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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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eight points and 10 rebounds.
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Report says Putin may have consulted on doping
The report, written by
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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.
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Blazers
were
coming off a 115-110
victory Monday over Okla-
homa City, notable because
Lillard scored 17 points
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half, with neither one able
to extend its advantage into
double digits.
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moment midway through
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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).
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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
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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
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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
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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.