SPORTS
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
East Oregonian
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College Football
Oregon routs Oregon State in the Civil War
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
EUGENE — Royce Freeman
was asked about his career mile-
stones after he collected a few more
in the Civil War.
While running for 122 yards
and two scores in Oregon’s 69-10
rout of Oregon State on Saturday
night, Freeman
set a new Pac-12
Pac-12
record for career
rushing touch-
downs.
Oregon State
“I think it
means that I’m
kind of old
now,” said the
normally stoic
senior,
who
Oregon
lingered on the
field with fans
after his final
game at Autzen
Stadium.
Freeman now has 60 career
rushing touchdowns, surpassing
Oregon State’s Ken Simonton, who
ran for 59 between 1998-01.
Justin Herbert, in his second
game back from a broken collar-
bone that sidelined him for five
games, threw for 251 yards and
three touchdowns for the Ducks
(7-5, 4-5 Pac-12). Herbert also
rushed for a touchdown before
sitting late in the third quarter after
Oregon built its sizable lead.
Oregon will now await a bowl
selection, while Oregon State’s
season is over. Freeman said he
hadn’t thought about whether he’ll
play in the bowl game.
Darell Garretson threw for 112
yards and a touchdown for the
Beavers before he was injured in
the third quarter and was replaced
by Mason Moran.
Oregon
running
back
Royce
Freeman
(21), runs
for a
second
quarter
touch-
down
against
Oregon
State in
Satur-
day’s
game in
Eugene.
Freeman
ran for
122 yards
and two
touch-
downs in
Civil War
victory.
10
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AP Photo/
Thomas Boyd
The Beavers won just one game
this season, to lower-division Port-
land State, and finished without a
win in Pac-12 Conference play for
the second time in the past three
seasons.
Oregon State played the final six
games of the season under interim
coach Cory Hall, promoted when
Gary Andersen mutually parted
ways with the Beavers early last
month. The Beavers are expected
to name a new head coach in the
coming weeks.
Hall said his future remains
unclear.
“One thing I’d like to say before
I get out of here is that I’m very
proud of the players because they
did stick together, there was never
any backbiting. You know what?
I take my hat off to them because
they showed up every day and they
wanted to work,” Hall said.
The Ducks avenged last year’s
34-24 loss in the Civil War, which
snapped an eight-game Oregon
winning streak in the series. The
loss assured the Ducks a last-place
finish in the Pac-12 North standings
and a few days later head coach
Mark Helfrich was dismissed.
Oregon’s first season under
Willie Taggart hit a snag when
Herbert fractured his collarbone
on Sept. 30. The Ducks went 1-4
without him. But his return sparked
last weekend’s 48-28 victory over
Arizona, which made the Ducks
bowl eligible.
“It meant the world to me, it
meant the world to our guys and it
meant the world to our fan base to
get the Ducks back in the winning
column,” Taggart said Saturday
about his first Civil War.
Oregon senior Aidan Schneider
kicked a 31-yard field goal early in
the game, setting the school record
for field goals with 50.
Freeman ran for a 2-yard
touchdown to give him 59 for his
career, tying the Pac-12 record with
Simonton. The Ducks pushed the
lead to 17-0 before the first quarter
was over on Herbert’s 29-yard
scoring pass to Mitchell.
The Beavers narrowed it on
Garretson’s 43-yard scoring pass
to Timmy Hernandez. But Oregon
opened the second quarter with
Herbert’s 12-yard touchdown pass
to Jacob Breeland.
Freeman ran for a 13-yard touch-
down to break the Pac-12 record.
He also moved into 10th place
all time for rushing touchdowns,
passing Nebraska’s Eric Crouch
and Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick.
Freeman also surpassed 100
yards rushing in the first half,
moving in to sixth place for rushing
yards in the NCAA record book.
The sturdy senior already holds
school career records for rushing
(5,621), rushing touchdowns (60),
total touchdowns (64) and 100-yard
rushing games (31).
“Royce, he’s a really special
player. And I told him earlier today,
I said ‘I was a big fan of you before
I came here but I’m an even bigger
fan now,” Herbert said. “He’s a
special guy off the field as well.”
Jaylon Redd ran for a 19-yard
touchdown and Herbert added
a 6-yard keeper before finding
Mitchell again with a 53-yard
touchdown pass.
Schneider made a 25-yard field
goal in the third quarter to make
it 55-7. Justin Hollins’ 11-yard
interception return for the Ducks
extended the considerable lead
midway through the quarter. It was
the junior’s first career interception.
Oregon State added Justin
Choukair’s 24-yard field goal.
Oregon’s Kani Benoit ran 47 yards
for a touchdown in the final quarter.
Benoit finished with 122 yards
rushing.
Dylan Mitchell caught six passes
for 119 yards and two scores for the
Ducks, who set a record for points
in a Civil War game.
Pro Basketball
Huskies beat Cougars
Trail Blazers wrap up road trip with win to claim Apple Cup
NBA
By BRIAN MAHONEY
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Damian
Lillard scored 32 points and
the Portland Trail Blazers
wrapped up a strong five-
game road trip with their
third straight victory, beating
the New York Knicks 103-91
on Monday night.
Pat Connaughton added
17 for the Trail Blazers,
who also won at Memphis,
Brooklyn and Washington
while losing only in Philadel-
phia. They needed to come
from 17 down in the fourth
quarter to beat the Wizards
last time out but were in
Portland
New York
103
91
charge of this one most of
the way.
Kristaps
Porzingis
returned from a one-game
absence and scored 22
points, but the Knicks were
without starting center Enes
Kanter for a third straight
game because of back
spasms. They lost all three,
falling back to .500 at 10-10.
The Knicks blew big early
leads in the last two losses,
in Atlanta and Houston, but
mostly played from behind
— sometimes way behind —
Monday. New York never led
by more than two and trailed
by as much as 26.
Lillard made the last
basket of the third quarter
and he won’t have any easier
ones all season. Shabazz
Napier stole the ball while
the Knicks were on the fast
break and threw it down to
Lillard, who had remained
behind on the other end. He
dunked the ball with no other
players on that side of the
court to make it 90-64.
The Knicks couldn’t
BRIEFLY
Iwakuma agrees to
deal with Mariners
SEATTLE (AP) — Right-
hander Hisashi Iwakuma has
agreed to a minor league
contract with the Seattle
Mariners and will report to
major league spring training.
The deal announced
Monday keeps Iwakuma
with the only organization
he has pitched for in the
majors.
Iwakuma, 36, managed
just six starts last season
due to shoulder problems
that caused him to go on
the disabled list in May
and setbacks during his
recovery. He was 0-2 with
a 4.35 ERA. Iwakuma had
right shoulder debridement
surgery on Sept. 27 and is
guard him when they were
close by, either. Lillard had
17 points in the third on
5-of-7 shooting.
The Blazers led 30-23
after one and quickly opened
a lead the Knicks never cut
into. They scored the first
nine of the second quarter to
open a 16-point cushion, and
that’s right it was at halftime
after Noah Vonleh’s basket at
the buzzer made it 53-37.
New York had a little rally
in the fourth that cut it to 12,
but soon after technical fouls
on Michael Beasley and
Frank Ntilikina handed the
Blazers three free throws that
pushed it back to 94-78.
expected to start throwing
in late February or early
March.
Iwakuma has spent six
seasons with the Mariners
and has a career mark of
63-39 with a 3.42 ERA
during his time in Seattle.
SCOREBOARD
Local slate
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Wednesday
Pendleton at Baker, 7:00 p.m.
Riverside at White Salmon (WA), 7:00 p.m.
Thursday
Irrigon at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m.
Touchet (WA) at Griswold, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Stanfield at Sherman Tournament, TBD
Umatilla at Vernonia Tournament, 1:30 p.m.
Riverdale vs. Umatilla (at Vernonia), 4:30
p.m.
Grant Union vs. Culver (at Sherman),
4:30 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Echo, 4:30 p.m.
Irrigon at Weston-McEwen, 4:30 p.m.
College Place (WA) at Riverside, 5:00 p.m.
Mountain View vs. Hermiston (at Wilson-
ville) 5:30 p.m.
Eagle Point vs. Pendleton (at Wilsonville),
7:00 p.m.
Enterprise at Ione, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
Pendleton at Wilsonville Invitational, TBD
Hermiston Wilsonville Invitational, TBD
Riverside at Mac-Hi Tournament, TBD
Heppner at Beau Classic, TBD
Irrigon at Ione Bonanza, 1:00 p.m.
Ione vs. TBD (at Ione Bonanza), 2:30 p.m.
Echo at Condon/Wheeler, 3:30 p.m.
Umatilla at Vernonia Tournament, 5:30 p.m.
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wednesday
Baker at Pendleton, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday
Irrigon at Stanfield, 6:00 p.m.
Touchet (WA) at Helix, 6:00 p.m.
Friday
Sherman at Stanfield, TBD
Helix vs. TBD ( at Mac-Hi) , TBD
Weston-McEwen at Irrigon, 3:00 p.m.
Umatilla at Riverdal, 3:00 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Echo, 3:00 p.m.
College Place (WA) at Riverside, 3:30
p.m.
Heppner at Chemawa, 4:30 p.m.
Enterprise at Ione, 6:00 p.m.
Griswold at McLoughlin, 6:30 p.m.
Wilsonville at Hermiston, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday
Mac-Hi vs. TBD (at Mac-Hi Tournament,
TBD
Riverside vs. TBD, (Mac-Hi Tournament),
TBD
Griswold vs. TBD (Mac-Hi Tournament),
TBD
Umatilla vs. TBD ( Vernonia Tournament),
TBD
Heppner vs. TBD, (Beau Classic), TBD
Stanfield vs. TBD, (Sherman Tourna-
ment), TBD
Irrigon vs. TBD, (Ione Basketball Bonan-
za), 1:00 p.m.
Summit at Pendleton, 2:30 p.m.
Lewiston (ID) at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m.
Riverdale vs. TBD, (Vernonia Tourna-
ment), 7:00 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs. TBD, (Ione Tourna-
ment), 7:00 p.m.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Tuesday
EOU vs. Georgetown (Ky.), NAIA National
Championships (Sioux City, Iowa), 2 p.m.
Wednesday
EOU vs. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas),
NAIA National Championships (Sioux City,
Iowa), 3 p.m.
COLLEGE WRESTLING
Friday
EOU, Battle of the Rockies in Grant Falls,
Mont., TBD
Saturday
EOU, Battle of the Rockies in Grant Falls,
Mont., TBD
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL
Friday
BMCC at Walla Walla Classic., TBD
Saturday
BMCC at Walla Walla Classic, TBD
EOU at Southern Oregon, 6 p.m.
Sunday
BMCC at Clackamas CC, 1 p.m.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Friday
BMCC at Linn-Benton CC, 6 p.m.
Saturday
BMCC at Portland CC, 2 p.m.
EOU at Southern Oregon, 4 p.m.
Prep Football
OSAA Playoffs
Saturday’s Games
5A Championship
No. 3 Hermiston 38, No. 4 Churchill 35
4A Championship
No. 1 Cottage Grove 48, No. 3 Marsh-
field 14
3A Championship
No. 4 Cascade Christian 28, No. 2
Santiam Christian 21
2A Championship
No. 2 Monroe 36, No. 5 Santiam 22
1A Championship
No. 2 Dufur 60, No. 5 Hosanna Christian 18
Football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct PF
New England 9 2
0 .818 325
Buffalo
6 5
0 .545 224
N.Y. Jets
4 7
0 .364 228
Miami
4 7
0 .364 174
South
W L
T Pct PF
Tennessee
7 4
0 .636 242
Jacksonville 7 4
0 .636 269
Houston
4 7
0 .364 283
Indianapolis 3 8
0 .273 195
North
W L
T Pct PF
Pittsburgh
9 2
0 .818 258
Baltimore
6 5
0 .545 236
Cincinnati
5 6
0 .455 199
Cleveland
0 11
0 .000 166
West
W L
T Pct PF
Kansas City 6 5
0 .545 272
L.A. Chargers 5 6
0 .455 249
Oakland
5 6
0 .455 225
Denver
3 8
0 .273 197
PA
220
260
257
289
PA
269
168
285
300
PA
193
187
215
289
PA
236
202
261
280
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct PF
Philadelphia 10 1
0 .909 351
Dallas
5 6
0 .455 248
Washington 5 6
0 .455 258
N.Y. Giants 2 9
0 .182 172
South
W L
T Pct PF
New Orleans 8 3
0 .727 322
Carolina
8 3
0 .727 248
Atlanta
7 4
0 .636 265
Tampa Bay 4 7
0 .364 223
North
W L
T Pct PF
Minnesota
9 2
0 .818 271
Detroit
6 5
0 .545 294
Green Bay
5 6
0 .455 232
Chicago
3 8
0 .273 177
West
W L
T Pct PF
L.A. Rams
8 3
0 .727 329
Seattle
7 4
0 .636 266
Arizona
5 6
0 .455 203
San Francisco 1 10
0 .091 187
———
Week 12 Results
Minnesota 30, Detroit 23
L.A. Chargers 28, Dallas 6
Washington 20, N.Y. Giants 10
Atlanta 34, Tampa Bay 20
Cincinnati 30, Cleveland 16
Tennessee 20, Indianapolis 16
Buffalo 16, Kansas City 10
Philadelphia 31, Chicago 3
New England 35, Miami 17
Carolina 35, N.Y. Jets 27
Seattle 24, San Francisco 13
Oakland 21, Denver 14
L.A. Rams 26, New Orleans 20
Arizona 27, Jacksonville 24
Pittsburgh 31, Green Bay 28
Baltimore 23, Houston 16
PA
191
270
276
267
PA
222
207
230
262
PA
195
264
261
252
PA
206
212
278
284
NCAA
Week 13 Top 25 Results
No. 6 Auburn 26, No. 1 Alabama 14
No. 3 Clemson 34, No. 24 South Carolina 10
No. 4 Oklahoma 59, West Virginia 31
No. 5 Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 0
No. 7 Georgia 38, Georgia Tech 7
No. 21 Stanford 38, No. 8 Notre Dame 20
No. 9 Ohio State 31, Michigan 20
No. 10 Penn State 66, Maryland 3
No. 17 Washington 41, No. 13 Wash. St. 14
No. 16 Michigan State 40, Rutgers 7
No. 18 LSU 45, Texas A&M 21
No. 19 Oklahoma State 58, Kansas 17
No. 20 Memphis 70, East Carolina 13
No. 22 Northwestern 42, Illinois 7
Fresno State 28, No. 23 Boise State 17
Pac-12 Results
No. 21 Stanford 38, No. 8 Notre Dame 20
No. 17 Washington 41, No. 13 Wash. St. 14
Arizona State 42, Arizona 30
Oregon 69, Oregon State 10
Utah 34, Colorado 13
Hockey
NHL
Monday’s Games
Florida 3, New Jersey 2
Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 4, OT
Montreal 3, Columbus 1
Winnipeg 7, Minnesota 2
Chicago 7, Anaheim 3
Tuesday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Vancouver at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.
Carolina at Columbus, 4 p.m.
Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
San Jose at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Arizona at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Dallas at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Basketball
NBA
Monday’s Games
Cleveland 113, Philadelphia 91
Indiana 121, Orlando 109
Detroit 118, Boston 108
Portland 103, New York 91
Houston 117, Brooklyn 103
San Antonio 115, Dallas 108
L.A. Clippers 120, L.A. Lakers 115
Sacramento 110, Golden State 106
Tuesday’s Games
Miami at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Phoenix at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Denver at Utah, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
NCAA
Men’s Basketball
Top 25 Slate
Monday
No. 11 Cincinnati 83, Alabama State 51
No. 18 Virginia 49, Wisconsin 37
Tuesday
No. 16 Baylor at No. 21 Xavier, 3:30 p.m. (FS1)
Toledo at No. 2 Kansas, 5 p.m. (ESPN3)
Savannah St. at No. 8 Wichita St., 5 p.m.
No. 17 Louisville at Purdue, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Women’s Basketball
Top 25 Slate
Tuesday
Loyola-Chicago at No. 23 Marquette,
9:30 a.m.
Prairie View A&M at No. 18 Texas A&M,
5 p.m.
No. 1 UCONN at Nevada, 6 p.m. (CBSSN)
Hampton at No. 10 Oregon, 6 p.m.
UC Riverside at No. 7 UCLA, 7 p.m.
Pac-12 Schedule
Tuesday
Hampton at No. 10 Oregon, 6 p.m.
Long Beach State at Arizona, 6 p.m.
UC Riverside at No. 7 UCLA, 7 p.m.
Soccer
MLS Playoffs
Conference Championships
Eastern Conference
Nov. 22: Toronto 0, Columbus 0
Nov. 29: Columbus at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Western Conference
Nov. 22: Seattle 2, Houston 0
Nov. 30: Houston at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.
MLS CUP
Dec. 9: at highest seed, 1 p.m.
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Given the
chance to ruin their rivals
hopes at a conference champi-
onship, Washington did more
than simply cost Washington
State a chance at the Pac-12
North.
The Huskies reasserted
that for the fifth straight
season the Apple Cup would
remain decorated in purple
with yet another rout of the
Cougars.
“We wanted to put our
foot on their neck from when
the game started and keep it
rolling through the game,”
Washington safety Ezekiel
Turner said.
Myles Gaskin ran for 192
yards and four touchdowns,
Washington forced four turn-
overs, and the No. 15 Huskies
ended No. 14 Washington
State’s hopes for a division
title with a 41-14 thumping
Saturday night.
Washington
(10-2,
8-2 Pac-12, No. 17 CFP)
suffocating defense made
life miserable for Luke Falk
in the final regular season
game of his career and the
performance by Washington’s
defense was punctuated by
Gaskin running wild through
the Cougars.
Gaskin had 25 carries
and averaged nearly 8 yards
per touch. He had 114 yards
rushing in the first half.
The Huskies pummeled
Washington State on the
line of scrimmage, finishing
with 328 yards rushing, the
second-highest total this
season. Gaskin had three short
TD runs and a memorable
26-yard scoring run in the
third quarter that will rank
among the best of his career.
Gaskin shook Sean Harper
at the line of scrimmage,
sprinted to the sideline and
kept his balance enough while
being pushed by Hunter Dale
to leap for the pylon and finish
off the TD.
“That one was cool,”
Gaskin said. “I didn’t know
if I was going to get in there.
They missed a tackle so I was
like ‘I got to make it happen.’”
While Washington cele-
brated in the cold Seattle rain,
the Cougars (9-3, 6-3, No. 13
CFP) were left to accept their
flop. Washington State needed
only a victory to win its first
Pac-12 North title and earn
a spot in the conference title
game Friday against Southern
California. Washington State
had memorable Apple Cup
wins over the Huskies in 1997
and 2007 in Seattle.
This is one the Cougars
Pac-12
Wash. State Washington
14
41
would like to immediately
forget.
“I didn’t feel like we
collectively, the whole game,
played well at any position,”
Washington State coach Mike
Leach said.
Falk, the Pac-12 record-
holder in a number of
passing categories, threw
three interceptions and had a
costly fumble. He was under
pressure all night as Vita Vea
and the rest of defensive front
was able to get pressure while
rushing just three defenders
and closed off gaps in the
secondary. Falk was 37-of-55
passing for 369 yards and a
late TD to Tay Martin, helping
continue Leach’s streak of
never being shut out.
But it was a hollow
accomplishment in the scope
of being overmatched by their
rivals.
“It sucks because we all
know what was at stake for
this game and for the senior
class and this team,” Falk said.
“I’m really proud of the guys
and where we come from, but
definitely disappointed.”
What was a matchup of the
top two defenses in the Pac-12
was completely one-sided.
Washington
dominated.
Washington State was bullied.
The Cougars were allowing
just 130 yards per game
rushing and led the Pac-12 in
sacks. The Huskies averaged
7.3 yards per carry and quar-
terback Jake Browning never
was sacked until the first play
of the fourth quarter.
“Once something starts
clicking we kind of stick to
it,” Gaskin said. “If it doesn’t
we’ll go back to something
else. That’s just kind of the
way it worked out today.”
Meanwhile, Falk was
constantly under duress. Falk
was sacked five times and
his mistakes came at critical
points when Washington State
had opportunities to remain
in touch with the Huskies.
His fumble may have been
the most critical as he was
hit by Keishawn Bierria and
fumbled at the Cougars 28.
Two plays later, Browning
plowed in from the 1 to give
Washington a 14-0 lead.
“This is the right feeling
for me to feel right now,”
Bierria said after finishing
his career undefeated against
the Cougars. “Anything else,
it would have felt totally
awkward.”