The Ballard High School boys basketball team lost their first ever KingCo 4A playoff game to Issaquah High School Feb. 17.

The sixth-seeded Beavers lost to third-seeded Issaquah 60-41, but are still alive in the double-elimination playoffs. The team will face Bothell High School in a loser-out game at 3 p.m Feb. 20 at Juanita High School.

Ballard was able to stay close early against Issaquah, down by one point at the close of the first quarter and by eight at the end of the half.

The Beavers hung in for the third quarter, but couldn't close the gap, and Issaquah was able to put the game away in the final quarter.

Ballard moves on to face Bothell, who finished the regular season with an 8-8 conference record (9-11 overall), and lost to Inglemoor in the first game of the playoffs.

Bothell and Ballard split their regular season games, with Bothell winning 45-42 Jan. 9 and the Beavers exacting revenge with a 61-39 drubbing of Bothell Feb. 9.

This is the first season the Ballard boys basketball team has made the playoffs since moving from the Metro league to KingCo 4A.