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SOC boys basketball Crater remains perfect with win CENTRAL POINT -- Matt Brown had a game-high 21 points and Mike Jacobs recorded a double-double as Crater built a huge lead early in a 62-44 Southern Oregon Conference win over Ashland in boys basketball Friday. The Comets, who led 31-7 at halftime, share the conference lead at 4-0 with North Medford. Jacobs had 12 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots. "We got after them," Crater coach Matt Meunier said. "Defensively, we got into them and worked real hard, and we controlled the boards." Matt Harthun added 10 rebounds for the Comets as they outrebounded the Grizzlies, 36-17. Ashland was held to four points in the first period and three in the second, and only shot 24 percent (12-for-51) for the game. Chris Pavilionis scored 11 points for the Grizzlies. Jason Korthals had nine assists for Crater. ASHLAND (44) -- Pippa 6, Kirkpatrick 7, Werbin 8, Kalemkeris 2, Zundel 5, Potocki 2, Pavilionis 11, Streng 0. Totals: 12-51 6-8 44. CRATER (62) -- Wangle 2, Korthals 4, Foster 9, Jacobs 12, Brown 21, Harthun 8, Haas 2, Strate 4, Smith 0, Campbell 0, Darnell 0, Wright 0. Totals: 28-49 4-4 62. Ashland .............4 3 17 17 -- 44 Crater ...............4 17 21 10 -- 62 3-point goals -- Ashland 6 (Pippa 2, Werbin 2, Pavilionis 2), Crater 2 (Foster 1, Brown 1). JV score -- Crater 61, Ashland 58. GRANTS PASS 60, SOUTH MEDFORD 57 -- At Grants Pass, South Medford entered the season with a 31-game SOC winning streak, but the Panthers suffered their third loss in four outings to open the conference campaign. South junior wing Damian Rasmussen recorded a game-high 26 points. Grants Pass was paced by Reed Sorensen's 21 points and Peter Jordan added 14. SOUTH MEDFORD (57) -- Tomlins 0, Hickey 0, Hilgendorf 7, McKay 0, Rasmussen 26, Wallenberg 14, Grant 6, Foster 2, Decker 2. Totals: 23 7-10 57. GRANTS PASS (60) -- Slagle 8, Dawson 9, Lesher 4, Jordan 14, York 0, Elseph 0, DeLaGrange 4, Sorensen 21, Barbee 0. Totals: 24 9-17 60. South Medford ...........10 25 12 10 -- 57 Grants Pass ...............21 13 13 13 -- 60 3-point goals -- South Medford 4 (Rasmussen 3, Hilgendorf 1), Grants Pass 3 (Slagle 1, Dawson 1, Jordan 1). JV score -- Grants Pass 60, South Medford 39. EAGLE POINT 66, KLAMATH UNION 39 -- At Eagle Point, four Eagles scored in double figures as the team rebounded from its first SOC loss. Phil Garrett had 15 points, nine rebounds and five blocked shots for the Eagles (8-6, 3-1 SOC). John Lucas, Jake Kleker and Danny Acrey each scored 10, while Chris Sawyer added 11 assists and three steals. KLAMATH UNION (39) -- Dozois 9, Bennett 1, Smith 2, Scriber 4, Bailey 6, Axberg 8, Kellstrom 9, Burke 0, Aspera 0. Totals: 15 7-9 39 EAGLE POINT (66) -- Garrett 15, Lucas 10, Crawford 4, Buda 3, Gala 6, Stuart 8, Acrey 10, Kleker 10, Sawyer 0, Anderson 0. Totals: 29 8-11 66 Klamath Union ............11 9 13 6 -- 39 Eagle Point ..............16 14 15 21 -- 66 3-point goals -- Klamath Union 3 (Axberg 2, Dozois 1). Fouled out -- Jones, Nelson. Technical foul -- Kellstrom. JV score -- Eagle Point 63, Klamath Union 49. Today's Sports Index Mail Tribune Copyright� The Mail Tribune 1999, Medford,