By Gerardo Bolong
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Midway through the boys basketball match up Tues., Jan. 6, in SeaTac, Nisqually 1A Seattle Christian was in position to challenge Life Christian Academy (Tacoma), trailing only 38-32.

And, following a discouraging third quarter, the Warriors were able to regroup, only to be toppled by the Eagles, 67-52, despite Taggart Anderson's 17 points -- 15 in the first half -- from long range. Anderson was 5 of 12 from 3-point land.

"We had some good execution and aggressiveness in the first half," Warrior head coach Shaun DeYager said. "We passed the ball in and kicked it out well. Anderson had the feeling and was making his outside shots (Including 3-pointers). Then, we had four calls to open the second half before losing our aggressiveness. Our late comeback was because we got aggressive, again. You get rewarded for aggressiveness."

The SCS halftime deficit grew to 55-38 after three quarters thanks to a flood of Warrior turnovers that created waves of Eagle scoring.

Trailing by a game-high 21 points at 61-40 with five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Seattle Christian utilized full-court pressure that led to high percentage shot opportunities, trimming the disadvantage to 64-42 with 1:29 remaining before LCA converted 3 of 4 free throws to close out the game.

Jeffrey Sutherland keyed the fourth quarter comeback on his way to 13 points for Seattle Christian while Payton Gunhus hauled in 12 rebounds with his four points.

Shooting 5 of 11 from the field, Luke Lovelady cashed in for 23 points and 12 rebounds for Life Christian. Reid Roelofs used 5 of 9 field goal proficiency to add 20 points as Luke Grocott shot 6 of 10 for 12 points.