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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018
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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.
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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.
Kawasoe will now be in the running
for the Pacific Northwest’s annual PGA
awards.
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Wilson caps Seattle’s rally past
Green Bay Packers for 27-24 win
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — After a shaky
beginning, Russell Wilson
got hot in the fourth quarter,
Bobby Wagner and Seattle’s
defense stymied Aaron Rod-
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in the middle of the NFC play-
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“We’ve been through so
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