SPORTS
Friday, March 20, 2015
East Oregonian
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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