SPORTS
Thursday, December 7, 2017
East Oregonian
Men’s College Basketball
Page 3B
MLB
Thybulle scores 19 as Washington
stuns No. 2 Kansas on the road
By DAVE SKRETTA
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
First-year Washington coach
Mike Hopkins saw how
Kansas dissected Syracuse’s
vaunted 2-3 zone defense last
week, so he made a couple
tweaks to his own version
before facing the Jayhawks
on Wednesday night.
Primarily,
Hopkins
stretched the zone to take
away the 3-pointer.
It worked to perfection.
The Huskies frustrated the
Jayhawks’ dangerous lineup
of deep threats, Matisse
Thybulle hit five-pointers
and scored 19 points, and
Washington kept its poise
down the stretch for a 74-65
victory that knocked No. 2
Kansas from the ranks of the
unbeaten.
“We’ve been very fortu-
nate this year to play a lot
of teams that shoot 30 and
35 3-pointers. It’s really
the kryptonite of the zone,”
said Hopkins, who spent 22
years on Jim Boeheim’s staff
at Syracuse, a tenure that
came in handy considering
the Jayhawks just beat the
Orange.
“I felt like this could be
our best opportunity to win
the game,” Hopkins said.
Jaylen Nowell also had
15 points, and Noah Dick-
erson added 13 points and
14 rebounds, as the Huskies
(7-2) beat the Jayhawks
(7-1) for the first time since
December 1974.
“We really just didn’t have
it tonight. You have to give
them credit,” the Jayhawks’
Devonte Graham said. “They
made every shot and they did
a good job of not letting us
get comfortable.”
Lagerald Vick had a
career-high 28 points for
Kansas, doing almost all his
damage in the middle of the
Huskies’ zone. But he didn’t
get a whole lot of help as the
Jayhawks went 5 for 20 from
the 3-point arc, lowlighted
by lousy performances from
their two best sharpshooters.
Graham, coming off back-
to-back 35-point outbursts,
was held to three points on
1-for-8 shooting, while Svi
Mykhailiuk was 3 for 12
from the field and scored
eight points before fouling
out.
“They took everybody
away but Lagerald — ‘See
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner, left, gen-
eral manager Brian Cashman, center, and Aaron
Boone, pose for photographers during a news con-
ference introducing Boone as the team’s new man-
ager, Wednesday at Yankee stadium in New York.
Boone knows
he has to prove
himself to Yankees
By RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Washington’s Matisse Thybulle, center, beats Kansas’ Clay Young, left, and Marcus
Garrett (0) to a rebound during Wednesday’s game in Kansas City, Mo.
NCAA
Washington
#2 Kansas
74
65
if you can beat us,”’ Kansas
coach Bill Self said. “I
thought our defense was
horrendous and our hustle
plays weren’t very good
either.”
In truth, the Jayhawks
had little trouble getting Vick
open shots in the middle of
the zone. The problem came
in that he was just 12 of 23
from the field, even though
most of the shots were
bunnies.
Throw in foul trouble that
sent the Jayhawks’ two big
men, Udoka Azubuike and
Mitch Lightfoot, to the bench
well before halftime and it
was no surprise the Huskies
took a 36-34 lead into the
break.
Washington kept the pres-
sure on early in the second
half, pushing its lead to 52-44
with 12:10 left in the game,
before the Jayhawks finally
turned up the defensive
intensity. Vick got going
again inside and Azubuike’s
slam of an alley-oop pass
trimmed their deficit to 53-52
with 9 1/2 minutes to go.
The Huskies calmed
back down after a timeout,
though, stretching their lead
again. Thybulle got loose for
a transition dunk, Dickerson
added a slam of his own, and
Hameir Wright’s 3-pointer
from the wing made it 69-56
— their biggest lead to that
point.
Even when the Jayhawks
caught a break, like a tech-
nical foul on David Crisp
in the closing minutes, they
couldn’t capitalize. Graham
missed both free throws with
a chance to cut into a 73-59
deficit, and Mykhailiuk
promptly missed a 3-point
attempt as the Huskies put
the game away.
“You could see this
coming,” Self said. “When
we’re energized and moving
the ball and everybody is
playing with energy, I think
we’re a nice team. But when
we’re not, we get average
real quick.”
UP NEXT
Washington begins a
four-game home stand with
No. 12 Gonzaga on Sunday
night.
SCOREBOARD
Local slate
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Thursday
Stanfield vs. Arlington (at Umatilla), 2 p.m.
Pilot Rock vs. Riverside (at Umatilla),
3:30 p.m.
Faith Bible vs. Echo (at Umatilla), 5:30 p.m.
Union at Umatilla, 7 p.m.
Friday
Irrigon vs. Imbler (at Heppner), 4:30 p.m.
Ione vs. Prarie City (at Condon), 4:30 p.m.
Walla Walla (WA) at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
Chiawana (WA) at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Heppner, 7:30 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs. Salem Acadmey (at
Kennedy), 7:30 p.m.
Helix at Enterprise, 7:30 p.m.
N. Clackamas Christian at Condon/Wheel-
er, 7:30 p.m.
Nixyaawii vs. Crane (at EOU), 7:30 p.m.
Riverside, Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Stanfield,
Arlington, Echo vs. TBD (at Umatilla), TBD
Saturday
Nixyaawii vs. Jordan Valley (at EOU),
12:30 p.m.
Ione vs. North Clackamas Christian (at
Condon), 12:30 p.m.
Mac-Hi vs. Irrigon (at Heppner), 2:30 p.m.
Prarie City at Condon/Wheeler, 3:30 p.m.
Imbler at Heppner, 5:30 p.m.
Riverside, Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Stanfield,
Arlington, Echo vs. TBD (at Umatilla), TBD
Helix vs. TBD (at Enterprise), TBD
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Thursday
Riverside vs. Pilot Rock (at Umatilla), 2
p.m.
Stanfield vs. Mac-Hi (at Umatilla), 3:30
p.m.
Union at Umatilla, 5:30 p.m.
Echo vs. Faith Bible (at Umatilla), 7 p.m.
Friday
Irrigon vs. Imbler, 3 p.m.
Ione vs. Prarie City (at Condon), 3 p.m.
Chiawana (WA) at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Heppner, 6 p.m.
Nixyaawii vs. Crane (at EOU), 6 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs. King’s Way Christian
(WA) (at Kennedy), 6 p.m.
North Clackamas Christian at Condon/
Wheeler, 6 p.m.
Helix at Enterprise, 6 p.m.
Pendleton at Walla Walla (WA), 7 p.m.
Riverside, Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Mac-Hi,
Echo vs. TBD (at Umatilla), TBD
Saturday
Nixyaawii vs. Jordan Valley (at EOU), 11
a.m.
Ione vs. North Clackamas Christian (at
Condon), 11 a.m.
Mac-Hi vs. Irrigon (at Heppner), 1 p.m.
Prarie City at Condon/Wheeler, 3:30 p.m.
Imbler at Heppner, 4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs. TBD (at Kennedy),
TBD
Helix vs. TBD (at Enterprise), TBD
Riverside, Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Mac-Hi,
Echo vs. TBD (at Umatilla), TBD
PREP WRESTLING
Friday
Hermiston at Post Falls (ID)
Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Heppner at La Grande
Tournament
Irrigon at Culver Invitational, 8 a.m.
Saturday
Irrigon at Culver Invitational, 8 a.m.
Riverside at Leonard Schutte Invite (WA)
Echo at Nyssa Tournament
PREP SWIMMING
Saturday
Pendleton, Hermiston at Baker, Noon
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Friday
Edmonds at BMCC, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
EOU at Linfield, 4 p.m.
BMCC at Blazer Classic (Centralia, WA),
TBA
Sunday
BMCC at Blazer Classic (Centralia, WA),
TBA
COLLEGE WRESTLING
Saturday
Warner Pacific, Clackamas CC at EOU,
4/6 p.m.
Prep Scores
Wednesday
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL
Gold Beach 55, Glide 38
Perrydale 65, Yoncalla 47
Sherwood 41, Centennial 37
GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL
Burns 57, Prairie City 38
City Christian 34, East Linn Christian 28
Gold Beach 50, Glide 34
Myrtle Point 41, Camas Valley 20
Perrydale 43, Yoncalla 22
Roseburg 49, Thurston 29
Football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct PF PA
New England 10 2
0 .833 348 223
Buffalo
6 6
0 .500 227 283
N.Y. Jets
5 7
0 .417 266 288
Miami
5 7
0 .417 209 298
South
W L
T Pct PF PA
Tennessee
8 4
0 .667 266 282
Jacksonville 8 4
0 .667 299 178
Houston
4 8
0 .333 296 309
Indianapolis 3 9
0 .250 205 330
North
W L
T Pct PF PA
Pittsburgh 10 2
0 .833 281 213
Baltimore
7 5
0 .583 280 207
Cincinnati
5 7
0 .417 219 238
Cleveland
0 12
0 .000 176 308
West
W L
T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 6 6
0 .500 303 274
L.A. Chargers 6 6
0 .500 268 212
Oakland
6 6
0 .500 249 278
Denver
3 9
0 .250 206 315
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 10 2
0 .833 361 215
Dallas
6 6
0 .500 286 284
Washington 5 7
0 .417 272 314
N.Y. Giants 2 10
0 .167 189 291
South
W L
T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 9 3
0 .750 353 243
Carolina
8 4
0 .667 269 238
Atlanta
7 5
0 .583 274 244
Tampa Bay 4 8
0 .333 243 288
North
W L
T Pct PF PA
Minnesota 10 2
0 .833 285 204
Detroit
6 6
0 .500 314 308
Green Bay
6 6
0 .500 258 281
Chicago
3 9
0 .250 191 267
West
W L
T Pct PF PA
L.A. Rams
9 3
0 .750 361 222
Seattle
8 4
0 .667 290 222
Arizona
5 7
0 .417 219 310
San Francisco 2 10
0 .167 202 298
———
Week 14
Thursday’s Games
New Orleans at Atlanta, 5:25 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Oakland at Kansas City, 10 a.m.
San Francisco at Houston, 10 a.m.
Minnesota at Carolina, 10 a.m.
Chicago at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.
Green Bay at Cleveland, 10 a.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.
Indianapolis at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.
Washington at L.A. Chargers, 1:05 p.m.
Tennessee at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Denver, 1:05 p.m.
Seattle at Jacksonville, 1:25 p.m.
Philadelphia at L.A. Rams, 1:25 p.m.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.
Monday’s Game
New England at Miami, 5:30 p.m.
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L Pct GB
Boston
22
4 .846 —
Toronto
15
7 .682
5
Philadelphia
13 10 .565 7½
New York
12 12 .500
9
Brooklyn
9 14 .391 11½
Southeast Division
W
L Pct GB
Washington
13 11 .542 —
Miami
11 13 .458
2
Orlando
11 15 .423
3
Charlotte
9 14 .391 3½
Atlanta
5 19 .208
8
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Cleveland
18
7 .720 —
Detroit
14 10 .583
3
Indiana
14 11 .560
4
Milwaukee
13 10 .565 4½
Chicago
3 20 .130 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L Pct GB
Houston
18
4 .818 —
San Antonio
17
8 .680 2½
New Orleans
13 12 .520
7
Memphis
8 16 .333 11
Dallas
7 18 .280 12½
Northwest Division
W
L Pct GB
Denver
13 11 .542 —
Minnesota
14 11 .560 —
Portland
13 11 .542 —
Utah
13 12 .520
½
Oklahoma City
11 12 .478 1½
Pacific Division
W
L Pct GB
Golden State
20
6 .769 —
L.A. Clippers
8 14 .364 9½
L.A. Lakers
8 15 .348 10
Phoenix
9 17 .346 10½
Sacramento
7 17 .292 11½
———
Wednesday’s Games
Cleveland 101, Sacramento 95
Indiana 98, Chicago 96
Orlando 110, Atlanta 106, OT
Boston 97, Dallas 90
New York 99, Memphis 88
New Orleans 123, Denver 114
Milwaukee 104, Detroit 100
Golden State 101, Charlotte 87
San Antonio 117, Miami 105
Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, late finish
Thursday’s Games
L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
Washington at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma City vs. Brooklyn at Mexico
City, 7 p.m.
Houston at Utah, 7:30 p.m.
NCAA Men’s Basketball
Top 25
Wednesday’s Games
No. 13 Xavier 96, Kent State 70
No. 11 North Carolina 104, Western
Carolina 61
Loyola-Chicago 65, No. 5 Florida 59
Washington 74, No. 2 Kansas 65
Thursday’s Games
Valparaiso at No. 21 Purdue, 3:30 p.m. (FS1)
Pac-12
Wednesday’s Games
Montana at UCLA, canceled
Washington 74, No. 2 Kansas 65
Colorado 75, New Mexico 57
Central Arkansas 96, Cal 69
Idaho 91, Washington State 64
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled.
NCAA Women’s Basketball
Top 25
Wednesday’s Games
No. 23 Green Bay 75, Dayton 64
No. 21 Texas A&M 71, TCU 58
No. 12 Ohio State 103, Florida 77
No. 15 Maryland 97, Mount Saint Mary’s 57
No. 3 Notre Dame 90, Michigan State 59
No. 11 Tennessee 131, Troy 69
Thursday’s Games
Vanderbilt at No. 4 Louisville, 4 p.m.
Marquette at No. 24 Michigan, 4 p.m.
Pitt at No. 10 West Virginia, 4 p.m.
UNCG at No. 14 Duke, 4 p.m. (ACCNE)
Stetson at No. 13 FSU, 4 p.m. (ACCNE)
San Diego at No. 25 Cal, 7 p.m.
Pac-12
Wednesday’s Games
Colorado 70, Colorado State 67
Gonzaga 64, Washington State 56
Thursday’s Games
Arizona at North Arizona, 5:30 p.m.
Washington at Boise State, 6 p.m.
San Diego at No. 25 Cal, 7 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 27 19
6
2 40 101 69
Toronto
29 18 10
1 37 101 85
Montreal
29 13 13
3 29 81 90
Boston
25 12
9
4 28 69 73
Detroit
28 11 12
5 27 79 91
Ottawa
25 9 10
6 24 74 86
Florida
27 10 13
4 24 79 93
Buffalo
28 7 17
4 18 60 96
Metropolitan Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
New Jersey 27 16
7
4 36 84 81
Columbus 28 17 10
1 35 80 70
Washington 29 17 11
1 35 100 86
N.Y. Islanders 27 16
9
2 34 101 92
Pittsburgh 29 15 11
3 33 86 95
N.Y. Rangers 27 15 10
2 32 91 81
Carolina
26 11 10
5 27 72 80
Philadelphia 27 9 11
7 25 75 83
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville
28 18
7
3 39 92 80
St. Louis
28 18
8
2 38 92 75
Winnipeg 28 17
7
4 38 95 76
Dallas
28 16 11
1 33 86 81
Minnesota 27 13 11
3 29 80 82
Chicago
28 12 11
5 29 84 79
Colorado
26 12 12
2 26 81 86
Pacific Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 29 18
8
3 39 90 63
Vegas
27 17
9
1 35 94 85
Vancouver 28 14 10
4 32 78 77
San Jose
26 14 10
2 30 66 61
Calgary
28 14 12
2 30 81 90
Anaheim
28 11 11
6 28 75 86
Edmonton 27 11 14
2 24 78 92
Arizona
30 7 18
5 19 73 104
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
———
Wednesday’s Games
Toronto 2, Calgary 1, SO
Washington 6, Chicago 2
Philadelphia at Edmonton, late finish
Ottawa at Anaheim, late finish
Thursday’s Games
N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Boston, 4 p.m.
Colorado at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Florida, 4:30 p.m.
Calgary at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Dallas at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
Philadelphia at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
NEW YORK — Aaron
Boone was pulling into
the driveway of his home
in Scottsdale, Arizona,
last Thursday, bringing
8-year-old daughter Bella
home from school so his
wife could drive her to
a dance lesson, and he
noticed a missed call from
Brian Cashman.
Boone called back the
New York Yankees general
manager as his wife looked
on and said Cashman told
him: “Hey, just first and
foremost, I want to make
sure you’re completely on
board and understanding
the commitment level that
is now expected of you.”
“If that’s the case,”
Boone recalled Cashman
saying, “I’m going to
recommend to ownership
that you’re the guy we
move forward and focus
on.”
And with that, at age
44 Boone had secured his
first manager or coaching
job of any kind since his
retirement as a player eight
years ago.
Boone was introduced
Wednesday as New York’s
manager during a news
conference at Yankee
Stadium, where televisions
throughout the ballpark
showed images of him
rounding the bases in
triumph after his 11th-in-
ning home run off Boston’s
Tim Wakefield won Game 7
of the 2003 AL Champion-
ship Series for the Yankees.
“It’s certainly something
that I’m known for in my
baseball life, obviously,
and in some way probably
is a contributor to me being
here today,” he said.
Among six candidates
for the job, Boone so
impressed Cashman and his
staff that no second round
of interviews was needed.
“The interview process
is to try to determine
how Aaron ticks and if
he an extension of our
philosophies or pretty
close to an extension of
our philosophies and what
kind of decision-making
process he would gravitate
to,” Cashman said. “That
doesn’t mean there won’t
be some growing pains
on the beginning end, and
we’re OK with that.”
Cashman recommended
Boone after consulting
with a smorgasbord of
his modern-day front
office: assistant GMs
Jean Afterman and Mike
Fishman, vice president of
baseball operations Tim
Naehring, senior director of
player development Kevin
Reese, assistant director
of professional scouting
Dan Giese, director of
quantitative analysis David
Grabiner, director of mental
conditioning Chad Bohling,
head athletic trainer Steve
Donohue and vice president
of communications Jason
Zillo.
“There was a difference
of opinion among the
participants as to who
their number two- or
three-choice was, but there
was little-to-no difference
of opinion as to who their
number-one choice was,”
Steinbrenner said. “It
wasn’t even close.”
Cashman thought back
to when he was assistant
GM and owner George
Steinbrenner promoted him
to succeed Bob Watson as
GM.
“He took a chance on me
back in 1998, and here I am
20 years later,” Cashman
said.
Boone became the
first manager hired by the
Yankees since they moved
into their new ballpark in
2009 and since George
Steinbrenner died the
following year.
Hal Steinbrenner, son
of The Boss, spoke briefly
with Boone outside Dono-
hue’s office when Boone
interviewed on Nov. 17.
Steinbrenner
originally
had said he and his siblings
would meet with candidates
who reached a second
round.
“When I get that kind of
recommendation from my
top people, I just didn’t see
the need,” he said.
Boone had worked for
ESPN since retiring as a
player. He acknowledged
one of his first tasks will be
to convince his players he
can do the job.
“I think in short order I’ll
be able to earn that respect,
that they’ll be able to look
at me, trust in me, know
that I have their interest at
heart, but know that hope-
fully I know what the heck
I’m talking about,” he said.
“That’s something that you
have to earn over the initial
days in spring training, in
the season.”
ATHLETE
OF THE
WEEK
Sebastian Garcia
Senior - Umatilla High School
Garcia scored a
combined 26 points
over the weekend
to help Umatilla
win the Vernonia
Tournament,
including a team-
high 19 points in
the championship
game on Saturday.
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