Mercer Island beats Bellevue for KingCo 3A tournament title

Mercer Island’s Quinn Sterling, who missed most of the year with a broken leg, scored a game-high 15 points as the Islanders captured the KingCo 3A tournament championship with a 53-48 win over Bellevue.

The Islanders (18-4) captured the No.1 seed from KingCo into the Sea-King 3A District Tournament, which begins play on Saturday.

The tournament features the top eight teams from Seattle’s Metro League and the top four KingCo teams.

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Mercer Island, which had lost both previous matchups against Bellevue, started off the game with an 8-0 run in which Sterling hit two three-pointers.

Will Locke led Bellevue with 13 points and Nate Sikma added 12 for the Wolverines (17-5).

Bellevue hosts West Seattle (9-13) at 4 p.m. Saturday in the first round of the district tournament in a loser-out contest. The winner plays Rainier Beach on Tuesday.