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Men’s College Basketball
Tigers ready for Round 2
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
Oregon’s Chris Boucher (25) celebrates with
teammates Dillon Brooks, left, and Oregon
Dylan Ennis (31) after scoring during the sec-
ond half of an NCAA college basketball game
against Connecticut in the Maui Invitational on
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, in Lahaina, Hawaii.
Ducks fi nish
strong in Maui
No. 13 Oregon beats UConn
to claim fi fth place
By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Oregon opened the Maui
Invitational with a disappointing loss, won in over-
time and closed with a click-on-all-cylinders win.
Winning the tournament was the goal, but getting
better with each game wasn’t a bad
consolation.
Chris Boucher scored 21 points,
Tyler Dorsey added 19 and No. 13
Oregon
Oregon beat Connecticut 79-69 on
Wednesday in the fi fth-place game
of the Maui Invitational.
“Obviously, we still have a
lot of stuff we need to work on
offensively and defensively, but I
think we took a step,” said Oregon Connecticut
forward Jordan Bell, who had 12
points. “I think every game we got
a little better.”
Oregon (4-2) lost its opener to Georgetown,
but bounced back with an overtime victory over
Tennessee on Dillon Brooks’ long 3-pointer. The
Ducks wanted to get off to a fast start in their Maui
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Stanfi eld quarterback Dylan Grogan, with ball, lowers his shoulder to take on a Kennedy defender in their 2A state
semifi nal football game on Saturday, Nov. 19, in Hillsboro. Stanfi eld defeated Kennedy 32-13 to set up a second meet-
ing with Regis this season.
Stanfield, Regis to meet again, this time for state title
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
When the Stanfi eld Tigers
beat the Regis Rams 20-14 on
Sept. 23, Tigers coach Davie
Salas left the fi eld convinced
that those two teams were
the top two teams in the 2A
classifi cation.
Salas’ argument needs no
justifi cation now, as the two
teams will meet for a rematch
on Saturday afternoon, this
time playing for the 2A state
championship at Kennison
Field in Hermiston.
“I really thought we were
the best two teams in the state
and we both proved it,” he
said. “It’s going to be one heck
of a state title game because
that fi rst game was a dogfi ght.
Both teams had some miscues
that took scores away but both
teams battled and it was hard
to get yards for both sides. I’m
sure those kids are ready to
play us again.”
out,”
Salas
2A Football Finals
That fi rst
said.
“But
m e e t i n g
we’re going
at
Horyna
to take what
A t h l e t i c #2 Stanfi eld
they give us.
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Tigers
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indeed
to sit here and
a
dogfi ght, • Saturday, 4 p.m.
say we’ll focus
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on one thing
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conversion
in both parts of
and touchdown
our offense and
for Stanfi eld on 4th-and-goal hopefully it leads to enough
followed by a successful points to get the victory at the
goal-line stand by the Tiger end of the day.”
defense to clinch the victory.
SCOUTING REGIS
Stanfi eld used a balanced
The Rams run a shotgun
offensive attack to pull out the offense that calls for an even
win, throwing for 133 yards amount of passes and runs.
and rushing for 155, and the Regis relied on the pass game
Tigers will be looking for that a little more in the semifi nal
balance again this week.
win over Heppner, as the
“Stanfi eld’s not known for Mustangs effectively shut
throwing the ball too much, but down the Rams’ run game.
when you have Dylan Grogan The Rams gained just 37
back there and some athletes rushing yards as a team, with
to throw the ball to, it works running back Brandon Piete
NBA
Love sets NBA record as Cavs top Trail Blazers
Cleveland forward
scores 34 points
in fi rst quarter,
fi nishes with 40
By STEVE HERRICK
Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Kevin
Love didn’t think anything
unusual was going on
Wednesday night. The score-
board told a different story.
Love scored 40 points,
including an NBA-record
34 in the fi rst quarter, and
the Cleveland Cavaliers beat
the Portland Trail Blazers
137-125.
Love fell three points shy
of the league
record
for
points in any
Portland
quarter, set
by
Golden
State’s Klay
Thompson,
who scored 37 in the third on
Jan. 23, 2015.
As his point total grew
on every possession and the
Quicken Loans Arena crowd
was on its feet each time shot
the ball, Love just went about
his business.
“I’m not trying to be
nonchalant about it, but
sometimes when you’re in it
you don’t necessarily feel it,”
he said. “There was nothing
out of the ordinary as far as
our play-calling and our fl ow
of the game. I just felt like
125
guys were
fi nding me.”
LeBron
Cleveland
J a m e s
recorded his
44th career
triple-double
with 31 points, 10 rebounds
and 13 assists, but thought
Love owned the night.
“Obviously we had a huge
hot hand,” James said. “That
was lightning. We just kept
giving him the ball and he
kept knocking them down.”
Cleveland also set a
franchise record with 20
3-pointers and showed no
signs of being rusty in its fi rst
game since Friday.
Love, who set a team
record for points in a period,
made 11 of 14 fi eld goal
137
attempts, including 8 of 10
on 3-pointers in the fi rst
quarter. He made his fi rst six
shots with fi ve 3-pointers.
Love didn’t realize he was
closing in on Thompson’s
milestone.
“I didn’t know that was
the record,” he said. “I wasn’t
really aware of it.”
Damian Lillard scored 40
points for Portland, including
25 in the second half.
“LeBron James coming
downhill is a handful by
himself, then you have
K-Love on the opposite side
— and somehow, he got lost
— and he ended up getting
a wide-open shot,” Lillard
said. “You can’t have that.”
the team leader with 37 yards
on 16 carries.
Like Heppner did, Stan-
fi eld’s defense will be keying
on the run game and make the
Rams try to beat them with the
pass, though Stanfi eld is better
equipped at defensive back
than the Mustangs were.
“The corners have to just
lock down in the pass game
because I think our linebackers
and D-line can take care of the
run game,” said junior Adrian
Renner. “We just have to stay
discipline and make sure every
one just does their jobs.”
Junior linebacker Makiah
Blankenship
added
that
playing Regis earlier this
season has helped Stanfi eld’s
preparation since they know
what to plan for, and knowing
what they need to improve
upon from that prior meeting
to be even more successful.
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Cleveland
Cavaliers’
Kevin Love
(0) shoots
over Port-
land Trail
Blazers’
Mason
Plumlee
(24) during
the fi rst
half of
an NBA
basketball
game,
Wednes-
day, Nov.
23, 2016, in
Cleveland.
AP Photo/Ron
Schwane
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Sports shorts
Seahawks cut OL J’Marcus Webb
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle
Seahawks have released veteran offensive
lineman J’Marcus Webb after he was bypassed
by younger players as options along Seattle’s
offensive line.
Seattle announced the move on Tuesday.
The Seahawks cut loose one of
their biggest offseason acquisitions
in free agency after it became
clear he didn’t have a future with
Seattle.
Webb started the fi rst three
games of the season at right
Webb
guard when rookie Germain Ifedi
was injured. Webb has played sparingly since
and was inactive for the fi rst time last Sunday
against Philadelphia. Rookie Rees Odhiambo
was the backup option at guard and tackle for
the Seahawks and played briefl y at left tackle
against the Eagles when George Fant left with
an injured shoulder.
“He’s doing a good job
making the calls, making
the adjustments and
getting the ball out when
he needs to or taking off
if he needs to. So it’s all
on him controlling the ball
and everything.“
— Rishard Matthews
Tennessee Titans wide receiver on
quarterback Marcus Mariota’s role
in the team’s great ball security
in recent games. The former Ore-
gon star has received criticism for
turnovers early in his professional
career, but has thrown just three in-
terceptions in his last seven games.
Cuban MLB players to testify
in upcoming smuggling trial
MIAMI (AP) — Free agent outfi elder
Yoenis Cespedes, who last played for the
New York Mets, and Chicago White Sox
star Jose Abreu are among
the Major League Baseball
fi gures on a U.S. witness
list for an upcoming Cuban
ballplayer smuggling trial.
Documents fi led Monday in Miami
federal court also list former Secretary of
State Madeleine Albright and several MLB
executives as possible witnesses in the
trial of South Florida sport agents Bartolo
Hernandez and associate Julio Estrada.
Trial is set Jan. 3 for Hernandez and
Estrada on charges of conspiracy and
bringing immigrants into the U.S. illegally.
Both men have pleaded not guilty. The
players are not accused of wrongdoing.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1980 — Dave Williams
returns Eddie Murray’s
opening kickoff in overtime
95 yards to give the Chicago
Bears a 23-17 victory over
the Detroit Lions on Thanks-
giving Day. The Bears
tied the game with no time
remaining in regulation.
1983 — Rookie Curt
Warner of the Seattle
Seahawks rushes for 207
yards and three touchdowns
in a 51-48 overtime victory
over the Kansas City Chiefs.
2010 — Boise State has
its 24-game winning streak
snapped after losing 34-31
in overtime to Nevada.
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