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
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Weisner secured an offen-
sive rebound with a minute
left and made a pair of free
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Sydney Wiese added 4-for-6
from the foul line to help
Oregon State secure the win.
Wiese had 12 points and
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shots. Oregon State won its
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alone in second place in
the conference, one game
behind Arizona State.
Oregon State scored the
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quarter and added a 3 on the
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Emily Potter had 17
points and 14 rebounds to
lead the Utes.
OREGON 59, COLO-
RADO 46 — (AP) Lexi
Bando and Jillian Alleyne,
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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
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on Dec. 19 to defeat the
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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
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Case Rada was Eastern
Oregon’s high scorer with
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22 points on 9-13 shooting.
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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.
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After a Jordan Klebaum 3-pointer and made free and 10 points respectively.
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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
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2-5 Pac 12) and Alleyne,
the league’s all-time leading
rebounder, had 15 boards.
Zoe Beard-Fails had
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helped Colorado (5-13,
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second quarter. Bando and
Jordan Loera hit 3-pointers
and Kat Cooper tied it with
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3 in a 7-1 closing run to give
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half.
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lead to 10 in the third quarter
before Colorado cut it to four
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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
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EOU would come from there
was nine points.
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a second time this season,
and the Beacons improved
to 13-6 and 9-2 on the year.
Meanwhile, the Mountain-
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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
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which shot 47.9 percent
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mates Maloree Moss and
Jeni Hoffert were on oppo-
site sides in the meeting.
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assists and three rebounds
for EOU and Hoffert pulled
in a pair of boards and had a
steal for NCU.
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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
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Sunday’s NFC champion-
ship game will be played
with a wintry mix.
In Charlotte, North
Carolina, crews scrambled
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clearing snow and sleet
from the tarp covering the
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host the Arizona Cardinals
there in the NFC champion-
ship game on Sunday night.
Fans from afar who
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were forced to scramble,
too. Delta was among a
handful of airlines that
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from Charlotte on Friday
because of the storm. The
forecast for the game was
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temperatures expected to be
in the mid-20s.
Two NBA games and
one in the NHL were
postponed, as were several
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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
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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
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inches of snow and create
possible blizzard conditions
beginning Friday evening.
NASCAR called off
Friday night’s ceremony
in Charlotte honoring
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Bobby Isaac, Bruton Smith
and Curtis Turner until
Saturday afternoon.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Jessie Flynn was fouled at the
other end with eight seconds 41, STANFIELD 23 — At
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quarter of their Columbia
5-1 BSL) the lead.
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turned the ball over as it tried “turnover bug” caught the
Tigers, said coach Daniel
for a last-second shot.
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game-high 26 points and
Rachel Holland added a ¿QLVKHG ZLWK PRUH WKDQ
double-double with 13 points turnovers and didn’t help
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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
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teams
play
Allie Noland added a team-
non-league
games
on game at Heppner next Friday.
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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.
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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-
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their 12th win on the season,
defeating Pine Eagle on
Friday night.
“I’m really pleased with
the win,” said Helix coach
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start, but our pressure after
that was too much. The girls
played really well.”
Helix (12-4, 5-1 OOL)
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mayne Bennett led with 13
points, Paden Flerchinger
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Mize with 11 points. Bennett
had 11 of her 13 in the second
quarter.
Helix next plays at Echo
today at 4 p.m.
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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
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Heppner hosts Irrigon.
CONDON/WHEELER
52, DUFUR 26 — At
Condon,
the
Condon/
Wheeler Knights earned
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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
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with an overtime against
Sherman on Friday night to
stay in a three-way tie for
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HEPPNER 26 — At Pilot
No details were reported.
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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.
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No details were reported.
Report scores and stats by
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.