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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2015 SPORTS Sports shorts PENDLETON Moore named Player of the Year Record 7 Wildcats to enter NBA draft LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has a lot RIVSRWVWR¿OOQRZWKDWD record seven players have announced they will enter the NBA draft. In a news conference Thursday, 7-footers Willie Cau- ley-Stein, twin guards Andrew and Aaron Harrison and freshman forwards Karl-Anthony Towns and Trey Lyles all said they will turn pro. Also entering are 7-0 re- serve center Dakari Johnson and backup shooting guard Devin Booker, completing an exodus by the Wildcats’ top seven scorers. The 6-11 Towns could EHWKH¿UVWSOD\HUFKRVHQ overall on June 25 and Cauley-Stein and Lyles could soon follow with both projected as possible lottery selections. Booker is also a SRWHQWLDO¿UVWURXQGHUZLWK the rest projected to go in the second. Hurley hired as new Arizona State basketball coach TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State has hired Bobby Hurley as its basket- ball coach. The 43-year-old Hurley spent the past two years as the head coach at Buffalo, where he led Bulls to 23 FACES the wins and an NCAA Tourna- ment berth this past season. He replaces Herb Sendek, ZKRZDV¿UHG Hurley March 24 after nine seasons. Hurley has an extensive basketball background, play- ing for father Bob Hurley Sr. in Jersey City, New Jersey, and four years at Duke. A point guard, he led the Blue Devils to national champi- onships in 1991 and 1992 and was an All-American in 1993. +XUOH\VSHQW¿YH\HDUVLQ the NBA with the Sacra- mento Kings, playing the ¿QDOIRXUVHDVRQVDIWHUEHLQJ involved in a near-fatal car accident. “It’s all about family. I live here in Pittsburgh now, and since the end of the season I’ve had a chance to enjoy my family on a level I never had before. It was awesome.” — Troy Polamalu Pittsburgh Steelers safety on why he de- cided to retire Thurs- day. He had two sea- sons remaining on his contract but decided to forgo the fi nal two to spend more time with his family. Pol- amalu was a pro-bowl selection in eight of his 12 seasons in the NFL. He won two Super Bowls with Pittsburgh, most recently Super Bowl XLIII in 2009. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1996 — Norm Duke sets a Professional Bowlers As- sociation record with three consecutive 300s. Duke, who ¿QLVKHG WKH ¿UVW URXQG ZLWK consecutive 300s, opens the second round with his third perfect game of the day. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS BMCC sophomore becomes first to win major award ZROYHVWRWKLUGDQG¿IWKSODFH¿Q ishes the past two seasons. “To me it means a lot,” Moore said. “I feel like I’ve worked pretty hard all throughout my entire life. To be recognized as a hard worker that has done a lot in the NWAC, By ERIK SKOPIL that’s just really amazing and in- East Oregonian credible to be the person that is rep- Sophomore guard Mar’Shay resenting that.” She was named the East Region Moore added to her storied bas- ketball career Thursday, becoming Most Valuable Player and the East WKH¿UVW%OXH0RXQWDLQ&RPPXQL Region Defensive Player of the ty College player to be recognized Year last month. Moore was the NWAC’s most as the Baden Women’s Basketball Player of the Year given to the top dynamic scorer this season. Her player in the Northwest Athletic 24.1 points per game were tied Staff photo by E.J. Harris for best in the conference and the BMCC guard Mar’Shay Moore Conference. Moore led the Timberwolves to 123 points scored in four NWAC has been names the NWAC Women’s Basketball Player of LWVWZREHVW¿QLVKHVLQWKH1:$& tournament games is unmatched the Year. tournament, taking the Timber- in league history. She topped the 30-point mark twice during the tournament, including 34 points in KHU%0&&¿QDOHLQWKHWHDP¶V 90 win over Columbia Basin in the second runner-up game. Behind Moore’s on-court hero- LFVWKH7LPEHUZROYHV¿QLVKHGZLWK DUHFRUGGHVSLWH¿QLVKLQJWKH season with just seven available players. “We had a lot of bumps in the road. I feel like that all seven girls that played at the NWAC (tour- nament), we fought through the adversity. We played hard. That’s what teammates do, they play for each other,” Moore said. “I’m very proud of Mar’Shay,” BMCC coach Adam Driver said in a statement. “She worked very hard See MOORE/2B PENDLETON PENDLETON Dark horse emerges Bucks boot Tigers Freshman shines in varsity debut as Pendleton sweeps La Grande By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian East Oregonian With Pendleton’s pitching der- by heading into the home stretch, a dark horse came from out of the clouds to earn a varsity roster spot on Thursday. Already 10 games into the sea- son without a settled rotation, coach Tim Cary was hoping to see one of his pitchers seize the No. Softball 1 role in their home-opening doublehead- Pendleton er against La Grande at Steve Cary Field. Following a Pendleton sweep with back-to- La Grande back 12-2 wins LQ ¿YH LQQLQJV freshman Alexi Brehaut may have done just that. Brehaut sparkled in her varsity debut and held La Grande to three KLWVLQWKH¿UVWKDOIRIWKHWZLQELOO 6KH VWUXFN RXW ¿YH EDWWHUV DQG walked only one while showing an effective change-up that had La Grande swinging wildly at times. Cary said Brehaut had earned her chance during a scrimmage on Wednesday. “We’ve been kind of keeping an eye on her during the freshman games but it’s hard to gauge be- cause the competition is obviously different when you throw against a freshman team,” he said. “But we LA GRANDE — The Buckaroos used a season-best offensive performance to cruise to a 16-4 non-league trouncing of the La Grande Tigers on Thursday. Behind a four-hit perfor- mance from junior Quinn Cockburn, Pendleton (4-9) posted highs in runs (16) and hits (17). Cockburn Baseball was a per- fect 4-for- 4 at the Pendleton plate and drove in three runs, including RBI sin- gles in the ¿UVW DQG La Grande third in- nings. The Buckaroos made their PRYH LQ WKH ¿UVW DQG WKLUG scoring 11 runs to jump out WRDUXQ6L[RIWKH¿UVW Buck batters reached on base hits to open the game, includ- ing Kai Quinn and James Bradt run-scoring triples. Bradt brought in three runs on the day. Jack Peterson extended the lead in the third with a one-run double that followed TJ Hancock stealing home. Brady Smith allowed four runs in the opening inning See PENDLETON/2B 12-12 16 2-2 4 Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton freshman Alexi Brehaut throws from the pitching circle Thursday in the Bucks’ 12-2 win against La Grande in the fi rst game of a doubleheader in Pendleton. could tell simply by the pitches she had been throwing, and the change- up that she’s been throwing, that that’s certainly going to be effec- tive, which is why we brought her up for the scrimmage. “I threw her right at our best hit- ters and she mowed through them IRUWKUHHLQQLQJV6RZH¿JXUHGZH See BUCKS/2B NBA The Masters Spieth sizzles on opening day 21 year-old shoots 8-under at Augusta By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jordan Spieth pulled off the un- thinkable Thursday. With the best opening round in 19 years, he managed to make the Mas- ters about a lot more than the Grand Slam bid of Rory McIlroy and the curious return of Tiger Woods. Spieth was must-see TV with his 8-under 64 on a steamy after- noon at Augusta National. “It’s one of the better rounds I’ve ever played,” he said. That wasn’t the case for McIl- roy, though his round wasn’t awful. The world’s No. 1 play- er saved par four times on the front nine and scratched out a 71. Woods had three birdies in his round of 73, and while it was WKH¿UVWWLPHVLQFHWKDWKH VKRWRYHUSDULQWKH¿UVWURXQGRI the Masters, it was looked upon as progress. Plus, his short game looked like it was close to being Warriors race past Trailblazers Steph Curry breaks own 3-point record OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Ste- phen Curry eclipsed his own NBA re- cord for most 3-pointers in a season, scoring 45 points to rally the Golden State Warriors to a 116-105 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night. Curry entered Golden State the game four shy of his mark of 272 3-pointers, which he set two years ago in the VHDVRQ ¿QDOH DW Portland Portland. He hit six before half- time and eight overall, teaming with fellow Splash Brothers star Klay Thompson to bring the Warriors back from 13 points down. Curry added 10 assists, and See BLAZERS/2B 116 AP Photo/Chris Carlson Jordan Spieth holds up his ball a birdie on the second hole during the fi rst round of the Masters golf tournament Thurs- day in Augusta, Ga. back to normal. But the day belonged to Spi- eth, a 21-year-old Texan who at least got into the Masters record book as the youngest to lead after WKH¿UVWURXQG $Q HYHQ PRUH VLJQL¿FDQW UH cord was within his reach, and he didn’t even know it. Spieth ran off six birdies in a seven-hole stretch to reach 8 under through 14 holes, and the last of those birdies summed up a day when hardly anything went wrong. He hit a 7-iron out of the See GOLF/3B 105
