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THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2017
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Men’s College Basketball
Dorsey dials in, No. 15 Oregon routs Washington
Sophomore sinks
eight 3-pointers
Dorsey
high with his
made
eight
eight 3s, the
3-pointers and
most for an
fi nished with #15 Oregon Washington Oregon player
28
points,
since Tajuan
and Oregon
Porter set the
overcame
school record
foul trouble to pull away in with 10 in 2006 against Port-
the second half for an 83-61 land State. Dorsey fi nished
win over Washington on one point off his career high
Wednesday night.
of 29 set earlier this season
Playing in an opponent’s against Savannah State.
gym for only the second time
“I’ve been waiting for
this season, the Ducks shook Tyler,” Oregon teammate
off foul problems for its two Jordan Bell said. “I’ve been
leading scorers — Dillon talking to him that he’s a
Brooks and Chris Boucher shooting guard — shoot it.
— to easily take care of the Let it go.”
Huskies. Oregon (14-2, 3-0
Bell, who left in the fi rst
Pac-12) was 14 of 26 on half with an apparent left
3-pointers, led by Dorsey knee injury only to return just
going 8 of 12.
before halftime, was the only
The sophomore set a career other Oregon player in double
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By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — With every
open look, every shot Tyler
Dorsey dropped through the
basket, the grin got a little
bit bigger and a little more
noticeable.
Dorsey had every reason
to smile after his performance
for No. 15 Oregon in its
Pac-12 road opener.
“It was just one of those
nights where the basket just
feels wide and everything felt
like it was going to go in and
it did tonight,” Dorsey said.
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fi gures with 10 points. Bell
said he was initially concerned
he tore his ACL after colliding
knees with another player, but
it turned out to be just a scare.
Brooks, averaging 14.8
points per game, had only
eight.
“We had a lot of guys
make contributions and Tyler,
we did a good job of running
a couple of things for him and
he hit shots,” Oregon coach
Dana Altman said. “Guys
found him in transition and he
just had one of those games.”
Markelle Fultz led Wash-
ington (7-7, 0-2) with 22
points, but the Huskies shot
just 4 of 16 on 3s. David Crisp
added 14 points.
“There’s no way you
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Oregon’s
Tyler
Dorsey
(5) shoots
over
Wash-
ington’s
Markelle
Fultz
in the
second
half of
an NCAA
college
basket-
ball game
Wednes-
day, Jan.
4, 2017, in
Seattle.
Oregon
won 83-
61.
AP Photo/
Elaine Thompson
PENDLETON
NBA
T-Wolves drop league openers
Blue Mountain men,
women both fall to
Treasure Valley
Warriors
top Trail
Blazers
By JANIE MCCAULEY
Associated Press
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
OAKLAND, Calif. —
Stephen Curry had 35 points
with
fi ve
3-pointers,
Kevin Durant
scored
30
Portland
points
and
blocked three
shots and the
Golden State
Warriors beat
the Portland
Golden State
Trail Blazers
125-117
on
We d n e s d a y
night.
Zaza Pachulia scored 13
points to hit double fi gures in
consecutive games for the fi rst
time this season, just his fourth
time reaching double digits for
Golden State. He also matched
The 2016-17 season hasn’t been kind
to the Blue Mountain men’s and women’s
basketball teams, as both teams headed into
their NWAC league openers
with a combined record of Men’s Hoops
just 4-13.
So when the Treasure
Valley Chukars came to
TVCC
town on Wednesday night,
the Timberwolves knew
they would have their hands
full. The Chukars showed
why they are both two of
the top teams in the NWAC
BMCC
East in the games, as then
men and women both
headed home to Ontario
with victories Wednesday,
the men winning 105-74 over BMCC and the
women winning 80-42.
On the men’s side, the Timberwolves (2-9,
0-1) stayed with the Chukars for roughly 17
of the fi rst 20 minutes. Treasure Valley sped
out to an early 10-4 lead, but Blue Mountain
battled back to tie it up at 10-all at the 15
minute mark of the fi rst half and from that
point on, the half featured fi ve ties and eight
lead changes.
117
105
125
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Men’s College Basketball
Optimisitic
Cougars
beat OSU
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. — Wash-
ington State won its second
Pacifi c
12
game of the
season
on
We d n e s d a y,
Oregon State doubling last
year’s
total,
and
Josh
Hawkinson
says
the
Cougars
are
WSU
not done.
“We’re
2-0, so what?”
Hawkinson
said. “We’ve still got 15 or 16
conference games to go.”
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Staff photo by Kathy Aney
BMCC’s Isaiah Harris (11) is fouled by
Tristen Penrod, of Treasure Valley Com-
munity College, on Wednesday night at
the McCrae Activity Center.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
BMCC’s Lucas Wyant (24) goes up for a shot amid pressure by Landon Jones (10) and Brax-
ton Bruni (33), of Treasure Valley Community College on Wednesday night at the McCrae
Activity Center.
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Sports shorts
Timbers acquire defender Miller
PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland Timbers
have acquired defender Roy Miller, who played
six seasons in Major League Soccer before
leaving for Saprissa of Costa Rica’s top division.
Miller will remain with Saprissa through
February to take part in the
team’s CONCACAF Champions
League play.
The 32-year-old has made 48
appearances with Saprissa across
all competitions for the past two
seasons. The team won its 33rd
Miller
Primera League championship
last year.
A native of Costa Rica, Miller played for
the New York Red Bulls from 2010 to 2015.
He appeared in 125 matches and had 15
assists for the Red Bulls, who won the 2013
Supporters’ Shield.
Miller has also been a regular on the Costa
Rican national team.
“He got the weirdest-
looking body, but he
can always make plays.
I always think he looks
like a bird. I can never
understand how that
body does what it does.“
— Michael Bennett
Seattle Seahawks DE on former
teammate and current Detroit
Lions WR Golden Tate. The teams
face each other in the fi rst round
of the NFL playoffs on Saturday.
US tops Russia 4-3 in world
junior hockey semifi nal shootout
MONTREAL (AP) — Troy Terry scored
on all three of his shootout attempts, the last
in the seventh round to give the United States
a 4-3 victory over Russia on
Wednesday in the world junior
hockey semifi nals.
The Americans will face
Canada in the fi nal Thursday
night. Canada beat Sweden 5-2
on Wednesday night.
Terry scored the winner right after
Russia’s Alexander Polunin hit the crossbar.
The University of Denver forward beat Ilya
Samsonov through the legs for the third time.
“I’m just trying to gather my words here,”
said the 19-year-old Terry, an Anaheim draft
pick. “I’m still shaking a little bit. He’s is such
a big goalie, I felt the best way to score on him
was going fi ve-hole. The second and third time,
I was just trying to fi gure it out as I went down.”
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1983 — In his 42nd game,
Edmonton’s Wayne Gretzky
scores his 100th point of the
season with an assist in the
Oilers’ 8-3 triumph over the
Winnipeg Jets.
1997 — The second-year
Carolina Panthers, behind
John Kasay’s four fi eld goals,
beat the Dallas Cowboys
26-17 to advance to the NFC
Championship game.
2013 — Aaron Rodgers
connects with an NFL play-
off-record 10 receivers as he
throws for 274 yards in his
fi rst playoff victory at home,
leading Green Bay to a 24-10
victory over Minnesota.
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