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SPORTS Tuesday, November 10, 2015 East Oregonian Page 3B College Football Freshman receiver dismissed from Beavers By KEVIN HAMPTON Corvallis Gazette-Times next spot because I think he can be successful. Kids make mistakes and that’s where we’re at.” CORVALLIS — Wide receiver Datrin Guyton has been dismissed from the Oregon State football team for violation of athletic department and team rules as it relates to the expecta- tions of a student-athlete. Guyton was sent to the locker room during Saturday’s 41-0 Pac-12 loss to UCLA and coach Gary Andersen made the announcement on Monday. ³Datrin and I have de¿nitely talked and we’re in complete understanding with each other that the goal is to help Datrin get somewhere where he can start his next journey,” Andersen said. Guyton had worked his way into some playing time this season and started three games. He is third on the team with 14 catches for 178 yards and a long gain of 26 yards. “I’m very willing to help him. I wish it wasn’t this way, but it is that way. I’m excited for his future when he decides where to go and I’m here to help him. I’m not excited with the way that he’s not with us. He is a good kid, it just is what it is,” Andersen said. “I am going to help him get to his MIXED SIGNALS The Bruins were called for seven false starts during Saturday’s game and both coach Jim Mora and quarterback Josh Rosen said it wasn’t the fault of the offensive line. Rosen pointedly accused the OSU defensive linemen of calling cadences. “I want to say it was B.S. what their defensive line was doing,” Rosen told the Los Angeles Times. “They were calling out cadences, saying ‘set’ and ‘hut.’ All the false starts on the offen- sive line weren’t on them.” Andersen had a different view of the situation. “If you watch how we play defense, we’ve moved the same way for ¿ve years,” he said. “It was taken away from us in one game this year and the of¿cials have come back and told us exactly how we can do it. I keep the piece of paper in my pocket to let anybody that would like to read that rule and they can surely read that rule exactly how it’s been given to me from the Pac-12. “It’s within the rules. If we can’t say, ‘move’ and our defense can move side to side, then I suppose the offense should not be able to go on two, the offense should not be able to motion. We’re not gaining any more of an advantage than they’re gaining by doing what they’re doing. That’s how I see it.” KEEPING THE HEADS UP: The season has been a struggle for the Beavers (2-7, 0-5). They are still looking for their ¿rst Pac-12 win and are coming off the big loss to the Bruins. Andersen and the players talk every week and said he has not seen a problem with morale. “We just sit back and just talk about where we’re at and the challenges that are out in front of us and the commit- ment that we made to grind this thing out regargless of what happened,” Andersen said. “You can’t sit back and feel sorry for yourselves. I’ve never felt that from this team and I don’t feel it again today.” Andersen said the players have a responsibility to play for the seniors and for OSU. “If they cannot do that and they’re questioning themselves on their ability to be able to do that, then they’re in the wrong place and they understand that,” he said. NBA DUCKS: Now face big test at Stanford Nuggets hold off Trail Blazers By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER — Emmanuel Mudiay nitpicked his performance even after hitting two big free throws in the closing seconds and blocking a critical shot. “I’m my hardest critic,” the Denver Nuggets rookie said, quickly pointing out that he missed two early free throws and had two turnovers. NBA But this was exactly what the Nuggets envisioned when they took him Denver with the No. 7 pick overall. Mudiay had 18 points, six rebounds, ¿ve assists, two blocks and those clinching Portland free throws in a 108-104 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. “He grew up tonight,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “It hasn’t been easy for him. I’ve been on him. ... He made big plays for us.” Earlier in the season, Mudiay was a little timid and afraid of making mistakes. Not against Portland. He was forward-thinking — just like Malone wants. “When I’m aggressive and not playing like a robot, good things happen for me and my teammates,” Mudiay said. “If we continue to play team basketball like that and every- body doing our job, we’re going to be ¿ne.” J.J. Hickson came up clutch, too, with 19 points and 13 boards. His biggest contributions were four straight free throws over the ¿nal 1:49 to keep the Blazers at bay. This after going 1 of 7 earlier in the game at the line. “I gained a little more of Coach’s trust to keep me in the game down the stretch, because I showed I could make free throws,” Hickson said. Sure did. AP Photo/Rick Scuteri Oregon State wide receiver Datrin Guyton (9) during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Arizona, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. element in our offense, that gap has to exist, the defense has to account for that,” Helfrich said. “If it’s one false step, it becomes an arm tackle for Royce, or as we saw last night, Kani, Tony James, Taj all getting better and better. That element has to be there.” Despite missing outside linebacker Christian French, cornerback Chris Seisay, safety Juwaan Williams and defensive end Canton Kaumatule with injuries, Oregon’s defense took a big step forward after allowing a school-record 742 yards at Arizona State. DeForest Buckner played with a cast on his injured wrist and ¿nished with a team-high seven tackles, including a sack of Goff that forced Cal to settle for a ¿eld goal in the red zone. “The guy is playing his tail off and is one-handed,” Helfrich said. “He’s double- teamed, he’s triple-teamed, jumped and chipped on releases and he’s just battled. … “We take him out of prac- tice to kind of force a little healing time and stuff, but DeFo is a rock.” The Ducks (6-3 overall, 4-2 Pac-12) play the No. 7 Cardinal (8-1, 7-0) on Saturday at Stanford Stadium (4:30 p.m., Fox). Stanford leads the all-time series between the two teams 46-31-1, but Oregon has won 10 of the last 13 match-ups — most recently a 45-16 win in 2014 in Eugene. With the win, Stanford would clinch the Pac-12 North division. Continued from 1B Ducks were unable to return any of Cal’s six punts. “I de¿nitely think we’re playing better in phases,” Helfrich said Sunday. “We still need to put the complete thing together. A ton of yards, but not the matching points. Part of that is red-zone execution: Two picks in the end zone will affect that, ¿eld goals affect that. So obviously we want to ¿nish those with touchdowns. “(Defensively) there’s always errors, whether it’s coverage or ¿ts or tackling that are kind of glossed over in a win. Obviously, a ton of special teams stuff that is literally installation stuff, day one-type mistakes that happened that can’t happen going forward. “ Oregon piled up 477 rushing yards. Royce Freeman led the way with 180 yards on 29 carries. Tony Brooks-James (101 yards) averaged 14.4 yards per carry, Kani Benoit (94 yards) averaged 11.8 yards per carry and Taj Grif¿n (59 yards) averaged 7.4 yards per carry. “I give them a huge thanks,” Freeman, the nation’s ¿fth-leading rusher (143.0 ypg), said of the offensive line. “It was some- thing we haven’t seen much of all season as far as the amount of holes that were open and just the variety of different run plays we ran.” Adams passed for 300 yards and four touchdowns, but his eight rushes for 43 yards helped make the offense look more Mario- ta-like. “You have to have that 108 104 AP Photo/David Zalubowski Portland Trail Blazers forward Allen Crabbe, right, jumps to take a shot as Denver Nuggets guard Will Barton, left, defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, in Denver. Kenneth Faried added 17 — and drew a key late charge — as the Nuggets ended an eight-game skid to the Trail Blazers. With Denver up 106-104, Mudiay connected on two free throws. He then blocked Damian Lillard’s layup to close out Denver’s ¿rst win at home this season. “The energy was contagious tonight, between all my teammates,” Mudiay said. “It was de¿nitely good.” Lillard led Portland with 30 points. Backcourt mate CJ McCollum had a rough shooting night early, but scored 12 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter to keep the Blazers in the game. Portland took a lead into the fourth quarter for a second straight night, and again couldn’t close it out. On Sunday, the Blazers blew a 13-point lead in the ¿nal quarter during a 120-103 home loss to Detroit. Lillard had a four-point play with 4.6 seconds remaining in the third quarter as he launched a deep 3-pointer as Foye tried to grab him. He hit the basket and the free throw to give the Blazers an 80-79 lead. Denver grabbed the lead for good on a dunk by Hickson with 4:17 remaining. “It’s not discouraging because it’s so early,” Lillard said. “But we don’t want to keep having the same thing happen over and over again.” SCOREBOARD NFL Cutler leads Bears over Chargers By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Zach Miller made a one-handed grab of a 25-yard touchdown pass from Jay Cutler with 3:19 to go, and the Chicago Bears beat the San Diego Chargers 22-19 on Monday night. Cutler, who over- NFL came an interception return for a touchdown and a fumble to throw Chicago for 345 yards, calmly led the Bears on the winning 10-play, 80-yard drive after the Chargers had taken a 19-14 lead on rookie San Diego Josh Lambo’s 22-yard ¿eld goal. Miller made a leaping grab with his right hand and scored. Rookie Jeremy Langford, subbing for the injured Matt Forte, ran in the 2-point conversion. Cutler’s TD passes broke the franchise record, giving him 139. He had been tied with Hall of Famer Sid Luckman. 22 19 COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Eastern Oregon at Eastern Washing- ton (exhibition), 10:30 a.m. Oakland 4 4 0 .500 Kansas City 3 5 0 .375 San Diego 2 7 0 .222 NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 Washington 3 5 0 .375 Dallas 2 6 0 .250 SOUTH W L T Pct Carolina 8 0 0 1.000 Atlanta 6 3 0 .667 New Orleans 4 5 0 .444 Tampa Bay 3 5 0 .375 NORTH W L T Pct Minnesota 6 2 0 .750 Green Bay 6 2 0 .750 Chicago 3 5 0 .375 Detroit 1 7 0 .125 WEST W L T Pct Arizona 6 2 0 .750 St. Louis 4 4 0 .500 Seattle 4 4 0 .500 San Francisco 3 6 0 .333 ——— Sunday’s Games Tennessee 34, New Orleans 28, OT Minnesota 21, St. Louis 18, OT Carolina 37, Green Bay 29 New England 27, Washington 10 Buffalo 33, Miami 17 N.Y. Jets 28, Jacksonville 23 Pittsburgh 38, Oakland 35 San Francisco 17, Atlanta 16 N.Y. Giants 32, Tampa Bay 18 Indianapolis 27, Denver 24 Philadelphia 33, Dallas 27, OT Football Monday’s Game Chicago 22, San Diego 19 Local Slate PREP FOOTBALL Friday (2A quarterfinals) No. 9 Stanfield at No. 1 Central Linn, 7 p.m. Saturday (2A quarterfinals) No. 7 Reedsport at No. 2 Heppner, 1 p.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, Noon COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Wednesday Blue Mountain at Big Bend, 6 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Wednesday (CCC Quarterfinals) Eastern Oregon vs. NW Christian (at Springfield), 5 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Eastern Oregon vs. Arizona Christian (at Las Vegas), 4 p.m. Saturday Eastern Oregon vs. Vanguard (at Las Vegas), 2 p.m. NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST W L T Pct New England 8 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Jets 5 3 0 .625 Buffalo 4 4 0 .500 Miami 3 5 0 .375 SOUTH W L T Pct Indianapolis 4 5 0 .444 Houston 3 5 0 .375 Jacksonville 2 6 0 .250 Tennessee 2 6 0 .250 NORTH W L T Pct Cincinnati 8 0 0 1.000 Pittsburgh 5 4 0 .556 Baltimore 2 6 0 .250 Cleveland 2 7 0 .222 WEST W L T Pct Denver 7 1 0 .875 Soccer MLS Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Western Conference FC Dallas vs. Seattle Sunday, Nov. 1: Seattle 2, FC Dallas 1 Sunday, Nov. 8: FC Dallas 2, Seattle 1, 3-3 aggregate, Dallas advances 4-2 on penalty kicks Vancouver vs. Portland Sunday, Nov. 1: Vancouver 0, Portland 0 Sunday, Nov. 8: Portland 2, Vancouver 0, Portland advances on 2-0 aggregate CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP Eastern Conference New York vs. Columbus Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 22: New York at Columbus, 2 p.m. Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 29: Columbus at New York, 4:30 p.m. Western Conference FC Dallas vs. Portland Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 22: FC Dallas at Portland, 2 or 4:30 p.m. Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 29: Portland at FC Dallas, 2 or 4:30 p.m. Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 5 2 New York 3 4 Boston 2 3 Brooklyn 0 7 Philadelphia 0 7 Southeast Division W L Atlanta 7 2 Miami 4 3 Washington 3 3 Orlando 3 5 Charlotte 2 4 Central Division W L Cleveland 6 1 Detroit 5 2 Chicago 5 3 Milwaukee 4 3 Indiana 4 4 Pct GB .714 — .429 2 .400 2 .000 5 .000 5 Pct .778 .571 .500 .375 .333 GB — 2 2½ 3½ 3½ Pct GB .857 — .714 1 .625 1½ .571 2 .500 2½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 5 2 .714 Houston 4 3 .571 Dallas 3 3 .500 Memphis 3 5 .375 New Orleans 0 6 .000 Northwest Division W L Pct Minnesota 4 2 .667 Utah 4 2 .667 Oklahoma City 4 3 .571 Portland 4 4 .500 Denver 3 4 .429 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 8 0 1.000 L.A. Clippers 5 2 .714 Phoenix 3 4 .429 L.A. Lakers 1 5 .167 GB — 1 1½ 2½ 4½ GB — — ½ 1 1½ GB — 2½ 4½ 6 Sacramento 1 7 .125 ——— Monday’s Games Indiana 97, Orlando 84 Chicago 111, Philadelphia 88 Minnesota 117, Atlanta 107 Denver 108, Portland 104 San Antonio 106, Sacramento 88 Golden State 109, Detroit 95 L.A. Clippers 94, Memphis 92 7 Today’s Games Utah at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Washington, 4 p.m. New York at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Hockey NHL Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 16 13 2 1 27 Ottawa 14 7 4 3 17 Tampa Bay 16 7 7 2 16 Boston 14 7 6 1 15 Detroit 14 7 6 1 15 Florida 14 5 6 3 13 Buffalo 14 6 8 0 12 Toronto 14 2 8 4 8 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Rangers 14 10 2 2 22 Washington 13 10 3 0 20 Pittsburgh 14 9 5 0 18 New Jersey 14 8 5 1 17 N.Y. Islanders 15 7 5 3 17 Philadelphia 14 5 6 3 13 Carolina 14 6 8 0 12 Columbus 15 4 11 0 8 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Dallas 15 12 3 0 St. Louis 14 10 3 1 Minnesota 13 8 3 2 Nashville 13 8 3 2 Winnipeg 15 8 5 2 Chicago 15 8 6 1 Colorado 14 4 9 1 Pacific Division GP W L OT Los Angeles 14 9 5 0 Vancouver 15 6 4 5 Arizona 14 7 6 1 Pts 24 21 18 18 18 17 9 Pts 18 17 15 San Jose 14 7 7 0 14 Anaheim 15 5 7 3 13 Calgary 15 5 9 1 11 Edmonton 15 5 10 0 10 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ———— Monday’s Games Arizona 4, Anaheim 3, OT Today’s Games St. Louis at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Colorado at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Columbus, 4 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Calgary at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Ottawa at Nashville, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Toronto at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Arizona at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR Points Through Nov. 8 1. Jeff Gordon, 4,082. 2. Kyle Busch, 4,080. 3. Kevin Harvick, 4,079. 4. Martin Truex Jr., 4,076. 5. Carl Edwards, 4,069. 6. Brad Keselowski, 4,057. 7. Kurt Busch, 4,048. 8. Joey Logano, 4,013. 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,259. 10. Denny Hamlin, 2,257. 11. Ryan Newman, 2,253. 12. Jimmie Johnson, 2,240. 13. Jamie McMurray, 2,235. 14. Paul Menard, 2,208. 15. Matt Kenseth, 2,197. 16. Clint Bowyer, 2,153. 17. Aric Almirola, 903. 18. Kasey Kahne, 896. *UHJ%LIÀH 20. Kyle Larson, 809. 21. Austin Dillon, 778. 22. Casey Mears, 730. 23. AJ Allmendinger, 714. 24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 687. 25. Sam Hornish Jr., 677. 26. Danica Patrick, 668. 27. Tony Stewart, 663. 28. David Ragan, 657. 29. Trevor Bayne, 619. 30. Justin Allgaier, 553.