) — Moananu 18, Agasiva 13, Mackey 7, Moss 7, Julmist 7, O’Brien 6, Ragsdale 5, Wood 3, Patrick 3.

Olympic (67) — Greene 22, Northam 12, Spitzer 11, Stark 9, Thew 5, Clark 4, Bronson 3, Mills 1.

Men’s Game Peninsula 103, Olympic 92

The men had a huge second half, coming from behind to beat the Trojans. Peninsula shot 26-for-37 from the field in the second half, including 5-for-7 (71.4 percent) from 3-point range. They also shot 16-for-19 (84.2 percent) on their free throws in the second half.

Peninsula found itself down 70-64 with 11 minutes left in the game, but outscored the Trojans 39-22 down the stretch. The Pirates shot 12-for-16 in that stretch and finished the game by making eight straight free throws.

Akeem Sulaiman had a monster game with 36 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots. He shot 4-for-7 on his 3-pointers.

Isaiah Lopez scored 21, shooting 3-for-6 on his 3-pointers, while DeShawyn Rushmeyer scored 18 points to go with eight rebounds and five assists. Jaiden Blackmon scored 16 and Antonio Odum had 10 points and eight rebounds.

Peninsula (3-2, 9-9) next plays a very powerful Skagit Valley (4-0, 18-1) squad at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Port Angeles graduate Parker Nickerson plays for Skagit Valley.

Peninsula 103, Olympic 92

PC 40 63 — 103

Oly. 43 49 — 92

Peninsula (103) — Sulaiman 36, Lopez 21, Rushmeyer 18, Blackmon 16, Odum 10, Heitsch 2.

Olympic (92) — Frith 32, Moore 28, Taylor 20, Holmes 5, Dillard 4, Davis 3.

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