A6 BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2022
SPORTS
BAKER GIRLS BASKETBALL
Bulldogs rout Mac-Hi in GOL opener
And the game wasn’t nearly
as competitive as a contest
The Baker girls basketball
against La Grande is likely
team was expecting to open
to be.
Greater Oregon League play
Baker ran to a 22-3 lead af-
against what’s likely to be
ter one quarter and went on to
its biggest obstacle to win-
a 66-10 romp over Mac-Hi.
ning the league title — the La
The Bulldogs, ranked fifth
Grande Tigers.
in the Class 4A standings,
But it turned out quite dif- improved to 10-4 with their
ferently.
fourth win in five games.
After the scheduled Jan. 11
Jozie Ramos had six of her
game against La Grande in
game-high 19 points in the
the Baker gym was postponed first quarter. Macey Moore
due to COVID-19 issues with matched Ramos with six
the Tigers, the Bulldogs in-
points, and Brooklyn Jaca and
stead traveled to Milton-Free- Sydnee Pierce added four each
water on Friday, Jan. 14, to
as the Bulldogs took control
take on the Mac-Hi Pioneers. from the opening minutes.
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Baker’s offense slowed a bit
in the second quarter, as the
Bulldogs scored half as many
points.
But it hardly mattered, with
Baker’s defense holding the Pi-
oneers to a single point as the
Bulldogs led 33-4 at halftime.
Baker scored 22 more points
in the third quarter, with seven
Bulldogs scoring.
Baker takes a break from its
league schedule by playing host
to Vale tonight, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m.
Baker then plays host to GOL
rival Ontario on Friday, Jan. 21
at 6 p.m. The Tigers are 0-9 on
the season, and they lost 51-19
to Mac-Hi on Jan. 8.
BAKER (66)
Elms 2 0-2 4, Flanagan 4 0-2
8, Wilde 1 0-0 2, Gyllenberg 3
0-0 7, Pierce 3 1-3 7, Ramos 9
1-1 19, Roy 1 1-3 3, Jaca 4 0-0
7, Robb 0 0-0 0, Moore 4 0-0
8. Totals 31 3-11 66.
MAC-HI (10)
Herndon 1 0-2 2, Perkins 1
0-2 2, Rhoads 1 2-4 4, Jaimes
0 0-2 0, Badillo 1 0-0 2. Totals
4 2-10 10.
Baker 22 11 22 11 — 66
Mac-Hi 3 1 6 0 — 10
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald, File
Baker’s Macey Moore, seen here against Fruitland on Dec. 15, 2021,
had eight points in the Bulldogs’ 66-10 win over Mac-Hi on Friday, Jan.
14, 2022.
No.
3
UCLA
beats
Oregon follows UCLA upset
Oregon State, 81-65
with win vs No. 5 USC
OREGON MEN’S BASKETBALL
Ducks first team
in 46 years to
beat two top-5
teams on the road
in 5-day span
BY JOE REEDY
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Oregon’s
Dana Altman has accom-
plished plenty in his 37 years as
a college basketball coach. He
added a new one to his list Sat-
urday night, Jan. 15.
Altman’s Ducks became the
first team in 46 years to knock
off two top-five teams on the
road within a five-day span,
beating No. 5 Southern Cali-
fornia 79-69 behind Will Rich-
ardson’s career-high 28 points.
De’Vion Harmon had 16
points and N’Faly Dante
added 12 for Oregon (11-6,
4-2 Pac-12), which has won
five straight, including an
84-81 win over third-ranked
UCLA on Thursday.
The Ducks are the first team
since Clemson in January of
1976 with two wins over top-
five teams on the road in such
short order, according to ESPN
Stats & Information. They are
the first to do it in the Pac-12.
“We needed a big week.
Our guys knew that. I’ve been
talking about a sense of ur-
gency since the Baylor game
and how we didn’t have any
more room for error,” Altman
said. “I haven’t seen anything
like it, but we needed some-
thing to jump start us.”
The Ducks took control
early and led throughout.
They were up 16 at halftime
and extended their lead to 18
early in the second half. USC,
which was playing its third
game in five days, was only
able to get within nine during
the final 20 minutes.
Southern California came
into the game fourth nationally
in field goal defense, holding
opponents to 36.6% shoot-
ing. Yet the Ducks hit their
first four and nine of their first
13 en route to going 29 of 58
(50%) from the floor.
“USC made a couple runs,
but we were able to keep push-
ing, playing hard and sticking
to what we do. The trust be-
tween the team has grown the
past couple of months,” Har-
mon said.
Boogie Ellis and Isaiah Mo-
bley led the Trojans with 18
points apiece. USC (14-2, 4-2)
has dropped two of its last
three after opening the season
with 13 straight wins.
Richardson had five of Or-
egon’s 10 3-pointers as it shot
10 of 21 from beyond the arc.
The Ducks also had a 34-30
advantage in points in the
paint, with 14 of their 19 two-
point field goals being either
dunks or layups.
Oregon took control early
when it went on a 13-3 run to
take an 18-8 lead five minutes
into the game. The Ducks hit
three 3-pointers during the
spurt, including two by Rich-
ardson.
Ellis hit two straight shots
from beyond the arc to pull
the Trojans within 32-27 with
4:01 remaining before the
Ducks closed the half with a
13-2 spurt to take a 45-29 ad-
vantage. Richardson had eight
points during the late run, and
Eric Williams Jr. scored five.
The Ducks extended their
lead to 55-37 five minutes
into the second half. Chevez
Goodwin got the Trojans
within nine on a free throw
with 4:54 remaining, but they
could not draw any closer.
“Oregon played a very
high level of offense in the
first half. In the second half,
we played better and harder,
but when you’re down 16 (at
halftime), it’s not easy against
a quality team,” USC coach
Andy Enfield said.
Big picture
Oregon: The Ducks had a
6-6 record in late December
but have regained their stride
and could make a bid to jump
back into the rankings after a
strong performance this week.
“I still think we’ve got so
much room to grow into. I
think our execution can get so
much better,” Altman said.
USC: The Trojans are likely
to drop out of the top 10 after
struggling in all three games.
They needed a late run in the
second half to beat Oregon
State on Thursday. USC is 2-2
since it had a 19-day layoff due
to COVID-19.
“The lack of practice hurt
us, but our players have to fig-
ure it out,” Enfield said.
BY BETH HARRIS
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Coming
off an overtime loss, UCLA
paid the price in practice. The
third-ranked Bruins went
hard and it paid off.
Johnny Juzang scored 19
of his 24 points in the second
half when UCLA pulled away
to beat Oregon State 81-65 on
Saturday night, Jan. 15.
“We worked on little things
and intensity,” Juzang said
about the off-day practice.
“Sharp preparation and work-
ing on being disruptive. That
was a good adjustment for us.”
Jaylen Clark added 11
points on 5-of-6 shooting in
his first career start for the
Bruins (11-2, 3-1 Pac-12). The
sophomore replaced Jaime
Jaquez Jr., who sat out with a
left ankle injury.
“On this team, you always
got to be ready,” Clark said. “I
really just wanted to make the
most out of it.”
Dashawn Davis and Jarod
Lucas scored 12 points each
for the Beavers (3-13, 1-5),
who remain winless in five
road games this season.
“We got careless in the sec-
ond half,” OSU coach Wayne
Tinkle said. “We really had
problems — either we gave
them high-percentage shots or
we fouled them.”
Juzang scored 10 of UCLA’s
first 17 points to open the sec-
ond half, extending its lead to
60-44. He hit a 3-pointer and
converted a three-point play,
while Clark and Cody Riley
picked up their third fouls.
“This is as active as they’ve
been on defense in a long
time,” Tinkle said. “They re-
ally got to the rim and hit
some mid-range shots. Coach
really got them pumped up af-
ter the loss.”
The Beavers also had foul
trouble. Starters Warith
Alatishe and 7-foot-1 Roman
Silva got whistled for their
third fouls within seconds of
each other early in the second
half. Silva and Isaiah Johnson
both fouled out.
The Bruins employed a five-
guard lineup at times and out-
rebounded Oregon State 23-
22, with Juzang grabbing six
— all on the defensive glass.
“It was tough to get a re-
bound,” coach Mick Cro-
nin said. “Guys looked like
flies next to Roman Silva out
there.”
Alatishe, OSU’s sec-
ond-leading scorer at 12.3
points, took one shot and was
held scoreless in a physical
game that saw players repeat-
edly crash to the court.
The Beavers’ Dexter
Akanno somehow managed
to avoid injury when he hur-
dled over the scoring table
chasing the ball and landed
in the empty first row. UC-
LA’s David Singleton ap-
peared to hit his head falling
backward into his bench, but
he wasn’t injured.
Akanno got the Beavers’
bench riled up to start the
game with a fastbreak one-
handed dunk. They kept it
close early when both teams
shot 70%.
But the Bruins dominated
the rest of the half, outscor-
ing Oregon State 20-11 to
lead 43-35 at the break. Five
different Bruins scored, led
by Jules Bernard with seven
and Tyger Campbell with six.
For the third straight
game, only relatives of play-
ers and coaches — totaling
141 — were allowed in Pau-
ley Pavilion because of surg-
ing COVID-19 cases. Fake
crowd noise was pumped in.
Up next
Oregon: Hosts Washington
State on Thursday.
USC: Travels to Colorado on
Thursday.
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