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Newspaper Page TextSPORTS Wednesday, January 6, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3B Women’s College Basketball Start of Pac-12 play brings surprises By STEVE GRESS Corvallis Times-Gazete &259$//,6 ² ,I WKH ¿UVW week of Pac-12 Conference play is any indication, the women’s basketball season is going to be a battle each week. Three teams made it through the ¿UVW ZHHN XQVFDWKHG ZKLOH WKH\ were several upsets. UCLA got off to a fast start as the No. 15 Bruins won all three conference games they played at home, including Monday’s 71-51 blowout of No. 11 Oregon State. Arizona State, which entered the week No. 14, took it to No. 9 Stanford in a 49-31 win at home. The 31 points are the fewest Stan- ford has ever scored in a game. “Third week of April we’ll have a banquet and we’ll look at what this team ultimately accomplishes and that will be on there,” ASU coach Charli Turner Thorne was quoted as saying in an AP story. ³7KDW¶OOEHVRPHWKLQJIXQWRUHÀHFW on. But right now we’re just going to keep grinding. We have a lot of basketball left and I think this team is showing that they can have a big year.” The Sun Devils are 2-0 after knocking off both Bay Area teams – they topped No. 21 California, (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok) Oregon State guard Jamie Weisner, left, attempts to drive around UCLA guard Jordin Canada, right, during the irst half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, in Los Angeles. 57-49, to open conference play. Speaking of the Golden Bears, they are now 0-2 after falling 47-52 at Arizona on Monday. Arizona is just 1-1 in Pac-12 play but the Wildcats are 10-4 overall after winning just 10 last season. Utah is off to a solid start in the conference after sweeping the Washington schools. The Utes slipped past Washington State, 73-71, before edging Washington, 88-83, on Monday. Washington entered the game 2-0. Stanford and Oregon State are both 1-1 along with Arizona. USC and Washington State are 1-2 while Oregon, California and Colorado are all 0-2. HOME COURT: While coaches want to win every game, it’s imperative to hold court at home in the Pac-12. Then you want to get at least a split on the road. Do that and the odds of challenging for the conference title increase. UCLA is off to a good start having won all three games last week at home. Utah and Arizona State also both held serve at home. Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State all split on the road while Washington had a solid 2-1 record in three road games. Arizona and USC split at home, with the Trojans losing a road game as well. Oregon and California both were swept on the road while Colorado was swept at home. RANKINGS: 7KH 3DF KDV ¿YH WHDPV ranked in this week’s AP poll, with three others receiving a vote. Monday was a showdown between four of the ranked teams and the lower-ranked teams came out on top with Arizona State and UCLA winning at home against Stanford and Oregon State. Stanford leapfrogged the Beavers into ninth entering Monday’s game while OSU dropped from No. 10 to No. 11. ASU is No. 14, UCLA No. 15 and Cal No. 21. Oregon, USC and Washington also received votes. CENTURY CLUB: Oregon State’s Scott Rueck reached 100 victories in just his sixth season with the Beavers when they defeated USC on Saturday. On Monday, Washington State’s June Daugherty also reached that milestone with the Cougars. She has now won 100 or more games at both Washington State and Washington. TOP SCORER: Washington junior Kelsey Plum entered Tuesday leading the nation in scoring at 27.9 points per game. She is slightly above that average at 28.7 in Pac-12 play and had games of 33 and 35 points already. Oregon’s Jillian Alleyne is second at 24.0 in Pac-12 play with Cal freshman Kristine Anigwe third at 20.5. THIS WEEK: Oregon and Oregon State will face each other twice this week as the Beavers will host the Ducks at 7 p.m. Friday then head to Eugene for a noon game on Sunday. UCLA will head to USC on Sunday to wrap up the season series with the Trojans. Arizona and Arizona State head to Washington and Washington State this Friday and Sunday while Colorado and Utah head to Cali- fornia and Stanford. Men’s College Basketball Oregon State rolling as defense picks up the pace Stanford (8-5, 1-1), which has the Pac-12’s lowest-scoring offense at 71.5 points per game. The CORVALLIS — Oregon State Cardinal is shooting 43.3 percent came away from Sunday’s home IURPWKHÀRRUWKLQWKHFRQIHU- win against Oregon feeling as ence. Oregon State is playing its best though it is making progress on defense of the season, having held defense. A victory in the Pac-12 consecutive Division I opponents &RQIHUHQFH RSHQHU DQG WKH ¿UVW to under 40-percent shooting for 40-minute team effort of the WKH ¿UVW WLPH 7KH %HDYHUV DUH season was aided by the Beavers’ playing at a faster tempo offen- best defensive performance so far. sively than last season and holding The Ducks came in scoring opponents to 39.1 percent, just off 77.9 points per game and shooting the 38.6 percent they allowed for 46.5 percent but managed just the 2014-15 season. The Oregon game showed 19 of 53 (35.8) against OSU’s defense — primarily zone — in a OSU what it’s capable of doing in the Pac-12. 70-57 defeat. “Everyone was focused when “It was the best we’ve played that zone all year long. That it comes to executing. We were reminded us of how we played a there talking on defense and that year ago,” said OSU coach Wayne really helps,” said senior forward Daniel Gomis. Tinkle. The Beavers have been aided The Beavers (10-2, 1-0 Pac-12) were focused on the game plan, by the return of Gomis, who is got to their defensive positions playing limited minutes while still working his way back from and made stops. “It was great to see, and now a broken left hand he suffered we’ve got to challenge the guys during a late-October practice. “His minutes are probably to do that every time out,” Tinkle most important out of everybody added. The next time out comes because he’s on that back line,” Wednesday at home against Beavers senior guard Gary Payton By JESSE SOWA Corvallis Gazette-Times (AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez) Oregon’s Dillon Brooks, left, protects the ball from Oregon State’s Drew Eubanks, center, and Gary Payton II, right, in the second half of Sunday’s game in Corvallis. SCOREBOARD MLB Bonds, Clemens likely to get boost with HOF voting changes of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America for 10 consecutive years at any point. NEW YORK (AP) “We have a somewhat — Barry Bonds, Roger different electorate,” John Clemens and other tainted Thorn, Major League Base- stars of the Steroids Era EDOO¶VRI¿FLDOKLVWRULDQVDLG appear likely to get a boost Tuesday. “I think possibly in Hall of Fame balloting, the current electorate was but not enough to enter not content to keep kicking Cooperstown this year. the PED crowd down into Ken Griffey Jr. seems a hole and leaving the Hall assured of election on of Fame with a crater in its WKH ¿UVW WU\ :HGQHVGD\ plaque room.” possibly with a record vote Marc Maturo, a reporter of close to 100 percent. covering New York Mike Piazza, Jeff Bagwell baseball for Gannett in and Tim Raines also were the 1970s and ‘80s, was strong candidates to gain among those who lost the 75 percent needed for voting rights. He said baseball’s highest honor. he would have voted for Following the elimina- Bonds, Clemens, Griffey tion of about 100 retired and Raines. baseball writers from the “The whole process I electorate, Bonds and think was done too quickly, Clemens were on track for wasn’t given enough a 5-10 percentage point thought,” he said. increase. After drawing Now a writer for the about 37 percent of the weekly Rockland County ballots last year, they Times, Maturo pointed were in the 48 percent out players who received range this year according one or two votes in recent to www.bbhoftracker.com years, such as Armando , which tabulated public Benitez, Aaron Boone, votes adding to more than Bret Boone, Darin Erstad, one-third of the total. Kenny Rogers, J.T. Snow Last July, the Hall’s and B.J. Surhoff. board of directors cut “They call these cour- eligible voters from approx- tesy votes or friendship imately 575 to roughly 475 votes,” he said, “That by purging writers who had should eliminate you. not been covering the game They’re not Hall of Famers for more than a decade. by anyone’s imagination. Previously, the electorate But people vote for them. included people who had To me, that’s wrong.” been active members By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer II said. “He’s our commander back there and he gets us where we’ve got to go. He talks a lot. His minutes are going to rise throughout the year and hopefully his hand gets better.” Gomis has played a combined 23 minutes in three games since his return, but he’s making an impact nonetheless. “He’s out there sprinting, he’s talking, he’s communicating. He’s helping teach the young guys how important that is,” Tinkle said. “Hopefully he’ll continue to improve with his health, but I know just by him practicing and being around every day, the guys are getting better.” OSU senior guard Langston Morris-Walker says much of what *RPLV EULQJV WR WKH ÀRRU JRHV unnoticed. His vision from the back line of the defense gets teammates in SRVLWLRQ LGHQWL¿HV FXWWHUV DQG his 6-foot-10 frame gives players driving to the basket second thoughts. “Just his basketball IQ on the defensive end is off the charts, and everybody loves to play with him, especially on the defensive end of WKHÀRRU´0RUULV:DONHUVDLG Local slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Thursday Umatilla at Riverside, 7:30 p.m. Friday Pilot Rock at Stanield, 3 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Culver, 4:30 p.m. Heppner at Irrigon, 6 p.m. Arlington at Mitchell/Spray, 7:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Ione, 7:30 p.m. Echo at Joseph, 7:30 p.m. Powder Valley at Nixyaawii, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Pilot Rock at Culver, 2:30 p.m. Summit at Hermiston, 3:15 p.m. Pendleton at Lebanon, 5 p.m. Stanield at Heppner, 5:30 p.m. Irrigon at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m. South Wasco at Arlington, 5:30 p.m. Horizon Christian at Condon/Wheeler, 5:30 p.m. Ione at Sherman, 5:30 p.m. Nixyaawii at Echo, 5:30 p.m. Powder Valley at Helix, 5:30 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Thursday Umatilla at Riverside, 6 p.m. Friday Pilot Rock at Stanield, 3 p.m. Heppner at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Culver, 7:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Ione, 6 p.m. Arlington at Mitchell/Spray (at Spray), 6 p.m. Powder Valley at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m. Echo at Joseph, 6 p.m. Saturday Pendleton at Lebanon, 3 p.m. Pilot Rock at Culver, 2:30 p.m. Stanield at Heppner, 4 p.m. Irrigon at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler vs. Horizon Christian (at Fossil), 4 p.m. South Wasco at Arlington, 4 p.m. Ione at Sherman, 4 p.m. Powder Valley at Helix, 4 p.m. Echo at Nixyaawii, 4 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Friday Hermiston at Bremerton (WA) meet, 9 a.m. Pendleton, Heppner, Irrigon, Riverside at Riverside Tournament, 9 a.m. Mac-Hi at Nampa Tournament, TBD Saturday Hermiston at Bremerton (WA) meet, 9 a.m. Pendleton, Heppner, Riverside, Irrigon at Riverside Tournament, 9 a.m. Mac-Hi at Nampa Tournament, TBD. PREP SWIMMING Saturday Pendleton, Hermiston at The Dalles meet, 10 a.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Eastern Oregon at Warner Paciic, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Columbia Basin at Blue Mountain, 4 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Multnomah, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Eastern Oregon at Warner Paciic, 5:30 p.m. Saturday Columbia Basin at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Multnomah, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11 College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz. Clemson (14-0) vs. Alabama (13-1), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) NFL Wild-card Playoffs Saturday Kansas City (11-5) at Houston (9-7), 1:35 p.m. (ABC/ESPN) Pittsburgh (10-6) at Cincinnati (12-4), 5:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday Seattle (10-6) at Minnesota (11-6), 10 a.m. (NBC) Green Bay (10-6) at Washington (9-7), 1:30 p.m. (FOX) Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 21 15 .583 — Boston 19 15 .559 1 New York 17 19 .472 4 Brooklyn 10 24 .294 10 Philadelphia 4 33 .108 17½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 21 13 .618 — Atlanta 21 15 .583 1 Orlando 19 16 .543 2½ Charlotte 17 17 .500 4 Washington 15 17 .469 5 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 23 9 .719 — Chicago 21 12 .636 2½ Indiana 19 15 .559 5 Detroit 19 16 .543 5½ Milwaukee 14 23 .378 11½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 30 6 .833 — Dallas 20 15 .571 9½ Memphis 19 17 .528 11 Houston 17 19 .472 13 New Orleans 11 22 .333 17½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 24 11 .686 — Utah 15 18 .455 8 Portland 15 22 .405 10 Denver 12 23 .343 12 Minnesota 12 23 .343 12 Paciic Division W L Pct GB Golden State 32 2 .941 — L.A. Clippers 22 13 .629 10½ Sacramento 14 21 .400 18½ Phoenix 12 25 .324 21½ L.A. Lakers 8 27 .229 24½ ——— Tuesday’s Games Chicago 117, Milwaukee 106 New York 107, Atlanta 101 Dallas 117, Sacramento 116,2OT Golden State at L.A. Lakers, late Today’s Games New York at Miami, 4 p.m. Indiana at Orlando, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Washington, 4 p.m. Toronto at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Utah at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Charlotte at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Portland, 7 p.m. NCAA Basketball Men’s Top 25 Football NCAA Tuesday 8. Providence (14-2) lost to Marquette 65-64. Next: at Creighton, Tuesday. 9. Kentucky (11-3) lost to LSU 85-67. Next: at Alabama, Saturday. 18. Butler (12-3) beat DePaul 77-72. Next: vs. No. 11 Villanova, Sunday. 19. Iowa (12-3) beat Nebraska 77-66. Next: at No. 5 Michigan State, Thursday. 22. South Carolina (14-0) beat Auburn 81- 69. Next: vs. Vanderbilt, Saturday. 23. UConn (10-4) lost to Temple 55-53. Next: vs. Memphis, Saturday. Women’s Top 25 Tuesday 22. South Florida (9-3) beat UCF 108-63. Next: vs. SMU, Thursday. 24. DePaul (11-5) beat No. 25 Seton Hall 86-74. Next: vs. Georgetown, Friday. 25. Seton Hall (13-2) lost to No. 24 DePaul 85-7. Next: at St. John’s, Saturday. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 40 24 12 4 52 111 86 Detroit 40 20 13 7 47 101 106 Montreal 41 22 16 3 47 119 103 Boston 38 20 14 4 44 118 105 Ottawa 40 19 15 6 44 114 120 Tampa Bay 40 19 17 4 42 101 98 Toronto 37 15 15 7 37 99 103 Buffalo 40 15 21 4 34 92 110 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 39 29 7 3 61 124 85 N.Y. Islanders 40 22 13 5 49 113 99 N.Y. Rangers 40 22 14 4 48 118 105 New Jersey 40 20 15 5 45 93 95 Pittsburgh 39 19 15 5 43 93 96 Philadelphia 38 16 15 7 39 83 105 Carolina 40 16 17 7 39 92 111 Columbus 41 15 23 3 33 105 131 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 42 28 10 4 60 146 113 Chicago 41 24 13 4 52 114 99 St. Louis 42 23 14 5 51 103 103 Minnesota 39 21 11 7 49 105 92 Nashville 40 19 14 7 45 104 106 Colorado 40 19 18 3 41 113 111 Winnipeg 40 19 19 2 40 108 115 Paciic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 39 25 12 2 52 105 87 Arizona 39 19 16 4 42 110 124 Calgary 39 19 18 2 40 104 122 Anaheim 38 16 15 7 39 73 90 Vancouver 40 15 16 9 39 97 113 San Jose 37 18 17 2 38 101 106 Edmonton 41 17 21 3 37 102 122 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ——— Tuesday’s Games Washington 3, Boston 2 Florida 5, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Rangers 6, Dallas 2 Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Minnesota 4, Columbus 2 Philadelphia 4, Montreal 3 Winnipeg 4, Nashville 1 Calgary 3, Tampa Bay 1 Today’s Games New Jersey at Montreal, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 7 p.m. Carolina at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Toronto at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with 1B Mike Napoli on a one-year contract. HOUSTON ASTROS — Named Dave Borkowski pitching coach at Corpus Christi TL), Ramon Vazquez manager, Lancaster (Cal), Omar Lopez manager and Chris Holt pitching coach, Quad Cities (MW), Josh Bonifay manager, Greeneville (SALLY), Wladimir Sutil coach/Latin inield instructor (Gulf) and Russ Steinhorn manager, (DSL). Named Drew French pitching coach and Dil- lon Lawson hitting coach at Tri-City (NYP), Bill Murphy pitching coach at Greeneville, Aaron DelGiudice development coach at Fresno (PCL) and Lancaster (Cal), and Tommy Kawamura development coach at Corpus Christi (TL) and Quad Cities (MW). OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Traded RHP Arnold Leon to Toronto for cash or a player to be named. TEXAS RANGERS — Signed LHP Cesar Ramos to a minor league contract. National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Promoted strength and conditioning coach Brendon Huttmann to sports science coordinator. Named Kevin Fitzgerald physical therapist and Ricky White strength coach. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed Cs Taylor Boggs and Valerian Ume-Ezeoke, LB Mike Reilly and S Tyrequek Zimmerman to reserve/future contracts. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed LB Jayson DiManche to the practice squad and PK Zach Hocker, LB Dezmond Johnson and S Floyd Raven Sr. to reserve/future contracts. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DBs Sean Baker and Tim Scott, OL Dan France and Garth Gerhart, TE Connor Hamlett and DL Dylan Wynn to reserve/future contracts. Named Paul DePodesta chief strategy oficer. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed DT William Campbell to the practice squad. Placed DE B.J. McBryde on the practice squad injured list. Signed QB Ryan Williams to reserve/future contracts. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed OT Andrew McDonald from the San Diego practice squad. Placed OT Duane Brown on injured reserve. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Fired defen- sive coordinator Bob Babich. NEW YORK JETS - Signed G Jarvis Har- rison, DT Deon Simon, WR Joe Anderson, LB Deion Barnes, TE Brandon Bostick, LB Julian Howsare, TE Wes Saxton, CB Kevin Short and LB Julian Stanford to reserve/ future contracts. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Signed QB Garrett Gilbert and K Giorgio Tavecchio to reserved/future contracts. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed Cs Josh Allen and Ben Gottschalk, WR Andre Davis, G Antoine Everett, S Gerod Holli- man, DE Martin Ifedi, DT Derrick Lott and CBs C.J. Roberts and Joel Ross to reserve/ future contracts. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CB Cary Williams. Activated C Kory Lichten- steiger from the injured reserve-return list. Placed DB Kyshoen Jarrett on injured reserve. Waived C Brian de la Puente. Signed CB Al Louis-Jean to the practice squad. Released LB Derrick Mathews from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLORADO AVALANCHE — Claimed D Andrew Bodnarchuk off waivers from Columbus. DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned C Tomas Nosek to Grand Rapids (AHL). PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Assigned F Brandon Alderson from Lehigh Valley (AHL) to Reading (ECHL).