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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Weekend, March 3-4, 2018 Women’s College Basketball Oregon breezes past Colorado and into Pac-12 tournament semis By JIM HOEHN Associated Press SEATTLE — Oregon freshman Satou Sabally adjusted quickly to confer- ence tournament play. The 6-foot-4 forward scored 21 points and Lexi Bando added 19 to help No. 6 Oregon beat Colorado 84-47 in the Pac-12 quarterfinals Friday. The Ducks, the regu- lar-season conference cham- pions, will face the winner of No. 9 UCLA and California in Saturday’s semifinals. Oregon (28-4) led 45-18 at the halftime and used a 22-0 third-quarter run for a 77-37 lead entering the final period. “I was just impressed with our energy on both ends of the floor, defensively PAC-12 Colorado Oregon 47 84 and offensively we were on point,” Oregon coach Kelly Graves said. “We spread the floor. We were shooting it well. The right people were getting the shots. It was just a really good game. I told them after the game they were inspiring.” Freshman forward Mya Hollingshed had 20 points, and Kennedy Leonard added 13 for ninth-seeded Colorado (15-16), which upended Utah 66-56 in the opening round. “We ran into a little bit of a buzz-saw today in Oregon,” AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Colorado’s Mya Hollingshed, right, and Oregon’s Ruthy Hebard, left, battle for a loose ball during Friday’s Pac- 12 Conference tournament quarterfinal game in Seattle. Colorado coach JR Payne said. “You don’t get to be a Top 10 team in the country by luck and they certainly showed why they’re such a great team.” Ruthy Hebard added 11 points and 11 rebounds, and Sabrina Ionescu had 10 points, eight rebounds and tied a tournament record with 13 assists for the Ducks. “Our coaches just told us that we had to be ready, so I think that’s what it was,” Sabally said. “We were just ready to play and I was dialed in. My teammates were all just dialed in.” Oregon was hot early from beyond the arc. The Ducks jumped in front 8-0 with consecutive 3-pointers by Maite Cazorla and Bando. Oregon pushed its lead to 20-9 with six of its first seven baskets from 3-point range. The Ducks never let Colorado back into the game, using a 14-0 run to push the lead to 43-16 with 1:10 left in the half. “We knew they were going to come out and they were going to play hard, and they were going to play hard the rest of the game,” Ionescu said about Oregon’s strong second-half performance. “We knew Kennedy and their guards were going to continue to take it to us. So, we knew that we had to continue to play well and grow as a team. You never know what happens in March, so we did not want to let them get back into the game.” STATS Although they cooled off from long range, the Ducks shot 54.8 percent in the first half. Bando finished 6 of 9 from beyond the arc. The Ducks finished with a 40-24 advantage on the boards. UP NEXT Oregon: Plays the winner of No. 9 UCLA-California in Saturday’s semifinals. Elmark’s 18 points help Arizona State stuns No. 10 Oregon State By JIM HOEHN Associated Press SEATTLE — Courtney Ekmark scored 18 points and Arizona State held No. 10 Oregon State without a field goal over the final 5:14 to rally for a 57-51 victory in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament on Friday night. Arizona State missed its first nine shots of the fourth quarter, but the Beavers managed just a pair of baskets for a 50-44 lead. Kianna Ibis finally connected for the Sun Devils with 3:38 remaining, triggering the game-ending 13-1 run. Ibis’ jumper from the lane put Arizona State in PAC-12 AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Arizona State’s Robbi Ryan (11) yells after scoring against Oregon State late in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women’s tournament on Friday in Seattle. front 51-50 with 2:02 left. Ibis hit a jumper from the left side to make it 53-50 with 1:08 remaining and BRIEFLY Rams trade pass rusher Robert Quinn to Miami MIAMI (AP) — A person familiar with the agreement says the Miami Dolphins have agreed to acquire Los Angeles Rams defensive end Robert Quinn for a mid-round draft pick. The person confirmed the deal to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday because under NFL rules, no 2018 trades can be completed until March 14. Quinn has 62 career sacks, including 8 last year, when he started 14 games. He has spent his entire seven-year career with the Rams. Quinn is expected to bolster a Miami pass rush that was disappointing last season. The Dolphins’ other defensive ends include 36-year-old Cameron Wake, Andre Branch and 2017 first- round draft pick Charles Harris. PREPS: Irrigon to play for 4th place Continued from 1B within reach of the Foxes (20-5), and trailed just 15-14 after the first half. But shooting was sparse in the third and fourth quarters, as the Bulldogs (12-14) were held to only 10 points while Silverton knocked down 25. BOYS BASKETBALL IRRIGON 58, HORIZON CHRISTIAN 50 — At North Bend, the Irrigon Knights will have the chance to play for fourth place in Class 3A on Saturday after Friday’s 58-50 win over Horizon Christian in the 3A consolation round at North Bend High School. Johnny Phillips led the Knights (22-5) with 18 points and nine rebounds and Adrian Roa finished with 13 points and five assists. Lino Covarrubia knocked down a pair of key 3-pointers and had nine points for the game. Anthony Sprauer led Horizon Christian (19-10) with a game-high 24 points. The Knights led 12-10 after the first quarter, but used a pair of 20-point outputs in the second and fourth quarters to take the victory. Irrigon will play Cascade Christian (19-10) at 9:45 a.m. at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay for fourth place. HOSANNA CHRIS- TIAN 64, NIXYAAWII 50 — At Baker City, the Nixy- aawii Golden Eagles’ season came to a disappointing end with a loss in the consolation round to Hosanna Christian on Friday morning. The Golden Eagles (24-5) got into an early 23-10 hole at the end of the first quarter that simply proved to be too big to climb out of. Though, they did outscore Hosanna Christian 27-21 in the second half. Deven Barkley led Nixyaawii with 20 points and Mick Schimmel had 19 points. Waylan Cole led Hosanna Christian (25-4) with 17 points. CRATER 51, HERM- ISTON 43 — After a long trip southwest, the Hermiston Bulldogs had their work cut out for them against No. 2 seeded Crater. The Comets held nearly a 10-point lead heading into halftime. After the break, steady defense from the Bulldogs allowed time for their offense to find shots, and Hermiston was able to pull within three points with three minutes of play left. But during their following three possessions, the Bull- dogs turned the ball over and Crater was able to pull away with a 51-43 victory. The Bulldogs (12-12) needed shots along the perimeter, which had never been a problem until Friday night. Reliable long-dis- tance shooter Cesar Ortiz knocked down just three 3-pointers, two of which were in the high scoring second quarter. Ryne Andreason, who has also been known for knocking down three’s, didn’t hit a single shot from outside but still led the team with 10 points. For the Comets, Mason Vranes led with 19 points. Arizona St. Oregon St. 57 51 the Sun Devils closed it out from the free throw line. Arizona State (21-11) advanced to Saturday’s semifinals against No. 16 Stanford (21-9), which beat Southern California 69-59. Ibis finished with 14 points and a career-high 14 rebounds, and Robbi Ryan added 12 points for the Sun Devils, who lost two close conference games to Oregon State, 57-54 and 64-60 in the regular-season finale. Mikayla Pivec and Katie McWilliams each had 14 points for Oregon State (23-7), which shot just 2 for 15 in a five-point fourth quarter, including 0 of 5 from 3-point range. The Sun Devils scored the first four points of the third quarter to extend their lead to 30-21. Oregon State chipped away, finally going in front 41-40 on Pivec’s layin. McWilliams’ 3-pointer from the left corner at the buzzer put the Beavers up 46-44 entering the final period. Arizona State hit four of its first six shots en route to an early 10-2 lead. Oregon State countered with a 14-2 run, going in front 16-12 on Pivec’s layup with 6:59 left in the half. Kat Tudor converted a three-point play to put the Beavers up 21-18 with 2:06 left, but the Sun Devils scored the final eight points of the half. STATS Oregon State made 10 of 14 shots in a 25-point third quarter, including 5 of 6 beyond the arc. UP NEXT Arizona State: The Sun Devils face No. 16 Stanford in the tournament semifinals Saturday night. Oregon State: The Beavers are awaiting an NCAA bid. BUCKS: Tied game with 3:15 left to play Continued from 1B quality possessions than they deserved tonight. You turn it over, every coach in America will tell you that you lessen your opportunity to win.” Pendleton began the game playing well, leading for all but three seconds of the first quarter until Crescent Valley’s Ana McClave’s floater at the buzzer put the Raiders in front 15-14 after one. After the teams tied at 28-28 at halftime, Crescent Valley’s Cali McClave knocked in a pair of 3-pointers to spark an 8-0 run for the Raiders for a 36-28 lead. The Buckaroos battled back and tied the game at 38-38 and then eventually grabbed a 44-40 lead on lay-ins from McGlothan and Davies with 3:00 left in the third. Then it was the Raiders turn again for a scoring spurt, taking a 47-44 lead at the end of the third quarter. And again, the Buckaroos came back and tied the game at 51-51 with 3:15 left after Lemberger drained a 3-pointer from the right wing. But then the turnovers haunted the Buckaroos on five possessions down the stretch to allow Crescent Valley to steal the win. Cali McClave led the Raiders with a game-high 26 points as she was nearly unstoppable all night. She routinely was able to dribble past Buckaroo on-ball defenders for easy layups and knocked down jump shots when open. And overall, Crescent Valley worked Staff photo by Kathy Aney Pendleton’s Jaiden Lemberger (11) slips past Gwen Gray (32), of Crescent Valley during Friday’s state play- off game at Warberg Court. through Pendleton’s defenses with constant backdoor cuts and slip screens which the Buckaroos just couldn’t find a way to stop. “We knew what they (Crescent Valley) was going to do and we didn’t do a very good job at stopping it,” Porter said. And because of that, the Raiders are the ones that will be making the trip to Gill Coliseum next week while the Buckaroo players will turn their attention to spring sports. ———— CV 15 13 19 7 — 54 PHS 14 14 16 9 — 53 CV— C. McClave 26, A. McClave 12, P. Dale 10, G. Gray 2, V. Taylor 2, N. Moore 2. PENDLETON — K. McGlothan 24, J. Lemberger 13, M. Davies 7, H. Porter 3, R. Gentner 3, S. Spriet 2, J. Wilson 1, K. Bradt. ———— Contact Eric at esinger@ eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0839. SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Saturday No. 14 Pendleton at No. 3 Thurston, 7 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Saturday No. 2 Nixyaawii vs. No. 1 Country Chris- tian (1A championship, at Baker), 3:15 p.m. Basketball BOYS OSAA PLAYOFFS Class 5A Tournament Friday’s First Round Games No. 2 Crater 51, No. 15 Hermiston 43 Class 3A Tournament (At Coos Bay) Friday’s Semifinals No. 1 De La Salle North Catholic 47, No. 4 Blanchet Catholic 36 No. 2 Dayton 59, No. 3 Santiam Christian 47 Friday’s Consolation No. 8 Irrigon 58, No. 5 Horizon Christian 50 No. 6 Cascade Christian 42, No. 10 Oregon Episcopal 31 Saturday’s Schedule No. 1 De La Salle vs. No. 2 Dayton (cham- pionship), 9 p.m. No. 3 Santiam Christian vs. No. 4 Blan- chet Cath. (3rd place), 1:15 p.m. No. 8 Irrigon vs. No. 6 Cascade Christian (4th place), 9:45 a.m. Class 2A Tournament (at Pendleton) Friday’s Semifinals No. 1 West. Mennonite 61, No. 5 Oakland 37 No. 2 Columbia Christ. 67, No. 11 Vernonia 48 Friday’s Consolation No. 8 Grant Union 60, No. 4 Toledo 48 No. 10 Kennedy 55, No. 3 Knappa 50 Saturday’s Games No. 1 Western Mennonite vs. No. 2 Co- lumbia Christian (championship), 8:30 p.m. No. 5 Oakland vs. No. 11 Vernonia (3rd place), 6:45 p.m. No. 8 Grant Union vs. No. 10 Kennedy (5th place), 10:45 a.m. Class 1A Tournament (at Baker City) Friday’s Semifinals No. 1 Pacific 54, No. 4 Triad 35 No. 7 Prarie City 61, No. 11 Jordan Valley 53 Friday’s Consolation No. 9 Hosanna Christ. 64, No. 5 Nixyaawii 50 No. 2 Sherman 59, No. 14 Joseph 43 Saturday’s Games No. 1 Pacific vs. No. 7 Prarie City (champi- onship), 8:30 p.m. No. 4 Triad vs. No. 11 Jordan Valley (3rd place), 6:45 p.m. No. 2 Sherman vs. No. 9 Hosanna Chris- tian (5th place), 10:45 a.m. GIRLS OSAA PLAYOFFS Class 6A Tournament Friday’s Second Round Games No. 1 Southridge 70, No. 16 Canby 54 No. 2 Tigard 51, No. 18 Grants Pass 48 No. 3 Beaverton 25, No. 19 Sherwood 18 No. 4 West Linn 43, No. 13 Oregon City 39 No. 5 North Medford 62, No. 21 Central Catholic 34 No. 6 Sheldon 67, No. 22 St. Mary’s Acad. 51 No. 7 Benson 63, No. 10 South Medford 42 No. 9 Clackamas 37, No. 8 Jesuit 32 Class 5A Tournament Friday’s First Round Games No. 1 Marist Catholic 61, No. 16 Mil- waukie 31 No. 2 La Salle Prep 60, No. 15 Corvallis 34 No. 3 Central 34, No. 14 Hillsboro 31 No. 4 Springfield 55, No. 13 Ridgeview 30 No. 5 Silverton 40, No. 12 Hermiston 24 No. 6 Bend 57, No. 11 Lebanon 30 No. 9 Crescent Valley 54, No. 8 Pendleton 53 No. 10 Crater 65, No. 7 Wilsonville 58 Class 3A Tournament (at Coos Bay) Friday’s Semifinals No. 1 Salem Academy 48, No. 5 Blanchet Catholic 35 No. 2 Dayton 55, No. 3 Rainier 31 Friday’s Consolation No. 8 Nyssa 60, No. 4 Clatskanie 50 No. 7 Coquille 47, No. 11 Creswell 39 Saturday’s Games No. 1 Salem Academy vs. No. 2 Dayton (championship), 7 p.m. No. 3 Rainier vs. No. 5 Blanchet Catholic (3rd place), 11:30 a.m. No. 7 Coquille vs. No. 8 Nyssa (5th place), 8 a.m. Girls Class 2A Tournament (at Pendleton) Friday’s Semifinals No. 1 Kennedy 52, No. 5 Faith Bible 42 No. 2 Monroe 57, No. 6 St. Paul 45 Friday’s Consolation No. 4 Grant Union 62, No. 8 Heppner 46 No. 3 Oakland 54, No. 7 Gold Beach 30 Saturday’s Games No. 1 Kennedy vs. No. 2 Monroe (champi- onship), 3:15 p.m. No. 5 Faith Bible vs. No. 6 St. Paul (3rd place), 1:30 p.m. No. 3 Oakland vs. No. 4 Grant Union (5th place), 9 a.m. Class 1A Tournament (at Baker City) Friday’s Semifinals No. 1 Country Christ. 48, No. 4 Days Creek 33 No. 2 Nixyaawii 52, No. 3 Powder Valley 23 Friday’s Consolation No. 9 Joseph 54, No. 12 Jordan Valley 32 No. 11 Hosanna Christian 33, No. 10 Damascus Christian 28 Saturday’s Games No. 1 Country Christian vs. No. 2 Nixy- aawii (championship), 3:15 p.m. No. 3 Powder Valley vs. No. 4 Days Creek (3rd place), 1:30 p.m. No. 9 Joseph vs. No. 11 Hosanna Chris- tian (5th place), 9 a.m. NBA Friday’s Games Orlando 115, Detroit 106, OT Philadelphia 110, Charlotte 99 Golden State 114, Atlanta 109 Chicago 108, Dallas 100 Denver 108, Memphis 102 Indiana 103, Milwaukee 96 Toronto 102, Washington 95 Oklahoma City 124, Phoenix 116 L.A. Clippers 128, New York 105 Utah 116, Minnesota 108 Saturday’s Games Memphis at Orlando, 4 p.m. Denver at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Houston, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Portland, 7 p.m. Utah at Sacramento, 7 p.m. NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL Top 25 Schedule Friday’s Games No. 2 Michigan State 63, Wisconsin 60 No. 15 Michigan 77, Nebraska 58 Penn State 69, No. 13 Ohio State 68 Davidson 63, No. 17 Rhode Island 61 No. 8 Purdue 82, Rutgers 75 Saturday’s Games No. 23 Kentucky at Florida, 9 a.m. (CBS) No. 3 Xavier at DePaul, 9 a.m. No. 20 West Virginia at Texas, 9 a.m. (ESPN) No. 18 Clemson at Syracuse, 11 a.m. South Carolina at No. 14 Auburn, 12:30 p.m. Notre Dame at No. 1 UVA, 1 p.m. No. 6 Kansas at Oklahoma State, 1 p.m. (ESPN) TCU at No. 12 Texas Tech, 1 p.m. (ESPN2) Georgetown at No. 4 Villanova, 2 p.m. (FOX) Georgia at No. 16 Tennessee, 3 p.m. Cal at No. 19 Arizona, 3:30 p.m. Marshall at No. 24 Mid Tennessee, 4 p.m. No. 9 UNC at No. 5 Duke, 5:15 p.m. (ESPN) No. 21 Nevada at San Diego State, 7 p.m. (CBSSN) Loyola vs. No. 7 Gonzaga, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Pepperdine vs. No. 22 Saint Mary’s, 9 p.m. Sunday’s Games No. 10 Cincinnati at No. 11 Wichita St., 9 a.m. (CBS) UConn at No. 25 Houston, 1 p.m. (CBSSN) Pac-12 Schedule Friday’s Games No games scheduled. Saturday’s Games Stanford at Arizona State, 11:30 a.m. Oregon at Washington, 1:30 p.m. Cal at No. 19 Arizona, 3:30 p.m. Oregon State at Washington State, 3:30 p.m. Colorado at Utah, 4 p.m. UCLA at USC, 7:15 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday Game’s No games scheduled. NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Top 25 Schedule Friday’s Games No. 2 Miss State 81, Kentucky 58 No. 4 Louisville 73, Virginia Tech 70 No. 5 Notre Dame 83, Virginia 47 No. 6 Oregon 84, Colorado 47 No. 8 South Carolina 73, No. 12 Tennessee 62 No. 9 UCLA 77, California 74 No. 11 Florida St 73, Miami 69 No. 13 OSU 82, Rutgers 57 No. 15 Texas A&M 75, No. 24 LSU 69 No. 16 Stanford 69, USC 59 No. 17 Maryland 67, Indiana 54 No. 19 Georgia 55, No. 14 Missouri 41 No. 22 Belmont 63, Jacksonville St 53 No. 23 NC State 51, No. 18 Duke 45 No. 25 Mercer 81, Samford 44 Arizona St 57, No. 10 Oregon St. 51 Saturday’s Games Kansas State vs. No. 3 Baylor, 11:30 a.m. N. Kentucky vs. No. 21 Green Bay, 11:30 p.m. (ESPN3) Iowa State vs. No. 7 Texas, 4 p.m. Sunday’s Games ETSU vs. No. 25 Mercer. 9 a.m. (ESPN3) TBD vs. No. 20 USF, 11:30 a.m. (ESPNU) TBD vs. No. 1 UConn, 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Pac-12 Tournament Friday’s Games No. 6 Oregon 84, Colorado 47 No. 2 Stanford 69, No. 7 USC 59 Arizona State 57, No. 3 Oregon State 51 No. 4 UCLA 77, Cal 74 Saturday No. 9 UCLA vs. No. 6 Oregon, 6 p.m. (PAC-12) No. 14 Stanford vs. Arizona State, 8:30 p.m. Sunday Championship game, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Hockey NHL Friday’s Games Montreal 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Carolina 3, New Jersey 1 Florida 4, Buffalo 1 Winnipeg 4, Detroit 3 Colorado 7, Minnesota 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Calgary 1 Ottawa 5, Vegas 4 Nashville 4, Vancouver 3, OT Anaheim 4, Columbus 2 Saturday’s Games Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 11 a.m. Chicago at Los Angeles, 1 p.m. Montreal at Boston, 2 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. Ottawa at Arizona, 5 p.m. Toronto vs. Washington at Annapolis, Md., 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.