Seaside coach Bill Westerholm, kneeling, talks strategy with his team in the third quarter of last Wednesday’s game against Marshfield.

The Seaside boys basketball team bounced back from a loss to Marshfield with a 64-52 nonleague win over North Marion, last Friday night at Seaside.

The game was closer than the final score indicated, as the Huskies were within 54-48 late in the fourth quarter, before North Marion started fouling and didn’t stop until the Gulls hit six straight free throws, and outscored the Huskies 10-4 in the final minutes.

Seaside’s largest lead in the first half came at the end of the first quarter (11-5), matched later at 23-17 following consecutive scores by Cash Corder.

North Marion relied on 3-pointers by Cole Hammack and Dylan Herron, and two scores by Evan Holman that brought the Huskies into a 25-25 tie at halftime.

But no team has been able to stop the Gulls from the 3-point line, where Seaside sank four shots in the third quarter from Ever Sibony, Izzy Jantes, Carson Kawasoe and Corder, helping the Gulls build a 46-38 lead by the end of the quarter.

Seaside led by six points with just under two minutes left, when an offensive rebound basket by Corder sparked a 10-0 run.

Sibony led all scorers with 21 points, followed by Corder with 17. Three players scored in double figures for North Marion, which was coming off a 76-43 win over Valley Catholic.

Marshfield defeats Seaside

Two of the top three ranked teams in the latest 4A boys basketball coaches poll met at a neutral site last Wednesday night, and No. 3-ranked Marshfield got the best of No. 2-ranked Seaside, 60-50. The contest was held at Toledo.

The two teams could meet again at another neutral site, such as March 12 in Forest Grove with a state championship on the line.

The Pirates scored the win Wednesday, rallying from an 11-point deficit in the first half.

The Gulls were on fire from the 3-point line early on, hitting five of their first eight 3-pointers. Led by Carson Kawasoe’s three treys, Seaside was 6-for-13 from the arc in the first half, better than the Pirates were from the free throw line (4-of-12).

Yet Marshfield still found itself trailing just 26-24 at halftime.

The Gulls could not maintain their pace in the second half, as Seaside made just two of their 12 3-point attempts, while Marshfield opened the third quarter with a quick 13-4 run.

A bank shot by Dominic Montiel gave the Pirates a 37-30 advantage, a 3-pointer from Montiel made it 40-31, and Montiel highlighted the quarter by inbounding the ball off the back of a Seaside defender, scoring, drawing a foul and completing a three-point play for a 43-36 lead after three quarters.

A 3-pointer by Seaside’s Ever Sibony had the Gulls within 49-44 with just over three minutes left, but the Pirates finally started sinking their free throws, where they finished 18-for-31, to Seaside’s 5-for-8.

Sibony led the Gulls with 24 points, 17 in the second half. Kawasoe had 11 before fouling out. Montiel and Pierce Davidson each had 20 points for the Pirates.