Rowley's double-double propels Eagle Point

December 07, 2008
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YREKA, Calif. — Austin Rowley isn't your prototypical post player.

But Eagle Point's powerful senior — he was listed at 6-foot-1, 260 pounds as an all-conference lineman in football — gets results others would long for.

Rowley blended strength and finesse to amass 19 points, 11 rebounds and five assists as the Eagles defeated Mount Shasta, 53-47, Saturday in the Yreka Tournament.

Eagle Point is 2-1 on the season.

"He's a big body who can play inside and outside," said Eagles first-year coach Brian Winter. "He's been a stabilizer for us. We're very young, and he's one of two seniors on the squad. He just brings a little veteran experience to the table."

The Eagles led by three at halftime, then established control and won the third quarter 19-10 for a 47-35 advantage.

Logan Winter had three fouls and sat for the early part of the period. He then came on and drained two 3-pointers as the Eagles built a cushion. Rowley had a field goal and was 3-for-3 at the line in the third.

"We put together a nice little run," said coach Winter. "That really was the difference in the game. Then we kind of let the air out of the ball in the fourth quarter as we were trying to protect the lead."

Eagle Point attempted only eight shots in the final period.

Austin Marlia led EP with five assists.

MOUNT SHASTA (47) — Thelander 15, Kenyon 13, Jaegel 9, Padula 5, Rutherford 3, Morris 2, Rodriguez 0. Totals: 17 7-18 47.

EAGLE POINT (53) — Rowley 19, Holmes 10, Tuttle 8, Winter 6, Marlia 6, Gonzalez 2, Morris 2, VanDyke 0, Rogers 0. Totals: 23-47 2-8 53.

Mount Shasta 6 19 10 12 — 47

Eagle Point 13 15 19 6 — 53

3-point goals — Mount Shasta 6 (Kenyon 2, Jaegel 3, Padula 1), Eagle Point 2 (Winter 2).

  • CRATER 69, PIEDMONT 44 — At Kelseyville, Calif., Josh Lokeno earned MVP and Travis Robbins was named to the all-tournament team as Crater won the Kelseyville Tournament championship.
  • ASHLAND 58, ENTERPRISE 48 — At Redding, Calif., despite having only eight players available, Ashland secured third place in the Harlan Carter Tournament.

Four Grizzlies scored in double figures, led by Charlie Sebrell's 14. Garrett Tygerson had 12, Jordan Resch added 11, and Mason Costantino scored 10 for Ashland (2-2), which was without point guard Adam Pavlich and post Talon Haggard.

Enterprise utilized a full-court press nearly the entire game, and the Grizzlies took advantage with many easy baskets. Defensively, Ashland limited the second-chance opportunities for Enterprise — primarily an outside shooting team — with strong rebounding.

ASHLAND (58) — Sebrell 14, Costantino 10, Kendall 8, Chasmar 0, Tygerson 12, Amrhein 2, Jordan Resch 11, Foley 1. Totals: 24 8-13 58.

ENTERPRISE (48) — Cunningham 14, Williams 14, Happersett 3, Enyart 3, Lentz 3, Buchanan 4, Chao 0, May 0, Fisher 7, Taylor 0. Totals: 17 7-11 48.

Ashland 20 7 19 12 — 58

Enterprise 13 9 11 15 — 48

3-point goals — Ashland 2 (Costantino 2), Enterprise 7 (Cunningham 3, Happersett 1, Enyart 1, Lentz 1, Fisher 1).

JV score — Enterprise 45, Ashland 41.

PHOENIX 47, GOLD BEACH 36 — At Gold Beach, Phoenix earned its first win of the season and captured third place at the Pacific Rim Tournament.

Skyler Reagan scored 22 points for Phoenix (1-2). Jeffrey Knox had 11 for Gold Beach.

PHOENIX (47) — Reagan 22, Ralls 7, Young 5, Bohn 4, Crichton 4, Sauceda 3, Damon 2, Tally 0, Campoy 0, Hendricks 0, Treadway 0. Totals: 17 12-19 47.

GOLD BEACH (36) — Knox 11, Wallace 8, Martin 7, Piper 4, Wagner 4, Martinez 2, Werder 0, Young 0. Totals: 14 5-9 36.

Phoenix 8 15 10 14 — 47

Gold Beach 7 8 12 9 — 36

3-point goals — Phoenix 1 (Reagan 1), Gold Beach 3 (Wallace 2, Knox 1). Fouled out — Knox. Technical foul — Gold Beach coach.

ST. MARY'S 55, MYRTLE POINT 50 — Junior wing Chris Bates converted 10 of 13 shots for 28 points and added five rebounds to lead St. Mary's past Class 3A Myrtle Point.

The 6-foot-3 Bates drained 3 of 5 3-point attempts for the 2A Crusaders (2-1), who used a six-point edge in the third quarter to separate from Myrtle Point.

Lou Gambee added 14 points for St. Mary's, while James Brown had 16 points and Willy Looney and Scott Clark 10 apiece for the Bobcats.

MYRTLE POINT (50) — Brown 16, Looney 10, Hamilton 6, Wilson 1, Davis 0, Dill 0, Libbett 7, Clark 10. Totals: 19 6-14 50.

ST. MARY'S (55) — Bates 28, Gambee 14, O'Boyle 0, Boggess 2, Grant 3, Harper 2, Watson 0, Gross 0, Tomlinson 4, Mosely 2. Totals: 20 11-18 55.

Myrtle Point 10 8 20 12 — 50

St. Mary's 8 6 26 15 — 55

3-point goals — Myrtle Point 6 (Brown 2, Looney 3, Clark 1), St. Mary's 4 (Grant 1, Bates 3).

JV score — Myrtle Point 48, St. Mary's 44.

BUTTE FALLS 48, GILCHRIST 38 — At Canyonville, Harley Casillas recorded Butte Falls' first double-double of the season in leading the Loggers to third place in the Canyonville Christian Academy Tournament.

Casillas, a junior point guard, had 13 of Butte Falls' 29 steals and contributed a team-high 14 points. Moe Gower added 12 points as the Loggers improved to 2-1.

Josh Sutfin led the team with nine rebounds.

BUTTE FALLS (48) — Casillas 14, Gower 12, Dyck 6, McGonagle 5, Sutfin 9, Weaver 2, Eller 0, Mallory 0, Adams 0, C. Dunham 0, D. Dunham 0. Totals: 17 12-23 48.

GILCHRIST (38) — Ellington 14, Stinson 13, Chapman 6, Erwin 2, Montgomery 2, Shuey 0, Kepple 1. Totals: 16 6-9 38.

Butte Falls 13 10 6 19 — 48

Gilchrist 2 16 4 16 — 38

3-point goals — Butte Falls 2 (Gower 2). Fouled out — Kepple.

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 65, PROSPECT 39 — At Prospect, Central Christian overwhelmed Prospect with its speed in the championship game of the four-team Prospect Tournament.

Central Christian, of Redmond, was led by Aaron Phillips' 20 points. Kyle Wood (11) and Jacob Rocco (10) also scored in double figures for the Tigers, who led 40-10 at halftime.


Prospect (1-3), which defeated Camas Valley 53-35 on Friday to reach the championship game, was led by Tyler Simcoe's 14 and Shane Kelly's 10.

Kelly and Riley Linson were Prospect's representatives on the all-tournament team.

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN (65) — K. Wood 11, Uptain 8, Johnson 4, C. Wood 6, Staples 2, Phillips 20, Rocco 10, Bell 4, Ellis 0, Spurgeon 0, Douglas 0. Totals: 29 4-13 65.

PROSPECT (39) — Demello 5, Gallagher 2, Walton 4, Bailey 4, Kelly 10, Simcoe 14, Linson 0, Wilson 0, Rowe 0, Honnis 0, Ryan 0, Chenne 0. Totals: 14 10-13 39.

Central Christian 20 20 15 10 — 65

Prospect 6 4 8 20 — 39

3-point goals — Central Christian 3 (Phillips 2, K. Wood 1), Prospect 1 (Kelly 1).