The Boys Varsity Basketball team won the first round of the Steiner Homes Holiday Tourney 71-47 over Lowell. Sawyer Tonagel and Griffin Ott-Large led the way with 15 points apiece. Nic Spence added 12 points, 9 rebounds, Eli Taylor had 11 points, and Malik Corley had 10 points for LaPorte, who improved to 6-3 on the season. The Slicers advance to take on the Logansport Berries in the semifinals at 6:30 PM in Slicer Gym. Scoring by Quarters: LP 17 17 18 19|71 LOW 15 11 8 13|47 LaPorte: 28 (11-19) 71 Ott-Large 15, Tonagel 15, Spence 12, Taylor 11, Corley 10, Kieszkowski 4, Broome 2, Knoll 2, Birinci 0, Matzke 0, Ferguson 0, Ryba 0 Three-Pointers: Tonagel 3, Corley Lowell: 17 (7-10) 47 Cox 16, Viehman 10, Elenbaum 9, Carter 7, Graham 3, Grskovich 2, Summers 0, Hejnowski 0, Corey 0, Spearson 0 Three-Pointers: Viehman 2, Cox, Elenbaum, Graham, Carter