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Sweet Home 52, Newport 45
Things didn't look good to
start with as the Newport Cubs
built their lead against the Husky
boys basketball team on Feb. 19;
but turning the game around and
winning it paved the way to a tie
for the league championship.
The sluggish Huskies gave up
a 13-6 lead to the Cubs, who were
running a triangle and two defense
to stop Gabe Kauffman and Ryan
Graville.
The Huskies slowed that mo-
mentum down in the second quarter
with Brent Moyer coming off the
Husky bench to contribute a three
and help break down the triangle-
and-two defense.
The Cubs still expanded their
lead by a point, to 25-17.
Down eight at halftime, the
Huskies had their backs to the wail.
They had to win the game for a
shot at the championship. With a
win, they would be guaranteed no
worse than second place in league
standings.
Losing the game would have
put them in third.
"We started out slow, and
defensively, we gave up some sec-
ond-chance opportunities," Coach
Tim Little said. "Their big guys
capitalized."
"It was pretty much all based
on our intensity," Kauffman said of
the win. Nothing was flowing while
they fought against the triangle-
Photo b)y Scott Swanson
Gabe Kauffman jams one home against Newport, after a steal and a breakaway, as the Huskies bevat the Cubs 52-45
to put themselves in a tie with Philomath with the league lead. At right, Levi Marchbanks battles twa~ Central players
for a rebound during Sweet Home's win over the Panthers.
and-one, he said. ond half with how we played in the "Once we have a couple of good
That defense was something first half," Emmert said. "The first offensive plays, defense picks up,"
the Huskies hadn't faced since half, we weren't (intense) at all." Kaufman said, amd that feeds the
Gladstone, Little said. The Huskies upped their inten- offense.
"We were just mad in the sec-sity and started scoring. At haiftime, the Huskies talked
Photo by Sean C. Morgan
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about intensity and penetrating the
Newport defense more to draw
fouls and put Newport players into
foul trouble, Little said.
"Gabe had a big third quarter,
with eight points," Little said, and
in the fourth quarter, Sweet Home
was 9-10 from the foul line. The
Huskies had definitely picked up
their intensity.
The second half started with a
defensive stop by Emmert, Little
said, and then Sweet Home cut
loose offensively.
Newport started the third quar-
ter in its triangle-and-two, and Em-
mart hit the first bucket inside.
"At that point I think Colton
had 10 or 12 points," Little said.
"They knew if they were go-
ing to leave Colton open the rest
of the game, he was going to blow
it wide open," he said. The Cubs
went back to a man-to-man defense,
opening up the floor for Kauffman
and Graville.
The Huskies tied the game 33-
33 at the end of the third quarter,
Little said. To start the fourth, Em-
mert put up a lay-in, "and we didn't
look back."
Little praised Moyer and Levi
Marchbanks, who both came off the
bench in a big way.
In the fourth quarter, Moyer
handled some Newport pressure
as well as helping relieve pressure
in the second quarter by turning in
a three.
Graville has been huge the past
five games, averaging 15 points per
game, Little said. "It's prefect tim-
ing for us to have three offensive
weapons, and Ryan also is doing
well defensively."
The win "solidified us in no
worse than second place," Little
said, no matter what happened
Friday night with Central.
As it ended up, the Huskies
i9-3) went 2-1 with Philomath (9-
3) who defeated Taft Friday night,
placing the Huskies second overall
in league and giving Philomath the
title,
Newport (8-4) finished third
and will face Taft (2-10) for state
seeding. The winner of that game
will travel to Sweet Home for
a shot at second seed. Taft tied
Central's record, but Taft won two
of the three games where the two
teams met.
Kauffman led Husky scoring
with 22 points. Emmert added 12;
Graville, 11; Moyer, 3; March-
banks, 2; and Jerad Olsen, two. Josh
Riggs and Dustin Hay played but
did not score.
Travis Iverson and Cole Skriv-
er each had 12 points to lead the
Cubs. Jay Torland added eight; Ty-
ler Conklin, seven; Daryn Palmer.
four; and Eddie Crowe, two.
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