Category Archives: Basketball
Monday scoreboard: Clippers swept; Wolves knock off Blazers
Men’s basketball
Green River 79, SPSCC 59 – Box score
South Puget Sound’s Jamey Smith scored 22 points and AJ Fuller added 16 but the Clippers hit just six field goals in the first half and couldn’t come back from a 12 point halftime deficit falling to Green River 79-59.
The Clippers rallied in the early minutes of the second half but Green River took advantage of an untimely technical foul called on Johlani Porchia and their lead was built back to 14. After that, it was all Green River as their lead quickly ballooned to over twenty points and the Gators never looked back.
Green River outrebounded SPSCC 46-20 led by Kendal Brown’s nine boards to go along with his game high 25 points. Kortney Darby added 21 in the win.
Women’s basketball
Green River 59, SPSCC 46 – Box score
Renee Willey scored 17 points and pulled down 11 rebounds but turnovers continued to plague the South Puget Sound women’s basketball team and Green River’s 28 points off of 31 Clipper turnovers proved to the difference in the Gators’ 59-46 win. McKenzie Raben collected 13 rebounds and had four assists for the Clippers in the loss.
Girl’s basketball
Black Hills 58, Timberline 53
A 16-9 third quarter erased a halftime deficit for Black Hills and the Wolves put their foot on the gas in the fourth scoring 18 points to hold on for a 58-53 non-league win over Timberline. Black Hills’ Hope Mortensen led all scorers with 15 points while Becky Clayton scored 14 for the Blazers.
Saint Martin’s O’Neill, Haskey named GNAC players of the week
Roger O’Neill
Saint Martin’s Roger O’Neill and Chelsea Haskey were named players of the week today by the Great Northwest Athletic Conference following outstanding performances over the weekend that gave both teams their first conference wins.
Senior Roger O’Neill matched a career high by scoring 24 points to lead the Saint Martin’s men to a 71-59 win over Western Oregon on Saturday night. O’Neill scored the Saints first nine points of the game and went 9-of-15 from the field including a pair of three pointers and added seven boards and three assists. The Preseason All-GNAC team selection is now the sixth leading scorer in the conference putting up 15.4 points per game and is closing in on 1,000 points in his Saint Martin’s career.
“I felt good,” said O’Neill in a postgame interview posted on SMUSaints.com, “I try to put myself into positions where I can help my team score points.”
Chelsea Haskey boxes out Evergreen’s Danielle Swain
The Saints Martin’s women picked up a 70-66 upset of conference leader Seattle Pacific on Saturday night with junior Chelsea Haskey leading the way with 18 points and 8 rebounds. The Black Hills High School alum also had two steals as the Saints’ defense stepped up to shutdown the Falcons’ top players. Haskey also scored 16 points with four boards on Thursday night in their 67-49 loss to Montana State-Billings.
Haskey now leads the Saints in points (13.1 ppg), field goal percentage (45%), rebounds (6.9 rpg) and blocks (11) and has scored in double digits in 11-of-14 games this season posting a double-double in two of those games.
Both Saint Martin’s teams take to the road this weekend. The men travel to Alaska to take on Fairbanks on Thursday and Anchorage on Saturday. Meanwhile, the women will face Central Washington in Ellensburg on Thursday and Northwest Nazarene on Saturday night.
Tonight (1/7): SPSCC doubleheader; Blazers host Wolves
The South Puget Sound Community College basketball teams play their first home doubleheader of the season when they host Green River tonight. The women start things off at 6:00 PM and the men will follow at 8:00 PM. The two teams have played just three games total at SPSCC this season and haven’t played in Olympia since a women’s game on December 8th.
The SPSCC women come into the game looking to get things turned around after a 115-18 loss on Wednesday night to Clark. In that game, the Clippers made just five field goals, turned the ball over 35 times and were out rebounded 41-18. But they have a chance to wipe that bad taste out of their mouth right away facing off with the 1-9 Green River Gators, who fell 91-34 to Centralia on Saturday night.
Meanwhile, the men come into the game at 3-7 overall and 0-1 in the NWAACC West region and face a Green River squad that is 9-4 overall and 1-1 in region. The Clippers dropped a 73-64 decision to Clark last week. Scott Ewing and Olympia’s Jamey Smith average 17.3 and 17.2 points per game but were held well under their average by the Penguins. Timberline’s Kole Podowicz stepped up and scored 25 points and is averaging 15 points in the four games that he has played this season. Green River is led by Kortney Darby’s 17 points and seven boards per game.
In the lone high school hoops action tonight, the Black Hills girls travel to Lacey to take on Timberline in a non-conference game. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
Sunday scoreboard: Rise drop second straight in Calgary
Arena Basketball Association
Calgary Crush 130, Olympia Rise 82
Saturday scoreboard: Pios drop home opener; Saints sweep; Hawks win non-leaguer
Premier Arena Soccer League
Marysville Ruckus 11, Tumwater Pioneers 9 – Recap from TumwaterPioneers.com
The Tumwater Pioneers took an 8-2 lead early in the third quarter but a furious rally the rest of the way for the Marysville Ruckus spoiled the Pioneers home opener as the Pios dropped an 11-9 heartbreaker in front of a packed house at Tumwater Indoor Sports on Saturday night. Kevin Flavin scored five goals for the Pioneers while Victor Navarro scored three times for the Ruckus including the eventual game winner with less than four minutes to play.
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 70, Seattle Pacific 66 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Warner Pacific 54, Evergreen 51 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 71, Western Oregon 59 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Warner Pacific 74, Evergreen 40 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Boy’s basketball
Raymond 57, Northwest Christian 18
Girl’s basketball
River Ridge 52, Olympic 35
Centralia 64, Tumwater 41
American Basketball Association
Calgary Crush 137, Olympia Rise 100
Tonight (1/5): Pioneers, Saints, Geoducks, Navs and Hawks
Busy night of sports on tap in the South Sound tonight with two college basketball doubleheaders, an arena soccer home opener and a couple high school basketball games.
The Tumwater Pioneers arena soccer team makes their home debut tonight when they take on the Marysville Ruckus at Tumwater Indoor Sports. The Pioneers struggled on the road dropping two decisions to the Kitsap Pumas and Oregon Blacktails in December. But the Pios play four straight games in Tumwater starting tonight and face a Ruckus squad that is just three points ahead of them in the standings with a record of 1-2.
Tumwater will have their two leading scorers, Chris Pugh and Kevin Flavin, and goalkeeper Matt Stalnik back in the lineup tonight against Marysville, who features the goalWA.net week one PASL Northwest Division player of the week Josh Rudnick.
First kick is scheduled for 7:00 PM. Tickets are just $5 for adults and $3 for children and seniors. There will be a beer garden for fans 21-and-over, concessions provided by a taco wagon and games and prizes for all-ages. Dress warmly and bring a blanket if you want.
For more information, visit www.tumwaterpioneers.com
The Saint Martin’s basketball teams host a doubleheader at Marcus Pavilion tipping off with the women at 5:15 PM and following with the men at 7:30.
The women come into the game at 0-3 in the GNAC having faces all three of the GNAC’s best teams in their first three games. And the road doesn’t get any easier, Seattle Pacific is 3-0 in conference and 9-2 overall and is coming off a 72-65 win over Western Oregon on Thursday.
The men make their return to the Pavilion court for the first time in over a month. The Saints dropped a pair of GNAC games in late November/early December and sit at 0-2 in conference play. 2-0 Western Oregon comes into town tonight featuring the GNAC’s second leading scorer, Andy Avgi, who is scoring 20.4 points per game.
And across town, the Evergreen basketball teams wrap up their homestand against Warner Pacific. The women tip at 5:30 and the men follow at 7:30.
The Lady Geoducks are 3-3 in the CCC after a 58-52 win over Concordia last night. Danielle Swain had an outstanding night scoring 21 points and pulling down 13 rebounds. Warner Pacific sits a game ahead of the Geoducks at 4-2.
The men fell to 1-5 after their loss to Concordia last night and face a Knights team that upset #21 Northwest University last night to move to 5-1 in the CCC.
And finally, in high school basketball action…
Boy’s basketball
Northwest Christian vs. Raymond – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Girl’s basketball
River Ridge vs. Olympic – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Friday scoreboard: Geoducks women knock off Concordia; Blazers, Bears girls win easy; Blazers, Hawks boys cruise
Women’s basketball
Evergreen 58, Concordia 52 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Girl’s basketball
Timberline 55, Shelton 22
Olympia 58, Stadium 32
Raymond 71, Northwest Christian 41
Mountain View 64, Capital 42
Wilson 84, North Thurston 28
Top scorers (No Northwest Christian stats available): Sarah Snodgrass (Olympia).......19 Azaria Hernandez (Timberline)...12 Sarah McKee (Timberline)........11 Kiera Allen (Timberline)........10 Drew Rothengrass (Capital)......10
Men’s basketball
Concordia 84, Evergreen 65 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Boy’s basketball
Timberline 68, Shelton 42
River Ridge 64, Aberdeen 45
Wilson 60, North Thurston 36
Stadium 53, Olympia 37
Centralia 80, Tumwater 77
WF West 76, Black Hills 34
Top scorers (no Tumwater or Black Hills stats available): Brad Wallace (River Ridge).......30 Tyler Gartner (Timberline).......23 Michael Naipo (Olympia)..........16 Elijah Sanders (Timberline)......15 Jonathan Roberts (River Ridge)...11
Tonight (1/4): Better late than never
I spent the day unable to put up the “Tonight” post, but there is still time…
Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Concordia – CRC Gymnasium – 5:30 PM
Girl’s basketball
Olympia vs. Stadium – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Capital vs. Auburn-Mountainview – Capital HS – 7:00 PM
Men’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Concordia – CRC Gymnasium – 7:30 PM
Boy’s basketball
North Thurston vs. Wilson – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Timberline vs. Shelton – Timberline HS – 7:00 PM
Tumwater vs. Centralia – Tumwater HS- 7:30 PM
River Ridge vs. Aberdeen – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Thursday scoreboard: Hawks top Bobcats
Women’s basketball
MSU-Billings 67, Saint Martin’s 49 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Girls basketball
River Ridge 57, Aberdeen 44
WF West 58, Black Hills 33
Tonight (1/3): Saints continue GNAC play; Wolves get test from WF West
The Saint Martin’s women’s basketball team looks for their first conference win tonight when they play host to Montana State-Billings at Marcus Pavilion. Tip-off is set for 7:00 PM.
The Saints are 7-5 overall this season but 0-2 in GNAC play after struggling on the road against two highly ranked teams in Simon Fraser and Western Washington in December. But the Saints are 5-0 at Marcus Pavilion this season and have played stout defense allowing just 58.8 points per game (3rd in the GNAC) and have 10.8 steals per game (4th in conference).
But the road doesn’t get any easier in the Yellowjackets. MSUB is 8-2 overall and 2-0 in the GNAC and are coming off of a 57-54 black line upset of Divison I Montana State and are led by the GNAC’s leading scorer, junior Bobbi Knudsen, who is putting up 18.6 points per game.
If you can’t make it to the game, you can watch live video and hear me, Brandon Sparks, with the call of the game by clicking here.
The Black Hills girl’s basketball team will get a tough test tonight when it faces off with W.F. West at Black Hills High School. The Wolves come into the game at 8-3 overall but 2-2 in the 2A EvCo while the Bearcats sit on top of the EvCo at 3-0 and are 7-3 overall and are ranked #6 in the state by The News-Tribune and #1 in state by the ScoreCzar computers.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM.
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