Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, January 13, 2017 UConn streak among best in sports history Fans hold up signs for Connecti- cut’s 90 game win streak at the end of an NCAA college basket- ball game against South Florida, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Hartford, Conn. By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — UConn’s women’s basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The Huskies play Saturday at SMU, a team that is 10-6 and just lost to Tulane. UConn’s streak ranks among the most impres- sive in sports, but there are plenty of others. Here’s a look at some of them: TRINITY-SQUASH UConn’s women don’t own the longest winning streak in college sports history, or even in the state of Connecticut. That streak belongs to the Trinity men’s squash team. The Bantams won 252 consecutive matches, including 13 national championships, between February 1998 and January, 2012, when they lost to rival Yale. WAYLAND BAPTIST- WOMENS BASKETBALL The Huskies also don’t own the longest streak in women’s college basketball. Wayland Baptist in Plainview, Texas, won 131 straight between 1953 and 1958, when the Flying Queens finally lost in the AAU national semifinals to their rivals, the Nashville Business College. Their streak included four straight AAU AP Photo/Jessi- ca Hill national championships. UCLA-MEN’S BASKETBALL UConn’s streaks are most often compared to the 88-game benchmark put up by John Wooden and the UCLA men between 1971 and 1974. There are parallels. Both programs are considered the best in the history of their sport. UCLA won 10 titles during the Wooden era. UConn and Auriemma have 11. UCLA won the final three of its seven consecutive titles during the winning streak. UConn has won four straight, two during the streak. OKLAHOMA-COLLEGE FOOTBALL Oklahoma went more than three seasons without losing or tying a game. Their 47 consecutive wins between 1953 and 1957 is seven games longer than the second longest major college football streak, put up by Washington between 1908 and 1914. Alabama, by comparison, won 26 straight before losing to Clemson on Monday. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-NFL New England won 21 straight games between October 2003 and October 2004, including two playoff games and a Super Bowl (32-29 over Carolina). The Patriots’ streak was broken in 2004 by Pittsburgh. But the Patriots recovered to go 14-2 that season and beat the Eagles for a second consecutive title. EDWIN MOSES-TRACK AND FIELD Moses holds perhaps the most WAGNER: McDaniel, Reese will play against Falcons Continued from 1B “I feel like my route recognition is a lot better; it’s not where I want it to be, but it’s a lot better,” Wagner said. “It has allowed me to get more tackles because my breaks are cleaner because I know where the routes are coming or I know where to expect the ball to be thrown. It’s something I really worked on.” A lot the knowledge of the air game has come through experience. Not surprisingly, Wagner also turned to a pair of teammates in particular to help improve in those specific areas of understanding pass coverage and recognizing tendencies: cornerback Richard Sherman and fellow linebacker K.J. Wright. “(Sherman) I feel is the best corner in the league, so if you have the best corner in the league why wouldn’t you ask him for what he sees? And I feel K.J. recognizes routes better than anyone I’ve seen before,” Wagner said. Sherman’s resume doesn’t need explanation. He’s been one of the top cornerbacks in the NFL for the past five seasons. Wright, while often overlooked because of the rest of the stars on Seattle’s defense, has been a critical part of the Seahawks’ pass coverage since he became a starter as a rookie in 2011. “We talked a lot on the field about adjustments about splits, about formations,” Sherman said. “He started to see the things that I saw. We would watch film and I would show him the things that I saw and the indicators that I had.” It’s learning those pre-snap reads that have allowed Wagner to never sub out. Both Wagner and Wright have become every-down linebackers who remain on the field even in obvious passing downs. Seattle’s base defense has sometimes morphed from using three linebackers to going with five defensive backs. But even in those circumstances Wagner — and Wright, usually — stay on the field. “The big thing is the pre-snap clues as far as anticipation in what is coming and just studying quarterbacks. A lot of quar- terbacks are the same and a lot of combinations are the same, so whenever you see someone going out, you know something is coming in,” Wright said. “So just little small stuff that I believe that we both have improved on and has shown up.” NOTES: Seattle coach Pete Carroll said DT Tony McDaniel (concussion) and FB Marcel Reese (foot) will both play against the Falcons. McDaniel missed last week’s game against Detroit. ... Carroll was coy about the status of RB C.J. Prosise, who returned to practice this week after he suffered a broken shoulder blade in mid-November. Carroll said they would make a determination Friday as to Prosise’s status. “We’re not sure how we’re going to do that but we’ll check him after the whole week’s work,” Carroll said. SCOREBOARD Local Slate BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Today Pendleton at Sunset, canceled Pilot Rock at Culver, 6 p.m. Irrigon at Riverside, 7:30 p.m. Heppner at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m. Ione at Arlington, 7:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at South Wasco, 7:30 p.m. Powder Valley at Echo, 7:30 p.m. Nixyaawii at Helix, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Umatilla at Irrigon, 1 p.m. Stanfield at Culver, 2:30 p.m. Heppner at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m. Baker at Mac-Hi, 5:15 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Condon/Wheeler (Fos- sil), 5:30 p.m. Arlington at Horizon Christian (Hood River), 5:30 p.m. Dufur at Ione, 5:30 p.m. Echo at Wallowa, 5:30 p.m. Joseph at Helix, 5:30 p.m. Nixyaawii at Pine Eagle, 5:30 p.m. Riverside at Burns, 6:30 p.m. La Grande at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m. GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Today Pilot Rock at Culver, 4:30 p.m. Irrigon at Riverside, 6 p.m. Heppner at Stanfield, 6 p.m. Ione at Arlington, 6 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at South Wasco, 6 p.m. Powder Valley at Echo, 6 p.m. Nixyaawii at Helix, 6 p.m. Saturday Umatilla at Irrigon, 3 p.m. Baker at Mac-Hi, 3:30 p.m. Pendleton at Lewiston (ID), 4 p.m. Stanfield at Culver, 4 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Condon/Wheeler (Fossil), 4 p.m. Arlington at Horizon Christian (Hood River), 4 p.m. Dufur at Ione, 4 p.m. Echo at Wallowa, 4 p.m. Joseph at Helix,4 p.m. Nixyaawii at Pine Eagle, 4 p.m. Riverside at Burns, 5 p.m. Heppner at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m. West Valley (WA) at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Friday-Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Irrigon, Heppner at Oregon Classic (De- schutes County Fairgrounds), TBD Saturday Echo at Bonanza Tournament, 9 a.m. PREP SWIMMING Saturday Pendleton, Hermiston at Madras Meet, 10 a.m. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Saturday Columbia Basin at Blue Mountain, 4 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. Sunday Eastern Oregon at Oregon Tech, 5 p.m. WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Saturday Columbia Basin at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Sunday Eastern Oregon at Oregon Tech, 3 p.m. COLLEGE WRESTLING Saturday Eastern Oregon (women only) at Oregon Classic, TBD Prep Scores BOYS BASKETBALL Thursday’s Games North Marion 63, Blanchet Catholic 39 Seaside 83, Newport 67 Tillamook 62, Yamhill-Carlton 53 Willamette 59, Grants Pass 48 Salem Academy 83, Gervais 40 Western Mennonite 71, Central Linn 36 East Linn Christian 50, St. Paul 38 Perrydale 77, Oregon SFD 30 Lowell 77, McKenzie 32 Mapleton 82, Alsea 23 Hosanna Christian 45, Rogue Valley 39 Sherman 61, Dufur 48 Eddyville Charter 46, Mohawk 39 GIRLS BASKETBALL Thursday’s Games Blanchet Catholic 42, North Marion 32 Grants Pass 40, Willamette 34 Sheldon 55, North Medford 45 Dufur 51, Sherman 28 Alsea 45, Mapleton 24 Lowell 58, McKenzie 36 Perrydale 50, Oregon SFD 9 Hosanna Christian 26, Rogue Valley Adventist 23 Neah-Kah-Nie 26, Nestucca 14 East Linn Christian 44, St. Paul 33 Western Mennonite 45, Central Linn 42 Amity 48, Willamina 36 Salem Academy 58, Gervais 19 Yamhill-Carlton 55, Tillamook 45 Football NFL Divisional Playoffs Saturday Seattle at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m. (FOX) Houston at New England, 5:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 10:05 a.m. (NBC) Green Bay at Dallas, 1:40 p.m. (FOX) Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 25 13 .658 — Boston 24 15 .615 1½ New York 18 22 .450 8 Philadelphia 11 25 .306 13 Brooklyn 8 30 .211 17 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 22 16 .579 — Charlotte 20 19 .513 2½ Washington 19 19 .500 3 Orlando 16 24 .400 7 Miami 11 29 .275 12 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 28 10 .737 — Milwaukee 19 18 .514 8½ Indiana 20 19 .513 8½ Chicago 19 21 .475 10 Detroit 18 23 .439 11½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 31 8 .795 — Houston 31 10 .756 1 Memphis 24 17 .585 8 New Orleans 16 24 .400 15½ Dallas 12 27 .308 19 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Utah 24 16 .600 — Oklahoma City 24 16 .600 — Portland 18 23 .439 6½ Denver 15 23 .395 8 Minnesota 13 26 .333 10½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 34 6 .850 — L.A. Clippers 27 14 .659 7½ Sacramento 16 22 .421 17 L.A. Lakers 15 28 .349 20½ Phoenix 12 27 .308 21½ ——— Thursday’s Games Denver 140, Indiana 112 New Orleans 104, Brooklyn 95 New York 104, Chicago 89 San Antonio 134, L.A. Lakers 94 Dallas 113, Phoenix 108 Golden State 127, Detroit 107 Today’s Games Charlotte at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 5 p.m. Miami at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Orlando at Portland, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Sacramento, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Utah, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. New Orleans at Chicago, 2 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 3 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m. Orlando at Utah, 6 p.m. NCAA Men’s Top 25 Thursday’s Games No. 4 UCLA at Colorado, 8 p.m. No. 5 Gonzaga 93, Loyola Marymount 55 No. 16 Arizona 91, Arizona State 75 Iowa 83, No. 17 Purdue 78 No. 18 Wisconsin 89, Ohio State 66 No. 20 Notre Dame 67, Miami 62 No. 21 Saint Mary’s 74, Portland 33 No. 22 Cincinnati 66, SMU 64 Utah 86, No. 25 Southern Cal 64 Today’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No. 1 Baylor at No. 25 Kansas State, 1:30 p.m. No. 2 Kansas vs. Oklahoma State, 11 a.m. No. 3 Villanova vs. St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, 9 a.m. No. 4 UCLA at Utah, 3 p.m. No. 5 Gonzaga vs. No. 21 Saint Mary’s, 7 p.m. No. 6 Kentucky vs. Auburn, 1 p.m. No. 7 Duke at No. 14 Louisville, 9 a.m. No. 8 Creighton vs. Truman State, 10 a.m. No. 9 Florida State at No. 11 North Carolina, 11 a.m. No. 10 West Virginia at Texas, 1 p.m. No. 12 Butler vs. No. 15 Xavier, 11 a.m. No. 13 Oregon vs. Oregon State, 7:30 p.m. No. 19 Virginia at Clemson, 9 a.m. No. 20 Notre Dame at Virginia Tech, 11 a.m. No. 23 Florida vs. Georgia, 9 a.m. No. 24 Minnesota at Penn State, 9 a.m. Sunday’s Games No. 22 Cincinnati at East Carolina, 1 p.m. No. 25 Southern Cal at Colorado, 5:30 p.m. Women’s Top 25 Thursday’s Games No. 4 Mississippi State 82, Florida 49 No. 5 South Carolina 66, Georgia 63 No. 6 Notre Dame 86, Pittsburgh 54 No. 7 Florida State 72, No. 9 Louisville 65 No. 12 Duke 70, North Carolina 58 Syracuse 85, No. 23 NC State 75 Today’s Games No. 8 Washington at Arizona, 6 p.m. No. 10 Oregon State at No. 17 UCLA, 6 p.m. No. 13 Stanford at Utah, 5 p.m. No. 19 Arizona State vs. Washington State, 10 a.m. No. 21 DePaul vs. Butler, 5 p.m. No. 24 California at Colorado, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games No. 1 UConn at SMU, Noon No. 3 Maryland at Iowa, 1 p.m. No. 16 Texas at No. 18 West Virginia, 1 p.m. No. 20 South Florida vs. East Carolina, 4 p.m. No. 22 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech, Noon No. 25 Kansas State at Oklahoma State, 2 p.m. Sunday’s Games No. 2 Baylor at Kansas, 11 a.m. No. 5 South Carolina at LSU, Noon No. 7 Florida State at Clemson, 11 a.m. No. 8 Washington at No. 19 Arizona State, 5 p.m. No. 9 Louisville vs. No. 14 Miami, 10:30 a.m. No. 10 Oregon State at Southern Cal, 3 p.m. No. 11 Ohio State at Purdue, 12:30 p.m. No. 12 Duke at No. 23 N.C. State, Noon No. 13 Stanford at Colorado, 1 p.m. No. 17 UCLA vs. Oregon, 1 p.m. No. 21 DePaul vs. Xavier, Noon No. 24 California at Utah, 11 a.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Montreal 43 26 11 6 Boston 45 22 18 5 Ottawa 40 22 14 4 Florida 43 19 16 8 Toronto 39 18 13 8 Tampa Bay 43 20 19 4 Buffalo 41 16 16 9 Detroit 42 17 19 6 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Columbus 40 28 8 4 Washington 41 27 9 5 Pittsburgh 41 26 10 5 N.Y. Rangers 42 28 13 1 Philadelphia 44 22 16 6 Carolina 41 19 15 7 New Jersey 43 16 18 9 N.Y. Islanders 39 15 16 8 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Chicago 44 27 12 5 Minnesota 40 26 9 5 St. Louis 42 21 16 5 Nashville 42 19 16 7 Dallas 43 18 17 8 Winnipeg 44 20 21 3 Colorado 40 13 26 1 Pacific Division GP W L OT Anaheim 44 23 13 8 San Jose 42 25 15 2 Edmonton 44 22 15 7 Calgary 44 23 19 2 Los Angeles 42 21 17 4 Vancouver 44 20 19 5 Arizona 40 12 22 6 Pts 58 49 48 46 44 44 41 40 GF GA 133 108 111 110 103 103 100 114 120 116 122 129 95 114 105 124 Pts 60 59 57 57 50 45 41 38 GF GA 135 90 120 86 142 118 146 107 129 137 109 111 97 127 107 119 Pts 59 57 47 45 44 43 27 GF GA 124 107 130 86 118 128 116 112 114 129 122 133 80 134 Pts 54 52 51 48 46 45 30 GF GA 119 114 112 96 126 120 117 121 107 106 110 128 86 128 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ————— Thursday’s Games Philadelphia 5, Vancouver 4, SO Ottawa 4, Pittsburgh 1 Tampa Bay 4, Buffalo 2 Minnesota 7, Montreal 1 Nashville 2, Boston 1 Dallas 5, Detroit 2 Anaheim 4, Colorado 1 Edmonton 3, New Jersey 2, OT Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 1 Today’s Games Toronto at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Carolina, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Calgary, 6 p.m. Winnipeg at Arizona, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Philadelphia at Boston, 10 a.m. Nashville at Colorado, Noon N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 4 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 4 p.m. Columbus at Florida, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Arizona, 5 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. St. Louis at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Golf PGA Sony Open Thursday At Waialae Country Club Honolulu Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,044; Par 70 (35-35) First Round Leaders a-denotes amateur Justin Thomas Hudson Swafford Rory Sabbatini Russell Henley Russell Knox Gary Woodland Tony Finau Cameron Smith Jamie Lovemark Billy Hurley III Shawn Stefani Richy Werenski Jason Dufner Vijay Singh Daniel Berger Jordan Spieth Jon Curran Michael Thompson Charles Howell III Satoshi Kodaira Sean O’Hair Will MacKenzie Soren Kjeldsen Stewart Cink Jim Herman Brian Stuard Jason Bohn Boo Weekley Ryan Palmer Daniel Summerhays Brian Harman Ollie Schniederjans Ben Martin Webb Simpson Justin Rose Hideki Matsuyama Scott Piercy 30-29—59 29-33—62 30-33—63 32-32—64 33-31—64 34-30—64 32-32—64 31-33—64 31-33—64 33-31—64 32-32—64 32-33—65 33-32—65 34-31—65 33-32—65 33-32—65 33-32—65 32-33—65 33-32—65 30-35—65 32-34—66 34-32—66 34-32—66 32-34—66 32-34—66 34-32—66 34-32—66 33-33—66 34-32—66 34-32—66 34-32—66 33-33—66 35-31—66 32-34—66 34-32—66 32-34—66 33-33—66 Transactions Thursday BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Trevor Bauer on a one-year contract. National League NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with 1B Lucas Duda on a one-year contract and LHP Adam Wilk on a minor league contract. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with 1B Matt Adams on a one-year contract. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed DT Josh Mauro to a two-year contract. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Named Greg Roman senior offensive assistant and tight ends coach. Promoted tight ends coach Richard Angulo to assistant offensive line coach. DETROIT LIONS — Signed LB Brandon Chubb to a reserve/future contract. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Named Sean McVay coach. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Promoted Matt Burke to defensive coordinator. impressive individual winning streak. The two-time Olympic champion hurdler won 122 consec- utive 400-meter races, including 107 straight finals between August 1977 and June 1987. Moses was 31 years old when he lost to fellow American Danny Harris, who was 10 years younger, at a meet in Spain. BYRON NELSON-GOLF Byron Nelson dominated the PGA Tour in 1945, winning 18 tournaments, including an unprece- dented 11 in a row. The closest any other golfer has come to that record is seven straight, accomplished by Tiger Woods 2006 and 2007. MARTINA NAVRATILO- VA-TENNIS Martina Navratilova won 74 straight matches in 1984, including 13 straight tournaments. She also holds the doubles streak record with Pam Shriver. The pair won 109 straight matches between 1983 and 1985. HARLEM GLOBETROT- TERS-EXHIBITION BASKETBALL The games were a lot more exhibition than competition, but the Harlem Globetrotters lay claim to an 8,829-game winning streak that ran between 1971 and 1995. The streak was ended in Vienna, Austria by an all-star team led by Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Athlete of the Week Twenty questions with Ione’s Cord Flynn East Oregonian HEPPNER — Cord Flynn won his third straight tournament title for the Heppner/Ione wrestling team by taking the 195-pound championship at the Jo-Hi Tournament on Jan. 7. The three-sport athlete is a senior at Ione High School and spends whatever free time he gets away from school and sports working his family’s ranch. He has been named the East Oregonian Athlete of the Week for Jan. 1-7. EO: What is the best part about being an Ione Cardinal? CF: The community really supports our school. If you could change one thing about your school what would it be? I would say longer lunch period. Where’s your favorite place in Oregon? Here in Heppner. What are your plans for after high school? I plan on attending Eastern Oregon University and getting an Ag Business degree. What’s your favorite subject in school? Math What’s your favorite book? “Muscle Cars”, Auto Editors of Consumer Guide What’s the scariest movie you’ve ever seen? The Hills Have Eyes (2006) What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream? Cookie Dough What’s your favorite thing to do in the snow? I like pulling my siblings around on the sleds hooked up to the four-wheeler. What’s your favorite restaurant? In-N-Out Burger What’s the best part of having a twin sister (Hannah)? We just get along really good. Probably better than me and any of the other siblings. If you could be on any game show what would you choose? Family Feud If you could have any super power what would it be? Time travel What’s one thing you just couldn’t live without? Music What’s the best gift you ever received? My guitar. Who is your favorite musical artist? Metallica What’s your favorite sport to watch? Tie between football and MMA. What’s your favorite sandwich topping? Pickles What is your best memory as a wrestler? 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