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East Oregonian
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
College Basketball
Oregon State takes down Iona
Associated Press
CORVALLIS — Oregon
State coach Wayne Tinkle
hoped to take things slowly
with
6-foot-10
Drew
Eubanks, but with an injury
to the Beavers’ starting
center, the freshman was
thrust into a major role.
“We’ve had to throw him
into the ¿re and he’s really
responded,” Tinkle said.
“I’m proud of the young guy.
“He’s a humble kid and
he’ll continue to get better.”
And that could be a scary
thought for opponents.
Eubanks had 19 points
on 8-of-9 shooting and was
one of three Oregon State
freshmen to score in double
digits for the second straight
game as Oregon State beat
Iona 93-73 on Tuesday night.
Gary Payton II had
12 points, 11 rebounds,
Iona
Oregon St.
73
93
four steals and a monster
360-degree dunk. Langston
Morris-Walker added 17
points for the Beavers (2-0).
A.J. English scored 20
points, but shot 4 for 17 from
the ¿eld, and Deyshonee
Much added 15 points for the
Gaels (0-2).
Oregon State outre-
bounded Iona 45-31, and
limited the Gaels to just 35.5
percent shooting.
“Their size kind of beat
us up a little bit,” Iona coach
Tim Cluess said.
He added that his team’s
cold-shooting start this
season won’t impact its fast-
paced style.
D-I: Personal touch helps
Morrison during recruitment
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the footsteps of former
Buckaroos Kristen Crawford
and Shae Lindsey, who are
respectively going into their
senior and junior seasons at
PSU.
“My aunt went to college
there and she actually played
softball there, but that wasn’t
the ¿rst reasons for me to
pursue it,” she said. “Port-
land is so close to home and
my family visits there a lot so
it was pretty familiar to me.”
Morrison, who batted
.453 with nine home runs
for Pendleton last season,
said she plans to study for
a career in the medical ¿eld
and is currently doing job
shadowing at St. Anthony
Hospital to explore her
options. She said Portland
State’s close relationship
with Oregon Health &
Science University was
another major factor in her
decision.
Like Richards, Morrison
got on the Vikings’ radar at a
camp.
“Since then I’ve kept them
updated on my tournament
schedule and letting them
know where I was going to
be playing,” she said, adding
that she even put in a few
phone calls to head coach
Barb Sherwood. “Being
persistent and trying to form
a personal relationship with
them really helps. So it’s not
just, ‘Oh here’s this girl that
sent out the same email to 20
coaches just hoping someone
would come to her game.’
“Coaches are looking at
hundreds of players so it’s
nice when they can tell they
have some one that they
can tell wants to have that
personal relationship.”
She said keeping visible
year round is another
important way to get noticed.
“I think ASA and travel
ball is extremely important,”
she said. “Sometimes you’ll
be playing in a tournament
that coaches came to watch
other girls on the other teams,
and they’ll see you.”
“A lot of the opportunity
for those girls to be seen
happens in the summertime
when they’re playing with
their summer team,” Cary
said. “I think it’s a great
thing for our program. What
it really does for the younger
girls is it gives them hope
that they can get some of
their college education paid
for by playing a game that
they love.”
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Contact Matt Entrup at
mentrup@eastoregonian.
com or (541) 966-0838.
SD4: Five two-way ¿rst teamers
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Ione junior Cord Flynn
was Ione’s other ¿rst-team
pick, making it as a running
back during a season in
which he saw time at tight
end and quarterback as well.
Arlington/Condon junior
linebacker Thomas Evans
was his team’s only ¿rst-
team selection.
League champion Perry-
dale had the most ¿rst-team
selections with eight.
Perrydale senior Keenan
Bailey, Dufur junior Bailey
Keever, Sherman juniors
Maverick Winslow and Max
Martin and sophomore Jacob
Justesen were ¿rst team on
offense and defense.
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2015 Special District 4
All-League Teams
First Team
Offense
QB — Bailey Keever, jr., Dufur
QB — Jacob Justesen, soph., Sherman
RB — Maverick Winslow, jr., Sherman
RB — Keenan Bailey, sr., Perrydale
RB — Cord Flynn, jr., Ione
TE — Max Martin, jr., Sherman
TE — Brant Barnes, sr., Perrydale
G — Hunter Sagmoen, sr., Perrydale
G — Ian Cleveland, soph., Dufur
C — Kirk Fairchild, sr., Perrydale
K/P — Alessandro Panozzo, sr., Ione
Defense
DE — Spencer Bibler, sr., Perrydale
DE — Max Martin. jr., Sherman
DT — Alex Hawes, jr., Perrydale
DT — C.J. Marsters, jr., Perrydale
LB — Keenan Bailey, sr., Perrydale
LB — Maverick Winslow, jr., Sherman
LB — Thomas Evans, soph., Arlington/
Condon
DB — Bailey Keever, jr., Dufur
DB — Jacob Justesen, soph., Sherman
Second Team
Offense
QB — Daniel Domes, jr., Perrydale
RB — Hagen Pence, soph., Dufur
RB — Sylas Aamodt, jr., Arlington/Condon
RB — Joe Jaeger, jr., Mitchell/Spray/
Wheeler
TE — Kolbe Bales, jr., Dufur
TE — Alvaro Villen-Caravillas, sr., Mitchell/
Spray/Wheeler
G — Ryan Asher, jr., Sherman
G — Jacob Pope, jr., Perrydale
C — Nic Lesh, soph., Sherman
K/P — Shawn Hauner, soph., Arlington/
Condon
Defense
DE — Tucker Moyer, jr., Mitchell/Spray/
Wheeler
DE — Benjamin Evans, jr., Arlington/
Condon
DT — John Keyser, sr., Dufur
DT — Ian Cleveland, sr., Dufur
LB — Brant Barnes, sr., Perrydale
LB — Hagen Pence, soph., Dufur
LB — Cord Flynn, jr., Ione
DB — Kirk Fairchild, sr., Perrydale
DB — Jason Juarez, sr., Ione
Honorable Mention
Offense
QB — Jordan Cheo-Mbonifer,, jr., Mitchell/
Spray/Wheeler
QB — Ellis Rager, sr., South Wasco
RB — Devan Dammann, sr., South Wasco
RB — Calvin Davis, jr., Arlington/Condon
RB — Wyatt Stutzman, sr., Sherman
TE — Curtis Crawford, soph., Dufur
TE — Brody Myers, sr., South Wasco
TE — Spencer Bibler, sr., Perrydale
TE — Ty Herlocker, jr., South Wasco
TE — Alessandro Panozzo, sr., Ione
G — Myles McCormick, soph., Mitchell/
Spray/Wheeler
G — Jorge Aguilar, sr., Ione
G — Rene McCoin, jr., Arlington/Condon
G — Jerod Wright, sr., Mitchell Spray/Wheeler
C — Luke Blim, jr., Arlington/Condon
C — Dawson Herlocker, jr., South Wasco
Defense
DE — Alessandro Panozzo, sr., Ione
DE — Ty Herlocker, jr., South Wasco
DT — Ryan Asher, jr., Sherman
DT — Rene McCoin, jr., Arlington/Condon
LB — Joe Jaeger, jr., Mitchell/Spray/
Wheeler
LB — Anthony Valdez, jr., Arlington/Condon
LB — Ellis Rager, sr., South Wasco
LB — Keith Kegal, jr., South Wasco
LB — Wyatt Stutzman, sr., Sherman
DB — Brody Myers, sr., South Wasco
DB — Devan Dammann, sr., South Wasco
DB — Curtis Crawford, soph., Dufur
DB — Kurt Nuevo, sr., Dufur
CBC: Kempken makes ¿rst team
Continued from 1B
represent their squad on the
¿rst team while Heppner’s
Jessica Kempken was her
team’s only selection.
All three schools had
players named to the second
team and honorable mention
as well, as did Stan¿eld, Pilot
Rock and Irrigon.
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2015 Columbia Basin Conference All-
League Volleyball
Player of the Year: Lynze Schonneker,
Culver
Coach of the Year: Randi Viggiano, Culver
Libero of the Year: Emma Hoke, Culver
First Team
Jenny Vega, Culver
Margie Beeler, Culver
Ali Schroeder, Weston-McEwen
Jessica Kempken, Heppner
Irma Retano, Culver
Sara von Borstel, Weston-McEwen
Second Team
KayLee Aldrich, Culver
Abby Rigby, Pilot Rock
Larissa Castenellos, Stanfield
Tehya Ostrom, Pilot Rock
Sarah Finifrock, Weston-McEwen
Sophie Grant, Heppner
Mati Aby, Weston-McEwen
Honorable Mention
Jaycee Fessler, Culver
Catylynn Duff, Culver
Alyssa Finifrock, Weston-McEwen
Maddie Griffin, Stanfield
Shyanne Connell, Stanfield
Kenzie Blankenship, Stanfield
Morgan Correa, Heppner
Sydney Maben, Heppner
Mya Chapman, Irrigon
Leticia Ramirez, Irrigon
Kayla Deist, Pilot Rock
Jacey Wilson, Pilot Rock
Onna DeLoach, Heppner
Rhyanne Oates, Pilot Rock
“We have to just continue
to do what we do and get
better.”
Both teams struggled to
score early, but the Beavers
went on an 18-4 run to close
the half and led 41-29 at the
break.
Oregon State led by as
many as 22 in the second
half.
Tres Tinkle, the son of
the coach, ¿nished with
11 points, and fellow frosh
Stephen Thompson Jr.,
the son of assistant coach
Stephen Thompson, added
16 points.
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COMMON FOE
The Gaels lost their
season opener last Sunday
at Valparaiso, a team the
Beavers host on Nov. 24.
ROAD WOES
Tuesday’s contest was the
¿rst of three games in ¿ve
days for the Beavers. “We’re
going to ¿nd out a lot about
ourselves,” Tinkle said.
That’s especially true since
the next two games aren’t at
Gill Coliseum. Last year, the
Beavers were 2-9 in true road
games and 0-3 on neutral
courts.
TIP-INS
Oregon State: The Beavers
were picked to ¿nish sixth in
the Pac-12 media poll. . Last
season, the Beavers ¿nished
17-14 overall and 8-10 in
the Pac-12, the team’s best
league mark since 1992-93. .
Center Daniel Gomis (hand)
and forward Jarmal Reid
(foot), both seniors, will most
at least two more weeks with
injuries.
Iona: The Gaels, from
New Rochelle, New York,
were picked to ¿nish ¿rst in
the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference coaches’ poll.
Eugene Johnson/The Corvallis Gazette-Times via AP
Oregon State guard Gary Payton II, right, dunks against
Iona during an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday,
Nov. 17, 2015, in Corvallis. Oregon State won 93-73.
From Monday
Defense keys win for newly ranked Oregon
Associated Press
EUGENE — Oregon
coach Dana Altman didn’t
know what was in store for
his freshly ranked team when
the quality of competition
cranked up
with
No.
20 Baylor
in
town
#20 Baylor
Monday
night.
What he
learned was
that until
the offense
#25 Oregon
clicks,
defense will
have to be
the Ducks’ calling card.
Chris Boucher and Elgin
Cook both scored 15 points
to lead No. 25 Oregon over
the Bears 74-67 in a matchup
of NCAA Tournament teams
from last season.
Oregon (2-0), which
entered the Top 25 earlier
in the day, held off several
Baylor (1-1) rallies with
balanced scoring and battled
to a 35-all rebounding draw.
“The difference in the
game was our creating 18
turnovers for 28 points,”
Altman said. “Our press hurt
them a little bit and we got
some hands on some balls.
So that was the difference,
and we were able to stay
even on the boards.”
Dwayne Benjamin had
13 points off the bench for
67
74
AP Photo/Chris Pietsch
Oregon’s Elgin Cook, center, drives to the basket be-
tween Baylor’s Jake Lindsey, left, and Rico Gathers
during the second half of an NCAA college basketball
game Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, in Eugene, Ore.
Oregon. Tyler Dorsey added
12 and Dillon Brooks scored
10.
Al Freeman led Baylor
with 22 points, and reserve
Johnathan Motley had 17.
“I’m disappointed that
we didn’t play better on the
offensive end,” coach Scott
Drew said. “Credit Oregon’s
defense. We didn’t execute
very well and they deserve a
lot of credit for that.”
After trailing by 16 early
in the second half, Baylor
twice got as close as three
— the last time on Taurean
Prince’s 3-pointer with 13
seconds left. But the Ducks
sealed the victory with four
free throws, though they did
miss four of 10 from the line
in the ¿nal minute.
Baylor was down by 13
with under 6 minutes to play
when a 10-0 run, fueled by
Freeman’s two 3-pointers,
brought the Bears within
three. King McClure missed
a 3 from the corner that could
have tied it before Oregon
¿nally found an answer in
Cook, who banked in a short
jumper to stop the bleeding.
“From about the 6-minute
mark to the 3-minute mark,
we had some God-awful
possessions,” Altman said.
“We wanted to get some ball
movement and we couldn’t
get guys in the right spot.”
Oregon ¿nished the game
shooting 43.6 percent (24
of 55) from the Àoor, and
Baylor was 24 of 61 for 39.3
percent. The Ducks did most
of their damage by hitting 18
of 30 attempts from inside
the 3-point line.
They were just 6 of 25
(24 percent) beyond the arc.
“We did all right when
we got the ball inside their
zone and made plays for
each other, but we were a
little quick with some of the
3s,” Altman said.
Both teams struggled to
¿nd any offensive rhythm
early. Baylor needed nearly
4 minutes to score and led
only brieÀy at 6-3.
After making just three
of 12 3-pointers to start the
game, Oregon ¿nally found its
comfort zone from inside the
arc on back-to-back jumpers
by Brooks and two more from
Cook for a 20-13 lead.
The Ducks pushed the
margin to 11 points twice
with balanced scoring, led
by Dorsey’s eight points, for
a 35-24 halftime lead.
Meanwhile, the Bears,
who had 31 assists and
only eight turnovers in their
season-opening win over
Stephen F. Austin, shot just
29 percent and had almost
as many turnovers (eight)
as ¿eld goals (nine) at the
break.
Baylor ¿nished the half
missing 11 of its last 13
attempts from the ¿eld.
T-WOLVES: Eight freshmen to make NWAC Tournament debut
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doctor’s orders. Her absence
for the Nov. 11 match at Big
Bend was to be expected.
But then things went a
little haywire when Baty
had to miss the match to
support his wife during her
hip surgery.
Former assistant Scott
Carswell stepped in to serve
as coach in the match — “If
not, I don’t know what
happens,” Baty said — and
the T-Wolves won 3-0.
In doing they so ¿nished
off a 14-0 league record,
something last season’s team
left unchecked on the list of
season goals.
“I think it brought out a
lot of leadership in every-
body. A lot of girls stepped
up that night,” said sopho-
more Klaree Hobart. “It was
a little weird but we worked
through it pretty well.”
“It felt like we can handle
more than we thought,” said
freshman Kristin Williams.
“It was de¿nitely weird not
having Dave there or Jess
there, but we handled it and
we overcame it. I thought
that would help us going into
the tournament.”
Carswell will continue to
assist Baty throughout the
NWAC Tournamnent, which
begins with T-Wolves facing
SW Oregon (16-20) at the
Greater Tacoma Convention
and Trade Center at 9 a.m.
All games will be broadcast
via live stream on the
YouTube channel NWAC
Sports Channel 1.
Here are some other
things to consider as the
T-Wolves prepare to take on
the Lakers:
TOURNAMENT
DEBUTS: Eight T-Wolves
freshmen will be getting
their ¿rst taste of the NWAC
Championship experience.
“I think a lot of the
freshmen are in for a big
surprise on Thursday, but
they’ll get it ¿gured out
really quick,” said Hobart,
who along with Beierle
are the only two returning
starters from last season’s
championship team. “I
walked in there and I was
like, ‘Whoa, this is a weird
atmosphere.’ I think that
¿rst game they’re going to
have a little jitters, a couple
butterÀies, but they’ll work
it out the ¿rst couple points.”
“I’m de¿nitely excited,
but nervous too,” said
Williams, a Pendleton
native. “I think it’ll be really
cool trying to go down there
and ful¿ll a legacy.”
Freshman Miah Perez
said she wasn’t sure how to
feel.
“I really don’t know what
to expect. I’m just planning
on playing good volleyball
the next few days, try to touch
up what we can in practice
and then just go play.”
B R A C K E T O L O G Y:
The T-Wolves like their ¿rst
round match-up in a SW
Oregon team whose best
asset is its No. 5 NWAC
ranking in digs per game
(16.69), but feel like they’ve
de¿nitely got the tougher
bracket with Bellevue
and Chemeketa looking
like possible future round
match-ups.
“There’s a lot of antici-
pation and expectations as
to the end, but I think the
¿rst two or three rounds are
going to be better than the
end, especially considering
our bracket,” Hobart said. “I
don’t think there’s any team
that we cannot beat. I don’t
think there’s any team that
necessarily cannot beat us. I
think it’s going to be a good
tournament and we’re going
to have to play our asses off.”
Chemeketa has beaten the
T-Wolves in all three of their
meeting this season with the
Storm holding a 9-1 edge in
sets won.
“I’m not going to take
anything from them, they’re
studs,” Beierle said, before
adding, “We can hang with
them. It’s hard to beat a good
team three times in a row
and I think this would be our
fourth time playing them.
“It’s basically the team
that plays the best for the
next four days and any team
could win it.”
T-WOLVES NOT TOP
DOG: When the T-Wolves
hoisted the NWAC trophy
last season it was with the
idea that a majority of the
team’s extremely talented
freshman class would return
for another season.
That ended up not being
the case, and despite getting
middle blocker Keri Schwarz
and setter Kylie Collins back
from injuries this season the
T-Wolves have struggled to
replace the production of key
net players like Amorelle
Applin, Madi Harris, Kylee
Giles and Alyssa Carnes.
“We’re certainly not the
team to beat this year, and
everybody kind of knows
that,” Baty said. “But at the
same time it’s been fun.
“I think it’d be one thing
if we had some beautiful
sterling record to protect,
but my lord, we’ve lost nine
games this year. There’s
nothing to protect.”
Baty said he’s not sure
what to expect out this
season’s NWAC Tourna-
ment.
“If they play like they’ve
been practicing the last three
or four days, we’re going to
be OK. If they don’t, then
we’re going to be another
one of those teams hoping
somebody will give us
points when we need to be
in the mindset of earning the
points.
“This is one of those situ-
ations that you hope when
the time comes and they
need to do their best they can
¿nd a way.
For the last two years for
sure it was our tournament
to lose, now it’s let’s go see
what can happen. It’s a little
bit different mindset.”
CONFIDENCE IS KEY:
One thing the T-Wolves will
not be able to do is get down
on themselves at any point in
the tournament.
The T-Wolves had a habit
of displaying their best and
worst in the same match
at points this season, and
that’s all about their mental
approach.
“I think if they stay
aggressive, despite whatever
happened the last point, that
will be the key to making it
to the championship match,”
said Humphreys.
The good news is recent
results and a strong week
of practice seem to have
the team in the right state
of mind.
“We feel like we are
still improving, instead of
coasting right now, which
is something teams don’t
normally do toward the end
of the season so I’m pretty
excited about that,” Williams
said. “I think we just need to
be con¿dent in ourselves,
and not worry about anybody
else and just play hard.”
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Contact Matt Entrup at
entrup@eastoregonian.com
or (541) 966-0838.