SPORTS
8A — THE OBSERVER
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020
SCOREBOARD
LOCAL SCHEDULE
Friday
PREP GIRLS
BASKETBALL
McLoughlin at La Grande,
6 p.m.
Grant Union at Enterprise,
6 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Union,
6 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Elgin, 6 p.m.
Joseph at Powder Valley,
6 p.m.
Griswold at Wallowa,
6 p.m.
Cove at Imbler, 6 p.m.
PREP BOYS
BASKETBALL
McLoughlin at La Grande,
7:30 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Union,
7:30 p.m.
Grant Union at Enterprise,
7:30 p.m.
Joseph at Powder Valley,
7:30 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Elgin, 7:30
p.m.
Griswold at Wallowa, 7:30
p.m.
Cove at Imbler, 7:30 p.m.
PREP WRESTLING
Enterprise at Grant Union
Tournament, John Day,
all day
MEN’S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Oregon Tech at Eastern
Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Oregon Tech at Eastern
Oregon, 5:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE
WRESTLING
Eastern Oregon at
Southern Oregon, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE INDOOR
TRACK AND FIELD
Eastern Oregon at Ed
Jacoby Invitational &
HOCKEY
NHL Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston
51 29 10 12 70 169 135
Tampa Bay 48 29 15 4 62 175 137
Florida
49 28 16 5 61 183 163
Toronto
49 25 17 7 57 176 165
RIVALRY
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Rueck said the Beavers
had been improving each
week heading into the game,
then were shell-shocked at
the half.
“We only lost by (nine)
down in Eugene, (so) maybe,
you know, we can get them
here,” Rueck thought at the
time. “Then just to get kind
of ambushed the fi rst half,
it just went the complete
opposite of what we hoped.
They shot the lights out and
so we’re in the locker room
down 20 and what are you
going to do this half? And we
just came out and chipped
away, and I just remember
El Sara Greer, our one senior,
just demanding the ball
down the stretch in the post
and scoring three-point plays
and then Anna Marchbanks
Multis, Boise, Idaho, all
day
Saturday
PREP GIRLS
BASKETBALL
Enterprise at Union, 4 p.m.
Pine Eagle at Elgin, 4 p.m.
Joseph at Nixyaawii,
4 p.m.
Wallowa at Cove, 4 p.m.
Powder Valley at Griswold,
4 p.m.
PREP BOYS
BASKETBALL
Enterprise at Union,
5:30 p.m.
Joseph at Nixyaawii,
5:30 p.m.
Powder Valley at Griswold,
5:30 p.m.
Pine Eagle at Elgin,
5:30 p.m.
Wallowa at Cove,
5:30 p.m.
PREP WRESTLING
Enterprise at RD Brown
Invitational, New
Plymouth, Idaho, all day
Imbler, Joseph/Wallowa,
Elgin at 1A state wrestling
preview tournament, Pine
Eagle, all day
MEN’S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Southern Oregon at
Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Southern Oregon at
Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m.
MEN’S COLLEGE
WRESTLING
Eastern Oregon vs. Warner
Pacifi c, Embry-Riddle at
Forest Grove, TBD
COLLEGE INDOOR
TRACK AND FIELD
Eastern Oregon at Ed
Jacoby Invitational &
Multis, Boise, Idaho, all
day
— Subject to change
Buffalo
Montreal
Ottawa
Detroit
49 22 20 7 51 145 152
50 22 21 7 51 155 157
48 17 23 8 42 130 163
51 12 35 4 28 109 199
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 49 33 11 5 71 177 144
Pittsburgh
50 31 14 5 67 168 136
N.Y. Islanders 49 29 15 5 63 143 132
Columbus
51 27 16 8 62 138 130
Carolina
50 29 18 3 61 159 132
Philadelphia 50 27 17 6 60 158 150
getting that rebound and the
place going absolutely crazy.”
That victory was a turning
point not only in the rivalry
— the Beavers went on to
win 14 in a row in the series
— but also the belief inside
the program.
“That was one of those
moments that you know we’ll
never forget and it was one
of those days that made ev-
erybody think, hey maybe we
can turn this thing around
here,” Rueck said.
The Beavers (16-2, 4-2)
have become a national
power and have made six
straight NCAA tournaments,
winning three Pac-12 titles,
a Pac-12 tournament title,
reached four straight Sweet
16s, two Elite Eights and a
Final Four in 2016.
The Ducks (15-2, 5-1) have
also turned things around
under coach Kelly Graves.
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could beat,” she said. “It was hard.
That defi nitely had an impact on
our mindset, and I think that’s
what got to us — why try when ev-
erybody knows we’re going to lose.”
The team began to win a bit
more consistently the next two
seasons, going 11-12 in 2017-18
but slipping back to 9-12 last
season.
Brian Evans, who was in his
fi rst season as the head coach
last winter after two seasons as
assistant coach, said the losing
mentality was one that permeated
back to when he was in school in
the 1990s. It carried over because,
as a result, the “kids (didn’t) know
what it takes to be a winning team.
It all comes into play. Up until this
year, they didn’t have the hunger
and the drive.”
Even last season in his fi rst
year leading the program, the
team would struggle with how to
respond when it was tested.
“A little success here and there,
N.Y. Rangers 48 23 21 4 50 158 159
New Jersey 48 17 24 7 41 126 173
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis
49 30 11 8 68 158 134
Colorado
49 28 15 6 62 179 143
Dallas
48 27 17 4 58 125 120
Chicago
51 24 21 6 54 155 161
Winnipeg
51 25 22 4 54 152 160
Minnesota
50 23 21 6 52 156 166
Nashville
47 22 18 7 51 156 154
Pacifi c Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver
49 27 18 4 58 162 149
Edmonton
49 26 18 5 57 155 153
Calgary
50 26 19 5 57 135 147
Arizona
51 26 20 5 57 146 138
Vegas
52 25 20 7 57 161 159
San Jose
50 21 25 4 46 130 167
Anaheim
48 19 24 5 43 122 150
Los Angeles 50 18 27 5 41 125 158
All Times PST
Monday’s Games
Colorado 6, Detroit 3
Florida 5, Minnesota 4
Tuesday’s Games
Boston 3, Vegas 2
Carolina 4, Winnipeg 1
N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 2
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 0
Florida 4, Chicago 3
Wednesday’s Games
Columbus 4, Winnipeg 3
Minnesota 4, Detroit 2
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Friday’s Games
No games scheduled
Saturday’s Games
Metropolitan vs. Atlantic at Enterprise
Center, 5:15 p.m.
Pacifi c vs. Central at Enterprise Center,
6:15 p.m.
TBD vs. TBD at Enterprise Center,
7:15 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
No games scheduled
FOOTBALL
NFL Playoffs
All Times PST
Conference Championships
Sunday
Kansas City 35, Tennessee 24
San Francisco 37, Green Bay 20
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 26
At Orlando, Fla.
NFC vs. AFC, noon (ESPN)
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 2
At Miami Gardens, Fla.
Kansas City vs. San Francisco,
3:30 p.m. (FOX)
BASKETBALL
NBA Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L
Pct
Toronto
30 14 .682
Boston
29 14 .674
Philadelphia
29 17 .630
Brooklyn
18 25 .419
New York
12 33 .267
Southeast Division
W
L
Pct
Miami
31 13 .705
Orlando
21 24 .467
Washington
15 29 .341
Charlotte
15 30 .333
Atlanta
11 34 .244
Central Division
W
L
Pct
Milwaukee
39
6 .867
Indiana
29 16 .644
Detroit
17 28 .378
Chicago
17 29 .370
Cleveland
12 33 .267
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L
Pct
Dallas
28 16 .636
Houston
27 16 .628
San Antonio
20 23 .465
Memphis
20 24 .455
New Orleans
17 28 .378
Northwest Division
W
L
Pct
Utah
31 13 .705
GB
—
½
2
11½
18½
GB
—
10½
16
16½
20½
GB
—
10
22
22½
27
Denver
30 14 .682
1
Oklahoma City
26 19 .578 5½
Portland
19 27 .413 13
Minnesota
15 29 .341 16
Pacifi c Division
W
L
Pct GB
L.A. Lakers
36
9 .800 —
L.A. Clippers
31 14 .689
5
Phoenix
18 26 .409 17½
Sacramento
15 29 .341 20½
Golden State
10 36 .217 26½
All Times PST
Monday’s Games
Washington 106, Detroit 100
Toronto 122, Atlanta 117
Philadelphia 117, Brooklyn 111
Milwaukee 111, Chicago 98
New Orleans 126, Memphis 116
New York 106, Cleveland 86
Oklahoma City 112, Houston 107
Orlando 106, Charlotte 83
Miami 118, Sacramento 113, OT
Boston 139, L.A. Lakers 107
Denver 107, Minnesota 100
Utah 118, Indiana 88
San Antonio 120, Phoenix 118
Portland 129, Golden State 124, OT
Tuesday’s Game
L.A. Clippers 110, Dallas 107
Wednesday’s Games
Oklahoma City 120, Orlando 114
Toronto 107, Philadelphia 95
Detroit 127, Sacramento 106
Atlanta 102, L.A. Clippers 95
L.A. Lakers 100, New York 92
Boston 119, Memphis 95
Miami 134, Washington 129, OT
Houston 121, Denver 105
Chicago 117, Minnesota 110
Indiana 112, Phoenix 87
San Antonio 121, New Orleans 117
Utah 129, Golden State 96
Thursday’s Games
Washington 124, Cleveland 112
L.A. Lakers 128, Brooklyn 113
Dallas 133, Portland 125
Friday’s Games
Milwaukee at Charlotte, noon
Boston at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Memphis at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Toronto at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Denver at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Houston at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Miami, 5 p.m.
Sacramento at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Phoenix at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Indiana at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Dallas at Utah, 2 p.m.
Brooklyn at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Cleveland, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Houston at Denver, 12:30 p.m.
Toronto at San Antonio, 1 p.m.
Boston at New Orleans, 3 p.m.
Brooklyn at New York, 3 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Orlando, 3 p.m.
Phoenix at Memphis, 3 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta, 3 p.m.
Indiana at Portland, 6 p.m.
LOCAL STANDINGS
Men’s College Basketball
Cascade Collegiate Conference
Team
CCC
All
College of Idaho
11-0
18-3
Southern Oregon
9-2
15-4
Northwest
7-2
12-6
Oregon Tech
6-3
16-3
Warner Pacifi c
7-5
11-9
Northwest Christian
4-5
9-10
Eastern Oregon
3-6
9-9
Multnomah
3-7
10-10
Walla Walla
3-7
5-15
Corban
3-8
9-12
Evergreen
0-11
3-14
Women’s College Basketball
GB
—
Cascade Collegiate Conference
Team
CCC
All
Northwest Christian
7-2
13-4
Corban
8-3
12-7
Southern Oregon
8-3
12-6
Oregon Tech
6-3
12-7
Eastern Oregon
6-3
12-7
Warner Pacifi c
7-5
10-10
College of Idaho
6-5
8-12
Northwest
4-5
6-13
Evergreen
4-7
4-10
Multnomah
0-10
3-14
Oregon has made three
straight NCAA tournaments,
won two Pac-12 titles, one
conference tournament title
and been to the Elite Eight
three times with a trip to the
Final Four last season.
“Nobody could have seen
this coming, that long ago, no
way,” Rueck said of both pro-
grams’ success. “Too many
unknowns back then for me
and for us to know what we
could become here, it hadn’t
been done at that level. For
them, they weren’t at that
level yet.
“And so just the build
of it, the attention on both
programs, the national suc-
cess we’ve both had, that
our conferences has had, has
gotten us a lot of attention
to the point where there’s
household names now —
both teams have people that
go by one name on the roster
— and so many people care
which is just crazy, really, to
be a part of and just awe-
some.”
Both programs have
pushed each other to reach
this level.
“I think we’ve made each
other both better over the
years through our competi-
tion with each other, through
recruiting battles, through
the games on the court,”
Rueck said.
“Certainly every school
has a rival and it’s fun to
compete against your rival.
But I mean we’ve all been
trying to catch up to Stan-
ford forever. That was the
initial goal and then this
conference just pushes you.
Shoot, you relax you’re going
to get beat, and so competi-
tion is healthy if you handle
it correctly and I think we
both have.”
but when times got tough they
would break,” he said.
There were not any seniors on
that team, though, and with all
the key players returning for the
upcoming season this year, there
was a belief that this season could
be different.
To get the players to buy in,
Evans said, he had to emphasize
on a consistent basis that they
could break through the mentality
and win, and he had to sell team
basketball.
“Last year I tried pushing the
team concept on them heavy, and
toward the end of the year they
picked up on that,” he said. “This
year they picked up where they left
off. That’s been my biggest push
as far as a coach. (Assistant coach)
Ashley (Knight) has played a big
part, and my volunteer coach Doug
Durfee — they back me 100%.”
Palmer said team-bonding
sessions, discussions and staying
together as a team have aided in
the culture change.
“To overcome we really had to
have a team heart-to-heart and
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talk to each other,” she said, and
the message became: “If you’re not
willing to give if your best and your
all, you shouldn’t even be here.”
Evans and Anderson both also
noted that many of the players on
the current roster have several
years together on the court, which
has added to the continuity.
“We’ve all played together since
seventh grade. We know how the
players work,” Anderson said.
On the court, the team has
shown depth and talent at multiple
positions. Three players — the two
seniors and Jocelyn Palmer — have
scored at least 20 points in a game
this season, and several others
can get into the scorebook when
needed. Evans said the team’s abil-
ity to have players step up when
needed is its strength.
“We were missing Tymra for one
or two games and girls stepped in
and picked up the slack,” he said.
“My youngest daughter’s (Gracie
Evans) arm is broken, and we’ve
had other girls step in and fi ll that
role. We haven’t missed a beat.”
Evans said the Huskies’ 46-
Walla Walla
0-10
2-17
OSAA Boys Basketball
4A-6 Greater Oregon League
GOL All PF PA RK
La Grande
2-0 3-10 646 757 26
Baker
1-1 10-9 1048 960 18
McLoughlin
1-1 7-9 728 750 27
Ontario
0-2 2-17 832 1203 34
2A-6 Blue Mountain Conference
BMC All PF PA RK
Grant Union
5-1 10-5 822 735 13
Pilot Rock
3-2 13-2 877 688 6
Heppner
3-2 8-7 744 712 24
Stanfi eld
3-2 8-8 828 795 22
Union
2-3 11-7 903 785 17
Enterprise
1-4 5-7 596 632 27
Weston-McEwen 1-4 4-12 782 966 39
1A-7 Old Oregon League
OOL All PF PA RK
Powder Valley 4-0 12-3 1067 769 14
Nixyaawii
3-0 12-4 1123 873 7
Elgin
3-0 8-5 660 608 30
Joseph
1-0 10-3 731 569 5
Imbler
2-2 4-9 517 637 42
Pine Eagle
1-2 4-6 499 488 44
Cove
0-2 1-12 448 767 62
Griswold
0-4 5-10 665 849 51
Wallowa
0-4 4-10 604 760 47
OSAA Girls Basketball
4A-6 Greater Oregon League
GOL All PF PA RK
Baker
1-0 14-2 842 520
2
McLoughlin
1-0 8-8 575 619 24
La Grande
1-1 10-5 805 616
5
Ontario
0-2 1-13 443 685 32
2A-6 Blue Mountain Conference
BMC All PF PA RK
Union
5-0 15-3 839 531 7
Stanfi eld
4-1 13-3 773 546 11
Enterprise
4-1 12-2 646 428 5
Grant Union
3-3 5-10 501 648 23
Heppner
2-3 9-5 629 534 15
Pilot Rock
0-5 4-11 455 642 39
Weston-McEwen 0-5 2-14 440 711 40
1A-7 Old Oregon League
OOL All PF PA RK
Elgin
3-0 11-2 633 389 14
Joseph
1-0 8-5 547 464 7
Wallowa
3-1 8-7 659 593 14
Powder Valley 3-1 7-6 492 468 20
Nixyaawii
2-1 6-8 623 621 25
Pine Eagle
1-2 5-5 383 427 35
Imbler
1-3 1-13 313 588 54
Cove
0-2 7-6 530 453 29
Griswold
0-4 8-7 464 523 45
TENNIS
Australian Open
Friday
At Melbourne Park
Melbourne, Australia
Men’s Singles
Third Round
Diego Schwartzman (14), Argentina,
def. Dusan Lajovic (24), Serbia, 6-2, 6-3,
7-6 (7).
Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, def.
Tommy Paul, United States, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4.
Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Yoshi-
hito Nishioka, Japan, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
Tennys Sandgren, United States, def.
Sam Querrey, United States, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Roberto
Bautista-Agut (9), Spain, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-0,
5-7, 6-3.
Milos Raonic (32), Canada, def. Stefa-
nos Tsitsipas (6), Greece, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
Fabio Fognini (12), Italy, def. Guido
Pella (22), Argentina, 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-3.
Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def.
John Millman, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4,
4-6, 7-6 (8).
Women’s Singles
Third Round
Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Elena
Rybakina (29), Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-2.
Petra Kvitova (7), Czech Republic,
def. Ekaterina Alexandrova (25), Russia,
6-1, 6-2.
Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, def. Caroline
Wozniacki, Denmark, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5.
Wang Qiang (27), China, def. Serena
Williams (8), United States, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5.
Maria Sakkari (22), Greece, def. Madi-
son Keys (10), United States, 6-4, 6-4.
Alison Riske (18), United States, def.
Julia Goerges, Germany, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Cori Gauff, United States, def. Naomi
Osaka (3), Japan, 6-3, 6-4.
Sofi a Kenin (14), United States, def.
Zhang Shuai, China, 7-5, 7-6 (7).
HOOPS
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front to stay.
“At that point in the
game coach (Mick) Cronin
told me, ‘somebody’s gotta
be able to drive to the cup,’”
said Smith, the Bruins’
leading scorer this season.
“I was attacking, so the
right play was to get fouled.
… I was just trying to do
whatever I could to get a
win for the guys.”
Smith, who was limited
to just 17 minutes of play-
ing time due to foul trouble,
was 4 of 6 from the fi eld
and 7 of 9 at the foul line.
UCLA made its last nine
free throws in the fi nal 1:50
to stay in front.
“I was calling’s his num-
ber,” Cronin said of Smith.
“He stepped up, got the ball
in the paint and made sure
44 win over Grant Union in the
second game of the season was an
important early one for the team.
“We didn’t blow them out of the
water. It was a game we had to
stick together,” he said. “I feel that
was a big win for us. We haven’t
beat Grant Union as long as I’ve
been coaching. That was a big confi -
dence booster right out of the gate.”
The coach added that as a team,
they talk a lot about the goals they
have for this season.
“I tell them over and over what
my expectation are, what I believe
they can do. In doing that I hope
it gives them the confi dence and
the will. At least once a week I tell
them what I expect and what could
happen,” he said.
Those expectations go far beyond
just fi nishing with a winning
record.
Elgin is also eyeing a berth in the
state playoffs, which the program
has not reached since 1996. That
team fi nished with a 20-6 record
and clinched the second of back-
to-back state berths, with an 18-8
Men’s Doubles
First Round
Ji Sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song, South
Korea, def. Lleyton Hewitt and Jordan
Thompson, Australia, 6-2, 6-3.
James Duckworth and Marc Polmans,
Australia, def. Christopher O’Connell and
Andrew Harris, Australia, 7-6 (4), 7-5.
Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski (14),
Britain, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, and
Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, 6-4, 6-4.
Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, and Fab-
rice Martin (15), France, def. Dusan Lajovic
and Nikola Cacic, Serbia, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo
Melo (2), Brazil, def. Guillermo Duran and
Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2.
Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Benoit Paire,
France, def. Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-
Hugues Herbert (1), France, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Juan Sebastian Cabal, Colombia, and
Jaume Munar, Spain, def. Taylor Fritz and
Tommy Paul, United States, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Men’s Doubles
Second Round
Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Filip Polasek
(4), Slovakia, def. Chris Guccione and
Matt Reid, Australia, 6-3, 6-4.
Luke Saville and Max Purcell, Australia,
def. Horia Tecau, Romania, and Jean-
Julien Rojer (8), Netherlands, 7-6 (2),
4-6, 6-4.
Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Mate Pavic
(10), Croatia, def. Artem Sitak, New Zea-
land, and Divij Sharan, India, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
Jonny O Mara, Britain, and Marcelo
Arevalo-Gonzalez, El Salvador, def. Jur-
gen Melzer, Austria, and Edouard Roger-
Vasselin (12), France, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (11).
Andres Molteni, Argentina, and Hugo
Nys, Monaco, def. Oliver Marach, Austria,
and Raven Klaasen (9), South Africa, 6-7
(5), 6-3, 6-4.
Michael Venus, New Zealand, and
John Peers (7), Australia, def. Leonardo
Mayer and Federico Delbonis, Argentina,
6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7).
Franko Skugor, Croatia, and Austin
Krajicek (16), United States, def. Adrian
Mannarino and Gregoire Barrere, France,
7-6 (5), 6-4.
Women’s Doubles
First Round
Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Nina Stojanovic,
Serbia, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine,
and Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, 6-1, 6-4.
Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and
Demi Schuurs (8), Netherlands, def.
Fanny Stollar, Hungary, and Dayana
Yastremska, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-2.
Kristina Mladenovic, France, and Timea
Babos (2), Hungary, def. Raluca-Ioana
Olaru, Romania, and Dalila Jakupovic,
Slovenia, 7-5, 6-3.
Makoto Ninomiya and Nao Hibino, Japan,
def. Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Lucie
Hradecka (11), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-0.
Hayley Carter, United States, and Luisa
Stefani, Brazil, def. Zheng Saisai and
Duan Ying-Ying (9), China, 6-3, 6-2.
Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic,
and Hsieh Su-wei (1), Taiwan, def. Marie
Bouzkova, Czech Republic, and Tamara
Zidansek, Slovenia, 6-3, 7-5.
Georgina Garcia Perez and Sara
Sorribes Tormo, Spain, def. Katarina Sre-
botnik, Slovenia, and Monique Adamczak,
Australia, 6-2, 6-4.
Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, and Taylor
Townsend, United States, def. Tatjana
Maria, Germany, and Anastasija Sevas-
tova, Latvia, 6-4, 6-4.
Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, and Anett
Kontaveit, Estonia, def. Wang Yafan,
China, and Anna Blinkova, Russia, 7-5,
6-0.
Zarina Diyas and Elena Rybakina,
Kazakhstan, def. Alize Cornet and Fiona
Ferro, France, 6-4, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (5).
Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Ons Ja-
beur, Tunisia, def. Sam Stosur and Ellen
Perez (12), Australia, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5.
Women’s Doubles
Second Round
Latisha Chan and Hao-Ching Chan (7),
Taiwan, def. Alexa Guarachi Mathison,
Chile, and Kaitlyn Christian, United
States, 6-4, 6-2.
Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara
(10), Japan, def. Alicja Rosolska, Poland,
and Danielle Collins, United States,
walkover.
Elise Mertens, Belgium, and Aryna
Sabalenka (3), Belarus, def. Arina Ro-
dionova and Jaimee Fourlis, Australia,
6-2, 7-5.
that he got to the foul line.”
Zach Reichle made two
free throws with 11.6
seconds left that brought
Oregon State (12-7, 2-5) to
within one point at 56-55.
Jalen Hill then made two
free throws for UCLA, his
fi rst points of the game.
Tyger Campbell fouled
Oregon State’s Ethan
Thompson with 6.6 seconds
left, preventing him from
getting off a 3-pointer that
could have tied the game.
Thompson made both free
throws cutting the lead to one.
Hill went back to the line
at the 5.4-second mark and
came through again with
two free throws.
Thompson made one of
two free throws with 3.1
seconds remaining, and
UCLA’s Jules Bernard con-
verted two free throws for
UCLA to seal the win.
team that dropped the third-place
game in 1995.
Elgin’s only other OSAA state
playoff appearances came in 1984
and 1977, with the ‘77 squad drop-
ping the third-place game. The pro-
gram has yet to earn a state trophy,
as fi fth-place awards — which the
team would have earned for drop-
ping the third-place game under
today’s playoff format — were not
given at the time.
“My goal for this team is to take
them to state this year, and that’s
not out of reach by any means,”
Evans said.
Anderson added the team has a
desire to do its school justice and
make the community proud.
“We have the talent and we have
the players,” she said. “We are truly
a team this year, and I feel like
we’re going to build off of that.”
And for the seniors who endured
the struggles since their freshman
year, a trip to Baker City in early
March for the state tournament
would be an amazing sendoff.
“I want to take it to state. It feels
like we can do it,” Palmer said.