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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com SPORTS IN BRIEF No. 10 Oregon defeats No. 19 Texas A&M 84-62 LAS VEGAS — For the sec- ond time in a little more than a month, Oregon had no problem handling Texas A&M. Maite Cazorla scored 26 points, Sabrina Ionescu added 25, and the 10th-ranked Ducks beat the No. 19 Aggies 84-62 on Thursday in the Duel in the Desert. Oregon won at Texas A&M 83-68 on Nov. 16 in the semifi- nals of the Preseason Women’s NIT. Oregon coach Kelly Graves told his players the Aggies would be looking for revenge, and he emphasized attacking the basket from the opening tip. Texas A&M took its only lead at 2-0 before Oregon went on a 10-0 run in less than two minutes, getting seven points from Satou Sabally. “We were as good as we could’ve been, certainly offen- sively,” said Graves, whose Ducks hit 14 of 17 (82.4 per- cent) from the floor in the first quarter to take a 34-17 lead. “We talked about having a quick start. And since we’ve inserted Satou Sabally into the starting lineup, we’ve actually started better, so I think that’s helped. Defensively, we had a little bit to be desired. But offensively everything was clicking. We spaced the floor well, we made shots. We played well, but could even maybe do it a little bit better.” Sportscaster Enberg found dead at home at 82 SAN DIEGO — Dick Enberg, a Hall of Fame broadcaster known as much for his excited calls of “Oh my!” as the big events he cov- ered during a 60-year career, has died. He was 82. Enberg’s daughter, Nicole Dick Enberg Vaz, Enberg confirmed the death to The Associated Press. She said the family became con- cerned when her father didn’t arrive Thursday on his flight to Boston, and he was found dead at his home in La Jolla, a San Diego neighborhood, with his bags packed. His daughter said the family believes Enberg died of a heart attack but was awaiting official word. “It’s very, very, very shock- ing,” said Vaz, who lives in Bos- ton. “He’d been busy with two podcasts and was full of energy.” Enberg’s wife, Barbara, already was in Boston and was expecting his arrival. The family “is grateful for the kind thoughts and prayers of all of Dick’s countless fans and dear friends,” according to a statement released by Enberg’s attorney, Dennis Coleman. — Associated Press SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Girls basketball — Ilwaco at Monte- sano, 5:30 p.m. Boys basketball — Ilwaco at Mon- tesano, 7 p.m.; Firm Foundation at Naselle, 3:30 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Seaside 51, Marshfield 37 Marshfield 7 5 16 9—37 Seaside 7 18 10 16—51 MAR (37): Grant Webster 16, Miles 9, Stover 8, Carpenter 4, Woolsey. SEA (51): Chase Januik 18, Wester- holm 12, Thompson 8, Br.Johnson 7, Si- bony 2, Be.Johnson 2, Carter 2, Meyer. JV: Marshfield 57, Seaside 43 GIRLS BASKETBALL Marshfield 63, Seaside 29 Marshfield 15 19 19 10—63 Seaside 5 7 11 6—29 MAR (63): Tess Garrett 22, Myrand 11, Locati 6, Dea 6, Browning 5, Erickson 5, Chavez 4, Brugnoli 4. SEA (29): Anesha Smart 9, Hoekstre 8, Ideue 7, Garhofer 2, Angulo-Joli 2, Babbitt 1, Davis. Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Seaside’s Chase Januik drives to the basket against Marshfield. Seaside romps over Marshfield The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — The Marshfield boys basket- ball team was playing its first road game of the season Thursday night. And the Pirates could not have picked a more challenging place and opponent. The place was Seaside High School, and the opponent was the Class 4A defending state champion Seaside Gulls. The No. 5-ranked Gulls showed the No. 3-ranked Pirates a thing or two, as Seaside scored a 51-37 win. After battling to a 7-7 tie after one quar- ter, the rest of the night belonged to the Gulls, who turned a 10-9 lead early in the second period into a 25-9 advantage in the closing minute of the first half. The Gulls won the game, as well as the free throw fest it turned into. Seaside finished 23-of-33 at the line, to Marshfield’s 16-for-23. The Pirates scored just five points in the sec- ond quarter, all from the free throw line. Marshfield made a run in the third quarter, when 6-foot-7 junior Grant Webster scored eight of his team-high 16 points to bring the Pirates to within 35-28 by the end of the period. Corey Stover highlighted a 6-0 run with a dunk, and Webster’s 3-pointer capped the quarter. Marshfield’s Jordy Miles opened the fourth with a layup that brought the Pirates to within 35-30, but that’s as close as the visitors would get. The Gulls scored the next eight points on baskets by Chase Januik, Brayden Johnson, Beau Johnson, and Rafi Sibony, which gave The Seaside Seagulls defense tries to block a shot. Seaside a 43-30 lead. The rest of the points were scored from the free throw line, the Gulls making 8-of- 13 to Marshfield’s 7-of-8 over the final four minutes. Januik (18 points) and Payton Westerholm (12) combined to score 30 for the Gulls, who improve to 8-1 for the most wins at the 4A level. Marshfield falls to 4-3, with a game today at Tillamook. The Gulls have games next week at St. Helens and Newport. SEASIDE GIRLS No. 1 Marshfield gets even with Gulls, 63-29 SEASIDE — Seaside girls basketball coach Mike Hawes said before the season started that there would be teams looking to “get even” for recent losses to the Gulls. The No. 1-ranked Marshfield Pirates were definitely among those teams. After losing to Seaside in the third-place game of the state tournament last season, Marshfield went looking for a measure of revenge Thursday. And they got it, as the Pirates scored a 63-29 nonleague win at the Gulls’ Nest. “We ran into a pretty good squad in Marsh- field,” said Hawes, whose team defeated Marshfield 53-40 in the state tournament. “We’re still trying to figure out how not to turn the ball over against decent length and pressure, but again feel like we’re making progress in some areas.” Seaside’s Jetta Ideue hit a 3-pointer for the first points of the game, but Marshfield answered with the next 15, highlighted by a pair of 3-pointers from junior Tess Garrett. Garrett drained two more threes early in the second quarter, and the Pirates held a 34-12 lead by halftime. Garrett scored 16 of her game-high 22 points in the first half, finishing with six 3-pointers. Junior teammate McKayla Myrand added 11 points for the top-ranked Pirates, who have just one senior in the start- ing lineup. Anesha Smart had nine points and Gretchen Hoekstre scored eight for Seaside. “We’re still trying to make sure we have five girls on the court knowing what and when to do things, but that’s what this non-league schedule is for,” Hawes said. “Our posts are starting to figure some things out, and Anesha Smart and Gretchen Hoekstre gave us good activity and some points.” Seahawks, Cowboys face simple playoff scenario: win or else By SCHUYLER DIXON Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott knows about the stack of scenarios required to get the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs. There’s no point in looking past the first one, especially since it applies to both teams when Seat- tle visits Sunday in the return of star Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott from a six-game suspension over domestic violence allegations. The winning team is still in the NFC wild-card race. The loser isn’t. “None of those scenarios mean anything if we don’t win,” Prescott said. “So we can talk about them all we want, but the most important thing for us to do is win this game and then we’ll worry about it. Cross our fingers and hope on those scenar- ios, but all we can do is control this game against Seattle.” The Cowboys (8-6) lost their first three games without Elliott, forc- ing them into what they figured was must-win mode with five games remaining. They were right, and now Dal- UP NEXT: SEAHAWKS • Seattle Seahawks (8-6) at Dallas Cowboys (8-6) • Sunday, 1:25 p.m. TV: FOX AP Photo/Ben Margot AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Seahawks QB Russell Wilson las has matched the three-game win- ning streak from before Elliott finally started serving his suspension after weeks of legal battles. Seattle (8-6) is coming off the most lopsided loss in eight seasons under Pete Carroll, a 42-7 defeat to the Rams that put Los Angeles on the brink of the NFC West title. The Seahawks, who have dropped two straight, haven’t lost three in a row in December since 2010, when they made the playoffs at 7-9. That won’t work this time for Seat- tle and its injury-depleted defense, most notably stars Kam Chan- cellor and Richard Sherman. The Seahawks have made the playoffs five straight years. “We have never really had to face adversity in the season like this,” receiver Doug Baldwin said. “We’ve endured some pretty devastating losses before, but I think just the time frame in which we are in, the situa- tion which we are in, the state of our roster, age-wise, so many different factors play into it. I think it’s a dif- ferent place for us.” Things to consider with the Cow- boys seeking consecutive win- ning seasons for the first time since 2008-09: ELLIOTT’S RETURN: Last year’s NFL rushing leader was terse in his first media session, abruptly ending it after a series of questions about his time in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, during the suspension after saying he didn’t want to talk about the saga any longer. The Cowboys say he’s still the same fun-loving locker room presence from before the hiatus, and a motivated one at that. “The fact that he probably never let his team down, never been in this position or situation, so to experi- ence that, I know what it lit inside of him and, yeah, you’ll see it,” said Prescott, who was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year with his backfield mate a year ago when the Cowboys had an NFC-best 13 wins. RUN OVER: At one time this sea- son, Seattle had one of the best run defenses in the NFL. Not so much the past two weeks. Led by rookie Leonard Fournette (101 yards), Jack- sonville had 156 yards rushing.