Axemen, Lancers reach next round.Byline: CURTIS ANDERSON The Register-Guard The South Eugene girls basketball team celebrated its return to the postseason with a convincing 48-37 victory over West Albany on Thursday night. The Axemen, who have now won seven consecutive playoff games Noun 1. playoff game - one game in the series of games constituting a playoff game - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours" playoff - any final competition to determine a championship dating back to the 1997-98 season, shot well when it counted and played an active zone defense on their home court to advance to the final round of the sub-tournament. South Eugene travels to Barlow bar·low n. An inexpensive, one- or two-bladed pocketknife. [After Barlow, the family name of its makers, two brothers in Sheffield, England.] for a 7 p.m. contest Saturday against the Bruins - the No. 2 seed out of the Mt. Hood Conference - with the winner earning a berth to the Class 4A state tournament at the Chiles Center The Earl A. Chiles Center is a 4,852-seat multi-purpose arena in Portland, Oregon, USA. The arena opened in 1984. It is home to the University of Portland Pilots basketball team. It hosted the West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament in 1992 and 2007. in Portland. `I'm glad for the kids,' South Eugene coach Jim Denker said. `They've worked hard for this, and they've earned everything they've got. I'm proud of them.' The Axemen (15-9) took control early against the Bulldogs (20-5) as Kim Weaver Dr. Kimberly A. Weaver is known worldwide in the field of astrophysics. She is an expert in the area of x-ray astronomy.[1] Early life and education Kim Weaver was born in Morgantown, West Virginia in 1969. and Marianna Gordon hit back-to-back threes and Lauren Tyree converted a fast-break basket to give South an 8-0 lead. The advantage grew to 15-5 by the end of the first period and stood at 28-15 late in the first half before West Albany's Marisa Higgins buried a pair of long three-pointers to keep the Bulldogs within reach at the break, 28-21. Higgins, a 5-foot-4 senior guard, scored 14 of her game-high 16 points in the first half, including four threes in the second quarter. In the second half, however, South Eugene did a better job of checking Higgins as she managed just three shots and didn't score until a driving layup with 1:54 left in the game. By then the outcome was no longer in doubt. South extended a 28-23 advantage to 40-26 at the end of the third quarter by attacking the basket on offense and forcing the Bulldogs into 2-of-11 shooting. `We made sure we identified where she (Higgins) was with our defense,' Denker said. `We wanted to stick close to her and not give her many looks.' South's margin grew to as many as 16 points in the fourth quarter, and the final score was as close as West Albany would get for the rest of the game. Gordon paced the balanced South offense with 15 points, followed by Tricia Flegal with nine and eight from Weaver. Erica Kilbourne grabbed six rebounds for the Axemen. South Eugene was able to advance despite getting just two points from 6-foot senior post Bailey Stokes Stokes , William 1804-1878. British physician. Known especially for his studies of diseases of the chest and heart, he expanded on the observations of John Cheyne in describing the breathing irregularity now known as Cheyne-Stokes respiration. , who got whacked on the nose last week and didn't receive medical clearance to play until Wednesday night. The Axemen made 18-of-40 attempts from the field - although they were shooting better than 50 percent until late in the game - and they converted 9-of-15 from the free-throw line free-throw line n. See foul line. . Churchill 62, Lake Oswego Lake Os·we·go A city of northwest Oregon, a residential suburb of Portland. Population: 35,800. 59 LAKE OSWEGO - Senior Annie Roberts scored 28 points as the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. (18-7) overcame a 20-point deficit in the first half to beat the Lakers See Lake poets . Churchill - which travels to Redmond on Saturday for a 7 p.m. contest in the final round of the sub-tournament - trailed 29-9 early in the second period before mounting a furious comeback. The Lancers pulled within 11 points at the break, 35-24, before outscoring Lake Oswego 23-7 in the third period to take a 47-42 edge into the final quarter. Churchill held a 60-59 lead late in the game when senior Angel Morris stole the ball, was fouled and converted two free throws with eight seconds left. Lake Oswego's desperation heave heave v. heaved, heav·ing, heaves v.tr. 1. To raise or lift, especially with great effort or force: heaved the box of books onto the table. See Synonyms at lift. from halfcourt at the buzzer was off the mark. Roberts made 10-of-14 shots from the field, while sophomore post Jessica Stiegleman added 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting. Morris was 5-of-8 from the floor and finished with 13 points. The Lancers struggled from the free-throw line, as they converted just 14-of-28. Kelsey Lavender lavender, common name for any plant of the genus Lavandula, herbs or shrubby plants of the family Labiatae (mint family), most of which are native to the Mediterranean region but naturalized elsewhere. The true lavender (L. paced Lake Oswego (17-8), the third-place team out of the Three Rivers Three Rivers, Que., Canada: see Trois Rivières. League, with 19 points. Trico League Playoffs Crow 50, Lowell 47 LOWELL - Katie Atkins scored 15 of the Cougars' 17 points in the fourth quarter as they rallied from a 36-33 deficit to defeat the Red Devils Noun 1. red devil - barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions secobarbital, secobarbital sodium, Seconal and earn a trip to Pendleton for the Class 2A state tournament. Atkins finished with a game-high 23 points for the Cougars, who will play league champion Harrisburg tonight at 7:15 at Lane Community College to determine their seeding for the tournament. Ally Clark missed a three-pointer with three seconds left that would have tied it for Lowell. Clark finished with 13 points, and teammate Jamie Jones led the Red Devils with 16. 4A Girls Basketball Playoffs Sub-Tournament THURSDAY'S RESULTS South Medford 52, Silverton 39 Churchill 62, Lake Oswego 59 Crescent Valley 48, Roseburg 30 Jesuit 67, Gresham 41 Glencoe 57, Ashland 55 Pendleton 58, Benson 50 South Eugene 48, West Albany 37 SATURDAY'S GAMES South Medford at Lakeridge, 7:30 p.m. Churchill at Redmond, 7 p.m. Crescent Valley at Tualatin, 7 p.m. Jesuit at South Salem South Salem is the name of several places in the United States:
Glencoe at Jefferson, 6:30 p.m. Pendleton at Springfield, 7 p.m. South Eugene at Barlow, 7 p.m. |
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