It was a game that featured some incredible athleticism as the Lower Columbia Red Devils hosted the Mt. Hood Saints on Saturday November 30th in the semi-finals of the 33rd Red Devil Classic.

Both teams were vying for a spot in the championship game against the Spokane Sasquatch. In the end, the Devils showed balanced scoring and great tenacity as they defeated Mt. Hood 84-69.

The Saints came out of the gate with a press and the Devils had little problemsolving it.  The big problem was the foul trouble of starting point guard Cody Young.  But Amiri Chukwuemeka stepped up big and provided great backup point production with nine points and four assists.

One of is assists was a lob to Travis Patrick who put down one of his two slam dunks on the night.  Patrick was also great off the bench with 14 points and 13 rebounds.

Speaking of rebounds, Samaad Hector was doing his thing.  Hector had 16 points and 16 rebounds to lead the way  Hector also had three blocked shots as he was a force against the long and athletic Saints.

Martis Johnson had a solid game with 14 points, four boards, two assists and two steals.  Alexis Angeles also ran some solid minutes at the point and he came through with 12 points and four boards.

Taylor Pomeroy and Juwan Couey also provided solid minutes, each scoring five points.

Down seven with 6:38 before halftime, LCC dominsted the rest of the way.

David Fountain came off the bench to score 24 points for Mt. Hood.

The final day of the Red Devil Classic will feature Centralia against Yakima Valley at 11:00 am followed by Everett against Mt. Hood at 1:00 pm.  The Red Devils then take on Spokane for the championship at 3:00 pm.