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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Grant Union boys fall by 2 in closing seconds to Burns
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
It was the final sec-
onds of Friday night’s non-
league basketball game that
decided the contest between
the Grant Union Prospectors
and the Burns Hilanders in
John Day in what turned out
to be a barn-burner, Burns
taking a 54-52 win with a
shot at the buzzer.
Prospects for the home
team looked dismal in the
first quarter as Grant Union
trailed 26-5.
The home team outshot
the visitors 16 to 7 in the
second, still trailing by 12
at the half.
“At halftime, I didn’t say
much to them,” said Pros-
pector head coach Kelsy
Wright. “We were get-
ting great looks and great
opportunities, but nothing
was falling for us. I just told
them nothing changes, we
just need to focus more on
finishing — finishing your
shot at the top, and that’s
what they started doing.”
Grant
Union
came
within 3 points of Burns
in the third, but were down
48-34 going into the fourth.
The intensity went up
several notches in the final
eight minutes.
The Prospectors denied
any scoring the Hilanders
had in mind for most of the
quarter.
Grant Union’s Tanner
Elliott, Tristan Morris and
Jacob Vaughan combined
for 13 points to tie the score
48-48.
Elliott then hit 2-2 at the
free-throw line — he was
5-6 in the quarter — for the
first lead of the night for the
Prospectors.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector Jacob Vaughan (5) goes up to
score with pressure from Burns Hilanders Cade Tiller
(10) and Zane Taylor (12).
Burns tied it 50-50.
Then Hilander Dakota Ceja
added 2 more points.
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Prospector Mason Gerry
scored his 2 points of the
game in the final 46 sec-
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Grant Union Prospector
Tristan Morris pushes
forward to score over
Burns Hilanders Emmett
Klus (1) and Zane Taylor
(12) Friday night.
onds, and again the teams
were tied.
In the final 17 seconds,
Burns inbounded the ball,
and Cade Tiller dribbled
back and forth before tak-
ing the game-winning shot
at the buzzer.
Elliott said he was proud
of his team for playing with
a lot of heart.
“We took care of the ball
and ran our offense,” he
said. “At the end, they got
lucky.”
Morris led Grant Union
with 19 points for the night,
followed by Elliott and
Vaughan with 11 apiece.
Devon Stokes scored 7, and
Gerry and Jordan Hall con-
tributed 2 each.
Wright said he was
pleased with how his team
came back.
“Burns is ranked No. 4
in their league right now,
so that’s pretty phenome-
nal for us to come out and
play some basketball like
that,” he said, adding he’s
happy with where his team
is as they develop through
the season.
“They did a great job,”
he said.
“Tanner Elliott did
another great job on the
offensive rebounds — he’s
just an animal,” Wright
said.
“Tristan
Morris
and Jacob Vaughan both
stepped up and had some
great drives. ... They’re
starting to click at just the
right time, so I’m extremely
happy with that.”
The Prospectors beat the
Crane Mustangs 53-52 in
nonleague action in Grant
Union’s first home game
of the season on Tuesday,
Dec. 11.
Grant Union (2-6) will
face the Heppner Mus-
tangs (4-4) in their first
league game of the season
at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21,
on the road.
The Mustangs tower
over opponents with sev-
eral players ranging from
6-foot-3 to 6-foot-10.
“The thing with big
kids is they can’t run the
floor very well, and they’re
not going to be great out-
side shooters, so they’re
going to probably pack the
paint,” Wright said.
On Saturday, Dec. 22,
Grant Union hosts the Pilot
Rock Rockets (0-5).
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