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No. 1 Tigers boys crush Mac-Hi
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The Tigers defeated Mac-Hi 71-37 Tuesday, improving to 7-0 in league play. “We got off to a slow start,” La Grande head coach Aaron Mills said. “(Mac-Hi) was ready for us, and they played tough the whole game. We didn’t play great defense early on. The team picked it up in the second half.” The Tigers led 14-11 after one quarter, but built a lead as big as 40 points during a season sweep against the Pioneers. La Grande used its size to grab 19 offensive rebounds and 14 defensive rebounds during the game. Luke Kevan paced the team with 22 points and eight rebounds.
The Tigers (21-1) will travel to Ontario for a 7:30 p.m. MT tip-off Friday. McKague 2 0-0 4, Kevan 10 2-2 22, Attila 5 1-1 14, Tishmack 0 0-0 0, Boyd 0 3-4 3, A. Nice 5 2-2 13, Wanta 1 0-0 2, Winde 1 1-2 3, Johnston 1 0-0 2, Yundt 1 2-2 5, Townsend 1 0-0 2. Totals 27 12-14 71. MAC-HI (37) Garcia 4 3-3 13, Salazar 4 2-2 10, Stanford 2 0-0 6, Mesa 2 0-0 4, Brown 1 0-0 2, Perez 0 0-2 0, Croughan 1 0-0 2, Riley 0 0-0 0, Corona 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 5-7 37.
Tigers girls cruise to victoryMILTON-FREEWATER —Tigers head coach Jim MacKay received proof his team is headed in the right direction. The La Grande girls basketball team stifled Mac-Hi during a 46-18 road win. “We tried some new things on defense,” MacKay said. “Mixing things up really helped out. (Megan) Bedard and (Britanni) Good got us going early on offense.” Using a 27-10 lead at the half, the Tigers cruised to their fifth league win against two losses. La Grande locked up the second seed in the Greater Oregon League, improving to 10-11 overall. Bedard and Good scored 16 and 14 points, respectively. The Tigers play Friday at No. 1-ranked Ontario at 6 p.m. M.T. Friday. LA GRANDE (46) Good 5 4-4 14, Miles 0 0-0 0, Mitchell 1 0-0 2, Tooke 3 1-3 7, Pettey 2 3-4 7, MacKay 0 0-0 0, Nice 0 0-0 0, Bedard 8 0-0 16, Powers 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 8-11 46. MAC-HI (18) Roeder 1 0-0 2, Burchilo 2 1-5 5, Wright 1 0-0 3, Hernandez 0 0-0 0, Mesa 0 0-0 0, Brown 2 2-5 6, McElrath 1 0-0 2, Rambo 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 3-10 18. La Grande 17 10 10 9 - 46 Mac-Hi 5 5 2 6 - 18 3-point goals: LG, none; Mac-Hi, Wright. |
