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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Men’s College Basketball
Syracuse edges Gonzaga with late heroics
Wis-
consin’s
Jordan Hill,
right, puts
a hand to
the face
of Notre
Dame’s V.J.
Beachem,
center,
while
shooting,
as Zach
Auguste
watches in
the region-
al semi-
finals of
the men’s
NCAA Tour-
nament
Friday in
Philadel-
phia.
Associated Press
CHICAGO — Michael
Gbinije made a go-ahead
layup with 22 seconds left,
sending Syracuse to a 63-60
victory over Gonzaga on
Friday night and a spot in the
Elite Eight.
Tyler Lydon sealed the
win with a block on Josh
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seconds. Lydon then grabbed
the ball and made two foul
shots before Domantas
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well off at the buzzer.
Gbinije scored 20 points
and Trevor Cooney had 15 as
Syracuse (22-13) advanced
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10th-seeded Orange will face
No. 1 Virginia on Sunday in
an all-ACC matchup with a
spot in the Final Four on the
line.
“I’m proud of this
team,” Syracuse coach Jim
Boeheim said. “They played
their hearts out. We’ve been
the underdog every game
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through it. We’ll be the
underdog again on Sunday
but we’ll be ready.”
Kyle Wiltjer had 23 points
for No. 11 Gonzaga (28-8),
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blocked shots. The rest of
the Bulldogs accounted for
just 18 points.
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eight for the second straight
season before Syracuse
switched
to
full-court
pressure late in the second
half. The Bulldogs held
the Orange to 36.1 percent
shooting, but committed 17
turnovers and Syracuse took
advantage down the stretch.
Sabonis’ rebound basket
gave the Bulldogs a 57-48
lead with 6:24 to play, but
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the night. Tyler Roberson’s
foul shot got Syracuse within
one before Gonzaga gave it
right back with a 10-second
violation. Lydon also had a
key block on Sabonis to help
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Gonzaga’s Josh Perkins (13) walks off the court as Syracuse players celebrate after
a college basketball game against Syracuse in the regional semifinals of the NCAA
Tournament, Friday, March 25, 2016, in Chicago. Syracuse won 63-60.
keep it a one-point game.
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before grabbing the rebound
and putting it in for a 61-60
lead. Cooney then had a
hustle steal on the other end,
but stepped out of bounds
in a close call that had fans
looking for TV monitors all
over the arena to see if they
agreed.
With the crowd standing
on its feet, Perkins drove into
the lane and Lydon stepped
up for the block before
grabbing the ball and getting
fouled with 1.6 second
left. The freshman forward
swatted six shots in all.
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with nine points and 12
rebounds for Syracuse,
which entered the tourna-
ment on a 1-5 slide.
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four shots, including three
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withstood a second-half
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points after scoring 28
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two rounds. But an up-and-
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season-high 23 points, Mike farther than they ever did
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before the break.
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EAST REGION
NORTH CAROLINA
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Phildelphia, Marcus Paige
scored 21 points and North
Carolina
continued
its
offensive prowess, moving
to the Elite Eight for the
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101-86 victory over Indiana
on Friday night in the East
Regional.
The top-seeded Tar Heels
(31-6) will meet sixth-seeded
Notre Dame on Sunday,
determining one of two
guaranteed Atlantic Coast
Conference spots in the Final
Four. The Fighting Irish beat
Wisconsin 61-56 on Friday.
It will be the same case
in the Midwest Regional,
where top-seeded Virginia
will face 10th-seeded Syra-
cuse, meaning at least half
the Final Four will be from
the ACC. The conference
will also have a team play for
the national title.
Brice Johnson had 20
points and 10 rebounds for
the Tar Heels, who are in the
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time in coach Roy Williams’
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since 2012.
Yogi Ferrell had 25 points
to lead Indiana (27-8).
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WISCONSIN 56 — At Phil-
adelphia, Demetrius Jackson
stripped the ball and scored
the go-ahead layup with
14.7 seconds left and Notre
Dame advanced to the brink
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years with a 61-56 win over
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the NCAA Tournament.
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with a pair of free throws to
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straight season.
Notre Dame lost to
Kentucky a year ago. This
year, the Irish will get a shot
at top-seeded North Carolina
or Indiana on Sunday.
Vitto Brown’s 3-pointer
with 26 seconds left put the
Badgers (22-13) up 56-53
and kept Wisconsin’s shot
at a third straight Final Four
alive.
But the Irish shook off
a miserable shooting game
down the stretch and have
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the dugout and I said, ‘Hey,
our guys. He worked well this is a challenge for you
and had a good tempo.”
right here, keep us in the
Mac-Hi starter Bailey game.’
DeBord had to settle for
“And he went out and
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jumped out to a 6-0 lead after second), and that’s a win for
one inning. Michaud said us because that’s like getting
he was happy with the way punched in the face one
DeBord handled the setback round, and then you go back
and came out stronger in the out and have a good round.
second inning.
That was good to see, I was
“It was a combination of happy to see him respond the
us not playing defense and way he did.”
him being up in the zone,
Jesus Vela and Justin
being a little wild to start the Carlson gave up a combined
game,” Michaud said of the four runs in relief.
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much of a challenge Friday,
he couldn’t fault the players
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they’re young kids and
they’re jut getting their feet
wet,” he said.
Part of the reason the
Pioneers went with such
a young lineup was the
absence of players who
chose vacation over baseball
for their spring break.
“Until we can create a
culture that being here for
baseball is more important
than going on spring break,
it’s going to be a challenge,”
Michaud said. “Not only
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that wanted to play, but they
found ones that wanted to
travel (for baseball) on their
spring break, and that’s what
we’re trying to get.”
The Pioneers won’t play
again until April 5 when
they’re at Elgin at 4 p.m,
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Wilson. L — DeBord.
2B — K. Brink (OHS); J. Carlson (M-H).
3B — T. Howard, J. Shively (OHS).
SCOREBOARD
Local slate
PREP BASEBALL
Saturday
Pendleton vs. Canyon Ridge (at Boise,
Idaho), 10:30 a.m.
Monday
Riverside at Irrigon, 4 p.m.
Echo at Heppner, 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Pendleton vs. La Grande, 4 p.m.
Umatilla vs. Sherman, 4 p.m.
Stanfield vs. Kennedy (at The Dalles), 4:30 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Heppner, 4:30 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Saturday
Twin Falls at Mac-Hi, 9:45 a.m.
North Douglas vs. Pilot Rock (at Union), 10 a.m.
Estacada at Mac-Hi, 3 p.m.
Colton vs. Pilot Rock (at Union), 3:30 p.m.
Monday
Riverside at Irrigon, 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Hermiston vs. Summit, 4 p.m.
Umatilla vs. Walla Walla, 4 p.m.
Pendleton vs. La Grande, 4:30 p.m.
PREP TRACK & FIELD
Tuesday
Hermiston at Hood River, 4 p.m.
PREP GOLF
Tuesday
Heppner at Pumpkin Ridge GC, Noon
Mac-Hi at Veterans Memorial GC, 2:30 p.m.
PREP TENNIS
Tuesday
Pendleton vs. Baker, 4 p.m.
Mac-Hi girls vs. The Dalles, 4 p.m.
Ione at Riverside, 4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Stanfield, 4 p.m.
Helix at Stanfield, 4:30 p.m.
PREP LACROSSE
Saturday
Mt. Spokane at Hermiston, 3 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Saturday
Grays Harbor at Blue Mountain (DH), 11
a.m./2 p.m.
Sunday
Linn-Benton at Blue Mountain (DH), 11
a.m./2 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Saturday
Corban at Eastern Oregon (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m.
Edmonds at Blue Mountain (DH), Noon/2 p.m.
Prep scores
BASEBALL
Friday
Hermiston 3, Kamiakin (WA) 0
Kennewick (WA) 15, Hermiston 5 (5 innings)
SOFTBALL
Friday
Pilot Rock 14, Bonanza 1 (5 innings)
Basketball
NCAA
Men’s Tournament
EAST REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Friday
Notre Dame 61, Wisconsin 56
North Carolina 101, Indiana 86
Regional Championship
Sunday
Notre Dame (24-11) vs. North Carolina
(31-6), 5:49 p.m.
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SOUTH REGIONAL
Regional Championship
Saturday
Villanova (32-5) vs. Kansas (33-4), 5:49 p.m.
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MIDWEST REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Friday
Virginia 84, Iowa State 71
Syracuse 63, Gonzaga 60
Regional Championship
Sunday
Virginia (29-7) vs. Syracuse (22-13), 3:09 p.m.
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WEST REGIONAL
Regional Championship
Saturday
Oklahoma (28-7) vs. Oregon (31-6), 3:09 p.m.
Women’s Tournament
BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Saturday
UConn (34-0) vs. Mississippi State (28-7),
8:30 a.m.
UCLA (26-8) vs. Texas (30-4), 11 a.m.
Regional Championship
Monday
Semifinal winners, TBA
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DALLAS REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Saturday
Baylor (35-1) vs. Florida State (25-7), 1 p.m.
DePaul (27-8) vs. Oregon State (30-4), 3:30 p.m.
Regional Championship
Monday
Semifinal winners, TBA
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SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Friday
Syracuse 80, South Carolina 72
Tennessee 78, Ohio State 62
Regional Championship
Sunday
Syracuse (28-7) vs. Tennessee (22-13), 12:30 p.m.
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LEXINGTON REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Friday
Washington 85, Kentucky 72
Stanford 90, Notre Dame 84
Regional Championship
Sunday
Washington (25-10) vs. Stanford (27-7), 10 a.m.
NBA
Friday’s Games
Minnesota 132, Washington 129,2OT
Detroit 112, Charlotte 105
Houston 112, Toronto 109
Miami 108, Orlando 97
Atlanta 101, Milwaukee 90
San Antonio 110, Memphis 104
Sacramento 116, Phoenix 94
Golden State 128, Dallas 120
Denver 116, L.A. Lakers 105
Saturday’s Games
Indiana at Brooklyn, 3 p.m.
Toronto at New Orleans, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Cleveland at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Utah at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Charlotte at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
Boston at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Portland, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Denver at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m.
Dallas at Sacramento, 3 p.m.
Houston at Indiana, 3 p.m.
Philadelphia at Golden State, 5 p.m.
Washington at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
Friday’s Games
Washington 1, New Jersey 0, OT
Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Islanders 4
St. Louis 4, Vancouver 0
Saturday’s Games
Winnipeg at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Detroit, 11 a.m.
Minnesota at Colorado, Noon
Dallas at San Jose, 1 p.m.
Boston at Toronto, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 4 p.m.
Anaheim at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Washington, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Columbus at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Arizona, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
New Jersey at Carolina, 2 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m.
Chicago at Vancouver, 5 p.m.
Tennis
Miami Open Results
Friday
At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park
Key Biscayne, Fla.
Purse: Men, $6.13 million (Masters 1000);
Women, $6.13 million (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Men Singles
First Round
Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def.
Rajeev Ram, United States, walkover.
Marin Cilic (11), Croatia, def. Dusan
Lajovic, Serbia, 6-4, 6-1.
Dominic Thiem (14), Austria, def. Sam
Groth, Australia, 7-5, 6-2.
Lucas Pouille, France, def. Guillermo
Garcia-Lopez (32), Spain, 6-2, 6-4.
David Ferrer (8), Spain, def. Taylor Fritz,
United States, 7-6 (6), 6-1.
Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, def. Feliciano
Lopez (21), Spain, 6-4, 6-4.
Gilles Simon (18), France, def. Juan Mona-
co, Argentina, 7-5, 6-1.
David Goffin (15), Belgium, def. Marcel
Granollers, Spain, 6-4, 6-4.
Benoit Paire (20), France, def. Mikhail
Youzhny, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.
Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, def. Juan
Martin del Potro, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4.
Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Jeremy
Chardy (28), France, 6-4, 6-4.
Joao Sousa (33), Portugal, def. Vasek
Pospisil, Canada, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Steve Johnson (31), United States, def.
Alexander Zverev, Germany, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (3).
Viktor Troicki (19), Serbia, def. Inigo Cer-
vantes, Spain, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (9), 7-6 (3).
Richard Gasquet (10), France, def. Albert
Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-4, 6-4.
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Kyle
Edmund, Britain, 6-3, 6-3.
Golf
Dell Match Play Group Standings
At Austin Country Club (Austin, Texas)
x- Won the group
GROUP 1
x-Spieth 3-0-0, Donaldson 2-1-0, Dubuis-
son 1-2-0, Thomas 0-3-0.
GROUP 2
x-Day 3-0-0, Thongchai 1-1-1, McDowell
0-1-2, Casey 0-2-1.
GROUP 3
x-McIlroy 2-0-1, Na 2-0-1, Olesen 1-2-0,
Kaufman 0-3-0.
(McIlroy defeated Na on second hole of
a playoff)
GROUP 4
x-Kizzire 1-0-2, Holmes 1-1-1, Watson
1-1-1, Grillo 1-2-0.
GROUP 5
x-An 1-0-2, Piercy 1-0-2, Dufner 1-2-0,
Fowler 0-1-2.
(An defeated Piercy on the first hole of
a playoff)
GROUP 6
x-Haas 3-0-0, Scott 1-1-1, Pieters 1-1-1,
Wood 0-3-0.
GROUP 7
x-Kuchar 2-0-1, Rose 1-1-1, Lahiri 1-1-1,
Gomez 0-2-1.
GROUP 8
x-Johnson 2-1-0, Aphibarnrat 2-1-0, Walker
1-2-0, Streb 1-2-0.
(Johnson defeated Aphibarnrat on first
hole of the playoff)
GROUP 9
x-Reed 3-0-0, Mickelson 2-1-0, Fitzpatrick
1-2-0, Berger 0-3-0.
GROUP 10
x-Koepka 2-1-0, Willett 1-1-1, Van Zyl 1-1-1,
Horschel 1-2-0.
GROUP 11
x-Kirk 2-1-0, Grace 2-1-0, Knox 1-1-1,
Lingmerth 0-2-1.
(Kirk defeated Grace on first hole of a
playoff)
GROUP 12
x-Cabrera-Bello 2-0-1, Matsuyama 2-1-0,
Kisner 1-2-0, Kjeldsen 0-2-1.
GROUP 13
x-Moore 2-0-1, Garcia 2-1-0, Westwood
1-2-0, Leishman 0-2-1.
GROUP 14
x-Johnson 3-0-0, Kaymer 2-1-0, Fraser
0-2-1, Lowry 0-2-1.
GROUP 15
x-Snedeker 2-0-1, Schwartzel 2-1-0,
Hoffman 1-2, Lee 0-2-1.
GROUP 16
x-Oosthuizen 3-0-0, Sullivan 2-1-0, Jones
0-2-1, Wiesberger 0-2-1.
hits, 3 RBI during rally
double.
After Jerome scored
Correa reached third on an once off reliever Zaugg (1
error and scored on a wild hit, 1 walk) in the top of the
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drive in Austin Zaugg for in Caleb Carey to enact the
the second run.
mercy rule in the bottom
Then with Quinn going half.
strong in an eight-strikeout,
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two walk performance on tournament play today
the mound, Pendleton added against Canyon Ridge (ID)
eight runs in the fourth at 10:30 a.m.
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out of the frame.
2B — K. Quinn (PHS).
Shaw Jerome (2 for
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at-bats during the streak
Harrison, Gardner (3), Cryer (4) and
with an RBI triple, then a catcher. K Quinn, A. Zaugg (5) and R.
Russell. W — Quinn. L — Harrison.
two-RBI double. Quinn
2B — Hurtado, Craig (JHS); K. Quinn, S.
(1 for 2) added a two-RBI Jerome (PHS). 3B — S. Jerome (PHS).
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HERMISTON: Almaguer,
Betz combine for shutouts
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circle to earn the win.
after the wayward pitch Taylor Betz closed the door,
took a sharp bounce off tossing two innings with
the unforgiving backstop. two punchouts.
Hermiston was clearly
Another time, Hermiston
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third on a single bunt, trading plate in the nightcap, and
scored eight runs in the
two bases for one out.
“We were aggressive, second inning. Four of
always looking for the Hermiston’s six hits were
next bag,” Greenough said. for extra bases. Almaguer,
“And when they saw (the Englebrecht and Jaime
Hinkley each doubled, and
open bag) they took it.”
The runs didn’t pour in Amanda Baron tripled.
right away, but Hermiston Hinkley also stole three
was patient and showed it bases, giving her a total of
at the plate by striking out four on the day.
“The girls were always
just once in the two games
in
control,” Greenough
combined.
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innings
of shutout ball on
were and made adjustments
in their second at-bats,” two hits while striking out
Greenough said. “You’d four and walking two.
Hermiston hosts Summit
love to jump on teams early,
but they were learning and for one at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
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making adjustments.”
Game 1
R H E
HHS
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4 — 11 12 1
The Bulldogs broke
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through late in Game 1,
J. Almaguer, T. Betz (6), J. Hinkley;
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scoring two in the fourth, Carpenter,
Carpenter.
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the seventh.
Game 2
R H E
HHS
281 22 — 15 6 0
Rebecca
Englebrecht
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and Julissa Almaguer
T. Betz, J. Hinkley; Lopez, Carpenter (3),
Stark.
W
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Betz.
L
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Lopez.
tripled, and Almaguer
2B — J. Almaguer, R. Englebrecht, J.
struck out four and walked Hinkley (HHS). 3B — A. Baron (HHS).
Continued from 1B