Rainier Beach Handles Franklin; will meet Lakeside in Metro Final
By Colin Caruso
| Tuesday- Feb. 5 | -2013- | Metro | League | Tournament | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingraham High School | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| Franklin | 11 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 69 | |
| Rainier Beach | 28 | 24 | 12 | 27 | 91 | |
With Seahawks safety Cam Chancellor watching, the Rainier Beach Vikings were at their finest, beating the Franklin Quakers 91-69 to advance to the Metro final. Beach came out on fire, with Djuan Piper scoring 11 and Shaqquan Aaron scoring nine in the first quarter alone. They jumped on Franklin early, taking a 28-11 lead at the end of the first. Beach didn’t lay off the gas in the second quarter either. Aaron and Piper both finished with 13 at the half, and freshman Dejounte Murry added seven in the second alone. Beach led at the break 52-31. Arell Hennings and Eugene Artison led the way for the Quakers, both scoring seven points in the first half.
The scoring for both teams slowed down in the third quarter with Franklin outscoring the Vikings 14-12, cutting the lead to 19 going into the fourth. But Beach was too much to handle in the fourth quarter. Fuquan Niles had all of his 11 points in the second half and the Vikings put up 27 points in the fourth quarter to win 91-69. With the win, Rainier Beach will play Lakeside in the Metro final, a rematch of their January 15th meeting where the Vikings won by a score of 78-64.
Leading Scorers:
Franklin
Arell Hennings (18)
Eugene Artison (14)
Rainier Beach
Shaqquan Aaron (22)
Marquis Davis (18)
Big thanks to Nic Beckman (the world’s greatest public address announcer) for game analysis.