No. 6 Pirates pound Lady Vikings, 79-28


The Marshfield Pirates lived up to their top-10 ranking Tuesday, hammering the visiting Siuslaw Vikings, 79-28, in a Far West League girls basketball game in Coos Bay.

The win left Marshfield tied atop the league standings with North Bend, both teams off to 2-0 starts.

The Pirates, 11-5 overall, entered the game No. 6 in the Oregon School Activities Assocition rankings.

The Vikings fell to 1-1 in league and 6-9 overall.

In other league games Tuesday, North Bend beat visiting South Umpqua, 48-22, and Douglas edged visiting Brookings-Harbor, 50-43.

Senior Destinie Tatum led the Vikings with 7 points, all coming in the second half.

Samantha Waldrop, Hailey Browning, Tess Garrett and Alex Locati had 14 points each to lead Marshfield in scoring. Ravyn Miranda added 10.

Siuslaw next hosts Brookings-Harbor at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Glenn Butler Court.

Vikings scoring:
Destinie Tatum 3 1-2 7, Brittany Long 1 3-4 5, Claire Waggoner 2 0-0 4, Abby Watkins 2 0-0 4, Nikki Launius 1 1-2 3, Carreina Greenburg 1 0-0 2, Alyssa Richards 1 0-0 2, Madison Reynolds 0 1-4 1, Marika White 0 0-0 0, Hailee Edgerly 0 0-0 0, Zoe Leech 0 0-0 0.
Totals — 11 6-12 28.
3-point goals — Siuslaw none.
Rebounds – Siuslaw 21 (Waggoner 4, Richards 4, Launius 3, White 3, Tatum 2, Reynolds 2, Long 1, Watkins 1, Greenburg 1).
Steals — Siuslaw 5 (Tatum 1, Long 1, Watkins 1, Launius 1, Reynolds 1).
Blocked shots — Siuslaw 3 (Watkins 1, Reynolds 1, White 1).
Assists — Siuslaw 2 (Tatum 1, Long 1).
Statistics courtesy of Nathan Louder

VIKINGS LOG
Record: 6 wins, 9 losses
Home games in bold
Nonleague
Nov. 30 — Creswell 39, Siuslaw 29

Dec. 2 — Elmira 51, Siuslaw 44
Dec. 6— Newport 46, Siuslaw 39
Dec. 9 — Junction City 52, Siuslaw 38
Dec. 10 — Siuslaw 54, Harrisburg 36
Dec. 13 — Cottage Grove 45, Siuslaw 39
Dec. 16 — Cascade, canceled, weather
Dec. 19 — Siuslaw 60, Sweet Home 31
Dec. 20 — Siuslaw 52, Reedsport 26
Dec. 30 — Corbett 54, Siuslaw 38
Jan. 3 — Siuslaw 56, Waldport 31
Jan. 6 — Klamath Union 39, Siuslaw 35
Jan. 7 — Brookings-Harbor 51, Siuslaw 29
Jan. 10 — Siuslaw 39, Junction City 38, OT
Far West League
Jan. 13 — Siuslaw 47, South Umpqua 31
Jan. 17 — Marshfield 79, Siuslaw 28
Saturday, Jan. 21 — Brookings-Harbor, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan 24 — Douglas, 6 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 27 — at North Bend, 6 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 3 — at South Umpqua, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 7 — Marshfield, 6 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 10 — at Brookings-Harbor, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 14 — at Douglas, 6 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 17 — North Bend, 6 p.m.