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NCAA Women’s Tournament
Gulich helps Beavers rout Hilltoppers
By RHIANNON POTKEY
Associated Press
AP Photo/Wade Payne
Oregon State center Marie Gulich (21) looks to pass as she’s
defended by Western Kentucky forward Ivy Brown (23) and
Tashia Brown in a first-round game in the NCAA women’s
basketball tournament on Friday in Knoxville, Tenn.
First Round
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Nobody
is happier than Marie Gulich to see
her Oregon State teammates draining
3-pointers.
The 6-foot-5 senior knows oppo-
nents will have to pick their poison
against the Beavers. If they focus on
Gulich, OSU’s guards can take over.
If they extend to the perimeter, Gulich
will have a field day inside.
Gulich scored 21 of her 29 points
in the second half and grabbed 15
rebounds as No. 6 seed Oregon State
beat No. 11 Western Kentucky 82-58
in the first round of the women’s
NCAA Tournament on Friday.
The Beavers built their lead with
#11 WKU
#6 Oregon State
58
82
3-pointers, and Gulich cemented the
win with a closing flury.
“It takes a lot of pressure off of
me and puts a lot of pressure on the
defense because they can’t double
me anymore, which is good for me
because I can play one-on-one,”
said Gulich, who finished 11 for 15
from the field. “And it’s good for
me because if I get doubled I can
kick it out and they can make shots
from outside. I think it’s just a perfect
chemistry between all of us.”
Oregon State (24-7) plays the
winner of the Tennessee-Liberty
game in the second round of the
Lexington Regional on Sunday. The
Beavers are attempting to reach their
third straight Sweet 16.
The national leaders in 3-point
field goal percentage, OSU used its
precision from distance to build an
early advantage.
The Beavers began gaining separa-
tion midway through the first quarter
with an 11-0 run that gave OSU a
21-9 lead. Sophomore guard Kat
Tudor sparked the outburst by scoring
eight straight points, including back-
to-back 3-pointers.
OSU’s defense forced WKU into
See BEAVERS/2B
NCAA Men’s Tournament
Prep Roundup
Bucks
shut
out by
Spartans
Pendleton manages
only four hits
East Oregonian
HILLSBORO — After
pushing across 15 runs and
allowing just one run in its
season opener, the Pendleton
Buckaroos’ second game
showed
Softball there is still
work to do.
T h e
Buckaroos
Pendleton
managed
only four
hits
as
they were
shut
out
9-0 by the
Hillsboro
Hillsboro
Spartans
on Friday
afternoon in
a non-league game.
“Tough game for us but a
good learning experience,”
Pendleton coach Tim Cary
said. “We say a very good
pitcher for Hillsboro. You
hate to take a loss, but at
the same time there’s a lot
of things we can learn from
the loss so hopefully it was a
good learning day for us.”
Carissa Cooley had the
only multi-hit game for
the Buckaroos (1-1) with a
single and a double, while
Kirah
McGlothan
and
Lauren Richards each had
one hit. Richards pitched all
six innings for the Bucks.
Hillsboro had four extra-
base hits as a team, led by
MacKenzie Staub’s home
run. Payton Goodrich pitched
the seven shutout innings.
UP NEXT
Pendleton
hosts
La
Grande on Tuesday at 4:30
p.m.
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AP Photo/Gerry Broome
UMBC’s K.J. Maura (11) drives past Virginia’s Devon Hall (0) during the second half of a first-round game in the NCAA men’s college bas-
ketball tournament in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, March 16, 2018.
March Madness in full swing
UMBC makes history as first No. 16 seed to oust a No. 1 by routing Virginia
By STEVE REED
AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It finally
happened — a 16 ousting a 1 in
March Madness.
The University of Maryland-Bal-
timore County stunned the college
basketball world by pulling off the
most shocking upset in men’s NCAA
Tournament history, hammering
Virginia 75-54 on Friday night to
become the first No. 16 seed ever to
beat a No. 1 seed.
Virginia entered the NCAA
Tournament as tourney favorites —
the No. 1 overall seed after going
31-2 this season, including 20-1 in
ACC competition.
And really, who was UMBC
anyway — a team most glanced
over, or simply didn’t know when
they filled out their NCAA bracket?
But UMBC didn’t just beat
First Round
#16 UMBC
#1 Virginia
74
54
Virginia, it dominated throughout
the second half. Senior guard Jairus
Lyles scored 28 points and the
Retreivers cruised to an easy victory
before racing off the floor together
in their yellow-and-black uniforms
with one finger pointed toward the
sky.
“These are the moments that you
dream of,” Lyles said.
Chaminade’s 77-72 stunner
over Ralph Sampson and then
No. 1-ranked Cavaliers in 1982 in
Hawaii was generally considered
the most remarkable upset in college
See MADNESS/2B
AP Photo/Gerry Broome
UMBC players celebrate a teammate’s basket against Virginia
during the second half of a first-round game in the NCAA men’s
college basketball tournament in Charlotte, N.C. on Friday.
R H E
PHS
000 000
0 — 0 4 0
HHS
000 324 X — 9 9 2
(P) L. Richards and K. Solomon. (H) P.
Goodrich and K. McCrea. W — Goodrich,
L — Richards.
2B — C. Cooley (PHS); Z. Richman, N.
Dold, N. Johnson (HHS). HR — M. Staub
(HHS).
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Sports shorts
Warriors’ Durant out two weeks
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Durant
will miss at least two weeks with a fractured rib
on his right side, joining fellow All-Stars Stephen
Curry and Klay Thompson on the injury list for the
defending champion Golden State Warriors.
An MRI exam Friday revealed the
incomplete fracture and the Warriors
said Durant would be re-evaluated in
two weeks. Durant said he got hit in
the ribs at Minnesota last Sunday and
initially thought it was just a bruise
but he was sore the next couple of
days. He played Wednesday night
Durant
against the Lakers and felt it again
when he hustled to close out on the
wing and “felt something stretch and pull.”
Curry missed his fourth straight game Friday
after re-injuring his troublesome right ankle and
will be examined on Tuesday. Thompson has a
fractured right thumb and will be examined again
next Thursday.
“We got our guy. We
got the guy that was
our target ... As far as
leadership qualities,
the grit that he has, the
way that he plays the
game, the way that he
competes, he was the
perfect fit for us.“
— John Elway
Denver Broncos general manager
on new QB Case Keenum, who
the team signed to a two-year,
$36 million free agent contract.
The team introduced Keenum at a
news conference on Friday.
Report: Astros, Altuve agree to
5-year $151 million extension
(AP) — A person familiar with the negotia-
tions says AL MVP Jose Altuve and the World
Series champion Houston Astros have agreed
to a contract that guarantees him an additional
$151 million over five seasons
from 2020-24.
The 27-year-old second
baseman is earning $6 million
this year under the first option
exercised by Houston in a deal he
agreed to in 2013 that originally
guaranteed $12.5 million from
Altuve
2014-17. He would have been
eligible for free agency after the 2019 season.
The average annual value of the new money
is $30.2 million, among baseball’s highest.
The 5-foot-6 Altuve hit .346 last season to
win his second straight AL batting title and
third in four seasons. He had 24 homers, 82
RBIs and 32 stolen bases
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
2001 — Connecticut
cruises to a 101-29 win over
Long Island University in the
first round of the East Regional,
the best defensive effort in the
history of the women’s NCAA
tournament.
Connecticut’s
72-point victory also ties the
second-biggest margin in
tournament history.
2006 — Jermaine Wallace
hits a fadeaway 3-pointer
with a split second left, and
little Northwestern State
pulls off a shocker with a
furious rally, beating No. 3
seed Iowa 64-63 in the first
round of the men’s NCAA
tournament.
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