B2 SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, January 25, 2020 Roundup: Stanfi eld girls blow out Rockets Continued from Page B1 Staff photo by Kathy Aney Hermiston’s Mia Hernandez (21) goes to the hoop during Fri- day’s game against Southridge. MCC basketball: Southridge will host Kennewick on Saturday Continued from Page B1 The Suns scored their fi rst basket of the third quarter — a 3-pointer by McKenna Crum — with 3:44 remain- ing. It was their fi rst points since the fi rst quarter with 1:52 left on the clock. “We lost a little bit of focus, but we were able to pull out the win,” Moss said. “We got a lot of players in; it was a team effort.” Alexis Kessell came off the bench to score four of her six points in the fourth quar- ter, Kendall Dowdy added four points, and Romero scored fi ve of her 11 points before exiting the game with about four minutes left to play. Romero added eight rebounds and six steals. All but one of Hermiston’s players scored. “Our bench is good,” Ray said. “They can carry the energy.” The Bulldogs got 15 points from their bench, plus a ton of rebounds — eight from Mia Hernandez, six from Kessell and fi ve from Bailey Young. Connors led the Suns with eight points, while McKenna Crum had seven. The Bulldogs will host conference-leading Chi- awana at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. Southridge will host crosstown rival Kennewick at 5:45 p.m. Saturday. Oregon: Slocum scored 18 for Oregon State Continued from Page B1 It was just the second time the rivals met while both a much better job on Jones,” ranked in the top 10. Oregon coach Kelly Graves Big picture said. “We were switching in Oregon State: Despite a the fi rst half, we were doing this and we were doing that, loss to Stanford last week- and none of it involved stop- end, the Beavers moved up a spot in the AP Top 25 this ping her.” Hebard’s layup stretched week. ... Oregon State has Oregon’s lead to 51-31 in outrebounded its opponent in the third quarter. Ionescu every game this season, but hit another buzzer-beating they fi nished even with the 3-pointer at the end of the Ducks with 33. Mikayla Pivec quarter to give the Ducks a leads the Pac-12 with an aver- 62-46 lead heading into the age of 9.6 rebounds, and she fi nal period. has scored in double fi gures Slocum fi nished with 18 in all of the team’s games this points for Oregon State. season. But the Ducks held “I think the second quarter her to nine points and fi ve probably wasn’t the best for rebounds. us,” Slocum said. “We gave Oregon: Going into the ourselves a fi ghting chance, game, Oregon was outscor- didn’t give up in the third and ing opponents by a stun- fourth quarter. We have to do ning average of 43.2 points a that the entire game, that one game at home this season. ... quarter just got us.” Former NFL star and Ore- Rueck shook up his start- gon quarterback Dan Fouts ing lineup for the fi rst time was at the game, as was Gov. this season, starting Kat Kate Brown and a handful of Tudor and moving Goodman WNBA coaches and league to the bench. commissioner Cathy Engel- Oregon State had won 15 bert. ... The Ducks’ two losses of the last 17 in the rivalry. this season came on the road, The teams split the series last to Louisville at the Paradise year with home team wins. Jam and at Arizona State. who host Hood River Valley on Monday. VALE 46, RIVERSIDE 42 — The Vikings out- scored the Pirates 14-4 in the fourth quarter to hold on for an Eastern Oregon League road win. Juan Reyna led the Pirates with a game-high 16 points. Adam Diaz led the Vikings with 13 points. The Pirates (10-5, 1-1 EOL) will host Burns at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. NYSSA 43, UMA- TILLA 39 — Lynkin McLeod led the Vikings with 15 points and nine rebounds in their Eastern Oregon League home loss to the Bulldogs. Umatilla (9-8, 2-1 EOL) hosts Vale at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. PILOT ROCK 52, STANFIELD 50 (OT) — In an intense seesaw Blue Mountain Conference bat- tle, the Rockets, led by Payton Thurmond with 14 points and Jimmy Jones with 13, made off with a nar- row league road win Friday night. “It was literally back-and- forth for the entire second half,” Stanfi eld coach Devin Bailey said. “It was insane. We just beat ourselves up.” Uriel Carrillo led Stan- fi eld with 11 points and a 3-of-5 performance from beyond the arc. Sam Kerns followed with 10 points and nine rebounds. Mario San- chez had a team-high 13 rebounds. Pilot Rock (14-2, 4-2 BMC) hosts Weston-McE- wen on Saturday at 5:30 p.m., while Stanfi eld (8-9, 3-3 BMC) hosts Hep- pner on Saturday, also at 5:30 p.m. UNION 62, WESTON-MCEWEN 47 — Theo White had a team- high 12 points for the Tiger- Scots, who suffered a Blue Mountain Conference road loss on Friday night. White posted a 4-of-6 performance at the free- throw line in the fourth quarter, and Hadden Ball notched a pair of treys in the fi nal eight minutes. We s t o n - McEwe n (4-13, 1-5 BMC) travels to Pilot Rock on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. NIXYAAWII 76, ELGIN 53 — Tyasin Burns had a game-high 31 points for the Golden Eagles, who remain perfect in Old Ore- gon League play after beat- ing the Huskies on the road Friday night. Kaden McClure had a Staff photo by Kathy Aney Hermiston’s Trent Pitney (3) drives to the hoop past Ryker Stevens (10), of Southridge, during Friday’s game at the Dawg House. bid in La Grande. La Grande’s Ella Dun- lap made a layup to put the Tigers ahead 55-42 with under four minutes remain- ing. Daniela Angel got Mac-Hi within single dig- its after making two free throws after a technical foul, and then hit a jumper to make it 57-50 with just over a minute to go and got the Pioneers within 57-53 with 25.5 seconds left. La Grande, though, followed with fi ve free throws to hold on. Angel fi nished with 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Pioneers (8-11 overall, 1-2 Greater Oregon League), who host Ontario at 3 p.m. Feb. 1. BURNS 55, IRRIGON 36 — JaLay Burns scored 22 points, and added seven rebonds, six steals and three assists, but her effort wasn’t enough as the Hilanders posted an Eastern Oregon League road win over the nights. Ally Heuckman led Burns (13-4, 2-1 EOL) with 35 points. Irrigon (6-9, 0-4) will host Nyssa at 3 p.m. Satur- day in an EOL contest. VALE 36, RIVERSIDE 13 — The Pirates dropped their fi rst Eastern Oregon League game of the year after the visiting Vikings held them to a season-low 13 points. Makaila Lantis led River- side with four points. Vale’s Sierra Cleaver had a game- team-high 19 points for the Huskies. Nixyaawii (13-4, 4-0 OOL) will host Joseph at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. IONE/ARLINGTON 66, HORIZON CHRIS- TIAN 41 — The Cardi- nals got their fourth Big Sky League win with a home victory over Horizon Chris- tian on Friday night. Hunter Padberg posted 21 points to lead the way, and Wesley Goad followed with 14. Ione/Arlington (12-3, 4-2 BSL) travels to Condon/ Wheeler on Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. league contest. CONDON/WHEELER 66, ECHO 49 — The visit- ing Blue Devils shot 75 per- cent from the fl oor in hand- ing the Cougars a Big Sky League loss. C/W led 20-8 after the fi rst quarter, but Echo came back to pull within 31-26 at the half. A 23-point run by the Blue Devils in the third put the game out of reach. Echo (0-16, 0-6 BKL) got a game-high 23 points from Javon Curiel, while Cameron Skinner added 10 points. C/W got 17 points from Cooper Johnson, and 15 from Braden Carnine. Girls basketball LA GRANDE 62, MAC-HI 53 — The Pio- neers trimmed a 13-point fourth-quarter defi cit to just four with 25 seconds to play, but fell short in their upset high eight points. The Pirates (3-12, 1-1 EOL) will look to get back into the win column Satur- day, hosting Burns at 3 p.m. NYSSA 45, UMA- TILLA 29 — The visit- ing Bulldogs handed the Vikings their second East- ern Oregon League loss Fri- day night. Martha Earl led the Vikings with a team-high 11 points. Hailey Castro paced the Bulldogs with 11 points. The Vikings (5-12, 1-2 EOL) return to league play Saturday, hosting Vale at 2 p.m. STANFIELD 61, PILOT ROCK 16 — Nyah Tejeda poured in a game-high 15 points, and Alexis Shelby added 13, as the Tigers rolled to a Blue Mountain Conference home win Friday. Lillie Brewer and Sarah Lambert each had fi ve points to lead the Rockets. Stanfi eld (14-3, 5-1 BMC) hosts Heppner on Saturday at 4 p.m. Pilot Rock (4-12, 0-6 BMC) hosts Weston-McEwen on Sat- urday, also with a 4 p.m. tip-off. UNION 57, WESTON-MCEWEN 19 — The TigerScots fell to 0-6 in Blue Mountain Confer- ence play after Friday’s road loss at Union. “Union was a chal- lenge for us tonight,” Weston-McEwen coach Jeff Griggs said. “We struggled to fi nd an offensive rhythm and turned the ball over fre- quently. I was proud that we never quit working hard.” Charli King had a team- high seven points to lead the TigerScots (2-15, 0-6 BMC). Weston-McEwen trav- els to Pilot Rock at 4 p.m. Saturday. ECHO 48, CONDON 33 — The Cougars remained perfect in Big Sky League play after a home win over the Blue Devils. Echo, whose largest lead of the night was 17 points, got a game-high 18 points from Faith McCarty, includ- ing three 3-pointers. The Cougars (12-5, 6-0 BSL) host Ione/Arlington at 6 p.m. Tuesday in a BSL matchup. COUNTRY CHRIS- TIAN 55, IONE 35 — Lizzy Grandle had a game-high 22 points to lead the Cougars to a nonleague home win over the Cardinals. Hailey Heideman led the Cardinals with a team-high 22 points. Ione/Arlington (8-7, 3-3 BSL) will host Condon at 2 p.m. Saturday. Bucks: ‘They got their sea legs back under them’ Continued from Page B1 league this year. We’re trying to get every game we can. We wanted to come out and make sure (Crook County) didn’t outwork us.” Both teams were score- less for the fi rst three minutes of the third quarter. Pendle- ton sophomore Chloe Taber sunk a trey with two min- utes left for a 19-point, 35-16 advantage over the Cowgirls, and that lead would broaden in the fi nal eight minutes. Hoisington and Cooley strung together fi ve unan- swered points in the fourth quarter to give the Bucks a 45-24 lead, and senior Nicole Lee managed a 3-pointer in the fi nal minute to solid- ify the 24-point, confer- ence-opening victory. “They got their sea legs back under them, so to speak,” Porter said. “They shot with some confi dence. They got back into that rhythm. It was’t our best game tonight, but it also wasn’t our worst.” Hoisington had 12 points to lead Pendleton on the night, while Jenness and Taber followed with nine each. Cooley fi nished with eight. “(Crook County) kept pushing us to play bet- ter,” Cooley said. “This was a good game to start the league.” Pendleton hits the road on Friday for a conference matchup against Ridgeview. Game time is at 6:30 p.m. January is Cervical Cancer Screening Month If found early, most cases of cervical cancer are treatable. 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