SPORTS
East Oregonian
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016
NBA
Butler has 27 and the Bulls beat the Blazers
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Jimmy Butler
had 27 points and 12 rebounds,
and the Chicago Bulls opened a
six-game road trip with a 113-88
victory over the Portland Trail
Blazers on Tuesday night.
Dwyane Wade had 19 points
for Chicago, which extended its
modest winning streak to three
games. Former Blazers center
Robin Lopez added 13 points and
11 rebounds.
The Blazers, who had won five
of six, were cold from the start,
falling behind by as many as 26
points. Damian Lillard, who made
just two shots from the field in the
first half, finished with 19 points.
Chicago, coming off a 106-95
victory over Washington on
Saturday, was without Rajon Rondo
because of a left ankle sprain.
Jerian Grant made his first start of
the season and had 18 points.
Rondo, who joined the Bulls
as a free agent in the offseason, is
averaging 7.6 points, 5.6 rebounds
and 6.5 assists.
The Blazers played their third
straight game without starting
forward Al-Farouq Aminu, who
has a sore left calf and is expected
to be re-evaluated next week.
AP Photo/Steve Dykes
Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler drives to the basket against
Portland Trail Blazers guard Allen Crabbe during the fourth quarter
of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016..
Meyers Leonard has been inserted
into the lineup in his absence, but
he struggled and played 15 minutes
with no points.
The Bulls built a 20-7 lead to
open the game as Portland strug-
gled, hitting just two of 13 shots
from the field. The Blazers were
outscored 35-14 in the first quarter.
Butler led the way with 11
points. Lillard, who was ranked
third in the league with an average
of 30.7 points a game, went 0 for 7
from the floor and didn’t make his
first basket until midway through
the second quarter.
Butler finished the half with
19 points and the Bulls led 56-37.
Wade had a two-handed dunk to
extend Chicago’s lead to 66-42.
Portland was coming off a
112-105 victory at home over the
Nuggets on Sunday.
TIP-INS
Chicago
Portland
113
88
Bulls: The Bulls lead the
league with an average of 13.6
offensive rebounds per game.
They had 19 against Portland. ...
Doug McDermott was also out
because of a concussion. ... Lopez
and LaMarcus Aldridge, Nicolas
Batum and Wesley Matthews all
left the Blazers prior to last season,
leaving Lillard as the lone starter to
return.
Trail Blazers: The Trail Blazers
hosted the team’s first Pride Night
to celebrate diversity and inclusion.
Proceeds from special sweatshirts
and a raffle will go to the Q Center,
a local LGBTQ community center.
... At the half, the Blazers also
honored athletes who participated
in this summer’s Rio Olympics
with Oregon ties, including hurdler
Devon Allen and marathoner Galen
Rupp.
UP NEXT:
Bulls: Chicago visits the Utah
Jazz on Thursday night.
Trail Blazers: Portland embarks
on a five-game road trip, starting
with the Houston Rockets on
Thursday night.
T-WOLVES: Mix, Williams named to All-Region team
Miah Perez
(4) watch-
es the
trajectory
of her hit
during
Wednes-
day’s game
against
Wenatchee
Valley Col-
lege at the
McCrae
Activity
Center.
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Humphreys said.
The players hadn’t been let in on
the plan, however.
“It was a complete surprise. There
was a couple weeks where we didn’t
really know what was going on until
they clarified, so a little weird,” said
Williams, who leads the T-Wolves
with 64 blocks and is third on the
team with 161 kills. “I feel like once
that was clear with the coaches that
we just kind of calmed down, settled
into our groove and really clicked
with each other.”
“That’s helped a lot,” sopho-
more setter Kylee Chavez. “She
(Humphreys) brings a lot of positive
energy that we really needed with
the transition.”
With the players firmly on board,
Humphreys oversaw an impressive
turnaround during the final six
weeks of the regular season. The
Timberwolves finished out 9-2 in
their last 11 matches to secure the
fourth and final playoff berth from
the East Region, and on Thursday
will open their eighth-straight post-
season against West Region cham-
pion Highline at the Greater Tacoma
Trade and Convention Center in
Tacoma, Washington.
“They just kind of refreshened
some commitments to each other,
and they have been practicing at a
different physical level,” Humphreys
said. “We’ve been doing more long
rally work, and really grinding them
down and having them work on their
perseverance through fatigue, and I
think it’s just made them stronger
mentally.”
“I think we found ourselves and
we know who we are going into the
tournament, so I think we’re ready,”
said Chavez, who is the T-Wolves’
team leader in assists with 533.
Humphreys agrees, and sees
no reason why the fourth-seeded
T-Wolves can’t advance if they
continue to play the way have in
recent weeks.
“I think since Day 1 that we’ve
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
definitely had one of the strongest
teams in the conference and it’s
definitely been a mental thing
that we’ve been working through
throughout the season,” she said.
“Trying to build that better player
between the ears has been the task
at hand and we’ve been working on
it pretty dang hard these last 45 days
or so, and making some really good
strides, so we’re ready.”
Highline (30-5) was ranked No.
4 in the final NWAC coaches poll
— BMCC went unranked — and
has won its last six matches in a row
going 18-3 in sets over that span.
The Thunderbirds are led by the
NWAC’s most efficient hitters (.246)
and West Region Player of the Year
Megan Van Marter, a sophomore
middle blocker who has 102 kills,
39 blocks and 15 aces for the season.
Highline is just 25th in kills (554),
but has made up for it by allowing
the third-fewest points per set (18.9)
in the NWAC.
Blue Mountain (22-15) finished
the regular season tied for 11th in
hitting percentage (.199) but sixth in
total kills (895). Sophomore Jordan
Mix leads that category with 191
and sophomore Miah Perez is right
behind her with 180 while leading
the team in digs (161) and aces (13).
The T-Wolves and Thunderbirds
have met on the court this season
three times already, and although
Highline owns a 2-1 advantage in
matches, its series edge in points is
just 230-229. Blue Mountain swept
the most recent meeting in three sets
on Sept. 18.
“As long as we just play our
game and try our hardest, then I
think the outcome will be what we
have prepared for it to be,” Williams
said.
Thursday’s match will begin
at 2 p.m. on Court 1, and will be
broadcast online live on the NWAC
Sports Network Youtube channel. A
win would put the T-Wolves into the
second round on Friday against the
winner of North No. 2 seed Shore-
line (18-12) and South No. 3 seed
Chemeketa (15-11) — teams they
haven’t played since the first day of
the season.
A loss in the first round would
mean the T-Wolves enter the losers’
bracket later Thursday evening,
but wouldn’t end their shot at a
fifth-straight championship in the
double-elimination format.
Other first-round match-ups in
BMCC’s half of the 16-team bracket
are coaches poll No. 1 Linn-Benton
(39-0) against Edmonds (25-16),
and No. 3 North Idaho (19-12)
against Pierce (15-19).
ALL-REGION TEAM
Blue Mountain sophomore
Jordan Mix was the only Timber-
wolf on the NWAC East Region
first team when the first round of
postseason honors were announced
by the league on Monday.
Mix, an outside hitter from
Kennewick,
finished
regional
play with 166 kills, a .235 hitting
percentage, 106 digs and nine aces
to help guide the T-Wolves back into
the postseason.
Sophomore middle blocker
Kristin Williams, of Pendleton, was
the team’s only second team selec-
tion. She tallied 129 kills, a .228
hitting percentage and 52 blocks in
regional play.
North Idaho’s sophomore setter
Brittany Gay was named region
MVP, and Walla Walla’s Chelsie
Speer was Coach of the Year. Speer
is a Pendleton High graduate and
former head coach of the Buckaroos.
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NWAC East All-Region Teams
Most Valuable Player
Brittany Gay, North Idaho
Coach of the Year
Chelsie Speer, Walla Walla
First Team
Jessica Schmautz, Spokane
Jordan Mix, Blue Mountain
Tori Wegdahl, Walla Walla
Brooke Bell, North Idaho
Savannah Ruark, Walla Walla
Bianca Sanchez, Spokane
Second Team
Kristin Williams, Blue Mountain
Kyrsten Whitmore, Columbia Basin
Kerista Goodpaster, Yakima Valley
Samantha Grove, Walla Walla
Dani Burke, Walla Walla
Anna Ingraham, Wenatchee Valley
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
PREP FOOTBALL
Saturday
#4 Heppner vs #1 Regis (2A semifinals, at Liberty
HS, Hillsboro), Noon
#2 Stanfield vs #3 Kennedy (2A semifinals, at Liberty
HS, Hillsboro), 5 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Saturday
Eastern Oregon at Doane, 11 a.m.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Thursday
Blue Mountain vs Highline (NWAC Championships
Round 1, Tacoma, Wash.), 2 p.m.
Friday
Blue Mountain vs TBD (NWAC Championships,
Tacoma, Wash.), 12:30 p.m. or 3 p.m.
Saturday
Blue Mountain vs TBD (NWAC Championships,
Tacoma, Wash.), 11:45 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.
Sunday
Blue Mountain vs TBD (NWAC Championships,
Tacoma, Wash.), 2 p.m.
COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday
EOU men and women at NAIA National Champion-
ships, 8:30 a.m.
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL
Friday
Eastern Oregon at Westminster, 5 p.m.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Today
Eastern Oregon at Whitman, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE WRESTLING
Sunday
Eastern Oregon men and women at Spokane Invite,
TBA
Football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct PF
New England 7 2
0 .778 241
Miami
5 4
0 .556 204
Buffalo
4 5
0 .444 237
N.Y. Jets
3 7
0 .300 179
South
W L
T Pct PF
Houston
6 3
0 .667 161
Tennessee
5 5
0 .500 264
Indianapolis 4 5
0 .444 239
Jacksonville 2 7
0 .222 174
North
W L
T Pct PF
PA
163
206
203
244
PA
188
251
256
239
PA
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cleveland
West
5 4
4 5
3 5
0 10
0 .556 182
0 .444 214
1 .389 187
0 .000 175
160
206
210
301
W L
T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 7 2
0 .778 205 168
Oakland
7 2
0 .778 245 223
Denver
7 3
0 .700 239 189
San Diego
4 6
0 .400 292 278
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct PF PA
Dallas
8 1
0 .889 258 170
N.Y. Giants 6 3
0 .667 182 184
Washington 5 3
1 .611 212 209
Philadelphia 5 4
0 .556 226 160
South
W L
T Pct PF PA
Atlanta
6 4
0 .600 320 283
Tampa Bay 4 5
0 .444 216 242
New Orleans 4 5
0 .444 265 263
Carolina
3 6
0 .333 221 226
North
W L
T Pct PF PA
Detroit
5 4
0 .556 205 206
Minnesota
5 4
0 .556 175 152
Green Bay
4 5
0 .444 223 234
Chicago
2 7
0 .222 141 215
West
W L
T Pct PF PA
Seattle
6 2
1 .722 193 158
Arizona
4 4
1 .500 202 160
Los Angeles 4 5
0 .444 139 173
San Francisco 1 8
0 .111 187 283
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Thursday’s Game
New Orleans at Carolina, 5:25 p.m.
NCAA
AP Top 25
Thursday’s Games
No. 3 Louisville at Houston, 5 p.m.
No. 25 Troy vs. Arkansas State, 6:30 p.m.
Friday’s Game
No. 22 Boise State vs. UNLV, 6 p.m.
PAC-12 Conference
Saturday’s Games
Oregon at Utah, 11 a.m.
Washington State at Colorado, 12:30 p.m.
Stanford at California, 2:30 p.m. (PAC12)
Arizona State at Washington, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)
Arizona at Oregon State, 7:30 p.m.
USC at UCLA, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
NAIA
Frontier Conference
Saturday’s Games
Eastern Oregon at Doane (Neb.), 11 a.m.
Dickinson State at Montana Tech, Noon
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L Pct GB
Toronto
7
3 .700 —
Boston
5
5 .500
2
New York
4
6 .400
3
Brooklyn
4
7 .364 3½
Philadelphia
1
9 .100
6
Southeast Division
W
L Pct GB
Atlanta
8
2 .800 —
Charlotte
7
3 .700
1
Orlando
4
7 .364 4½
Washington
2
7 .222 5½
Miami
2
8 .200
6
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Cleveland
9
1 .900 —
Chicago
7
4 .636 2½
Milwaukee
5
4 .556 3½
Detroit
6
5 .545 3½
Indiana
5
6 .455 4½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L Pct GB
San Antonio
8
3 .727 —
Houston
6
4 .600 1½
Memphis
5
5 .500 2½
Dallas
2
7 .222
5
New Orleans
2
9 .182
6
Northwest Division
W
L Pct GB
Portland
7
5 .583 —
Utah
7
5 .583 —
Oklahoma City
6
5 .545 ½
Denver
3
7 .300
3
Minnesota
3
7 .300
3
Pacific Division
W
L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers
10
1 .909 —
Golden State
8
2 .800 1½
L.A. Lakers
7
5 .583 3½
Sacramento
4
7 .364
6
Phoenix
3
8 .273
7
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Tuesday’s Games
Cleveland 121, Toronto 117
Atlanta 93, Miami 90
Charlotte 115, Minnesota 108
Chicago 113, Portland 88
L.A. Lakers 125, Brooklyn 118
Today’s Games
Cleveland at Indiana, 4 p.m.
New Orleans at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
Detroit at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Golden State at Toronto, 5 p.m.
Houston at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Phoenix at Denver, 6 p.m.
Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Sacramento, 7:30 p.m.
NCAA
Men’s Top 25
Monday’s Late Game
No. 14 Gonzaga 69, San Diego State 48
Tuesday’s Games
No. 7 Kansas 77, No. 1 Duke 75
No. 2 Kentucky 69, No. 13 Michigan State 48
Baylor 66, No. 4 Oregon 49
No. 5 North Carolina 93, Long Beach State 67
No. 8 Virginia 72, St. Francis (N.Y.) 32
No. 22 Creighton 79, No. 9 Wisconsin 67
No. 10 Arizona 78, CSU Bakersfield 66
No. 18 Syracuse 90, Holy Cross 46
Today’s Games
No. 6 Indiana vs. UMass-Lowell, 4 p.m.
No. 17 Saint Mary’s vs. Prairie View A&M, 7 p.m.
No. 21 Rhode Island vs. Brown, 4 p.m.
No. 25 California vs. UC Irvine, 8 p.m.
Women’s Top 25
Tuesday’s Games
No. 21 West Virginia 95, Howard 49
No. 13 Tennessee 83, East Tennessee State 58
Today’s Games
Houston Baptist at No. 8 Texas, 9 a.m.
Maryland-Eastern Shore at #6 Maryland, 3:30 p.m.
Cleveland State at No. 7 Ohio State, 4 p.m.
Charlotte at No. 22 Miami, 4 p.m.
No. 5 Louisville at Middle Tennessee, 4:30 p.m.
Arkansas-Little Rock at No. 16 Oklahoma, 5 p.m.
Tulane at No. 10 Mississippi State, 5 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
Tuesday’s Games
Ottawa 3, Philadelphia 2, SO
Columbus 2, Washington 1, OT
Carolina 1, San Jose 0
Toronto 6, Nashville 2
Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 3
Florida 4, Montreal 3, OT
St. Louis 4, Buffalo 1
Calgary 1, Minnesota 0
Winnipeg 4, Chicago 0
New Jersey 2, Dallas 1, OT
Colorado 4, Los Angeles 1
N.Y. Rangers 7, Vancouver 2
Anaheim 4, Edmonton 1
Today’s Games
Pittsburgh at Washington, 4:30 p.m.
Arizona at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Winnipeg at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Nashville at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.
Florida at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
San Jose at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
Boston at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Arizona at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
GLOVER:
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her mind set on attending
Washington State Univer-
sity. However, her parents
suggested that she expand
her options and widen her
search, which is what led her
to discover her attraction to
Portland State.
“I knew some people that
had went there (to Portland
State) and asked them about
it,” she said. “And when I
saw the campus and it really
just fit who I am, and then the
majors and minors lined up
for me and it was a good fit.”
Glover will not be the
only ex-Buckaroo on the
Vikings track & field team
when she gets to campus next
fall, as Donte Robinson — a
2014 Pendleton graduate
who competes in combined
events for the men’s track
team — will be in his senior
season. And aside from the
ex-Buckaroos on campus,
Glover already has a support
system in place in the Port-
land area with numerous
family members living in the
city.
“Portland is kind of already
a second home,” Glover said.
She plans to study in
the biology field in school,
possibly biochemistry, as
well as minor in psychology,
as science has always been
a subject of interest to her
throughout her time in middle
school and high school.
And for now, Glover’s
NLI was for a partial scholar-
ship with Portland State, but
she said that if she improves
some of her jump distances
and hurdle times during
Pendleton’s season this
spring her agreement could
be bumped up to a full-ride
scholarship. Currently, her
personal records are 16.60
seconds in the 100m hurdles
and 34-feet, 11.50-inches in
the triple jump — both set in
2016 — as well as 16-feet,
3.50-inches in the triple jump
set in 2014, and a height of
5-5 set in the high jump from
2015.
Glover competed in both
the high jump and long jump
at the 2015 5A state track
meet, where she finished in
fifth in the high jump and
ninth in the long jump. She
said she is excited for the
season to start already so she
can get back onto the track
with her Buckaroo team-
mates.
“I want to be a heptathelete
and I’m just excited to help
the team any way I can.”
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Contact Eric at esinger@
eastoregonian.com or (541)
966-0839. Follow him on
Twitter @ByEricSinger.
ALL-CBC:
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Braydon Postma (OL).
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All-Columbia Basin Conference
Football
FIRST TEAM
Quarterback — Dylan Grogan, Stan-
field, sr.
Running backs — Thyler Monkus,
Stanfield, sr.; Jaiden Jones, Culver, sr.
Receivers — Logan Grieb, Heppner, sr.;
Marco Retano, Culver, sr; Chris Weinke,
Pilot Rock, sr.; Brody Woods, Stanfield, sr.
Offensive linemen — Kevin Murray,
Heppner, sr.; Jose Garcia, Stanfield, sr.;
Noe Sanchez, Stanfield, sr.; Braydon
Postma, Pilot Rock, sr.; Hunter Sater,
Weston-McEwen, sr.; Mack Little, Culver,
sr.
Defensive linemen — Wyatt Steagall,
Heppner, sr.; Tim Jaca, Heppner, sr.;
Noe Sanchez, Stanfield, sr.; Jose Garcia,
Stanfield, sr.
Linebackers — Kevin Murray, Heppner,
sr.; Dylan Grogan, Stanfield, sr.; Mack Little,
Culver, sr.
Defensive Backs — Logan Grieb,
Heppner, sr.; Jorge Olivera, Culver, sr.; Thy-
ler Monkus, Stanfield, sr.; Justin Keeney,
Stanfield, jr.; Chris Weinke, Pilot Rock, jr.
Punter — Kirk Scott, Weston-McEwen,
soph.
Kicker — Jorge Olivera, Culver, jr.
SECOND TEAM
Quarterback — Brett Speed,
Weston-McEwen, jr.
Running backs — Coby Dougherty,
Heppner, jr.; Devin Hasher, Pilot Rock, jr.;
Jacob Speed, Weston-McEwen, jr.
Receivers — Kirk Scott, Weston-McEw-
en, soph.; Jake Lindsay, Heppner, sr.; Travis
Hendley, Weston-McEwen, jr.
Offensive linemen — Hunter Barnes,
Stanfield, sr.; Wyatt Steagall, Heppner, jr.;
Tim Jaca, Heppner, sr.; Cole Little, Culver,
jr.; Trevor Shockman, Stanfield, sr.
Defensive linemen — Trevin Horne,
Heppner, sr.; Cole Little, Culver, jr.; Kolby
Currin, Heppner, sr.; Enoel Angel, Stanfield,
sr.; Braydon Postma, Pilot Rock, sr.
Linebackers — Victor Torres, Culver,
soph.; Makiah Blankenship, Stanfield,
jr.; Abraham Gomez, Stanfield, sr.; Brett
Speed, Weston-McEwen, jr.; Kirk Scott,
Weston-McEwen, soph.
Defensive backs — Jake Lindsay,
Heppner, sr.; Beau Wolters, Heppner, jr.;
Adrian Renner, Stanfield, jr.; Jake Speed,
Weston-McEwen, jr.
Punter — Victor Torres, Culver, soph.
Kicker — Kirk Scott, Weston-McEwen,
soph.
HONORABLE MENTION
Quarterback — Kevin Smith, Heppner,
jr.; Jorge Olivera, Culver, jr.
Running back — Ethan Reger,
Weston-McEwen, sr.; Victor Torres, Culver,
soph.
Offensive linemen — Weston Phillips,
Weston-McEwen, soph.; Kolby Currin, Hep-
pner, sr.; Abraham Gomez, Stanfield, sr.
Defensive linemen — Justin Shelby,
Stanfield, jr.; Devin Hasher, Pilot Rock,
sr.; Hunter Sater, Weston-McEwen, sr.;
Weston Phillips, Weston-McEwen, soph;
James West, Weston-McEwen, sr.; Garrett
Shell, Weston-McEwen, jr.; Hunter Barnes,
Stanfield, sr.;
Linebackers — Gavin Hanna-Robinson,
Heppner, fr.; Sean Simmons, Pilot Rock,
soph.
Punter — Brody Woods, Stanfield, jr.
Kicker — Enoel Angel, Stanfield, sr.;
Tracker Denny, Pilot Rock, sr.