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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2018 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON Prep Roundup Lady Bucks win seventh straight Pendle- ton’s Da- kota Sams drives the ball guard- ed by La Grande’s Cade Reed in the Bucks’ 63-46 win against the Tigers in Tuesday in Pendle- ton. Sams fi nished the game with 14 points. East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Rested Bucks beat Tigers Boys Basketball Newsom, Sams, Scott combine for 51 points By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian PENDLETON — In 2016, the early part of January brought a lot La Grande Pendleton 46 63 of time off for the Pendleton Buck- aroos. A harsh winter meant the Bucks played just one game in the span of 17 days — like most teams in Eastern Oregon — which meant a lot of practice time in the gym. This year, the month of January has brought the Buckaroos plenty of downtime again, only now it’s welcomed by the team. The way the schedule was constructed, Pendleton plays just three non-league games in the span of the fi rst 17 days of the month, which has given the Bucks a lot of needed practice time in the gym and time to rest up and heal as they preparefor league play. And the downtime seems to be paying off. After fi nishing off December with three straight losses, the Buckaroos have started January See BUCKS/3B LA GRANDE — Double-double machine Kalan McGlothan piled up 14 points and 10 rebounds to help power her Pendleton Buckaroos to their seventh straight win with a hard-fought 41-33 victory over La Grande on Tuesday evening. “I would describe it as an ugly win, but it’s still a win,” Pendleton coach Kevin Porter said. “It was a very, very physical game. I liked the grit out of this team, they played through a lot of adversity tonight and my hat off to them to be able to play through it and hang on.” Maureen Davies followed McGlothan with eight points and six rebounds for the Bucka- roos (8-5), while Jaiden Lemberger had six points. The injury bug bit Pend- leton again in the game as Lemberger, Pendleton’s best outside shooting threat and shutdown defender, twisted her ankle in the second quarter and did not return. Pendleton coach Kevin Porter said her status moving forward is unknown at this time until she gets the ankle evalu- ated this week. Camryn Collman led the Tigers (6-7) with 19 points. Pendleton now has one week off until it travels to Baker on Jan. 16. ———— PHS 12 12 6 11 — 41 LAG 5 6 14 8 — 33 PENDLETON — K. McGlothan 14, M. Davies 8, J. Lemberger 6, H. Porter 4, R. Gentner 3, K. Bradt 2, U. Guerrero 2, J. Wilson 1. LA GRANDE — C. Collman 19, E. Dunlap 8, K. Williams 3, J. Howton 2, D. Lester 1. 3-pointers — PHS 1, LAG 3. Free throws — PHS 6-9, LAG 10-17. Fouls — PHS 17, LAG 13. See PREP ROUNDUP/3B Pro Basketball McCollum leads Blazers in road win Portland wins fi rst game of extended road trip Portland Oklahoma City By MURRAY EVANS Associated Press 117 106 OKLAHOMA CITY — C.J. McCollum had 27 points and seven assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-106 on Tuesday night in the opener of a four-game trip. Shabazz Napier added 21 points and Jusuf Nurkic NBA had 20 points and eight rebounds for Portland, which moved past Okla- homa City into second in the Northwest Division standings with its seventh win in its last nine games against the Thunder. Portland has won four of fi ve overall despite playing most of that stretch without star guard Damien Lillard, who sat out for the seventh time in the last nine games with a left calf strain. Russell Westbrook had 22 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds for Oklahoma City, which has dropped off after playing well for most of December. The Thunder have dropped four of six, with three of those losses coming at home. Oklahoma City shot 44 percent from the fi eld while Portland made 53.1 percent of its shots. Paul George scored 22 points for the Thunder, and Carmelo Anthony had 19. The Thunder closed to 83-76 with 1:39 remaining in the third quarter on a basket by Anthony, but Portland answered with a 13-1 run and led 96-77 after a 3-pointer by Al-Farouq Aminu with 10:25 left. UP NEXT Trail Blazers: Visit Houston on Wednesday. Thunder: Finish a back-to-back with a trip to Northwest Divi- sion-leading Minnesota on Wednesday. AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu (8) shoots in front of Oklahoma City Thunder forward Carmelo Antho- ny (7) during Tuesday’s game in Oklahoma City. Sports shorts US skier Shiffrin makes history with fi fth consecutive victory FLACHAU, Austria (AP) — Olympic slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin used a frenetic fi nal run to stretch her winning streak in 2018 to fi ve races at a women’s World Cup night race on Tuesday. Shiffrin became the fi rst female skier to start a calendar year with fi ve straight wins, eclipsing the previous best mark by Swiss standout Vreni Schneider in 1989. Shiffrin trailed fi rst-run leader Shiffrin Bernadette Schild of Austria by 0.37 seconds but posted the fastest second-run time to beat the Austrian by 0.94. It was the American’s 41st career win, matching the record for most World Cup wins by a 22-year-old skier, set by Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell in the 1970s. Shiffrin will skip the next World Cup races to have more time for Olympic training. “For my career to end that night in New England, it still ticks me off. I’m so thrilled to be back here. I hope people understand the emotion inside. I feel there’s unfi nished business. I feel a lot of loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again .“ — Jon Gruden The new Oakland Raiders head coach was introduced on Tuesday, beginning his second stint in Oak- land. His fi nal game with Oakland was the infamous “tuck rule” game against New England in the 2001 AFC Championship game. Yahoo to stream remaining NFL games on its sports app NEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo Sports will livestream all four divisional playoff games this weekend and the conference championships as an appetizer for next season when every game from the preseason to the Super Bowl will be lives- treamed on its sports app. Watching NFL games on your phone used to be mainly limited to Verizon customers but that changed now that Verizon owns Yahoo. So, now anyone is able to watch football games on the go for free on Yahoo’s app regardless of mobile network. Fans have to download the Yahoo Sports app on iOS or Google Play and enable location services on their phone. Beginning next season, users will be able to stream in-market and national NFL games, including, regular season, playoff games and the Super Bowl on the Yahoo Sports app. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1972 — The longest winning streak in major pro sports ends when the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 120-104, ending the Lakers’ streak of 33 straight. 1998 — Michelle Kwan receives eight perfect 6.0s out of nine marks for artistry in the free skate to win her second U.S. Figure Skating Championship in three years. 2016 — Blair Walsh’s 27-yard fi eld goal try Minnesota hooks left with 22 seconds left, handing the Seattle Seahawks a 10-9 victory over Minnesota in their NFC wild-card game. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com