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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, February 17, 2017 College Basketball Yotes knock off No. 16 Eastern Oregon East Oregonian CALDWELL, Idaho — College of Idaho shot 60 percent from the field in the second half to take down No. 16 Eastern Oregon 91-79 in front of an announced crowd of 2,100 on Thursday in Cascade Collegiate Confer- ence action. The No. 25 Coyotes (21-8, 14-5 CCC) were up 34-33 at halftime, and EOU led only briefly in the second half as the Yotes went on a 15-2 run that lasted five minutes and made it 75-58 when Roosevelt Adams hit a jumper with 6:23 to play. Eastern (21-7, 14-5) never pulled closer than 11 the rest of the way. r e g u l a r Men Six Yotes season game scored in on Sunday. double figures The Moun- #16 EOU #25 C of I to improve to taineers will 12-1 at home take on Walla this season led Walla at by Aitor Zubi- Quinn Coli- zarreta with 19 points. He seum in La Grande at 3 p.m. also had six assists. Adams finished with 12 points and WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 10 rebounds. EASTERN OREGON Eastern had five players in 74, COLLEGE OF IDAHO double digits paced by Max 54 — At Caldwell, Idaho, McCullough’s 15 on 6-of-7 junior guard Payton Parrish shooting included 3-of-4 had the hot hand going from distance. Bryan McGriff 6-of-10 from beyond the arc added 14 points and Kentrell to finish with 24 points as Washington finished with 12 the Mountaineers breezed points, seven rebounds, four past the Yotes on Thursday steals and three assists. in their penultimate Cascade Eastern plays its final Collegiate Conference game. 79 91 Junior guard Maya Ah You dropped 10 points along with six boards, while junior forward Stormee Van Belle chipped in 15 points and brought down eight rebounds for EOU (24-4, 17-2 CCC). Petra Lumpert paced College of Idaho (11-14, 11-8) with 18 points and seven boards. It was a dominating first period for EOU, who led the Yotes 21-4 after one stanza. The Mounties held C of I to 2-of-14 from the floor while knocking down four treys. The first two minutes of the second stanza saw Parrish knock down two triples to go up 27-4. EOU closes the regular season at home on Sunday when it hosts Walla Walla at 1 p.m. PREPS: Echo, Helix girls come up short in first round Continued from 1B JOSEPH 57, HELIX 42 — At Baker City, the Griz- zlies’ season came to an end on Thursday evening with a loss to the Joseph Eagles in the first round of the district tournament. Information and statistics from the game were not available at press time. It was the final game for Helix’s (6-15) seven seniors, including leading scorer Justin Williams, plus Jona- than Shaw, Grant Christman, and Tylor Fehrenbacker, Jake Sprenger and Allan Holden. Joseph plays No. 2 seed Nixyaawii today in the semi- finals at 2:15 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL COVE 36, ECHO 34 — At Baker City, a mid-range jumper with a little over a minute left to play gave Cove the winning edge on Thursday in the first round of the Old Oregon League district tournament at Baker High School. “We had some really good looks at the end, but couldn’t capitalize,” said Echo coach Michael Swanson. Taylor Swaggart led the Cougars (14-10) with 14 points and went 4-for-5 from three-point range while also leading the team with six steals. Marti Huff added 12 points, and Devyn Tarvin contributed four steals. Despite the tough loss, Swanson said the Cougars (14-10) ended their season with heads held high. “These girls have given me their heart and soul since the first game all the way through,” Swanson said. “They always give it everything they’ve got.” Echo will lose four seniors to graduation — Tarvin, Hannah McCarty, Laci Wiggins and Bethanie Milbrodt. Cove advanced to the district semifinals where it will play No. 1 seed Nixy- aawii tonight at 6:30 p.m. JOSEPH 56, HELIX 31 — At Baker City, the Griz- zlies’ season came to a close on Thursday with their loss to Joseph in the first round at districts. Details were not available at press time. Helix (9-13) will lose two players to graduation, Macey Tullis and Bethany Newtson. Joseph plays No. 2 seed Powder Valley in the semifi- nals today at 1 p.m. GONZAGA: Dons start second half 5 for 20 from field Continued from 1B Mark Few said of Williams- Goss. “He doesn’t leave anything to chance.” San Francisco coach Kyle Smith liked his team’s effort in the first 16 minutes. “We competed well,” Smith said. “We gave ourselves a chance. “We had a couple quick possessions, a couple of bad shots that led to a quick transition for them,” Smith said. “You can’t let your guard down at all.” San Francisco shot well to lead for a good portion of the first half, until a late surge gave Gonzaga a 42-35 lead at halftime. Williams-Goss scored 11 points as Gonzaga put together a 15-2 run that bracketed halftime to build a 52-37 lead early in the second. Williams-Goss continued to score virtually at will, adding eight more points as Gonzaga built a 62-43 lead. The Dons made only five of their first 20 shots in AP Photo/Young Kwak Gonzaga forward Zach Collins (32) and San Francisco forward Chase Foster (22) go after a rebound during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Spo- kane, Wash., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Gonzaga won 96-61. the second half. “We guarded the ball better,” Few said. “We guarded the rim. We quit giving up 3s.” Gonzaga, which has trailed only 6 percent of the time in games this season, fell behind 16-11 midway through the first half. The Zags clawed back and tied the game at 22-22 on Zach Collins’ basket. Williams- Goss followed with a 3-pointer to put Gonzaga ahead for good. BIG PICTURE San Francisco: The Dons gave Gonzaga one of its toughest league tests, losing 95-80 earlier this season. It was the most points scored this season against the Zags. The Dons are off to their best start since the 1999-2000 season. Gonzaga: The Zags limit opponents to 37 percent shooting, second in the nation. Gonzaga has won at least 25 games in 13 of the past 14 seasons. Their 20 straight conference wins dating to last year are the longest streak in the nation. KEY STATS Gonzaga made 19 of 35 shots in the decisive second half, while holding the Dons to 8-of-34 shooting in the half. Gonzaga won the rebound battle 44-32 and converted 15 San Francisco turnovers into 30 points. INJURIES Gonzaga post Killian Tillie missed the game with a broken finger, and guard Bryan Alberts sat out with an ankle injury UP NEXT San Francisco plays at Portland on Saturday. Gonzaga hosts Pacific on Saturday, and then will have two remaining regular season games left against San Diego and BYU as they seek an undefeated season. BEAVERS: Tinkle remains out indefinitely with broken wrist Continued from 1B to open the second half and led 36-27 with 14 minutes left after a White lay-in. The Beavers trailed by 11, their largest deficit of the game, when they went on a 9-0 run to make the score 46-44. A McLaughlin 3-pointer tied the game at 50-all with 3:20 remaining. Both teams shot near 40 percent, but the Buffaloes had 23 points off of 18 Beavers turnovers. BIG PICTURE Colorado: The Buffaloes started Pac-12 play with seven straight losses, but have won six of seven games since then. . White only scored five points in 29 minutes in the Buffaloes’ 85-78 win against Oregon State on Jan. 26. He entered Thursday’s game as the second-leading scorer in Pac-12 games, scoring 18.9 points per contest. Oregon State: Leading scorer Tres Tinkle, who last played Nov. 25, remains out indefinitely with a broken wrist.. Stephen Thompson Jr. entered the week leading the Pac-12 in minutes per game at 36.5. UP NEXT Colorado plays at No. 7 Oregon on Saturday. Oregon State hosts Utah on Sunday. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Today Irrigon at Umatilla, 6 p.m. Nixyaawii vs. Joseph (at Baker High School), 2:15 p.m. Powder Valley vs. Echo (at Baker High School), 8:15 p.m. Pendleton at The Dalles, 7 p.m. Hood River at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Arlington at Sherman (at Madras HS), 7:30 p.m. Heppner vs. Weston-McEwen (at Pendle- ton Convention Center), 7:45 p.m. Saturday Stanfield vs. Heppner/Weston-McEwen win- ner (at Pendleton Convention Center), 3 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Today Weston-McEwen vs. Culver (CBC District Tournament, at Pendleton Convention Center), 6 p.m. Nixyaawii vs. Cove (at Baker High School), 6:30 p.m. Hermiston at Hood River, 7 p.m. The Dalles at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Saturday Pilot Rock vs. Weston-McEwen/Culver winner (CBC District Tournament, at Pend- leton Convention Center), 1 p.m. Old Oregon League 3rd/4th place game (at Baker HS), 1 p.m. Old Oregon League district championship game (at Baker HS), 6:30 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Today Heppner/Ione at 2A/1A District Tourna- ment (at Hermiston, Armand Larive Middle School), 10 a.m. Saturday Riverside, Irrigon, Echo/Stanfield at 3A District Tournament (at Nyssa), 10 a.m. PREP SWIMMING Today Pendleton, Hermiston at state champion- ships (Mt. Hood C.C., Gesham), 9 a.m. Saturday Pendleton, Hermiston at state champion- ships (Mt. Hood C.C., Gesham), 8:15 a.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Saturday Blue Mountain at Walla Walla, 4 p.m. Sunday Walla Walla U. at Eastern Oregon, 3 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Saturday Blue Mountain at Walla Walla, 2 p.m. Sunday Walla Walla U. at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m. COLLEGE WRESTLING Saturday Eastern Oregon at NAIA Western Region- al (at Redding, Calif.), TBA COLLEGE SOFTBALL Today Eastern Oregon vs. William Jessup (at Redding, Calif.), 11 a.m. Eastern Oregon at Simpson, 3 p.m. Saturday Eastern Oregon vs. William Jessup (at Redding, Calif.), 9 a.m. Eastern Oregon at Simpson, 11 a.m. Prep Scores BOYS BASKETBALL Corbett 63, Madras 60 Franklin 93, Madison 87 Grant 80, Roosevelt 72 Jefferson PDX 104, Cleveland 69 Ontario 44, Baker 41 Seaside 70, Banks 68, OT Valley Catholic 65, Tillamook 49 GIRLS BASKETBALL Astoria 40, Scappoose 28 Banks 39, Seaside 30 Benson 42, Lincoln 32 Franklin 44, Madison 36 Hillsboro 61, Parkrose 32 La Grande 50, Ontario 43 Madras 62, Corbett 54 Mountain View 59, Ridgeview 55 South Eugene 51, Roseburg 44 Valley Catholic 64, Tillamook 38 Basketball NBA Thursday’s Games Washington 111, Indiana 98 Chicago 104, Boston 103 Friday-Saturday No games scheduled. Sunday’s Games All-Star Game (at New Orleans), 5:30 p.m. (TNT) NCAA Men’s AP Top 25 Thursday’s Games No. 1 Gonzaga 96, San Francisco 61 No. 5 Arizona 78, Washington State 59 No. 7 Oregon 79, Utah 61 Michigan 64, No. 11 Wisconsin 58 No. 22 Saint Mary’s 81, Lo. Marymount 48 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No. 1 Gonzaga vs. Pacific, 1 p.m. No. 2 Villanova at Seton Hall, 9:30 a.m. No. 3 Kansas at No. 4 Baylor, 10 a.m. No. 5 Arizona at Washington, 5 p.m. No. 6 UCLA vs. Southern Cal, 7 p.m. No. 7 Oregon vs. Colorado, Noon No. 8 Louisville vs. Virginia Tech, 10 a.m. No. 9 West Virginia vs. Texas Tech, 11 a.m. No. 10 UNC vs. No. 14 Virginia, 5:15 p.m. No. 12 Duke vs. Wake Forest, 10 a.m. No. 13 Kentucky at Georgia, 3 p.m. No. 15 Florida at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. No. 16 Purdue vs. Michigan State, 1 p.m. No. 17 Florida State at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. No. 18 Cincinnati vs. Tulsa, 9 a.m. No. 19 SMU at Houston, 3 p.m. No. 21 South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 5:30 p.m. No. 22 Saint Mary’s at BYU, 7 p.m. No. 25 Notre Dame at N.C. State, 9 a.m. Women’s AP Top 25 Thursday’s Games No. 3 Mississippi State 58, Georgia 49 Virginia 60, No. 4 Florida State 51 No. 6 South Carolina 82, Vanderbilt 51 No. 7 Notre Dame 84, Clemson 80 No. 10 Stanford 72, California 66 No. 12 Ohio State 87, Nebraska 69 No. 13 Duke 79, Wake Forest 53 No. 15 N.C. State 70, Boston College 58 Indiana 72, No. 20 Michigan 61 LSU 67, Texas A&M 63 Today’s Games No. 9 Washington at No. 18 UCLA, 8 p.m. No. 11 Oregon State at Colorado, 7 p.m. No. 25 Drake at Indiana State, 4 p.m. Hockey NHL Thursday’s Games Ottawa 3, New Jersey 0 N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Pittsburgh 4, Winnipeg 3, OT Buffalo 2, Colorado 0 St. Louis 4, Vancouver 3 Minnesota 3, Dallas 1 Edmonton 6, Philadelphia 3 Arizona 5, Los Angeles 2 Today’s Games Pittsburgh at Columbus, 4 p.m. Colorado at Carolina, 4:30 p.m. Florida at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Continued from 1B 18-8 lead, paced by Tyler Dorsey’s 10 points. It was the third straight game that Oregon had opened up a 10-point lead on an oppo- nent in the first half. Chris Boucher’s 3-pointer pushed Oregon’s lead to 26-12. Dylan Ennis gave Oregon its biggest lead of the first half with a layup that made it 39-18 but Utah ended the half on a 7-2 run to close the gap to 41-25. Tyler Rawson hit Utah’s first 3-pointer of the game in the second half to narrow the deficit to 43-30. But Oregon again extended the lead on Brooks’ layup that made it 54-32. Brooks’ dunk gave the Ducks a 71-49 lead with just over 7 minutes left. He followed it up with a 3-pointer. The Ducks’ home streak is the longest active winning streak in the nation. Thurs- day’s game was Oregon’s sixth sellout of the season. Oregon rebounded from a loss at UCLA with an 81-70 victory over USC last weekend. After the Utes, the Ducks host Colorado at home before wrapping up the season at the league’s Northern California schools. BIG PICTURE Oregon: The Ducks’ record is the second-best in school history, behind the 1926-27 team that went 24-2. ... Oregon has been in the AP Top 25 for a school-record 23 straight weeks UP NEXT Oregon: The Ducks host Colorado on Saturday. The Buffaloes beat the Ducks 74-65 on Jan. 28 in Boulder. Athlete of the Week Twenty questions with Hermiston’s Ryan Barnard East Oregonian HERMISTON — The Hermiston boys swim team made history on Saturday afternoon, as they captured the school’s first-ever district swim championship by edging out Pendleton 93-91. Ryan Barnard was a big reason for the finish, as the sophomore swimmer won the district title in the 200 yard individual medley, finished second in the 100 freestyle and helped the 200 freestyle relay team to a first place finish and a spot in the state meet. For his efforts, Barnard has been selected as the East Oregonian’s Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 6-11. ——— EO: What did it mean to you to help bring the first-ever district swim title back to Hermiston? RB: It meant a lot, knowing that we have no pool here and still were able to compete and win, it was a great feeling. When did you start swimming competitively? When I was seven. Do you participate in any other sports? I used to play football, but didn’t this year because of an injury. What is the first sport you participated in? Basketball or baseball, I don’t really remember. Why is swimming your favorite sport? There’s just something about it, when I get in the water it takes me to a special place. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? Football If you could attend any sporting event in the world, what would you choose? The Olympics Do you have a favorite athlete? Russell Wilson Do you know what you’d like to do after high school? Go to college and become an engineer. Favorite thing served in HHS cafeteria? They have really good chicken burgers. Do you have a go-to meal before swim competitions? Nothing specific, usually some kind of pasta or burger. Do you have go-to music that you listen to before competitions? I like 90s rap, it usually gets me pumped up. What is your favorite movie? “Blades of Glory” (2007) What is your favorite TV show? “How I Met Your Mother” What is your favorite restaurant in Hermiston? Kobe Hibachi Sushi Do you have a dream job? I would like to be a car designer. What is your favorite part about growing up in Eastern Oregon? I like the really hot summers and the cold winters, the diversity in weather and it’s just a really nice place. Where is your favorite place in Oregon to visit? Seaside or anywhere on the coast. What is the first job you had? I picked blueberries at a farm when I was 13. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose? Probably somewhere in Europe or in Washington D.C. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Ryan Barnard Swimming Hermiston High School Barnard won the district championship in the 200 individual medley and also qualified for the state meet with the 200 freestyle relay team to help his Hermiston boys earn the first district title in school history on Saturday. Saturday’s Games St. Louis at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Winnipeg at Montreal, 11 a.m. Washington at Detroit, 11 a.m. N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Chicago, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 4 p.m. San Jose at Arizona, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Dallas, 5 p.m. Nashville at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Florida at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Golf PGA Genesis Open Thursday At Riviera Country Club Los Angeles Purse: $7 million Yardage: 7,322; Par: 71 (35-36) Partial First Round Sam Saunders 32-32—64 Dustin Johnson 34-32—66 J.T. Poston 32-34—66 Daniel Summerhays 32-34—66 Brett Stegmaier 30-36—66 Cameron Percy 31-35—66 Marc Leishman 35-32—67 Padraig Harrington 34-33—67 Billy Hurley III 32-35—67 Phil Mickelson 35-32—67 Pat Perez 34-33—67 Branden Grace 31-36—67 Kevin Na 30-37—67 Byeong Hun An 32-35—67 Ollie Schniederjans 35-33—68 Scott Brown 34-34—68 Patrick Rodgers 35-33—68 Adam Scott 34-34—68 Charley Hoffman 33-35—68 Luke Donald 31-37—68 Charlie Beljan 35-33—68 DUCKS: Team’s run in AP Top 25 rankings longest in school history -7 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 P ROUDLY S PONSORED B Y : ELMER’S IRRIGATION, INC. “Proudly serving and investing in the future of our communities” Hwy 395 • Hermiston 541-567-5572 Fax: 541-567-8721 Emergency service also available
