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Redmond squads to battle Bellevue in basketball playoffs

Published 9:30 am Thursday, February 2, 2017

By Andy Nystrom

Redmond’s Kevin Gordon, left, battles Interlake’s Ashray Silwal on Monday. Andy Nystrom, Redmond Reporter

Redmond’s Kevin Gordon, left, battles Interlake’s Ashray Silwal on Monday. Andy Nystrom, Redmond Reporter

Andrea Dang and Meghan Egberg tallied 13 points each in Redmond’s 62-48 girls basketball victory over Juanita in a 3A KingCo playoff seeding game on Wednesday night.

Redmond (9-5 league, 13-8 overall) is the No. 3 seed and will play No. 2 host Bellevue (12-2 league, 18-2 overall) at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Mercer Island (14-0 league, 16-3 overall) is the No. 1 seed.

Bellevue defeated Redmond, 47-38 and 57-47, in both of the teams’ meetings this year.

On the Redmond boys’ side, the Mustangs (9-5, 11-9) are the No. 3 seed and will battle No. 2 host Bellevue (11-3, 13-3) at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Mercer Island (11-3, 13-7) is the No. 1 seed.

Redmond and Bellevue split their meetings this season, with Bellevue winning the first matchup, 59-35, and Redmond taking the second meeting, 39-36.

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