Visiting Cottage Grove stops Vikings, 59-42


 

The Cottage Grove Lions welcomed the Siuslaw Vikings boys basketball team back to the Sky-Em League on Friday night with a 59-42 victory at Glenn Butler Court.

Siuslaw fell to 5-10 overall, 0-1 in league, while Cottage Grove is 3-12 and 1-0.

The Vikings play their next three games on the road, at Marist in Eugene on Tuesday, at Marshfield next Friday and at Elmira on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Siuslaw next plays at home Friday, Jan. 25, hosting Junction City at 5:45 p.m.

Senior Dylan Wynn led the Vikings with 15 points against the Lions. Sophomore Liam McClellan added 11.

Cottage Grove senior Erick Vallejo Giffin had a game-high 22 points, including 14 in the first quarter as the Lions took a 19-8 lead.

Siuslaw trailed by 34-24 at halftime and were never closer than seven points in the second half.

The Vikings had six 3-pointers in the game, three each by Wynn and McClellan.

In other Sky-Em League games, Marist won at Elmira, 47-35, and Marshfield defeated visiting Junction City, 55-49.

VIKINGS BOYS ROSTER (from OSAA website)
  1 Liam McClellan, 6-2, sophomore
  2 Caleb Hennessee, 6-0, junior
  3 Brody Terry, 5-8, freshman
  4 Elijah Blankenship, 5-7, sophomore
  5 Skyler Mattson, 5-10, sophomore
10 Jordan Taniguchi, 5-8, senior
11 Camp Lacouture, 5-9, freshman
12 Braydon Thornton, 5-9, freshman
13 Dylan Wynn, 6-2, senior
14 Nick Swift, 6-3, senior
22 Skyler Loomis, 5-9, sophomore
23 Avery Hart, 6-3, freshman
35 Jacob Foskett, 6-3, sophomore

VIKINGS BOYS SCHEDULE
Record: 0-1 in Sky-Em League, 5-10 overall
Sky-Em League
Friday, Jan. 11 — Cottage Grove 59, at Siuslaw 42
Tuesday, Jan. 15 — at Marist, 5:45 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 18 — at Marshfield, 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 22 — at Elmira, 5:45 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 25 — Junction City, 5:45 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 1 — at Cottage Grove, 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 5 — Marist, 7:15 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 8 — Marshfield, 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 12 — Elmira, 7:15 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 14 — at Junction City, 7:15 p.m.
Nonleague
Wednesday, Nov. 28 — Siuslaw 67, at Mapleton 33 (Thornton 17, Foskett 14, Wynn 10)
Friday, Nov. 30 — Tillamook 48, at Siuslaw 44 (Foskett 14, McClellan 11, Wynn 11)
Tuesday Dec. 4 — at Newport 65, Siuslaw 36 (Foskett 9, McClellan 8, Thornton 7)
Thursday, Dec. 6 — Pleasant Hill 77, Siuslaw 39, Les Schwab tournament at Junction City
Friday, Dec 7 — Siuslaw 55, Samuel Robertson (B.C.) 37, Les Schwab tournament at Junction City (Wynn 13, Thornton 12, Foskett 10)
Saturday, Dec. 8 — Sutherlin 44, Siuslaw 33, Les Schwab tournament at Junction City (Hennessee 15, Wynn 12)
Tuesday, Dec. 11 — at Sutherlin 64, Siuslaw 23 (Hennessee 9)
Friday, Dec. 14 — Pleasant Hill 74, at Siuslaw 53 (Thornton 16)
Tuesday, Dec. 18 — Stayton 83, at Siuslaw 32 (Hennessee 11)
Thursday, Dec. 20 — Siuslaw 62, Douglas 43, at Bandon Dunes Holiday Invitational (Thornton 19, Wynn 13, Foskett 10)
Friday, Dec. 21 — Siuslaw 54, Bandon 33, at Bandon Dunes Holiday Invitational (Foskett 14)
Thursday, Dec. 27 — at Siuslaw 58, Reedsport 45 (Wynn 24)
Friday, Jan. 4 — Hidden Valley 70, Siuslaw 56, at Cottage Grove, Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover
Saturday, Jan. 5 — North Valley 48, Siuslaw 32, at Cottage Grove, Sky-Em/Skyline Crossover




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