Patient Pirates stymie Philomath

December 09, 2008
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PHILOMATH — The Phoenix boys basketball team put a value on patience and rebounding Monday night, and both paid off as the Pirates methodically pulled away from Philomath for a 35-24 victory.

Skyler Reagan scored a game-high 12 points and Juan Sauceda added 11 for Phoenix, which opted to work on minimizing possessions by taking a minimum of 35 seconds off the clock on each offensive possession.

"We probably could've scored a little bit more but we wanted to be patient on offense and take what they gave us," said Phoenix coach Brian Miller, noting that several possessions went as long as one minute.

"On the defensive end, we just located all their shooters in our man zone," he added. "The key was they got one shot and they were done. I think they got three offensive rebounds the whole game. I think we did a pretty good job on the defensive end."

The key to the defensive effort came from the Pirates' interior defenders, with Ben Crichton, Jeff Bohn, Austin Campoy and Kyle Treadway doing a solid job on the boards.

Phoenix (2-2) opened a 17-10 lead by halftime and outscored the Warriors 13-6 in the fourth quarter — all six of those points coming from the free-throw line.

PHOENIX (35) — Reagan 12, Sauceda 11, Ralls 4, Campoy 2, Bohn 2, Crichton 2, Treadway 2, Lapat 0. Totals: 15 4-6 35.

PHILOMATH (24) — Haynes 8, Whiteman 8, Knudson 5, Thomas 3, Murphy 0, Straub 0, Motter 0, Hanten 0. Totals: 7 9-15 24.

Phoenix 9 8 5 13 — 35

Philomath 6 4 8 6 — 24

3-point goals — Phoenix 1 (Sauceda 1), Philomath 1 (Knudson 1).

JV result — Phoenix won.

GOLD BEACH 66, NORTH VALLEY 63 — At Gold Beach, North Valley was in control for three quarters, but then Gold Beach got hot from 3-point range midway through the fourth to claim the nonconference victory.

Jeff Knox netted a game-high 25 points and Todd Martin went for 20 for the Panthers, who outscored the Knights 25-17 in the fourth quarter.

Angel Granados posted 17 points and seven steals for North Valley (0-3), which also received 15 points and 12 rebounds from Max Mobley and 10 points and 10 boards from Drew Wert.

NORTH VALLEY (63) — Granados 17, Mobley 15, Pappan 10, Wert 10, Hart 4, Woodruff 3, Schwietert 3, Nelson 1, Elsworth 0, Beagley 0. Totals: 25 9-20 63.

GOLD BEACH (66) — Knox 25, Martin 20, Hockema 10, Martinez 7, Wegner 4, Werder 0, Piper 0, Young 0, Wallace 0. Totals: 24 9-23 66.

North Valley 16 14 16 17 — 63

Gold Beach 11 16 14 25 — 66

3-point goals — North Valley 4 (Mobley 1, Pappan 1, Hart 1, Schwietert 1), Gold Beach 9. Fouled out — Granados.

Girls

CASCADE CHRISTIAN JV 28, ROGUE VALLEY ADVENTIST 27 — Rogue Valley Adventist scored the final nine points of the game but the Red Tail Hawks' rally fell short against Cascade Christian's junior varsity at RVA School.

The Red Tail Hawks' Jordan Parmenter led all scores with seven points and hit the game's only 3-pointer. She also had seven rebounds.

Sarah Leffingwell had a game-high nine rebounds for RVA (1-1), with Rachel Allen and Katie Jo Cole each contributing six points.

CASCADE CHRISTIAN JV (28) — Aguilera 2, Britton 2, Brown 0, Case 2, Cochran 4, Higday 4, J. Martinez 4, V. Martinez 6, Rechberg 4, Trubenbech 0. Totals: 14 0-5 28.

ROGUE VALLEY ADVENTIST (27) — Wold 4, Hoque 0, Cool 3, Allen 6, Parmenter 7, Maitland 1, Cole 6, Lefflingwell 0. Totals: 11 4-8 27.

Cascade Christian JV 6 6 12 4 — 28

Rogue Valley Adventist 10 4 2 11 — 27

3-point goals — Rogue Valley Adventist 1 (Parmenter 1).