WATERVILLE – Angie Wilber’s steal and layup with 1:34 left in the game gave Nokomis of Newport the lead for good and keyed the Warriors’ 38-36 victory over Waterville here Wednesday in a Class A schoolgirl preliminary playoff game.

The win moves the 9-10 Nokomis Warriors into the No. 8 slot in the Eastern Maine tournament at the Bangor Auditorium. Nokomis takes on No. 1 Lawrence of Fairfield at 8 p.m. Saturday.

Laura Grumbach led the way for the Warriors with 15 points. Kelly Bowman hit both ends of a 1-and-1 with 59 seconds left to ice the win and make it 38-34.

For the 10-9 Panthers, Laurie Lenz scored 12 points.

Nokomis (38)

Buker 1, Grumbach 7(1), Annett 2(1), Wilber 2, Erskine, Vigue 1(4), McIntyre, Bowman 2(2) Waterville (36)

Comeau 1, Nixon 2, Fisher, Cloutier 1(1), Browne 1(2), Hanley 3(3), Lenz 3(6), Gerrish

3-pt. goals: Nixon, Cloutier Nokomis 8 13 25 38 Waterville 14 20 28 36