SPORTS TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016 Sports shorts Washington women reach Sweet 16 COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 32 points, and the seventh- seeded Washington Huskies beat No. 2 Maryland 74-65 Monday night to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the ¿ rst time in 15 years. Maryland (31-4) came in with a rich history of success in the postseason and a 10-game winning streak. The two-time Big Ten champions were also playing on their home À oor. None of that mattered to the seventh-seeded Huskies (24-10), who limited the Terrapins to 37 percent shooting and forced 15 turnovers in the stunning upset. 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON Pendleton piles on, sweeps Roseburg Buckaroos’ big day at plate leads to two wins East Oregonian The Pendleton Buckaroos broke out at the plate for 29 run on 35 hits to trounce Roseburg on Monday in a non-league baseball doubleheader at Bob White Field. After combining for just 13 runs on 14 hits in their working hard on Baseball ¿ rst three games of its plate approach the season, the Bucks in practice, and nearly eclipsed both everything seemed Roseburg Pendleton of those numbers to click against the with 18 hits in a 12-5 Class 6A Indians. win to open up, then “We played a piled on another 17 quality Roseburg hits to complete the sweep 17-7 in team and we just swung the bats six innings. really well today,” he said. “We’d First-year Pendleton coach T.J. get down in the count and battle, Haguewood said the team has been had a lot of hits and runs scored 5-7 12-17 Men’s College Basketball Prep Softball Benson calms down Ducks Bucks pick up pair Pendleton extends season-opening win streak Grogan throws no- no for L-C State LEWISTON, Idaho — Senior right-hander Quin Grogan asked for the ball and he delivered in a big way on Sunday, twirling the ¿ rst complete-game no-hitter for the FACES Lewis-Clark State College baseball team since Feb. 19, 1999 in a 10-0 win over Simpson University. Grogan The 2011 Stan¿ eld High graduate is the 17th Warrior to toss a complete game no-hitter and it’s the 25th no-no in program history. Grogan allowed just two base runners on a pair of walks while striking out nine to earn his ¿ rst win of the season. After sitting down the ¿ rst four Redhawks, Grogan issued a pair of walks, but that’s all Simpson got as the Warriors’ righty retired the next 17 to place his in name in the LCSC record books. Grogan was named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Red Lion Baseball Pitcher of the Week on Monday. “Along the journey you never want to take things for granted and accomplishments that happen along the way. You’ve got to take it in. It’s not given every year … “ — LeBron James Speaking to reporters after scoring 33 points and adding 11 rebounds and 11 assists to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 124-91 win over the Denver Nuggets on Monday. It was James’ 41st career triple double as the Cavs won their 50th game of the season and clinched the Central Division championship. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1969 — West Chester State beats Western Caro- lina 65-3 to win the ¿ rst women’s national college championship. The game is played using the six-player format. 2007 — Kobe Bryant becomes the fourth player in NBA history to score at least 50 points in three straight games. Bryant scores 60 points in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 121-119 win over Memphis. Bryant joins Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com with two outs (Monday). We had great production up and down the lineup.” Kai Quinn led the Bucks (3-2) going 7 for 8 on the day with ¿ ve RBI and four runs. Jack Peterson was 6 for 7 with one RBI and ¿ ve runs, Devon Roe was 5 for 7 with four RBI and four runs, and James Bradt was 5 for 9 with two RBI and two runs. See PENDLETON/2B East Oregonian HAPPY VALLEY — The Pendleton softball team kept ¿ nding ways to win on Monday as it stretched its season- opening Softball winning streak to ¿ ve games Pendleton by beating C e n t u r y, 6-1, and Oregon City, 4-3, at the Putnam Century S p r i n g Break Bash. Pend- leton coach Tim Cary said the Buckaroos didn’t look their best against Century, but were able to rally for six runs in the third inning to secure victory. “It was a game where we really didn’t come out with a lot of energy and a lot of emotion,” he said. “We had just gotten off the bus and we weren’t real sharp. But we still got the win, didn’t do anything spectacular, but a win is a win and we’ll take it right now.” Tatum Fell hit a three-run home run during the Bucks’ third, Rylee Gentner added See SOFTBALL/2B 6 AP Photo/Young Kwak Oregon guard Casey Benson, left, shoots against Saint Joseph’s guard Shavar Newkirk (1) during the fi rst half of a second-round men’s college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Spokane, Wash., Sunday, March 20, 2016. Oregon guard sets tone for comeback win By STEVE MIMS The Register-Guard SPOKANE — When Oregon fell behind Saint Joseph’s 58-51 with less than 5 minutes remaining, the Ducks heard a familiar refrain from Casey Benson. “In the huddle, I said, ‘We’re not losing this game’,” Benson said. “That’s what I kept saying. It’s huge to think that, because it’s so easy to get down and discouraged so it’s a matter of continuing to ¿ ght through it.” Benson had a similar message when the Ducks blew a late lead and went into overtime against Arizona at the Pac-12 Tournament on March 11 before beating the Wildcats. “That’s what you expect from your point guard,” senior forward Dwayne Benjamin said. “Once he said that, we took a step back and realized we played in a great league in the Pac-12 and had close games that we pulled out, so we didn’t want to treat this different than any other games.” The top-seeded Ducks (30-6) scored 18 of the ¿ nal 24 points to rally past eighth-seeded Saint Joseph’s 69-64 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night at Spokane Arena. “Casey calmed us down and got us in our stuff,” senior forward Elgin Cook said. “Coach called a time out and told us to settle down and then Casey got us in our plays.” While viewers around the nation thought the ¿ rst No. 1 seed of the tournament would fall, the Ducks scored on eight of their ¿ nal nine possessions to advance. They will face Duke in the West Regional semi¿ nals on Thursday. See BENSON/2B 1 Women’s College Basketball Seniors leave Gill in style Oregon State advances to Sweet 16 By STEVE GRESS Corvallis Gazette-Times CORVALLIS — There was probably no better ending Sunday night as the crowd at Gill Coliseum had the chance to say goodbye to a senior class that has been instrumental in a monumental resurrection of the Oregon State women’s basketball program. First, the crowd had the opportunity to celebrate as Ruth Hamblin and Deven Hunter exited the Beavers’ NCAA tourna- ment second-round game with 3:11 left to play and Oregon State ¿ rmly in command against St. Bonaventure. Then came another whistle a few seconds later and out came Samantha Sieger. Finally, 20 seconds later, the crowd rose to its feet once again to give Jamie Weisner — no doubt the heart and soul of the program that past four years — a standing ovation as she exited from a game inside Gill for the ¿ nal time. Those four seniors, who a little over four years ago bought into coach Scott Rueck’s vision, enjoyed the ¿ nal two or so minutes as the future of the program wrapped up a convincing 69-40 win over the Bonnies. The victory sends the second-seeded Beavers into the Sweet 16 for the ¿ rst See SENIORS/2B AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez Oregon State’s Deven Hunter, left, and Jamie Weisner, celebrate after Oregon State defeated St. Bonaventure 69-40 in a second round women’s college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Corvallis, Ore., on Sunday March 20, 2016. From Saturday TigerScots best Rockets in championship rematch Lambert strikes out 15 to secure win By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian PILOT ROCK — Jessica Lambert’s ¿ rst outing of the 2016 was a little rocky, allowing six runs and six hits to the defending 4A state champion Mac-Hi Pioneers on Thursday night. On Saturday, Lambert found her familiar dominance against the defending 2A state champion Pilot Rock Rockets, Rock (4-1) dating Softball striking out 15 back to last season. batters in the Tiger- It is also the only Scots 8-4 victory in time the two teams the ¿ nale of the Pilot Weston-McEwen Pilot Rock will meet this season Rock Tournament. with the TigerScots “She’s such a playing in 3A for great competitor, conference play. and she keeps getting better and “There’s something especially better,” said TigerScots coach Jeff satisfying about getting this last Griggs. “And she was pleased that (win),” Griggs said. “The girls set the team didn’t just score a few runs out with some different goals this and force her to hang on.” season and one of them was to beat The TigerScots (2-2) were espe- Pilot Rock.” cially happy to get the win and end a Weston-McEwen put pressure streak of four-straight losses to Pilot on the Rockets right away to start 8 4 the game, when the TigerScots registered four-straight hits off of Pilot Rock pitcher Rebekkah Holman in the ¿ rst inning to grab an early 3-0 lead. Pilot Rock answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the ¿ rst inning when lead-off hitter Bekah Roe ripped a triple over the head of the right ¿ elder, and then scored on a ¿ elders choice from Jaycee Wilson to cut the de¿ cit to 3-1. But for the Rockets offense, not much would happen over the next few innings, as Lambert allowed See REMATCH/2B