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SPORTS
East Oregonian
VIKINGS:
College Basketball
margin never dipped below
10 in the second half.
“We lost, but it’s a win,”
Gilbertson said. “It’s a moral
win. We’re building. We just
want to keep building.”
The Pirates start two
sophomores and two fresh-
men, and while the team
never truly challenged the
Vikings on the scoreboard,
they “battled” throughout,
Gilbertson said.
“Our ranking doesn’t
show the heart our girls
have,” he said of his team’s
27th positioning in Class 3A
out of 39 teams. “Overall, I
can’t complain.”
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The other developing hab-
its don’t have Bow quite as
encouraged, however.
“We’re struggling to put
the ball in the hoop,” Bow
conceded. “I think we’ve had
a lot more possessions and
better looks than other teams,
but we’ve just struggled to
put the ball in the hoop.
“I really thought we were
just going to start running
away in the beginning, and
they were there to stop us and
challenge us and we weren’t
In the opening half Uma-
tilla forced 22 Riverside (7-8,
0-2 EOL) turnovers, but the
added looks resulted in just
The Umatilla offense nev-
er found its rhythm, shooting
just 17 of 50 on the night and
1 of 9 from three-point range.
The two EOL league wins
provide two of the team’s
three lowest scoring out-
puts in wins this season. The
37-point average in those
games marks a stark contrast
from the squad that averaged
57 points per win in its run
through non-league play.
“We had a lot of shots that
kids normally hit that didn’t
go down for us,” Bow said.
“The last two games have
been the same way — the
same style — we played well
defensively down in Nyssa,
we played well defensively
tonight, but we just couldn’t
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Kasandra Galbraith (24) and Aleesha Watson (40), of
Umatilla, battle the Pirates’ Kassidy McCullough for a
loose ball Thursday in Umatilla.
convert.
“We’ve got to do what
we’ve got to do to win these
games and hopefully at the
end of the season we’ll be
peaking — back to the way
we started the season.”
Junior center Courtney
-
ter points appeared to have
the Vikings headed in the
right direction, but she only
scored twice more on the
night. The remainder of the
normally potent scorers nev-
er got going.
And still the Vikings built
a 22-12 halftime lead. The
rebounds, in “her best game
all year”, according to Bow.
“They have a 5-11 girl
that’s a beast,” Gilbertson
said of Dohman.
Sophomore forward Alee-
sha Watson added 11 points
in the win for the Vikings.
Lacey Mashos led River-
side with eight points.
Both sides play again on
Saturday. Umatilla hosts
Vale, while Riverside will
play Nyssa at home.
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UMATILLA 42, RIVERSIDE 27
RHS (7-8)
8 4
8
7 — 27
UHS (13-3) 12 10
8 12 — 42
RIVERSIDE — Lacey Mashos 8, K.
McCullough 2, S. Hasbell 0, P. Pena 0, J.
Shimer 6, S. Wightman 5, E. Velasco 2, E.
Sanchez 2, A. Hernandez 2.
UMATILLA — B. Chavez 2, M. Paz 0, K.
Barajas 0, I Campos 3, B. Campos 2, S.
Webb 3, K. Galbraith 9, C. Dohman 12, A.
Watson 11.
3-point field goals — RHS 1, UHS 1.
Free throws — RHS 0-4, UHS 7-14. Fouls
— RHS 13, UHS 16.
UMATILLA: Long balls give Vikes needed boost
Continued from 1B
had 12 points, with eight
of them coming in the sec-
ond half, and Webb hit two
three-pointers in the second
quarter to provide a needed
lift for the Vikings (8-8, 2-0).
“That was probably the ex-
citement of the night, the en-
ergy of the night,” Lete said of
Webb’s second quarter spurt.
needed to get things going.
That’s what he needed. That’s
what the team needed.”
For Riverside, the story
was much different. The Pi-
rates (5-10, 0-2) committed
27 turnovers in the game,
and were forced into using a
largely inexperienced back-
court after sophomore guard
Noe Madrigal was tagged
with some early fouls in the
“The guards have to get
stronger,” Riverside head
coach Clair Costello said.
“They’re young, inexperi-
enced. They didn’t have any
varsity experience starting
out the season. We got up and
down. Our bigs didn’t play
very big.”
The Vikings were whistled
and turned it over eight times.
Just 13 shots in total were tak-
-
ed in a 9-7 lead for the Pirates.
Six of those nine points came
from the free throw line.
Umatilla came back in the
second quarter, but still strug-
gled to maintain possession
of the ball, and the same went
for Riverside. Webb came into
the game and hit a three with
5:12 on the clock, then two
possessions later hit another
three to give the Vikings a 17-
13 lead. It was the biggest lead
of the game to that point.
“Good thing we had some
younger kids, some sopho-
mores, some freshmen that
really stepped up and decid-
ed to play,” Lete said.
Umatilla went into the
locker room with the 23-17
lead, and broke it open in
defense and good enough of-
fense. Eric Garcia hit three
right out of the gate to give
Umatilla 26-17 lead, and the
Vikings never looked back.
The win puts Umatilla
up a game on Vale, who lost
Thursday night to Nyssa.
“Overall, really disap-
pointed, though,” Lete said.
“I’m glad we got the win.”
Umatilla’s next contest
is Saturday, when they host
Vale at 7:30 p.m. Riverside
next plays Nyssa on Saturday
at 6 p.m.
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UMATILLA 56, RIVERSIDE 38
RHS (5-10) 9 8
5 16 36 — 38
UHS (8-8)
7 16 18 15 58 — 56
RIVERSIDE — N. Madrigal 8, E. Castillo 3,
R. Rosales 3, J. Carmona 3, G. Roberts 6, F.
Olivera 5, J. Villa 2, F. Aparicio 0, S. Navarro
2, J. Salgado 0, J. Garcia 3, K. Sorenson 3.
UMATILLA — D. Ayala 2, J. Ramirez 12,
E. Garcia 5, G. Armenta 0, J. Coria 9, K.
Webb 9, D. Garcia 4, A. Jamie 6, J. Tejada,
S. Sanguino 0, A Simmons 0, E. Morales 7.
3-point field goals — RHS 1, UHS 6.
Free throws — RHS 19-29, UHS 8-18.
Fouled out — G. Roberts (RHS). Fouls —
RHS 17, UHS 23. Technical fouls — Coach
Costello (RHS).
BUCKS: Pendleton slows the pace in second half
start the game.
“(La Grande) plays really big and we
kind of got in foul trouble early,” said
Pendleton coach Michelle Gomez.
fense to take a 33-27 lead into the fourth
quarter.
“We were trying to fast break and
it just wasn’t working for us,” Gomez
said, “so we just said let’s take a differ-
ent approach and slow it down and be
more selective.”
Darian Lindsey led the Bucks with
13 points and eight assists, and hit a cou-
on a 7-0 run to pull within a bucket, but
still trailed 24-20 after the second.
“We went in at halftime and our goal
was to get more rebounds and be more
physical underneath the basket and
that’s what we did,” Gomez said.
The Bucks (10-5) used their physical
edge inside and a slowed tempo on of-
help ice the win.
La Grande rattled off consecu-
tive three-pointers to pull within three
points, but with just more than a minute
remaining was forced to foul Pendleton
the rest of the way.
Bucks senior Marlene Bodmer (nine
points, eight rebounds) also connected
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game before the start of league play.
The Tigers (8-5) came out in front of
from the charity stripe in the last minute.
Kristin Williams added 12 points,
four blocks and six rebounds for the
eight points, nine rebounds.
Avery Albrecht led La Grande with
13 points.
Pendleton will open Columbia River
Conference play on Friday, Jan. 23 at
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PENDLETON 50, LA GRANDE 45
PHS (10-5) 8 12 13 17 — 50
LGHS (8-5) 10 14
3 18 — 45
PENDLETON — Darian Lindsey 13, K. Williams 12, M.
Bodmer 9, K. Sperl 8, S. Greb 4, H. Greb 2, K. McGlothan
2, H. Thompson, C. Hoffman, L. Taylor.
LA GRANDE — Avery Albrecht 13, L. Miles 9, K. Collman
8, K. Avila 8, M. Wilcox 3, A. McDaniel-Perrin 3, R. Alexan-
der 1, B. Givens.
3-point field goals — PHS 3, LGHS 6. Free throws —
PHS 11-17, LGHS 13-17. Fouls — PHS 20, LGHS 15. Fouled
out — Sperl (PHS).
PAC-12: Utah dominates Arizona State in the desert
-
ference road game. The Utes
led by as many as 28 points
to remain the lone unbeaten
team in the conference.
Gerry Blakes scored 10
points and Savon Goodman
had nine points and 10 re-
bounds before fouling out for
the Sun Devils (8-9, 0-4).
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held a 19-15 lead at halftime.
separation midway through
the second half behind a 10-2
run. After falling behind 27-
26, two free throws from
in front. Andrews and Ander-
son sandwiched 3-pointers
around a layup by Nigel Wil-
liams-Goss and quickly the
their largest of the game to
that point.
Oregon State pulled with-
in 42-37, but consecutive
3-pointers by Andrews and
Anderson and free throws by
lead to 10 with 2 minutes left.
WASHINGTON STATE
108, OREGON 99 (OT)
— At Pullman, Wash., Josh
points and 13 rebounds to
carry Washington State to an
overtime win over Oregon on
Thursday night.
DaVonte Lacy scored 20
for the Cougars (9-7, 3-1
Pac-12). Ike Iroegbu added
20, and Brett Boese had 16
in WSU coach Ernie Kent’s
Joseph Young led Oregon
(12-5, 2-2) with 32 points,
Friday, January 16, 2015
AP Photo/Young Kwak
Oregon’s Elgin Cook (23) takes a shot against Wash-
ington State during the first half of an NCAA college
basketball game in Pullman on Thursday.
tying his season high. Elgin
Cook scored a career-high 26
points for Oregon, and his 10
rebounds led the Ducks.
The game was tied at 94
at the end of regulation. The
free throws in overtime.
There were 23 lead changes
and 18 ties.
Washington State led 57-
52 at the half. The Cougars
shot 72.4 percent from the
-
gon hit 55.3 percent. For
the game, WSU shot 58.9
percent to Oregon’s 49.4
percent.
No. 8 UTAH 76, ARIZO-
NA STATE 59 — At Tempe,
Ariz., Delon Wright scored
21 points and No. 8 Utah re-
mained the most dominating
team in early Pac-12 play.
Jordan Loveridge added
14 points and Brandon Tay-
lor had 13 for the Utes (14-
2, 4-0). They shot 54 percent
seventh straight heading into
Saturday’s showdown at No.
10 Arizona.
After routing Southern
California by 24 points,
UCLA by 32 and Colorado
by 25, Utah showed no signs
No. 10 ARIZONA 68,
COLORADO 54 — At
Tucson, Ariz., Stanley John-
son scored 22 points, Kaleb
Tarczewski added 14 and
No. 10 Arizona pulled away
from short-handed Colorado
on Thursday night.
Arizona (15-2, 3-1 Pac-
12) struggled offensively at
times without injured guard
Gabe York and had a hard
time containing Askia Book-
er after losing to Oregon
State in its last game.
The Wildcats pulled out
their 31st straight home win
by dominating inside, out-
scoring Colorado by 16 in the
paint while grabbing 15 more
rebounds.
Booker had a career-high
30 points on 11-of-17 shooting,
including 6 of 9 from 3-point
range. That helped the Buf-
faloes (9-7, 2-2) keep it close
early despite playing without
Josh Scott (back) and Xavier
Johnson (ankle), their second
and third-leading scorers.
Zags ride over Waves
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after they were late arriving
MALIBU, Calif. —
Kyle Wiltjer scored 19 of
his 24 points in the second
half as No. 3 Gonzaga sur-
vived a scare before beating
Pepperdine 78-76 Thursday
night for its 27th straight
victory over the Waves.
Freshman Domantas Sa-
bonis had 18 points and a ca-
reer-high 12 rebounds for the
Zags (17-1, 6-0 West Coast)
in a game delayed 33 minutes
that caused lengthy delays on
-
onis was a career-best 9 of 9
Gonzaga coach Mark
Few earned his 200th league
win against 24 losses.
Jett Raines led four play-
career-high 22 points for
the Waves (11-6, 4-2), who
were off to their best league
start since 2002.
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
Wallowa
Echo
Joseph
Helix
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Today
Culver at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m.
Baker at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
Hermiston at La Salle Prep, 7:15 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Helix, 7:30 p.m.
Irrigon at Heppner, 7:30 p.m.
Stanfield at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m.
Arlington at Condon/Wheeler, 7:30 p.m.
Ione at Mitchell/Spray, 7:30 p.m.
Powder Valley at Echo, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
Pilot Rock at Culver, 4 p.m.
South Wasco County at Ione, 5:30 p.m.
Echo at Wallowa, 5:30 p.m.
Heppner at Stanfield, 5:30 p.m.
Helix at Joseph, 5:30 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Pine Eagle, 5:30 p.m.
Arlington at Sherman, 5:30 p.m.
Vale at Umatilla, 5:30 p.m.
Dufur at Condon/Wheeler, 5:30 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Irrigon, 5:30 p.m.
Nyssa at Riverside, 6 p.m.
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Today
Culver at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m.
Hermiston at La Salle Prep, 5:30 p.m.
Stanfield at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m.
Powder Valley at Echo, 6 p.m.
Ione at Mitchell/Spray, 6 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Helix, 6 p.m.
Arlington at Condon/Wheeler, 6 p.m.
Irrigon at Heppner, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Pilot Rock at Culver, 2:30 p.m.
Arlington at Sherman, 4 p.m.
Vale at Umatilla, 4 p.m.
Nixyaawwi at Pine Eagle, 4 p.m.
Helix at Joseph, 4 p.m.
Echo at Wallowa, 4 p.m.
South Wasco County at Ione, 4 p.m.
Dufur at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m.
Heppner at Stanfield, 4 p.m.
Nyssa at Riverside, 4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Irrigon, 4 p.m.
PREP WRESTLING
Today
Hermiston, Pendleton, Mac-Hi,
Riverside, Heppner at Oregon Wrestling
Classic (Redmond), 8 a.m.
Saturday
Hermiston, Pendleton, Mac-Hi,
Riverside, Heppner at Oregon Wrestling
Classic (Redmond), 8 a.m.
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL
Today
Eastern Oregon at NW Christian,
7:30 p.m.
Blue Mountain at Big Bend 8 p.m.
Saturday
Blue Mountain at Spokane, 4 p.m.
Eastern Oregon at Corban, 7:30 p.m.
OSAA
Class 4A GOL
La Grande
Baker
Ontario
Mac-Hi
Conf.
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
Ovr.
10-4
8-7
3-12
2-10
Class 3A EOL
Umatilla
Vale
Nyssa
Riverside
Conf.
2-0
1-0
0-1
0-2
Ovr.
8-8
4-8
5-8
5-10
Class 2A CBC
Irrigon
Heppner
Stanfield
Weston-McEwen
Pilot Rock
Culver
Conf.
1-0
1-0
1-0
0-1
0-1
0-1
Ovr.
11-1
10-1
9-2
5-8
4-6
2-11
Class 1A BSL
Horizon Christian
Sherman
Dufur
South Wasco
Mitchell/Spray
Ione
Condon/Wheeler
Arlington
Conf.
3-0
3-1
3-1
2-2
1-2
1-2
0-2
0-3
Ovr.
11-3
8-2
7-4
6-6
5-6
2-7
3-8
2-11
Class 1A OOL
Nixyaawii
Pine Eagle
Powder Valley
Conf.
3-0
3-0
2-2
Ovr.
8-6
4-7
6-7
Conf.
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
Ovr.
11-3
10-5
6-6
3-10
Class 4A GOL
La Grande
Baker
McLoughlin
Ontario
Conf.
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
Ovr.
8-5
5-9
3-9
3-12
Class 3A EOL
Umatilla
Vale
Nyssa
Riverside
Conf.
2-0
1-0
0-1
0-2
Ovr.
13-3
11-1
5-9
7-8
Class 2A CBC
Culver
Weston-McEwen
Pilot Rock
Irrigon
Heppner
Stanfield
Conf.
1-0
1-0
1-0
0-1
0-1
0-1
Ovr.
9-4
8-4
5-5
5-6
5-7
4-7
Class 1A BSL
Dufur
Arlington
Sherman
Condon/Wheeler
Ione
Mitchell/Spray
Horizon Christian
South Wasco
Conf.
4-0
3-0
3-1
2-0
1-2
0-3
0-3
0-4
Ovr.
7-4
9-4
5-5
11-1
1-8
5-7
3-9
2-11
Class 1A OOL
Echo
Powder Valley
Nixyaawii
Wallowa
Helix
Joseph
Pine Eagle
Conf.
4-0
3-1
2-1
2-2
1-2
0-3
0-3
Ovr.
12-2
7-6
9-4
6-7
5-7
3-8
2-8
Pac-12
Wednesday’s Games
UCLA 83 USC, 66
Stanford 69, California 59
Thursday’s Games
Arizona 68, Colorado 54
Washington 56, Oregon State 43
Utah 76, Arizona State 59
Washington State 108, Oregon 99, OT
Basketball
Ovr.
8-4
6-7
3-10
1-13
GIRLS
Class 5A CRC
Hermiston
Pendleton
The Dalles
Hood River
NCAA Men
Top 25
Thursday’s Games
No. 3 Gonzaga 78, Pepperdine 76
No. 7 Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 55
No. 8 Utah 76, Arizona State 59
No. 10 Arizona 68, Colorado 54
Today’s Games
No games scheduled
COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Today
Eastern Oregon at NW Christian
5:30 p.m.
Blue Mountain at Big Bend 6 p.m.
Saturday
Blue Mountain at Spokane, 2 p.m.
Eastern Oregon at Corban, 5:30 p.m.
Conf.
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
6-7
6-7
4-7
2-10
NBA
Thursday’s Games
Milwaukee 95, New York 79
Houston 112, Oklahoma City 101
Cleveland 109, L.A. Lakers 102
Today’s Games
New Orleans at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Brooklyn at Washington, 4 p.m.
Memphis at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Chicago at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
Golden State at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Denver at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Portland at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Utah, 6 p.m.
Miami at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
PREP SWIMMING
Saturday
Pendleton, Hermiston at La Grande,
Noon
BOYS
Class 5A CRC
Pendleton
Hood River
Hermiston
The Dalles
2-2
2-2
0-3
0-3
Hockey
NHL
Thursday’s Games
Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 0
Minnesota 7, Buffalo 0
Vancouver 4, Philadelphia 0
Ottawa 4, Montreal 1
Tampa Bay 3, Edmonton 2
Colorado 4, Florida 2
Detroit 3, St. Louis 2, OT
Winnipeg 2, Dallas 1
Calgary 4, Arizona 1
San Jose 3, Toronto 1
Today’s Games
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.
Vancouver at Carolina, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 4 p.m.
Washington at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Winnipeg at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
WHL
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Today’s Games
Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 5 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 5:05 p.m.
Lethbridge at Brandon, 5:30 p.m.
Victoria at Red Deer, 6 p.m.
Regina at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
Portland at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Kelowna, 7:30 p.m.
Tri-City at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Spokane at Everett, 7:35 p.m.
ATHLETE
OF THE WEEK
CARLOS
CHAVEZ
Junior Guard -
Echo
Echo junior guard Carlos Chavez
boosted the Cougars to its second
league win over Joseph on Friday
night. Chavez drilled six three point
shots to finish with a season-best 33
points in the 83-52 victory over the
Eagles.
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