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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Thursday, January 22, 2015 BUCKS: Open CRC play Friday versus HRV night and get beat,” he said. “If you’re a great defensive team you always have a chance to win.” The one thing that could hurt the Bucks going forward, Broad- dus said, is their tendency to play to their competition. “We’re kind of a young pro- gram still. I’ve seen us play up with teams and play down with teams,” he said. “We’ve played great in stretches and then not so great in stretches. “The league is kind of scary because there’s a couple of teams that haven’t been very successful in preseason and so they can kind of play with reckless abandon and have nothing to lose.” For that reason Broaddus doesn’t consider his Bucks the CRC favorite, despite a combined 11-32 record by the rest of the league. “The team that I think is the team to beat is Hermiston,” he said of the winners of two straight CRC crowns. “Until proven oth- erwise, a champion is a champion and they’ve been kind of the top of the league for several years. “They’re getting better and better as expected and I think Hermiston is going to be tough.” Pendleton will play the Bull- Continued from 1B cause they’re the bangers and the hard workers that scrap the whole entire game and don’t give up,” Smith said. Broaddus doesn’t give every player a green light to shoot just because he’s open, and the Bucks are averaging just 6.7 points a game off the bench. “I told the kids in early sea- six games to prove your stuff and then after that we look at the the percentages,’” he said. “And to be a great team it’s not going to be equal shooting. Our better shooters, we want them in spots to shoot and we want them in spots to shoot more often. That doesn’t mean they’re more im- portant.” The players, by all accounts, have completely bought into Broaddus and his coaching. Green said it didn’t take very long. “The moment he came in he demanded respect and I think that really made us focus,” he said. “He just wants us to be dis- ciplined and smart. Everybody is on board. “I think just his demeanor and the way he carries himself, and the way he wants us to carry our- self made us (respect him).” The Bucks enter league play second in scoring with 57.9 points a game, but it’s their CRC-lead- ing 49.5 allowed per game that Broaddus said will be the key to Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton’s Kai Quinn puts up a shot contested by South- ridge’s Jesse Macias (32) and Brad Morgan on Tuesday in the Bucks’ game against the Suns in Pendleton. the 2011-12 season. “I always focus on defense … because if you’re an offensive team you’re going to have an off Their CRC opener against Hood River Valley (7-7) tips off at War- berg Court at 7:30 p.m. ——— Contact Matt Entrup at men- trup@eastoregonian.com or (541) 966-0838. Follow him on Twitter @mattentrup. CRC: Eagles own league’s second best record Continued from 1B tential, too, making it the CRC’s biggest wild card this season. It played No. 2 Summit tough in a 64-55 road loss, and earned a 51-44 win over 4A power La Grande to indicate it hasn’t fallen to doormat status. That distinction, for as long as the CRC has been around, has belonged to Hood River Val- ley which is 1-41 in league play the last four seasons. The Eagles (7-7) have enjoyed the league’s second-most successful preseason this year, however, led by seven seniors and returning second-team all-league selection Parker Ken- nedy — a 6-foot-1 guard that is one of eight Eagles listed at six feet or taller. Hood River Valley’s wins have come mostly against smaller Washington schools, 2013-14 CRC Final Standings Hermiston Pendleton The Dalles Hood River 9-0 5-4 4-5 0-9 2014-15 Pendleton Hood River Hermiston The Dalles Record 9-5 7-7 3-11 1-14 PF 57.9 68.4 45.9 40.0 PA 49.5 69.6 57.5 64.1 though, and the Eagles come into league play off a 102-92 win over Washington 1A Ste- venson (7-8). They are 3-3 in their last six and while leading the CRC with 68.4 points a night, are last with 69.6 allowed. The Eagles should be able to avoid last place again this season, however. Despite being led by 6-foot-3 post Coby Conlee — one of just four all-league players to return to the CRC this season (Pendleton’s Caden Smith and Kai Quinn are the other two) — the Riverhawks haven’t been able to build much optimism with their preseason results. The Dalles enters league play on a sev- en-game losing streak that started with a 90-37 drubbing at the hands of Wilsonville — a team that narrowly edged Pendleton 45-44. The Riverhawks are last in scoring with 40 points a game and third in defense with 64.1 allowed. Only one team will earn and automatic state playoff bid from the CRC this season, the play-in round. BLAZERS: Aldridge out with left hand injury Continued from 1B win streak of the season and lon- gest since eight straight during the 2009-2010 season. The Blazers had a chance to go ahead again with 20 second left, but Lillard missed a baseline jumper and fouled the Suns’ P.J. Tucker. A missed free throw by Batum also cost the Blazers a chance to tie the game at 114. Portland’s last chance to tie was lost when Lil- lard stepped out of bounds trying to catch a high inbounds pass with 9.8 seconds left. The Blazers, losers of four of LaMarcus Aldridge because of a left hand injury. They still over- quarter of the season and out- scored Phoenix 80-60 from the 5:10 mark of the second. But they couldn’t pull it out. The Suns outscored the Blaz- ers 27-2 over nine minutes be- - ters to take control. Portland went scoreless over the last three min- minutes of the second before Will Barton’s layup. Gerald Green lobbed to Miles Plumlee for a dunk, and Phoenix led 53-31 at the 6:09 mark of the second. The Blazers trailed by as many as 25 but cut the lead to 14, 66-52, at halftime. The Blazers rallied in the fourth quarter, trimming the Suns’ lead to 93-86 with 8:57 left af- ter Dorell Wright’s conventional three-point play. Phoenix’s lead was four points until Thomas scored on a soaring layup and drew a blocking foul on Wright, making the score 99- 92 after a free throw. Thomas kept the Blazers at bay with another basket with 5:59 to go, giving the Suns a six-point lead. But the Blazers stormed ahead 105-102 with 4:05 left on the 3-pointer from Batum. The Suns tied a season high for - tal was the most the Blazers have surrendered in any opening peri- od this season. Still, the Blazers maintain a comfortable lead in the NBA’s Northwest Division. Thomas scored nine of the had 13 in the decisive run. Green scored 10 of his 12 points in the second quarter. Batum eclipsed his season high by 10 points, and his six 3-point- ers were also a season best. Wright, who started in place of Aldridge, scored a season high 15 points. Phoenix has won seven straight at home over the Blazers. The Suns are 17-2 against Port- land in 19 home games since Jan- uary of 2005. The Suns are now 4-0 at the halfway point of their longest homestand in club histo- ry, eight games. They are home through Jan. 30. Portland hosts Boston Thurs- day night. SCOREBOARD CORRECTION: There were two Flerchingers on the 1983 state championship Helix basketball team mentioned in the Jan. 21 story “Grizzlies honor Griswold greats.” Most of the references should have been to Kim Flerchinger, who was first-team all tournament and went on to play col- lege basketball at Whitman, not her sister Annie. Local Slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Today Nyssa at Riverside, 6:30 p.m. Friday Stanfield at Culver, 4:30 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario, 6:30 p.m. Nixyaawii at Joseph, 6:30 p.m. Hermiston at The Dalles, 7 p.m. Hood River at Pendleton, 7:30 p.m. Pilot Rock at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 7:30 p.m. Helix at Pine Eagle, 7:30 p.m. Ione at Horizon Christian, 7:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Sherman, 7:30 p.m. Arlington at Dufur, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Heppner at Culver, 2:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 5:30 p.m. Irrigon at Stanfield, 5:30 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Arlington, 5:30 p.m. Echo at Helix, 5:30 p.m. Wallowa at Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 6 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Ione, 6:30 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Today Nyssa at Riverside, 5 p.m. Friday Stanfield at Culver, 4:30 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario, 5 p.m. Nixyaawii at Joseph, 5 p.m. Helix at Pine Eagle, 6 p.m. Pilot Rock at Irrigon, 6 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 6 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Sherman, 6 p.m. Ione at Horizon Christian, 6 p.m. Arlington at Dufur, 6 p.m. Pendleton at Hood River Valley, 7 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Saturday Heppner at Culver, 2:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m. Irrigon at Stanfield, 4 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 4 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 4 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Arlington, 4 p.m. Echo at Helix, 4 p.m. Wallowa at Nixyaawii, 4 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Ione, 5 p.m. Today PREP WRESTLING Baker at Mac-Hi, 5 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Friday Hermiston, Pendleton at Reser’s Tournament of Champions (Liberty HS), 9 a.m. Riverside at Gervais Tournament, 3 p.m. Heppner at Grant Union Tournament, Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton at Reser’s Tournament of Champions (Liberty HS), 9 a.m. Riverside at Gervais Tournament, 10 a.m. PREP SWIMMING Saturday Pendleton, Hermiston at Hood River, 11 a.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Oregon Tech at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. Yakima Valley at Blue Mountain, 8 p.m. Saturday Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain, 4 p.m. Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Oregon Tech at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Yakima Valley at Blue Mountain, 6 p.m. Saturday Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Football NFL Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz. Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 5 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz. New England vs. Seattle, 3:30 p.m. (NBC) Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 27 15 .643 Brooklyn 18 24 .429 Boston 13 26 .333 Philadelphia 8 34 .190 New York 7 36 .163 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 35 8 .814 Washington 29 14 .674 Miami 18 24 .429 Charlotte 18 25 .419 Orlando 15 30 .333 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 27 16 628 GB — 9 12½ 19 20½ GB — 6 16½ 17 21 GB — Cleveland 23 20 .535 Milwaukee 21 20 .512 Detroit 17 26 .395 Indiana 15 29 .341 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 30 12 .714 Dallas 30 13 .698 Houston 29 13 .690 San Antonio 27 16 .628 New Orleans 21 21 .500 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 31 12 .721 Oklahoma City 22 20 .524 Denver 18 24 .429 Utah 14 28 .333 Minnesota 7 34 .171 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 33 6 .846 L.A. Clippers 28 14 .667 Phoenix 26 18 .591 Sacramento 16 26 .381 L.A. Lakers 12 31 .279 ——— 4 5 10 12½ GB — ½ 1 3½ 9 GB — 8½ 12½ 16½ 23 GB — 6½ 9½ 18½ 23 Wednesday’s Games New York 98, Philadelphia 91 Charlotte 78, Miami 76 Cleveland 106, Utah 92 Atlanta 110, Indiana 91 Detroit 128, Orlando 118 New Orleans 96, L.A. Lakers 80 Memphis 92, Toronto 86 Dallas 98, Minnesota 75 Oklahoma City 105, Washington 103, OT Phoenix 118, Portland 113 Brooklyn 103, Sacramento 100 Houston at Golden State (n) Thursday’s Games San Antonio at Chicago, 5 p.m. Utah at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Boston at Portland, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. NCAA Men Top 25 Wednesday’s Games No. 12 Utah 86, Washington State 64 No. 14 Wichita State 76, Missouri State 53 No. 15 North Carolina 87 Wake Forest 71 No. 20 Northern Iowa 66, Indiana State 60 No. 21 Baylor 81, Huston-Tillotson 61 Today’s Games No. 8 Notre Dame at Virginia Tech, 4 p.m. DePaul at No. 24 Seton Hall, 4 p.m. Georgia Tech at No. 2 Virginia, 5 p.m. No. 7 Arizona at Stanford, 6 p.m. No. 13 Maryland at No. 23 Indiana, 6 p.m No. 3 Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s, 8 p.m. Pac-12 Thursday’s Games UCLA at Oregon State, 6 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. USC at Oregon, 8 p.m. Arizona State at California, 8 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 48 30 14 4 64 156 127 Detroit 47 27 11 9 63 139 119 Montreal 45 29 13 3 61 123 106 Boston 48 25 16 7 57 126 121 Florida 44 20 14 10 50 107 122 Ottawa 46 19 18 9 47 126 128 Toronto 48 22 23 3 47 142 150 Buffalo 47 14 30 3 31 89 167 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 46 31 14 1 63 151 129 Pittsburgh 46 26 12 8 60 138 117 N.Y. Rangers 44 27 13 4 58 134 106 Washington 46 24 13 9 57 137 120 Philadelphia 48 19 22 7 45 130 146 Columbus 45 20 22 3 43 113 142 New Jersey 47 17 22 8 42 107 134 Carolina 46 16 25 5 37 98 120 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 45 30 10 5 65 137 104 St. Louis 46 29 13 4 62 148 111 Chicago 47 30 15 2 62 148 108 Winnipeg 48 26 14 8 60 135 117 Colorado 48 20 18 10 50 125 137 Dallas 46 21 18 7 49 144 151 Minnesota 46 20 20 6 46 128 137 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 47 31 10 6 68 139 124 San Jose 48 25 17 6 56 131 132 Vancouver 45 26 16 3 55 124 114 Calgary 47 25 19 3 53 136 125 Los Angeles 47 20 15 12 52 129 126 Arizona 46 16 25 5 37 105 156 Edmonton 47 12 26 9 33 109 158 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday’s Games Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO Colorado 3, Boston 2, SO Ottawa 4, Toronto 3 Winnipeg 4, Columbus 0 Anaheim 6, Calgary 3 San Jose 4, Los Angeles 2 Thursday’s Games No games scheduled WHL Wednesday’s games Medicine Hat 8 Vancouver 4 Kamloops 3 Tri-City 1 Everett 4 Prince George 1 Thursday’s game Kootenay at Edmonton, 9:30 a.m. Preps Grizzlies drop sixth straight East Oregonian JOSEPH — The Helix boys basket- ball team fell prey to the hot shooting Joseph Eagles in a 57-26 Old Oregon League contest late Tuesday night. The Eagles (6-7. 2-3 OOL) soared to a 33-14 halftime edge to down the Griz- zlies (2-12, 0-5 OOL) for the sixth con- secutive game. Braden Sprenger led Helix with 10 points. Levi Papineau added 13 re- bounds in the loss. Helix travels to Pine Eagle Friday at 7:30 p.m. ——— JOSEPH 57, HELIX 26 HHS (2-12) 7 7 7 5 — 26 JHS (6-7) 18 15 14 10 — 57 HELIX — Braden Sprenger 10, L. Papineau 2, K. Hack 4, G. Christman 7, T. Fehrenbacker 3, T. Wilson 0, J. Bushman 0, C. Marks 0, J. Shaw 0, J. Sprenger 0. JOSEPH — C. Stone 1, W. Smith 0, D. Vanwinkle 4, T. Johnson 2, J. Christman 6, Noah Deluey 17, C. Deluey 16, Borgeding 5, S. Beckman 6, J. Stein 0. 3-point field goals — HHS 0, JHS 8. Free throws — HHS 6-17, JHS 9-23. Fouls — HHS 20, JHS 15. Fouled out — T. Wilson (JHS). WSU: Loveridge sparks 19-2 run Continued from 1B turn the game into a blowout. DaVonté Lacy scored 15 points and Jordan Railey had 12 for the Cougars (9-9, 3-3). Josh Hawkinson had 12 points and 10 rebounds for his 11th dou- ble-double of the season. The game could have been cap- sulized in one play that gave Utah a 78-58 cushion. Wright nabbed his third steal on an entry pass, found Taylor on the fast break and he threw an alley-oop pass to Dakarai Tucker for a layup. Taylor’s 3-pointer gave Utah a 60-42 advantage, but the Cougars took advan- tage of a Utes cold spell and made three 3-pointers in a row. Brett Boese, who had 12 points, hit a long-range jump- er that drew the Cougars to 62-52 with 10:54 to play. Washington State led by four early and trailed 27-25 before the Utes picked up the pressure and prevented the Cou- the rest of the half. On the other end, Loveridge sparked a 19-2 run with a 3-pointer while getting fouled. The Utes led 46-27 at the break. After receiving a “good, old-fashioned beatdown” at Arizona, as Utah coach Lar- ry Krystkowiak put it, the Utes again lost the rebounding battle (35-30) but domi- nated in all other phases of the game. The Utes made 19 of 22 free throws while the Cougars lost their chance to stay in the game by going 14 for 27 from the line. Before the opening tip, Hawkinson made two free throws due to a pregame technical foul, assessed to Brekkott Chapman for a pregame dunk. Dallin Bachynski started at center in place of Poeltl. Bachynski limped off the court with a leg injury early in the second half but did return. Utah has won 13 straight at home against Washington State after dropping No. 15 NORTH CAROLINA 87, WAKE FOREST 71 — At Winston-Sa- lem, N.C., Kennedy Meeks scored 12 of his 16 points after halftime to help North Carolina pull away and beat Wake Forest. Brice Johnson had 19 points as the other half of a two-headed inside attack that helped the Tar Heels (15-4, 5-1 At- lantic Coast Conference) score 50 points in the paint on the way to their fourth straight league win. Freshman Justin Jackson added 17 points as the Tar Heels shot 69 percent (18 for 26) after halftime and 60 percent for the game. Codi Miller-McIntyre scored 20 points to lead the Demon Deacons (9- 10, 1-5). No. 20 NORTHERN IOWA 66, INDIANA STATE 60 — Cedar Falls, Iowa, Matt Bohannon scored 17 points, Seth Tuttle had 16 and Northern Iowa held off Indiana State for its sixth straight victory. Jeremy Morgan had 11 points for the Panthers (17-2, 6-1 Missouri Valley Conference), who blew a 10-point lead before rallying for their 13th consecu- tive home win. Indiana State went on an 11-0 run to jump ahead 47-46 with 6:40 left. But Northern Iowa tightened up its defense and did just enough on offense to with- stand a late charge by the Sycamores. Justin Gant and Brenton Scott each had 13 points for Indiana State (9-10, 5-2), which has dropped its last two. No. 21 BAYLOR 81, HUS- TON-TILLOTSON — At Waco, Tex- as, 61 WACO, Texas, Rico Gathers set career highs with 25 points and a Big - nally pulled away in the second half against NAIA school Huston-Tillotson.
