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Newspaper Page TextPage 4B SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, January 12, 2016 College Basketball Seniors help lead Beavers to another Civil War sweep biggest game of the season IRU WKHP DOPRVW 7KH\ always mark the Oregon EUGENE — There were JDPHVGRZQ-XVWWRJHWKDYH some big smiles on the faces a bunch of Oregon State fans of several of the Oregon behind us ion the crowd is State women’s basketball just huge and we love doing LWIRUWKHP players Sunday as Hamblin also said they walked off the From Sunday it was exciting to Matthew Knight move to 8-0 against $UHQDÀRRU WKH'XFNV The 59-45 “I know Ali Pac-12 victory over Oregon St. *LEVRQ¿QLVKHGODVW the Ducks was an year with the career especially sweet sweep so it’s kind moment for the four of cool to just have four-year seniors — that special thing,” Jamie Weisner, Ruth Oregon +DPEOLQ VDLG ³,W¶V Hamblin, Samantha a unique situation, Siegner and Deven I don’t know how Hunter — who many other people helped keep their career undefeated streak KDYH GRQH WKDW %XW OLNH (Jamie) said, it’s for Beaver DOLYHDJDLQVWWKHLUULYDOV The Beavers (12-3, 3-1) Nation because the fans have fought through some slug- been behind us all the way gish play on the offensive DQGWKH\ORYHWKH&LYLO:DU´ 7KRVH¿YHSOD\HUVDUHWKH end with hot start to the fourth to pull away and give only ones to win every game the program its 11th straight against the Ducks over four win over Oregon, the longest \HDUV On Sunday, the seniors VWUHDNLQSURJUDPKLVWRU\ It also matches the Ducks’ were a big reason for the longest win streak in the Beavers’ success as they ULYDOU\ 2UHJRQ combined for 39 points, 22 has twice won 11 straight — UHERXQGVDQGVHYHQDVVLVWV Hamblin shared the from the 1985-1990 seasons Beavers’ scoring lead with DQGWKHVHDVRQV “It’s huge just to do junior Gabby Hanson with it for our fans,” Weisner SRLQWV 6KH DGGHG QLQH VDLG ³7KH\¶UH KHUH ZLWK XV rebounds and four blocked through it all and that’s the VKRWV:HLVQHUKDGSRLQWV By STEVE GRESS Corvallis Gazette-Times 59 45 run that gave them a 49-33 OHDGZLWKWRSOD\ “We played just really well in the second half,” Rueck VDLG³,WKRXJKWZHH[HFXWHG RQERWKHQGVRIWKHÀRRUNHSW them out of transition for the most part and made them ZRUN IRU HYHU\WKLQJ $QG , thought we worked and got excellent shots in the second half and thought we just got better and better as the game ZHQW 5HDOO\ SURXG RI RXU effort, not only tonight but WKLVZHHNHQG´ After falling behind 13-4 early, the Ducks clawed their way back into it and took a 20-19 lead on a bucket by Maite Cazorla, who was a spark off the bench with 10 SRLQWVLQWKHKDOI The Ducks took a 25-24 AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez OHDGLQWRWKHLQWHUPLVVLRQ In this ile photo, Oregon’s Mar’Shay Moore (13) guards Oregon State’s Katie McWil- Liz Brenner led the Ducks liams in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, in Corvallis, Ore., on with 13 points while Cazorla Friday, Jan. 8, 2016. DGGHG-LOOLDQ$OOH\QHKDG VL[UHERXQGVDQGWKUHHDVVLVWV PLQXWHV ¿QLVKHG ZLWK QLQH third to regain the lead and six points and 10 rebounds Siegner was big at the end points in 12 minutes and hit a WKHQKLWWKHLU¿UVW¿YHVKRWVWR but failed to get a double- of the second quarter, scoring crucial 3-pointer with the shot RSHQWKHIRXUWKWRWDNHFRQWURO double for the second straight That last spurt came on JDPHDIWHUVWUDLJKW ¿YHRIKHUVHYHQSRLQWVLQWKH clock about to expire early in ¿QDOWZRPLQXWHVWRKHOSWKH the third quarter that put the WKHKHHOVRIDVWURQJ¿QLVKWR ——— Pac-12 Standings Beavers trail by just one at %HDYHUVXS6KHDGGHG the third quarter that saw the Conf. Ovr. Str. WKHKDOI six more in the fourth as the Beavers take advantage from Arizona St. 4-0 13-3 W10 Stanford 3-1 13-3 W2 the free-throw line — they “I’m so proud of her,” %HDYHUVSXOOHGDZD\ Oregon St. 3-1 12-3 W2 Oregon State’s offense may PDGH¿YHRIVL[DIWHUJHWWLQJ UCLA Oregon State coach Scott 3-1 11-4 L1 Utah 3-1 11-4 W1 5XHFNVDLG³«7KRVHZHUH have been in a funk at times, into the bonus — to take a Washington 3-2 12-4 W1 USC 2-2 14-2 W2 two big baskets she got us in but the Beavers had several OHDG Washington St. 2-3 11-5 L1 That momentum carried WKH¿UVWKDOIWRVWRSPRPHQW´ stretches where they were able Arizona 1-3 10-6 L2 California 1-3 10-5 L1 Hunter, saddled with foul WR VWULQJ WRJHWKHU UXQV 7KH\ over into the fourth as the Oregon 0-4 11-4 L4 WURXEOH DIWHU WKH ¿UVW WKUHH started with a 7-0 run in the Beavers opened with an 11-2 Colorado 0-4 5-10 L5 PENDLETON Brooks leads Oregon over Stanford T-Wolves drop league openers East Oregonian 3$6&2:DVK²)LYH%OXH0RXQ- WDLQSOD\HUV¿QLVKHGWKHJDPHLQGRXEOH digits but it wasn’t enough to take down the hot-shooting Columbia Basin Hawks on Saturday in their NWAC (DVWRSHQHU 7KH +DZNV VKRW SHUFHQW IURPWKH¿HOGLQWKHJDPHWRKDQGWKH 7LPEHUZROYHVDORVV The T-Wolves (9-7, 0-1 East) had no answer for Hawks shooting forward Andre Reddout, who went 15-of-17 IURPWKH¿HOGDQG¿QLVKHGZLWKDJDPH KLJKSRLQWV Reddout earned a double-double the hard way by adding 10 assists, and also SXOOHGLQHLJKWUHERXQGV Dustin Petragallo added 21 points for the Hawks (7-7, 0-1), going 5-of-7 IURPGHHS &ROXPELD %DVLQ VKRW SHUFHQW IURPWKH¿HOGLQWKH¿UVWKDOIZKLOH%OXH Mountain was slow out of the gate and ZDVVWDULQJDWDKDOIWLPHGH¿FLW %OXH 0RXQWDLQ ¿QLVKHG WKH JDPH VKRRWLQJ SHUFHQW IURP WKH ¿HOG and was led by Jared Schultz with 19 SRLQWV DQG ¿YH UHERXQGV %0&& ZDV RXWUHERXQGHG Also reaching double digits for BMCC were Tyler Thurman with 15 points, Gunnar Blankenship with 12 on 4-of-6 three-point shooting, D’Quan Crockett with 11 and Isaiah Harris with The T-Wolves will hold their league KRPHRSHQHURQ)ULGD\ZKHQWKH\KRVW %LJ%HQGDWSP ——— BMCC (9-7, 0-1) CBC (7-7, 1-0) 32 52 50 52 — 82 — 104 Associated Press BLUE MOUNTAIN — J. Schultz 19, T. Thurman 15, G. Blankenship 12, D. Crockett 11, I. Harris 10, R. Bell 8, A. Dean 4, L. Hawkins 2, T. Thomas 1, Q. George, L. Meyers. (24-61) COLUMBIA BASIN — A. Reddout 36, D. Petragallo 21, A. Wren 13, C. Jones 11, M. Hirai 8, J. Weems 5, T. Jones 5, B. Scott 2, J. Wuol 2, J. Anderson 1, A. Gandison, K. Kelley, B. Weatherston, B. Scott. (39-66) 3-pointers — BMCC 7-20, CBC 11-20. Free throws — BMCC 27-42, CBC 15-25. Fouls — BMCC 23, CBC 31. Fouled out — B. Scott (CBC). Women’s Basketball COLUMBIA BASIN 82, BLUE MOUNTAIN 71 ²$W 3DVFR:DVK Savannah Heugly tallied game-highs with 26 points and 15 rebounds but the Timberwolves couldn’t bring home the ZLQGRZQWKHVWUHWFK Blue Mountain (6-9, 0-1 East) trailed 56-53 after the third quarter but was hurt by 22 turnovers in its NWAC East RSHQHURQ6DWXUGD\ Erin Ramsey added 19 points on 5-of-10 three-point shooting for BMCC, which shot 39 percent from the ¿HOGDQGSHUFHQWIURPGLVWDQFHLQWKH JDPH Cayla Jones led Columbia Basin (9-7, 1-0) with 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Marissa Caballero added SRLQWVDQGVL[DVVLVWV The Hawks turned the ball over just 12 times and shot 47 percent from the ¿HOGEXWWKH7:ROYHVZRQWKHEDWWOHRI WKHERDUGV The T-Wolves host Big Bend on )ULGD\ DW SP WR RSHQ WKHLU KRPH OHDJXHVODWH ——— BMCC (6-9, 0-1) 20 9 24 18 — 71 CBC (9-7, 1-0) 28 16 12 26 — 82 BLUE MOUNTAIN — S. Heugly 26, E. Ramsey 19, K. Reyna 9, B. Haringa 8, K. Collins 6, S. McHone 2, B. Grego- ry 1, L. Cagle. (27-69) COLUMBIA BASIN — C. Jones 25, M. Caballero 21, S. Perez 9, K. Garrick 8, A. Higginbotham 6, T. Tucker 5, K. Matheson 4, H. Ellison 2, A. Jones 2. (30-64) 3-pointers — BMCC 11-27, CBC 3-11. Free throws — BMCC 6-10, CBC 19-23. Fouls — BMCC 21, CBC 18. EUGENE — Oregon survived an off night from Dillon Brooks to beat California on Wednesday, but the sopho- more wasn’t going to let that KDSSHQDJDLQ Brooks led Oregon with 15 points and 10 rebounds and added a career-high seven assists to lead the Ducks to a 71-58 win over Stanford in front of 7,318 at Matthew Knight Arena on 6XQGD\QLJKW “Coming off a bad game against Cal, I wanted to make up for it,” said Brooks, who had four points on 2-for-10 shooting DJDLQVW WKH %HDUV ³%H PRUH active and get my teammates LQWRLW´ Brooks went after just about every rebound during his 37 minutes on the court, let out a couple of loud screams after EDVNHWV DQG SXPSHG KLV ¿VW after a three-point play in the ¿UVWKDOI “Passion is contagious,” Oregon guard Casey Benson VDLG³7KHPRUHHYHU\RQHFDQEH HPRWLRQDOWKDWLVKXJHIRUXV´ Brooks led a balanced offense as Tyler Dorsey and Dwayne Benjamin each had 12 points, while Jordan Bell had eight SRLQWV DQG UHERXQGV &KULV Boucher had nine points and ¿YH EORFNHG VKRWV DQG %HQVRQ had six assists and made three WKUHHSRLQWHUVIRUQLQHSRLQWV Oregon had 18 assists on 25 ¿HOG JRDOV LQFOXGLQJ RQ baskets in the second half as it SXOOHGDZD\IURPWKH&DUGLQDO “When you are assisting that much, you are getting good VKRWV´%HQVRQVDLG³$ELJNH\ for us is to share the ball and get WKH EHVW VKRW SRVVLEOH 3DVV XS DJRRGVKRWWRJHWDJUHDWVKRW Make them defend and it leads WRHDV\EDVNHWV´ Brooks and Bell helped the Ducks outrebound Stanford 38-22 after the Cardinal had a 17-rebound advantage in a victory over Oregon State on :HGQHVGD\ 2UHJRQ KDG offensive rebounds that led to VHFRQGFKDQFHSRLQWV “Jordan gave us a big lift in 21 minutes to get 10 rebounds,” Oregon coach Dana Altman VDLG ³6HFRQGFKDQFH SRLQWV ZDV WKH GLIIHUHQFH LQ WKH JDPH ,WZDVDQGZHZRQE\ Rebounding was the difference, DQG,UHDOO\OLNHGRXUHIIRUWWKHUH´ Brooks had his most rebounds in a game since November, including six in the second half when Oregon doubled up the &DUGLQDORQWKHERDUGV “I am trying to get a lot of rebounds, especially on the offensive end,” said Brooks, ZKRKDGVL[RIIHQVLYHUHERXQGV “It gives us more possessions and gives me a chance to get PRUHWHDPPDWHVLQWRLW´ Oregon started the game IRUIURPWKH¿HOGEXWVKRW SHUFHQWWKHUHVWRIWKHZD\ and outscored Stanford 43-34 in WKHVHFRQGKDOI OREGON STATE 77, CALIFORNIA 71 — At Corvallis, Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle said that depth is one of the strengths of his team, and on Saturday, 10 players VFRUHGIRUWKH%HDYHUV “One guy after the other kept making plays for us, and that’s what really gets you to feel good about what we’re doing,” he DGGHG Gary Payton II had 20 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists and four steals as Oregon State hung on to beat California 77-71 on 6DWXUGD\QLJKW Tres Tinkle, the coach’s son, scored 15 points and Stephen 7KRPSVRQ -U DGGHG SRLQWV for the Beavers (11-3, 2-1 3DFZKREURNHD¿YHJDPH ORVLQJVWUHDNWR&DO Oregon State’s bench RXWVFRUHG &DO¶V 7KH Beavers also forced 16 turn- overs, and only had eight WKHPVHOYHV Wayne Tinkle liked how his squad withstood a frantic come- EDFNE\WKH*ROGHQ%HDUV “I was proud of our guys for hanging in there and showing some grit and toughness when ZHFRXOGKDYHIROGHG´KHVDLG Jaylen Brown had 20 points and seven rebounds, Tyrone Wallace added 17 points and Jordan Mathews had 16 points, including four 3-pointers, for WKH*ROGHQ%HDUV SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Today Pendleton at Baker, 7 p.m. Irrigon at Horizon Christian, 7 p.m. Hermiston at Sunnyside (WA), 7:30 p.m. Waitsburg (WA) at Mac-Hi, 7:30 p.m. Stanfield at Echo, 7:30 p.m. Thursday La Grande at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Friday Culver at Stanfield, 4:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 6 p.m. Irrigon at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. La Salle Prep at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 7 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 7:30 p.m. Helix at Nixyaawii, 7:30 p.m. Echo at Powder Valley, 7:30 p.m. Arlington at Ione, 7:30 p.m. South Wasco vs. Condon/Wheeler (at Fossil), 7:30 p.m. Saturday Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen, 3 p.m. Heppner at Culver, 4 p.m. Vale at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m. Nyssa at Riverside, 4:30 p.m. Stanfield at Irrigon, 5:30 p.m. Pine Eagle at Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m. Helix at Joseph, 5:30 p.m. Wallowa at Echo, 5:30 p.m. Horizon Christian at Arlington, 5:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Mitchell/Spray (at Mitchell), 5:30 p.m. Ione at Dufur, 5:30 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario, 6:30 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Today Hermiston at Sunnyside (WA), 5:45 p.m. Waitsburg (WA) at Mac-Hi, 6 p.m. Stanfield at Echo, 6 p.m. Irrigon at Horizon Christian, 6 p.m. Pendleton at La Grande, 7 p.m. Friday Irrigon at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 6 p.m. Culver at Stanfield, 6 p.m. Helix at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m. Echo at Powder Valley, 6 p.m. Arlington at Ione, 6 p.m. South Wasco vs. Condon/Wheeler (at Fossil), 6 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 7 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen, 1 p.m. Heppner at Culver, 2:30 p.m. Vale at Umatilla, 3 p.m. Nyssa at Riverside, 4 p.m. Pine Eagle at Nixyaawii, 4 p.m. Helix at Joseph, 4 p.m. Wallowa at Echo, 4 p.m. Horizon Christian at Arlington, 4 p.m. Condon/Wheeler vs. Mitchell/Spray (at Mitchell), 4 p.m. Ione at Dufur, 4 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario, 5 p.m. Stanfield at Irrigon, 5:30 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Thursday Pendleton at Ridgeview, TBD Friday Pendleton, Hermiston, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Hepppner at Oregon Classic (Redmond), 10 a.m. Saturday Pendleton, Hermiston, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Heppner at Oregon Classic (Redmond), 10 a.m. PREP SWIMMING Saturday Pendleton at Madras, 10 a.m. Hermiston at La Grande, Noon COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Oregon Tech at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 8 p.m. Saturday Spokane at Blue Mountain, 4 p.m. Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Oregon Tech at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 6 p.m. Saturday Spokane at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Prep Standings BOYS BASKETBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Hermiston 0-0 7-6 782 801 16 Pendleton 0-0 4-6 527 562 10 The Dalles 0-0 2-9 597 869 26 Hood River 0-0 1-10 624 733 33 Baker Ontario Mac-Hi La Grande Greater Oregon League (4A) Ovr. Conf. PS 0-0 6-8 744 0-0 4-7 627 0-0 4-10 557 0-0 2-4 311 PA Rnk 794 29 701 24 648 30 321 28 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS Riverside 1-0 5-8 553 Nyssa 1-0 5-9 692 Umatilla 0-1 7-8 762 Vale 0-1 2-10 507 PA Rnk 547 27 720 15 795 21 677 33 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Heppner 2-0 12-1 739 591 2 Irrigon 1-1 9-4 703 557 8 Stanfield 1-1 8-2 626 501 12 Pilot Rock 1-1 7-9 690 744 28 W-M 1-1 4-6 495 539 30 Culver 0-2 4-9 538 666 43 Big Sky League (1A) Conf. Ovr. S. Wasco 2-0 10-1 Sherman 2-0 7-4 Arlington 1-1 7-6 PS 629 706 591 PA Rnk 355 4 604 7 532 40 Con./Whe. 1-1 Dufur 1-1 Horizon Chr. 1-1 Mitchell 0-2 Ione 0-2 5-6 4-6 3-5 5-6 1-9 485 500 359 407 287 Old Oregon League (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS Nixyaawii 3-0 13-1 1021 Powder Val. 3-1 9-3 684 Joseph 2-1 6-6 501 Echo 2-2 4-10 631 Wallowa 2-2 3-9 379 Helix 0-3 2-11 387 Pine Eagle 0-3 1-10 384 510 503 430 496 605 37 26 13 43 54 PA Rnk 717 2 468 6 555 19 658 42 574 34 625 63 599 59 GIRLS BASKETBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Hermiston 0-0 11-3 779 615 7 The Dalles 0-0 6-6 533 481 22 Pendleton 0-0 4-8 555 615 24 Hood River 0-0 3-8 376 518 30 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. PS Mac-Hi 0-0 8-5 512 La Grande 0-0 7-4 644 Baker 0-0 7-6 581 Ontario 0-0 2-8 285 PA Rnk 537 17 525 10 586 14 447 26 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS Umatilla 1-0 11-4 714 Vale 1-0 9-4 557 Nyssa 0-1 9-5 587 Riverside 0-1 3-9 384 PA Rnk 503 13 515 9 495 15 499 30 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Pilot Rock 2-0 11-5 739 599 7 W-M 2-0 5-6 476 449 20 Stanfield 1-1 5-5 400 374 23 Irrigon 1-1 4-8 421 473 26 Culver 0-2 7-6 510 426 33 Heppner 0-2 2-11 352 529 38 Big Sky League (1A) Conf. Ovr. Arlington 2-0 9-4 Ione 2-0 5-5 Con./Whe. 1-1 10-2 S. Wasco 1-1 5-5 Dufur 1-1 2-8 Sherman 1-1 1-8 Horizon Chr. 0-2 3-5 Mitchell 0-2 3-8 PS 562 418 521 317 323 246 246 336 PA Rnk 386 32 462 17 386 11 381 21 463 40 481 47 342 42 398 57 Old Oregon League (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS Nixyaawii 3-0 13-1 739 Helix 3-0 10-3 558 Joseph 2-1 6-6 568 Powder Val. 2-2 6-7 595 Pine Eagle 1-2 1-10 211 Echo 1-3 6-8 538 Wallowa 0-4 1-12 203 PA Rnk 445 8 454 5 472 33 473 27 552 49 508 24 639 52 Football NCAA Monday, Jan. 11 College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz. Alabama 45, Clemson 40 Saturday, Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 1 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson, Calif. National vs. American, 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday, Jan. 30 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 2:30 p.m. (NFLN) NFL Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 Kansas City 30, Houston 0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 Sunday, Jan. 10 Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 Kansas City at New England, 1:35 (CBS) Green Bay at Arizona, 5:15 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 17 Seattle at Carolina, 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh at Denver, 1:30 p.m. (CBS) Basketball NCAA The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 10, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Kansas (63) 14-1 1,621 1 2. Oklahoma (1) 13-1 1,551 2 3. Maryland 15-1 1,472 3 4. Michigan St. (1) 16-1 1,446 5 5. North Carolina 15-2 1,371 6 6. Villanova 14-2 1,246 11 7. Xavier 14-1 1,200 10 8. Miami 13-1 1,139 12 9. Duke 14-2 1,100 14 10. SMU 15-0 1,040 15 11. West Virginia 14-1 867 17 12. Providence 14-2 862 8 13. Virginia 12-3 818 4 14. Kentucky 12-3 698 9 15. Texas A&M 13-2 668 21 16. Iowa 12-3 656 19 17. Iowa St. 12-3 555 13 18. Arizona 13-3 537 7 19. South Carolina 15-0 527 22 20. Pittsburgh 14-1 334 24 21. Louisville 13-3 330 16 22. Baylor 12-3 325 — 23. Butler 12-4 302 18 24. Purdue 14-3 145 20 25. Gonzaga 13-3 101 — Others receiving votes: Southern Cal 79, Indiana 59, UCLA 21, Texas Tech 10, Utah 10, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 8, Wichita St. 7, Oregon 6, Valparaiso 6, Hawaii 4, Akron 1, Dayton 1, Oregon St. 1, St. Bonaventure 1. Ballots Online: http://collegebasketball. ap.org/poll NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 24 15 .615 — Boston 19 18 .514 4 New York 19 20 .487 5 Brooklyn 10 28 .263 13½ Philadelphia 4 36 .100 20½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 23 15 .605 — Miami 22 16 .579 1 Orlando 20 18 .526 3 Washington 17 19 .472 5 Charlotte 17 20 .459 5½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 26 9 .743 — Chicago 22 14 .611 4½ Indiana 21 16 .568 6 Detroit 21 16 .568 6 Milwaukee 15 24 .385 13 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 33 6 .846 — Dallas 22 16 .579 10½ Memphis 21 18 .538 12 Houston 19 19 .500 13½ New Orleans 11 25 .306 20½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 26 12 .684 — Utah 17 20 .459 8½ Portland 16 24 .400 11 Denver 14 24 .368 12 Minnesota 12 26 .316 14 Paciic Division W L Pct GB Golden State 36 2 .947 — L.A. Clippers 25 13 .658 11 Sacramento 15 22 .405 20½ Phoenix 13 26 .333 23½ L.A. Lakers 8 31 .205 28½ ——— Sunday’s Games L.A. Clippers 114, New Orleans 111, OT Dallas 93, Minnesota 87 Memphis 101, Boston 98 Cleveland 95, Philadelphia 85 Houston 107, Indiana 103, OT New York 100, Milwaukee 88 Denver 95, Charlotte 92 Portland 115, Oklahoma City 110 Utah 86, L.A. Lakers 74 Monday’s Games San Antonio 106, Brooklyn 79 Washington 114, Chicago 100 Golden State 111, Miami 103 Today’s Games Phoenix at Indiana, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Boston at New York, 4:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Chicago at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Houston at Memphis, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 43 26 12 5 57 118 92 Detroit 42 22 13 7 51 105 108 Montreal 43 23 17 3 49 122 107 Boston 41 21 15 5 47 124 110 Tampa Bay 42 21 17 4 46 107 102 Ottawa 43 20 17 6 46 119 131 Toronto 40 16 17 7 39 104 112 Buffalo 42 16 22 4 36 97 115 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 42 32 7 3 67 139 90 N.Y. Rangers 42 23 14 5 51 123 110 N.Y. Islanders 42 22 15 5 49 114 107 New Jersey 43 21 17 5 47 97 102 Pittsburgh 41 20 16 5 45 97 100 Philadelphia 40 18 15 7 43 91 108 Carolina 43 18 18 7 43 102 118 Columbus 43 15 24 4 34 109 139 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 44 29 11 4 62 149 116 Chicago 44 27 13 4 58 126 104 St. Louis 45 24 14 7 55 111 112 Minnesota 42 22 12 8 52 111 99 Nashville 42 19 16 7 45 107 115 Colorado 43 21 19 3 45 125 123 Winnipeg 42 19 20 3 41 111 121 Paciic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 41 26 12 3 55 108 90 Arizona 41 21 16 4 46 116 125 Vancouver 43 17 16 10 44 105 120 San Jose 40 20 18 2 42 114 112 Anaheim 41 17 17 7 41 78 99 Calgary 41 19 20 2 40 109 129 Edmonton 43 17 23 3 37 105 127 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ——— Sunday’s Games Buffalo 4, Winnipeg 2 Washington 7, Ottawa 1 Chicago 6, Colorado 3 New Jersey 2, Minnesota 1 Detroit 2, Anaheim 1 Florida 2, Edmonton 1 Monday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 2, Boston 1 San Jose 5, Calgary 4 Vancouver 3, Florida 2, OT Detroit at Los Angeles, (n) Today’s Games Columbus at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7 p.m. New Jersey at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Buffalo at Minnesota, 8 p.m. San Jose at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Colorado, 9 p.m. Edmonton at Arizona, 9 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Columbus at Toronto, 7 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Florida at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Ottawa at Anaheim, 10 p.m.