THE DALLES guard Colin Noonan (right) hustles for a loose ball with Centennial’s Austin Seipp during the first half of Friday’s non-league boy’s basketball game at Kurtz Gym in The Dalles. The visiting 6A Eagles outscored The Dalles in every quarter of play and came away with a 64-42 victory.
THE DALLES guard Colin Noonan (right) hustles for a loose ball with Centennial’s Austin Seipp during the first half of Friday’s non-league boy’s basketball game at Kurtz Gym in The Dalles. The visiting 6A Eagles outscored The Dalles in every quarter of play and came away with a 64-42 victory.
The Dalles couldn’t keep pace with the Centennial Eagles, as 31 turnovers, 19 in the first half, and an 8 for 17 effort from the free throw line combined for a 64-42 loss Friday night at Kurtz Gym in The Dalles.
“We need to be around 13 (turnovers). That is too many extra possessions for them,” said TD coach Bob Townsend. “When we get down and we have to scramble, it compounds the issue. It created more turnover opportunities for ourselves. We just got to do a better job of taking care of the ball from the start.”
Centennial led 18-10 after one quarter and padded that lead to 36-26 at the break.
Both teams combined to shoot 15 of 41 in the second half, but the Eagles had enough scoring punch for runs of 8-3 and 20-13 to secure a road win.
Colin Noonan paced the Riverhawk offense with 13 points to go with six rebounds. Tanner Byers added eight points and three boards, and junior guard Devin Wilson totaled seven points, four rebounds and two assists.
The Dalles is off to a 0-4 start to the season, but Townsend admitted this loss was a little more frustrating than the others.
He wants to see his team respond now.
“I am curious to see what the kids are made of,” the coach said. “We have lost a few by quite a bit, but we competed and it seems like we have improved. This is the first time where we really had a poor performance all around. I am curious to see what they do in our next couple of games.”
The Dalles hosted Camas, Wash. Saturday. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, the team heads to Redmond to take on Ridgeview.
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