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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 SPORTS East Oregonian Page 3B Ducks get résumé-boosting win over No. 9 Utah Mounties win EUGENE (AP) — Larry “Then when we did get Krystkowiak had a simple the ball inside, we didn’t diagnosis for what ailed No. ¿QLVK YHU\ VWURQJ 7KDW¶V 9 Utah on Sunday. something we’ve got to pol- conference title His Utes suffered from a ish up this week.” lack of an inside presence, Brooks, a freshman, BMCC Men MEN’S subpar 3-point shooting and scored seven consecutive BASKETBALL a dearth of second-half re- points to put the Ducks up snap six game BLUE MOUNTAIN bounds in their 69-58 loss to by 10 with 4:58 to play. Af- 73, YAKIMA VALLEY 70 Oregon. ter Utah had a 7-0 run to pull losing streak — At Yakima, Wash., Max “There were a lot of 50- within three again, Brooks East Oregonian Mueller scored 19 points to 50 balls that didn’t go our added four more points — help Blue Mountain snap a way,” Krystkowiak said. the last two on a driving OLYMPIA, WASH. — six-game losing streak Satur- “We just need to play hard- dunk — to give the Ducks a The Eastern Oregon wom- day with a 73-70 road victory er.” 59-52 cushion. en’s basketball team won its over Yakima Valley. Dillon Brooks scored 11 “I thought he hit big third straight Cascade Col- The Timberwolves (6-18, straight points late in the buckets for us,” Oregon legiate Conference Tourna- 2-10 NWAC) rallied from a VHFRQG KDOI DQG ¿QLVKHG coach Dana Altman said. ment Saturday with a 63-59 ¿YHSRLQW KDOIWLPH GH¿FLW WR with 19 to help the Ducks “He really was aggressive road win over Evergreen. earn their second league win (20-8, 10-5 Pac-12) enhance taking the ball to the hole. Airshay Rodgers led the of the season. their own NCAA tourna- “We ran a couple things Mountaineers (24-5, 16-2 Coleman McElroy poured ment chances. for him late because he did CC) with 15 points on 6-of- in four three pointers to join Joseph Young added 14 have the hot hand, and he re- 11 shooting. Mueller as a double-digit points and Elgin Cook had sponded pretty well.” EOU led 29-18 at the half scoring with 16 points. Jar- 12 for Oregon, which sits <RXQJ¶V ¿QDO VKRW but was outscored by seven ed Schultz and Luke Meyers comfortably in third place brought the biggest roar in the second. added 14 points each. LQ WKH 3DF DIWHU LWV ¿UVW from the season-best crowd The win clinches an auto- BMCC has two games victory over a Top 10 team of 10,725. After a video re- matic berth in the NAIA Di- remaining on its slate. First since beating then-No. 3 Ar- view gave the Ducks posses- vision II tournament they’ll host Walla Walla on izona last year in the regu- sion under their basket with Wednesday for an 8 p.m. tip, ODUVHDVRQ¿QDOH 1:53 left, Young inbounded Delon Wright scored the ball and ran to the right AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Andy Nelson BLUE MOUNTAIN 90, then Treasure Valley on Sat- Oregon’s Dillon Brooks defends against Utah’s Brek- YAKIMA VALLEY 73 — urday at 4 p.m. 20 points for Utah (21-5, corner. kott Chapman during the first half Sunday in Eugene. At Yakima, Wash., the Tim- 11-3). The Utes dropped Two quick passes and 4 berwolves continue to roll, EASTERN OREGON a game behind Arizona in seconds later, the ball was rebounding margin, saw the bounder, missed the rest of winning their third straight 86, EVERGREEN 73 — At the conference race with a out of Young’s hands, and Ducks grab a 23-14 edge on WKH KDOI DQG ¿QLVKHG ZLWK contest behind Marhay Olympia, Wash., the Moun- showdown against the No. 7 his 3 made it 62-55. the glass in the second half. ¿YH SRLQWV DQG IRXU UH- Moore’s 33 points. taineers clinched a spot in the Wildcats set for next Satur- “He hit a huge one when 2UHJRQ ¿QLVKHG ZLWK D bounds. Riley Gerlinger added 21 Cascade Collegiate Confer- day in Salt Lake City. we needed it,” Altman said. 31 advantage in rebounds. Both teams struggled on points and seven rebounds ence Tournament Saturday Utah attempted more Oregon sealed the win “They made plays when offense until Young’s layup for Blue Mountain (15-8, 8-4 thanks in large part to Bryan 3-pointers (29) than shots by hitting 7 of 8 free throws they needed to, and I thought JDYH2UHJRQLWV¿UVWOHDGDW NWAC). McGriff’s 36 points. McGriff from inside the arc (23) for LQWKH¿QDO7KH'XFNV they played with more ener- 21-19 with 5:30 left in the The Timberwolves have VKRWVRIIURPWKH¿HOG WKH ¿UVW WLPH WKLV VHDVRQ were 15 of 18 overall from gy overall,” Krystkowiak KDOI <RXQJ¶V ¿UVW SRLQWV already clinched entry into to lead EOU (14-14, 16-12 though many of the long- the foul line. said. “They kicked our butts also started a 9-2 run that the NWAC tournament as CCC) to the win. range tries came in catch-up Utah made just 10 of 31 on the glass in the second helped lift the Ducks to a 32- one of four East division rep- The Mountaineers will mode late. shots (32.3 percent) in the half.” 27 halftime advantage. resentatives. RSHQ XS 4XDUWHU¿QDOV DF- “Guys get up in us (on VHFRQG KDOI DQG ¿QLVKHG Utah jumped to a 7-2 Oregon forced the Utes BMCC has two games tion in the CCC Tournament defense) and we’ve got to be of 29 (27.6 percent) from lead but lost 7-foot freshman LQWRWXUQRYHUVLQWKH¿UVW remaining on its slate. First Wednesday night when they able to make some plays and 3-point range after coming Jakob Poeltl to his second half and converted those they’ll host Walla Walla on travel to Portland, Ore. to feed the post,” Krystkowi- in as the Pac-12’s best be- foul after just 4 ½ minutes into 11 points. Wednesday for an 6 p.m. tip, face Concordia (Ore.) at 7 ak said. “I thought we were yond the arc at 40.6 percent. were gone on a play that also UP NEXT: then Treasure Valley on Sat- p.m. PT. miserable at getting the ball The taller Utes, who also wiped out a 3 by Wright. Oregon plays at Califor- urday at 2 p.m. inside. rank second in the Pac-12 in Poeltl, the Utes’ top re- nia on Wednesday night. $5RGEDFNHDUO\ZLWK<DQNVVWLOODYRLGLQJ3('VSHFL¿FV TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — WKH¿UVWZRUNRXWIRU<DQNHHV¶ I’m going to be ready. I’m So, I don’t blame whoever is Alex Rodriguez reported to position players. 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