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Not all favorites win at tourna
ments as was the case where the
Madras White Buffaloes squared
off with highly rated No. 3
ranked Phoenix Pirates in the
opening round of state tourney
action where the Buffs came out
the winners.
The Buffs jumped off to a 6-0
lead before the Phoenix Pirates
could score their first point.
With the Buffs taking command
right from the start, setting the
tempo more or less, the highly
rated Pirates were unable to get
any kind of game going. A
tough zone defense put up by
the Buffs forced the Pirates to
shoot from the outside. Mean
while the Buffs were able to
penetrate under the basket shots
by Todd McGuire and Dick
Madden, while Donnie Bagley
went down the lane for shots
and Brian Buslach found the
mark from the outside. The
B&ffaloes led at the end of the
first quarter 16-11, and were in
no serious trouble through out
the game.
In the second quarter, Phoenix
began to find the range as Greg
Walker scored ten points from
the outside to keep them in the
game. The Pirates did out score
the Buffs 19-18 in the second
quarter but the Buffs held the
lead at the half time 34-30.
Although the Buffs were out
scored again in the third quarter
12-10, the Buffs kept their cool
and played the game their way.
It was the third and final
quarter that put the clamps on
the game for the Buffs as Donnie
Bagley was four of four at the
free throw line and got a field
goal, McGuire added a basket
and a free throw. Madden tipped
in a couple of baskets and Whip
ple made a lay in while the
Pirates could only manage to
get three field goals.
Todd McGuire topped all sco
rers with 1 8 points, Madden 1 3.
Bagley 14, Brian Buslach 12 and
Whipple two. Walker 1 5 to lead
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down Phoenix 59-48
the Pirate attack while Andrew
Force added 12, Tom Larson
seven, Mike Pond 6, and Ross
Straub and Jon Murphy scored
four each.
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In the closing minutes the
entire Buff line up was given a
break as coach Blinco emptied
his bench. Their next game was
with LaSalle.
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Falcons
The thrills of glory short lived
for the Madras White Buffaloes
after a stunning win over the
highly rated Phoenix Pirates in
their opener at the state play-offs.
In a game that looked like it
could go either way during the
first two quarters turned out to
be a night mare for the Buffaloes
in the final two periods. Madras
was right in the thick of things
trailing 27-24 at the end of the
first half. The LaSalle Falcons
led a the end of the quarter 14-9.
Madras came back to out score
the Falcons 14-13 in the second
period with a six point effort of
Todd McGuire, Dick Madden
found the ranger for four points,
Donnie Bagley added a basket
and a couple free throws.
What ever happened in the
locker room during the intermis
sion either woke the Falcons up
Tillamook
Troy Molendyke was one of
the reasons Tillamook was so
successful in getting to state. He
scored 32 points against Madras
to eliminate them from further
tourney play.
Donnie Bagley left the Buffs
with 22 points where he was 8
out 9 at the free throw line, also
had several assists during the
game. The White Buffalo ball
handler closed out his high school
play as one of the top scorers
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fly past Buffaloes
or turned the Buffaloes off com
pletely. At the start of the third
quarter things started to look'
good for LaSalle where every
thing went right. They did what
they wanted to and that was to
score points. They stiffened up
on their defense causing turn
overs head over heels for the
Buffs. Robert Imper was the big
gun for LaSalle, scoring 15
points, nine of them in the second
half. There were ten players
who scored points for LaSalle
during the game.
Meanwhile, Madras was having
all sorts of problems. Problems
coming out of their ears. The
biggest problem was against a
tough full court press put on by
the Falcons. On several occasions
the ball never crossed the mid
court area for the Buffs because
of the pressure put on by the
Falcons full court press. There
bombs Madras
for the year. Todd McGuire
another point producer all season
long finished the game with 12
points all from field goals.
McGuire had a good day re
bounding. The big guys are al
ways double teamed and watched.
This was what Dick Madden
was facing in every game being
closely watched. When they tried ,
to get the ball to him it was
picked off. Madden managed to
get three points during the game.
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sure were no bright spots for
Madras in the second half. They
were held down to ten points
through the entire second half,
with six in the third and four in
the fourth quarters. LaSalle piled
up a total of 20 points in the
fourth and final quarter.
Defense is always a good way
to win games, while scoring
points at the same time. The
only thing it was LaSalle who
put up the tough defense and
scored the points.
This was a tough bracket to
be in at the tournament with the
top three ranked teams in the
state looking down your throat.
All three were ready to beat the
pants off of anyone, however
the Buffs managed to surprise
one of them kicking them off in
the first round but than ran into
a stonewall against LaSalle.
each managed to get four points
apiece and Brian Buslach two.
At the start of the game things
looked pretty good. Madras led
14-1 1 , but in the second quarter
the Cheesemakers exploded for
24 points to jump out to a 35-23
half time lead. Sean Hoffert
scored 14 points in that period
that just.about buried the Buffs.
From there on lf 'was Tillamook
who held the lead and won the
game and a right to play for
fourth place.
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