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Newspaper Page TextPage 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, January 6, 2015 PREPS: Continued from 1B - Umatilla begins Eastern Oregon - - ——— Yensen had 13 points in the loss for CRESWELL 68, UMATILLA 65 (OT) UHS (6-7) 17 13 11 18 6 — 65 CHS (6-4) 11 24 15 9 9 — 68 UMATILLA — D. Ayala 3, J. Ramirez 5, E. Garcia 17, J. Co- ria 16, K. Webb 1, A. Jaime 16, T. Sanguino 6, E. Moarles 1. CRESWELL — B. Bigham 2, J. Wolf 13, R. Bates 8, A. Rhodes 12, H. Patrick 12, G. Nelson 17. P. Kounovsky 4. 3-point field goals — UHS 9. Free throws — UHS 6-11. Fouls — UHS 10. KENNEWICK (WA) 46, HEM- RMISTON 39 — - The Knights open Columbia Basin ——— IRRIGON 76. TOLEDO 73 (2OT) IHS 17 20 6 19 7 7 — 76 THS 20 13 11 16 7 4 — 73 IRRIGON — A. Romero 11, A. Tempy 3, A. Landeros 15, F. Vera 20, R. Reynolds 11, Z. Rice 16. 3-point field goals — IHS 6. Free throws — IHS 15-17. Fouled out — B. Otis (THS). CRESWELL 65 (OT) — 68, of a BCS bowl game for the ——— RIVERSIDE 42, MAC-HI 39 MHS (1-8) 7 8 13 11 — 39 RHS (5-7) 4 13 5 20 — 42 MAC-HI — Martinez 0, Alvarez 2, Zaragoza 6, Yensen 13, DeBord 4, Ng 4, Angel 10. RIVERSIDE — N. Madrigal 9, E. Catillo 1, R. Rosales 2, H. Carmona 2, G. Roberts 14, F. Olvera 6, J. Via 2, S. Navarro 6, F. Apricio 0, K. Sorensen 0. 3-point field goals — MHS 3, RHS 1. Free throws — MHS 6-11, RHS 11-21. Fouls — MHS 18, RHS 15. Fouled out — Yensen (MHS), Carmona (RHS). Technical fouls — Yensen (MHS), Mac-Hi assistant coach ejected. possessions and the savy Lions (7-1) took advantage to slink off with a nar- - for 20 points and helped the Bulldogs they dropped a heartbreaker at the Sa- Nyssa defeated Umatilla in overtime - - undefeated, but unranked - And the game was at Au- tzen Stadium, where the - onship one more shot, was Oregon led 7-3 at half- time before Arizona fresh- through the fourth quarter, Hermiston 24-14 lead heading into the Wrestling - tlers Bob Colmean and Sam Colbray - had a season-best 16 points, missed a - and stripped of the ball by Continued from 1B Also played on Saturday: UMATILLA - DUCKS: Head to Dallas Friday - ry wins to earn the top medal in the Crafton had 14 points and 12 re- - - overtime period and then did the same Hermiston led by one at halftime and - Hermiston hosts La Grande on to- - - - ——— “Every loss is a test of go undefeated so everyone has to learn from their loss- There was talk that to Keanon Lowe to tie the he shrugged off as “typi- With Arizona driving - - Heisman Trophy-winning keel style, a week afterward he — and the rest of the paved the way for Terris think guys are understand- Title uniforms lack school colors Associated Press KENNEWICK 46 (WA), HERMISTON 39 HHS 7 16 9 7 — 39 KHS 8 14 11 13 — 46 HERMISTON — Flores 3, Neal 6, Crafton 14, Zimmerly 4, Knutz 12. Nailon 0, Lloyd 0, Gammell 0. KENNEWICK — Garcia 16, Wuol 11, Svendre 2, Benavi- dez 6, Plew 3, Kutzke 2, Vargas 6. 3-point field goals — HHS 5, KHS 7. Free throws — HHS 2-3, KHS 7-15. Fouls — HHS 15, KHS 5. RIVERSIDE 42, MAC-HI 39 — rhythm in the fourth quarter to over- suffered a pair of one-point defeats on Thursday and Friday in Salem before - - Umatilla drew an early lead, but - At Willamina, brothers Aristotle and - amped up the pressure and used a slew - quarter points and take a 35-30 halftime BLAZERS: Lillard threes lead fourth quater rally give his team a three-point halftime - and both Jaime and Juan Coria added - and three steals along with a trio of long PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Tuesday La Grande at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Pendleton at Century, 7:15 p.m. Touchet (WA) at Helix, 7:30 p.m. DeSales (WA) at Mac-Hi, 7:30 p.m. Riverside at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m. Thursday Umatilla JV at Helix, 7:30 p.m. Friday Irrigon at Culer, 6 p.m. Ione at Arlington, 7:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at South Wasco County, 7:30 p.m. Joseph at Echo, 7:30 p.m. Nixyaawii at Powder Valley, 7:30 p.m. Weston-McWwen at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m. Heppner at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Lebanon at Pendleton, TBD Hermiston at Summit, 1:30 p.m. Pendleton at Weston-McEwen, 4:30 p.m. Dufur at Ione, 5:30 p.m. Arlington at Horizona Christian, 5:30 p.m. Mithcell/Spray at Condon/Wheeler, 5:30 p.m. Helix at Powder Valley, 5:30 p.m. Echo at Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m. Umatilla at Nyssa, 5:30 p.m. Riverside at Vale, 6 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Tuesday Touchet (WA) at Helix, 6 p.m. Waitsburg-Prescott at Weston-McEwen, 6 p.m. Riverside at Stanfield, 6 p.m. DeSales (WA) at Mac-Hi, 6 p.m. Hermiston at La Grande, 7 p.m. Baker at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Thursday Umatilla JV at Helix, 6 p.m. Friday Irrigon at Culer, 4:30 p.m. Joseph at Echo, 6 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at South Wasco County, 6 p.m. Ione at Arlington, 6 p.m. Heppner at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Stanfield, 6 p.m. Saturday Lebanon at Pendleton, TBD Helix at Powder Valley, 4 p.m. Mithcell/Spray at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m. Dufur at Ione, 4 p.m. Arlington at Horizon Christian, 4 p.m. Riverside at Vale, 4 p.m. Umatilla at Nyssa, 4 p.m. Mac-Hi at Weston-MceWen, 4 p.m. Echo at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Thursday Hood River Valley at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Hermiston at Yelm (WA), 7 p.m. Saturday Hermiston at Gut Check Challenge in Olympia, Wash., 9 a.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Eastern Oregon at College of Idaho, 6:30 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at Walla Walla Community College, 4 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Walla Walla, 7 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S B ASKETBALL Friday Eastern Oregon at College of Idaho, 4:30 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at Walla Walla, 2 p.m. Football NFL Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 3 Carolina 27, Arizona 16 Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17 Sunday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10 Dallas 24, Detroit 20 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 Baltimore at New England, 1:35 p.m. (NBC) - with free throws by Lillard SCOREBOARD Local Slate Continued from 1B Carolina at Seattle, 5:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 11 Dallas at Green Bay, 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Denver, 1:40 p.m. (CBS) NCAA Bowl Schedule Saturday, Jan. 3 Florida 28, East Carolina 20 Sunday, Jan. 4 GoDaddy Bowl Toledo 63, Arkansas State 44 Saturday, Jan. 10 Medal of Honor Bowl American vs. National, 11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12 College Football Championship Ohio State (13-1) vs. Oregon (13-1), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 17 East-West Shrine Classic East vs. West, 1 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl National vs. American, 1 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday, Jan. 24 Senior Bowl North vs. South, 1 p.m. (NFLN) Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 24 10 .706 — Brooklyn 16 18 .471 8 Boston 11 21 .344 12 Philadelphia 5 28 .152 18½ New York 5 32 .135 20½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 25 8 .758 — Washington 23 11 .676 2½ Miami 15 20 .429 11 Orlando 13 24 .351 14 Charlotte 12 24 .333 14½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 25 10 .714 — Cleveland 19 16 .543 6 Milwaukee 18 17 .514 7 Indiana 14 22 .389 11½ Detroit 10 23 .303 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 25 9 .735 — Dallas 26 10 .722 — Houston 23 11 .676 2 San Antonio 21 14 .600 4½ New Orleans 17 17 .500 8 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 27 8 .771 — Oklahoma City 17 17 .500 9½ Denver 15 20 .429 12 Utah 12 23 .343 15 Minnesota 5 28 .152 21 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 26 5 .839 — L.A. Clippers 23 11 .676 4½ Phoenix 20 16 .556 8½ Sacramento 14 20 .412 13½ L.A. Lakers 11 24 .314 17 ——— Sunday’s Games Dallas 109, Cleveland 90 Miami 88, Brooklyn 84 Detroit 114, Sacramento 95 Milwaukee 95, New York 82 Phoenix 125, Toronto 109 L.A. Lakers 88, Indiana 87 Monday’s Games Philadelphia 95, Cleveland 92 Charlotte 104, Boston 95 Dallas 96, Brooklyn 88, OT Washington 92, New Orleans 85 Chicago 114, Houston 105 Memphis 105, New York 83 Denver 110, Minnesota 101 Indiana 105, Utah 101 Portland 98, L.A. Lakers 94 Atlanta at L.A. Clippers (n) Oklahoma City at Golden State (n) Tuesday’s Games Phoenix at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Detroit at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. NCAA Associated Press Top 25 1. Kentucky (64) 13-0 1,600 1 2. Duke 13-0 1,535 2 3. Virginia 13-0 1,446 3 4. Wisconsin 14-1 1,397 4 5. Louisville 13-1 1,322 5 6. Gonzaga 14-1 1,275 7 7. Arizona 13-1 1,260 8 8. Villanova 13-1 1,089 6 9. Utah 12-2 1,059 10 10. Texas 12-2 976 11 11. Maryland 14-1 966 12 12. Kansas 11-2 884 13 13. Notre Dame 14-1 775 14 14. West Virginia 13-1 712 17 15. Wichita St. 12-2 686 16 16. Oklahoma 10-3 674 18 17. Iowa St. 10-2 663 9 18. North Carolina 11-3 591 19 19. Seton Hall 12-2 448 — 20. VCU 11-3 311 — 21. Baylor 11-2 186 22 22. Ohio St. 12-3 184 20 23. Arkansas 11-2 103 — 24. St. John’s 11-3 92 15 25. Old Dominion 12-1 80 — Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 72, Iowa 63, Butler 53, LSU 50, George Washington 39, TCU 33, Temple 33, Colorado St. 31, Stanford 29, South Carolina 16, Washington 13, Wyoming 11, Indiana 9, Oklahoma St. 9, Georgetown 7, Cincinnati 6, Dayton 5, BYU 3, Xavier 2, Davidson 1, Hofstra 1. PACIFIC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCT Utah 2 01.000 12 2 .857 Stanford 2 01.000 10 3 .769 Colorado 2 01.000 9 5 .643 Arizona 1 01.000 13 1 .929 Oregon 1 01.000 11 3 .786 California 1 1 .500 11 4 .733 WSU 1 1 .500 7 7 .500 Oregon St. 0 1 .000 9 4 .692 Arizona St. 0 1 .000 8 6 .571 Washington 0 2 .000 11 3 .786 USC 0 2 .000 8 6 .571 UCLA 0 2 .000 8 7 .533 ——— Saturday’s Games Oregon 71, Oregon St. 59 Sunday’s Games Colorado 86, Southern Cal 65 Utah 71, UCLA 39 Washington St. 69, California 66 Arizona 73, Arizona St. 49 Stanford 68, Washington 60, OT Wednesday’s Games Colorado at (9) Utah, 6 p.m. California at USC, 8 p.m. Thursday’s Games Arizona State at Oregon State, 6 p.m. Stanford at UCLA, 6 p.m. (7) Arizona at Oregon, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Games Washington State at Washington, Noon Arizona State at Oregon, 2 p.m. Sunday’s Games California at UCLA, 4:30 p.m. (7) Arizona at Oregon State, 7 p.m. Stanford at USC, 7 p.m. Top 25 fared Monday’s Games (16) Oklahoma 70, (10) Texas 49 (13) Notre Dame 71, (18) North Carolina 70 (14) West Virginia 78, Texas Tech 67 Tuesday’s Games Mississippi at (1) Kentucky 4 p.m. (23) Arkansas at Georgia, 4 p.m. (8) Villanova at (24) St. John’s, 6 p.m. Oklahoma State at (17) Iowa State, 6 p.m. (22) Ohio State at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Montreal 39 26 11 2 Tampa Bay 41 25 12 4 Detroit 39 20 10 9 Toronto 40 21 16 3 Pts 54 54 49 45 GF GA 108 89 134 108 109 99 130 122 Boston 40 19 15 6 44 104 108 Florida 37 17 11 9 43 87 97 Ottawa 38 16 15 7 39 102 105 Buffalo 40 14 23 3 31 77 136 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 39 24 10 5 53 118 94 N.Y. Islanders 39 26 12 1 53 121 109 Washington 38 20 11 7 47 112 99 N.Y. Rangers 36 21 11 4 46 113 90 Columbus 37 17 17 3 37 96 119 Philadelphia 39 14 18 7 35 106 120 New Jersey 41 14 20 7 35 90 117 Carolina 39 12 23 4 28 77 102 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 38 25 9 4 54 116 88 Chicago 39 26 11 2 54 124 85 St. Louis 39 23 13 3 49 118 99 Winnipeg 40 20 13 7 47 103 96 Dallas 38 18 14 6 42 119 124 Minnesota 37 18 15 4 40 104 106 Colorado 39 15 16 8 38 101 117 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 41 26 9 6 58 115 110 Vancouver 37 22 12 3 47 109 98 San Jose 40 21 14 5 47 109 105 Los Angeles 40 19 12 9 47 112 103 Calgary 40 21 16 3 45 115 105 Arizona 38 15 19 4 34 92 124 Edmonton 40 9 22 9 27 88 135 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday’s Games Carolina 2, Boston 1, SO Anaheim 4, Nashville 3, SO Washington 4, Florida 3 Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 2 Chicago 5, Dallas 4, OT Columbus 4, Colorado 3 Edmonton 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Monday’s Games San Jose 3, Winnipeg 2 Tuesday’s Games Buffalo at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at Nashville, 5 p.m. San Jose at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Columbus at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 6 p.m. Detroit at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 7 p.m. WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION W L OTL SOL GF Brandon 29 7 3 1 183 Regina 24 12 2 1 148 Swift Current 19 17 0 4 122 Moose Jaw 16 20 3 1 120 Prince Albert 16 23 1 0 111 Saskatoon 9 28 2 1 109 CENTRAL DIVISION W L OTL SOL GF Medicine Hat 27 9 1 1 153 Red Deer 21 14 3 2 139 Calgary 21 15 1 2 155 Kootenay 21 18 0 1 129 Edmonton 19 16 3 2 119 Lethbridge 9 23 3 3 99 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION W L OTL SOL GF Kelowna 31 6 3 0 174 Victoria 20 18 2 1 140 Vancouver 18 19 1 1 120 Prince George 19 21 0 0 123 Kamloops 14 23 3 2 126 U.S. DIVISION W L OTL SOL GF Everett 23 11 3 1 125 Spokane 21 14 3 0 115 Portland 21 17 0 3 136 Seattle 19 16 2 2 102 Tri-City 18 18 0 2 101 ———— Sunday’s results Calgary 3 Regina 2 (SO) Portland 4 Seattle 0 Tuesday’s games Everett at Brandon, 4 p.m. Calgary at Moose Jaw, 4 p.m. Tri-City at Prince George, 6 p.m. - trol early in the third quar- - utive points to take a 61-54 many as 10 before Lillard Center Chris Kaman - ken right hand) and Joel Freeland (right shoulder) are out for an extended pe- The Blazers host Orlan- Lillard hit a trio of 3-pointers during the fourth quarter, two during a 12-2 run that gave the Blazers an Neither team was able to The Blazers led by as many as seven, but the Lakers 76ERS 95, CAVA- LIERS 92 — At - delphia — Tony Wroten - delphia over short-handed - points and 19 rebounds for have LeBron James and - Waiters and two reserves shortly before tipoff be- with New York and Okla- - MURDOCK: its mark during bowl season Continued from 1B great individuals who might be overlooked by the made a gallant, though GA 125 115 130 141 139 180 Pt 62 51 42 36 33 21 GA 101 131 122 145 112 161 Pt 56 47 45 43 43 24 GA 100 138 124 160 161 Pt 65 43 38 38 33 GA 103 109 134 106 112 Pt 50 45 45 42 38 effort against UCLA and Coming into the home with only Washington and And what, at this point, do Arizona State, Oregon, Utah, USC, UCLA, and strong likelihood they are pleased with the three-star from Hawaii several years takes more than big money build a program and every year there are teams that They all won their bowl made a name for itself with big wins by teams like Now, in the offseason, the perennial powers are rest of the teams are hoping to snare some potentially vote in the polls might stay up past their bedtimes next year and familiarize themselves with the West ■ George Murdock is a Umatilla County commis- sioner, former East Orego- nian publisher and devoted Washington State Universi- ty alumnus and fan.