BANDON — Cascade Christian never held a particularly big lead on Bandon’s girls basketball team Tuesday night.

But the Tigers never were able to get in front of the Challengers in the final three quarters, and were undone by poor shooting and crucial mistakes in the final few minutes as Cascade Christian escaped with a 48-43 victory.

“We just didn’t execute down the stretch,” said Bandon coach Ken Nice.

The Tigers trailed by nine points entering the fourth quarter, but cut the deficit to four points several times and eventually pulled within three points at 44-41 on an inside basket by Briana Valentine with 2 minutes, 45 seconds remaining.

But the Tigers had four turnovers in the final minutes and Cascade Christian got a basket by Kierstin Barlow after rebounding a missed free throw and added two more free throws to put the game out of reach.

“To their credit, they hit some big shots that weren’t easy shots,” Nice said of the Challengers, adding that he was pleased with how his team defended during the game.

But Bandon never was able to make shots when it had chances to catch Cascade Christian.

For the game, the Tigers shot just 28 percent (14-for-50).

Nice said his team had good looks at the hoop, but didn’t make enough of the attempts. Bandon shot just 2-for-15 from 3-point range, when a few treys could have put pressure on the Challengers.

Cascade Christian coach Marvin Denman was happy with how his team handled the late rally by the Tigers.

“Bandon is well-coached,” he said, adding that the Tigers caused some problems when they switched their half-court defense in the final minutes.

But after Bandon forced back-to-back turnovers, the Challengers adjusted and didn’t give the ball away again.

Allena Cesaro led Cascade Christian with 12 points.

Melinda Torres had a big night for the Tigers with 14 points, 10 rebounds and four steals. Brittney Smith added nine points and Valentine scored eight. Jennifer Torres had five rebounds and four assists to go with her five points.

Cascade Christian improved to 2-0 in league play, while the Tigers fell to 0-2 heading into a road game at league newcomer Rogue River on Friday.

Nice would like to see another strong effort in that game.

“I’m proud of them for competing all the way,” he said. “I’m encouraged by tonight.”

Bobcats win

Myrtle Point held off a second-half comeback by host Rogue River, beating the Chieftains 55-45.

Shirah Stidham had 13 points, while Sam Sanders added 11 and Meghan Ross 10 for the Bobcats.

Myrtle Point led 31-14 at halftime, but the Chieftains cut the lead to seven in the fourth quarter. Kelly Maxey had 20 points for Rogue River.

Panthers top Devils

Gold Beach got a big road win, pulling away from host Coquille in the fourth quarter for a 51-35 win.

The Red Devils trailed by just three points early in the final quarter, but Gold Beach built the lead and then Coquille had to foul to try to catch up. The Panthers made nine free throws in the fourth.

Kourtney Moore had 14 points and Molly Hockema added 12 for Gold Beach, which visits defending league champion Myrtle Point on Friday.

Bailey Richardson had 18 points for the Red Devils.

Wildcats win

Glide rallied in the fourth quarter to edge visiting Reedsport 39-35 Tuesday.

The Braves led 30-26 entering the final quarter, but Glide surged back for the win.

Katie Fugate scored a game-high 12 points for the Wildcats, while Eden Huebner and Chelsea Hitchcock had eight each for Reedsport.

Sunset Conference Boys

Chieftains beat Bobcats

Rogue River scored 53 points in the second half to pull away for an 86-60 win over visiting Myrtle Point.

Craig Lee had 15 points and 13 assists and Brendan Schoner also had 15 points for the Chieftains.

Cody Libbett had 16 points to lead the Bobcats, who also got 13 points from James Brown and 11 from Scott Clark.

Panthers win on road

Jeff Knox had three 3-pointers in the first half and finished with a game-high 23 points as Gold Beach beat host Coquille 68-54.

Logan Hockema added 19 points and Todd Martin had 15 for the Panthers.

Coquille got 18 points by Joe Harris, 12 by Heston Altenbach and 10 by Brady Coady.

Braves beat Glide

Reedsport spoiled the opening night in Glide’s new gymnasium by beating the Wildcats 59-40.

Sean Horton had 19 points to lead the Braves, who pulled away in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Wildcats 20-4. Codey Savey added 18 and Ismael Osorio 12.

Drew Vickrey led Glide with 15 points.

Midwestern League Girls

Pirates fall

Marshfield dropped to 0-2 in Midwestern League play, losing 65-43 at North Eugene on Tuesday.

Kristen Huff had 18 points and Taylor Ficek added 14 for the Highlanders.

Marshfield coach Debbie Dunbar said she saw some good things, but not enough, out of her team.

“I just believe we can do better,” she said. “We’re a better team than we’ve shown in the first couple games in league. We are still not playing like we can play together as a team.”

Brianna George had 15 points to lead the Pirates, while Brittney Young added 11 and Jessica Hockema eight.

“I think we did a better job attacking the basket tonight,” Dunbar said. “I think we could have run against them. When we got our transition going, we scored buckets.”

North Eugene outscored the Pirates 31-16 in the second half to pull away for the win.

The Pirates next face co-No. 1 Willamette in Eugene on Friday.

WRESTLING

Marshfield gets win

Marshfield won seven bouts by pin and topped host Willamette 57-15 in a Midwestern League dual Tuesday.

The Pirates got pins by Tyler Nixon at 112 pounds, Nick Roderick (119), Ryan Campbell (125), Trenton Hunter (135), Coty Cook (140), Zakk Borgogno (145) and Jesse Moore (160).

“The lighter weights, we did pretty well,” said Marshfield coach Kris Davis. “For the most part, we did a pretty good job at going out and being aggressive.”

The Pirates also got a decision at 171 pounds by Cody Campell and won a couple of matches by forfeit.