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DW COMBINE-In Eastern Washington Athletic Conference (EWAC) basketball action, the DW-Combine athletes dominated visiting Liberty Christian, winning 62-26 on Tuesday, January 24.

The Wolfpack raced out to a 23-2 lead at the end of the first quarter. They scored 22 points in the third to put the game out of reach of the Patriots. Monte Pettichord had a double-double, scoring 17 points and rebounding 10. Spencer Hansen scored 15 and had six boards. Teammates Benny Bryan scored eight, Blake French scored six, Gage Holm scored six and rebounded five, Ryland Kilts scored five, Lucas VanHoose hit a 3-point shot, and Rueben Yutzy scored two points.

At Riverview High School in Kennewick, on January 27, the Wolfpack boys won 56-40. Holm scored 10 of his 15 points in the third quarter, including two-3-point shots. Hansen scored 15 and rebounded seven, Kilts scored 11 points, Pettichord scored 11 and had seven boards, and Bryan scored four.

In the third game of the week, DW lost 84-20 to the Columbia Coyotes in Burbank on January 28. Hansen scored six points, Bryan 5, Pettichord 4, Holm 3, and French scored two points in EWAC basketball action.

The Wolfpack's last home game of the season will be at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 2, against Walla Walla Valley Academy (WWVA.) The game will be in Dayton, and the seniors on the team will be honored.