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Lustig brothers combine for 43 points in one-point victory
Davenport senior Jake Coffman drives past Colfax junior Carsen Gray in a Tuesday night, Feb. 15, District 7 semifinal game at West Valley High School in Spokane Valley.
Davenport junior Wyatt Telecky goes up for a shot under the outstretched arm of Colfax junior Mason Gilchrist.
SPOKANE VALLEY-No. 2 Colfax never trailed in its 59-58 win over No. 3 Davenport in a District 7 semifinal matchup, but the Gorillas made it mighty close in the final minute Thursday, Feb. 15.
After leading by as many as 11 points throughout the game, Colfax found itself up by a point 58-57 with 1:25 left after a fierce Davenport comeback.
"We were able to isolate the ball who wanted it to get to on defense," Davenport head coach Matt Henry said. "And we were able to get rebounds when we needed (them."
Senior John Lustig got the ball inside and hit a shot while drawing contact to make it 60-57, but his free throw rimmed off.
On the other end, Davenport found an open shot for Cash Colbert to draw within a point again. Seth Lustig was fouled with 13.2 seconds left, but his one-and-one free throw was off and Davenport got the rebound.
The Gorillas drew up a play for junior Tennessee Rainwater on the block, but his teammates were unable to find him open.
"We didn't get the pass like we wanted, but we were trying to get it to (Rainwater) on the block," Henry said.
The play instead came to Brenick Soliday, whose three was off as Seth Lustig defended. Soliday hit the deck as the Davenport faithful called for a foul, but none was called and Colfax held on.
The Lustig brothers were tremendous for Colfax, with John scoring 22 points and Seth scoring 21 points.
Rainwater scored 18 points to lead the Gorillas.
Colfax advanced to the district title game, which is scheduled for 3:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. The Bulldogs' opponent will be the winner of Tuesday's Liberty vs. Northwest Christian (Colbert) game.
Davenport will play Lind-Ritzville/Sprague in a loser-out game Thursday and must win two in a row to secure its spot at regionals.
"That's going to challenge the mettle of these kids," Henry said. "I trust these kids to get two to get to state, but this is the challenge that you have: When you get so close and you want it so bad, what are you going to learn from it and how are we going to take that into the next game?"
The top three finishers in the boys' tournament advance to regionals.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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