Late charge helps Bend overtake South Medford

Daysha Balloun scored 18 points to lead Bend and South Medford watched a third-quarter tie balloon into a 66-51 loss in a non-conference game.

The Panthers, who barely eclipsed the 50-percent mark from the foul line during a 59-57 loss to Mountain View on Friday, went just 4-for-15 and committed 22 fouls Saturday. Bend converted 24 of its 37 free throws.

"That's something we're definitely going to have to fix," said South Medford coach Andrea Jaime. "The officiating was a little questionable at times, but we still didn't play well enough to win."

South Medford held a 14-13 lead after the first quarter, but Bend pushed to a seven-point halftime lead on the heels of a 18-10, second-period advantage.

The Panthers started the second half with a 7-0 run to even the game with six minutes left in the third quarter, but the Lava Bears answered once again to maintain a comfortable lead.

Whitney Grant led the Panthers with 18 points to go along with four steals and three assists. Teammate Kirsten Gillingham added 14 points and 12 rebounds, while Katie Singler contributed 10 points and Natasha Wright four assists and three steals.

SOUTH MEDFORD (51) - Wright 7, Carlton 2, Grant 18, Ingram 0, Gillingham 14, Berkey 0, Silva 0, Mueller 0, Singler 10, Brennan 0. Totals: 22 4-15 51.

BEND (66) - Steeley 4, Sikstrom 0, Bosh 4, Zanberger 9, Malkin 8, Cox 7, Montgomery 16, Balloun 18, Tichenor 0, K. Zanberger 0. Totals: 21 24-37 66.

South Medford.........................................14 10 19 8 - 51
Bend........................................................13 18 19 16 - 66

3-point goals - South Medford 3 (Grant 2, Wright 1). Fouled out - Brennan. Technical foul - South Medford coach.

JV result - Bend won.

MOUNTAIN VIEW 55, NORTH MEDFORD 47 - At Bend, the Black Tornado hampered its own cause with 29 turnovers and only 9-for-21 shooting from the free-throw line.

Kerstin Mellbye scored a team-high 14 points and six rebounds, while Brittany Hodges added 13 and Anna Lilly 10 in a losing cause for North (0-2).

Robin Taylor had a game-high 23 points for Mountain View, which went 22-for-33 from the charity stripe.

NORTH MEDFORD (47) - Hodges 13, Mellbye 14, Lilly 10, Siebenlist 5, Rettman 2, Gentry 2, Miller 1, Bostwick 0, Seeley 0, Reeves 0, Westerman 0, Cordell 0. Totals: 19 9-21 47.

MOUNTAIN VIEW (55) - Taylor 23, Passage 12, Field 6, Steiert 6, Thomas 4, Root 2, Looney 2, Denfeld 0, Crager 0, Walls 0. Totals: 15 22-33 55.

North Medford.........................................17 10 8 12 - 47
Mountain View.......................................11 12 17 15 -55

Fouled out - Mellbye, Lilly.

JV score - N. Medford 63, Mountain View 50.

REDMOND 57, EAGLE POINT 27 - At Redmond, the host Panthers wore a path to the free-throw line, going 21-for-34 from the charity stripe to top the Eagles.

Ashley Curtis had eight points and nine rebounds to pace Eagle Point (1-1).

EAGLE POINT (27) - Bilden 6, Rouhier 5, Curtis 8, Bateman 2, Stanfield 2, Lee 4, Adams 0, Collier 0, Sychla 0, Winner 0, McLaughlin 0. Totals: 12 2-3 27.

REDMOND (57) - Chaunburgh 13, Hudson 10, York 7, Johnston 4, Bigelow 2, Perdue 1, Thomas 3, Miller 2, Steel 15, VanHouweling 0, Morey 0, Noce 0. Totals: 17 21-34 57.

Eagle Point..................................................4 2 4 17 - 27
Redmond................................................12 13 15 17 - 57

3-point goals - Eagle Point 1 (Rouhier 1), Redmond 2 (Hudson 1, Thomas 1). Fouled out - Bateman, Lee.

JV result - Redmond won.

ASHLAND DROPS TWO - At Corvallis, Ashland dropped to 0-3 by losing to Corvallis and Crescent Valley in the Crescent Valley tournament.

In their first Saturday game, the Grizzlies fell 57-41 to Corvallis. Spartans senior post Shannon Gale scored 15 points, while Ashland junior post Marla Morin tossed in 13.

The host Raiders sent the Grizzlies home without a win by posting a 51-38 victory in Game 2.

Morin again had 13 points in a losing cause.

ASHLAND (41) - Carlson 6, Morris 11, Talbott 2, Hansen 2, Sobolik 5, VanLandingham 2, Morin 13. Totals: 14 11-13 41.

CORVALLIS (57) - Cromkite 4, Elbert 8, Covy 4, Plintsky 5, Cooper 2, M. Coblentz 6, B. Coblentz 15, Gale 15. Totals: 24 8-15 57.

Ashland .................................................... 11 6 15 9 - 41
Corvallis ............................................... 14 12 12 19 - 57

3-point goals - Ashland 2 (Carlson, Morris), Corvallis 1 (Plintsky).

JV score - Ashland 40, Grant 36.

ASHLAND (38) - Carlson 11, Morris 4, Talbott 3, Hansen 3, Sobolik 0, VanLandingham 4, Morin 13. Totals: 14 8-15 38.

CRESCENT VALLEY (51) - Schust 3, Smith 7, Hirsh 11, Miller 3, Sibert 7, McCarthy 5, Doran 2, Pumper 11, Mitchell 0, Myhre 2. Totals: 21 5-7 51.

Ashland ...................................................... 9 14 7 8 - 38
Crescent Valley ..................................... 14 15 16 6 - 51

3-point goals - Ashland 2 (Carlson, Talbott), Crescent Valley 4 (Smith, Miller, Sibert, Pumper).

JV score - Ashland 50, Crescent Valley 38.

PHOENIX 52, ST. MARY'S 41 - At Gold Beach, Kelly Meredith poured in 15 points and Jennifer Dunlap added 11 in leading the Pirates past St. Mary's at the Gold Beach Pacific Rim Tournament.

Jamie Cavener added nine points for Phoenix, which outscored the Crusaders 22-9 in the second half.

Brittany Farrer scored 25 points to lead St. Mary's.

ST. MARY'S (41) - Farrer 25, Tomlinson 5, Beckstead 4, Montan 4, Walden 3, Vaninetti 0, Huizinga 0, Lanahan 0, Bogess 0, Maurer 0.

PHOENIX (52) - Meredith 15, Dunlap 11, Cavener 9, Ross 7, Reed 3, Russell 3, Duffell 3, Kohler 1, Phillips 0, Kieffer 0, McCarty 0, Cox 0, Mayhew 0.

St. Mary's....................................................16 16 8 1 - 41
Phoenix.....................................................11 19 14 8 - 52

3-point goals - Phoenix 2 (Dunlap 1, Russell 1).

ILLINOIS VALLEY 58, ST. MARY'S 37 - At Gold Beach, Kim Hamilton and Amanda Hamilton combined for 33 points in leading the Cougars past St. Mary's at the Gold Beach Pacific Rim Tournament.

Brittany Farrar led the Crusaders with 17 points.

ST. MARY'S (37) - Farrer 17, Tomlinson 6, Beckstead 5, Walden 4, Lanahan 4, Huizinga 1, Vaninetti 0, Montan 0, Bogess 0, Maurer 0.

ILLINOIS VALLEY (58) - K. Hamilton 20, A. Hamilton 13, Fink 10, Walker 7, Dougherty 5, Coultas 2, Jackson 1, Ledford 0.

St. Mary's............................................9 12 7 9 - 37
Illinois Valley.......................................10 19 11 18 - 58

3-point goals - Illinois Valley 3 (K. Hamilton 1, A. Hamilton 1, Fink 1).

CASCADE CHRISTIAN 49, CITY CHRISTIAN 47 - At Adair Village, Hannah Gettman scored 15 points and Kristin Salamone added nine to lead Cascade Christian (1-1) to a win at the Santiam Christian Tournament.

Whitney Brookins, who added seven points, connected from 3-point range late in the game to help cushion the Challengers' lead.

Jessica Gama led City Christian with a game-high 23 points.

CITY CHRISTIAN (47) - Gama 23, Wayman 14, Zimmer 3, Little 6, A. Cotie 1, L. Cotie 0, Krausse 0. Totals: 17 10-20 47.

CASCADE CHRISTIAN (49) - Gettman 15, Fischer 6, Kelley 7, Josephson 1, Brookins 7, Roseberg 4, Salamone 9, Evenson 0, Mellow 0, Roberts 0, Clarke 0, Collette 0. Totals: 18 10-17 49.

City Christian........................................15 11 10 11 - 47
Cascade Christian..................................11 15 14 9 - 49

3-point goals - Cascade Christian 2 (Fischer 1, Brookins), City Christian 2 (Zimmer 1, Wayman 1). Fouled out - Kelley, Salamone.

PROSPECT 53, CASCADE CHRISTIAN JV 25 - At Prospect, senior Sarah Gordon scored 23 points to led Prospect in a non-conference win.

Junior Lacey Tallman added 11 points and six assists for the Cougars.

Prospect managed a 30-6 halftime lead.

Cascade Christian JV.................................3 3 7 12 - 25
Prospect..................................................13 17 12 11 - 53

CASCADE CHRISTIAN JV (25) - Bollman 3, Murphy 2, Smith 4, Levison 6, Mosser 4, Winner 4, Vich 2, Brown 0, Gotzman 0, Ielerud 0. Totals: 11 3-11 25.

PROSPECT (53) - Gordon 23, Tallman 11, C. Bennett 2, B. Bennett 2, Lewis 8, Baker 5, S. Bennett 0, Schier 0. Totals: 23 4-13 53.

3-point goals - Prospect 3 (Gordon 3). Fouled out - Levison.

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