Women’s basketball

Brittany Gray scored 19 points and Sammi Clark posted a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds but after Evergreen battled back from an eight point halftime deficit, Hannah Leckson’s layup with 2:47 left gave UPS the lead for good and the Loggers escaped with a 73-69 non-conference win at the CRC Gymnasium.

Evergreen led by 10 points with eight minutes gone in the first half but UPS finished the final 12 minutes on a 23-5 run and took a 32-24 lead to the half. The Loggers went 3-for-5 from the three point line and forced 15 turnovers in the half.

But the Geoducks answered right back with a 14-6 run and a three point play by Clark tied the game at 38 at the 16:31 mark. The two teams battled back and forth for the next 14 minutes with neither squad taking more than a four point lead before an Emily Sneldon free throw gave the Loggers a five point lead with 35 seconds left.

Sadee Jones added 15 points and nine boards in the loss. Amanda Forshay scored 20 for UPS.

Men’s basketball

UPS jumped out to a 10-0 lead by the 16:22 mark of the first half and Evergreen never got any closer than four points the rest of the way in their 77-65 non-conference loss. Kyle Calhoun scored 21 points and Marc Taylor scored 11 points with 11 rebounds for the Geoducks.

Evergreen went 10-for-26 (38.5%) from behind the three point line but went just 10-for-26 (33%) from inside the three point line. The Loggers, meanwhile, made just one three pointer in the game but went 29-for-57 (50.9%) from the floor and outscored the Geoducks 40-16 in the paint.

Five Loggers scored in double figures led by Erin Barber and AJ Maw’s 16 points.