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But because of those mistakes, it put us in a situation where we ended up walk- ing out with a loss.” The Viks learned from their mistakes, entering Friday’s game against Toledo with a newfound spirit. “We played probably our best game of the sea- son up to that point,” Perry said. “We started executing the way I knew we could. We started to hit shots and create shots for each other that we’ve been preaching the entire season. “Everything was starting to come together.” Until it didn’t, due in large part to Toledo senior Conner Marchant, who scored a whopping 38 points against Siuslaw. “He was really, really good,” Perry said. “He was hitting threes, driving to the basket. He’s six feet tall, 200 pounds, well built. He’ll probably be playing college basketball next year. We tip our hat to him. He made some really hard shots and created a lot of good plays. They had a lot of open shooters on their team and were very well balanced.” But the Viks didn’t give up, keeping the score hopeful throughout the game. At one point in the fourth, Siuslaw was only down by three baskets. The Viks tried to stretch for the win, but Toledo pulled away, winning by 15. The fact that they even had a shot against Toledo, which reached the final four in its division last year, gave the Viks some confidence going into the final game of the weekend against Samuel Robertson from British Columbia. Even though the Viks were nursing a five-game losing streak, Perry told them that records don’t matter. “I don’t care if we’re 20-0 and going into the state championship,” Perry said. “None of that matters. The only game that matters is the game right in front of us. Obviously, none of us want to be where we’re at. We all agree we should be better than this. [Saturday was] our day to prove how good we are.” And the Viks did just that. The game started off slow at first, up only 1 point at the end of the first quarter. “I reiterated to them that we’ve got to get going,” said Perry. “They started pump- ing each other up, getting excited on the sideline. They were playing for fun and playing with a smile. That’s when it started going our way.” The Viks started putting on full-court pressure, playing with extreme i n t e n s i t y. S a m u e l Robertson missed a couple of shots, which created The Siuslaw News Presents... Christmas Tree Contest ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER OF $50 Enter in the Siuslaw News Christmas Tree Photo Contest Online and vote for your favorite. All you have to do is snap a photo of your Christmas Tree and enter by visiting: thesiuslawnews.secondstreetapp.com/ Siuslaw-News-Christmas-Tree-Photo-Contest/gallery Enter until 12/25 @ 4:00pm Pacific Online Vote Starts 12/14 @ 10:01am Pacific Winner will be announced 1/4/20 SPONSORED BY: Holiday specials through Christmas! 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Perry start- ed playing the end of his bench a little more, creat- ing a small in for Robertson, but by then the win was a lock. “We were playing together,” Perry said. “We were creating shots for each other. We preach all the time, “Don’t do it on your own. Be good a team- mate and work extremely hard on defense.’ We have the athletes to run up and down the court. When we believe it and we buy in completely, and we’re all playing hard for each other, we can create really good opportunities for our- selves. And that’s what we did.” The Viks were stealing throughout the night, hit- ting their layups and hard open shots. They were also having fun. “They’re a younger group that hasn’t played a ton of varsity basketball,” Perry said. “A lot of times they’re nervous and in their own heads. You just have to let go, play your hardest and be a good teammate. When they do that, good things come of it. That’s what they finally did.” Every basket was a cel- ebration, with the bench whooping and hollering. “It starts with working hard,” Perry said. “But when you see that ball go into the basket, your con- fidence level shoots up. In basketball, confidence is everything. It’s a techni- cally skilled game, proba- bly the hardest high school sport to be good at. But when they started understanding what we wanted to them, it all cliqued together.” Perry praised Braydon Thornton, who had a sea- son-high of 25 points. “He probably could have had 35-4 if he had hit some of the easier shots he nor- mally makes. He had an exceptional game.” Liam McClellan and Brody Terry had 8 points each, and Jacob Foskett had 7. “It was pretty well bal- anced all over,” Perry said. 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