Both teams played at 4pm today in loser out games. The Women against Umpqua CC and the Men against Highline CC.  Both teams needed to win in order to play on Sunday.

The Women knew that Umpqua was not going to be an easy team to beat and that they would have to bring everything they had to the table.  In loser out games it always comes down to which teams wants it more and who is going to go all out for it.  This evening it looked like Everett wanted and wanted it bad. They came to play and beat the Riverhawks 80-70.  This means that they will play Sunday and can do no worse than 8th place in the tournament with the best they can do is 5th.  They will play the Storm of North Seattle CC, a Northern Region team that they played twice during the regular season, at 10am tomorrow morning.

The Men’s Team came into today’s game with the understanding that they were going to have to play good consistant basketball to beat Highline.  At halftime it was EvCC 38, HCC 32.  Even with being outscored the second half, the Trojans held on to win the game 72-69. They will now play for 5th & 8th place tomorrow against the Whatcom CC Orcas, a team they have played twice in league play an with whom they tied in league play for 2nd place in the Northern Region.  This game will be played at 10am tomorrow morning.