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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANuARY 21, 2019
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No. 19 Arizona
State outlasts
No. 10 Oregon
State in 2 OTs
Associated Press
CORVALLIS — The postgame
celebration had to wait after Ari-
zona State’s first win over a Top-10
opponent in five tries this season.
The 19th-ranked Sun Dev-
ils hastily packed their bags after
they outlasted No. 10 Oregon State
79-76 in double overtime on Sun-
day. The extra time on the court
put them in danger of missing their
flight, and they did their postgame
interviews
by phone on
the team bus
en route to
the Portland
airport.
Kianna Ibis had 28 points, 13
rebounds and three blocks for Ari-
zona State, and Reili Richardson
added 16 points, including nine
in the overtime periods. Richard-
son made three of four free throws
down the stretch to seal the upset
for the Sun Devils (13-5, 4-3 Pac-
12), who handed the Beavers their
first Pac-12 loss.
“We just kept saying, ‘We’re
not letting this one go,’” Arizona
State coach Charli Turner Thorne
said on the jubilant — and sweaty
— team bus.
“Some of us had to get dressed
on the bus. We didn’t have time to
shower,” Ibis said.
Defense was the difference
between Sunday’s game and Ari-
zona State’s earlier losses — all
by fewer than 10 points — to Ore-
gon, Stanford, Baylor and Louis-
ville. Ibis said the Sun Devils were
able to limit the Beavers’ pene-
tration in the lane and transition
opportunities.
“It feels great to finally win.
We knew we could compete with
everybody,” Ibis said.
Mikayla Pivec had 19 points,
nine rebounds and seven assists
and Katie McWilliams added 12
points for the Beavers (15-3, 5-1).
Richardson made a layup to tie
the game at 66 near the end of the
first overtime.
“She’s been clutch basically this
whole season. She always steps up
in big games,” Ibis said.
Arizona State led 73-72 with a
minute left in the second overtime
when Richardson sank a scoop
with 33.3 seconds left. Pivec and
McWilliams both missed shots
that would have tied it in the final
20 seconds.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls basketball — Warrenton at Blanchet
Catholic, 11 a.m., at Corban University; Verno-
nia at Knappa, 6:30 p.m.
Boys basketball — Vernonia at Knappa,
7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
Girls basketball — Tillamook at Astoria,
7:30 p.m.; Warrenton at Rainier, 7:30 p.m.; Jew-
ell at Oregon School for the Deaf, 5:30 p.m.;
North Beach at Ilwaco, 7 p.m.
Boys basketball — Tillamook at Astoria,
6 p.m.; Warrenton at Rainier, 6 p.m.; Jewell at
Oregon School for the Deaf, 7 p.m.
Swimming — Valley Catholic at Astoria, 4 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Banks 51, Astoria 32
AST (32): Brooklynn Hankwitz 8, Kelsey Fau-
sett 8, O’Brien 6, Jackson 4, Norris 3, Mathews
2, Lyngstad, Cole, Helmersen, Long.
BAN (51): Aspen Slifka 24, Nelson 9, Hernan-
dez 5, Streblow 4, Shook 3, Kind 3, Johnson 2,
Toledo 1.
Astoria
6
8
12
6 — 32
Banks
15
12
18
6 — 51
Valley Catholic 48, Seaside 28
SEA (28): Morgan Blodgett 11, Taylor 8, Kiser
5, Turner 4, McFadden, Goin, Zagata, Doney,
Garhofer.
Seaside
7
5
9
7 — 28
V.Catholic
14
18
9
7 — 48
Warrenton 45, Willamina 27
WAR (45): Claire Bussert 17, Ramsey 15,
M.Heyen 8, Dejesus 2, Alvarez 2, Miethe 1,
Kapua, Diego, Marchello.
Warrenton
10
13
12
10 — 45
Willamina
5
11
8
3 — 27
Knappa 40, Gaston 31
KNA (40): Aiko Miller 15, Weaver 13, Corcoran
4, Dietrichs 4, Tischer 2, Hellberg 2, Nicholson,
Rilatos.
GST (31): Katelyn Johnson 10, Jordan 9, Gomez
7, Heisler 2, Gajdostik 2, Belle-Isle 1.
Knappa
9
10
10
11 — 40
Gaston
10
6
7
8 — 31
BOYS BASKETBALL
Seaside 55, Valley Catholic 49
SEA (55): Ryan Hague 15, Br.Johnson 12, Januik
11, Westerholm 10, Thompson 7, Be.Johnson,
Meyer.
VC (49): Jack Tetzloff 14, Eberhart 12, Pruitt 12,
Napoli 5, Boileau 4, Miller 2.
Seaside
15
13
14
13 — 55
V.Catholic
14
5
23
7 — 49
Warrenton 57, Willamina 56
WAR (57): Dalton Knight 26, Little 13, Morrow
10, Jackson 4, Maddox 2, Stephens 2, Kapua.
Warrenton
12
17
8
20 — 57
Willamina
11
11
17
17 — 56
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Ionescu, No. 5 Oregon women blast Arizona
Associated Press
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E
UGENE — It took Oregon’s
Sabrina Ionescu until the third
quarter to make her first field
goal against Arizona.
Not that it mattered, with Satou
Sabally and the rest of the Ducks on
the attack.
Ionescu posted her NCAA-re-
cord 16th career triple-double, and
Sabally scored 18 of her 25 points
in a dominant first quarter as No. 5
Oregon raced past Arizona 93-60
on Sunday for its 10th consecutive
win.
The Ducks scored the game’s
first 20 points, and Sabally had 12
of them.
“That was a good win for us
today,” Oregon coach Kelly Graves
said. “I thought we played really
well. Obviously, the first quarter
was almost as good as we can play.”
Ionescu had 21 points, 12
rebounds and 12 assists for her sixth
triple-double in a Pac-12 game.
After missing her first six shots, she
made six of her last nine, including
three 3-pointers.
“I just knew I needed to keep
being aggressive, keep fighting,
keep rebounding and everything
else would take care of itself,”
Ionescu said of her shooting. “I’m
not too worried about it, but it was
nice to see some of them go in.”
Oregon forward
Ruthy Hebard
shoots over Arizona
forward Cate Reese.
Erin Boley hit five of Oregon’s
season-high 15 3-pointers and had
19 points for the Ducks (17-1, 6-0
Pac-12). Ruthy Hebard added 14
points and 11 rebounds.
Oregon led 31-4 after one quarter,
with Sabally making four 3-pointers
and three layups. Ionescu had eight
rebounds and six assists in the quar-
ter, with five going to Sabally.
“She was phenomenal, and her
and Sabrina had some great syn-
ergy in that first quarter,” Graves
said. “I think that’s what makes us
tough, that on any given night, any
given quarter, any given half, it can
be another player that just goes off.”
“We were playing fast with a lot
of fast breaks and my team helped
me, too, just running the floor,”
Sabally said. “It felt good.”
HOOPS ROUNDUP
Warriors beat the buzzer
in win at Willamina
Warrenton’s Ayden Stephens scored on a
layup as time expired, giving the Warriors a
57-56 win Friday at Willamina — the second
time in two weeks that Warrenton has scored a
last-second win over the Bulldogs.
“Our kids played some of the best offense I
have seen at Warrenton in years,” said Warren-
ton coach Nate McBride, whose team defeated
Willamina 46-45 Jan. 4 on a last-second free
throw.
“We spaced the floor, moved the ball well
and knocked down some big shots,” he said.
“Dalton (Knight) had a huge game for us, Aus-
tin Little hit several big shots, and Jake Morrow
got to the line 13 times (converting 10).”
Defensively, he said, “Ayden and Devin
(Jackson) slowed down their big guys inside
and kept us even on the boards.”
The Bulldogs made a 3-pointer to take a
56-55 lead with 12.9 seconds left, and after the
Warriors worked the ball upcourt, Warrenton
had the ball following a timeout under its own
basket with .7 seconds remaining.
“When our kids came to the timeout, not one
guy looked defeated,” McBride said. “They
were ready for a play to win the game and they
delivered.”
On the inbounds play, Knight drew two
defenders coming off a screen, and, McBride
said, “Stephens slipped to the basket, where
Morrow found him with a perfect pass for the
win. Great finish.”
Knight made six 3-pointers on his way to a
game-high 26 points, Little had 13 and Morrow
had 10 points, all from the free throw line.
Warrenton improves to 4-3 in league play,
while Willamina falls to 1-5.
Warrenton girls
cruise past Willamina
Claire Bussert scored 17 points and team-
mate Kenzie Ramsey tossed in 15, giving the
Warrenton Warriors all they would need for an
easy 45-27 win at Willamina in Coastal Range
League girls basketball action Friday night.
Adriana Dejesus, Melia Kapua and the War-
riors’ defense did the rest, allowing a combined
eight points in the first and fourth quarters,
helping Warrenton improve to 14-5 overall.
The game served as a tuneup for the sixth-
ranked Warriors, who play Monday at No.
2-ranked Blanchet Catholic (ranked No. 1 in
the 3A coaches poll). Tipoff is 11 a.m. at Cor-
ban University.
Maria Heyen added eight points, and Deje-
sus finished with eight rebounds, five assists
and five steals, while the Warriors had to rely
on some bench support when they were whis-
tled for 15 fouls in the first 10 minutes of the
game.
Bussert and Ramsey are both closing in on
school records for assists and 3-pointers, and
should reach those numbers this week when
Warrenton hits the road for games at Blanchet
Catholic, Rainier, Taft and Clatskanie.
Braves sink Fishermen, 61-15
After a season-opening loss to Pendleton,
the Banks boys basketball team has won 17 in
a row, their latest a 61-15 victory over a short-
handed Astoria team Friday night in a Cowapa
League contest at Banks.
The Fishermen host Tillamook on Tues-
day, the first of four straight home games for
Astoria.
drained another trey to start the second for an
18-14 Seaside lead.
Chase Januik and Johnson combined for 17
first half points, helping the Gulls grab a seem-
ingly safe 28-19 halftime lead.
But the Valiants didn’t go down easy.
Baskets by Daniel Pruitt, Trey Eberhart and
Jack Tetzloff helped Valley Catholic open the
third quarter on a 12-0 run, with 3-pointers
from Eberhardt and Tetzloff leading to an even-
tual 36-31 advantage for the Valiants.
The Gulls re-settled and quickly erased the
deficit, thanks to Seaside’s big second-half star,
Ryan Hague.
After a scoreless first half, Hague scored
nine in the third quarter to help the Gulls pull
even at the end of three quarters, 42-42.
Seaside finally decided to put the Valiants
away in the fourth, going 7-for-10 at the free
throw line to secure the win.
Hague led Seaside with 15 points (all in the
second half). Johnson added 12, Januik 11 and
Westerholm 10.
Cold night for Seaside
girls in loss to Valiants
Debbie Morrow/For The Daily Astorian
Warrenton’s Austin Little slides to the basket for
a score in Friday’s win at Willamina.
Early 21-0 run helps
Banks beat Astoria girls
Friday night’s game at Banks started with
a 6-0 run for the Astoria girls basketball team.
But that’s about where the highlights ended
for the Lady Fishermen, who soon found them-
selves trailing the Braves 21-6 early in the sec-
ond quarter of the Cowapa League game.
The 21-0 run was all the Braves needed on
their way to a 51-32 win over Astoria, in the
top 10 showdown at Banks. The loss was Asto-
ria’s first in six games, and first of 2019.
Astoria also found itself in early foul trou-
ble, as the first 10 fouls of the game were all
called on the Fishermen — including a techni-
cal foul on Astoria coach Mike Jacobson.
The rest of the night belonged to Braves’
superstar Aspen Slifka, who spent much of the
game scoring off steals or knocking down jump
shots on her way to a game-high 24 points.
Brooklynn Hankwitz scored eight points
for Astoria before fouling out, while team-
mate Kelsey Fausett also finished with eight
points for the Lady Fish, who return to play
home games this week with Tillamook (Tues-
day) and Valley Catholic (Friday). Astoria’s
next four games are at home.
Seaside boys win title
rematch vs. Valiants
The game of the night in 4A boys basketball
took place in Beaverton, where Valley Catholic
hosted Seaside in a rematch of the 2018 state
championship game.
And if the Valiants were looking for revenge,
they will have to wait another day.
Like they showed in March of last year, the
Gulls still hold the upper hand on Valley Cath-
olic, as Seaside posted a 55-49 win over the
Valiants.
After two ties and six lead changes in the
first quarter, the Gulls took control in the sec-
ond period.
Brayden Johnson — who beat the buzzer
with a 3-pointer to end the opening quarter —
Valley Catholic built a 32-12 halftime lead,
and a rough night from the field did not help the
Seaside Gulls in their Cowapa League girls bas-
ketball game Friday night in Beaverton, where
the Valiants posted a 48-28 win over the Gulls.
Seaside was 12-of-55 shooting (21 per-
cent), which included a 3-for-25 effort from the
3-point line.
Morgan Blodgett led the Gulls with 11
points, while Lilli Taylor had eight points, 12
rebounds and three blocks.
Seaside has a bye Tuesday, and plays Friday
at Tillamook.
Loggers cut down Gaston, 62-50
Four teams in Northwest League boys bas-
ketball are either 5-4 or 4-5 — fortunately for
Knappa, the Loggers aren’t one of them.
The Loggers improved to 7-2 in league Fri-
day night, with a 62-50 win at Gaston.
After a back and forth first half, “our con-
ditioning seemed to show through in the sec-
ond half,” said Knappa coach Paul Isom. “We
were able to keep the pressure up and eventu-
ally wear them down.”
Knappa had three players in double figures,
led by Eli Takalo’s 20 points. Timber Engblom
added 16 and Ty Vanderburg scored 10. Devin
Hoover and Joe Ramvick both had eight points,
as the only other Loggers to score.
Knappa girls score win at Gaston
With a couple of players out of the lineup
with injuries, the Knappa Lady Loggers had
others pick up the slack Friday night, on their
way to a 40-31 win at Gaston in a Northwest
League girls basketball game.
Already without Vicki Ramvick and now
missing Sophia Carlson and Katie Patterson,
the Loggers had plenty of scoring support from
Aiko Miller and Madelynn Weaver, who scored
15 points and 13 points, respectively, helping
Knappa snap a three-game losing skid.
The Loggers improve to 3-6 in league play,
4-12 overall, while Gaston is still winless in
league (0-9), 1-14 overall.
Knappa has home contests this week, Mon-
day vs. Vernonia and Wednesday vs. Portland
Christian.
— The Daily Astorian