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BAKER CITY HERALD — 5A MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020 OREGON MEN’S BASKETBALL Ducks hold off Sun Devils, 78-69 BAKER GIRLS BASKETBALL Baker opens GOL play with hard-fought win at La Grande By Ronald Bond The (La Grande) Observer LA GRANDE — The La Grande Tigers girls basket- ball team put themselves in position in the fourth quarter Friday at home to fi nally put an end to a long losing streak to the rival Baker Bulldogs. But a rash of turnovers late by the Tigers and the big-game experience by the defending state champions Bulldogs proved to be the dif- ference. Baker held off every push by the Tigers to earn a 42-35 win in the Greater Or- egon League opener for both teams and run its winning streak over La Grande to 11 games. “I think they were a little more relaxed in a big-game atmosphere,” La Grande head coach Brian Wright said of the Bulldogs. “Some of our kids were obviously bothered by nerves.” La Grande fell behind by as much as nine points on two occasions in the second quar- ter, but the Tigers whittled away at the defi cit and got within one on three separate occasions in the second half — at 25-24 on a pair of Ella Dunlap free throws in the third, at 28-27 on a McKaylee Orton 3-pointer with three minutes to play in the third, and at 33-32 on a Dunlap layup early in the fourth. But the Bulldogs had a response every time. Hailey Zikmund countered Dunlap’s third-quarter free throws with a 3-pointer that ended an 8-0 La Grande run. Lauren Benson had a 3-point play that helped keep Baker ahead by four after Orton’s triple. And the Bulldogs held La Grande to just three free throws in the fi nal seven min- utes of the game while forcing seven turnovers in the fourth quarter — most of them in the closing minutes. “We always start with defense, so we knew that we wanted to put ball pressure on them and see what they did with it,” Baker coach Mat Sand said. The defensive pressure resulted in the Bulldogs col- lecting 20 steals and forcing La Grande to commit 26 turnovers. The Bulldogs held La Grande scoreless for more than four minutes in the fourth quarter as they pushed the slim margin to 39-33 on EUGENE (AP) — There’s no easy way to defend Payton Pritchard. He hits 3-point shots, going 6 of 9 on Saturday night. He drives for baskets. He makes his free throws. And it all came into play for the senior, who scored 29 points as No. 9 Oregon held off Arizona State 78-69 . “He controls the game,” ASU coach Bobby Hurley said. “Even when he’s got the slightest of an angle he can get by you. “He’s so crafty and then he’s a threat from so far away he creates a lot of problems.” So did ASU’s Remy Martin, who matched Pritchard’s career-high point total. Much of the game was a personal duel between the two high-scoring guards. Pritchard was 9 of 16 from the fi eld. He also made all fi ve of his free throws. Martin was 9 of 21 from the fi eld and made his eight free throw attempts. Chris Duarte added 20 points for the Ducks (14-3, 3-1 Pac-12), who have won 11 of their last 12 games against the Sun Devils. Arizona State (10-6, 1-2) remained one of only two Pac-12 teams, along with Washington State, that has never won at Matthew Knight Arena, which opened in 2011. After Arizona State pulled within 65-60 with 4 minutes remaining, Pritchard responded with a three- point play and the Ducks milked that advantage to the end, even hitting fi ve of their fi nal six free throws after being 10 of 18 before that. “You hit some free throws and it’s a 15-point game and (the outcome) looks a little different,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “We’ve had some nights where we shot (free throws) OK but tonight we shot poorly. “We’ve just got to do a better job from the line.” OREGON STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Ronald Bond / The (La Grande) Observer Baker’s Lauren Benson dribbles against the defense of La Grande’s Kenzie Williams on Friday night at La Grande. Grande squad. “You just can’t replace that, and you can’t teach that,” Sand said of the Bulldogs’ experience. “It’s about being on the fl oor, giving yourselves opportunities. We’ve done — Baker coach Mat Sand that the last four years. It creates an atmosphere in a pair of Sydney Younger free a program and allows the throws with 1:18 to play. younger kids to embrace it. Camryn Collman coun- Having that senior leadership tered with two free throws for with the experience we have La Grande to cut the margin is unbelievable.” back to four. The Tigers had One of those seniors, opportunities to get closer, Younger, led the Bulldogs but a steal and a pair of free with 13 points and also had throws by Sydney Keller seven rebounds and fi ve with 36.8 seconds to go made steals. it a six-point game, and La “She’s a fl oor leader. She Grande got no closer. always has been,” Sand said “I guessed (we had) about of Younger, who is Baker’s 25 (turnovers), and you just leading scorer. “I groomed can’t turn the ball over 25 her all four years for that, times, and especially on our and it’s nice to have someone last four or fi ve possessions with that kind of experience there when we had oppor- and that kind of talent at the tunities,” Wright said. “We point guard.” were within one or two or Freshman Jozie Ramos three, and then (committed) added eight points for the some turnovers in transi- Bulldogs, and both Zikmund tion that if we’d have scored and Benson had seven. totally would have changed Collman, who led La the game.” Grande with 13 points, 11 re- Sand said the value of bounds and three steals, said having several players with nerves played a major factor experience from his team’s in the contest for her team. 2019 Class 4A title run a year “It was also hard because ago also played a role in his we were so nervous for this team being able to hold off home game,” she said. ”We what he called a “great” La put a lot of expectation on it, “We always start with defense, so we knew that we wanted to put ball pressure on them and see what they did with it.” (and) we didn’t come out as strong as we wanted to.” Baker led almost the entire night. The Tigers battled back from an early defi cit to tie the score at 8-8 after one quarter and briefl y took a 10-8 lead on a long jumper by Grace Neer to open the second quarter. Zikmund hit a 3-pointer for Baker a minute later to start a 10-0 run and put the Bulldogs ahead. The margin reached nine before Collman’s late 3 made it 25-19 at the half. Baker made 15 of 23 free throws, led by Benson’s 5-for- 5 and Younger’s 4-for-4. Dunlap added seven points and eight boards for La Grande. Kenzie Williams added six points and six rebounds. “We were defi nitely there, we just didn’t execute toward the end,” Collman said. “We’re defi nitely going to be ready for them in the future.” BAKER (42) Keller 1 2-3 4, Younger 4 4-4 13, Zikmund 2 1-2 7, Carter 0 1-2 1, Nemec 1 0-0 2, Ramos 3 2-7 8, Benson 1 5-5 7. Totals 12 15-23 42. LA GRANDE (35) Collman 2 7-8 13, Reagan 1 0-0 2, Rinker 0 0-0 0, Orton 1 0-0 3, Chamberlain 1 0-0 2, Kump 0 0-0 0, Neer 1 0-2 2, Williams 3 0-1 6, Dunlap 2 3-4 7. Totals 11 10-15 35. Baker 8 17 8 9 — 42 La Grande 8 18 11 5 — 35 Three-point baskets — Orton, Collman 2, Younger, Zikmund 2. Total fouls — Baker 16, La Grande 21. Beavers upset No. 24 Arizona By Gary Horowitz Associated Press CORVALLIS — Oregon State used a big second half to pull away with a big win against No. 24 Arizona. ‘Tres Tinkle scored 20 points and the Beavers beat the Wildcats 82-65 on Sunday night. The senior forward also had six rebounds, seven assists and three steals. Ethan Thompson had 18 points and eight assists for Oregon State (12-4, 2-2 Pac-12). “Just showing what we’re capable of doing when we’re locked in,” Tinkle said. Oregon State was certainly locked in during the second half, outscoring the Wildcats 51-34. Zeke Nnaji had 21 points and nine rebound to lead Arizona (11-5, 1-2), and Jemari Baker scored 10 points. After Nnaji made two free throws to tie the score at 49-all with 12:05 left in the second half, Oregon State took over and outscored Arizona 33-16 the rest of the way. Alfred Hollins’ 3-pointer culminated a 7-0 run and gave Oregon State a 56-49 lead with 10:17 remaining. The Beavers extended the lead to 70-56 on Kylor Kel- ley’s dunk with 4:45 left and led by as much as 20. It was a dominant second-half performance from the Beavers, who were coming off an 82-76 loss to Arizona State. “They were outstanding in the second half and we really couldn’t guard ’em,” Arizona coach Sean Miller said of the Beavers. “So much of it was just, I’d use the word outclassed. We just weren’t able to match up with the players that they had.” Arizona, which lost at No. 9 Oregon in overtime on Thursday, remained winless on the road this season. Kelley, who leads the nation in blocked shots, had 13 points, six boards and two blocks. “Big-time win in a big-time bounce-back situation for us,” Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle said. NFL DIVISION PLAYOFFS 49ers’ stingy defense stifles Vikings in 27-10 win go out and execute,” Sherman said. “It felt good. That’s what we look like SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Richard when we’re totally healthy.” Sherman anticipated the route for The return of injured defensive an interception and then watched starters Dee Ford, Kwon Alexander the San Francisco 49ers run eight and Jaquiski Tartt had the Niners straight times for the touchdown (14-3) playing as they did in the that put them in control of their fi rst fi rst half of the season as they set a playoff game in six years. franchise playoff record by allowing The dominant defense and power- only 147 yards. ful running game that carried the Jimmy Garoppolo threw a TD Niners to an 8-0 start this season pass on his opening drive as a play- delivered a 27-10 victory over the off starter and then mostly watched Minnesota Vikings in the divisional his defense and running game take round Saturday. over from there. The top-seeded “People keep disrespecting us. At 49ers turned a pair of second-half the end of the day, all you can do is turnovers by Minnesota (11-7) into By Josh Dubow AP Pro Football Writer 10 points. “They’re pretty good right?” tight end George Kittle said of his defense. “It’s such a blast just to watch them, how they work together. ... “If our defense keeps playing like that, all we have to do is not turn the ball over to win games” Sherman set up Tevin Coleman’s second short touchdown run of the game when he beat Adam Thielen to the spot to intercept Kirk Cousins for his third career playoff intercep- tion. Coleman had fi ve of the eight car- ries on the 44-yard drive as part of a 105-yard rushing performance. 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