VICTORIA 43, OTIS-BISON 42 — Two showdowns, two classic finishes, both won by Victoria over Otis-Bison in Saturday's 43-42 substate basketball victory. 

The Knights won an earlier thriller 64-63 over the Cougars Feb. 2.

Victoria's Nick Sander scored the Knights' six fourth-quarter points and finished with 23 points. Will Scherrer added 14 points.

Otis-Bison's red-hot Louis McVey converted six 3-pointers for 18 points. Aiden Ochs-Lohrey added seven points. 

Otis-Bison 15 7 13 7 — 42

Victoria 7 16 14 6 — 43

OTIS-BISON (13-12)—McVey (6) 0-0 18; Ochs-Lohrey 3 (1) 0-1 7; Firebaugh (2) 0-0 6; Kolten Cory 2 1-2 5; Marcus Starr 3 0-1 6; Totals 16 (9) 1-4 42

VICTORIA (16-9)—Nick Sander 7 (1) 8-10 23, Scherrer 5 (3) 1-1 14, Huser 3 0-0 6, Totals 15 (4) 9-12 43

1A DIV. 2 COLBY BOYS

COLBY A (3-6)—1—Wallace County 16-5 vs. 4—Victoria 16-9; SEMIFINALS—Wallace County 68, Cheylin 29; Victoria 43, Otis-Bison 42; FIRST ROUND—Cheylin 38, Golden Plains 32; Victoria 64, Triplains 34; Otis-Bison 57, Pawnee Heights 23

COLBY B (3-6)—2—Weskan 14-8 vs. 3—Wheatland 16-7; SEMIFINALS—Weskan 41, Logan/Palco 35; Wheatland 54, Dighton 43; FIRST ROUND—Logan/Palco 38, Western Plains 35; Dighton 56, Northern Valley 45

OTIS-BISON 57, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 23 — Otis-Bison's Kolten Cory scored 18 points and Kelson Juno chipped in 10 points in a 57-23 substate victory over Pawnee Heights.

The Cougars (13-11) travel to Victoria (15-9) for a 2 p.m. Saturday semifinal. 

Loga Enabnit led Pawnee Heights (2-20) with nine points.

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (2-20)—Enabnit 4 (1) 0-0 9, Helder Ibarra 3 (1) 0-0 7, Holste 2 (1) 0-0 5, Alexis Ibarra 1 0-0 2; Totals 10 (3) 0-0 23

OTIS-BISON (13-11)—Kolten Cory 7 1-1 15; Juno 5 0-2 10; Firebaugh (3) 0-0 9; Marcus Starr 4 0-0 8; Seth Richardson 2 2-2 6; McVey (1) 1-4 4; Ochs-Lohrey (1) 0-0 3; Dylan Richardson 1 0-0 2; Totals 24 (5) 4-7 57