Category Archives: College
Tonight (2/8): Geoducks open final home series; 2A girls basketball districts
Girls basketball – 2A District playoffs
River Ridge vs. Washougal – River Ridge HS – 7:00 PM
Black Hills @ Hockinson – Brush Prairie – 7:00 PM
Women’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Oregon Tech – CRC Gymnasium – 5:30 PM
Men’s basketball
Evergreen vs. Oregon Tech – CRC Gymnasium – 7:00 PM
Thursday scoreboard: Saints’ stout D leads to an upset and a near upset; PJPII season ends
Women’s basketball
Northwest Nazarene 49, Saint Martin’s 41 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Saint Martin’s spotted Northwest Nazarene 16 points to open the game and fell behind again by as many as 15 in the second half but behind a tremendous defensive effort, they cut the Crusaders lead to just one point at 42-41 before NNU pulled away and avoided the upset with a 49-41 win.
The Saints were ice cold to start each half but managed to rally twice to make the game interesting. They didn’t score their first point until a free throw by Chelsea Haskey at the 11:19 mark and didn’t hit their first field goal until the 9:34 mark but went on a 15-3 run over the final six minutes of the first half to cut the Crusaders lead to 25-20 going into the locker room.
Again Northwest Nazarene opened up a big lead with a 12-2 run to open the second half but again the Saints came back cutting the lead to one point twice in the final five minutes. But the Saints were unable to convert and take the lead both times and the Crusaders scored the final seven points to drop the Saints to 4-8 in league play.
GNAC leading scorer Megan Hingston scored 19 points and pulled down 10 rebounds but the Saints limited Chelsie Luke, the GNAC’s fourth leading scorer, to just eight points on 2-of-10 shooting. The Saints held the GNAC’s highest scoring team well under their season average on 30.2% shooting.
No SMU player scored in double digits but Chelsea Haskey, Angela Gelhar and Jordyn Richardson each scored nine points. Mackenzie Taylor scored eight points, all in the first half, and pulled down nine rebounds.
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 60, Alaska Anchorage 52 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Evan Coulter scored 18 points and Roger O’Neill added 14 points second half points to lead Saint Martin’s to a 60-52 upset of third place Alaska Anchorage in the second game of a men’s and women’s doubleheader at Marcus Pavilion.
As in the women’s game, the Saints’ defense stepped up and held down a high scoring offense. The men held the third highest scoring team in the GNAC to their lowest total of the season and limited the Seawolves three point shooting ace, Kyle Fossman, to just one bucket from long distance. Fossman did score 13 points but shot just 3-of-11 from the field. Teancum Stafford led the Seawolves with 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.
Four Saints scored in double digits. Besides Coulter and O’Neill, Brady Bomber scored 11 points hitting three triples and Will Bond added 10 points off the bench. Lucas Shannon scored seven points off the bench but no other Saint got on the board. The Saints second and fourth leading scorers, Eric Taylor and Rei Jensen, were each held scoreless.
The win did come at a cost. The Saints starting center and the GNAC’s top shot blocker Matt Dodson went down with an apparent knee injury in the second half. The 6-10 junior blocked two shots in the first half.
Boys basketball
North River 40, Pope John Paul II 36
Today (2/7): Saints basketball doubleheader
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s vs. Northwest Nazarene – Marcus Pavilion – 5:15 PM
Men’s basketball
Saint Martin’s vs. Alaska Anchorage – Marcus Pavilion – 7:30 PM
Saturday scoreboard: Oly sports go O-fer
Men’s basketball
Seattle Pacific 82, Saint Martin’s 54 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Eastern Oregon 82, Evergreen 67 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Centralia 63, SPSCC 55 – Box score
Women’s basketball
Alaska-Anchorage 48, Saint Martin’s 45 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Eastern Oregon 50, Evergreen 45 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Centralia 77, SPSCC 33 – Box score
Girls basketball
Raymond 49, Northwest Christian 40
Premier Arena Soccer League
Kitsap Pumas 18, Tumwater Pioneers 7 – Recap from the Pioneers
Today (1/26): A night of big upsets?
Another busy Saturday in the South Sound. Let’s get right to it…
Men’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Centralia – SPSCC Gym – 5:00 PM
Evergreen vs. Eastern Oregon – CRC Gymnasium – 7:30 PM
The struggling South Puget Sound men face off with the West Region’s second place team, Centralia, tonight. Northwest Christian grad Zach Carras is third on the Blazers scoring 11 points per game in his freshman year.
The NAIA’s #1 ranked team comes to town tonight to take on Evergreen. The Mountaineers are 23-1 overall and are coming off a victory over #15 ranked Northwest last night. The two teams met in La Grande earlier this season and EOU took a 77-60 decision.
Women’s basketball
SPSCC vs. Centralia – SPSCC Gym – 3:00 PM
Evergreen vs. Eastern Oregon – CRC Gymnasium – 5:30 PM
Saint Martin’s vs. Alaska-Anchorage – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
The Evergreen women face a stiff test when they face #5 ranked Eastern Oregon. The Mountaineers are 22-2 overall and 12-0 in the CCC and knocked off the Geoducks 66-45 on December 21st in La Grande.
Saint Martin’s improved to 4-4 in GNAC play on Thursday and moved into fifth place one game ahead of tonight’s opponent Alaska-Anchorage. The top six teams in the GNAC make the conference tournament hosted by the Saints.
Premier Arena Soccer League
Tumwater Pioneers vs. Kitsap Pumas – Tumwater Indoor Sports – 7:00 PM
The Tumwater Pioneers will have a tough time getting off the schneid tonight against the second place Kitsap Pumas. The Pios come into tonight’s game at 0-5 but have played the toughest schedule with their previous opponents sitting at 18-7-3. The Pumas knocked off the Pios in the season opener 11-3 in Bremerton.
Girls basketball
Northwest Christian vs. Raymond – Northwest Christian HS – 6:00 PM
Friday scoreboard: Hawks sweep Wolves; Bears, Blazers boys win; Geoducks drop pair to Yotes
Boys basketball
River Ridge 63, Black Hills 52
Olympia 58, Yelm 37
Timberline 69, Wilson 62
Foss 84, North Thurston 60
Raymond 68, Northwest Christian 32
Top scorers (no Black Hills stats): Donaven Dorsey (Timberline)............23 Kesean Coleman (River Ridge)...........20 Elijah Sanders (Timberline)............20 Brad Wallace (River Ridge).............19 Kenton Boogard (Northwest Christian)...14 Uati Pati (North Thurston).............14 Michael Naipo (Olympia)................14 Steven Stone (North Thurston)..........13
Girls basketball
River Ridge 58, Black Hills 48
Yelm 49, Olympia 38
Wilson 72, Timberline 26
Centralia 68, Capital 49
North Thurston @ Foss – No report
Top scorers: Jazzlynn Brewster (River Ridge)...18 Holli Weiland (Capital)...........18 MaKenna Schultz (River Ridge).....17 Sarah McGee (Black Hills).........15 Hope Mortensen (Black Hills)......14
Men’s basketball
College of Idaho 89, Evergreen 78 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Women’s basketball
College of Idaho 63, Evergreen 52 – Recap from Evergreen athletics
Tonight (1/25): Wolves, Hawks doubleheader; Rams, Blazers host Tacoma schools; Geoducks battle College of Idaho
Busy night of hoops in the South Sound tonight highlighted by an important 2A EvCo girls game between River Ridge and Black Hills. The 7-2 Hawks travel to Black Hills tonight sitting a game ahead of the 6-3 Wolves for second place in the conference.
The two teams met on December 21st in Lacey where River Ridge put together a 49-25 second half to overcome a six point halftime deficit to easily defeat Black Hills 78-60. Jazzlynn Brewster scored 24 points and MaKenna Schultz added 23 for the Hawks in the win while Nicole Nurmi led the Wolves with 15.
Tip-off tonight is set for 5:45 PM.
Following the girls game, the River Ridge and Black Hills boys square off. The Hawks currently sit in third place, a half game behind Capital following the Cougars 66-64 win over Centralia last night. Tip time is scheduled for 7:30 PM.
Across town in Lacey, the struggling North Thurston boys basketball team welcomes Dezmyn Trent and Foss to town while Timberline hosts Wilson in a matchup of 3-5 teams battling for fourth place in the 3A Narrows League. Both games tip at 7:00 PM. Listen to the game live on the Eli Sports Network by clicking here.
All the way back across town again, Evergreen hosts the College of Idaho in doubleheader basketball action. The Geoducks women start it off at 5:30 PM and the men will follow at 7:30. Tonight is Evergreen’s Coaches Versus Cancer night. Wear pink and half of your ticket price will be donated to the American Cancer Alliance of Thurston County. Live stats and video are available on the Evergreen athletics website.
VIDEO: Saint Martin’s Gelhar and Richardson rain threes
Saint Martin’s Angela Gelhar and Jordyn Richardson combined to hit seven three pointers in the second half of the Saints’ 74-57 win over Alaska-Fairbanks last night. Gelhar finished with 20 points and Richardson added 15 in the win. Above is all seven three pointers as called by me on the Saint Martin’s webcast.
Note: I know the music is a bit cheesy and the quality isn’t great. I’m still trying to figure out how to produce highlights using webcast videos that are small in size, hence the distortion on the titles and the video itself. Thanks for bearing with it for now, I hope you enjoy.
Thursday scoreboard: Gelhar’s 20 leads Saints to win over Nanooks; Cougars nip Tigers
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 74, Alaska-Fairbanks 57 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Angela Gelhar came off the bench and exploded for 20 points including four three pointers to lead Saint Martin’s to a 74-57 win over Alaska-Fairbanks. The Saints move to 4-4 in GNAC play and coupled with a Central Washington loss to Western Washington, they are now tied with Seattle Pacific for fifth place.
Playing without second leading scorer Brooke Paulson and starting point guard Jori Skorpik, Jordyn Richardson stepped up and hit four three pointers of her own and scored 15 points. Chelsea Haskey added 16 points, 12 in the first half as the Saints opened up an 32-23 halftime lead. Mackenzie Taylor scored just two points but hauled in 13 rebounds in the win.
Men’s basketball
Montana State-Billings 77, Saint Martin’s 64 – Box score
Roger O’Neill scored 23 points and pulled down eight rebounds but it wasn’t enough as Montana State-Billings knocked off the Saint Martin’s 77-64. A poor shooting first half proved to the be the difference as the Saints made just nine field goals in the first half and shot just 36% from the field. Meanwhile, the Yellowjackets shot 52% and opened up a 13 point lead, 41-28, at the half.
The Saint Martin’s bench hit just two field goals in the game. Eric Taylor came off the bench to score 11 points on 1-of-10 shooting. He was 9-of-10 from the free throw line. The Saints fell to 2-6 in GNAC play this season.
Boys basketball
Capital 66, Centralia 64
Capital hit 14 three pointers and came back from a seven point halftime deficit to knock off Centralia 66-64 and move into sole possession of second place in the 2A Evergreen Conference, a half game ahead of River Ridge.
Keenan Williams led the Cougars with 15 points and Jared Eidenmuller and Justin Rudd added 14 and 12 points respectively. Baylor Scott scored 23 points for the Tigers.
Tonight (1/24): Saints women host Nanooks; Capital faces conference test
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s vs. Alaska-Fairbanks – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
Saint Martin’s returns to Marcus Pavilion tonight when they face Alaska-Fairbanks in the first game of an important series against two struggling Alaska squads. The Saints currently sit at 3-4 in GNAC play, tied for sixth place with Central Washington. The top six teams in the conference make the GNAC tournament to be played at Saint Martin’s in March. The Nanooks are just 2-13 overall this season and are dead last in the GNAC at 0-7.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 PM and you if you can’t make it to campus, you can watch the game and listen to me, Brandon Sparks, on the call by clicking here.
Boys basketball
Capital vs. Centralia – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
Important game in the 2A EvCo tonight when Capital squares off against Centralia at Capital High School. The Cougars are currently tied with River Ridge for second place at 6-3 while Centralia sits just a half game back at 5-3. The two teams met on December 20th in Centralia and the Tigers handed Capital a four point loss.
Tip-off is set for 7:30 PM and you can listen to the game on the Eli Sports Network by clicking here.
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