Tahoma’s boys basketball team placed third in the Bothell Holiday Hoops tournament Dec. 27-30.

Tahoma started off with a 106-74 win over Kamiak that set up a showdown with tournament host Bothell, a top ranked 4A team. The Cougars got the better of the Bears in that game with an 84-61 win. Tahoma bounced back in the third-place contest with a 76-65 victory over Edmonds-Woodway. Tahoma improves to 7-3 overall.

League play starts again Thursday.