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Conant, Santana wins titles; Tigers
finish fourth
NHS boys team dominates, girls fall
to Tigard
Third quarter drought stymies
Watchmen
Open Bible rally falls short, 35-29
Heritage too much for CSLA
OBCS
comes alive
in second half |
The Open Bible boys basketball team uses a third quarter
advantage to beat Open Door Friday |
By B. Scott Anderson, Newberg
Graphic sports editor
E-mail Scott at banderson@eaglenewspapers.com
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sluggish first half Friday was all Open Bible Christian School boys basketball coach Joe
Van Ness needed to see.
Up 25-18 at halftime over Open Door, the Panthers received a halftime talk by
Van Ness. The Panthers responded and outscored Open Door 23-8 in the third quarter en
route to a 60-46 home win.
“In the first half, we didn’t play very well at all,” Van Ness
said. “It was like we were in a fog or something.”
The Huskies boasted 6-8 freshman Cole Salter who provided a presence in the
key for Open Door. In the first half, he blocked a few shots and altered a few more as the
Panthers couldn’t break free from the Huskies.
However, Van Ness said it wasn’t what Salter was doing to the Panthers;
it was what the Panthers were doing to themselves.
“We just did not play our game (in the first half),” Van Ness said.
“We weren’t playing our game that we can and then we came out in the third
quarter and that’s how we can play.”
The Panthers (2-2 overall) also had to deal with two starters assessed three fouls each in
the first quarter — 6-6 center Davey Lucas and 6-2 forward Zac Bell.
“They weren’t playing defense with their feet,” Van Ness said.
“They were playing defense with their hands.”
The Panthers had seven turnovers in the game, six of them in the first half.
With just a single turnover in the second half, as well as nine second-half steals, the
Panthers ran away from the Huskies, eventually building a 26-point lead.
Bell had 16 points to lead the Panthers; Lucas added 11 points and 16
rebounds. Guard Micah Gilday was 3-3 from 3-point range to finish with nine points.
The Panthers return to action Friday for their first Casco League game of the
season, a 7 p.m. matchup at C.S. Lewis Academy. |
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From Dec. 17,
2003, Newberg Graphic
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