Thursday scoreboard: Saints top Wildcats; Navs rock Hyaks; Cougs come back
Women’s basketball
Saint Martin’s 62, Central Washington 56 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Chelsea Haskey recorded a double-double scoring 17 points and pulling down 10 rebounds and Jordyn Richardson went 4-of-5 from the field with three three pointers in Saint Martin’s 62-56 win over Central Washington in Ellensburg. The Saints are now 2-3 in GNAC play and 9-6 overall matching their win total from last season.
Girls basketball
Northwest Christian 56, North Beach 43
Northwest Christian jumped out to a 28-13 lead at the half and extended the lead to 21 points after the third quarter and held on to win 56-43 in Lacey. Haley Bredesen scored 14 points and Mackenzie Reeves added 13.
Men’s basketball
Alaska-Fairbanks 81, Saint Martin’s 58 – Recap from SMUSaints.com
Boys basketball
Capital 61, Aberdeen 55
Pope John Paul II 40, Firm Foundation 35
Capital outscored Aberdeen 24-10 in the fourth quarter to erase an eight point deficit after three periods and picked up the 61-55 2A EvCo win in Olympia. Keenan Williams scored 20 points and Justin Rudd put up 16 for the Cougars.
Xin Gao scored 13 points for Pope John Paul II in their 40-35 win over Firm Foundation Christian School in Battle Ground. The Eagles are now 4-2 this season.
Tonight (1/10): Navs, Cougars host conference tilts
Light night of hoops in the South Sound…
Girls basketball
Northwest Christian vs. North Beach – Northwest Christian HS – 6:00 PM
Boys basketball
Capital vs. Aberdeen – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
Wednesday scoreboard: Girls get it done, boys suffer close losses; Clippers swept
Girls basketball
North Thurston 47, Shelton 25
Olympia 70, South Kitsap 34
Timberline 66, Mount Tahoma 48
Top scorers: Sarah McKee (Timberline)............16 Sarah Snodgrass (Olympia)...........14 Jona Spiller (Olympia)..............13 Kathrine Welcome (North Thurston)...13
Boys basketball
Mount Tahoma 64, Timberline 64 (2OT)
South Kitsap 54, Olympia 49
Shelton 43, North Thurston 40
Top scorers: Donaven Dorsey (Timberline)...17 Elijah Sanders (Timberline)...13 Max Fortier (Olympia).........12 Tru Hicks (North Thurston)....12
Men’s basketball
Lower Columbia 67, SPSCC 53 – Box score
Women’s basketball
Lower Columbia 71, SPSCC 27
Today (1/9): Mariners Caravan; Blazers, Bears, Rams conference matchups
The Seattle Mariners Caravan rolls into town today from 4:15-5:45 PM at the Worthington Center at Saint Martin’s. Mike Carp, John Jaso, Dave Sims, Dan Wilson and the Mariner Moose will be on hand to meet fans and sign autographs. The event is open to the public and free.
And it’s girl’s night in Oly tonight with three conference basketball matchups…
Timberline vs. Mount Tahoma – Mount Tahoma HS – 7:00 PM
Olympia vs. South Kitsap – Olympia HS – 7:00 PM
North Thurston vs. Shelton – North Thurston HS – 7:00 PM
Tuesday scoreboard: Hawks top T-Birds twice
Boys basketball
River Ridge 75, Tumwater 63
Columbia Adventist 73, Pope John Paul II 29 – Photos above
North Beach 56, Northwest Christian 46
WF West 58, Capital 48
Top scorers: Brad Wallace (River Ridge)...28 Austin Koukal (Northwest Christian)...19 David Cooper (Tumwater)...14 Justin Rudd (Capital)...14 Jayden Croft (Tumwater)...13 Keenan Williams (Capital)...13
Girls basketball
River Ridge 57, Tumwater 47
WF West 48, Capital 24
Top scorers: Lacye Groening (Tumwater)...18 Jazzlynn Brewster (River Ridge)...17 Rebecca Stevenson (River Ridge)...16
Tonight (1/8): High school hoops
The high school basketball season continues with a handful of conference games…
Boy’s basketball
Northwest Christian vs. North Beach – Northwest Christian HS – 7:00 PM
Pope John Paul II vs. Columbia Adventist – Marcus Pavilion – 7:00 PM
Tumwater @ River Ridge – River Ridge HS – 7:30 PM
Girl’s basketball
River Ridge @ Tumwater – Tumwater HS – 7:30 PM
Capital vs. WF West – Capital HS – 7:30 PM
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
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