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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
UConn women win
100th straight game
By DOUG FEINBERG
Associated Press
Lady Jays cage
Lions, 42-11
The Daily Astorian
JEWELL — Jewell held Liv-
ingstone Adventist to four points
or less in every quarter Monday
night, as the Lady Jays scored an
easy 42-11 win over the Lions
in Casco League girls basketball
action at Jewell.
Emma Guillen had 18 points,
five rebounds and five steals for
the Blue Jays, who won their
eighth straight. Jewell will go for
win No. 9 in a row tonight against
Oregon School for the Deaf, a
team the Jays beat earlier this
month 35-12.
Alyscia Littlepage had six
steals and three assists, and Haley
Norman finished with five steals
for Jewell, which held the Lions to
just six points in the second half.
The Blue Jays will play a third-
place tie-breaker vs. Perrydale
Wednesday (4:30 p.m.) at Gaston
High School.
AP Photo/Jessica Hill
Connecticut’s Gabby Williams drives to the
basket as South Carolina’s Alaina Coates,
right, defends, in the first half of an NCAA col-
lege basketball game Monday in Storrs, Conn.
STORRS, Conn. — Add 100
consecutive wins to the UConn
Huskies’ long list of milestones.
Given UConn’s glitzier num-
bers linked to national champi-
onships, 11 titles and counting, it
may seem ho-hum with no added
significance. Geno Auriemma’s
squad already owns the longest
winning streak in Division I col-
lege basketball history. UConn
beat its own record of 90 consec-
utive wins earlier this season with
little fanfare.
“I hope we can focus on the sea-
son and what’s coming up next and
whatever’s in store for this team,”
Auriemma said. “Let’s get it over
with and move onto the next thing
which is more important in the big
scheme of things for these players
anyway. This 100-win streak isn’t
theirs, but if they win a national
championship — that’s all theirs.
“That means a lot more if we’re
able to do that down the road.”
Getting No. 100 was a little
tougher than many of the previ-
ous 99, which UConn won by an
average 38.7 points. Gabby Wil-
liams scored a career-high 26
points and Napheesa Collier added
18 to help the top-ranked Huskies
beat No. 6 South Carolina 66-55
on Monday night in front of a sell-
out crowd of 10,167 that included
past greats Sue Bird, Maya Moore,
Tina Charles and Breanna Stewart,
who helped the Huskies to the first
75 wins of this streak.
“They carried the torch across
the finish line to 100,” Auriemma
said. “If it’s a relay, they took
the last baton to 100. If we win
a national championship, it’s all
theirs. I want to focus on trying to
do that instead of worrying about
the other stuff.”
Lions defeat
Jewell, 67-43
The Daily Astorian
JEWELL — Livingstone
Adventist jumped out to an 18-7
lead after one quarter, and held
off Jewell the rest of the way for
a 67-43 win over the Blue Jays
Monday in a Casco League boys
basketball game.
Lee Hermus led the Lions
with 15 points, while Ben Stahly
scored a game-high 18 for Jewell,
with 15 rebounds.
The Blue Jays host Oregon
School for the Deaf for their sea-
son finale tonight.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
TODAY
Girls Basketball — Banks at Astoria,
6 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 6 p.m.; De
La Salle at Warrenton, 7 p.m.; Oregon
School for the Deaf at Jewell, 5:30 p.m.;
Wahkiakum vs. Ilwaco (at Tumwater),
6:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball — Banks at Astoria,
7:30 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 7:30
p.m.; Knappa at Life Christian, 6:30
p.m.; Oregon School for the Deaf at
Jewell, 7 p.m.
AP Photo/Steve Dykes
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard falls to the court as he drives to the basket during overtime of an NBA basketball game
against the Atlanta Hawks in Portland on Monday. Atlanta won in overtime 109-104.
Hawks prevail over Trail Blazers in OT
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Paul Millsap thought he’d
have a different shot than the floater he made to
force overtime.
Once there, the Atlanta Hawks scored the
final 12 points to beat the Portland Trail Blaz-
ers 109-104 on Monday night.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 25 points while
Dennis Schroder added 22 for the Hawks. Mill-
sap finished with 21, including the basket that
sent him sprawling to the floor at the end of
regulation.
“Initially I wanted to go baseline but I fum-
bled the ball and I had to go middle. It’s a good
thing,” he said. “I was able to get a good look
at it and put it up with my left hand. You’ve just
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got to be calm and patient in those situations.”
CJ McCollum had 26 points for the Blazers,
who traded starting center Mason Plumlee to
Denver a day earlier. Damian Lillard added 21.
Lillard’s 3-pointer and McCollum’s floater
gave Portland a 104-97 lead in overtime.
Atlanta made free throws to stay close and
Schroder’s layup pulled the Hawks to 104-103.
Kent Bazemore’s layup gave Atlanta the lead
with 40 seconds left.
Portland got the ball with 12 seconds left,
but Lillard appeared to slip on a drive to the
basket. Millsap and Taurean Prince made free
throws for the final margin.
“When you lose a tough game and you lose
a brother in Mason, you know, it’s tough,” said
Ed Davis, who had 11 points and 13 rebounds
for the Blazers. “And this one hurts especially,
because we felt we had this game.”
Hardaway, who was averaging 22.0 points
in Atlanta’s last five games, hit a 3-pointer
with 1:40 left in regulation that closed Atlanta
within 95-94. Maurice Harkless’ tip after Davis
missed a pair of free throws kept Portland in
front 97-94 with 34 seconds left.
After Dwight Howard missed the second of
a pair of free throws, Atlanta got the ball with
2.2 seconds left and Millsap made the layup to
send the game into overtime.
SWIMMING
District 1/4A Championships
(at Astoria AC)
Team Scores
Girls: Tillamook 318, Newport 245,
Taft 168, Astoria 125, Valley Catholic
119, Scappoose 109, Seaside 80, Rain-
ier 65, Toledo 30.
Boys: Newport 437, Seaside 155.5,
Valley Catholic 142, Taft 135, Scap-
poose 127.5, Astoria 97, Rainier 80, Til-
lamook 70.
WRESTLING
District 1/4A Championships
(at Scappoose)
Team Scores
Crook County 429.5, Tillamook 363,
Banks 229, Scappoose 179.5, Molalla
148, Estacada 139, Gladstone 111.5,
Madras 66, Astoria 44, Corbett 42, Sea-
side 33.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Jewell 42, Livingstone 11
LA (11): Baumgartner 5, Sanchez 4,
Clute 2.
JWL (42): Emma Guillen 18, Hol-
lenbach 9, G.Morales 3, Littlepage
2, Olvera 2, Norman 2, Kaczenski 2,
N.Morales 2, DeWees 2, Stapleton,
Wammack, Gonzalez, Shaw, Murray.
Livingstone 4 1 3 3—11
Jewell
16 6 15 5—42
BOYS BASKETBALL
Livingstone 67, Jewell 43
LA (67): Lee Hermus 15, Chavez
10, Kroschel 9, Schreiner 8, Rapozo
7, Mendoza 7, Estrada 4, Villegas 3,
Halvorsen 2.
JWL (43): Ben Stahly 18, Meehan 7,
Lilley 5, Littlepage 3, N.Kane 3, Hin-
son 2, Godwin 1, Culp.
Livingstone 18 22 17 10—67
Jewell
7 9 11 16—43
Another offseason overhaul
as Mariners head to Arizona
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Seattle man-
ager Scott Servais will need to use
nametags for the second straight year
to kick off spring training.
Another flurry of offseason moves
have left the Mariners a significantly
remodeled club headed to Arizona,
but more in the manner of what Jerry
Dipoto envisioned when he took over
as Seattle’s general manager in Sep-
tember 2015.
The stars are still there. Robinson
Cano, Nelson Cruz, Kyle Seager and
Felix Hernandez remain the founda-
tion. It’s the pieces around them that
have changed significantly with the
goal of getting younger and becom-
ing more athletic.
There are only eight players
remaining from the 40-man roster
that Dipoto inherited.
“Last year we had the oldest
position player club in baseball and
that’s an irrefutable fact,” Dipoto
said. “Effectively, what we’ve done
is we’ve tried to incorporate a cou-
ple of younger players and fold them
in without burdening them too much
with having to be the centerpiece to
what we’re doing.”
Seattle’s biggest offseason splash
was acquiring Jean Segura
from Arizona, hoping he can
replicate last season when he
led the National League with
203 hits and successfully make
the move back to shortstop
after spending most of last sea-
son at second base.
“To bring Jean Segura in
here to stabilize shortstop was too
good to pass up especially with the
offensive year he had last year,” Ser-
vais said.
Here are some more things to
watch when the Mariners report:
NEW LOOK: For the second
straight offseason, most of Seattle’s
roster has undergone a makeover. The
biggest acquisitions were Segura,
outfielders Jarrod Dyson and Mitch
Haniger, pitchers Yovani Gallardo
and Drew Smyly and infielder Danny
Valencia. Segura, Dyson and Haniger
are expected to be opening day start-
ers, Valencia could join them if there
is a lefty on the mound, and Gallardo
and Smyly will be the biggest keys
to whether Seattle has a deep enough
rotation to contend.
ROOKIES TO WATCH:
Haniger and Ben Gamel will
have plenty of eyes on them
during spring training look-
ing at whether they can be a
capable outfield duo as part
of a four- or five-man rotation
that could be among the bet-
ter defensive outfield units in base-
ball. While Haniger and Gamel are
top prospects, both will need to show
they can hit and bring more than just
their defense.
Also watch out for what Tyler
O’Neill does in spring training. Seat-
tle’s top minor-league prospect is
likely to begin the season in Triple-A,
but a big spring could set the stage
for an appearance in Seattle a bit ear-
lier during the regular season than
expected.
Seahawks
sign former
Minnesota
kicker Walsh
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — The Sea-
hawks signed former Minnesota
kicker Blair Walsh on Thursday,
the strongest sign yet that Seattle
may be moving on from Steven
Hauschka.
Hauschka will be a free agent
when the new league year begins
next month and after a season of
inconsistency the Seahawks are
looking at other options.
Walsh spent five seasons with
the Vikings before being released
midway through last season, but
is mostly known for a crucial
miss. Walsh missed a 27-yard
field goal attempt in the closing
seconds of a 2015 NFC wild-card
game against Seattle that could
have given Minnesota the victory.
It overshadowed an otherwise
standout 2015 season by Walsh
when he led the NFL with 34 field
goals made.