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Thursday, March 3, 2016
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Men’s Basketball
Oregon beats UCLA to clinch share of Pac-12 title
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES — Tyler
Dorsey scored 20 points and
No. 9 Oregon rallied in the
second half to beat UCLA
76-68 on Wednesday night,
giving the Ducks at least a
share of the Pac-12 title for
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Dillon Brooks added 15
points, and Elgin Cook had
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of his free throws for the
Ducks (24-6, 13-4 Pac-12),
who won their fourth in a
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nine rebounds, helping the
Ducks control the boards,
40-28.
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points, Tony Parker added
18, and Bryce Alford 16
points for the Bruins (15-15,
6-11). They have lost three
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regular season.
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win. Alford, who was 6 of
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71-68 with 59 seconds left.
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Ducks passed the ball
around before Brooks coolly
sank a 3-pointer for a 74-68
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layup and Alford snagged
the offensive rebound before
turning the ball over with 11
seconds left.
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points early in the second
half before the Ducks scored
nine straight to take a 50-48
lead. The Bruins tied it
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regained the lead.
Alford’s 3-pointer put
UCLA back in front 23-21
and launched an 18-12 run
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the Bruins leading 38-33.
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with three other players
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Oregon: The Ducks
clinched the No. 1 seed for the
Pac-12 tourney in Las Vegas.
... F Chris Boucher had three
blocked shots to break the
single-season school record
with 96. ... The Ducks are
15-0 when holding opponents
under 70 points.
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Oregon:
Concludes
regular season at Southern
California on Saturday.
UCLA: Hosts Oregon
State in regular-season
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Gary Payton II had 19
points, seven rebounds and
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State (17-11, 8-9), which
dropped to eighth place
in conference with one
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the Beavers, who fell to 1-7
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period with an 18-4 spurt for
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Wayne Tinkle is only the
second coach in school
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back in 1923 (19-7) and
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only player in the country
averaging 15.5 points, 7.5
rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.5
assists.
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Trojans
have won 10 of their
Wednesday’s game against UCLA in Los Angeles.
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81-70 victory over Oregon standings with one regu- the Beavers. ... The Trojans’
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Southern
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La Salle grabbed its only
lead in the second quarter
when Burns scored halfway
through the period to push
the Falcons ahead 9-8. But
Chance Flores hit his only
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in front 11-9. The Bulldogs
led the rest of the way.
Flores
struggled
Wednesday night, scoring
just seven points, but Andrew
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all scorers with 17 points
and Austin Naillon added
14. That type of offensive
balance had Ego pleased.
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second quarter on a 13-1 run
and never looked back. The
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the third quarter on Preston
Peterson’s free throws,
sending the Bulldogs into the
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lead of the night.
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furiously in the fourth
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interesting.
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in and out — got hot in
the fourth. Three different
Falcons — Robertson (2),
Matt Niebergall and Joe
Boyd — each hit 3-pointers
to grab a slice of the
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lead was quickly back to 12.
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Andrew James looks to pass the ball
guarded by LaSalle’s Ange Toku in the Bulldogs’ 55-42
win against the Falcons on Wednesday in Hermiston.
The
Bulldogs
now
advance into the 5A bracket
where they slot in as the No.
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off against the No. 1 seed
Wilsonville on Saturday
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has yet to be announced,
Despite the low ranking
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dent.
“I think we can pull it off,”
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LSP (9-15) 4 6
9 23 — 42
HHS (13-12) 6 15 14 20 — 55
LA SALLE PREP — J. Barns 10, S. Rob-
ertson 8, A. Toku 6, J. B Boyd 6, A. Lam 5,
M. Niebergall 5, M. Berger 2, J. Norton, N.
Grogan, J. Lyver, N. Parise.
HERMISTON — A. James 17, A. Naillon
14, C. Flores 7, T. Neal 7, D. Neal 5, P. Peter-
son 5, H. Walls.
3-pointers — LSP 6, HHS 4. Free throws
— LSP 4-6, HHS 17-26. Fouls — LSP 21,
HHS 12.
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rebounding and I think that
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quarter.
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all around was defensive
pressure, Maddern said.
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a little bit and I think those
last three quarters were
indicative of how our girls
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turnovers and outscored
Adrian in the paint 20-8.
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eight points off turnovers.
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second quarter on and held
Adrian to 6-40 (15 percent)
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tion against a Country
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of the season. The Cougars
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ticket with a 56-32 win over
Crane.
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take
another
great defensive effort (to
beat Country Christian),”
Maddern said. “They’ve got
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and so everybody’s going to
have to be up.”
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Boys Bracket
No. 4 Western Menno-
nite Pioneers vs. No. 5
Imbler Panthers, 1:30 p.m.
at PCC
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record and average 57.6
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roll in with a 20-3 record,
scoring an average of 52.0
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one of the best defenses in
the state, allowing just 34.6
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9 Kennedy Trojans, 3:15
p.m. at PCC
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to Western Mennonite on Jan.
8 — and average 58.4 points
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points on defense. Kennedy
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nite vs. No. 12 Imbler
Panthers, 3:15 p.m. at PHS
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at 20-7 overall, and averages
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round, and average 40.1
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vs. No. 6 Grant Union Pros-
pectors, 6:30 p.m. at PHS
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vs. No. 9 Bonanza Antlers, with each other, facing off
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1:30 p.m. at PHS
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a 22-4 record averaging all three by an average of
boasts a 15-10 overall
record, scoring an average of
50.6 points and allowing an
average of 49.2 points. The
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average of 11 points.
No. 2 Vernonia Loggers
vs. No. 7 Burns Hilanders,
8:15 p.m. at PCC
Vernonia stands with a
25-1 record — with its only
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the season opener on Dec.
2. The Loggers boast one of
2A’s best offenses, averaging
72.9 points while allowing
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in at 21-5 overall averaging
53.8 points and allowing
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eight points. Burns (25-2)
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and average 59.1 points per
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Union (19-6) averages 53.6
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vs. No. 7 Lost River
Raiders, 8:15 p.m. at PHS
Monroe (25-1) lone loss
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way back on Dec. 12, and
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the season. The Dragons
average 56.1 points per
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23-5 overall and averages
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during Mountain View
Conference play, with the
Dragons taking all three by
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to take advantage of its rest
day.
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off is going to be huge.”
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AHS (20-6) 14 4
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5 — 30
NCS (25-2) 4 12 17 17 — 50
ADRIAN — C. Morton 20, A. Hutchings
3, L. Barraza 2, S. Villarreal 2, K. Skerjanec
2, M. Bayes 1, E. Nielson, S. Speelmon.
(12-52)
NIXYAAWII — M. Stewart 22, D.
Maddern 15, K. Melton 5, T. Oatman 4,
E. Looney 4, S. Fuentes, A. Farrow, A.
Tanasket, S. Fitzpatrick. (16-45)
3-pointers — AHS 4, NCS 3. Free
throws — AHS 3-9, NCS 15-23. Fouls —
AHS 15, NCS 12.
NORTH DOUGLAS
49,
CONDON/
WHEELER 29 — At
Baker City, the Warriors
owned the paint to knock
the Knights into the conso-
lation side of the bracket on
Wednesday.
North Douglas scored
30 points in the paint led
by forward Dani Baker
and Kalli Frieze to give
Condon/Wheeler just its
third loss of the season.
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high 20 points and Frieze
added 17 and the Warriors
(25-4) went on a 15-0 run
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never looked back.
Knights coach Kevin
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the thorn in their side,
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her post position.
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kids take a shot at her, we
tried to double her, we just
had no answer for her,”
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shot just 11 for 43 (25.6
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trailed by double digits for
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athletic. They challenged
every shot and it’s just
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said. “We haven’t seen
anyone near that big.
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how we played, we just
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played well.”
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Condon/Wheeler with 12
points and nine rebounds,
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with seven points and four
rebounds.
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the Knights will be ready
to go.
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wasn’t so sure, but by the
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he said.
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C/W (25-3) 4 7
9
9 — 29
ND (25-4) 15 11 14
9 — 49
CONDON/WHEELER — E. Logan 12, A.
Rietmann 7, B. Dyer 6, J. Homer 2, B. Jae-
ger 2, A. Carnine, L. Aamodt, A. Terland,
A. Ramsey, K. Reser. (11-43)
NORTH DOUGLAS — D. Baker 20, K.
Frieze 17, R. Black 4, J. Lane 4, S. Mac-
Dowell 2, P. Black 2, L. Downie. (18-47)
3-pointers — C/W 3-17, ND 2-7. Free
throws — C/W 4-11, ND 11-15. Fouls —
C/W 13, ND 11.
In this Jan.
13, 2016
file photo,
Grant
Union’s
Kori
Pentzer
lays up a
shot for
the Pros-
pectors in
the game
against
Burns.
The Eagle file
photo/Angel
Carpenter