Federal Way has been an unselfish team all season.

When teams try to limit their outside shooting, they dominate inside with their size. Whey they focus on the paint defensively, the Eagles know how to knock down their shots from long range.

Woodinville found out firsthand about the latter as the Eagles prevailed 79-64 in their Saturday match up at Puyallup High School.

Ferron Flavors fueled Federal Way’s offensive onslaught with his 31-point night, a game high. His barrage of 3-pointers near the end of the first half marked the turning point in the game.

“When I know I’ve got a rhythm, that’s when I know to keep shooting,” Flavors said. “I’ve been struggling the past couple of games knocking down shots. So this whole week I’ve been getting up more shots, going to the gym every day, working on my form.”

The Eagles’ lead had been cut to four points in the latter half of the second quarter. Jalen McDaniels pushed it back to six with a basket.

Flavors, who up to that point had not scored since his nine-point first quarter, caught fire.

Woodinville turned the ball over on their ensuing possession. The Eagles found Flavors in the corner behind the arc. He knocked it down.

After a couple of Falcons free throws, Flavors was open for another 3-pointer. He knocked it down again.

Federal Way forced another turnover, and Flavors hit his third consecutive 3-pointer.

In just over one minute of game time, Flavors had doubled his point total and moved the Eagles’ lead back to 11.

“He’s a shooter,” Federal Way head coach Jerome Collins said. “When he gets it going like that, he can put it in the hole. But that’s his job. I thought that Christian [Jones] and D’Jimon [Jones] did a good job rotating the ball and getting it to him in the open areas where he’s comfortable on the floor, and he put them down.”

“It definitely gave me some energy,” Flavors said. “It gave everybody else energy. My teammates always tell me to keep shooting the ball.”

He finished with seven made 3-pointers in the game.

McDaniels and D’Jimon Jones finished off the quarter with the final four points. The 15-2 run gave Federal Way a 43-26 lead at the half.

Flavors added another eight points in the third.

Despite trailing by double-digits for much of the game, the Falcons provided plenty of entertainment as they tried to claw their way back.

At 5-foot-10, Ethan Tarbet is only taller than one player on Federal Way’s roster. That didn’t stop him from getting hot early, hitting a couple of 3-pointers in the first quarter to give Woodinville the lead before the Eagles came charging back. He finished with 15 points, hitting all four of his 3-point shots.

Woodinville’s star player, Tony Miller, lived up to the hype as he finished with 26 points. He displayed a wide range of skills from post moves to driving into the lane to knocking down mid-range shots.

One of the game’s most impressive sequences took place early in the fourth quarter.

After a Federal Way offensive foul, Miller drove through the lane and slammed down a ferocious dunk over a Federal Way defender.

D’Jimon Jones, who never seems to take kindly to anyone dunking against Federal Way, responded with a monster dunk of his own at the other end.

Woodinville responded again as AJ Schramm nailed a 3-pointer.

The crowd erupted during the sequence.

It was the beginning to a big quarter for D’Jimon Jones, who hit all four of his shots, including two 3-pointers. He finished with 19 points.

The Falcons couldn’t close the gap to less than 11 points despite a high-scoring fourth quarter.

McDaniels had 14 points for the Eagles. Christian Jones finished with 10 points.

Federal Way pushed the tempo all night, hoping to tire out a Woodinville team that only dressed 10 players.

“Midway through the second quarter, when I looked out, I thought [Woodinville] got tired,” Collins said. “We wanted to just keep running and pushing the tempo. It was definitely in our favor. Our bench is deep. We play 10 or 11 guys and we went in saying that would be an advantage for us.”

The win sends the Eagles (26-0) to the Tacoma Dome, where they will face off against the Lewis and Clark Tigers (20-6) in the first round of the state playoffs.

Also on their side of the bracket are the Union Titans, the team that gave the Eagles’ state championship team from a year ago its toughest in-state game in a 61-58 thriller.

Federal Way’s closest games this season have come against Curtis. They’ve defeated the Vikings twice, once by two points and once by three. If the two teams were to meet for the third time this season, it would be in the state championship.

“We love it,” Collins said of Federal Way making it back to the Tacoma Dome. “You never get tired of it. It’s something you work for all year. It’s wonderful to see it pay off. The kids see their hard working paying off. It’s a testament to their character. It’s a great feeling.”

Federal Way’s quarterfinal game against Lewis and Clark takes place at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.