PIERCE - It was a tale of two halves defensively for the Pierce boys basketball team.

The Blue Jays held Lutheran High Northeast to just 12 points in the second half, coming from behind for a 50-42 win on Friday.

Pierce's defense held the Eagles to just 26 percent shooting after the halftime break, and out-rebounded the taller LHNE squad over the final two quarters as well.

The win was Pierce's first over a team with a winning record this season in five tries.

SCORING SUMMARY

LUTHERAN HIGH NE (6-5) - 12 18  4  8 - 42

PIERCE (3-5)                        - 14 11 13 12 - 50

TEAM STATS:

PIERCE

 - FG: 19/40 (47.5%)

 - 3P: 6/18 (33.3%)

 - FT: 6/7 (85.7%)

LHNE

- FG: 16/38 (42.1%)

- 3P: 3/14 (21.4%)

- FT: 7/14 (50%)

INDIVIDUAL STATS:

PIERCE

- Gavin Lubischer: 2 pts

- Kendall Shada: 5 pts, 3 rebs

- Ryder Theisen: 3 pts, 2 rebs

- Brock Collison: 18 pts, 6 rebs

- Keaton Frazier: 18 pts, 10 rebs

- Jax Bauer: 4 pts, 1 reb

LUTHERAN HIGH NE

- Colston Kapels: 10 pts, 2 rebs

- Ian McDonald: 3 pts, 4 rebs

- Gavin Feddern: 14 pts, 8 rebs

- Sam Carlson: 3 pts, 1 reb

- D'Artagnian Taylor: 12 pts, 4 rebs