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SPORTS Saturday, January 23, 2016 East Oregonian College Roundup No. 11 Oregon State downs Utah Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Jamie Weisner scored 23 points on Friday night and No. 11 Oregon State held off a late run to beat Utah 62-53. The Beavers (15-3, 6-1 Pac-12) led 56-36 with 6:35 left before Utah (12-6, 4-3) scored 15 straight to get ZLWKLQ¿YHDWWKHPDUN Weisner secured an offen- sive rebound with a minute left and made a pair of free WKURZV WR PDNH LW Sydney Wiese added 4-for-6 from the foul line to help Oregon State secure the win. Wiese had 12 points and 5XWK+DPEOLQEORFNHGHLJKW shots. Oregon State won its ¿IWK VWUDLJKW DQG UHPDLQHG alone in second place in the conference, one game behind Arizona State. Oregon State scored the ODVW SRLQWV RI WKH ¿UVW quarter and added a 3 on the ¿UVWSRVVHVVLRQRIWKHVHFRQG WROHDG Emily Potter had 17 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Utes. OREGON 59, COLO- RADO 46 — (AP) Lexi Bando and Jillian Alleyne, ZKR KDG KHU WK GRXEOH double, scored 14 points apiece to lead Oregon to a 59-46 over Colorado on Friday night. Eastern Oregon (11-11, 6-6 CCC) led 76-73 until Northwest Christian’s Javonte Byrd nailed that 3-pointer with just three seconds left in the game to tie the game at 76-76. The Mountaineers then turned the ball over on the inbounds play and then promptly fouled Byrd to send him to the free throw line for the win. Byrd went 1-2 from the line to give his team the win. It’s the second time this season that Northwest Christian has beaten Eastern Oregon at the last second, as WKH\KLWDEX]]HUEHDWHUEDFN on Dec. 19 to defeat the 0RXQWDLQHHUV Eastern Oregon held a 35-31 lead at halftime, but fell behind early in the second half, as Northwest Christian (17-4, 10-1) opened up a 12 point lead at WKHPDUNRIWKHKDOI Case Rada was Eastern Oregon’s high scorer with NORTHWEST CHRIS- 22 points on 9-13 shooting. TIAN 63, EASTERN Men’s Basketball Washington OREGON 54 — At La N O R T H W E S T Kentrell Grande, the Mountaineers CHRISTIAN 77, contributed 15 points, 12 shot just 29 percent and EASTERN OREGON rebounds, and seven assists. Kalvin Johanson and coughed up some costly 76 — At La Grande, Eastern second-half turnovers in a Oregon held a three-point 7UDYLV 0HHNHU URXQGHG RXW Cascade Collegiate Confer- lead with less than 30 the Mountaineers’ double- ence loss on Friday. VHFRQGV WR SOD\ EXW D NH\ digit scorers with 11 points After a Jordan Klebaum 3-pointer and made free and 10 points respectively. OD\XSSXOOHG(28 throw lifted Northwest The Mountaineers shot 51 CCC) within 33-31 with 7:20 Christian over the Moun- SHUFHQW IURP WKH ÀRRU DV D team and had 21 total assists. to play in the third quarter, taineers on Friday. Maite Cazorla added 11 SRLQWV IRU WKH 'XFNV 2-5 Pac 12) and Alleyne, the league’s all-time leading rebounder, had 15 boards. Zoe Beard-Fails had EDFNWREDFN EDVNHWV WKDW helped Colorado (5-13, WRDQOHDGLQWKH second quarter. Bando and Jordan Loera hit 3-pointers and Kat Cooper tied it with DOD\XSDW%DQGRKDGD 3 in a 7-1 closing run to give 2UHJRQ D OHDG DW WKH half. 7KH 'XFNV SXVKHG WKH lead to 10 in the third quarter before Colorado cut it to four EXWWZREDVNHWVE\&D]RUODLQ WKH ¿QDO PLQXWH SXW 2UHJRQ up 45-35. The Buffaloes had three free throws to start the four quarter but Lexi Petersen erased that with a trey and Oregon steadily built the lead up to 15 with less than four minutes left. eight straight Mountaineer turnovers allowed NCU (13-6, 9-2) to stretch the lead EDFNWRSRLQWV7KHFORVHVW EOU would come from there was nine points. 1&8WRRNGRZQ(28IRU a second time this season, and the Beacons improved to 13-6 and 9-2 on the year. Meanwhile, the Mountain- HHUVGURSSHGWRRYHUDOO and 9-3 in CCC play. Madeline Laan and Payton Parrish netted 14 points apiece to pace EOU, while Chander Gabrio and Monique Thompson tallied SRLQWV HDFK IRU 1&8 which shot 47.9 percent IURPWKH¿HOG Former Hermiston team- mates Maloree Moss and Jeni Hoffert were on oppo- site sides in the meeting. 0RVV ¿QLVKHG ZLWK WKUHH assists and three rebounds for EOU and Hoffert pulled in a pair of boards and had a steal for NCU. Page 3B 6QRZVWRUPZUHDNV havoc on sports scene By JOHN KEKIS Associated Press A blizzard moving into the Eastern United States disrupted the sports schedule Friday, compli- cating team travel and EODQNHWLQJ WKH ¿HOG ZKHUH Sunday’s NFC champion- ship game will be played with a wintry mix. In Charlotte, North Carolina, crews scrambled WR NHHS XS ZLWK WKH VWRUP clearing snow and sleet from the tarp covering the %DQN RI $PHULFD 6WDGLXP ¿HOG7KH&DUROLQD3DQWKHUV host the Arizona Cardinals there in the NFC champion- ship game on Sunday night. Fans from afar who SODQQHG WR PDNH WKH WULS were forced to scramble, too. Delta was among a handful of airlines that FDQFHOHG DOO ÀLJKWV WR DQG from Charlotte on Friday because of the storm. The forecast for the game was FDOOLQJIRUFOHDUVNLHVZLWK temperatures expected to be in the mid-20s. Two NBA games and one in the NHL were postponed, as were several FROOHJH EDVNHWEDOO JDPHV and NASCAR’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The NBA said Boston’s game at Philadelphia sched- uled for Saturday night will be made up on Sunday at 7 p.m. The Utah Jazz’s game at Washington, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, will be reset at a later date. The NHL initially shifted the starting time of Friday’s game between the Wash- ington Capitals and Anaheim, moving it up two hours to 5 p.m. The league then post- poned it on Friday but did not \HW KDYH D PDNHXS GDWH $ decision regarding Sunday’s game between the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins and Capitals will be announced Saturday morning. Up to 2 feet of snow was predicted from what the National Weather Service was calling a “potentially crippling winter storm.” A state of emergency was declared in Pennsylvania for Saturday. The storm was H[SHFWHG WR GURS WR inches of snow and create possible blizzard conditions beginning Friday evening. NASCAR called off Friday night’s ceremony in Charlotte honoring 7HUU\/DERQWH-HUU\&RRN Bobby Isaac, Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner until Saturday afternoon. ³2. LW¶V ¿QDOO\ snowing,” NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. tweeted “I was the dummy who didn’t get the extra bread. Waiting out my repercussion.” Girls Basketball Shorthanded Cardinals pull out last-second win over Redsides East Oregonian high 13. Ione plays at Horizon MAUPIN — The short- Christian today. ——— KDQGHG ,RQH JLUOV EDVNHWEDOO IHS (8-6, 5-1) 9 14 13 15 — 51 team won its third game in a SWC (7-8, 2-4) 7 11 19 13 — 50 IONE — J. Flynn 26, R. Holland 13, I. row on Friday, pulling out a Sandford 6, K. Gilbert 4, M. Orem 2, S. 51-50 win over South Wasco Qualls, H. Padberg. SOUTH WASCO — A. Noland 13, K. LQ%LJ6N\/HDJXHDFWLRQ Moody 12, A. Birman 9, C. Hout 5, K. A pair of free throws by Sprouse 4, C. Davis 4, L. Hull, M. Davis. — IHS 1, SWC 3. Free throws the Redsides’ Kiana Moody — 3-pointers IHS 13-23, SWC 5-15. Fouls — IHS 16, put her team up 50-49 in the SWC 18. Fouled out — M. Davis (SWC). game’s closing moments, but WESTON-MCEWEN Jessie Flynn was fouled at the other end with eight seconds 41, STANFIELD 23 — At VKRZLQJ RQ WKH FORFN DQG 6WDQ¿HOG DIWHU SOD\LQJ WKH VDQN ERWK WR JLYH ,RQH 7LJHU6FRWV HYHQ LQ WKH ¿UVW quarter of their Columbia 5-1 BSL) the lead. 6RXWK :DVFR Basin Conference game the turned the ball over as it tried “turnover bug” caught the Tigers, said coach Daniel for a last-second shot. )O\QQ ¿QLVKHG ZLWK D Sharp. 6WDQ¿HOG &%& game-high 26 points and Rachel Holland added a ¿QLVKHG ZLWK PRUH WKDQ double-double with 13 points turnovers and didn’t help WKHPVHOYHVZLWKIRXOVRQ and 15 rebounds. Ione out-rebounded South defense. Chelsea Quaempts led Wasco 35-21, but playing without point guard Maggie :HVWRQ0F(ZHQ Flynn turned the ball over 32 with 12 points and the Tiger- Scots led 20-9 at halftime. times. Yazzmin Chavez paced 0RRG\ ¿QLVKHG ZLWK points for South Wasco and 6WDQ¿HOGZLWKHLJKWSRLQWV Both teams play Allie Noland added a team- non-league games on game at Heppner next Friday. ——— 7XHVGD\ ZLWK 6WDQ¿HOG IHS (6-10, 2-3) 6 3 11 16 — 36 at Sherman and Weston- CHS (10-7, 2-3) 16 4 11 8 — 39 IRRIGON — J. Burns 19, B. Aguilera McEwen at Mac-Hi. 9, T. Davis 4, B. Rice 2, N. Romero 2, A. ——— Zacarias, K. McLaughlin, L. Mills, H. Vera. W-M (8-8, 5-0) 6 14 9 12 — 41 SHS (6-9, 2-3) 6 3 3 11 — 23 WESTON-MCEWEN — C. Quaempts 12, A. Hill 8, S. Finifrock 8, A. Finifrock 5, B. Hillmick 4, A. Schroeder 2, J. Lambert 1, S. von Borstel 1, M. Muilenburg, A. Broncheau, K. Vescio, M. Aby. STANFIELD — Y. Chavez 8, G. Chavez 7, M. Grifin 4, C. Curiel 2, M. Banderas 2, A. Lemmon, N. Esquivel, S. Connell, A. Carrillo, C. Hopper. 3-pointers — W-M 0, SHS 3. Free throws — W-M 19-40, SHS 6-12. Fouls — W-M 13, SHS 28. CULVER 39, IRRIGON 36 — At Culver, the Bulldogs survived a late Knights rally in Columbia Basin Confer- ence play on Friday. Irrigon (6-10, 2-3 CBC) cut a 10-point lead to one with less than a minute to play but couldn’t hit the go-ahead shot. Jada Burns led Irrigon with 19 points, four assists and two steals, and Taylor Davis added a team-high six rebounds. Irma Retano paced Culver with 14 points. Up next for Irrigon is a CULVER — I. Retano 14, A. Fritz 6, J. Johnson 5, R. Slaght 4, C. Duff 4, H. Lewis 4, M. Beeler 2. 3-pointers — IHS 0, CHS 1. Free throws — IHS 10-24, CHS 12-23. HELIX 49, PINE EAGLE 26 — At Helix, the Grizzlies played a well- URXQGHG JDPH WR SLFN XS their 12th win on the season, defeating Pine Eagle on Friday night. “I’m really pleased with the win,” said Helix coach .LUN )OHUFKLQJHU ³3LQH (DJOH JDYH XV D IHZ ¿WV WR start, but our pressure after that was too much. The girls played really well.” Helix (12-4, 5-1 OOL) ¿QLVKHG ZLWK WKUHH SOD\HUV LQ GRXEOH¿JXUHV DV &KDU- mayne Bennett led with 13 points, Paden Flerchinger ZLWKSRLQWVDQG0DNHQ]LH Mize with 11 points. Bennett had 11 of her 13 in the second quarter. Helix next plays at Echo today at 4 p.m. ——— PECS (1-13, 1-5) 8 2 6 10 — 26 GHS (12-4, 5-1) 13 19 12 5 — 49 PINE EAGLE — L. Walker 16, H. Tanaka 6, A. Vannice 2, B. Bell 2. HELIX — C. Bennett 13, P. Flerchinger 12, M. Mize 11, E. Fehrenbacker 4, M. Tullis 3, S. Wilson 2, B. Newtson 2, K. Mize 2. 3-pointers — PECS 0, GHS 4. Free throws — PECS 0-0, GHS 3-7. Fouls — PECS 9, GHS 5. NIXYAAWII 54, JOSEPH 47 — At Joseph, the Nixyaawii Golden Eagles captured a new school record with their 16th straight win after defeating Joseph on Friday night. No details were reported. Nixyaawii (16-1, 6-0 OOL) next plays at Wallowa today at 4 p.m. Friday night, when Pilot 5RFN KRVWV 6WDQ¿HOG DQG Heppner hosts Irrigon. CONDON/WHEELER 52, DUFUR 26 — At Condon, the Condon/ Wheeler Knights earned WKHLU ¿IWK ZLQ LQ FRQIHUHQFH play after defeating Dufur on Friday night. No details were reported. Condon/Wheeler (14-2, 5-1 BSL) next plays at Sherman today at 2 p.m. ARLINGTON 48, SHERMAN 46 — At $UOLQJWRQ WKH +RQNHUV JRW EDFN RQ WKH ZLQQLQJ WUDFN with an overtime against Sherman on Friday night to stay in a three-way tie for PILOT ROCK 45, ¿UVWSODFH HEPPNER 26 — At Pilot No details were reported. 5RFNWKH5RFNHWVLPSURYHG Arlington (12-5, 5-1 BSL) to 4-1 in conference play next plays at Dufur today at by breezing to a win over 4 p.m. Heppner on Friday night. ———— No details were reported. Report scores and stats by 3LORW 5RFN calling (541) 966-0838 or by CBC) and Heppner (2-14, email at sports@eastorego- 0-5) are both off until next nian.com. SCOREBOARD Umatilla Vale Correction Pendleton’s JD Peters wrestled at 160 pounds in the Buckaroos’ dual win over Hood River on Thursday. His season record is 21-4. Incorrect information appeared in the article “Buckaroos win at Hood River” in the Jan. 22 edition. Local slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Today 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. Tuesday Pendleton at La Grande, 7 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Mac-Hi, 7:30 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Today 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. Tuesday Weston-McEwen at Mac-Hi, 6 p.m. La Grande at Pendleton, 7 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Today Hermiston at Reser’s TOC (Corvallis), 9 a.m. Mac-Hi, Echo at Parma Tournament, 5 p.m. PREP SWIMMING Today Pendleton, Hermiston at Hood River, 10 a.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Today Blue Mountain at Wenatchee Valley, 4 p.m. Corban at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Walla Walla at Blue Mountain, 8 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Today Corban at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Blue Mountain at Wenatchee Valley, 2 p.m. Wednesday Walla Walla at Blue Mountain, 6 p.m. Prep Standings BOYS BASKETBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Pendleton 1-0 7-6 753 724 10 Hermiston 1-0 8-8 978 979 16 The Dalles 0-1 3-12 795 1168 30 Hood River 0-1 1-12 731 871 33 Greater Oregon League (4A) Ovr. Conf. PS Baker 1-0 7-10 892 Mac-Hi 1-0 6-11 700 La Grande 1-1 4-6 511 Ontario 0-2 5-10 811 PA Rnk 960 27 794 22 491 31 924 33 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Nyssa 4-0 9-10 952 945 15 Riverside 3-1 7-10 739 728 23 1-3 0-4 9-10 3-13 937 681 977 873 24 35 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Heppner 5-0 15-1 917 706 2 Stanield 4-1 12-3 965 734 12 Irrigon 3-2 12-5 958 712 7 Wes-McE. 2-3 6-9 776 840 27 Pilot Rock 1-4 7-12 817 926 30 Culver 0-5 5-12 687 947 38 Big Sky League (1A) Conf. Ovr. Sherman 6-0 11-4 S. Wasco 4-1 13-2 Dufur 4-2 7-7 Con./Whe. 3-3 7-8 Horizon Chr. 3-3 5-9 Ione 1-4 2-11 Arlington 1-5 7-10 Mitchell 1-5 6-9 PS 984 865 672 672 620 412 749 563 PA Rnk 768 5 563 4 736 23 736 36 721 18 759 49 751 47 731 42 Old Oregon League (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS Nixyaawii 6-0 16-1 1252 Powder Val. 5-1 12-3 866 Joseph 4-2 8-7 663 Echo 3-3 5-12 747 Wallowa 2-4 3-11 443 Pine Eagle 1-5 2-12 481 Helix 0-6 2-14 488 PA Rnk 813 3 572 7 663 26 829 39 661 43 786 51 825 63 GIRLS BASKETBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Hermiston 1-0 13-3 886 709 6 Pendleton 1-0 6-9 735 736 21 The Dalles 0-1 8-7 691 627 19 Hood River 0-1 3-11 479 683 32 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf. Ovr. PS La Grande 2-0 11-4 898 Mac-Hi 1-0 11-5 625 Baker 0-1 7-9 689 Ontario 0-2 2-11 375 PA Rnk 683 6 622 13 783 23 618 28 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf. Ovr. PS Umatilla 4-0 15-4 886 Vale 2-1 10-6 670 Nyssa 1-2 10-7 719 Riverside 0-4 3-13 468 PA Rnk 615 10 611 13 617 20 691 32 Columbia Basin Conference (2A) Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Wes.-McE. 5-0 8-8 695 623 13 Pilot Rock 4-1 13-6 887 729 10 Culver 2-3 10-7 659 556 27 Stanield 2-3 6-9 552 556 30 Irrigon 2-3 6-10 619 623 24 Heppner 0-5 2-14 425 680 38 Big Sky League (1A) Conf. Ovr. Con./Whe. 5-1 14-2 Arlington 5-1 12-5 Ione 5-1 8-6 Horizon Chr. 3-3 6-8 Sherman 3-3 3-10 S. Wasco 2-4 7-8 Dufur 1-5 2-12 Mitchell 0-6 3-12 PS 723 731 613 423 430 488 481 448 PA Rnk 511 6 538 22 618 19 576 36 636 45 572 31 664 47 599 59 Old Oregon League (1A) Conf. Ovr. PS Nixyaawii 6-0 16-1 907 Helix 5-1 12-4 701 Powder Val. 4-2 9-7 732 Joseph 3-3 7-8 719 Echo 2-4 9-9 712 Pine Eagle 1-5 1-13 277 PA Rnk 545 2 583 5 574 24 607 32 631 27 716 46 Wallowa 0-6 1-14 241 747 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) Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 28 15 .651 — Boston 23 21 .523 5½ New York 22 23 .489 7 Brooklyn 11 33 .250 17½ Philadelphia 6 38 .136 22½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 26 18 .591 — Miami 23 21 .523 3 Washington 20 21 .488 4½ Orlando 20 22 .476 5 Charlotte 20 23 .465 5½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 30 11 .732 — Chicago 24 18 .571 6½ Indiana 23 20 .535 8 Detroit 23 20 .535 8 Milwaukee 19 26 .422 13 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 38 6 .864 — Memphis 25 19 .568 13 Dallas 25 20 .556 13½ Houston 23 22 .511 15½ New Orleans 15 27 .357 22 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 33 12 .733 — Utah 19 24 .442 13 Portland 19 26 .422 14 Denver 16 27 .372 16 Minnesota 13 31 .295 19½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 40 4 .909 — L.A. Clippers 28 15 .651 11½ Sacramento 19 23 .452 20 Phoenix 13 31 .295 27 L.A. Lakers 9 36 .200 31½ ——— Friday’s Games Charlotte 120, Orlando 116, OT Utah 108, Brooklyn 86 Boston 110, Chicago 101 L.A. Clippers 116, New York 88 Houston 102, Milwaukee 98 Toronto 101, Miami 81 Oklahoma City 109, Dallas 106 Golden State 122, Indiana 110 San Antonio 108, L.A. Lakers 95 Today’s Games Utah at Washington, ppd. Milwaukee at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, ppd. New York at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Memphis at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m. Atlanta at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Detroit at Denver, 6:30 p.m. Indiana at Sacramento, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Dallas at Houston, 12:30 p.m. 58 Oklahoma City at Brooklyn, 12:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 3 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. NCAA Men’s Top 25 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 13 Baylor, 9 a.m. No. 3 Kansas vs. Texas, 11 a.m. No. 4 Villanova vs. No. 16 Providence, 9 a.m. No. 5 Xavier vs. Seton Hall, 11 a.m. No. 6 West Virginia at Texas Tech, 10 a.m. No. 7 Maryland at No. 11 Michigan State, 3:30 p.m. No. 8 SMU at Temple, 5 p.m. No. 10 Texas A&M vs. Missouri, 1 p.m. No. 12 Arizona at California, 5:30 p.m. No. 13 Virginia vs. Syracuse, 9 a.m. No. 15 Miami vs. Wake Forest, 9 a.m. No. 17 Louisville at Georgia Tech, 1 p.m. No. 18 Butler at Creighton, 4:30 p.m. No. 19 Iowa State at TCU, 1 p.m. No. 20 Duke at N.C. State, 11 a.m. No. 23 Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt, 1 p.m. No. 24 South Carolina at Tennessee, 9 a.m. No. 25 Indiana vs. Northwestern, 9 a.m. Sunday’s Games No. 2 North Carolina at Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m. No. 9 Iowa vs. No. 22 Purdue, 10 a.m. No. 21 Southern Cal at Oregon State, Noon 48 46 45 45 49 20 22 20 21 19 17 19 18 21 25 11 5 7 3 5 51 49 47 45 43 117 132 124 138 91 106 122 137 121 145 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ——— Friday’s Games Colorado 2, St. Louis 1, SO Detroit 3, Buffalo 0 N.Y. Rangers 4, Carolina 1 N.Y. Islanders 5, Ottawa 2 Florida 4, Chicago 0 Anaheim at Washington, ppd., inclement weather Today’s Games Vancouver at Pittsburgh, 9:30 a.m. Minnesota at San Jose, 1 p.m. Columbus at Boston, 4 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Detroit, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Arizona, 6 p.m. Nashville at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Pittsburgh at Washington, 9:30 a.m. N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, Noon Calgary at Carolina, 3 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 7 p.m. Tennis Women’s Top 25 Friday’s Games No. 8 Arizona St. 61, Arizona 49 No. 11 Oregon St. 62, Utah 53 No. 12 Stanford 57, USC 47 No. 20 UCLA 75, California 56 No. 24 DePaul 81, Creighton 63 Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Florida 47 27 15 5 Tampa Bay 47 26 17 4 Detroit 47 24 15 8 Boston 46 24 17 5 Montreal 47 23 20 4 Ottawa 48 22 20 6 Toronto 45 17 20 8 Buffalo 48 19 25 4 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Washington 46 35 8 3 N.Y. Rangers 47 26 16 5 N.Y. Islanders 46 25 15 6 New Jersey 48 24 19 5 Pittsburgh 46 22 17 7 Carolina 49 21 20 8 Philadelphia 45 20 17 8 Columbus 48 17 27 4 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Chicago 51 32 15 4 Dallas 48 30 13 5 St. Louis 51 28 15 8 Minnesota 47 23 16 8 Colorado 49 25 21 3 Nashville 47 21 18 8 Winnipeg 47 21 23 3 Pacific Division GP W L OT Los Angeles 46 29 14 3 San Jose 45 24 18 3 Vancouver Arizona Anaheim Calgary Edmonton Pts 59 56 56 53 50 50 42 42 GF GA 125 105 127 112 115 118 139 121 129 122 134 152 111 125 108 128 Pts 73 57 56 53 51 50 48 38 GF GA 155 100 136 123 128 114 111 115 114 116 113 133 103 121 121 156 Pts 68 65 64 54 53 50 45 GF GA 145 117 159 129 129 126 117 109 135 132 121 128 120 135 Pts GF GA 61 121 104 51 130 122 Australian Open Friday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $30.18 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Third Round Kei Nishikori (7), Japan, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (26), Spain, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. David Gofin (15), Belgium, def. Dominic Thiem (19), Austria, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, 6-4, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4). Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Grigor Dimitrov (27), Bulgaria, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Gilles Simon (14), France, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. Roberto Bautista Agut (24), Spain, def. Marin Cilic (12), Croatia, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Andreas Seppi (28), Italy, 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (6). Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Nick Kyrgios (29), Australia, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. Women Third Round Belinda Bencic (12), Switzerland, def. Kat- eryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Maria Sharapova (5), Russia, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-0. Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, def. Roberta Vinci (13), Italy, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4. Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 6-4, 6-0. Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-4. Daria Gavrilova, Australia, def. Kristina Mladenovic (28), France, 6-4, 4-6, 11-9. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, 6-1, 6-1. Carla Suarez Navarro (10), Spain, def. Eli- zaveta Kulichkova, Russia, 6-4, 2-0, retired. Doubles Men Second Round Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (2), Brazil, def. Austin Krajicek and Donald Young, United States, 6-2, 6-3. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, and Jack Sock (9), United States, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, walkover. Treat Huey, Philippines, and Max Mirnyi (14), Belarus, def. Thomaz Bellucci and Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil, 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Bob and Mike Bryan (3), United States, def. Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 6-3, 6-2. Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Rajeev Ram (13), United States, def. Steve John- son and Sam Querrey, United States, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (4), Romania, def. Lukas Dlouhy and Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2. Women Second Round Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Katarina Srebotnik (4), Slove- nia, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. Anastasia and Arina Rodionova, Australia, def. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5). Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja (10), Spain, def. Irina Falconi and Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-2, 6-2. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, and Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, def. Madison Keys, United States, and Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 6-3, 7-5. Saturday Singles Women Third Round Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Denisa Aller- tova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2. Ekaterina Makarova (21), Russia, def. Kar- olina Pliskova (9), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Garbine Muguruza (3), Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Annika Beck, Germany, def. Laura Siege- mund, Germany, 6-0, 6-4. Victoria Azarenka (14), Belarus, def. Naomi Osaka, Japan, 6-1, 6-1. Doubles Men Second Round Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (12), Colombia, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Fabrice Martin, France, 6-2, 6-1. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Marcel Granollers (16), Spain, def. Mikhail Elgin, Russia, and Matwe Middelkoop, Nether- lands, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Women Second Round Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and CoCo Vandeweghe (12), United States, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, and Magdale- na Rybarikova, Slovakia, walkover. Vania King, United States, and Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, def. Yaroslava Shve- dova, Kazakhstan, and Sam Stosur (11), Australia, 6-1, 6-4. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elena Vesnina (5), Russia, def. Ysaline Bonaven- ture, Belgium, and Raluca Olaru, Romania, 6-1, 6-2. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, and Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Jessica Moore and Storm Sanders, Australia, 6-0, 6-3.
