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A coin-flip tie-breaker might have done Lawrence Highs boys basketball team a bit of a favor.

The Lions (13-7) earned the No. 4 seed in their Class 6A sub-state tournament, but there was a tie for the No. 5 seed between Gardner-Edgerton (12-8) and Olathe East (12-8).

Saturday morning, a flip of a coin decided Lawrences fate. LHS will face No. 5 O-East, a familiar Sunflower League foe, instead of GEHS, out of the Eastern Kansas League, which received the No. 6 seed.

Lawrence coach Mike Lewis said he likes the match-up awaiting his team at 7 tonight at LHS.

Its nice that we know what were getting into, Lewis said. With Gardner, it wouldve been a little bit more of a guessing game to a certain extent.

LHS won at Olathe East, 51-41, on Feb. 17. Lions senior guard Anthony Buffalomeat said familiarity with the Hawks will be just part of the equation.

Weve got confidence, beating them the first time, but we have a lot of things we need to work on for (tonight), so we cant take them lightly at all, Buffalomeat said.

While executing against O-Easts 3-2 zone, which LHS had trouble doing in the first quarter in the teams previous meeting before finishing the game with seven three-pointers, is one concern, there is also the question of KJ Pritchards availability. The 6-foot-5 Lawrence senior guard severely sprained his right ankle a few hours before the Lions Friday victory over Free State at LHS.

Lewis said the coaching staff planned for the sub-state opener anticipating a worst-case scenario of Pritchard sitting out. Whether he ends up playing will be a game-day decision, likely hours before tipoff.

While the Lions managed a 38-36 victory without Pritchard on Friday and now have some experience playing without their leading scorer, Buffalomeat said it would be a blow to try that again versus O-East.

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LHS boys flip over sub-state foe