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Fouls hurt Tornado in 72-59 loss EUGENE � Foul trouble plagued the North Medford boys basketball team on Monday and sent it to a 72-59 loss to South Eugene. It was the Black Tornado�s fourth defeat in as many games. North Medford guards Ben Anderson and Thomas O�Brien went to the bench with foul problems in the second quarter, leaving the Black Tornado defenseless against Axemen guard Marty Larson-Xu. "Once we got in foul trouble, he got on a roll," said North Medford coach Gene Quilhaugh of the lanky Larson-Xu, who scored 22 points. "Both Anderson and O�Brien are good defensive guards, so we didn�t really have an answer for him." Despite falling behind by as many as 18 points in the second period, North Medford rallied behind Gabe Burchfiel�s 10 points in the quarter to climb within 44-36 at the half. A nine-point effort in the third for North, however, helped seal the win for South Eugene. Anderson finished with 16 points to lead the Black Tornado while Burchfiel tallied a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds. NORTH MEDFORD (59) � Anderson 16, Weyers 6, DeLine 0, Taylor 5, Barlow 2, Strahm 4, Burchfiel 15, Wessels 3, O�Brien 8, Lucas 0. Totals: 21 11-19 59. SOUTH EUGENE (72) � Marty Larson-Xu 22, Long 10, Neeley 8, McCarthy 8, Parmenter 4, Ozaki 0, Bradetich 7, Pearsall 0, Eckel 0, Scarola 10, Trimble 3. Totals: 24 21-25 72. North Medford........................................16 20 9 14 � 59 South Eugene........................................22 22 14 16 � 72 3-point goals � North Medford 4 (Anderson 4), South Eugene 1 (Neeley). Fouled out � Anderson, O�Brien, Scarola. JV score � South Eugene 65, North Medford 64. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2000 Mail Tribune, Inc.