Morning Star Staff
The Fulton Maroons toppled the Seaton Sonics 55-46 in North Zone Junior Boys Basketball League action Friday night at Fulton.
The Maroons moved to the zone final Saturday night against the Salmon Arm Golds, who defeated the VSS Panthers earlier Friday.
Fulton finished the first quarter up 16-15 behind a buzzer-beating trey from sniper Noah Lee.
The Maroons were ahead 26-23 at the break behind Landon Currie’s eight-point quarter. Chen Chin Lin got hot for Seaton after the half, scoring 16 of his game-high 24 points to keep Seaton in the game.
Fulton cranked the defence up a notch in the third quarter and countered Chin Lin’s flurry with balanced scoring. It was 44-36 Fulton after three quarters. Currie and Lee each drained a dozen points, while point guard Nathan Banga added 10.
“It wasn’t pretty, but it was a playoff win,” said Fulton coach Johnal Lee. “The boys really gutted this one out. We are proud of their grit and determination”.
Center Hunter Krieger supplied nine points with 16 rebounds and Andrew Goldenthal chipped in eight points with 14 rebounds.
“Our big men were the difference for us in this game,” added Lee. “They did a great job fighting for loose balls and rebounds.”
Both Fulton and Salmon Arm move on to the Valley playoffs next week.
