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SPORTS Friday, March 20, 2015 East Oregonian Page 3B Golf DUCKS: UO upset Hoffman takes lead after grandmother’s death Cowboys from tourney two years ago passed away this morning, so I’m just pretty chilled out there and loving life ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Morgan right now. Just wish my family the best Hoffmann’s day began with news that at home. My whole family texted me his 97-year-old grandmother died Thurs- and said, ‘Nanny is playing golf with GD\PRUQLQJ,WHQGHGZLWKKLV¿UVWOHDG pop up there,’ which was pretty cool.” Hoffmann hopes to attend a memorial on the PGA Tour. Hoffman began his round with a 35- service for Dorothy Lionetti in Ft. Lau- IRRWELUGLHSXWWRQ1RDQG¿QLVKHGLW derdale on Saturday night. It should be with a 9-iron that touched the hole be- a short trip considering Hoffmann pilots fore stopping inches away for birdie. He his own plane that he recently bought also holed a bunker shot for eagle on the from his buddy David Booth, who plays par-5 sixth, leading to a 6-under 66 and left wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was inspired to be a pilot after a one-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer In- meeting with the tournament host during vitational. It all was a lot to chew on for the the Palmer Cup in 2009. Hoffman, clearly, is not the garden 25-year-old Hoffmann, who cooks his own meals to eat on the golf course (bi- variety PGA Tour player. “I have a lot of stuff you guys didn’t son steak was for lunch Thursday). “Mentally, I’m in kind of a weird ask,” he said with a perfect smile. Not to be forgotten was his golf. He state right now,” he said. “My grandma Associated Press his father, Michael Young, was reassigned from his job things very similar,” Ford as director of basketball op- acknowledged. “The teams erations for the Cougars to a are different, but there’s fa- largely meaningless public miliarity. When the names relations position. popped up there, you know, Dickey later resigned, and ‘Oregon!’ And I’m sure they joined the Cowboys’ staff as said, ‘Oh, Oklahoma State an assistant last spring. again.’ Just familiar.” “He’s a good coach. It’s The teams also are similar not about that,” Young said of in style and substance. seeing Dickey again. “That’s Both are perimeter-ori- just another thing, something ented, their guards capable that happened a long time of scoring in bunches. Both ago. It’s over with.” have struggled in the paint, NO REGRETS: Many with their lack of size con- thought Nash, a highly dec- tributing to terrible rebound- orated prep player, would jet ing stats. And both went to the NBA after one season. through stretches this sea- Turns out, so did he. But here son where the challenge of he is, a senior still wearing earning an at-large bid was black and orange. daunting. “To be honest, I was For the Ducks, it was ear- caught up on the hype that ly in the season, when they everybody else had for me,” ORVW WKUHH RI WKHLU ¿UVW ¿YH he said. “But I’m glad, I’m games. For the Cowboys, it blessed. And I still have an was late in the season, when opportunity to get better.” they lost six of their last sev- COBBINS’ COME- en. BACK: Cowboys forward “We haven’t played or Michael Cobbins missed the probably succeeded as well NCAA Tournament a year as we’d have liked lately,” ago after tearing his Achilles Ford said, “but this is a brand tendon prior to Big 12 play. new opportunity for our team He returned this season to to play.” lead Oklahoma State in re- There is one big differ- bounding, despite the 6-foot- ence between that game two 8 senior often facing bigger years ago. The Cowboys opposition. were a No. 5 seed with mas- “It’s a little overwhelm- sive expectations back then, ing, really emotion, but just and the 12th-seeded Ducks a humbling feeling as well,” pulled the upset. Cobbins said, “and a sense “This is an eight-nine of excitement, just to be back game,” said Le’Bryan Nash, out here with all of these the Cowboys’ leading scorer. guys.” “They think we’re equal, so HELPING HAND: Al- it’s anybody’s game.” tman spoke to Oklahoma WHO’S NEXT: The coach Lon Kruger, his long- downside of being in an time friend, shortly after the eight-nine game is the likeli- brackets were revealed Sun- hood that a No. 1 seed awaits day. The Sooners swept the the winner. In this case, that Cowboys in three matchups could be Big Ten champion this season. Wisconsin. The Badgers play “Our teams play differ- No. 16 seed Coastal Carolina Altman said, “so I’m in their opener Friday night. ently,” not sure much we can AWKWARD RE- get from there’s Oklahoma’s series. UNION: Oregon star Joseph ... He’s got his own game to Young played two seasons worry about. He’s not too at Houston for coach James worried about mine.” Dickey, but transferred when Continued from 1B KDGDRQHVKRWOHDGRYHU¿YHSOD\HUVLQ- cluding Ian Poulter and Kevin Na. The group at 68 included Adam Scott, Henr- ik Stenson and Brandt Snedeker. Poulter, who made an eagle from just off the 16th green, had his own distrac- tion. His 3-year-old son was taken to the hospital Wednesday night with a low ox- ygen level and pneumonia. It was a long night, with a bit of a scare, but Joshua was doing better Thursday morning. Rory McIlroy hit 17 greens in regula- tion in his Bay Hill debut and one-putt- ed only two greens, including a 15-foot birdie on the 18th for a 70. McIlroy two-putted from 18 feet for birdie on No. 6, and his lone bogey came with an approach into the water on the par- 5 16th. He twirled the club when he saw the splash, though it stayed in his hands. Women’s College Basketball Oregon St. looks to rebound against South Dakota 6RXWK'DNRWD6WDWH¿QLVKHG the season with an eight-game winning streak to capture the Summit League Oregon State went from the high Tournament title and earn the confer- of winning the Pac-12 regular-season ence’s automatic NCAA berth. Gonzaga (24-7) won an at-large WLWOHIRUWKH¿UVWWLPHHYHUWRWKHORZRI getting ousted quickly from the confer- bid after winning the West Coast Con- ference regular-season title, but, like ence tournament. With an impressive resume overall, Oregon, stumbled in the conference the Beavers (26-4) will still host an WRXUQDPHQWORVLQJLQWKHVHPL¿QDOVWR NCAA Tournament sub-regional start- BYU. George Washington (29-3) set a ing Friday in Corvallis. Third-seeded Oregon State will open with No. 14 school record for most wins in a season South Dakota State, followed by No. and claimed the Atlantic 10’s automat- 11 Gonzaga against No. 6 George LFEHUWKIRUWKHWHDP¶V¿UVWDSSHDUDQFH in the tournament since 2008. Washington. Some other things to know about Oregon State hopes to learn from the stumbles of the recent past. The this weekend’s games in Corvallis: JONES JAMS: George Wash- Beavers had their perfect home record EURNHQ LQ WKH ¿QDO ZHHN RI WKH UHJX- ington forward Jonquel Jones hails lar season with a loss to Stanford. The from the Bahamas, before she became team was forced to put off its celebra- something of a basketball prodigy tion of the season title until a victory at Riverdale Baptist High School in Maryland. Jones was named the Atlan- RYHU&DOLQWKH¿QDOH Then, after an opening-round bye tic 10’s Player and Defensive Player for the conference tournament, Oregon of the year, averaging 15.5 points and State was defeated 68-65 by Colorado. 12.4 rebounds per game. She averaged Coach Scott Rueck said he hoped 17 points, 12 rebounds and 2.7 blocks his team would learn from the roller in the conference tournament, earning MVP honors. coaster. According to the Bahamas Tri- “Anytime you lose, you certainly need to look at things, no question,” bune, Jones is just the third Bahami- he said “You have a choice of making an woman to earn a Division I schol- it a positive or a negative. This group arship out of high school, joining has always turned those into a posi- Yolett McPhee-McCuin (Florida At- tive. That’s just obvious life lessons. lantic/Rhode Island) and Waltiea Rolle So we’ve got to look at this and un- (North Carolina). OREGON STATE HONORS: In derstand, hey, postseason basketball. 7KHVHJX\VDUH¿JKWLQJIRUWKHLUOLYHV´ addition to winning the Pac-12’s reg- By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer ular-season title, Rueck earned con- ference Coach of the Year honors and Ruth Hamblin was named the league’s Player of the Year and Defensive Play- er of the Year. Hamblin averaged 12.8 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, and ranked eighth in the nation with 111 blocks. STREAKING ZAGS: Gonzaga is riding a bunch of streaks into the NCAA Tournament. The Zags are making their seventh straight trip to the Big Dance after clinching their ninth straight 20-win season and their 11th straight West Coast Conference regu- lar-season title. FAMILY TIES: Gonzaga junior guard Ellie Tinkle is the daughter of Oregon State men’s basketball coach Wayne Tinkle, who took over the Bea- vers this season and led the team to a surprising 17-14 record after having WR KROG RSHQ WU\RXWV LQ WKH IDOO WR ¿OO out his roster. The family came to Cor- vallis from Missoula, Montana, where Tinkle was coach of the Grizzlies for eight seasons. UNDAUNTED JACKS: South Dakota State has faced Oregon State once before, back in 2004 at the Par- adise Jam in the Virgin Islands. The Beavers won 85-68. But the Jacks ar- en’t letting that prior win, or the Bea- vers’ dramatic rise over the last two seasons, concern them. “It’s not who we play, it’s how we play,” said senior forward Mariah Clarin, who is averag- ing 11.6 points and 6.7 rebounds. CLASSIFIED M ARK ETPL A C E Pla ce cla ssified a d s on lin e a t w w w .ea storeg on ia n .com or ca ll 5 4 1-278-26 78 C O N TAC T US EDITIO N S DEADLIN ES 24 HO UR S ERVIC E 211 S.E. Byers Pen d leto n , O rego n 97801 Cla ssified : 1-800-962-2819 Fa x: (541) 278-2680 Cla ssified em a il: cla ssified s@ ea sto rego n ia n .co m M o n d a y O n lin e Tu esd a y W ed n esd a y Thu rsd a y Frid a y Sa tu rd a y 2 p.m . Frid a y 3 p.m . M o n d a y 3 p.m . Tu esd a y 3 p.m . 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