GREAT FALLS — Joshua Sutton went coast to coast and turned an old-fashioned three-point play with 2 seconds left Saturday to keep Butte Central’s season alive.

The bucket and free throw gave Butte Central a 55-52 win over Ronan Friday morning at the Class A boys’ basketball tournament at the Four Seasons Arena. (Stats)

The Maroons will play a loser-out game again 9 a.m.

A win tomorrow morning would send the Maroons to the third-place game at 3:30 p.m.

The Maroons outscored Ronan 19-12 in the fourth quarter to avenge a loss to the Chiefs in the semifinals of last week’s Western A Divisional tournament in Hamilton.

Sutton, a junior, finished the game with 12 points.

Senior Ryan Poeples scored a team-leading 23 points for the second straight game to lead BC in the win. The Maroons got six from Jaxon Hiatt, five from Cade Kelly and four from Noah Sutton. The Sutton brothers and Hiatt each handed out three assists.

Hiatt grabbed a team-best eight rebounds. Henly Mansanti, GG Fantini and Burkley Lakkala also contributed for the Maroons, who improved to 18-6.

Siouxpixm Qualtier scored 17 points to lead four Chiefs in double figures. Kolby Finley scored 14, Matiya Nenemay tossed in 11, and Jhett McDonald scored 10.

Finley also pulled down 13 rebounds and handed out 10 assists.