Archbishop Murphy pulls off first round surprise

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YAKIMA, Wash. – Lauren Coate scored a team-high 17 points and pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds as Archbishop Murphy held on for a 56-54 win over Columbia (Burbank) Wednesday in the Class 1A girls state tournament.

Archbishop Murphy avenged last year’s first round loss to Columbia at the state tournament. Archbishop Murphy will take on No. 1 seed Brewster at 7:30 p.m. today.

“This team, without any seniors, captured its first state victory,” Archbishop Murphy coach Bill Kelley said. “This team has fantastic heart and effort.”

Archbishop Murphy (21-6) led by seven points, 56-49, with 41 seconds to play before the Coyotes made one final charge.

Katie Turner hit a putback shot with 19 seconds left to pull Columbia (17-8) within five points. Nicole Woods, who led all scorers with 24 points, followed with a 3-pointer to cut it to 56-54 with nine seconds left. However, the Wildcats were able to run out the clock.

“Both teams came out and were playing really well,” Kelley said. “I thought we came out and playing our best basketball all year and we were still down by three after the first quarter, so we knew we were in for a dogfight.”

Coate made six of eight shots and five of 10 free throws. She also had five steals and three assists.

Woods was the only scorer in double figures for Columbia, but Stephanie Romm added nine points and had eight rebounds and three steals for the Coyotes.

Coupeville 39, Onalaska 31: At Yakima, Coupeville used a balanced scoring attack and built up a 14-point lead midway through the fourth quarter en route to a 39-31 victory over Onalaska in the opening round of the Class 1A girls state tournament Wednesday at the Yakima Valley SunDome.

“I told the kids that the opening games aren’t very pretty,” Coupeville coach Greg Oldham said. “We played great pressure defense and made it a comfortable victory.

Erica Lamb led Coupeville (22-3) with 10 points, including six in the second half. Brianne King had nine, with five in the second half. Ashley Ellsworth-Bagby had a team-high eight rebounds for Coupeville, which was outrebounded 36-25.

ONALASKA

Bowers 0-2 0-0 0, Parsons 5-8 2-3 12, Kinsman 1-7 2-2 4, Bower 3-14 8-10 15, Roden 0-1 0-0 0, Sampson 0-1 0-0 0, Abrahamson 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 9-37 12-15 31.

COUPEVILLE

Guillory 0-0 0-0 0, A. Mouw 2-6 2-5 6, Ellsworth-Bagby 2-8 1-3 5, Lamb 5-10 0-0 10, King 4-12 0-0 9, Taylor 0-1 0-0 0, Davis 1-1 0-0 2, S. Mouw 3-5 1-1 7. Totals 17-43 4-9 39.


Onalaska

6

7

6

12

31

Coupeville

10

12

8

9

39


Three-point goals: O: 1-10 (Bower 1-6, Bowers 0-2, Sampson 0-1, Abrahamson 0-1), C: 1-6 (King 1-5, Ellsworth-Bagby 0-1). Rebounds: O: 36 (Bower 10, Parsons 9), C: 25 (Ellsworth-Bagby 8). Assists: O: 4 (Bowers 2), C: 6 (Ellsworth-Bagby 2, S. Mouw 2). Steals: O: 10 (Bowers 5), C: 14 (Lamb 5). Blocked shots; O: 2, C: 2. Fouled out: None. Total fouls: O: 15, C: 14. Turnovers: O: 31, C: 19.

King’s 46, Freeman 43: At Yakima, Ben Pawlak’s basket with 1:41 to play pushed King’s in front for good as the Knights beat Freeman 46-43 Wednesday in the Class 1A boys state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome. Pawlak’s shot put King’s ahead 41-40 in a see-saw quarter that saw three ties and two lead changes. Pawlak, who scored seven of his team-high 11 points in the second half, then hit three free throws the rest of the way to help keep King’s ahead. Chris Faidley added 10 points for the Knights (18-9), including six in the second half. Jared Webb and Darren Trautmann each pulled down nine rebounds for King’s.

Riverside Christian 48, Cedar Park Christian 37: At Spokane, Erin Shively scored 14 points and had six rebounds as Riverside Christian defeated Cedar Park Christian 48-37 on Wednesday night in the opening round of the state girls Class B basketball tournament in the Spokane Arena. Sara Uhlman had 10 points and nine rebounds for Riverside Christian (20-4) and Jessie Brown added 8 points. Monique Lee lead all scorers with 18 points three assists for Cedar Park Christian (22-4).

Wilbur-Creston 61, Cedar Park Christian 60: At Spokane, Seth Dunlap converted a three-point play to give Wilbur-Creston the lead with 35 left and added the winning point on a free throw with 14 seconds left in a 61-60 victory over Cedar Park Christian in first-round action Wednesday at the state boys Class B basketball tournament at the Spokane Arena. Marcus Mann led Wilbur-Creston (20-7) with 22 points. Dunlap finished with 16 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Steve Campbell went 8-for-10 from the field and led Cedar Park Christian (24-2) with 17 points. Matt Juel added 13 points. Juel missed a pair of 3-point attempts in the final seconds. Campbell scored on a lay-in at the final horn. Darrington takes on Valley Christian (21-5) in a loser-out game today.

CEDAR PARK CHRISTIAN

Swicord 0, Salios 3, Born 0, Noel 0, Garey 2, Stumpf 0, Cox 0, Lee 18, Vallerand 2, Johnson 4, Harrison 0, Janes8.

RIVERSIDE CHRISTIAN

Scarkett 0, Braun 0, Van Beek 0, Shuel 4, DiPietro 6, Brown 8, Shively 14, Wells 4, Wolverton 2, Uhlman 10.


Cedar Park Christian

13

8

9

7

37

Riverside Christian

8

10

17

13

48

WILBUR-CRESTON

Sheffels 10, G. Mann 0, M. Mann 22, Robb 0, Tonasket 3, Coffman 8, Kolb 2, Dunlap 16.

CEDAR PARK CHRISTIAN

Minton 2, Bettinger 5, Potts 0, Arian 0, Juel 13, Larson 9, Suplin 0, Campbell 17, Norton 10, Loggins 4.


Wilbur-Creston

15

12

16

18

61

Cedar Park Christian

8

18

13

21

60


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