High school girls basketball roundup: Halftime adjustments give Union win over 2A Tigers

Published 11:00 am Wednesday, January 17, 2024

STANFIELD — A pep talk by Union head coach Koby Dunlap and some adjustments in the locker room at the half led to 1A Union pulling the upset over 2A Stanfield, 42-40, on Tuesday, Jan. 16 in Stanfield.

“This was a tough game for us,” Dunlap said. “We struggled to get anything going in the first half. Stanfield’s quickness really threw us off.”

Dunlap said the team stuck with the game plan allowing the Bobcats to climb back into the game and ultimately grab the nonleague victory. Going into the game, Stanfield held a top-10 2A state ranking.

Team and individual statistics were not made available for the game.

Union (12-4 overall, 2-0 1A Old Oregon League) takes an eight-game winning streak on the road and returns to keep a perfect league record on Jan. 19 with a trip to Echo to take on the Cougars (11-4 overall, 3-0 1A Old Oregon League) in a battle of two of the four teams in the league without a loss.

Elgin 38, Pilot Rock 27

ELGIN — Recording 20 steals for the night with many leading to fastbreak points, Elgin recorded its first 1A Old Oregon League victory, a 38-27 win over the Pilot Rock on Tuesday, Jan. 16.

Pilot Rock stayed close to the Huskies in the first half as Elgin led by only two points at halftime, 17-15. Elgin scored 13 points in the third quarter and held the Rockets to only four points in the final eight minutes to pick up the victory.

“Our defense was super strong and we had several fast break points,” Elgin head coach Tymra Anderson said.

Sierra Sauers led Elgin in the win with nine points. Charlie Morehead added six points.

Elgin (5-9 overall, 1-1 1A Old Oregon League) looks to continue the league victories in a makeup game on Jan. 18 with a trip to Nixyaawii (5-8 overall, 2-1 1A Old Oregon League).