A6 BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2022
SPORTS
BAKER GIRLS BASKETBALL
Bulldogs roll past Pioneers on Senior Night
BY JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
MAC-HI (21)
On a night devoted to hon-
oring seniors and raising
money for the fight against
breast cancer, the Baker girls
basketball team was similarly
generous in its play.
The Bulldogs had assists on
their first seven baskets and
went on to a 62-21 win over
Mac-Hi on Friday, Feb. 4, in the
Baker gym.
Baker stayed unbeaten at
4-0 atop the Greater Oregon
League standings with two
league games remaining.
Baker, 15-5 overall, re-
bounded from a 58-48 loss at
Nyssa on Feb. 1, and moved
up to third in the state Class
4A rankings.
Before tipoff, Baker hon-
ored seniors Katie Wilde and
Aiyana Radford. Senior cheer-
leader Alexis Conant was also
recognized.
In the first 3 minutes of the
game, juniors Rylee Elms and
Jozie Ramos traded baskets,
and assists, as Baker scored the
first 8 points.
Ramos assisted Elms on two
baskets and Elms returned the
favor on Ramos’ first basket.
Makenzie Flanagan, Skylar
Roy and Sydnee Pierce also had
assists as Baker took an 18-4
lead after the first quarter.
Macey Moore, who had 8
points, said the flurry of assists
in the first quarter was a prod-
uct of the players’ familiarity
with each other.
“It just kind of happened,”
Herndon 0 0-0 0, Perkins 0 1-3
1, Ellis 0 0-0 0, Martinez 0 0-0 0,
Leber 2 2-2 7, Rhoads 4 5-8 13,
Sanchez 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0
0, Lopez 0 0-0 0, Vadillo 0 0-2 0.
Lara 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 8-15 21.
BAKER (62)
Elms 7 2-3 16, Flanagan 1 1-2
3, Wilde 1 0-0 2, Gyllenberg 0
0-0 0, Pierce 2 1-2 5, Ramos 7
3-3 17, Roy 1 0-0 2, Jaca 4 2-3
11, Moore 3 2-2 8. Totals 25
11-17 62.
Mac-Hi 4 5 7 5 — 21
Baker 18 20 16 8 — 62
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Baker’s Skylar Roy shoots against Mac-Hi on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in the
Baker gym.
Moore said. “We’ve been play-
ing together forever so it’s kind
of just automatic.”
Moore said the Bulldogs
played with extra motivation
coming off the loss at Nyssa,
which snapped a 5-game win-
ning streak.
Baker coach Jason Ramos
said Baker’s unselfish play in the
first quarter exemplifies the type
of offense the Bulldogs strive for.
“That’s what we want — we
shared the ball really well and
found our teammates really
well,” he said.
Oregon holds off Utah’s
late rally, wins 80-77
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —
Will Richardson made five
3-pointers and finished with
25 points and Oregon held off
Utah for an 80-77 victory on
Saturday night, Feb. 5.
Utah used a 13-4 run,
capped by a pair of Rollie
Worster free throws, to pull
to 78-77 with 7.6 seconds re-
maining. Eric Williams Jr.
then heaved the ensuing in-
bounds past midcourt to Ja-
cob Young, who caught the
ball in stride and made a
layup with 4.5 left. Eli Balls-
taedt missed a 3-point attempt
at the buzzer.
Oregon (15-7, 8-3 Pac-12)
has won nine straight against
Utah (9-15, 2-12).
Richardson was 10 of 18
from the floor and had five
assists. Young finished with
14 points. De’Vion Harmon
added 12 points and Quincy
Guerrier had 11. Williams
had 10 rebounds to go with
seven points.
Gabe Madsen scored 19
points and made five 3-point-
ers to lead Utah, which had
ended a program-record 10-
game losing streak on Thurs-
day night in a 84-59 win over
Oregon State. Madsen scored
five points in the Utes’ final
run but also missed three at-
tempts from long range inside
the final minute.
Marco Anthony added 15
points for Utah. Worster fin-
ished with 13 points and
Branden Carlson added 11.
The Utes missed 20 of 28
3-point attempts and were
15-of-23 shooting (65%)
from the free-throw line.
Oregon outscored the Utes
23-13 in the last 10 minutes
of the first half for a 43-31
lead. Utah pulled to 56-52
with about 11 minutes left.
Williams and Guerrier each
made a 3-pointer during a
15-5 run that stretched the
Ducks’ lead to 71-57 with
5:26 remaining.
Oregon will look for its
fourth consecutive victory
when it plays Stanford on
Thursday, Feb. 10, to begin a
three-game homestand.
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The second half was anticli-
mactic. Baker held Mac-Hi to
fewer than 8 points in every
quarter.
Jozie Ramos led the Bull-
dogs with 17 points. Elms
added 16, and Pierce had five.
Baker can clinch a home
game for the GOL champi-
onship on Feb. 19 by beating
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald La Grande Tuesday, Feb. 8, in
Baker’s Rylee Elms had 16 points in Baker’s 62-21 win over Mac-Hi on
the Baker gym. Tipoff is set
for about 6 p.m. Baker beat
Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in the Baker gym.
the Tigers 51-43 on Jan. 28, at
La Grande.
If anything, Ramos said,
to play and they brought the
If Baker wins the GOL title
Baker was a trifle too unselfish energy early,” Ramos said.
it would have a home game in
on a few occasions, making a
Moore and Jozie Ramos
pass when taking the shot was each had two baskets to open the first round of the playoffs
on March 5.
probably the better option.
the second quarter as Baker
The Baker girls JV team
But he wasn’t complaining
extended its lead to 26-4.
played the Powder Valley var-
after a 41-point win as a re-
Brooklyn Jaca, who had 11
sity on Saturday, Feb. 5, in
sponse to a disappointing loss points, swished a 3-pointer
a few days earlier.
from the corner late in the half the Baker gym. The Badgers
“The girls came out ready
and Baker led 38-9 at halftime. won, 35-29.
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