Category Archives: Basketball
Tonight (12/4): Geoducks host Boxers, Navigators doubleheader, Hawks and Bears, PJPII in action
Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Pacific – CRC Gymnasium – 6:00 PM
Girl’s basketball
Northwest Christian vs. Tacoma Baptist – Northwest Christian HS – 5:45 PM
Boy’s basketball
Olympia @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Pope John Paul II vs. Washington School for the Deaf – Saint Michael’s Gym – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. Tacoma Baptist – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Sunday scoreboard: Rise top Lakewood for first franchise win
Olympia Rise 97, Lakewood Panthers 90
The Olympia Rise started slowly falling behind by six points, 25-19, after the first quarter and trailed by a point at halftime. But the Rise built a 20 point lead in the fourth quarter and survived a late run by the Lakewood Panthers to pick up their first win in franchise history, 97-90. Jonathan Payne led the Rise with 20 points while Justin Artis and Patrick Lewis added 18 and 16 respectively.
The Rise move to 1-1 on the season and will host the Kitsap Admirals next Sunday, December 8th, at 4:00 PM.
Today (12/2): Rise up
American Basketball Association
Olympia Rise vs. Lakewood Panthers – CRC Gymnasium, Evergreen – 4:00 PM
Saturday scoreboard: T-Birds fall; Saints, Geoducks men lose thrillers; Geoducks women rally for win; Pios drop debut
High school football
2A state title game
Lynden 41, Tumwater 7 – See photos from the game here
Men’s basketball
Northwest Nazarene 66, Saint Martin’s 65 (OT) – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Northwest 94, Evergreen 89 (2OT) – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Rei Jensen gave Saint Martin’s a 65-64 lead in overtime but Northwest Nazarene’s Kenny Jones turned the corner and scored an uncontested layup with .4 seconds left on the clock to give the Crusaders a 66-65 overtime win. Jensen scored 29 points and pulled down 11 boards for the Saints while Jones scored 23 points for the Crusaders. The Saints led by as many as 19 points in the first half and took a 13 point lead to the half before NNU turned it on in the second half.
Travis Wagner hit a three pointer with less than ten second to play in regulation to send the game to overtime and Elzie Dickens banked one in at the buzzer to send the game to a second overtime, but #20 Northwest University finally got some distance in double-OT and knocked off Evergreen 94-89. Wagner led the Geoducks with 23 points and KJ Hong added 20. Michael Greene scored 32 and grabbed 13 rebounds and former Saint Martin’s Saint Michael Russo posted 26 for the Eagles.
Women’s basketball
Evergreen 55, Northwest 46 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Western Washington 75, Saint Martin’s 51 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Evergreen came back from 10 points down at the half to knock off Northwest 55-46 at the CRC Gymansium. Danielle Swain scored 17 points for the Geoducks while Sammi Clark nearly had a triple-double posting 13 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.
Saint Martin’s shot just 26.3% from the floor including just five first half field goals and fell to #8 Western Washington 75-51. Brooke Paulson led the Saints with 12 points.
Premier Arena Soccer League
Kitsap Pumas 11, Tumwater Pioneers 3 – Recap from TumwaterPioneers.com
Kevin Flavin scored twice and Chris Pugh added a goal in the Tumwater Pioneers’ franchise debut in the Premier Arena Soccer League on Saturday night, an 11-3 loss to the Kitsap Pumas at the Olympic Soccer and Sports Center in Bremerton. Matt Friesen and Scott Ford each scored two goals for the Pumas.
Girl’s basketball
Black Hills 64, Elma 56
Capital 49, Shelton 25
Tonight (12/1): College hoops all around
Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Northwest – CRC Gymnasium – 5:30 PM
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
Evergreen vs. Northwest – CRC Gymnasium – 7:30 PM
Girl’s basketball
Capital @ Shelton – SHS Minidome, Shelton – 7:30 PM
Friday scoreboard: Oly tops Cougs, Navigators sweep
Boy’s basketball
Olympia 69, Capital 49
Northwest Christian 53, Orting 51
Centralia 60, North Thurston 34
Black Hills vs. Skyline – No report
Girl’s basketball
Northwest Christian 59, Orting 21
Mark Morris 83, Tumwater 40
RA Long 48, Capital 29
River Ridge vs. Auburn-Mountainview – No report
Today (11/30): Spaghetti Bowl hoops, Wolves host Skyline; Navs, Hawks, T-Birds in action
Boy’s basketball
Capital @ Olympia – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills vs. Skyline – Black Hills HS – 7:00 PM
Northwest Christian vs. Orting – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Girl’s basketball
Northwest Christian vs. Orting – Northwest Christian HS – 5:45 PM
River Ridge vs. Auburn-Mountainview – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Tumwater vs. Mark Morris – Tumwater HS – 7:30 PM
Thursday scoreboard: Saints rally but come up short; Hawks win a pair
Men’s basketball
Central Washington 81, Saint Martin’s 75 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Women’s basketball
Simon Fraser 82, Saint Martin’s 45 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Boy’s basketball
River Ridge 57, Washington 45
Women’s basketball
River Ridge 76, Steilacoom 10
Pe Ell 56, Northwest Christian 18
Tonight (11/29): Saints host McLaughlin, Central
Counting basketball in November? It’s true. The Saint Martin’s men’s basketball kicks off the Great Northwest Athletic Conference season when they take on Central Washington tonight at Marcus Pavilion.
Saint Martin’s hasn’t hit the court since November 20th when they knocked off Northwest Christian 74-66 at home. Roger O’Neill scored 19 points including 13 points in the second half. Evan Coulter added 18 points, 14 of which came in the first half. The Saints shot 55.1% from the floor and will have to continue to shoot the rock well against the Wildcats.
Central Washington comes into the game at 4-1 and are coming off a 92-74 win over Walla Walla on Monday. Their only loss came to Azusa Pacific in overtime in their opener. The Wildcats did drop an exhibition game to Idaho, 92-75.
The Titans Wildcats feature seven Tacoma Community College transfers including preseason all-conference picks Mark McLaughlin and Jordan Coby. McLaughlin comes to Central after leading the NWAACC with 27.6 points per game and pulling down 8.1 boards per game.
McLaughlin’s journey has been fascinating. He originally committed to Washington State before his senior season at Inglemoor High School. He broke his commitment and signed with Nevada and then left Inglemoor for a New Hampshire prep school. When head coach Mark Fox left Nevada, McLaughlin was allowed to break his commitment and ended up signing with Baylor but left the school before the season and transferred to Seattle U. He played just 17 games for the Redhawks and ended up in Tacoma for the 2010-2011 season. He played a full season and was named MVP of the west region and committed to the University of Washington but McLaughlin again suddenly broke his commitment and enrolled at Central where he leads the team and the GNAC with 25 points per game.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM and if you can’t make it to the Pavilion, you can listen to me call the game on the live webcast on SMUSaints.com.
Wednesday scoreboard: Cougars, Bears, Wolves post non-league wins
Boy’s basketball
Capital 60, North Thurston 50
Shelton 41, Black Hills 35
Women’s basketball
Shoreline 70, SPSCC 41 – Box score
Girl’s basketball
Olympia 43, Lincoln 41
Black Hills 67, Shelton 14
River Ridge vs. Steilacoom – No report
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