UMPQUA BASIN – Umpqua Basin teams continued play over the holiday break on Thursday.
The Roseburg boys lost their second-straight game from the Rebel Basketball Classic at South Albany High School. The Indians led most of the contest against the South Alabany Rebels, but faltered down the stretch to lose 79-73. Roseburg held a 10-point lead going to the fourth quarter, but the Rebels outscored the Tribe 29-11 to close out the victory.
Fouls limited many of Roseburg’s players. Luke Lucido, Collin Warmouth, and John Crince all fouled out. Cody Johnson led the Indians with 18 points.
Roseburg also lost its first game from the tournament 66-41 on Wednesday against a traveling team from British Columbia.
The Indians face Dallas Friday to finish off their time in the Rebel Basketball Classic.
The Roseburg girls also had a narrow margin of defeat on the road Thursday. The Indians visited Aloha, where they made things close in the final minutes, but lost 48-43.
The girls trailed by eight at halftime, but used a 13-7 advantage in the third quarter to get back to within two points. The game was tied with a minute left, but Roseburg couldn’t hit the go-ahead bucket.
Amaya Goins led the Indians with 22 points and 12 rebounds.
The Douglas boys and girls were swept by Coquille on Thursday night. The Lady Trojans got out to a 10-point lead early against the Red Devils, but couldn’t hang on. No. 3 ranked Coquille battled back to within one point at halftime and outscored Douglas 24-16 in the second half for a 47-38 victory. Darian Mitchell led Douglas with 16 points.
The Douglas boys had a chance to send their game to overtime at the buzzer, but missed the 3-point shot to lose 61-58. Chad Barnhart had 21 points to lead the Trojans in defeat.
THURSDAY BASKETBALL SCORES:
BOYS –
Rebel Basketball Classic:
SOUTH ALBANY 79, Roseburg 73
Non-League:
COQUILLE 61, Douglas 58
Western Mennonite 63, DAYS CREEK 33
North Douglas 59, EAST LINN CHRISTIAN ACAD. 41
CENTRAL LINN 67, Oakland 62
GIRLS –
Non-League:
ALOHA 48, Roseburg 45
COQUILLE 47, Douglas 37
Western Mennonite 51, DAYS CREEK 43
North Douglas 38, EAST LINN CHRISTIAN ACAD. 33
CENTRAL LINN 37, Oakland 36
FRIDAY’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE:
BOYS –
Rebel Basketball Classic:
Roseburg at DALLAS 5:00pm
Non-League:
Glendale at ROGUE RIVER 7:00pm
GIRLS –
Non-League:
Glendale at ROGUE RIVER 5:30pm