Union-Bulletin

BAKER CITY - Baker defeated Mac-Hi, 53-27, in a loser-out girls district basketball playoff game here on Tuesday.

The Pioneers ended their season with a 9-16 record.

Baker advances to the Class 4A Oregon state playoffs.

Sierra Burchell and Andrea Roeder led the Pioneers with 13 and 11 points, respectively.

Avery Wells led Mac-Hi with nine rebounds.

McKenzie Warner led the Bulldogs with 17 points

Baker took a 15-6 first-quarter lead and never trailed.

"We beat them last week by 12," Mac-Hi coach Curtis Pumphrey said. "We may have had a case of playoff jitters. We turned the ball over on our first five possessions, and we got behind in a hurry."

Pumphrey will lose four seniors from this year's team, including his two top scorers in Burchell and Roeder, to graduation.

"We have a great youth program, but we'll have to do a lot of work this summer," Pumphrey said.

MAC-HI (27) - Betancourt 0 0-1 0, Roeder 5 0-0 11, Burchell 5 3-4 13, Humbert 1 0-0 2, Wells 0 1-2 1. Totals 11 4-7 27.

BAKER (53) - Warner 7 2-4 17, Adams 3 0-0 9, Sarack 4 0-1 8, Phillips 4 3-4 11, Trees 1 1-2 3, Smith 1 0-0 7, Ogan 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 6-13 53.

Mac-Hi 6 9 7 5 - 27

Baker 15 18 6 14 - 53

3-point goals - Mac-Hi (Roeder), Baker (Warner, Smith). Total fouls- Mac-Hi 13, Baker 12. Fouled out-None. Technical fouls-None. Rebounds- Mac-Hi 23 (Wells 9), Baker N/A.