Tiger comeback bid falls short

EPHRATA – After being down by as much as 11 points in the first half, the Ephrata Tigers rallied to cut the Grandview lead to one point at the end of the third quarter on a layup by Ephrata junior Cameron Zabala to make the score 43-42. Grandview answered in the fourth with strong offensive rebounding down the stretch and used free throws off intentional fouls to barrel past Ephrata with a 60-50 win over the Tigers. “The (final result) is not the score a lot of times, you’ve got to foul to try and get in the game,” Ephrata Head Coach Rick Walter said. “It’s a three-point game, we execute a perfect play to tie it and it doesn’t go in – but that’s basketball. It doesn’t go in as much as you want it to, that’s just the odds of shooting. We’re doing fine, we just have to close out a game.”