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Newspaper Page TextPage 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Thursday, January 14, 2016 Oregon State’s Tres Tinkle (3) shoots while covered by Colorado’s Dominique Collier (15) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, in Boulder, Colo., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. College Basketball Buffs cruise past Beavers By PAT GRAHAM Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. — Josh Scott and Wesley Gordon combined for 37 points, 26 rebounds and nine blocked shots to help Colorado withstand a career night from Gary Payton II in a 71-54 win over Oregon State on Wednesday. 6FRWW¿QLVKHGZLWKDVHDVRQ high 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Fellow big man Gordon was just as effective as he contributed 12 points and 14 boards for the Buffaloes (13-4, 2-2 Pac-12), who bounced back from a demoralizing 56-54 loss to Utah last week on a last- second layup. Payton had a sensational game for Oregon State (11-4, 2-2) as he scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed a season- best 15 rebounds. He kept the Beavers in this game when not much else was working. The senior guard has now VFRUHGLQGRXEOH¿JXUHVLQRI 15 games this season. Oregon State Colorado 54 71 The Buffaloes built a 35-29 lead with 15:33 remaining, but that’s when Payton went to work. He outscored Colorado 9-2 during a 2:33 that gave Oregon State a 38-37 advantage. Just the kind of evening it was for Payton. He also had three assists and three steals. Colorado stormed back, though, by becoming assertive and attacking the rim. Gordon energized the crowd when he slammed home a rebound and Josh Fortune was later fouled after making a layup. A 3-pointer by Thomas Akyazili and a pair of free throws from Dominique Collier made it 56-45 with 5:49 left and the Buffaloes cruised to the ¿QLVK Payton is in the midst of a stellar season, leading Oregon State in points, rebounds, assists and steals. He’s attempting to become just the second player at Oregon State to accomplish the feat. Lester Conner led the Beavers in all four categories in 1981-82, when he averaged 14.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 3.0 steals. In between making shots and grabbing rebounds, Payton received some good-natured ribbing from the student section, which chanted “Daddy’s Shadow” when he stepped to the free throw line. Payton’s father, Gary, is regarded as one of the top point guards in NBA history and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. Scott led the Buffaloes to a 29-25 halftime lead with 11 points. He and Gordon both stepped outside and hit a rare 3-pointer. They now have a combined seven 3-pointers this season. Payton nearly had a double- GRXEOH LQ WKH ¿UVW KDOI ZLWK eight points and 10 rebounds. AP Photo/Brennan Linsley Report says Putin may have consulted on doping The report, written by :$'$¶V¿UVWSUHVLGHQW'LFN Pound, says the IAAF must DENVER — The leader restructure to ensure corrup- of track’s governing body tion cannot go unchecked. told a lawyer he’d need to cut The corruption “cannot be a deal with Russian president blamed on a small number of Vladimir Putin to ensure nine miscreants,” Pound wrote. “The corruption was Russian athletes accused of doping wouldn’t compete at embedded in the organiza- 2013 world championships tion,” the report says. “It in Moscow, according to a cannot be ignored or dismissed new report on the scandal as attributable to the odd rene- that reached the top of the gade acting on his own.” The report comes a day sport and country. Details of the 89-page after the AP released details investigation, to be released from six years of IAAF by the World Anti-Doping internal emails, reports and Agency on Thursday, were notes showing a high level provided to The Associated of communication between Press early by a person who the athletics federation and had reviewed it. The person 5XVVLDQRI¿FLDOVDERXWVXVSL- GLGQRWZDQWWREHLGHQWL¿HG cious test results from the because the report had not nation’s athletes, including plans to cover up some been publicly released. By EDDIE PELLS Associated Press AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu dunks the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland on Wednesday. BLAZERS: Mason Plumlee YLFWLPRIÀDJUDQWIRXO Continued from 1B The Blazers were coming off a 115-110 victory Monday over Okla- homa City, notable because Lillard scored 17 points ²LQFOXGLQJ¿YHSRLQWHUV — in the last 3:07. He has SOD\HGLQ¿YHJDPHVVLQFH missing seven with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. The teams kept it close LQ D UDWKHU ODFNOXVWHU ¿UVW half, with neither one able to extend its advantage into double digits. There was a scary moment midway through WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU ZKHQ Hayward was slow to get up after it appeared he took an elbow. Hayward signaled to come out, but remained on Utah’s bench, and several minutes later returned to the game. Gobert elbowed Mason 3OXPOHHODWHLQWKH¿UVWKDOI IRUDÀDJUDQWIRXO Gerald Henderson’s 3-pointer gave the Blazers a 37-30 lead, their biggest of the game to that point. Portland led 43-37 at half- time, paced by Henderson’s 10 points off the bench. Lillard’s 3-pointer gave Portland a 51-39 lead, which it pushed to 70-54 on a 3 and a long jumper from Meyers Leonard. TIP-INS Jazz: Chris Johnson SOD\HG IRU LQ WKH ¿UVW half but did not return for the second because of viral gastroenteritis, the team said. Trail Blazers: The team honored the Portland Timbers for winning the MLS Cup. In his pregame session with reporters, coach Terry Stotts wore a Timbers scarf. ... Lillard had four 3-pointers. doping evidence. In addition to the deal- making friendship forged between Putin and then- IAAF president Lamine Diack, the report details a sudden increase from $6 million to $25 million for Russian rights to televise the 2013 worlds provided by a Russian bank, and also tells of a lawyer who was hand- picked by Diack to handle Russian cases even though he had little experience with anti-doping measures. It concludes there was no way members of the IAAF Council, which included current president Sebastian Coe, could have been unaware of the extent of doping and non-enforcement of the rules in track. Pound details meetings between Diack and IAAF lawyer Huw Roberts, who delivered details of the nine Russian doping cases directly to Diack and asked how he planned to resolve them. With no resolution coming, Diack explained to 5REHUWV³KHZDVLQDGLI¿FXOW position that could only be resolved by President Putin of Russia with whom he had struck up a friendship,” the report said. Eventually, the report says, none of the nine athletes competed in Moscow, but their cases were not further pursued by the IAAF. Those delays led to Roberts’ resig- nation in January 2014. By then, according to the report’s details, Roberts had virtually no control over cases involving Russians. NEAL: Family atmosphere helps sway decision to Eagles Continued from 1B Neal said. “I was playing to play. I enjoyed it, and I still do. It was a fun trip.” Neal joins an Eastern program that at 6-5 (5-3 Big Sky) had a down year when compared to recent seasons. The previous home of Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams, Jr., the Eagles are coming off their worst season since 2011-12. In their previous three seasons, the Eagles averaged just more than 11 wins and made the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs all three seasons. In 2011-12, Eastern went 13-2 and won the FCS championship. ³+H¶V GH¿QLWHO\ ZRUNHG hard to get where he’s at,” Stefani said. “Now you just need to get that work ethic going in your bookwork too.” Neal said he’s been talking to the Eastern coaching staff since the end of last school year and drove through the campus one time on their way to visit family in Spokane and liked it. In late 2FWREHU1HDOWRRNDQXQRI¿- family atmosphere with the coaching staff and players.” In his two seasons at Herm- iston, Neal was a defensive force. He led the Bulldogs in tackles for loss (33.5), sacks (19.5), total tackles (161) and quarterback hurries (35). +H DOVR IRUFHG ¿YH IXPEOHV recovered three of them and returned one for a touchdown and knocked down three passes at the line of scrimmage. Neal said he’s “all for” remaining at Eastern for four RUPD\EH¿YH\HDUVDQGWKDW be will likely play defensive end, though he could be moved inside to tackle. Neal is currently injured on the boys basketball team with an injury sustained in Hermiston’s 81-71 loss Contributed photo courtesy of Tre Neal Tuesday night at Sunnyside Hermiston senior Tre Neal poses in an Eastern Wash- ington Univeristy football jersey after committing to (WA). Neal slammed his the school to play football during a campus visit on hand against the backboard DQG EURNH KLV LQGH[ ¿QJHU Saturday, Jan. 9. QHDUWKH¿UVWNQXFNOH+HKDG cial visit to watch the Eagles EHVW ¿W KRQHVWO\´ KH VDLG a follow-up Wednesday to host Weber State, a game the “I love the program, the determine if surgery would home team won 14-13. coaching staff, the theory be needed. It is likely he could Finally, this past weekend, behind it and they have a miss the rest of the basketball 1HDOWRRNKLVRI¿FLDOYLVLWWR really good academic plan. season but should be healthy Cheney and committed there. “(And) just how tight- enough to start practices with “I just felt like it was the knit and close ... it’s a really Eastern in August. SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Today La Grande at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Friday Culver at Stanield, 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. Stanield 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 Friday Irrigon at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 6 p.m. Culver at Stanield, 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. Stanield at Irrigon, 5:30 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Today 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. Ovr. Conf. PS PA Rnk Baker 0-0 6-9 804 876 28 Ontario 0-0 4-8 669 754 26 Mac-Hi 0-0 4-11 591 689 32 La Grande 0-0 2-4 306 310 31 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Nyssa 1-0 6-9 745 762 16 Riverside 1-0 5-8 553 547 27 Umatilla 0-1 7-8 762 795 20 Vale 0-1 2-10 507 677 33 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Heppner 2-0 12-1 739 591 2 Irrigon 1-1 10-4 770 592 9 Stanield 1-1 9-2 695 529 12 Pilot Rock 1-1 7-9 690 744 28 W-M 1-1 4-6 495 539 29 Culver 0-2 5-9 600 723 43 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 7-7 853 882 15 Pendleton 0-0 5-6 609 622 13 The Dalles 0-0 2-9 597 869 26 Hood River 0-0 1-10 624 733 33 Greater Oregon League (4A) Big Sky League (1A) Conf. Ovr. Sherman 3-0 8-4 So. Wasco 2-0 10-1 Arlington 1-1 7-6 C/W 1-1 5-6 Horizon Chr. 1-1 3-6 Dufur 1-2 4-7 Mitchell 0-2 5-6 Ione 0-2 1-9 PS 769 629 591 485 394 538 407 287 PA Rnk 642 7 355 4 532 39 510 36 497 14 566 28 496 41 605 53 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 4-11 659 Wallowa 2-2 3-9 379 Helix 0-3 2-11 387 Pine Eagle 0-3 1-10 384 PA Rnk 717 2 468 6 555 21 727 44 574 37 625 62 599 56 GIRLS BASKETBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Hermiston 0-0 12-3 842 677 7 The Dalles 0-0 6-6 533 481 20 Pendleton 0-0 4-9 594 673 25 Hood River 0-0 3-8 376 518 31 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Mac-Hi 0-0 9-5 556 565 15 La Grande 0-0 8-4 702 564 10 Baker 0-0 7-7 616 658 18 Ontario 0-0 2-9 314 507 27 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Umatilla 1-0 11-4 714 503 12 Vale 1-0 9-5 587 554 13 Nyssa 0-1 9-5 587 495 16 Riverside 0-1 3-9 384 499 33 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk 2-0 11-5 739 599 6 2-0 5-6 476 449 19 1-1 5-6 426 404 27 1-1 5-8 481 493 25 0-2 8-6 546 456 32 0-2 2-11 352 529 37 Pilot Rock W-M Stanield Irrigon Culver Heppner Big Sky League (1A) Conf. Ovr. Arlington 2-0 9-4 Ione 2-0 5-5 Sherman 2-1 2-8 C/W 1-1 10-2 So. Wasco 1-1 5-5 Dufur 1-2 2-9 Horizon Chr. 0-2 3-6 Mitchell 0-2 3-8 PS 562 418 295 521 317 365 266 336 PA Rnk 386 31 462 19 523 42 386 11 281 21 512 46 402 43 398 60 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 7-8 568 Wallowa 0-4 1-12 203 PA Rnk 445 6 454 4 472 33 473 26 552 49 534 24 639 55 College Standings MEN’S BASKETBALL NWAC EAST Conf. Ovr. Pct. Streak Spokane 1-0 15-2 .882 W1 Big Bend 1-0 11-6 .647 W2 Columbia Basin 1-0 7-7 .500 W1 Walla Walla 1-0 7-9 .438 W1 Blue Mountain 0-1 9-7 .563 L1 Yakima Valley 0-1 6-9 .400 L5 Wenatchee Valley 0-1 3-11 .214 L2 Treasure Valley 0-1 2-10 .167 L2 CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE Conf. NW Christian 7-1 Southern Oregon 7-1 College of Idaho 6-2 Warner Paciic 6-2 Oregon Tech 4-4 Corban 4-4 Eastern Oregon 4-4 Evergreen 4-6 Northwest 3-7 Multnomah 1-7 Walla Walla 0-8 Ovr. 14-4 14-4 11-6 10-6 13-4 10-6 8-10 7-11 7-13 4-12 2-14 Pct. Streak .778 W7 .778 W1 .647 W4 .625 L1 .765 W3 .625 W1 .444 W1 .389 W1 .350 L4 .250 L5 .125 L14 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NWAC EAST Conf. Ovr. Walla Walla 2-0 13-2 Wenatchee Valley 1-0 13-3 Columbia Basin 1-0 9-7 Big Bend 1-0 7-10 Spokane 0-1 11-5 Treasure Valley 0-1 9-6 Blue Mountain 0-1 6-9 Yakima Valley 0-2 3-13 Pct. Streak .867 W10 .813 W2 .563 W2 .412 W1 .688 L1 .600 L3 .400 L2 .188 L9 CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE Conf. Ovr. Pct. Streak Southern Oregon 8-0 15-0 .1000 W15 Eastern Oregon 7-1 11-6 .647 W4 Warner Paciic 6-2 11-3 .786 W1 Oregon Tech 6-2 12-5 .706 W1 NW Christian 6-2 10-6 .625 W2 Northwest 4-6 8-11 .421 W1 Corban 3-5 8-9 .471 W1 College of Idaho 3-5 4-10 .286 L1 Evergreen 2-8 2-13 .133 L2 Multnomah 1-7 3-13 .188 L4 Walla Walla 0-8 0-15 .000 L15 Football NFL 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 NBA Wednesday’s Games Washington 106, Milwaukee 101 Charlotte 107, Atlanta 84 Brooklyn 110, New York 104 Houston 107, Minnesota 104 Oklahoma City 108, Dallas 89 Boston 103, Indiana 94 Denver 112, Golden State 110 New Orleans 109, Sacramento 97 Portland 99, Utah 85 L.A. Clippers 104, Miami 90 Thursday’s Games Toronto vs. Orlando at London, England, 12 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Cleveland at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Detroit at Memphis, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOP 25 Wednesday 2. Oklahoma (14-1) beat Oklahoma State 74-72. Next: vs. No. 11 West Virginia, Saturday. 6. Villanova (15-2) beat Marquette 83-68. Next: at Georgetown, Saturday. 9. Duke (14-3) lost to Clemson 68-63. Next: vs. Notre Dame, Saturday. 10. SMU (16-0) beat East Carolina 79-55. Next: at Tulane, Sunday. 19. South Carolina (15-1) lost to Alabama 73-50. Next: vs. Missouri, Saturday. 22. Baylor (13-3) beat TCU 82-54. Next: at Texas Tech, Saturday. 24. Purdue (15-3) beat Penn State 74-57. Next: at Rutgers, Monday. Hockey NHL Wednesday’s Games Columbus 3, Toronto 1 Philadelphia 3, Boston 2 Calgary 6, Florida 0 Anaheim 4, Ottawa 1 Today’s Games N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Washington, 4 p.m. Chicago at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Nashville at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Colorado, 6 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 6 p.m. Edmonton at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.