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Tuesday scoreboard: Hawks, Rams to regionals, Geoducks done

21 Feb

Women’s basketball

Corban 60, Evergreen 48

Sophomore Danielle Swain had 16 points and Sami Clark added 11 but it wasn’t quite enough to get the 8th seeded Evergreen Geoducks past the 10th ranked team in the nation, Corban College, in the first round of the Cascade Collegiate Conference playoffs. Swain, a Black Hills alum, did set single season team records for blocks and rebounds in the game. The Geoducks finish the season with an overall record of 7-21 but played better than their record indicates. They will return their entire team next season except for one senior, Mele Rich.

Girl’s basketball

River Ridge 56, North Thurston 54

North Thurston cut a 16 point deficit and tied the game at 52 but River Ridge scored the next four points and held on to win, 56-54 securing a berth into the state regionals for the ninth straight season. Next up for the Hawks is a Saturday afternoon meeting with Port Angeles At Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma. The Rams season comes to an end.

Boy’s basketball

North Thurston 62, Washougal 56

A good Washougal crowd that made W.F West High School in Chehalis feel like a home game wasn’t quite enough to push the Panthers over the top to beat North Thurston on Tuesday night. The Rams got 30 points (or more) from senior Ben Broeker and made their free throws at the end to move into the state regionals for the first time since 2007. The Rams will play White River on Friday night at Mt. Tahoma.

Saturday scoreboard: too much for one headline

18 Feb

Men’s basketball

Alaska-Fairbanks 72, Saint Martin’s 70 – More from AlaskaNanooks.com
Northwest 86, Evergreen 51 – More from Evergreen athletics
SPSCC 104, Grays Harbor 59 – Box score

Brok Pendleton had 20 points and Roger O’Neill added 12 but Saint Martin’s couldn’t get the job done in the end and lost to the Nanooks 72-70.  Fairbanks ended a 13 game losing streak with their win and the Saints have now dropped eight straight games. Evergreen got 19 points from senior Patrick Lewis on senior night and actually led 15-3 early in the first half, but the Geoducks were outscored 83-38 the rest of the way.  Evergreen finishes the season 1-26.  South Puget Sound got 35 points from Deshawn Hayes and another double-double from Anye Turner in their thrashing of Grays Harbor.

Women’s basketball

Saint Martin’s 66, Alaska-Fairbanks 58 – More from SMUSaints.com
Evergreen 66, Northwest 62 – More from Evergreen athletics
SPSCC 69, Grays Harbor 58 – Box score

Two seniors on senior night helped Saint Martin’s knock off the Nanooks. Megan Teade had 12 points and Andrea Schutt had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman Jordyn Richardson led the way with 17 points.  Evergreen earned their first trip to the playoffs since the 2007-2008 season with their win over Northwest and Concordia’s loss to Eastern Oregon.  Jessica Edge had 17 points to lead the way for the Geoducks.  South Puget Sound had four players score in double digits, including 20 points from Aisha Jones and 17 points from Alychia Colon in their victory over Grays Harbor.

Boy’s basketball

Olympia 63, Mt. Rainier 59
North Thurston 70, Tumwater 63

With their win, Olympia advances to the district title game at 6:00 PM on Monday night at the ShoWare Center in Kent.  And with their win, North Thurston advances to a loser-out, winner-to-state regionals game on Tuesday night against Washougal

Girl’s basketball

Olympia 47, Central Kitsap 44
North Thurston 52, Tumwater 51
River Ridge 43, Woodland 38
Prairie 75, Timberline 47

Olympia earned a state berth with their victory over Central Kitsap.  It is the first time they’ve been to the regionals since 2003. North Thurston and River Ridge’s victories set up a loser-out, winner-to-state regionals game between the two on Tuesday night. Timberline loses in the semifinals but they are already bound for state.

College baseball

Lewis and Clark State 12, Saint Martin’s 6 – More from LC State athletics

College Softball

Saint Martin’s 14, Western Oregon 9
Saint Martin’s 6, Western Oregon 5 – More from SMUSaints.com

Indoor Soccer

Kitsap Pumas 7, South Sound FC 6 (shootout)

Roller Derby

Oly Rollers 123, San Diego Derby Dolls Wildfires 102

Geoducks scoring margin and national rank

18 Feb

It has been a historically bad season for The Evergreen State College men’s basketball team. The poor Geoducks are just 1-25 this season and haven’t really been close except for their one win over PLU in November.  They lost their best player and lost two other starters before the new year and have played with just seven players for most of the conference season.

It got me wondering, is Evergreen the worst college basketball team in the NCAA or NAIA this season?  The answer, thankfully, is no based on scoring margin average.  The following is a breakdown of all the teams in the NCAA or NAIA that have one or less wins ranked by how much they lose by on average…

1. Bluefield State – NCAA Division II – 1-21 – Outscored by 614 points/27.91 points per game
2. Franciscan University – NCAA Division III – 0-23 – 614/26.7 ppg
3. Principia College – NCAA Division III – 0-23 – 523/22.73 ppg
4. Millikin University – NCAA Division III – 1-23 – 537/22.37 ppg
5. Dillard University – NAIA Division I – 1-21 – 471/21.41 ppg
6. Huston-Tillotson – NAIA Division I – 0-26 – 532/20.46 ppg
7. Evergreen – NAIA Division II – 1-25 – 561/20.03 ppg
8. Lock Haven University – NCAA Division II – 0-22 – 414/18.18 ppg
9. Binghamton University – NCAA Division I – 0-25 – 407/16.28 ppg
10. Nyack College – NCAA Division II – 0-26 – 419/16.11 ppg
11. Elmira College – NCAA Division III – 1-23 – 351/14.62 ppg
12. Macalester College – NCAA Division III – 1-23 – 348/14.5 ppg

Evergreen mercifully wraps up their season on Saturday night against NAIA Division II #10 ranked Northwest University at the CRC Gymnasium. Tip-off is at 7:30 PM.

Friday recap: No playoff surprises, Geoducks struggle in Oregon, Saints struggle in California

10 Feb

Girl’s basketball

River Ridge 53, Hockinson 30
Mark Morris 64, Tumwater 41
North Thurston 59, Woodland 56 – 2OT
W.F. West 58, Black Hills 38

No surprises on the girl’s side of the 2A District IV playoff bracket on Friday night. River Ridge got an easy win over Hockinson behind Necy Wade’s 13 points and Kyahri Adams’ 14 points, Mark Morris three pointed Tumwater to death, Woodland took North Thurston to double overtime before the Rams prevailed thanks to Catie Mets’ 23 points and W.F. West beat Black Hills for the third time this season.

Next up: River Ridge plays Mark Morris on Tuesday in Tumwater at 6:00 PM and the North Thurston/W.F. West game follows at 7:45. On the loser’s side of the bracket, Tumwater plays Hockinson at 6:00 PM and Black Hills takes on Woodland at 7:45 at W.F. West in Chehalis.

Boy’s basketball

Bellarmine 68, Olympia 51

Dominick Francks scored 22 points but was the only Olympia player to crack double digits, a rarity for the usually balanced offensive attack of the Bears, and Bellarmine ran right past them in the second half to secure the #1 seed out of the 4A Narrows.  Oly led at halftime, 30-24, but Bellarmine outscored them in the second half 44-21. The Bears will next host either Kentlake or Rogers on Tuesday night.

Women’s basketball

Oregon Tech 61, Evergreen 45 – More from the Geoducks

Despite the loss, Evergreen remains only a half game out of a CCC playoff spot. They are chasing Concordia, who lost to Corban tonight.

Men’s basketball

Oregon Tech 90, Evergreen 62 – More from the Geoducks

College softball

Cal State Dominguez Hills 2, Saint Martin’s 1
Cal State Dominguez Hills 5, Saint Martin’s 1 – More from SMUSaints.com

College baseball

Chico State 7, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from SMUSaints.com

Evergreen basketball weekly releases

9 Feb

Evergreen is going south for their last road series of the season.  The Geoducks take on Oregon Tech Friday night and Southern Oregon Saturday night. Geoducks athletics has their weekly previews, read more about the men’s games here and the women’s here.

Saturday recap: Geoducks women, Saints softball, Rams and Navigators all win

4 Feb

Men’s basketball

Western Washington 70, Saint Martin’s 67 – Game recap from SMUSaints.com
Concordia 67, Evergreen 58 – More from the Geoducks

Women’s basketball

Western Washington 83, Saint Martin’s 50 – More from WWUVikings.com
Evergreen 74, Concordia 51 -More from Geoducks athletics

College Softball

Saint Martin’s 5, University of British Columbia 2 – Doubleheader recap from the Saints
Saint Martin’s 6, University of British Columbia 6 – Game called due to darkness

College Baseball

Cal Poly Pomona 19, Saint Martin’s 3
Cal Poly Pomona 12, Saint Martin’s 2 – More from Cal Poly Pomona athletics

Indoor Soccer

Kitsap Pumas 8, South Sound FC 6

Boy’s basketball

Northwest Christian 69, South Bend 53
North Thurston 66, Aberdeen 39

Girl’s basketball

North Thurston 66, Aberdeen 46

Bowling

Timberline finishes 5th and Black Hills finishes 6th in the 3A/2A State Tournament

Tonight (2/4): Geoducks, Saints and Shock

4 Feb

Two games on the Saint Martin’s campus today, starting first with an opening day softball doubleheader against the University of British Columbia at 1:00 PM. Rick Noren’s Saints were 9-30 last season but have a lot of new faces and are expected to be better than they were last year in hist first season as head coach. The Thunderbirds are a member of the NAIA and were 23-20 last season.

The Saints men’s basketball team then hosts Western Washington at Marcus Pavilion. The Vikings are 19-3 overall and 10-1 in the GNAC and are ranked #16 in the NCAA Division II. The Vikings average 84 points per game and are led by Rory Blanche who is scoring 16.9 ppg. Tip-off is at 7:00 PM. SMUSaints.com has a full preview.

The Evergreen State Geoducks men and women host Concordia on Saturday night. The Lady Cavaliers come into the game at 7-16 overall and 3-10 in the Cascade Conference, just one game ahead of the Geoducks. On January 6th the Geoducks came up just a little bit short losing 60-59 behind 22 points from Danielle Swain. Tip-off is at 5:00 5:30 PM at the CRC Gymnasium.

The Evergreen men are still looking for their first conference win and only their second win overall and will have a tough time against Concordia, who last week knocked off the #1 team in the nation, Oregon Tech. The Cavaliers are coming off an 82-74 loss at Northwest University on Friday night and are just 5-8 in the CCC but knocked off the Geoducks by 23 points in their first meeting this season.

South Sound FC wrap up their home schedule on Saturday night against the PASL-Premier Northwest Division leading Kitsap Pumas who come into the game undefeated at 4-0-2. But the Shock pulled off the upset last week of the division leader beating WSA Rapids 12-9. Game time is at 7:00 PM at Tumwater Indoor Sports. Tickets are $5 at the door. For more information on the Shock, visit their website.

February 3rd recap: two more Geoducks losses, Saints baseball pounded and River Ridge beats the Rams

4 Feb

Men’s basketball

Warner Pacific 91, Evergreen 60 – More from Geoducks athletics

Women’s basketball

Warner Pacific 57, Evergreen 45 – More from Geoducks athletics

Boy’s basketball

Capital 45, Lincoln 43
Wilson 57, Timberline 47
Olympia 69, Mount Tahoma 49
Willapa Valley 55, Northwest Christian 44
Black Hills 86, Tumwater 79

Girl’s basketball

Tumwater 61, Black Hills 44
Olympia 77, Mount Tahoma 67 – OT
Wilson 82, Timberline 56
Lincoln 55, Capital 29
Willapa Valley 49, Northwest Christian 28
River Ridge 53, North Thurston 39

College baseball

Cal-Poly Pomona 20, Saint Martin’s 0 – More from SMUSaints.com

Bowling

Timberline is third in the 3A/2A state tournament after the first day trailing Mark Morris and Wilson. Black Hills is sixth.

Tonight (2/3): Geoducks vs. Knights, Rams vs. Hawks

3 Feb

The tenth ranked men’s team in the NAIA Division II comes to town on Friday night to take on the struggling Evergreen Geoducks. Warner Pacific is 10-2 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference and 18-5 overall. Meanwhile, the Geoducks have lost 17 straight games, are winless in conference and have just one win overall and were beaten by the Knights 93-67 in Portland on January 7th. Tip-off is set for 7:30 PM.

The Geoduck women also host Warner Pacific at the CRC Gymnasium on Friday night. The Knights are 9-3 in the CCC and 15-8 overall and have won eight straight games. Evergreen is just 2-11 in conference but have given good teams fits over the last couple of weeks including a near upset of #8 Eastern Oregon last Saturday night. Warner Pacific won the first match-up 70-55. Tip-off is at 5:00 PM.

The big high school game tonight is the North Thurston/River Ridge girl’s game. The two teams are tied for second place in the 2A EvCo just one game behind W.F. West. The Rams took the first meeting 44-42 on January 12th. Tip-off is at 7:30 at North Thurston.

Plenty of other high school games around town as well, here is the rest of the schedule…

Girl’s basketball

Black Hills at Tumwater – 6:00 PM
Mount Tahoma at Olympia – 7:00 PM

Boy’s basketball

Lincoln at Capital – 7:00 PM
Wilson at Timberline – 7:00 PM
Black Hills at Tumwater – 7:45

January 28th recap: Oly colleges go 1-5, Navigators, Shock win

28 Jan

Men’s basketball

SPSCC 75, Centralia 66
Eastern Oregon 109, Evergreen 63 – More from Geoducks athletics
MSU-Billings 82, Saint Martin’s 74 – More from MSUBsports.com

SPSCC ground out the only win for Olympia area colleges on Saturday night knocking off Centralia College 75-66 despite 32 points from Centralia’s Van Lockett. The Clippers improve to 3-5 in the NWAACC West division and Centralia drops to 2-7.

Women’s basketball

Centralia 61, SPSCC 41
Eastern Oregon 54, Evergreen 53 – More from Geoducks athletics
MSU-Billings 58, Saint Martin’s 52 – More from SMUSaints.com

The Evergreen State College women, just 4-18 on the season, continue to give ranked opponents fits. On Saturday in La Grande, the Geoducks fell just a buzzer beater short of beating the #8 ranked Eastern Oregon Mountaineers falling 54-53. The Geoducks led by as many as ten in the second half and were up by one with just 2.4 seconds left but were whistled for a fould and EOU’s Dominique Johnson sank both her free throws to win the game. Black Hill’s Danielle Swain led the way for Evergreen with 18 points and nine rebounds.

Boy’s basketball

Northwest Christian 66, Ocosta 48

Zach Carras scored 21 points for the Northwest Christian Navigators…all in the second quarter. That’s a solid eight minutes of work.

Indoor Soccer

South Sound FC Shock 13, WSA Rapids 8 – Unofficial score, as recalled by @Emmettoconnell

UPDATE FROM SSFC: South Sound FC 12, WSA 9

Big win for the South Sound FC in their third home game at Tumwater Indoor Sports. WSA Rapids was undefeated coming into the game and had beaten the shock 11-3 at the Bellingham Sportsplex in December. The win moves the Shock’s record to .500 at 3-3.

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