(WSB photos by Patrick Sand. Above, #24 Abdullahi Mohamed, top WSHS scorer with 11; at left, head coach Keffrey Fazio)

6:59 PM: In the second of four high-school varsity basketball home games we’re covering on this first Saturday of 2019, the West Seattle High School boys played tough against Eastside Catholic – up 32-20 at halftime – but the tide turned against them in the second half and they finished with a loss, EC 54, WSHS 47.

ADDED: Second-leading scorer was Nuh’Kosi Roberson, above, with 10; below, with the third-most points for the Wildcats, Bille Sheikh, with 9:

Two home games are coming up for the WSHS boys – 7:30 pm Tuesday vs. Blanchet, 8:30 Friday vs. Ingraham.