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SPORTS Friday, January 22, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3B Women’s Basketball College Football Alleyne having record-breaking senior year Oregon AD added to playoff selection committee Ducks’ ace rebounder more interested in team achievements By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Each time she steps on the court, Oregon’s Jillian Alleyne remembers the life lessons she’s learned from a special 8-year-old boy. 7KH 3DF¶V PRVW SUROL¿F rebounder spent half of last year working with Harrison Kaiser, a Eugene boy with a cerebral SDOV\OLNH FRQGLWLRQ &RQ¿QHG WR D wheelchair, Harrison is also unable to communicate verbally. Yet he’s spoken to Alleyne in so many other ways. “I’d go over after practice and he’d love to go on walks. We’d go on an hour walk and we’d go to the park and we’d kind of just stand there and watch other people play basketball. He just really enjoyed the simple things, like eating ice cream,” she said. “It just taught me life is a gift, and people take it for granted sometimes in the way they live and the material things they have. He just taught me to enjoy everything.” Right now, Alleyne is enjoying the spotlight. Last weekend, she became the Pac-12’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,574 boards, passing former Stanford star Chiney Ogwumike (1,567). Typical of Alleyne, she didn’t know she’d set the record until she heard the PA announcer at Matthew Knight Arena point out the feat to fans. “She was born to rebound, she really was,” Oregon second-year coach Kelly Graves said afterward. “She’s got an amazing nose for the ball and sometimes the rebounds don’t mean as much, but (against Cal) every rebound meant some- thing. I’m happy for her.” Associated Press Photo courtesy of GoDucks.com In this undated ile photo, Oregon’s Jillian Alleyne leads her teammates in a pregame huddle at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene. Alleyne became the Pac-!2’s all-time leading rebounder this season with 1,574. Although Oregon (12-5, 1-5) is still building under Graves, Alleyne is playing out a college career that has seen several other personal records fall, too. She holds the league’s record for rebounds in the single game with 27, and the record for most rebounds in a season, with 519 as a sophomore. That’s the sixth most in the NCAA record book. She has 83 career double-doubles, ZKLFKSXWVKHUDW¿IWKRQWKH1&$$ all-time list. She needs two more to match Ogwumike’s Pac-12 record. This season, Alleyne leads the Ducks with an average of 17.8 points and 13.5 boards a game, ranking her third in the nation for rebounds. For her career, her average is 14.3 rebounds a game, which right now slots her at fourth on the NCAA’s all-time career list. While the records are nice, Alleyne would rather have wins. But the Pac-12 conference is particularly GLI¿FXOWWKLVVHDVRQZLWKIRXUWHDPV — Arizona State, Oregon State, Stanford and UCLA — ranked in the AP Top 25. “It’s an honor, but it’s a reminder that I have to work harder for my team’s success,” she said. Rebounds have always come easy to Alleyne, it was life that was hard. When she was growing up in Southern California, her mom struggled to make ends meet and the family moved from apartment to apartment, often just one step away from homelessness. Pamela Williamson worked multiple jobs at times to keep food on the table for her daughters Jillian and Faith. ³,W KDV GH¿QLWHO\ VKDSHG P\ perspective and my outlook on life, because I see so many opportunities that I just feel like anything is possible,” Alleyne said. “After all I went through growing up, and having hit rock bottom, I feel like the only way is up.” Williamson still works with kids with autism and it’s clear where Alleyne picked up her altruism. Standing at 6-foot-3, Alleyne has long cascading braids that are tinted green for the Ducks. She’d like to continue working with kids like Harrison, and her major is in Commu- nication Disorders and Sciences. 6KH¶VÀXHQWLQVLJQODQJXDJH “He just adores her, and she was just wonderful with him,” Harrison’s mom, Jillyn Kaiser said. “He gets a huge smile on his face whenever he hears her name. They have a real mutual love for each other.” When she was with Harrison, Alleyne had to give her full attention to him. It’s a skill that now she takes to every practice, every game. “Being in the moment is my biggest thing, and staying focused. I have to remember that I can’t worry about the end result in the game, or what’s going to happen in the next possession,” she said. “It’s to stay present in the moment I’m in, whether it’s offense or defense, and make sure I give everything I can for my teammates.” And enjoy every moment. NASCAR 6WHZDUWDWHDVHKHDGLQJLQWR¿QDOVHDVRQRIVWRULHGFDUHHU By JENNA FRYER Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Stewart is a man at peace as he heads LQWRWKH¿QDOVHDVRQRIKLV1$6&$5 career. +H LV VDWLV¿HG ZLWK ZKDW KH KDV accomplished and has no regrets about the three glaring holes on his resume. Stewart is also adamant that his struggles the last two years, on and off the track, have nothing to do with his decision to retire at the end of this season. The three-time NASCAR cham- pion reiterated Thursday he will race in other series after this year — but not the Indianapolis 500, he insisted — and his decision to leave the Sprint Cup Series is simply about giving himself more free time to pursue everything that has been on hold the last three decades. “I’m still going to race, I just don’t know how much yet,” Stewart said. “The nice thing is I’ll have VRPHÀH[LELOLW\WRJRGRVRPHRWKHU things I want to do.” First up on the bucket list: He wants to attend the Formula One race in Monaco with co-owner Gene +DDV ZKR ZLOO ¿HOG DQ ) WHDP beginning this season. But that will have to wait until EHFDXVH 6WHZDUW KDV D ¿QDO farewell tour ahead of him for the next 11 months. He doesn’t want the same sendoff given to Jeff Gordon, who was feted and presented with gifts at nearly every stop on the 36-race schedule last year. Stewart wouldn’t mind, though, having the kind of year Gordon did RQWKHWUDFN*RUGRQFORVHGKLV¿QDO season by dramatically winning at I like his drive and determination, and those are things that you can’t teach somebody.” Stewart’s mood was good as he QRWHG LW ZDV WKH ¿QDO WLPH RQ WKH preseason media tour. He declined to answer questions about an incident last weekend at the Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he climbed into the stands to confront a heckler. Stewart encouraged anyone curious about the confrontation to scan social media for witness accounts of what led to the incident. Other than that, no topic was off limits. He talked about his desire to win the Daytona 500, the Southern 500 and at Kentucky Speedway — the only things missing from his AP Photo/Mike McCarn resume — and acknowledged his Stewart Haas Racing co-owner and driver Tony Stewart talks to performance has been subpar. He members of the media during the NASCAR Charlotte Motor Speed- repeated several times that he’s too way Media Tour in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. old — he turns 45 in May — to run Martinsville Speedway in November on the track, his car struck and killed the Indianapolis 500, but that he’s WRFOLQFKDEHUWKLQWKH¿QDOIRXURI a sprint car driver at a New York open to a lot of different opportuni- dirt track. Stewart wasn’t criminally ties beginning in November when NASCAR’s championship race. Although Gordon didn’t win charged, but the emotional toll his NASCAR career comes to a the title, he was in the running and weighed on him for months and he close. FOLPEHG IURP KLV FDU IRU WKH ¿QDO is still facing a lawsuit from Kevin “The reason I am retiring is not Ward Jr.’s family. time at the top of his game. performance based, but when you Although 2015 was fairly drama- go into your last season, you hope “That was 99 percent of a perfect season and I don’t have any grand free, Stewart had career lows in you go out on top,” he said. “If we illusions that I’m going to have that nearly every category. He has not went out there and ran 15 races and kind of year this year,” Stewart said. won a race since 2013 and he split won the championship, it would not “I would love to, but what we’ve with crew chief Chad Johnston at the be, ‘Man, I want to come back next done the last two years, it may or end of last season. year.’ Stewart will be paired this year may not be in our cards. We’re going “We’re done. When Homestead ZLWK ¿UVW\HDU FUHZ FKLHI 0LFKDHO happens, no matter how the year to give 100 percent.” Stewart has been a shell of Bugarewicz, who was race engi- went, we’re done. If it’s a terrible himself the last two years. He was neer the last two seasons on Kevin year, I am not going to sit there and struggling through the 2013 season Harvick’s team. Stewart is not sure WKLQN WKDW GH¿QHG P\ FDUHHU 7KH when he broke his leg in a sprint car how long it will take the duo to click, stats will show what we did over DFFLGHQWDQGPLVVHGWKH¿QDOWKLUGRI EXWKHLVHDJHUWR¿QGRXW 18 years. No matter how the season “It’s two people trying to learn goes, I think I’m going to be able the NASCAR season. His return in 2014 was a struggle, each other’s language,” Stewart said. to say I had a successful run in the too. Aside from his failure to perform “I really like what I see in him so far, Sprint Cup Series.” IRVING, Texas — Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens and former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr are among the four new additions to the College Football Playoff selection committee. College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock announced Thursday that Mullens, Carr, former Southern Mississippi coach Jeff Bower and former Central Michigan coach and athletic director Herb Deromedi will be added to the 12-member committee starting next season. They will serve three-year terms. The new members will replace Southern California athletic director Pat Haden, former Nebraska coach Tom Osborne, former Big East commissioner Mike Trang- hese and former Air Force Academy superintendent Mike Gould. Last week, Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt was chosen as the new chairman of the selec- tion committee, replacing Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long. Carr coached Michigan from 1996-2007, leading the Wolverines to their last national title in 1997. Deromedi spent 38 years at Central Michigan and retired in 1993 as the winnin- gest coach in Mid-American Conference history, with a 110-55-10 record. He was athletic director at Central Michigan from 1994-2006. Bower led Southern Miss to 14 straight winning seasons and four Conference USA championships from 1990-2007. Mullens has been athletic director at Oregon since 2010 and is a graduate of West Virginia. College Basketball Utes put away Cougs PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Jordan Loveridge scored 22 points and Brandon Taylor added 21 to lead Utah to a 92-71 win over Wash- ington State on Thursday night. The Utes (14-5, 3-3 Pac-12), who have won two in a row and three of four, evened their conference record after starting 0-2 in league play. Jacob Poeltl had 14 points and Lorenzo Bonam 13 for Utah. Que Johnson and Josh Hawkinson both scored 16 points for Washington State (9-9, 1-5). The Cougars have lost a season-high four straight and seven of nine. WSU started the season 4-0. The Utes, who had not scored more than 59 points in the previous four games, VFRUHG LQ WKH ¿UVW KDOI against WSU. The Cougars trailed 43-28 at intermission. It was the third consecutive game in which WSU trailed by 15 at the half. SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Today Irrigon at Culver, 4:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Stanield, 4:30 p.m. Heppner at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. Nixyaawii at Joseph, 6:30 p.m. Pendleton at Hood River, 7 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Ione at South Wasco, 7:30 p.m. Sherman at Arlington, 7:30 p.m. Dufur at Condon/Wheeler, 7:30 p.m. Pine Eagle at Helix, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Condon/Wheeler at Sherman, 3:30 p.m. Baker at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m. Nixyaawii at Wallowa, 5:30 p.m. Helix at Echo, 5:30 p.m. Arlington at Dufur, 5:30 p.m. Horizon Christian at Ione, 5:30 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Today Nixyaawii at Joseph, 5 p.m. Irrigon at Culver, 6 p.m. Pine Eagle at Helix, 6 p.m. Ione at South Wasco, 6 p.m. Dufur at Condon/Wheeler (Condon), 6 p.m. Sherman at Arlington, 6 p.m. Hood River at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Hermiston at The Dalles, 7 p.m. Heppner at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Stanield, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Condon/Wheeler at Sherman, 2 p.m. Baker at Mac-Hi, 3 p.m. Horizon Christian at Ione, 4 p.m. Arlington at Dufur, 4 p.m. Nixyaawii at Wallowa, 4 p.m. Helix at Echo, 4 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Today Hermiston at Reser’s TOC (Corvallis), 9 a.m. Heppner at Grant Union Invite, 10 a.m. Echo at Parma Meet, TBD Irrigon at Grant Union, 8 a.m. Saturday Hermiston at Reser’s TOC (Corvallis), 9 a.m. Mac-Hi, Echo at Parma Tournament, 5 p.m. PREP SWIMMING Saturday Pendleton, Hermiston at Hood River, 10 a.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Today Northwest Christian at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. Blue Mountain at Yakima Valley, 8 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at Wenatchee Valley, 4 p.m. Corban at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Northwest Christian at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Blue Mountain at Yakima Valley, 6 p.m. Saturday Corban at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Blue Mountain at Wenatchee Valley, 2 p.m. Prep Standings BOYS BASKETBALL Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Nyssa 3-0 8-10 890 894 Riverside 3-1 7-10 739 728 Umatilla 1-3 9-10 937 977 Vale 0-3 3-12 630 811 GIRLS BASKETBALL Rnk 15 27 23 34 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Umatilla 4-0 15-4 886 615 Vale 2-1 10-6 670 611 Nyssa 1-2 10-7 719 617 Riverside 0-4 3-13 468 691 Rnk 10 13 18 31 Basketball NBA Thursday’s Games New Orleans 115, Detroit 99 Cleveland 115, L.A. Clippers 102 Memphis 102, Denver 101 Sacramento 91, Atlanta 88 San Antonio 117, Phoenix 89 Today’s Games Charlotte at Orlando, 4 p.m. Utah at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Boston, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New York, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 5 p.m. Miami at Toronto, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Indiana at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. NCAA Women’s Top 25 Thursday 2. South Carolina (18-0) beat Auburn 74-58. Next: at No. 10 Mississippi State, Sunday. 3. Notre Dame (18-1) beat Syracuse 90- 62. Next: vs. Virginia Tech, Sunday. 7. Ohio State (14-4) beat Michigan 97-93. Next: at Rutgers, Sunday. 9. Kentucky (14-3) lost to Mississippi 73- 65. Next: vs. No. 18 Tennessee, Monday. 10. Mississippi State (17-3) lost to Georgia 47-43. Next: vs. No. 2 South Carolina, Sunday. 13. Texas A&M (14-5) beat No. 23 Missou- ri 81-77, OT. Next: at Alabama, Thursday. 14. Florida State (14-4) beat Virginia 70-48. Next: at No. 16 Miami, Sunday. 18. Tennessee (12-6) beat Vanderbilt 58- 49. Next: at No. 9 Kentucky, Monday. 22. Florida (16-3) beat Alabama 80-72. Next: at Missouri, Sunday. 23. Missouri (15-4) lost to No. 13 Texas A&M 81-77, OT. Next: vs. LSU, Thursday. Men’s Top 25 Thursday 9. Iowa (15-3) beat Rutgers 90-76. Next: vs. No. 22 Purdue, Sunday. 12. Arizona (16-3) beat Stanford 71-57. Next: at California, Saturday. 21. Southern Cal (15-4) lost to Oregon 89- 81. Next: at Oregon State, Sunday. 22. Purdue (17-3) beat Ohio State 75-64. Next: at No. 9 Iowa, Sunday. 23. Kentucky (14-4) beat Arkansas 80-66. Next: vs. Vanderbilt, Saturday. Standings Pac-12 Conf Washington 5-1 Oregon 4-2 USC 4-2 Arizona 4-2 Stanford 3-3 Colorado 3-3 California 3-3 Utah 3-3 UCLA 3-3 Oregon St. 2-4 Arizona St. 1-5 Washington St. 1-5 Hockey NHL Thursday’s Games Vancouver 4, Boston 2 Ovr 13-5 15-4 15-4 16-3 10-7 14-5 13-6 14-5 12-7 11-6 11-8 9-9 Str W2 W1 L1 W3 L1 L1 W1 W2 W1 L3 L2 L4 New Jersey 6, Ottawa 3 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3 Calgary 4, Columbus 2 Carolina 1, Toronto 0, OT Tampa Bay 2, Chicago 1 Nashville 4, Winnipeg 1 Dallas 3, Edmonton 2 San Jose 3, Arizona 1 Minnesota at Los Angeles, late Today’s Games Anaheim at Washington, 2 p.m. Detroit at Buffalo, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Florida, 4:30 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 6 p.m. Football NFL Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC: New England at Denver, 12:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC: Arizona at Carolina, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) Tennis Australian Open Thursday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Second Round Men Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 6-0, 6-4, 6-1. Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. David Ferrer (8), Spain, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. John Isner (10), United States, def. Mar- cel Granollers, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2). Milos Raonic (13), Canada, def. Tommy Robredo, Spain, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 7-5. Bernard Tomic (16), Australia, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5. Feliciano Lopez (18), Spain, def. Guido Pella, Argentina, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 6-4. Viktor Troicki (21), Serbia, def. Tim Smy- czek, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4). Gael Monils (23), France, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1. Jack Sock (25), United States, lost to Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-3. Jeremy Chardy (30), France, lost to An- drey Kuznetsov, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). Steve Johnson (31), United States, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Joao Sousa (32), Portugal, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1. Women Garbine Muguruza (3), Spain, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2. Angelique Kerber (7), Germany, def. Alex- andra Dulgheru, Romania, 6-2, 6-4. Karolina Pliskova (9), Czech Republic, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Timea Bacsinszky (11), Switzerland, lost to Annika Beck, Germany, 6-2, 6-3. Victoria Azarenka (14), Belarus, def. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 6-1, 6-2. Madison Keys (15), United States, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3. Elina Svitolina (18), Ukraine, lost to Naomi Osaka, Japan, 6-4, 6-4. Jelena Jankovic (19), Serbia, lost to Laura Siegemund, Germany, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Ana Ivanovic (20), Serbia, def. Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, 6-3, 6-3. Ekaterina Makarova (21), Russia, def. Tatjana Maria, Germany, 6-4, 6-2. Sabine Lisicki (30), Germany, lost to Deni- sa Allertova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
