Pocatello boys' basketball coach Lee Ralphs succinctly summed up his team's 55-52 win over Minico on Saturday night at The Palace.

"It was a tale of two halves," he said. "Minico dominated the first half, and luckily, we had a better second half than they did the first half."

Senior Colter Morton's steal and dunk with 18 seconds left gave the Indians a 53-52 lead after rallying from a 14-point halftime deficit, and Johnathan Hancock's two free throws sealed the game for Pocatello.

Morton finished with 18 poits - nine of which came in the fourth quarter - and 11 rebounds.

After the sluggish first half, the Indians picked up their intensity thanks to the efforts of two other seniors in the third quarter.

"Ryan Pearson, he and Michael Decker got us going and back into the game in third quarter," Ralphs said, "and Colter stepped up in the fourth quarter."

Decker finished the game with 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Pearson added nine points.

Pocatello improved to 7-9 with the win, and it will play at Skyline on Wednesday.

"I don't know why we start games so slow. It seems like we're always fighting back and making it interesting in the end," Ralphs said. "It was finally nice to get over the hump and come all the way back to win."