The Chieftains (0-1, 0-1 Kaw Valley League) entered the second half trailing by just a point, but the Class 5A Lions (1-0, 1-0) never relinquished the lead, scoring 27 points in the final period.

Lansing’s Zach Jackson led all scorers with 28 points, including four 3-pointers. Joe Schneider added 13 — 11 in the fourth quarter. Jack Dale and Tyler Ford led Tonganoxie with 14 and 10 points, respectively.

The Chieftains will host defending 4A state champion Ottawa on Friday.

Score by quarters

Tonganoxie 9 18 16 13 — 56

Lansing 15 13 17 27 — 72

Individual scoring

TONGANOXIE — Jack Dale 4-12 4-6 14, Tyler Ford 4-6 2-2 10, Ben Johnson 4-5 1-2 9, Eric McPherson 3-4 1-1 7, Jared Sommers 2-2 2-2 6, Eric Tate 2-4 2-2 6, James Grizzle 2-2 0-0 4.

LANSING — Zach Jackson 8-13 8-11 28, Joe Schneider 4-14 4-4 13, Khalil Bailey 5-9 1-2 11, Dontae Gibson 2-4 4-4 8, Joe Lendway 2-2 0-2 4, Krystian Abbott 1-2 1-2 3, Kenneth Banks 0-1 3-4 3, Ben Johnson 1-4 0-0 2.

LANSING GIRLS 62, TONGANOXIE 43

Emily Soetaert led all scorers with 15 points, but Tonganoxie couldn’t overcome a slow start in a 62-43 loss. The Chieftains (0-1, 0-1) needed more than three minutes to score their first points and shot just 25.5 percent from the floor.

Lansing (1-0, 1-0) led by 10 after one quarter and stretched its lead to more than 20 in the game’s final minutes. Emily Babcock and Mikayla Zielinski led the Lions with 13 points each. Katelyn Waldeier added eight points and a game-high 19 rebounds for THS.

Score by quarters

Tonganoxie 6 16 8 13 — 43

Lansing 16 19 15 12 — 62

Individual scoring

TONGANOXIE — Emily Soetaert 4-10 7-13 15, Katelyn Waldeier 1-7 6-11 8, Cheyenne Ford 2-8 3-3 7, Tressa Walker 3-9 0-0 6, Kara Banks 2-9 1-4 5, Sarah Ahart 0-3 2-8 2.

LANSING — Emily Babcock 5-10 3-4 13, Mikayla Zielinski 5-6 1-2 13, Maya Cooper 4-6 0-0 8, Destini Mathis 1-4 5-6 7, Kija Cammock 3-7 1-2 7, Madelyn Moya 1-3 2-2 4, Jasmine Meyer 1-2 2-4 4, Madison Bosworth 1-7 1-2 3, Jordan Counts 1-3 0-0 2, Carly Bohannon 0-2 1-2 1.