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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
UO assistant
football coach
got $63,750
after resigning
Consolation
Consolation
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
at Forest Grove HS
at Forest Grove HS
at Pacific University
at Forest Grove HS
at Forest Grove HS
1. Seaside (21-1)
8. Gladstone (15-6)
Thursday, 1:30 p.m.
4th/6th Place Game
4. Philomath (20-4)
5. North Bend (20-4)
Friday, 9 a.m.
Friday, 3:15 p.m.
3rd/5th Place Game
Thursday, 3:15 p.m.
Associated Press
EUGENE — University of
Oregon football co-offensive
coordinator David Reaves spent
little more than a day on the job
but was paid more than $60,000.
The Register-Guard reported
Tuesday that Reaves received
$3,750 for 26 hours of work when
he resigned Feb. 3 after being
arrested on suspicion of driving
under the infl uence. According to
UO documents obtained by the
Register-Guard through a public
records request, he also received a
payment of $60,000.
UO announced it hired Reaves
on Jan. 17. Reaves had a two-year
contract with an annual salary of
$300,000. On Jan. 22, Reaves was
arrested by Eugene police and
charged with DUI, reckless driv-
ing and reckless endangerment.
A plea hearing is scheduled for
March 13.
UO put Reaves on leave and
was terminating his contract when
he resigned.
UCLA’s
Ball voted
Pac-12
Player of
the Year
4A BOYS BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
3. Valley Catholic (18-5)
6. Henley (20-3)
Saturday, 9:45 a.m.
Saturday, 3:15 p.m.
Saturday, 8:30 p.m.
Associated Press
Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
Note: Higher ranked
are the designated
home teams.
Friday, 10:45 a.m.
10. Banks (17-6)
15. Tilamook (11-16)
UCLA freshman Lonzo Ball
has been named player and new-
comer of the year, while Ari-
zona coach Sean Miller has been
named coach of the year on the
All-Pac-12 Conference men’s bas-
ketball team announced Tuesday
by The Associated Press.
Ball arrived at UCLA with
plenty of hype and lived up to
this season, leading the nation in
assists with 7.8 per game. The
6-foot-6 guard also averaged 14.9
points and 6.2 rebounds for the
third-ranked Bruins.
Led by Ball, UCLA is the
nation’s top-scoring team at 91.3
points per game and is in posi-
tion for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA
Tournament.
Miller had arguably the best
season of his eight-year coach-
ing career in Tucson, leading the
Wildcats to a share of the Pac-12
title despite a suspension to his
team’s best returning player and a
slew of injuries.
Arizona played the fi rst 19
games of the season without soph-
omore guard Allonzo Trier due to
a suspension for performance-en-
hancing drugs and lost point guard
Parker Jackson-Cartwright for six
games with a sprained ankle.
The Wildcats also had center
Dusan Ristic and guard Kadeem
Allen go out with injuries, but still
fi nished 27-4 overall and 16-2 in
conference to share the Pac-12
title with No. 5 Oregon.
Ball was joined on the fi rst
team by teammate and fellow
freshman TJ Leaf, along with Ore-
gon’s Dillon Brooks, Arizona’s
Lauri Markkanen and Markelle
Fultz of Washington.
Friday, 8:15 p.m.
Thursday, 8:15 p.m.
4A GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Consolation
Consolation
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
at Forest Grove HS
at Pacific University
at Forest Grove HS
at Forest Grove HS
at Forest Grove HS
1. Cascade (20-0)
9. Seaside (18-4)
Thursday, 3:15 p.m.
4th/6th Place Game
4. Mazama (17-6)
5. Sutherlin (20-5)
Friday, 9 a.m.
Friday, 1:30 p.m.
3rd/5th Place Game
Thursday, 1:30 p.m.
3. Marshfield (19-6)
6. Baker (17-4)
Saturday, 8 a.m.
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, 8:15 p.m.
Note: Higher ranked
are the designated
home teams.
Friday, 10:45 a.m.
2. Banks (20-2)
7. North Marion (19-5)
Friday, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
Nowitzki tops
30,000 points
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT
Associated Press
DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki
ducked his head into a mob of
teammates, with Dallas owner
Mark Cuban clutching the side of
his jersey before the Mavericks
superstar found coach Rick Carl-
isle for a hug.
The celebration of 30,000
points came a lot faster than most
would have imagined — except
maybe the man who has watched
from the bench for nine of Nowitz-
ki’s 19 seasons.
“Watching Dirk the last cou-
ple of days, there was no doubt
this was going to happen tonight,”
Carlisle said.
Nowitzki scored the 20 points
he needed for 30,000 in barely
more than a quarter despite com-
ing in with just fi ve 20-point
games this season, and the Mav-
ericks celebrated with their sec-
ond straight easy home win over
the Los Angeles Lakers, a 122-111
victory Tuesday night.
The 7-foot German became
the sixth NBA player and the
fi rst international one to reach the
milestone, joining four Hall of
Famers and a future one in Kobe
Bryant. Nowitzki is one of three
to score all 30,000-plus with one
team. The others are Karl Malone
(Utah) and Bryant (Lakers).
Nowitzki fi nished the night
at 30,005 points and has said he
plans to play a 20th season. If so,
he could have a shot at fi fth-place
Wilt Chamberlain (31,419).
SCOREBOARD
LOCAL PREP SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
Boys Basketball — OSAA 4A State
Tournament: Gladstone vs. Seaside,
1:30 p.m., at Pacific University.
Girls Basketball — OSAA 4A State
Tournament: Seaside vs. Cascade, 3:15
p.m., at Forest Grove HS.
Pac-12’s top three teams
top tournament marquee
By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — The Pac-12
Tournament starts today with four
fi rst-round games. The four games
on Thursday kick off the confer-
ence’s bid for a No. 1 seed in the
NCAA Tournament.
No. 3 UCLA, No. 5 Oregon and
No. 7 Arizona each get a bye into
the quarterfi nals along The Strip,
kicking off a stretch of three games
in three days for an eventual cham-
pion that will have a strong case for
the top seed in the West Regional.
“I think whoever wins the tour-
nament will be a 1 or a 2 in the West
depending on how Gonzaga does,”
Oregon coach Dana Altman said.
“It’s a big advantage to stay in your
region. Your fans are able to get to
the site easier and you don’t want to
have to travel far.”
The Wildcats (27-4) shared the
Pac-12 regular-season title with
Oregon (27-4) at 16-2, with the Bru-
ins (28-3) a game behind at 15-3.
The Pac-12’s power trio dom-
inated the league, fi nishing well
ahead of fourth-place Utah.
All three have rosters built for
deep NCAA Tournament runs and
are expected to light up T-Mobile
Arena with high-level basketball.
“We have the best conference in
America right now — UCLA, Ore-
gon are Final Four contenders and
us — so winning the Pac-12 Con-
ference Tournament is a huge deal
with the competition we have,” Ari-
zona freshman guard Rawle Alkins
said.
2017 AP
ALL-PAC-12 TEAM
Name, school, position, height,
weight, class and hometown
(u-denotes unanimous selections):
FIRST TEAM
u- Lonzo Ball, UCLA, G, 6-6, 190, Fr,
Chino Hills, Calif.
u-Markelle, Fultz, Washington, G, 6-4,
195, Fr, Upper Marlboro, Md.
u-Dillon Brooks, Oregon, G, 6-7,
225, Jr, Misssissauga, Ontario
AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez
Oregon’s Dillon Brooks (24) dunks during the first half of the
team’s against Oregon State on Saturday in Corvallis.
UCLA, Arizona and Oregon
have all beaten each other. The
Ducks and Wildcats each split
games with UCLA and Oregon
clobbered Arizona 85-58 in Eugene
in their lone meeting.
Top-seeded Oregon will play the
winner of today’s game between
Stanford and Arizona State, while
Arizona opens against the Col-
orado-Washington State winner.
UCLA, which is on the same side
of the bracket as the Wildcats, gets
the winner between Washington
and Southern California.
A few more things to look for
Lauri Markkanen, Arizona, F, 7-0, 230,
Fr, Jvyaskyla, Finland
TJ Leaf, UCLA, F, 6-10, 225, Fr, El Cajon,
Calif.
SECOND TEAM
from the Pac-12 Tournament:
Bubble teams: California, Utah
and USC all could use good runs
in the Pac-12 Tournament to bol-
ster NCAA Tournament hopes. The
Utes (20-10) appeared to be on the
outside looking in just a few weeks
ago, but closed the regular season
with three straight wins. The Bears
(19-11) had an opposite ending to
the regular season, losing their fi nal
two, including one to Utah. USC
(23-8) has the best record among
the trio, but had a late-season four-
game losing streak that included a
loss to Arizona State.
Bryce Alford, UCLA, G, 6-13, 185, Sr,
Albuquerque
Derrick White, Colorado, G, 6-5, 200,
Sr, Parker, Colo.
Kyle Kuzma, Utah, F, 6-9, 221, Jr, Flint,
Mich.
Ivan Rabb, California, F, 6-11, 200, So,
Oakland
Jordan Bell, F, 6-9, 225, Jr, Long Beach,
Calif.
Player of the Year — Lonzo Ball,
UCLA
Coach of the Year — Sean Miller,
Arizona
Newcomer of Year — Lonzo Ball
Blazers overcome Westbrook’s 58 to top Thunder
By CLIFF BRUNT
Associated Press
AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki
Thunder guard Russell Westbrook goes up for a
shot between Trail Blazers guard C.J McCollum,
left, and forward Al-Farouq Aminu in the fourth
quarter, Tuesday. Portland won 126-121.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Portland coun-
tered NBA scoring leader Russell West-
brook’s onslaught with strength in numbers.
Seven Trail Blazers scored in double fi g-
ures, and Portland overcame Westbrook’s
career-high 58 points to beat the Oklahoma
City Thunder 126-121 on Tuesday night.
“When you see the stats, Russ got like
60 or whatever,” said Portland center Jusuf
Nurkic, who scored 17 points. “I give him
80, we still have to win. I respect what he
does, but I’m happy for our team.”
Allen Crabbe scored 23 points, Damian
Lillard had 22 and C.J. McCollum 21 for the
Trail Blazers, who won their third straight.
Portland shot 55 percent and forced West-
brook to keep producing.
“We’re not good enough to take nights
UP NEXT: TRAIL BLAZERS
• Philadelphia 76ers (23-40)
at Portland Trail Blazers (27-35)
• Thursday, 7 p.m.
TV: TCNP, CSNW
off defensively,” Westbrook said.
Westbrook shot 21 of 39, but just 6 of 15
in the fourth quarter. He entered the game as
the league leader in points and plus/minus
score in the last fi ve minutes of regulation
and overtime. He missed four shots in the
fi nal 83 seconds that could have tied the
game or given the Thunder the lead.
“Yeah, just missed them,” Westbrook
said. “Made them all game.”
Westbrook also fi nished with nine assists
and made 13 of 16 free throws.
“He’s incredible,” Portland center Mey-
ers Leonard said. “With that being said,
sometimes, it becomes a one-man show.
Now, he’s capable of that, but I think it’s to
our credit, from top to bottom, that we had a
lot of guys contribute.”
Victor Oladipo scored 16 points and
Enes Kanter added 11 for Oklahoma City,
which dropped its fourth straight. Okla-
homa City lost despite shooting 52 percent.
Westbrook scored 28 points in the fi rst
half to give the Thunder a 67-61 lead. The
Thunder shot 68 percent before the break.
The Trail Blazers outscored the Thunder
38-25 in the third quarter to take a 99-92
lead into the fourth.
“We were sharing the ball,” Leonard
said. “We believed in what we were doing.
We believed in each other, and that was key,
especially when it comes down to the end of
the game, trusting the next guy. This was a
very big win for us.”