3A powers sweep Knights

Frontiersman.com

PALMER — Thanks in part to a monster effort at the free throw line, Anchorage Christian School scored a 73-64 boys basketball win over Colony Tuesday at Colony High.

ACS scored 24 of its 49 second-half points at the free throw line and finished the game 27 of 32 from the line. Calvin Hoffman netted a game-high 28 points. Levi Auble added 14.

Damien Fulp scored 25 points for Colony. The UAA-bound senior hit four three-pointers and was 5 of 6 from the free throw line. Bailey West added 10 points.

ACS scored a 59-48 win over the Colony girls Tuesday. Dallas Dickerson led the Lions with a game-high 27. Izzy Tweed led Colony with 15. Jennifer Solano added 14 and Faith Farris chipped in 11.

The ACS girls and boys both finished as 3A runners-up last year.

Anchorage Christian 73,

Colony 64

Tuesday, Colony High

ACS 9-15-24-25—73

Colony 20-8-17-19—64

ACS (73) — Hoffman 9 7-8 28, Wilson 1 0-0 2, Simmers 1 8-8 10, I. Lopez 0 7-10 7, C. Lopez 4 4-4 12, Auble 6 1-2 14; Totals: 21 27-32 73.

Colony (64) — Looney 1 0-0 2, West 4 0-0 10, Chamblee 2 2-2 7, Fulp 8 5-6 25, Dinkel 2 3-4 7, Nygard 1 0-0 2, Sonnenberg 1 0-0 2, Bush 4 1-3 9; Totals: 23 11-15 64.

3-point field goals: ACS 4 (Hoffman 3), Colony 7 (Fulp 4); Total fouls: ACS 14, Colony 23.