Inside game propels Freeman to win over Medical Lake

Scotties collect 58-44 victory in NEA first place battle

PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter | Last updated Jan 13, 2017 11:56am0

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Medical Lake's Drew Hostetter attempts to dribble past Freeman's Ryan Maine in last Friday's Northeast A League showdown for first place.

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In the battle of the Northeast A League's top boys' basketball teams last Friday night, Freeman found a weakness in their rivals from Medical Lake and took advantage of it to score a convincing 58-44 victory at home.

"It wasn't their shooting that killed us, it was their inside play," Cardinals' head coach Noel Hachtel said. "We hadn't faced a team that had that inside presence."

Freeman, the state's top-rated team in the new RPI rankings, and No. 2 in the MaxPreps poll, got 22 points from big man Ryan Maine in the battle of the undefeated NEA teams, an...