The Siuslaw Vikings boys basketball team continues to score well from the field, while falling short at the free-throw line.

Tuesday, the Vikings lost by nine points at Newport, 62-53, and missed 18 free throws, hitting 9 of 27.

Juniors Trent Reavis and Jake Hickson led the Vikings in scoring with 25 and 12 points, respectively.

The loss dropped Siuslaw to 1-2 on the season with the next game against Junction City at 7 p.m. Friday in the Les Schwab Eagle Booster Tournament at Harrisburg High School.

The loss to Newport comes on the heels of a seven-point loss to Elmira in a game in which the Vikings missed 15 of 26 free throws.

"I saw lots of improvement from our team in our first road game," Siuslaw coach Dylan Perry said. "Unfortunately, missed free throws and careless turnovers sunk the Vikings ship tonight.

"No loss is a good loss, but I saw some good things that we will continue to build off of."

Perry is looking forward to Friday's game with Junction City.

"They always play a very physical game, so it will be another great test for our squad," he said.

Next home game for Siuslaw is 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, against Cascade.

NOTES

Newport is now 4-1 on the season and is ranked No. 4 in Class 4A by the Oregon School Activities Association. Siuslaw is No. 31. Seaside is No. 1, while North Bend has the highest Far West League ranking at No. 5. ...

Junction City fell to 0-2 for the season following a 63-44 loss Tuesday at home to North Bend. ... The Tigers are ranked No. 38 of 39 OSAA Class 4A schools. ...

Through three games, the Vikings have scored 162 points (54.0 average) and given up 161 points (53.6). ... In 22 games last season, the Vikings never scored more than 47 points in any one game. ...

The Vikings have made 41 of 86 free throws in their first three games (47.7 percent). ...

Vikings scoring
Trent Reavis 10 5-7 25, Jake Hickson 4 3-6 12, Ricky Jones 2 0-0 5, Marcos Reyna-Ayala 2 0-0 4, Jared Brandt 1 1-6 3, Brogan Cornish 1 0-4 2, Kyle King 1 0-0 2, Jakob O'Connor 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 9-27 53.
3-point goals—Siuslaw 2 (Jones, Hickson). Total fouls—Siuslaw 22. Fouled out—Brandt, King.
Scoring by quarters
Siuslaw        11     13     12     17     —     53    
Newport       12     14     16     20     —     62
Statistics courtesy of Dylan Perry

Vikings log — result (Siuslaw double-figure scorers)
Game 1 — at Siuslaw 65, Creswell 48 (Jake Hickson 15, Kyle King 14, Trent Reavis 14, Ricky Jones 10)
Game 2 — Elmira 51, at Siuslaw 44 (Trent Reavis 15, Kyle King 10)
Game 2 — at Newport 62, Siuslaw 53 (Trent Reavis 25, Jake Hickson 12)