UPDATE - Lindbergh Beats Defending Champ Clover Park

James Keum knew he needed to have a good night against defending state champion Clover Park in the quarterfinals of the 2A state basketball. Not only did he have a good night scoring 33 points (one of the top scorers in all state tournaments Thursday), so did the Lindbergh Eagles knocking off Clover Park 56-51 and moving to the semifinals against the winner of White River/Ellensburg Friday night. (A win Friday, they will play for the state championship). No matter what happens, they can place no worse than fifth place.

Lindbergh scorers  - James Keum 33, Jequan Hayes 9, Colin Malone 7, Casey Huppe 5, Mario Garcia 2.

Lindbergh out-rebounded Clover Park 49-36; shooting 47% from the field, including 67% from the free throw line.

Complete preview on the semifinals will be posted Friday afternoon with coverage starting at 8:30 pm on Patch.

Update 8:43 - game over...Lindbergh plays at 9 p.m. Friday. More to come

Update 8:31 - LIndbergh 55, Clover Park 51 2:00 left in the game.

Update 8:25pm - CP Dwayne Crawford fouls out. LHS 50-46 with 4:36 left in fourth. Casey Huppe with four fouls. Keum with 31 points, one of the top scorers in the state today.

Update 8:20pm - CP's Dwayne Crawford and Deshaun Johnson picks up their 4th fouls with 6:52 left in the fourth. LHS 46, CP 41.

Update 8:15pm - LIndbergh 41, Clover Park 39 end of 3rd.

Update 8:11pm - Double technical fouls one on LIndbergh's Brandon Brown  and Clover Parks's Dwayne Crawford 1:37 left in 3rd CP 39-37.

Update 8:05pm - Game tied at 35 with 2:48 in 3rd. Keum 22, Rorie 19. 

Update 8:03pm - CP coming back down by four with 4:34 in the third.

Update 8:01pm - the website we are getting data from incorrectly showed Keum making his last free throw before the half. With 19. 

Update 7:56pm - halftime stats for CP 29.6 from field, including 16.7 from downtown Yakima. Rorie with 14.

Update 7:52pm - halftime stats for Lindy 45.8% shooting, 100% from free throw line, Keum with 20, Huppe 4, Hayes 4, Malone 3.

Update 7:50pm - halftime lindbergh 31, Clover Park 22 - Keum with 20 first half points.

Update 7:40pm - 2:57 left in 2nd Q LHS 27, CP 16 (Keum and Rorie trade 3 Pointers) Keum with 18, Rorie with 14.

Update 7:37pm - 5:19 left in 2nd Q, LHS 20, CP 11.

Update 7:29 PM - End of first - LHS 18, CP 10 (LHS outshooting CP 58% to 31%). James Keum with 9 points.

Update 7:25 PM - Lind 11, CP 10 (game link is down, rely on tweets from Lonnie King at the Sundome.

Update 7:18 PM - Lindbergh 4, Clover Park 2 (Lind line-up Hayes, Huppe, Malone, Cunnginham, Keum) (CP Rorie, Means, Brown, Johnson, Crawford).

Update 7:12 PM

Awaiting starting line-up

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2A Hardwood Classic Schedule

Thursday, March 1 at SunDome in Yakima

Game 1 - Kingston 67 Anacortes 62

Game 2 - Lynden 40, Pullman 30

Game 3 - Lindbergh 56, Clover Park 51

Game 4 - White River (22-6) vs Ellensburg (19-4) at 9 p.m.

Friday, March 2

Game 5 - Anacortes vs Pullman at 12:15 p.m. (loser out)

Game 6 - Clover Park vs loser game 4 at 2 p.m. (loser out)

Game 7 - Kingston vs Lynden at 7:15 p.m.

Game 8 - Lindbergh vs winner game 4 at 9 p.m.

Saturday, March 3

Game 9 - winner game 5 vs winner game 6 at 9:30 a.m. (winner 4th place, loser 6th place)

Game 10 - loser game 7 vs loser game 8 at 1 p.m. (winner 3rd place, loser 5th place)

Game 11 - winner game 7 vs winner game 8 at 3 p.m. (winner state champion, loser 2nd place).

To print out your own brackets here.

Game day webcasts with stats are available by clicking the game number above.

For those traveling to Yakima, the WIAA has provided a fanlink for information.