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SPORTS Friday, January 5, 2018 East Oregonian Page 3B UMATILLA: Girls fall in one-point loss to hand Stanfi eld its second victory Continued from 1B team was to step up its defensive output. During Umatilla’s road trip the most points it had given up was 61 points — the second most points scored on the Vikings this season. “We’ve held teams, even our losses, way below their averages and that was our goal tonight to hold them below their average,” he said. “We met our goal.” The Tigers (6-8) were averaging 48.7 points per game coming into Thurs- day’s game, and fi nished well below barely reaching the 20-point mark. “Defense has kind of been our MO,” Bow said. “Our kids have bought into the defense very very well and that’s the one thing every night we’ve relied on.” Umatilla’s defense completely shut down Stanfi eld. The Tigers were kept in the single digits every quarter, and no player was able to score more than eight points — junior Fernando Ramirez led the team with eight points. And with good defense comes good offense. Uriel Garcia had a team-high of four 3-pointers, while Webb and Sebastian Garcia each had two apiece. Coming off of the back- to-back losses with a nearly 40-point victory is a good momentum booster, but Bow and his squad know none of that matter when league play starts next week. “Records out the wind at this point for us,” he said. “0-0 everyone is fresh.” Umatilla will get some much needed rest before hosting Irrigon on Jan 12 to open Eastern Oregon League play. GIRLS BASKETBALL Entering Thursday’s doubleheader against Umatilla, Stanfi eld girls basketball head coach, Daniel Sharp, told his then- one-win team at the half that if they committed over 30 turnovers they would lose the game. Well, good thing coach was wrong because the tough Tiger squad outlasted the Vikings to win only their second game of the year. The 33-32 victory came down to the wire, and despite the 34 total turnovers committed by Stanfi eld, the Tigers (2-11) were able to hold on for the win. “I thought we played harder than we have been,” Sharp said. “We played Staff photo by E.J. Harris Stanfi eld’s Kendra Hart draws contact from Umatilla’s Charlene Alvarez in the Tigers’ 33-32 win against the Vikings on Thursday in Umatilla. Umatilla earlier in the year so it’s always fun to get a second game and see if we can get better, and that was the goal: to get better.” In the two’s team fi rst meeting back on Dec. 9, it was the Vikings who came away with the narrow victory. The 49-41 loss was Stanfi eld’s seventh in a row at that point in the season, but Sharp saw some improvement on the court and notable performances from a few Tigers. “Kendra (Hart) played though,” Sharp said. “She had four fouls in the whole fourth quarter but said, ‘I’ll go play,’ and she did — and she didn’t foul, she played smart. She’s a super athlete. “I thought that Amanda (Carrillo) fi nally started to attack,” he added. “We lacked that ability to attack the basket and she did that tonight. I thought (Allison Griffi n) played good defense. When they do their role, it works out better.” The fi rst quarter of what ended as a nail bitter was forgettable. Both teams committed more turnovers than attempted shots, and the score was a meager 5-4 in favor of Stanfi eld. Play picked up before the break with the Tigers still holding on to their lead — this time up 19-14. The Vikings (3-11) made some adjustments at the break and outscored Stanfi eld 8-4 in the third quarter. Both teams put up 10 points apiece in the fourth and fi nal quarter, but thanks to the Tigers’ early efforts they were able to squeak away with the win. Sophomore Savannah Sharp led those efforts with a game-high 12 points. Carrillo pitched in 10 and Hart added eight of her own. Leading Umatilla was junior Charlene Alvarez, who fi nished with 10 points. Stanfi eld has one more game before league play when it hosts Echo on Tuesday. Like the boys, Umatilla will enjoy some time off before facing Irrigon in the fi rst game of the EOL opening doubleheader. ——— Girls SHS 5 14 4 10 — 33 UHS 4 10 8 10 — 32 STANFIELD — S. Sharp 12, A. Carrillo 10, K. Hart 8, K. McClure 3. UMATILLA — C. Alvarez 10, L. Journot 5, P. Picker 5, K. Lorence 4, N. Ortiz 3, N. Soto 2, D. Monreal 2, C. Lemus 1. 3-pointers — SHS 0, UHS 5. Free throws — SHS 11-22, UHS 7-16. Fouls — SHS 18, UHS 17 (K. Lorence fouled out). Boys SHS 4 4 8 6 — 22 UHS 18 18 16 28 — 80 STANFIELD — F. Ramirez 8, C. Griffi n 5, B. Woods 4, M. Sanchez 2, S. Keltz 2, E. Nunez 1. UMATILLA — U. Garcia 18, K. Webb 16, S. Garcia 12, G. Armenta 6, J. Garcia 5, M. Garcilazo 4, S. Hartung 4, C. De Loera 4, T. Durfey 4, N. Holford 3, J. Garland-Cook 2, L. Miller 2. 3-pointers — SHS 2, UHS 10. Free throws — SHS 2-8, UHS 6-12. Fouls — SHS 9, UHS 12. ——— Contact Alexis at aman- sanarez@eastoregonian.com or 541-564-4542. Follow her on Twitter @almansanarez. TIGERSCOTS: Boys continue to show improvement, but come up short Parker Munk, of Weston-McE- wen, gets ready to pass around Grant- Union’s Cauy Weaver (10) during Thurs- day’s non- league game in Athena. Continued from 1B points of the game on an elbow jumper by Trinity Hearn just 15 seconds in for a 2-0 lead, which was the only lead the TigerScots would hold for the entire game. Grant Union took the lead back one minute later on a 3-pointer by Mariah Moulton as the Prospectors then went on a 17-2 run over the next fi ve minutes of game time to take complete control of the game and coast to the victory. Weston-McEwen now has two more non-league games remaining before league play begins, fi rst up at home with Imbler on Saturday. Giusti said when his team hits the fl oor for practice on Friday, they’ll work heavily on deci- sion-making. “I think we’ll be okay,” he said. “We’ll learn how to fi ght through it and learn how to make more under control decisions when the other team tries to speed you up. It’s hard to simulate in practice, so tonight was a good learning experience.” BOYS BASKETBALL GRANT UNION 66, Staff photo by Kathy Aney WESTON-MCEWEN 51 — The 2017-18 season has been a struggle for the Weston-McEwen TigerScots. A playoff team one year ago, the TigerScots’ depth was hit hard by graduating seniors such as Shaw Broncheau, Ethan Reger, and Garrett Hungerford, causing the TigerScots to stumble through their non-league schedule with a lineup full of inexperienced varsity players outside of seniors Brett Speed and Jacob Speed. Thursday night Weston- McEwen showed some glimpses of their potential on Thursday night against Grant Union, battling well with a top-15 team in Class 2A. However the TigerScots just didn’t have enough fi repower on both ends of the fl oor as the Prospectors left town with a 66-51 victory. Brett Speed led the TigerScots (3-10) with 17 points with eight rebounds, Jacob Speed added 10 points and Blair Rudolph fi nished with eight points with a pair of made 3-pointers. Weston- McEwen coach Brian Pickard said he’s slowly seeing the progression out of some of those newcomers. “We’re starting to get some guys to step up,” Weston-McEwen coach Brian Pickard said. “Kevin Rodriguez ... he’s starting to contribute points, Gavin Smith’s getting there, Blair Rudolph, we’re getting there. I think we really have to sure things up at the defensive end of the fl oor right now. Right now we’re just playing a lot of zone because we don’t play very good man-to-man and we have to work at it.” Like the girls before them, the TigerScots scored the fi rst points of the game on a corner 3-pointer from Brett Speed 25 seconds into the game for a 3-0 lead, the only time they would hold a lead. Grant Union took the lead back 4-3 with 6:30 left and fi nished the quarter 19-8 to give them- selves a 12-point cushion. However in the second quarter, the TigerScots fought back. Their defense forced some turnovers and led to some transition baskets, which helped the TigerScots get within fi ve points at 28-23 with 3:40 left and kept them within eight points of the Prospectors at halftime. The tenacity continued early in the third quarter to keep the TigerScots close, but they just could not cash in on opportu- nities. Three straight posses- sions the TigerScots had man advantages in transition and came away with zero points. “That’s something that’s plagued us all year,” Pickard said. “We miss easy shots and then it seems like the other team always turns around and hits a couple of threes or a few lay-ins and we can’t recover from it, which happened again.” Instead of the TigerScots creeping closer, the Prospec- tors took off and outscored the TigerScots 19-6 in the third quarter and kept a considerable cushion for the remainder of the game. Duane Stokes led the Pros- pectors with 18 points and Wade Reimers added 15. “It’s like a broken record but we’re defi nitely getting better,” Pickard added. “We just have to do some simple things better and make baskets. This was a pretty good team we faced tonight and I thought we were right there with them for awhile. “Now we have a week to fi gure this out until we play Heppner to start league.” ———— Girls GU 22 27 22 25 — 92 W-M 9 15 16 14 — 54 GRANT UNION — K. Wright 23, M. McKrola 22, M. Moulton 14, H. Wright 11, W. McClellan 10, T. Hutchison 8, M. Wright 2, M. Smith 2. WESTON-MCEWEN — C. Quaempts 18, J. Lambert 10, K. Vescio 8, T. Burke 7, T. Hearn 6, C. Davis 3, H. McIntyre 2. 3-pointers — GU 4, W-M 0. Free throws — GU 16-23, W-M 16-24. Fouls — GU 18, W-M 17. Boys GU 23 12 19 12 — 66 W-M 11 16 6 17 — 51 GRANT UNION — D. Stokes 18, W. Reimers 15, K. Shelley 9, Z. Deiter 8, T. McDaniel 6, C. Weaver 6, C. Deiter 4. WESTON-MCEWEN — B. Speed 17, J. Speed 10, B. Rudolph 8, G. Smith 6, P. Munck 4, K. Rodriguez 4, A. Gambill 1. 3-pointers — GU 3, W-M 4. Free throws — GU 11-16, W-M 12-17. 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