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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.
Wednesday scoreboard: Bears sweep Shelton; Blazers girls roll, boys fall on epic Foss comeback
Boys basketball
Olympia 60, Shelton 24
Lincoln 71, North Thurston 35
Foss 78, Timberline 75
Timberline took a 67-49 lead after three quarters in Tacoma but Foss mounted a furious comeback outscoring the Blazers 29-8 in the fourth to take home a 78-75 win. Dezmyn Trent scored 43 points including 22 in the fourth for the Falcons. Donaven Dorsey scored 23 and Tyler Gartner added 17 in a losing effort for the Blazers.
Top scorers: Donaven Dorsey (Timberline)...23 Alex Johnson (Olympia)........19 Tyler Gartner (Timberline)....17 Michael Naipo (Olympia).......16
Girls basketball
Timberline 55, Foss 13
Olympia 58, Shelton 34
Lincoln 52, North Thurston 46
Top scorers: Kajana Fernandus (North Thurston)...20 Sarah Snodgrass (Olympia)...........17 Haley Harn (North Thurston).........12 Jenna Randich (Olympia).............11
Men’s basketball
Highline 78, SPSCC 68 – Box score
South Puget Sound’s Kole Podowicz scored 23 points and Jamey Smith added 16 but it wasn’t enough as Highline knocked off the Clippers 78-68. Ira Haywood led the Thunderbirds with 15 points off the bench. The Clippers fell to 1-6 in the NWAACC’s West Region.
Women’s basketball
Highline 64, SPSCC 26 – Box score
Olympia Reign whispers their 2012 schedule
There was no press release or anything to announce the release of the Olympia Reign’s 2012 schedule, just a suddenly updated website that I stumbled upon. According to their website, the season will feature ten games at the Skookum Creek Events Center at the Little Creek Casino. They open on April 20th against the Bellingham Slam at 7:00 PM.
Here is the complete 2012 home schedule:
Friday, April 20th – Bellingham Slam
Tuesday, May 1st – Vancouver Volcanoes
Thursday, May 3rd – Portland Chinooks
Friday, May 11th – Salem Soldiers
Saturday, May 12th – Bellingham Slam
Thursday, May 24th – Portland Chinooks
Thursday, May 31st – Japan
Thursday, May 14th – Japan
Thursday, May 28th – Los Angeles
Tuesday, July 3rd – Orlando Venom
All games are schedule for a 7:00 PM tip-off. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for children.
The team has tryouts scheduled for March 17th and 18th at South Puget Sound Community College. See the team’s website for more information.
Blake Poole’s season comes to an end
Photo credit: Pieper
Saint Martin’s alum Blake Poole’s fantastic rookie season in Germany came to an end on Saturday with a 74-67 playoff loss to Uni-Riesen Leipzig. Poole scored 15 points and had 15 rebounds in the loss and finished the season averaging 14.9 points per game and 12.9 rebounds per game. He had 20 double-doubles in 26 games and led the team in rebounding in all but one game this season. His best game came on January 28th when he scored 21 points and pulled down 19 boards in a 91-78 defeat of Herzöge Wolfenbüttel.
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