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East Oregonian
Friday, December 15, 2017
PENDLETON
Buckaroos’ skid continues with third straight loss
Pendleton gets
little going against
Wilsonville
By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — After
Pendleton’s third consec-
utive loss Thursday night,
there was
little
to Basketball
smile about.
T h e
Buckaroos
invited the Wilsonville
Wilsonville
Wildcats
to Warberg
Court for
their second
Pendleton
home game
in just as
many days
and with it
endured a 72-46 beating —
taking little away from their
26-point loss.
“I don’t have any posi-
tives,” head coach Kevin
Porter said after the game.
The Wildcats had plenty
of momentum, coming into
town perfect so far in the
young season. With the
win, Wilsonville pushed its
record to 5-0 and sunk the
Bucks (1-5) while doing so.
Pendleton has played
some of its better basketball
in the second half to start the
year, but against Wilsonville,
the Bucks best performance
would come in the opening
quarter.
Senior forward Kalan
McGlothan made her fi rst
start of the season in her
second game back from
injury. Porter labeled her
the difference maker, but it
will take some time before
McGlothan gets comfortable
on the court.
“She can be a difference
maker but it certainly wasn’t
that tonight,” he said.”
Instead, fellow senior
Jaiden Lemberger had
another team-best perfor-
mance, scoring six of her
72
46
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton’s Maureen Davies shoots the ball over Wil-
sonville’s Kayla Hieb during the Bucks 72-46 loss to the
Wildcats on Thursday in Pendleton.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton’s Jaiden Lemberger drives on Wilsonville’s Teagan McNamee during the
Bucks’ 72-46 loss to the Wildcats on Thursday in Pendleton.
15 total points in the fi rst
quarter.
Lemberger’s efforts left
the Bucks toe-to-toe with
the Wildcats after the fi rst
eight minutes of play as
Wilsonville held a narrow
13-11 lead.
Entering the second
quarter, the teams traded
points
until
Pendleton
became stagnant allowing
Wilsonville to take control
after a 15-7 run.
The Wildcats entered
halftime up 35-24, and from
then on it was Wilsonville’s
for the taking. Pendleton’s
Achilles heel was its
inability to secure the ball
off the pass. Most of the
Wildcats steals happened
mid-air as a Buck lobbed it
to a teammate unsuccess-
fully.
After
the
break,
Lemberger sunk a long
3-pointer to cut Pendleton’s
defi cit to 11 points and
on the its next position,
McGlothan converted an
and-one to bring some life
back into the Bucks offense.
Three plays later Lemberger
hit another three to bring
Pendleton within 8-points of
Wilsonville.
Unfortunately for the
Bucks, the 43-35 defi cit was
as close as they would get to
the Wildcats the rest of the
night.
Another big run from
Wilsonville — 18-0 lasting
10 minutes — sealed its fi fth
consecutive win.
For Wilsonville, junior
Emily Scanlan led the night
with a game-high 16 points.
Fellow juniors Reese Timm
and Teagan McNamee each
chipped in 12 points. Timm
did the most damage at the
charity stripe by making
three of her four free throw
attempts while McNamee’s
presence in the paint was
nearly unstoppable.
The Bucks will work
through their miscues and
hopefully have things click
by the time they get back on
the court.
“We’re just going to
continue to do what we’ve
been doing,” Porter said.
Pendleton will have until
Monday, when it travels to
South Albany for a 7 p.m.
tipoff.
———
WHS
13 22 21 16 — 72
PHS
11 13 11 11 — 46
WILSONVILLE — E. Scanlan 16, T.
McNamee 12, R. Timm 12, C. Gutridge 10,
S. Burns 6, E. Bishop 6, J. Classen 5, A.
Morris 3, K. Hieb 2.
PENDLETON — J. Lemberger 15, U.
Guerrero 11, K. McGlothan 11, R. Genter 5,
S. Spriet 2, M. Davies 2.
3-pointers — WHS 8, PHS 5. Free throws
— WHS 6-12, PHS 13-22. Fouls — WHS 22
(Bishop fouled out), PHS 15.
———
Contact Alexis at aman-
sanarez@eastoregonian.com
or 541-564-4542. Follow her
on Twitter @almansanarez.
Pro Football
Osweiler’s strong relief appearance leads Broncos past Colts
By MICHAEL MAROT
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS
—
Denver quarterback Brock
Osweiler ran for one
touchdown and threw for
two more Thursday night
to lead the Broncos past
Indianapolis 25-13.
Osweiler replaced the
injured Trevor Siemian in
the fi rst quarter and played
his best football of the
season.
The
Broncos
(5-9)
needed it. After ending an
eight-game losing streak
Sunday, they picked up
their fi rst road win since
Dec. 4, 2016.
For Indianapolis (3-11),
it was more of the same.
The Colts blew an early
10-0 lead and have now lost
fi ve in a row, the longest
skid of coach Chuck Paga-
no’s six-year tenure.
Osweiler looked more
like the player Denver envi-
sioned when it drafted him
in the second round in 2012,
and the guy who fi lled in for
an injured Peyton Manning
during the Broncos’ 2015
Super Bowl season.
NFL
Denver
Indianapolis
25
13
He was 12 of 17 with 194
yards and took the Broncos
on
three
second-half
scoring drives — giving the
league’s top-rated defense
more than enough points.
“He played with great
poise. He played great,
clean football and it led to
a win,” Denver coach Vance
Joseph said. “It’s just fun to
win.”
C.J. Anderson ran 30
times for a season high 158
yards.
But it was a rugged night.
Siemian went to the
locker room with a sprained
left shoulder after Barkev-
ious Mingo drove him into
the ground on the Broncos’
second series. Siemian did
not return and it’s unclear
whether he’ll be able to play
at Washington on Dec. 24.
The scariest moment
came with 14:01 left in
the second quarter when
AP Photo/Darron Cummings
Denver Broncos tight end Jeff Heuerman (82), center
right, celebrates his touchdown with Brock Osweiler
(17), left, Garett Bolles (72), center left, and Connor Mc-
Govern (60) during the second half of Thursday’s game
against the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis.
Denver linebacker Deion-
trez Mount appeared to
make
helmet-to-helmet
contact with Colts tight
end Brandon Williams on a
punt. Williams was knocked
over backward and stayed
on the ground as players
from both teams watched
trainers and doctors strap
him to a backboard and
removed his facemask.
When Williams was
lifted onto a golf cart,
Williams’ teammates came
over to offer support.
Coach Chuck Pagano
said afterward that Williams
had a concussion and was
back in the team’s training
room after initially being
taken to a local hospital.
“We erred on the side of
caution and rightfully so,
taking care of him,” Pagano
said. “But he’s back here,
he’s doing well.”
Otherwise, the game
between two non-playoff
teams went pretty much as
expected.
After Colts quarterback
Jacoby Brissett scored on
a 7-yard run and Adam
Vinatieri made it 10-0 with
a 45-yard fi eld goal midway
through the second quarter,
all Indy could muster was a
39-yard fi eld goal early in
the third.
Osweiler,
meanwhile,
got the Broncos in sync.
He capped a 75-yard
drive with an 18-yard TD
run to make it 10-7 at half-
time, then gave Denver the
lead with a 22-yard TD pass
to Cody Latimer 4:16 left in
the third quarter. Osweiler
added a 54-yard TD pass
to Jeff Heuerman and a
2-point conversion pass to
Latimer to make 22-13 and
Brandon McManus sealed
the victory with a 40-yard
fi eld goal.
KEY NUMBERS
Broncos: Osweiler’s TD
pass to Heuerman ended
an 18-game regular-season
streak without a 50-yard
completion and a 13-game
regular
season
streak
without a TD pass of 40
more yards. ... Emanuel
Sanders had seven catches
for 68 yards and Demaryius
Thomas had fi ve catches for
69 yards.
Colts: Brissett was 17 of
30 with 158 yards. ... Indy
had 228 yards in offense.
... T.Y. Hilton caught fi ve
passes for 41 yards. ... Indy
fell to 2-5 at home and will
have its fi rst losing season
at home in Pagano’s tenure.
GORED
Colts running back
Frank Gore added to his
milestone career on a night
it looked like he might not
even fi nish.
The 34-year-old running
back left during the second
quarter with a knee injury.
When he returned for the
start of the second half, he
quickly became the second
player in league history
to post 1,000 yards from
scrimmage in 12 consecu-
tive seasons. Only Emmitt
Smith (13) has more.
Gore fi nished with 10
carries for 31 yards and
remains fi fth on the NFL’s
career rushing list.
Men’s College Basketball
UCLA basketball moving on past scrutiny of Ball family era
By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The Ball
family was one and done at UCLA.
However, the ramifi cations of
doing business with Lonzo, LiAn-
gelo, LaMelo and father LaVar
could have a lasting impact on the
program.
LiAngelo Ball — the younger
brother of Lakers rookie guard
Lonzo Ball — was pulled out of
school by LaVar months after the
shoplifting scandal in China and
signed with the professional team
Vytautas Prienai in Lithuania.
LaMelo Ball, the youngest of the
three brothers still in high school,
signed with the same team thus
giving up his eligibility to play in
college.
LaMelo had committed to play
for UCLA as did his two older
brothers. Lonzo is the only one who
played in a UCLA uniform and he
was an All-America as a freshman.
“Well, I really had one,” coach
Steve Alford said of the Ball era.
“Lonzo, obviously, was terrifi c. The
time I coached Lonzo was incred-
ible. Very respectful young man.
Somebody that didn’t miss class.
On court, off court was incredible.
Became a good leader by the time
it was over with. Knew what you’d
get out of him. Made people better.
Knew he was one-and-done the day
he stepped on campus and never
acted that way. You didn’t see
entitlement that sometimes you see
in kids like that. He was a complete
joy to coach.”
No one knew the Ball family
impact in Pauley would be so short-
lived. LiAngelo Ball worked out
with his teammates in the summer
and for fi ve weeks of practice but
never played in a game because of
the indefi nite suspension over the
shoplifting that caused an interna-
tional incident that went all the way
to President Trump.
LaVar pulled him out of UCLA
recently because he wanted him to
play basketball. LiAngelo and his
teammates — Jalen Hill and Cody
Riley — were all serving indefi nite
suspensions. Alford believes that
could be resolved soon, whether
Hill and Riley could rejoin the team
this season or not.
“It’s not done, but we’ve heard
the process is nearing an end,”
Alford said Thursday. “My hope is
we’ll hear something if not the end
of this week by early next week.”
The UCLA Offi ce of Student
Conduct has done the review and
deciphering that code will deter-
mine the players’ fates. Alford said
he wasn’t involved in the interview
process as part of that review and
didn’t have input on what decision
is made. Once the decision is
relayed, he’ll have input in how
things are handled moving forward.
“It’s just one more of those
distractions we get behind us,”
Alford said. “The guys in the locker
room have had nothing to do with
any of it ... This young team has had
to deal with a lot and yet they’re 7-2
and playing well.”
Because of NCAA recruiting
rules, Alford wasn’t able to talk
about LaMelo Ball and the fact he
no longer will play for the Bruins.
“It’s just the way it is,” Alford
said. “It’s something that happened.
It’s the 2019-2020 class. There’s all
kinds of time. Right now, all of our
attention is fi nishing the ‘18 class.
... Even trying to project what the
2019 class is going to look like is
hard for a lot of reasons. One, the
one-and-done. And two, on the table
and looks like something is going
to pass relatively soon, eliminate
one-and-dones. ... The 2019 class is
two years out from playing here, so
that gives us plenty of time.”
LiAngelo wasn’t at UCLA long
enough to have an impact or even
show up in career statistics.
“When Gelo was here, he was
terrifi c,” Alford said. “Through the
summer, through his academics
and through coaching him on the
court. He was tremendous. He was
late one time, and he came in in
frantic, apologizing and took his
responsibility of it. Those are things
you appreciate as a coach. I have no
issues that way. Obviously, with
Gelo and Melo, just wishing them
the very best of luck. I hope things
really work out well for them. Just
like Lonzo, I hope they have terrifi c
careers.”