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SPORTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Sports shorts College Basketball Tri-City Americans prospect selected for Team Canada Brooks leads Oregon over Utah KENNEWICK, Wash, — Tri-City Americans prospect Carson Focht has been named to Team Canada for the Youth Olympic Winter Games, as announced by Hockey Canada today. Focht was the Americans’ ¿UVWURXQGSLFNWKRYHUDOO in the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft. Focht played in one game for the Americans this season on Nov. 24 against Moose Jaw. LeBron James to produce, appear in new reality show CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James will co-produce and appear in a reality TV series called “Cleveland Hustles.” James and his close friend and business FACES partner, Maverick Carter, are producing the series that will debut this summer on CNBC. James James also will make some cameo appearances. On the show, James and Carter will give four aspiring local entrepreneurs the chance to realize their own dreams while revitalizing a neighborhood in Cleveland. James and Carter will get assistance from business experts, who will invest in and mentor the entrepreneurs. The JRDOLVIRUWKHIRXUÀHGJOLQJ businesses to create local jobs. It’s the latest entertain- ment venture for the Cava- liers star. James appeared as himself in Amy Schumer’s comedy “Trainwreck” last summer and recently signed a movie development deal with Warner Bros. Ducks take control of game from opening tip By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — The Oregon Ducks have struggled with slow starts on the road this season. If Utah was expecting that on Thursday night, they had another thing coming. “We were really aggressive right from the start,” Dillon Brooks said. “We Oregon Utah 77 59 Oregon forward Elgin Cook dunks the ball over Utah forward Brekkott Chapman during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Salt Lake City, Thurs- day, Jan. 14, 2016. Oregon defeated Utah 77- 59. MXVWZDQWHGWRKLWWKHP¿UVW´ Brooks had 21 points and eight rebounds and the Ducks had the Utes reeling from the opening tip on their way to a 77-59 victory. “Wow, that was a fun game. To play AP Photo/George Frey See DUCKS/2B PENDLETON Buckaroos bounce Tigers Adams nets 20 points to continue scoring tear By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian 48 62 “We’ll i nd out on Saturday. I can just Xerox you a copy of the game plan, you can send it over to Kansas City. That might be easier for all of us.“ — Bill Belichick New England Patriots coach when asked if DE Chandler Jones would be benched against the Kansas City Chiefs in this weekend’s playoff game. The Boston Globe reported a bad reaction to synthetic marijuana caused a disoriented Jones to show up at the Foxborough Police sta- tion seeking assistance on Sunday morning. He was taken to the hospital and released later that day. He has not missed any practices or team meetings this week. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1965 — In one of the most notable trades in NBA history, the San Francisco Warriors deal Wilt Chamber- lain to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer and Paul Neumann. 1967 — The NFL’s Green Bay Packers open the Super Bowl series by defeating the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL, 35-10. 2004 — Michelle Wie shoots a respectable round of 2-over 72, leaving her nine strokes behind the leader after one round at the PGA Sony Open in Honolulu. Wie, 14, is believed to be the youngest player ever on the PGA Tour. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Pendleton coach Kyle Tedder knew senior Daniel Adams had the potential. “I always knew he was a scorer,” Tedder said. “I resonate with him as a player because that’s how I was. He’s a kid who loves to score, loves the game, and loves the spotlight.” After starting the season buried in Pendleton’s bench rotation, Adams has since developed into a dependable scoring option for the Buckaroos, and Thursday night’s game against La Grande only emphasized that. Adams buried six 3-pointers La Grande DQG ¿QLVKHG ZLWK SRLQWV LQ WKH¿UVWKDOIWRKHOS3HQGOHWRQWR DYLFWRU\WR¿QLVKXSWKH team’s non-league slate. “I’m feeling really good,” Adams said following the win. Pendleton “A lot of the plays I have to be patient, let the offense run, and trust the offense, and that’s what I did.” Tedder and the Buckaroo (6-6) coaches have been searching for a consistent No. 2 scoring threat behind Caden Smith, who scored 22 points Thursday, and over the last few weeks Adams has EHFRPHMXVWWKDW$GDPVKDVKLWGRXEOH¿JXUHVLQ each of the last four games, helping the Bucks to wins in three of those four. “He has been huge for us lately, and that’s ZKDWZHQHHGVRPHERG\WR¿OOWKHYRLGVFRULQJ ZLVH DQG ÀDWRXW VKRRWV WKH EDOO´ 7HGGHU VDLG “It’s fun to watch and I just hope he continues to take shots and make them and we have to have that to be successful.” $GDPVQHWWHGWKH%XFNDURRV¶¿UVWSRLQWVRIWKH game, hitting nothing but the bottom of the net on a long 3-pointer which set his rhythm in motion. He nailed one more 3-pointer in the quarter to help push the Bucks to an early 18-9 lead. But in the second quarter, Adams took off. Over the eight minute period, he nailed four of ¿YH DWWHPSWV IURP GHHS LQFOXGLQJ WZR WKDW JRW the coaches smiling, the bench cheering, and the Pendleton students going crazy. 7KH¿UVWFDPHZLWKMXVWOHVVWKDQWZRPLQXWHV game when Adams caught a cross-court pass about three feet behind the 3-point line, when he squared up, saw the space his defender gave Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton’s Caden Smith shoots the ball over La Grande’s Zack Jacobs in the Bucks’ 62- 48 win against the Tigers on Thursday in Pendleton. See BUCKAROOS/2B NFL Seahawks overcame early collapses to reach this point Seattle gets rematch with Carolina in divisional playoffs By TIM BOOTH Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — They sat around in the aftermath of a fourth loss in six games, this vaunted group of Seattle Seahawks defensive EDFNVWU\LQJWR¿JXUHRXWKRZWKH\ could make such a costly mistake. It was Week 6 and Carolina had just walked out of CenturyLink Field with an unlikely victory over the Seahawks thanks to two fourth quarter touchdowns. It left the likes of Richard Sherman and Earl 7KRPDVWU\LQJWR¿JXUHRXWKRZWR make corrections before the season slipped away. “It’s more so our standard than anything else. That’s what it comes down to. We’ve played a lot of AP Photo/Jim Mone Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman (25) points up during a post game news conference after an NFL wild-card foot- ball game against the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in Minneapolis. The Seahawks won 10-9. football around here and there were no excuses for what happened then and there,” Seattle defensive coordi- nator Kris Richard said. “We didn’t play up to our standard. We know it and thank God we have another opportunity to go out there and do something.” Seattle gets its chance to make XS IRU WKH PLVWDNHV RI WKDW ¿UVW meeting with the Panthers on Sunday when the teams meet in an NFC divisional playoff game. At the time in mid-October, that loss was a crushing blow, the second straight week the Seahawks had let a double-digit fourth-quarter lead slip away and another late collapse that WKUHDWHQHGWRGH¿QHWKHLUVHDVRQ But the Seahawks corrected those early mistakes — problems that were on both sides of the ball — and have won nine of 11 games since. And yes, there has been some luck involved in avoiding any more late collapses, most notably last week’s frozen escape in Minnesota when Blair Walsh missed a 27-yard ¿HOG JRDO WKDW ZRXOG KDYH HQGHG Seattle’s season. “We’ve grown a lot since that and this is an opportunity to show how much we’ve grown since the last time we played them,” linebacker Bobby Wagner said. See SEAHAWKS/2B
