North Region standings

Team Conf. Over.

Peninsula 8-3 17-6

Shoreline 8-3 15-7

Bellevue 7-4 17-9

Whatcom 6-5 14-8

Skagit Valley 5-6 12-10

Everett 5-6 13-11

Olympic 3-8 6-18

Edmonds 2-9 5-19

With their lead in the North Region slipping away to nothing, the Pirates needed a clutch win against a familiar rival.

They got it.

Peninsula overcame a five-point halftime deficit to knock off the Bellevue Bulldogs 69-65 on Feb. 19.

Jalon McCullough led all scorers with 19 points, Darrion Daniels had 16 points and Alex Baham added 11 points off the bench to pace the offense.

McCullough was 5-for-8 from 3-point range.

Cole Rabedeaux added 10 points, eight rebounds and three steals for PC.

Jaden Vollmen and Max Tilden led a balanced Bellevue attack with 12 points each.

The Pirates, who out-scored their hosts 42-33 in the second half, forced 15 Bulldog turnovers that led to 15 points.

With the win, Peninsula (8-3, 17-6) remains tied with Shoreline for the North Region lead with three games remaining in the regular season.

The win helped PC rebound from a 66-55 upset at Olympic on Feb. 15.

Daniels scored 22 points and McCullough added 11 points and five assists, but outside of Daniels’ hot night (9-of-18) the Pirates struggled, shooting just 11-of-37 (29 percent).

Juwan Flowers had 15 points and Niah Spearman added 14 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Rangers.

PC gave up 16 second-chance points and 16 off of their 12 turnovers.

Olympic also got to the line 22 times; Peninsula, just nine.

Looking ahead

The Pirates host Skagit Valley in their home finale Feb. 22 before closing out the regular season with matchups at Edmonds on Feb. 25 and at Whatcom on March 1.

The NWAC tourney is set for March 9-12 for round-of-16 and quarterfinal games. Final four games and the NWAC All Star Game action are slated for March 18-19. All postseason games are at Everett Community College.