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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Garoppolo threw an interception
deep in his own territory late in the
fi rst half and then spent most of the
second half handing the ball off to
Coleman and Raheem Mostert.
There was little reason for coach
Kyle Shanahan to take chances the
way his defense completely bottled
up talented runner Dalvin Cook.
That took away Minnesota’s play-
action game and forced Cousins into
becoming a drop-back passer.
“We didn’t do enough offensively
to give ourselves a chance to win the
game,” Cousins said. “It hurts right
now. It’s so raw right now, just falling
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“Those guys did very well,” Cole-
man said of his offensive line. “They
moved the guys back so I had clear
holes to run through. So, yeah, they
did a real good job.”
Marcus Sherels’ fumbled punt
later in the third quarter led to a
fi eld goal that made it 27-10 early in
the fourth quarter.
San Francisco didn’t allow Min-
nesota to gain a fi rst down for more
than 27 minutes of game action
starting late in the second quarter.
The Niners will host the NFC
championship game next week
against the winner of Sunday’s game
between Seattle and Green Bay.
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