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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017
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Royals outlast
Warriors, 50-41
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WARRENTON — Warren-
ton was able to overcome an early
10-0 deficit, but the Warriors could
not stay with Portland Christian
over the full four quarters Tuesday
night, in a Lewis & Clark League
boys basketball game.
The Royals briefly lost their
big lead, but a 12-0 run to end the
first half led to eventual 50-41 win
for Portland Christian.
Lucas VanderPloeg had a
game-high 18 points for the Roy-
als, with sophomore Malakai
Munoz adding 15.
Christian Holt led Warrenton
with 14 points, 12 in the first half.
Freshman Austin Little had
two 3-pointers off the bench in the
fourth quarter that had the War-
riors within 38-33, but the Roy-
als made four straight free throws
in the final minute, before Austin
Frisbee scored at the buzzer for
Warrenton’s final points.
Miethe scores 28 in Warrior win
By GARY HENLEY
The Daily Astorian
WARRENTON — From fifth
place to third place in the league
standings, and now all of a sudden
the Warrenton Lady Warriors are very
much in the running for the No. 1
seed in Lewis & Clark League girls
basketball.
The Warriors took over third place
in the standings Tuesday night, with
an impressive 74-57 win over Port-
land Christian.
Landree Miethe celebrated Senior
Night with a career-high 28 points,
and the Warriors gained a little
revenge for a few years of blowout
losses to the Royals, including set-
backs of 61-23 and 56-26, just last
season.
“That’s a team we lost to by
almost 40 points last year,” said War-
renton coach Robert Hoepfl. “Offen-
sively, this was our best game ever,
and we did some things differently on
defense. We did a good job on Demi
Guild, the league Player of the Year
for the last couple years.”
Guild finished with 19, not nearly
enough to match Miethe’s 28.
Miethe did not score at all in the first
quarter, before scoring 11 in the second
quarter, and 13 more in the third.
“She had 24 in the middle two
quarters, and she was just playing
out of her mind,” Hoepfl said. “And
they were all hustle points. Not a lot
of jumpers, it was just her getting out
on the break and finishing.”
Two straight scores by Miethe off
steals gave Warrenton a 27-17 lead,
and another fastbreak basket by the
senior had the Warriors well in front
with 3:25 left in the first half, 33-19.
She scored six of Warrenton’s first
seven points of the third period, and
the Warriors had it wrapped up with
an eventual 60-39 lead by the end of
the quarter.
Miethe had support from Tyla Lit-
tle (15 points), and Fernanda Alvarez
scored eight of her 10 in the first half.
Rachel Dyer made three 3-pointers
for nine points off the bench.
Warrenton (10-5 in league) has
one regular season game remaining
(at De La Salle, 6-9), but the War-
riors now have the upper hand on the
Royals (9-5), who still have a game
remaining vs. first-place Portland
Adventist (14-0).
The Warriors will likely finish
third, which would allow Warrenton a
shot at the league’s top seed (Warren-
ton would play at second-place Rain-
ier, with the winner facing Portland
Adventist).
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Dan Quinn
Falcons shake
up defensive
staff after fall
Associated Press
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. —
After squandering a 25-point lead
in the Super Bowl, the Atlanta Fal-
cons are shaking up their defen-
sive staff.
The team said Wednesday that
Coach Dan Quinn has dismissed
coordinator Richard Smith and
defensive line coach Bryan Cox,
though there’s a chance Smith
could stay with the Falcons in an
advisory role.
The changes mean the NFC
champions will have two new
coordinators next season. Kyle
Shanahan left to become head
coach of the San Francisco 49ers
and was replaced as offensive
coordinator by Steve Sarkisian.
Also, the Falcons will need
a new quarterbacks coach. Matt
LaFleur is expected to be named
offensive coordinator of the Los
Angeles Rams.
Smith will likely be replaced
by a coach already on staff. The
Falcons are considering defensive
backs coach Marquand Manuel,
linebackers coach Jeff Ulbrich and
defensive passing game coordina-
tor Jerome Henderson.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Seaside at Asto-
ria, 6 p.m.; Knappa at Columbia Chris-
tian, 6 p.m.; Onalaska at Ilwaco, 5:30
p.m.
Boys Basketball — Seaside at As-
toria, 7:45 p.m.; Knappa at Columbia
Christian, 7:45 p.m.; Winlock at Ilwaco,
7:15 p.m.
THURSDAY
Girls Basketball — Warrenton at De
La Salle, 6 p.m.; Jewell at Livingstone
Adventist, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Warrenton at De
La Salle, 7:45 p.m.; Life Christian at
Knappa, 7 p.m.; Jewell at Livingstone
Adventist, 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Warriors 74, Royals 57
PC (57): Demi Guild 19, Brownell 18,
McKinney 8, Stumetz 6, Hansen 2,
Conard 2, Cummins 2.
WAR (74): Landree Miethe 28, Little
15, Alvarez 10, Dyer 9, K.Blodgett 7,
Bussert 5, M.Blodgett, Morrill, Schen-
beck.
P.Christian
13 11 15 18—57
Warrenton
11 27 22 14—74
BOYS BASKETBALL
Royals 50, Warriors 41
PC (50): Lucas VanderPloeg 18, Mu-
noz 15, DeLucia 8, Pennington 7, Weber
2.
WAR (41): Christian Holt 14, Little 9,
Whitaker 8, Kapua 4, Fischer 2, Alco-
bendas 2, Frisbee 2, Fowler, Jackson.
P.Christian
12 15 9 14—50
Warrenton
11 5 11 14—41
JV: Warriors 58, Royals 57
AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki, left, and Yogi Ferrell, right, defend against Portland Trail Blazers’ C.J. McCollum during the first half
in Dallas, Tuesday. McCollum lead the Blazers with 32 points, including the game winner. Nowitzki had 25 points for the Mavericks.
McCollum’s winner spoils
Nowitzki’s vintage display
Portland beats Dallas
after six lead changes
in the final minute
By DAVE JACKSON
Associated Press
D
ALLAS — On a night when Dirk
Nowitzki turned back the clock for the
Dallas Mavericks, C.J. McCollum had
the final answer.
McCollum scored 32 points, the last two
on a runner from the top of the lane with 0.9
seconds left to give the Portland Trail Blazers
a 114-113 win over the Dallas Mavericks on
Tuesday night.
Nowitzki finished with 25 points that
included two clutch 3-pointers, the second a
potential game-winner with 3.9 seconds left.
Portland and Dallas - fighting for the
eighth and final playoff spot in the Western
Conference - battled through a tense fourth
quarter that saw the teams trade 13-0 runs at
one point, then exchange leads six times in the
final minute.
McCollum scored Portland’s last seven
points. On the final sequence, he took Mason
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Plumlee’s inbounds pass and split a dou-
ble-team of Harrison Barnes and Wesley Mat-
thews to break into the clear.
“Once I caught it, I knew I was going to
attack right away,” McCollum said. “I tried
to split (the double team), and get to the free-
throw line and get to my sweet spot.”
McCollum released his runner at the free-
throw line and it swished through. Dallas,
which was without a time-out, managed only
Devin Harris’ long heave from three-quarter
court that wasn’t close.
Damian Lillard added 29 points for the
Blazers, who tied their season series with the
Mavericks at 2-2 — each team winning twice
on the others’ home floor.
Barnes led the Mavericks with 26 points
and Matthews added 23.
Portland led 101-89 with 7:19 to go before
the Mavericks answered the Blazers’ 13-0 run
with one of their own. Neither team led by
more than two points in the final five minutes.
Nowitzki’s 3 with 38.9 seconds left gave
Dallas a 108-107 lead and prompted a fist
pump from the veteran, who was coming off
four games of below double figures for only
the second time since his rookie season.
“The shot-making at the end was just
vintage,” coach Rick Carlisle said. “It was
breathtaking.”
But McCollum was just getting started.
He hit a short jumper, then answered a Devin
Harris counter with a three-point play to make
it 112-110 with 12.3 seconds to play before
Nowitzki hit another long ball.
“You’re just hoping that’s ‘Game’.” said
Nowitzki of his last 3. “But three seconds in
this league is a long time. I’ve obviously seen
a lot of stuff happen. McCollum made a heck
of a play.”
A bad break
Forward Evan Turner suffering a broken
right hand in the third quarter after scoring 11
points. He left with 5:08 to play and did not
return.
Turner was diagnosed with a broken third
metacarpal bone. Neither he nor coach Terry
Stotts could gauge how long he would be out,
but Turner was told after the game he likely
would not need surgery.
Pac-12 women’s title will likely run through Corvallis
By STEVE GRESS
Gazette-Times
CORVALLIS — With No. 15
UCLA’s 85-76 win at No. 8 Stan-
ford on Monday night, the road to
the Pac-12 women’s basketball title
will likely once again run through
Corvallis.
Stanford’s loss dropped the Car-
dinal a game back of No. 9 Oregon
State with six games to play.
The Beavers head into this week-
end at 11-1 in the conference and
22-2 overall while Stanford (20-4)
and Washington (22-3) are both 10-2.
UCLA (18-5), coming off a disap-
pointing loss at California last Friday,
clawed back in the race at 9-3.
Oregon State will play four of its
final six at home, including games
with UCLA (Sunday, 1 p.m.) and
Stanford (Feb. 24, 8 p.m.).
First up is an 8 p.m. tilt with USC
on Friday before a rematch with the
Bruins, who rallied in the fourth quar-
ter for a 66-56 win, the Beavers’ lone
conference loss.
Then comes a road trip to Colo-
rado and Utah before closing out the
regular season at home against Stan-
ford and California.
Washington, which lost at Oregon
State in their only meeting, plays four
of six at home with the Arizona and
mountain schools and a road trip to
the Los Angeles schools.
Stanford hosts the mountain
schools this weekend, then plays two
games with California and closes the
season at Oregon State and Oregon.
UCLA has the toughest schedule
with four of its last six on the road.
The Bruins head to Oregon this week,
then host the Washington schools
before wrapping up at the Arizona
schools.
“Wow, this conference is really,
really good,” Bruins coach Cori Close
said after Monday’s win, UCLA’s
first at Maples since Jan. 16, 1999.
Wiese moving up
Oregon State senior point guard
Sydney Wiese moved into 23rd place
on the NCAA career 3-pointers made
list with her 339th on Sunday in a win
at Arizona. Wiese has hit 69 3s this sea-
son and can move into 22nd with two
more. With 12 more she will move all
the way up to 18th. Kaleena Mosque-
da-Lewis, from Connecticut, holds the
record with 398. Wiese was named as
one of 19 players to the midseason list
for the best guard on Tuesday.
Bracketology: ESPN projects
Oregon State is the No. 2 seed in the
Oklahoma City Regional, and Ore-
gon the No. 8 seed in Oklahoma City.