Friday's Boys Basketball: Olson, Evander Lead Tigers Past Hurricanes

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NAPAVINE — Cade Evander and Keith Olson were both a rebound or two shy of a double-double to lead Napavine to a 62-41 win in a non-league boys basketball game here on Friday.

Evander scored 22 points and had nine rebounds and Olson tallied 15 points and eight rebounds. Gavin Parker added 13 points for the Tigers, who shot 47 percent from the field.

Chris Wyatt and Josh Denton each had 11 points to lead the Hurricanes.



Napavine built a 17-6 lead after one quarter and kept the momentum going to lead 35-19 at halftime. The Tigers held the Hurricanes to three points in the fourth quarter to run away with the win.

“Evander and Olson were tough inside. It was just overall a good team win,” Napavine coach Rex Stanley said. “I thought we played better tonight than we did on Tuesday. We showed some improvement.”

Napavine (2-0) hosts White Swan at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.