YAKIMA — The first half of Thursday’s 2A quarterfinal couldn’t have gone any better for No. 7 seed Grandview.

The Greyhounds trailed top-seeded Bremerton by just three points at the break as star guard Frankie Medina Jr. poured in 21 points on 8 of 12 shooting. But Medina’s magic touch ran out in the third quarter and the Knights cruised to a 65-47 victory at the Yakima Valley SunDome.

“We knew we could be in this game, and we felt like we were in a good spot going into halftime,” Grandview head coach Frankie Medina Sr. said. “But you have to play two halves, and that third quarter really hurt us. We had a lot of empty possessions, and when you’re playing the defending state champions, you can’t have a bad quarter.”

The Knights outscored the Hounds 16-4 in the fateful third quarter, keying in on the younger Medina, who willed his team to victory the night before with 37 points. But Grandview’s court general could only muster four second-half points Thursday and finished with 25 — four fewer than the game-high 29 Jalen Davis delivered for Bremerton.

Junior Braden Santos added 10 points and eight rebounds for Grandview, which will take on No. 4 seed Pullman at 12:15 p.m. Friday for a spot in Saturday’s trophy round.

Santos lamented that the Hounds didn’t do more to free up Medina in the second half.

“I feel like we could have done more to get Frankie open,” he said. “He had 21 in the first half, and we needed him to keep that going. As a team, I think we could have helped him out more.”

Bremerton’s athleticism and quick ball movement appeared to frustrate the Hounds down the stretch. Santos admitted that he and his teammates got caught flat-footed coming out of the locker room, and that is what likely cost them the game.

“We felt like we were in it, but we made a lot of little mistakes that translated to them getting a bunch of easy threes,” he said. “There were also some things that we should have capitalized on that we didn’t.”

Despite the loss, coach Medina and his players aren’t hanging their heads after being dealt a brutal tournament draw.

“The route we’ve had has been pretty rough,” he said. “We had the No. 2 seed, R.A. Long, last week and then the No. 1 seed tonight. But we’ve still got a chance for a trophy, and that would be a nice way to finish the season.”