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BAKER CITY HERALD — 7A
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020
OREGON MEN’S BASKETBALL
Wazzu upsets
No. 8 Ducks
BAKER GIRLS BASKETBALL
Bulldogs rout Weiser
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Baker’s offense started
slowly Thursday at Weiser,
but the Bulldogs’ defense had
no such lapses.
Baker led just 8-5 after the
fi rst quarter.
But when shots started
falling for the Bulldogs in the
second quarter and there-
after, the Wolverines were
unable to keep pace as Baker
rolled to a 57-29 win.
The third-ranked Bull-
dogs improved to 14-2 and
completed a season sweep
of Weiser. Baker beat the
Wolverines 58-33 on Jan. 4 at
the Baker gym.
Baker freshman post
Jozie Ramos scored 11 of
her career-high 24 points in
the second quarter as the
Bulldogs took a 25-13 lead at
halftime.
“Jozie just had an out-
standing night,” Baker coach
Mat Sand said. “We just kept
getting her the ball.”
Ramos, who had 16 points
in the Jan. 4 win over Weiser,
continues to improve as she
adjusts from middle school
basketball to varsity, a transi-
tion that Sand described as a
“major leap.”
“She’s just maturing as a
player, and it’s fun to watch,”
he said. “Each game it seems
like she gets more and more
comfortable with her role.”
Sydney Younger and Hailey
Zikmund had 5 points each
in the third period as Baker
extended its lead to 40-18.
The fourth quarter was
in effect a preview of years
to come for the Bulldogs, as
freshmen scored 15 of Baker’s
17 points.
Ramos tallied 7 more
points, two other freshmen
scored their fi rst varsity
points, and a third freshman
also scored.
Makenzie Flanagan, who
scored 2 points in December
during the Gladstone tourna-
ment, scored 4 points against
Weiser, and Rylee Elms and
Macey Moore had 2 points
each.
Sand said he had hoped to
By William Ferguson
Associated Press
PULLMAN, Wash. — After scoring a season-low in
points in his last game, CJ Elleby was the go-to guy for
Washington State against No. 8 Oregon.
Elleby scored 25 points and Washington State beat a
Top-10 team for just the third time, surprising Oregon
72-61 on Thursday night.
Elleby, who was held to six points against Stanford,
helped Washington State (11-7, 2-3 Pac-12) to its fi rst
win over a Top-10 opponent since 2007.
“I know my team trusts me to take shots,” Elleby
said. “We knew it was going to be a fi ght and we had
to buckle down in areas. We couldn’t give them noth-
ing easy. I think we just shot and executed really well
tonight.”
Elleby shot 9 for 20, including 4 for 7 from 3-point
range, and added a season-high 14 rebounds. Isaac
Bonton fi nished with 12 points and six assists, and Jeff
Pollard scored 11 for the Cougars.
“It was a really great effort for our guys. We stayed
the course,” WSU Coach Kyle Smith said. “We knew we
had to keep them out of transition. We didn’t do a great
job of that in the fi rst half. We turned it over 11 times.
In the second half, we didn’t turn it over as much and
that took a little steam out of them.”
Payton Pritchard had 22 points and fi ve assists for
Oregon (14-4, 3-2), which had its three-game winning
streak halted. Chris Duarte had 15 points for the
Ducks.
The Cougars were able to keep the game close in a
fi rst half that saw fi ve lead changes by shooting 8 for
12 from beyond the arc. Oregon went on a 13-3 run at
the end of the half that was capped by a step-back 3
from Pritchard to enter the break up 37-34.
Washington State started the second half quickly,
going on a 11-0 run to take a 47-39 lead with 15:38 left
in the second.
OREGON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Kathy Orr / Baker City Herald fi le photo
Isabella Nemec in Baker’s earlier game against WeiserTobie Noyer.
Oregon whips
No. 3 Stanford
By Anne M. Peterson
get the freshmen foursome
meaningful playing time
together against Weiser, as he
tries to gradually introduce
them to the faster speed of
varsity basketball.
“I was really pleased, I
liked what I saw,” he said of
the fi rst-year varsity players.
Sand said he felt more
comfortable playing the four
freshmen at the same time
because the fi fth Bulldog on
the court was Younger, the
savvy veteran senior point
guard.
Sand said Baker’s sput-
tering start offensively had
much to do with a change in
the regular starting lineup.
Senior Isabella Nemec is
recovering from an illness,
and junior Sydney Keller
competing in a wrestling
meet at Redmond.
“We were trying to fi gure
out the timing on the offen-
sive end, and that’s why the
fi rst quarter turned out the
way it did,” Sand said.
Sand said Nemec trav-
eled with the team, but he
preferred to give her another
two days of rest.
“I just want her to get
healthy,” he said.
Baker, which has won fi ve
straight games, returns to
Greater Oregon League play
Saturday when Mac-Hi trav-
els to Baker for a 3 p.m. tipoff.
Baker is 1-0 in league
play after 42-35 win over La
Grande on Jan. 10.
Baker’s JV team beat
Weiser 34-28. Weiser won the
JV2 game, 27-19.
BAKER (57)
Elms 1 0-0 2, Hellberg 1 0-1 2, Flanagan 2 0-0 4,
Younger 3 2-2 9, Zikmund 4 0-0 9, Carter 1 1-2 3,
Mackenzie 0 0-0 0, Ramos 11 2-4 24, Benson 1 0-0
2, Moore 1 0-0 2. Totals 25 5-9 57.
WEISER (57)
Bittinger 0 0-0 0, Moyle 1 0-0 2, Bouvia 1 2-2 4,
Juarez 0 2-2 2, Morris 2 2-3 7, Erickson 3 1-4 7,
Noyer 2 1-2 5, Shirts 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 8-13 29.
Baker
8
17
15
17 — 57
Weiser
5
8
5
11 — 29
Three-point baskets — Younger, Zikmund,
Morris. Total fouls — Baker 15, Weiser 16.
AP Sports Writer
EUGENE — Sabrina Ionescu didn’t notice the Or-
egon crowd’s roar when she fi nally went to the bench
with a career-high 37 points against Stanford.
The Ducks’ fans were aware she’d set the school’s
career scoring record. For Ionescu, all that mattered
was that the sixth-ranked Ducks were well on the way
to handing No. 3 Stanford its fi rst conference loss with
an 87-55 victory Thursday night.
“I didn’t know they said something at the game, did
they? Ionescu said. ”I didn’t hear it.”
Ionescu went into the game needing 24 points to
match Oregon career leader Alison Lang, who had
2,252 between 1980-84. When the record was an-
nounced on the video scoreboard, the crowd gave the
senior guard a standing ovation.
Her previous career high was 36 points, set against
Stanford on March 4, 2018. She also had 11 rebounds
and seven assists for her ninth double-double of the
season for the Ducks (14-2, 4-1 Pac-12).
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OREGON STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
great,” Stewart said. “I was
really happy for them.”
SEATTLE — For all the
Stewart scored 11 of his 13
attention focused on Isaiah
points in the second half, Battle
Stewart and Jaden McDaniels, and Tsohonis both chipped in
the other two freshman for
with 11 points, and Washing-
Washington fi nally got their
ton beat Oregon State 64-56 on
chance to shine.
Thursday night.
RaeQuan Battle and Marcus
Washington (12-6, 2-3 Pac-
Tsohonis aren’t secrets any-
12) rebounded from a miser-
more.
able trip to the Bay Area with a
“Obviously me and Jaden
pair of losses last week thanks
are playing a lot and to see
to a new-look lineup that
Marcus and RaeQuan come
provided the Huskies a needed
out and do their thing and
spark. Jaden McDaniels did
score in double digits, it felt
not play after starting the
By Tim Booth
AP Sports Writer
fi rst 17 games due to an ankle
injury suffered in the overtime
loss to California last Saturday.
With McDaniels not
playing, Battle was inserted
into the starting lineup and
gave Washington the kind of
outside presence it needed
with a trio of 3-pointers and
all 11 of his points in the fi rst
half. The shooting from the
outside opened up the lane for
Stewart in the second half as
the Beavers were unable to
run constant double teams at
Washington’s star freshman.
S COREBOARD
NFL PLAYOFFS
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 11
All Times PST
Tennessee at Kansas City, 12:05 p.m. (CBS)
Green Bay at San Francisco, 3:40 p.m. (FOX)
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 26
At Orlando, Fla.
AFC vs. NFC, noon (ESPN)
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 2
At Miami Gardens, Fla.
NFC champion vs. AFC champion, 3:30 p.m.
(FOX)
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
East Division
W
L
Pct.
Boston
27
13
.675
Toronto
26
14
.650
Philadelphia 26
16
.619
Brooklyn
18
22
.450
New York
11
31
.262
GB
—
1
2
9
17
Southeast Division
W
L
Pct
Miami
28
12
.700
Orlando
20
22
.476
Charlotte
15
29
.341
Washington 13
27
.325
Atlanta
9
32
.220
GB
—
9
15
15
19½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
Milwaukee 37
6
.860
Indiana
26
15
.634
Chicago
15
27
.357
Detroit
15
27
.357
Cleveland
12
29
.293
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L
Pct
Houston
26
14
.650
Dallas
26
15
.634
Memphis
19
22
.463
San Antonio 17
22
.436
New Orleans 16
26
.381
Northwest Division
W
L
Pct
Denver
29
12
.707
Utah
28
13
.683
Oklahoma City 23
18
.561
Portland
18
24
.429
Minnesota 15
25
.375
Pacifi c Division
W
L
Pct
L.A. Lakers 33
8
.805
L.A. Clippers 29
13
.690
Phoenix
17
24
.415
Sacramento 15
26
.366
Golden State 9
34
.209
Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia 117, Brooklyn 106
Detroit 116, Boston 103
Miami 106, San Antonio 100
Indiana 104, Minnesota 99
Toronto 130, Oklahoma City 121
Chicago 115, Washington 106
GB
—
10
21½
21½
24
GB
—
½
7½
8½
11
GB
—
1
6
11½
13½
GB
—
4½
16
18
25
Denver 100, Charlotte 86
Portland 117, Houston 107
Dallas 127, Sacramento 123
Orlando 119, L.A. Lakers 118
Thursday’s Games
Phoenix 121, New York 98
Milwaukee 128, Boston 123
New Orleans 138, Utah 132, OT
Denver 134, Golden State 131, OT
L.A. Clippers 122, Orlando 95
Today’s Games
All Times PST
Chicago at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Washington at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Cleveland at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Miami at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Atlanta at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Portland at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 12:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 3 p.m.
Phoenix at Boston, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Toronto at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Houston, 5:30 p.m.
Orlando at Golden State, 5:30 p.m.
Portland at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.
Sacramento at Utah, 6 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Miami at San Antonio, noon
Indiana at Denver, 5 p.m.
In His hand is the
Life of
every creature
and the
Breath
of all mankind.
Job 12:10
All life belongs to God. “It is he who made us,
and we are his” (Psalm 100:3) He cares about
each life so much that he has the hair on each
head numbered (Luke 12:7). Every pregnant
teen, every unborn child, every broken woman
with an abortion in her past, every frightened kid
who fi nds out he’s a father is loved by the Creator.
Each one has inestimable value and needs to
know the love and mercy of Jesus Christ.
Your local pregnancy center wants to be His hands
and feet to all those who are hurting, regardless of
race or societal status. They reach out in practical
ways including material help for those in need by
providing peer counseling, accurate information,
community referrals, pregnancy testing, and
much more.
As a nonprofi t organization, their services are
made possible by donations from churches and
individuals in our community. Please prayerfully
consider what God would have you do to help
this vital ministry in the coming year.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
• Volunteer
• Donate
• Get involved in one of
the fund raising events
• Host a baby shower
• Pray for this life saving
ministry
Life
is His
Rachel Pregnancy Center
A resource center for familes
541-523-5357
2192 Court, Baker City
PO Box 1086