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Tornado trips Grizz at the line Oct 08, 2000 12:00 AM A A Tornado trips Grizz at the line — SOC boys basketball roundup — ASHLAND -- It didn't take a genius to figure out why the North Medford boys walked off with a 60-55 Southern Oregon Conference victory over Ashland on Friday night. — — While the Grizzlies made just 13 of 25 free throw attempts, North Medford converted 25 of 37 to earn its first SOC win of the season. — — Mike Olson scored 15 points, Casey Casebier had 14 and Wes Towne added 11 for the Black Tornado, which improved to 1-1 in the SOC and 4-7 overall. — — Ashland fell to 0-2 in the SOC and 4-9 overall. — — We lost it at the free-throw line, no question about it, Ashland coach John Skinner said. You feel badly for the kids because they went out and played a good game other than that one area. It's pretty frustrating. — — Despite missing 10 free throws in the first half, the Grizzlies built a 34-20 lead. But the Black Tornado went on a 10-0 run to close the half and draw within 34-30. — — Kris Pavilionis paced the Grizzlies with 17 points and Brett Zundel had 11 points, 14 rebounds and six blocked shots. — — Ashland still led 46-41 after three periods before North Medford went on a 19-9 run in the fourth to win the game. — NORTH MEDFORD (60)--Olson 15, Casebier 14, Towne 12, Oliver 6, Foreman 4, Mellbye 2, Jensen 2, O'Brien 2, Clark 2, Schlichting 1. Totals: 17 25-37 60. — ASHLAND (55)--Pavilionis 17, Zundel 11, Potocki 10, Shields 4, Streng 3, Allred 3, Ehlers 3, Cate 2, Beugli 2. Totals: 19 13-25 55. — North Medford ...........17 13 11 19 -- 60 Ashland .......................15 19 12 9 -- 55 — 3-point goals -- North Medford 2 (Towne 1, Olson 1), Ashland 4 (Potocki 2, Streng 1, Ehlers 1). Technical fouls -- Streng. — JV score -- North Medford 67, Ashland 53. — GRANTS PASS 59, CRATER 39-- At Grants Pass, the Cavemen bounced back from Tuesday's stunning 22-point loss to Eagle Point by outscoring Crater 39-17 in the second half for their first SOC win of the season. — — Mike DeLaGrange and Brant Minor each had 12 points to pace Grants Pass (9-3, 1-1 SOC), while Tyler York chipped in 11 points and Andy Dobner had 10. — — Brent Foster led Crater (0-2 SOC) with 13 points, while Andy Haas added nine despite getting into foul trouble early in the third quarter. — CRATER (39)-- Wright 5, Petersen 0, Darnell 4, Foster 13, Sills 0, Pettegrew 0, Haas 9, Burrill 2, Jones 4, Andrew 2, Davis 0. Totals: 14 10-16 39. — GRANTS PASS (59 ) -- Lesher 0, Olson 0, York 11, Minor 12, Dobner 10, Berg 4, Schirle 0, Lathen 4, McIntosh 0, DeLaGrange 12, Elseth 6. Totals: 21 14-25 59. — Crater ...................11 11 9 8 -- 39 Grants Pass .......10 10 22 17 -- 59 — 3-point goals -- Crater — (Foster 1), Grants Pass — (York 1, Dobner 2). Fouled out -- Haas. Technical fouls -- Grants Pass bench. — JV result -- Grants Pass won. — ROSEBURG 53, EAGLE POINT 36-- At Roseburg, Joe Newton scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the Indians' Southern Oregon Conference victory over Eagle Point. — — The Indians played a strong defensive game, outrebounding Eagle Point 24-18. — — Jake Kleker led the Eagles with 15 points and seven rebounds, and Nick Rouhier scored 11 points. — — Ole Sheldon added 16 points for the Indians. — EAGLE POINT (36)--Kleker 15, Rouhier 11, Acrey 4, S. Gray 2, Crawford 2, Anderson 1, K. Gray 1, Boucher 0, Campbell 0, Horn 0, Fisher 0. Totals: 14 7-12 36. — ROSEBURG (53)-- Newton 20, Sheldon 16, Garcia 7, Linderman 4, Coen 4, McInerney 2, Holt 0, Moss 0, Richardson 0, Darrelts 0. Totals: 18 13-16 53. — Eagle Point .......... 8 7 12 9 -- 36 Roseburg .........13 16 12 12 -- 53 — 3-point goals -- Eagle Point — (Rouhier 1), Roseburg 4 (Sheldon 4). — JV score -- Roseburg 50, Eagle Point 37.