Santiam Christian 47, Toledo 36

TOLEDO — Darci Woods scored 11 points and Nicole Whitney added 10 as Santiam Christian rallied to defeat Toledo in a PacWest Conference road game.

The game was tied 28-28 after three quarters, and the Eagles (19-3, 14-1) fell behind early in the fourth quarter. However, they outscored Toledo 19-8 in the fourth for the win.

“We didn’t come ready to play basketball, but I give them credit to bring it out in the end,” coach Melissa McClain said. “I hope it was a good learning experience for my team going into the playoffs next week. They need to come ready to play.”

The Eagles head to Creswell on Thursday night.

Santiam Christian 47, Toledo 36

SANTIAM CHRISTIAN 12 7 9 19 —47

TOLDEO 6 11 11 8 — 36

Santiam Christian: Woods 11, Whitney 10, Griner 8, Land 5, Magnuson 3, Schroeder 3, Kessi 3, Deskins 2, Kreger 2, Humelbaugh

Toledo: Rizzio 10, Estelle 10, McMillan 8, Hreynko 4, Sjostrom 4, Stretch, Kroepf

PacWest Conference leader Santiam Christian could not afford a letdown against visiting Harrisburg.

After a shaky start, SC blew away the visiting Eagles and raced to a 47-19 victory.

SC went on a 25-3 run that spanned the end of the first and the beginning of the second quarter. Before the run, the host Eagles trailed 7-2 and were lethargic at both ends of the court.

"We were not focused in the beginning. I think we were a little excited about playing and our head just wasn't in the game," senior Darci Woods said.

SC coach Melissa McLain attributed the slow start to Saturday's big win at Chemawa.

"We had a really great game Saturday, so I think we came into tonight thinking it just was going to be an automatic flow from Saturday. I give the girls the credit. On their own, they picked up their game," McLain said.

SC (9-1, 14-3 PacWest Conference) played excellent half-court man-to-man defense after the first few minutes of action. Harrisburg scored only 12 points in the final 26 minutes of the game.

The host Eagles also held Harrisburg's two leading scorers (Sarah Allen and Erinn Allen) to six points apiece.

Santiam Christian won one quarter and the PacWest Conference game over Jefferson, 44-38.

SC (12-3, 7-1) outscored the Lions 19-4 in the second but lost the other three.

Nevertheless, the Eagles were able to hold on for the win. They led 25-15 at the half.

"(Jefferson) just kept getting closer and closer," SC coach Melissa McLain said. "By the end they were fouling."

SC plays at Waldport on Friday.

Santiam Christian 44, Jefferson 38

JEFFERSON               11  4 12 11 - 38

SANTIAM CHRISTIAN  6  19  9 10 - 44

Jefferson: A. Montejano 11, Grubb 10, Guzman 6, Weddle 4, Ma. Schmitt 4, Me. Schmitt 2, Kramer 2, Page 1

Santiam Christian: Darci Woods 16, Magnuson 9, Whitney 8, Kreger 4, Land 4, Griner 2, Kessi 1

JV: SC won

Santiam Christian 41, Creswell 27

Santiam Christian shut out Creswell in the first quarter and played solid defense throughout in a PacWest Conference win.

"I thought we played really good defense all night. Letting a team like that only score 27 points is great," SC coach Melissa McLain said.

Darci Woods paced the Eagles with 18 points.

SC (11-3, 6-1) returns to action on Saturday with a home game against Jefferson.

Santiam Christian 41, Creswell 27

Creswell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 15 4 8 - 27

Santiam Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 12 8 11 - 41

Creswell: Raleigh Shepler 11, Layman 7, Bowman 5, Ceele 2, Baguio 2, Bryant, Bronson, Cole, Cox, Bush, McClanahan.

Santiam Christian: Darci Woods 18, Kreger 6, Land 5, Whitney 5, Griner 4, Kessi 2, Magnuson 1, Deskins, Humelbaugh.

The Santiam Christian girls basketball team ran into a rough stretch late in the fourth quarter in a 46-35 loss to Blanchet Catholic on Tuesday in a pivotal PacWest Conference matchup.

With the game tied with about 5 minutes remaining, Blanchet pulled away behind a trio of 3-point goals.

"They hit two 3-pointers in a row and a couple of plays later, hit a third 3-pointer," SC coach Melissa McLain said. "Then the crowd was going crazy and we couldn't recover."

Lauren Keffie led Blanchet Catholic (9-1, 4-0) with 20 points.

Janelle Land scored 12 and Nicole Whitney added 10 for the Eagles.

SC (8-3, 3-1) plays another unbeaten PacWest team on Friday at Salem Academy.

Blanchet Catholic 46, Santiam Christian 35

Santiam Christian 40, Pleasant Hill 26

ADAIR VILLAGE - Santiam Christian's defense helped carry the Eagles past visiting Pleasant Hill in a PacWest Conference game.

Undersized SC played stifling man-to-man defense and held the Billies to 11 points during the first three quarters.

Janelle Land led the Eagles with 12 points.

SC (4-1, 3-0) will play in the St. Paul Tournament on Monday.

Santiam Christian 40, Pleasant Hill 26

PLEASANT HILL           5  4  2 15 - 26

SANTIAM CHRISTIAN 11 11 12 6 - 40

PH: Hailey Bowman 15, Boyd 8, Howard 3, Leavitt, Brown, Williams, Taylor, Stevens, Lewis, King

SC: Janelle Land 12, Woods 7, Griner 6, Magnuson 6, Whitney 3, Kessi 2, Kreger 2, Deskins 2G

Santiam Christian 59, Waldport 12

ADAIR VILLAGE - Santiam Christian played stifling man-to-man defense as the Eagles held Waldport to six field goals in the PacWest Conference game.

"Our man-to-man defense was really good and forced a lot of turnovers," SC coach Melissa McLain said.

The Eagles (2-1, 1-0) were led offensively by Nicole Magnuson with 19 points, while Darci Woods added 15.

SC plays at Harrisburg on Tuesday.

Santiam Christian 59, Waldport 12

Santiam Christian: Nicole Magnuson 19, Woods 15, Griner 6, Humbalugh 6, Schroeder 4, Deskins 3, Kriger 3, Cassie 3

TUALATIN - The Santiam Christian High girls basketball team played a good defensive game to hold off Horizon Christian, 38-37, in a nonconference road game on Tuesday.

"We played really good man defense," said SC coach Melissa McLain. "We worked a lot on boxing out yesterday in practice. That was something we didn't do Friday."

Nicole Magnuson led the Eagles with 13 points.

SC (1-1) will host Waldport on Friday.

Santiam Christian 38, Horizon Christian 37

SC                        9 9 12 8 - 38

Horizon Christian 6 13 9 9 - 37

SC: Nicole Magnuson 13, Kessi 10, Griner 6, Woods 5, Humelbaugh 2, Kreger 2, Deskins, Schroeder.

HC: Maddie Clark 19, Thoms 7, Auxien 6, Marrell 5, Phillips, Lorence, Bridge.

Salem Academy 55, Santiam Christian 41

The Eagles led after the first quarter before falling to Salem Academy on the road.

Darci Woods scored 17 points for the Eagles.

Santiam Christian (11-8, 9-5 PacWest) will look to regroup against visiting Toledo on Tuesday.

Salem Academy 55, Santiam Christian 41

Santiam Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7 10 10 - 41

Salem Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 14 19 11 - 55

Santiam Christian: Darci Woods 17, Land 6, Matthews 9, Seumalo 4, Miller 2, White 1, Prentiss 2, Magnuson. Totals 13-43 15-22 41.

Salem Academy: Hannah Flores 17, Vanderstoel 15, Tribbett 2, Artz 4, Gould 7, McAllister 2, Peters 8, Standridge, Parker. Totals 20-59 14-25 55.

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