MENLO — Powered by Ryon Ashley’s 24 points and nine rebounds, Willapa Valley upended state-ranked Life Christian Academy in a Pacific 2B League contest Monday at Tenoski Gym. The upset ended the visiting Eagles’ 56-game league winning streak.

Matt Pearson tallied 17 points and Logan Walker 16 for the Vikings (10-3, 13-3). Willapa Valley shot 50 percent from the field and owned a 37-17 rebounding advantage over league-leading Life Christian, ranked second among 2B teams in the state’s RPI listings.

“We’ve had a lot of games when we’ve stayed with them and this time we took the extra step and beat them,” Viking coach Jay Pearson said.

Taking a 47-46 lead into the fourth quarter, it was a back-and-forth tussle between the 2B Pacific’s top two programs — one that got out of control in a matter of seconds.

Ashley’s inside bucket gave the Vikings a 60-54 lead with 2:54 to go.

On the inbounds pass, Life Christian forward Dawson Shamp was whistled for his fifth foul, and was disqualified.

That is when it got a little crazy.

As one of the referees came to the Eagles’ bench to ask for a replacement substitution, Life Christian coach Mark Lovelady asked if he had his allotted time to make a decision, especially with injured starters Noah Robinson and Keegan Bitow-Woods unavailable.

A second official came over and demanded that Lovelady send on another player.

After Lovelady asked for clarification on his time, he was tagged with a technical foul for apparently delaying the game.

Logan Walker made three free throws. Twenty seconds later, Walker was fouled on a shot, and made two more to give Willapa Valley a 65-54 lead.

The Eagles went cold from the floor at the wrong time during the game. They made just two of 15 field goal attempts, including a 1-of-7 showing from the 3-point line, down the stretch.

Omari Maulana led all scorers for the Eagles (16-1, 9-1) with 21 points. The Eagles have another chance Friday to clinch the Class 2B Pacific boys basketball title outright, and a No. 1 seed to the district championships.

Coach Pearson cited Peter Hamilton, Matt Pearson, Chad Flemetis and Frank Roonsburg for strong defensive play.

Todd Milles of The News Tribune contributed to this story.

Life Christian 21 11 14 10 — 56

W. Valley 18 17 12 21 — 68

Life Christian (56) — Overgaard 7, Maulana 21, Cordek, Shaughnessy 6, Novotny 13, Hall, Shamp 9. FG —21-53 (.396). FT — 10-14.

Willapa Valley (68) — Flemetis 2, M. Pearson 17, Hamilton 9, Roonsburg, Ashley 24, Walker 16. FG — 23-46 (.500) FT — 14-25