WARRIORS GLIDE TO QUARTERFINALS
If Ryan Lampi is dreaming, please don't wake him up.
The Warriors junior guard overcame a turnover-plagued first half to score 20 points as Warrenton defeated the Glide Wildcats 57-50 in a first round OSAA 3A State Playoff game.
With the win, the Warriors return to the state tournament final site for the first time since 2004 and the fourth time this decade, making the noughties the most successful decade in the history of Warrior basketball.
"When [this year's seniors] were freshmen, I was telling the guys that all I heard when we went with that group to Pendleton was it's going to be a long time before we get back to the state tournament," said first-year Warriors head coach Josh Jannusch, who led the C-team in then head coach Gary McBride's final season, which ended in a 4th place trophy. "Everybody was thinking the cupboard was a little bare. They knew they had a little bit of talent, they just didn't think they were gonna be able to persevere through it."
Warrenton will take on the top-ranked Regis Rams at 6:30 p.m. Thursday night at Willamette University following Regis' 59-44 win over Sheridan Friday.
The emergence of Lampi as an offensive force has keyed Warrenton's late surge. The Warriors have now won ten of their last eleven games, and are 18-4 since a stumbling 2-5 start to the season that saw Warrenton lose to the likes of Naselle and Reedsport.
While Glide had beaten Reedsport twice by twenty-point margins, the visiting Wildcats expected a much tougher Warrenton team that the one they saw on film from early December's Harrisburg Eagle Classic, when Warrenton dropped back-to-back games to Reedsport and Heppner.
After a close first half ended with a 20-16 Glide halftime lead, the Warriors outscored the Wildcats 18-10 in the third period, connecting on 8-of-15 shots (53%) after shooting a woeful 23-percent (5-for-22) in the first half.
"They played hard tonight," said Jannusch. "They didn't get their heads down. Especially in that first half where we turned the ball over quite a bit. We got some rebounds and came out strong in the third quarter and just held on."
Lampi, who struggled handling the ball against Glide's trapping defense in the first half, opened the third period by dropping in an open J, beginning an 8-0 Warrior run as Warrenton grabbed a 24-20 lead. Andre Basiliades, whose twin brother Dana led the Wildcats with 19 points, grabbed a missed three pointer and scored on a putback to tie the game at 24-24 before the Warriors responded with seven straight points.
Junior post Jordan Little started the run when he scored on an offensive rebound putback at the front of the rim and was fouled, missing the ensuing free throw. Kevin Moore outraced a Glide player to the corner and tipped the ball back into play in the direction of Eric Gantenbein, who drained a 3-pointer for a 5-point possession.
"Everyone just followed Eric's lead," said Jannusch of the 1st-team all-Lewis & Clark League senior guard, who should move into the school's all-time top ten in scoring with two more games at state. "I can't explain how much Eric means to our team, both scoring-wise and leadership."
Gantenbein, held scoreless in the first half, hit two more big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and and had two key steals and a drawn charge down the stretch in the fourth quarter, finishing with 11 points in the contest.
"Eric is one of those kids that leads by example as well as vocally," said Jannusch. "He stepped in an he was willing to take one on the chin, diving on the floor. Everyone responds to that."
The second steal led to a Michael O'Casey layup and a 46-39 lead. After a Dana Basiliades three, O'Casey scored on a rebound putback. Following an exchange of turnovers, Patrick Ridgley hoisted a three from the right corner, cutting Warrenton's lead in half as the Wildcats pulled to within 48-45.
Warrenton's Michael Davis, who missed the second half of the Rainier playoff game and all of the Portland Adventist game last week after suffering a bruised jaw, hit a key pair of one-and-one free throws with 1:47 left to put Warrenton back up by two possessions. Gantenbein hit a long three, then scored on a breakout layup after picking up a loose ball in backcourt in the final 15 seconds to seal the game for Warrenton.
O'Casey had 14 points for the Warriors and Jordan Little hauled down a game-high 12 rebounds to go with six points.
Lampi, averaging eight points per game heading into the league rematch at Clatskanie exactly one month ago, is averaging 16.5 points per game since then, with double figure scoring in ten of those twelve games and twenty points or more five times. The 5-10 junior added four assists and six rebounds to his game-high 20 points, turning the ball over just once in the second half after five first-half turnovers.
Andre Basiliades scored 16 points and had seven rebounds for the Wildcats, who were making their first state tournament appearance since 1957 and are playing in the postseason for the first time in at least five years. Glide ends the season with a 14-13 overall record, while Warrenton reached twenty wins for the fourth time in six years, improving to 20-9 overall.
In order to reach their first state semifinal since 1981, the Warriors will have to knock off the 24-3 Rams, who saw their three year run of state championships and five year run of championship game appearances end in a 46-36 loss to Santiam Christian in last year's quarterfinals. The two teams became league opponents this season in the new 3A PacWest League, splitting a pair of league games. Santiam Christian also advanced to the quarterfinals Friday with a 45-39 win over Rainier, while Clatskanie's fizzling postseason prospects ended in a devasting 80-70 loss at home to Riverside, as the once top-ranked Tigers dropped four straight games to end the season.
The last Warrenton team to win a quarterfinal game was the 1981 state runner-up team coached by the late Bob Cole, which lost to Scio 65-63 in double overtime in the finals. The prior season, Warrenton lost to Regis 57-42 in the quarterfinals on the way to a 4th place finish at state. The teams met two more times in the mid-90's, both Warrior losses, giving the Warriors an 0-3 all-time record against the Rams in boys basketball.
GLIDE 12 8 10 20 -- 50
Hernandez 4, Standish 2, Smith, A. Basiliades 16, D. Basiliades 19, P. Bonnell, Ridgley 5, Edwards, Jackson 4.
WARRENTON 10 6 18 23 -- 57
Davis 2, Gantenbein 11, Little 6, O'Casey 14, Lampi 20, Garcia 3, Moore 1.
FIELD GOALS-GLI: 22-52-41%, WAR: 22-51-43%
3-PT FG'S-GLI: 4-14-29%, WAR: 5-14-36%
FREE THROWS-GLI: 3-6-50%, WAR: 8-15-53%
REBOUNDS-GLI: 30, WAR: 34
TURNOVERS-GLI: 12, WAR: 12
The Warriors junior guard overcame a turnover-plagued first half to score 20 points as Warrenton defeated the Glide Wildcats 57-50 in a first round OSAA 3A State Playoff game.
With the win, the Warriors return to the state tournament final site for the first time since 2004 and the fourth time this decade, making the noughties the most successful decade in the history of Warrior basketball.
"When [this year's seniors] were freshmen, I was telling the guys that all I heard when we went with that group to Pendleton was it's going to be a long time before we get back to the state tournament," said first-year Warriors head coach Josh Jannusch, who led the C-team in then head coach Gary McBride's final season, which ended in a 4th place trophy. "Everybody was thinking the cupboard was a little bare. They knew they had a little bit of talent, they just didn't think they were gonna be able to persevere through it."
Warrenton will take on the top-ranked Regis Rams at 6:30 p.m. Thursday night at Willamette University following Regis' 59-44 win over Sheridan Friday.
The emergence of Lampi as an offensive force has keyed Warrenton's late surge. The Warriors have now won ten of their last eleven games, and are 18-4 since a stumbling 2-5 start to the season that saw Warrenton lose to the likes of Naselle and Reedsport.
While Glide had beaten Reedsport twice by twenty-point margins, the visiting Wildcats expected a much tougher Warrenton team that the one they saw on film from early December's Harrisburg Eagle Classic, when Warrenton dropped back-to-back games to Reedsport and Heppner.
After a close first half ended with a 20-16 Glide halftime lead, the Warriors outscored the Wildcats 18-10 in the third period, connecting on 8-of-15 shots (53%) after shooting a woeful 23-percent (5-for-22) in the first half.
"They played hard tonight," said Jannusch. "They didn't get their heads down. Especially in that first half where we turned the ball over quite a bit. We got some rebounds and came out strong in the third quarter and just held on."
Lampi, who struggled handling the ball against Glide's trapping defense in the first half, opened the third period by dropping in an open J, beginning an 8-0 Warrior run as Warrenton grabbed a 24-20 lead. Andre Basiliades, whose twin brother Dana led the Wildcats with 19 points, grabbed a missed three pointer and scored on a putback to tie the game at 24-24 before the Warriors responded with seven straight points.
Junior post Jordan Little started the run when he scored on an offensive rebound putback at the front of the rim and was fouled, missing the ensuing free throw. Kevin Moore outraced a Glide player to the corner and tipped the ball back into play in the direction of Eric Gantenbein, who drained a 3-pointer for a 5-point possession.
"Everyone just followed Eric's lead," said Jannusch of the 1st-team all-Lewis & Clark League senior guard, who should move into the school's all-time top ten in scoring with two more games at state. "I can't explain how much Eric means to our team, both scoring-wise and leadership."
Gantenbein, held scoreless in the first half, hit two more big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and and had two key steals and a drawn charge down the stretch in the fourth quarter, finishing with 11 points in the contest.
"Eric is one of those kids that leads by example as well as vocally," said Jannusch. "He stepped in an he was willing to take one on the chin, diving on the floor. Everyone responds to that."
The second steal led to a Michael O'Casey layup and a 46-39 lead. After a Dana Basiliades three, O'Casey scored on a rebound putback. Following an exchange of turnovers, Patrick Ridgley hoisted a three from the right corner, cutting Warrenton's lead in half as the Wildcats pulled to within 48-45.
Warrenton's Michael Davis, who missed the second half of the Rainier playoff game and all of the Portland Adventist game last week after suffering a bruised jaw, hit a key pair of one-and-one free throws with 1:47 left to put Warrenton back up by two possessions. Gantenbein hit a long three, then scored on a breakout layup after picking up a loose ball in backcourt in the final 15 seconds to seal the game for Warrenton.
O'Casey had 14 points for the Warriors and Jordan Little hauled down a game-high 12 rebounds to go with six points.
Lampi, averaging eight points per game heading into the league rematch at Clatskanie exactly one month ago, is averaging 16.5 points per game since then, with double figure scoring in ten of those twelve games and twenty points or more five times. The 5-10 junior added four assists and six rebounds to his game-high 20 points, turning the ball over just once in the second half after five first-half turnovers.
Andre Basiliades scored 16 points and had seven rebounds for the Wildcats, who were making their first state tournament appearance since 1957 and are playing in the postseason for the first time in at least five years. Glide ends the season with a 14-13 overall record, while Warrenton reached twenty wins for the fourth time in six years, improving to 20-9 overall.
In order to reach their first state semifinal since 1981, the Warriors will have to knock off the 24-3 Rams, who saw their three year run of state championships and five year run of championship game appearances end in a 46-36 loss to Santiam Christian in last year's quarterfinals. The two teams became league opponents this season in the new 3A PacWest League, splitting a pair of league games. Santiam Christian also advanced to the quarterfinals Friday with a 45-39 win over Rainier, while Clatskanie's fizzling postseason prospects ended in a devasting 80-70 loss at home to Riverside, as the once top-ranked Tigers dropped four straight games to end the season.
The last Warrenton team to win a quarterfinal game was the 1981 state runner-up team coached by the late Bob Cole, which lost to Scio 65-63 in double overtime in the finals. The prior season, Warrenton lost to Regis 57-42 in the quarterfinals on the way to a 4th place finish at state. The teams met two more times in the mid-90's, both Warrior losses, giving the Warriors an 0-3 all-time record against the Rams in boys basketball.
GLIDE 12 8 10 20 -- 50
Hernandez 4, Standish 2, Smith, A. Basiliades 16, D. Basiliades 19, P. Bonnell, Ridgley 5, Edwards, Jackson 4.
WARRENTON 10 6 18 23 -- 57
Davis 2, Gantenbein 11, Little 6, O'Casey 14, Lampi 20, Garcia 3, Moore 1.
FIELD GOALS-GLI: 22-52-41%, WAR: 22-51-43%
3-PT FG'S-GLI: 4-14-29%, WAR: 5-14-36%
FREE THROWS-GLI: 3-6-50%, WAR: 8-15-53%
REBOUNDS-GLI: 30, WAR: 34
TURNOVERS-GLI: 12, WAR: 12
posted by Matt Richert at 9:56 PM
2 Comments:
Way to go Warriors & Coaches. Teamwork will take you all the way!
Who is the coach of the year of the Lewis & Clark league now? !!!!!
Congratulations Warrenton. Good luck from your fans in Astoria....
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