Staff reports | Posted: Sunday, March 2, 2008 12:00 am
LEBANON - The Crescent Valley High boys basketball team used a stingy defense to hold off Silverton 48-42 in a playoff game for fourth place in the Mid-Willamette Conference at Lebanon High on Saturday.
The Raiders (15-10) advance to the 5A playoffs and travel to Crook County on Tuesday.
CV broke open an 18-18 game in the third, outscoring Silverton 14-6 in the quarter as Thomas McCarthy made all three free throws after being fouled on a 3-point shot, then hit a 3-pointer.
The Raiders built the lead to 11 early in the fourth before the Silver Foxes made a run. The Raiders hit 10 of 19 free throws in the fourth, but got the stops they needed.
"We played very, very good defense," CV coach Mike Stair said. "If it wasn't for Silverton making a very aggressive push in the fourth, we might have held them under 40."
The playoff appearance will be Stair's first in his three years at CV.
"I'm pretty happy," he said. "It's really rewarding after watching the kids put in the time and effort they have. We're 6-1 in our last seven games and when you play like that, you should be able to play a little extra basketball."
Crescent Valley 48, Silverton 42
SILVERTON 8 10 6 18 - 42
CRESCENT VALLEY 11 7 14 16 - 48
Silverton: Taylor Burton 12, Depaolo 5, Martin 8, Gould 5, Sanchez 5, Ferguson 2, Huebech 5, Kester, Kuiper
Crescent Valley: Thomas McCarthy 9, Colby Eason 9, Peterson 8, Kelsey 8, Baumgartner 6, Liebeskind 3, Ulstad 3, Sullivan 2
3A girls tournament
SALEM - Harrisburg High had its shot in the closing seconds Saturday morning but couldn't convert in a 41-40 loss to Burns in the consolation final of the OSAA 3A girls basketball state tournament at Willamette University.
Erica Traw's layup with about three seconds left didn't go, and the top-ranked Hilanders (23-6) escaped with the win.
"We had our chance, but it didn't fall," Harrisburg coach Mark Elmblade said. "We played really well today.
A 3-pointer by Burns junior Courtney Toney - Toney's only points of the game - with 13 seconds left was the game winner.
Harrisburg (21-7) got just one point from three 1-and-1 bonus free-throw attempts late in the game.
Traw led the fifth-ranked Eagles with 13 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and two blocks in her final game. Fellow senior Jessica Brown added six points and three steals.
Monique Bentz had 15 points for Burns.
Burns 41, Harrisburg 40
BURNS 11 11 12 7 - 41
HARRISBURG 11 9 10 10 - 40
Burns: Monique Bentz 15, R. Higle 6, Dinsmore 4, J. Higle, Zabala 12, Toney 3, Lee, Schouviller 1, Ribeiro. Totals 15-36 8-13 41.
Harrisburg: Erica Traw 13, B. Brown, Cote 4, J. Brown 6, Grimes 2, Kropf, Francalancia 5, Bowers 4, Croucher 4, McGowan 2. Totals 16-42 7-14 40.
3-pointers: Burns 3 (R. Higle 2, Toney), Harrisburg 1 (Francalancia).