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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com 2K CLASSIC Iowa and UConn upset ranked foes Oregon, Syracuse By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK — Unranked teams made a statement at the 2K Classic. Jordan Bohannon scored 16 points to lead Iowa to a 77-69 upset of No. 13 Ore- gon in the second semifinal of the 2K Classic on Thurs- day night. Luka Garza added 12, and Ryan Kriener finished with 11. The Hawkeyes (3-0) will play UConn in the champi- onship game tomorrow, while Oregon (2-1) will meet No. 15 Syracuse in the consola- tion game. Connecticut upset Syracuse, 83-76, in the first game. The Huskies passed the first major test of the Dan Hurley era with the win against their former Big East rival. “They had a look the last couple days that they couldn’t get here and play. They went out and performed at such a high level,” Hurley said. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery was watching the first game of the double- header at Madison Square Garden. “I was impressed with how hard (UConn) played,” he said. “I thought they shared the ball and I thought they really competed defensively.” He could have said the same about his team, as the Hawkeyes held the Ducks to 37.1 percent shooting from the field (23-62) and 33.3 per- cent shooting from 3 (6-18). “It was a disappointing effort,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “Our ball move- ment was not good. Our tran- sition, we looked over the top a few times and didn’t finish, and really kind of quit run- ning after that. Our ball move- ment was bad. We didn’t pen- etrated took to make shots for our teammates. And when you’re playing poorly like that offensively, you have to do something defensively and we were bad there.” Oregon only forced eight turnovers while committing 14. Moreover, Iowa made 35.2 percent of its shots from the field (19-54), 35.7 percent from 3 (10-28) and knocked down 29-33 from the foul line. “I know I’m disappointed in what I saw,” Altman said. “We just didn’t do a good job. We didn’t compete, and I know they’re disappointed in that.” Iowa led throughout. The Hawkeyes jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first 2:36, and enjoyed a 39-28 advantage at halftime. The lead grew to 13, 52-39, on Kriener’s dunk with 12:19 left in the second half. Oregon closed with seven, 76-69, in the final 23.6 sec- onds, but that was as close as the Ducks would come. Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian Watched by former Oregon quarterback Chris Miller, left, Astoria golf pro John Kawasoe tees off at an event two years ago. Astoria’s Kawasoe chosen as Oregon’s golf pro of the year T he Professional Golfers’ Associ- ation (PGA) has released its list of 2018 winners, and the names include one local golfer. John Kawasoe of the Astoria Golf & Country Club has been selected as the Golf Professional of the Year for the Ore- gon Chapter of the PGA. Norvell lifts No. 3 Gonzaga over Texas A&M, 94-71 By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga was flying up and down the court in the first half against Texas A&M, taking hurried shots, and coach Mark Few was not pleased. At halftime he told his team to slow down, and the No. 3 Bulldogs responded by blow- ing out the Aggies 94-71 on Thursday night. “We slowed a couple of guys down,” Few said. “We got the ball in the right places and took the right shots.” Zach Norvell Jr. scored 22 points and Rui Hachimura added 18 for Gonzaga, which had broken the 100-point mark in its two previous games. Brandon Clarke had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Gonzaga (3-0), which won its first three games for the eighth AP Photo/Young Kwak Gonzaga forward Brandon Clarke, left, dunks while de- fended by Texas A&M for- ward Christian Mekowulu during Thursday’s game in Spokane, Wash. consecutive season. Five Zags finished in dou- ble figures. “That’s obviously the strength of our team,” Few The golf pro at Astoria since 2002, Kawasoe turned professional in 1991 after a collegiate career at Boise State. He was an assistant pro at Angel Park Golf Club in Las Vegas, then moved to Springhill Country Club in Albany in 1994. He became the director of golf at Mallard Creek in Lebanon in 1999, before moving to Astoria. In 2010, Kawasoe was the selected as The Daily Astorian said. “We’ve got good balance.” Gonzaga blocked 10 shots and had eight steals against the Aggies. “We had to dig deeper than the score would indicate tonight,” Few said. “There were a lot of high-level plays at the rim.” Savion Flagg scored 18 points and T.J. Starks 16 for Texas A&M (1-2). The Aggies went to the Sweet 16 last sea- son, but had major losses to graduation and the NBA draft. Coach Billy Kennedy was not immediately available after the game. “Starks is a heck of a player,” Few said. The Aggies were plagued by shooting in the 30 per- cent range most of the game, although a late flurry of scor- ing allowed them to finish at 41.5 percent. Gonzaga shot 49 percent. the Oregon PGA Teacher of the Year. Winners of this year’s awards were nominated by OPGA profession- als and represent the very best of the Oregon Chapter’s over 400 PGA pro- fessionals in Oregon and southwest Washington. 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