LAKE CHARLES — Lakeview and East Iberville were tied at 31 with 1:08 remaining in the third quarter Tuesday in their LHSAA Non-Select Division IV semifinal boys basketball playoff game.

From there, the Tigers roared.

For the second straight year, East Iberville ended Lakeview’s season, but this time, it wasn’t on a buzzer beater, but a heater that lasted the last nine minutes of the game in Marsh Madness at Burton Coliseum.

The Tigers ran off the next eight points into a 39-31 advantage and kept going, mounting a decisive 18-2 run over a four-minute stretch that made all the difference in their 59-42 victory over the Gators.

Lakeview’s problems centered on 29 percent shooting aim throughout the game. Bobby Reliford sank 8 of 16 shots but the other Gators went 10-for-45.

Lakeview led 18-17 at halftime and the teams swapped baskets through most of the third quarter, before East Iberville kicked into another gear.

The Gators got 18 points from Reliford, who added six rebounds and four steals, and 10 more rebounds were grabbed by Atlas Hicks.

Lakeview lost to EIHS on a last-second shot, 47-46, at home in last year’s quarterfinals.

This time around the teams seemed just as evenly matched until the third-seeded Tigers (27-7) launched their late-game rush to put away the second-seeded Gators (29-5). East Iberville shot a solid 44 percent from the floor.

It was the second time in three years, and the sixth time in 12 seasons under coach Brian Wiliams, that Lakeview has reached the state tournament semifinals. The Gators won 14 of their last 16 games.