Baker coasted by Heppner Tuesday in its final boys basketball tuneup before entering Greater Oregon League play this weekend.

The Bulldogs (5-3) rolled to a 71-47 non-league win at Hermiston High School.

“Heppner is a good 2A team,” said Baker coach Craig Woods.

“We’d get up by 10 to 14 points and then they’d make a run at us. It was a good little tuneup for us. We could still see some little things we need to work on before Friday.”

The Bulldogs open GOL play Friday by hosting Ontario at BHS.

“Heppner is a pretty scrappy little team,” Woods said. “We missed some easy shots early. But, overall it was a solid team effort.”

Baker led 47-39 entering the fourth quarter, then outscored Heppner 24-8 the rest of the way.

CANYON CITY — The Baker girls had had enough of losing.

After going without a win during the season’s first month, the Bulldogs broke the streak with a 45-37 win Tuesday over Grant Union.

“That was big, going into league play on Friday,” Baker coach Tim Smith said. “We needed to get a feel for what it’s like to win.”

The key sequence Tuesday was early in the final period.

Baker had squandered most of its 28-22 halftime lead by playing sluggish in the third quarter.

The Bulldogs led 34-33 after three quarters, and the Prospectors had all the momentum, Smith said.

“But then we got a couple of defensive stops, and a couple of baskets, and we won going away,” he said.

Baker outscored Grant Union 11-4 in the final period.