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Hornets down Pateros in see-saw battle

Published 1:06 pm Saturday, January 5, 2013

By Brent Baker

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Brent Baker Oroville's Chase Nigg gets a pass off on an Oroville fast break during Friday's win over Pateros.

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Oroville’s Joe Sarmiento and Pateros Mikey Piechalski fight over a loose ball during the Hornets’ 48-38 victory over the Billy Goats on Jan. 4.

OROVILLE – Connor Hughes and Juan Lopez combined to score 32 points, and Dustin Nigg scored six of his 10 points in the fourth quarter as Oroville shook off a poor shooting night to get past Pateros on Friday, Jan. 4, 48-38.

Despite being a low-scoring contest, the game featured seven lead changes through the first three quarters as neither squad could take control.

Carlos Cisneros hit a 3-pointer late in the third quarter to give the Billy Goats a 35-32 lead, and after an Oroville turnover Pateros had an open look at a 3-pointer that could have opened up a six-point lead.

That shot didn’t go, and Hughes answered with a 3-pointer of his own to tie it. Pateros scored just three points the rest of the way and Nigg scored three times on layups in a rough-and-tumble fourth quarter.

Hughes finished with a game-high 20 and Lopez added 12 for the Hornets (3-6).

Cisneros had 18 and Mikey Piechalski had 12 as the pair scored all but one of Pateros’ (3-5) baskets.


About Brent Baker

Brent, is a former reporter/photographer for the Gazette-Tribune and sometimes works as a freelance sports reporter for the G-T. Prior to working at the G-T, he was the sports editor for Sunrise Publishing from 2000-2005 in Michigan. He subsequently owned and operated Buckland Media, a high school sports website, in Michigan until 2010. He and his wife Kim, who have an adult son, moved to Tonasket in 2010. Brent worked as a full time reporter/photographer at the G-T from 2011 - 2014).

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