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B2 SPORTS East Oregonian Thursday, December 13, 2018 Conley leads Grizzlies past Trail Blazers 92-83 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mike Conley scored 23 points and keyed a fourth-quarter outburst as the Memphis Grizzlies pulled away for a 92-83 vic- tory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. Jaren Jackson Jr. finished with 14 points, and Mar- Shon Brooks added 13 as the Grizzlies snapped a two- game losing streak. C.J. McCollum matched his season high with 40 points, while Damian Lillard was held to a season-low 14 points, connecting on only 4 of 18 shots. The Trail Blazers’ 83 points were a season low. Portland had pulled within 79-78 on a reverse layup by Lillard with 5:27 left. But Memphis rattled off 13 straight points, includ- ing eight by Conley, stretch- ing the lead to a game-high 14 points at 92-78, and the Grizzlies coasted home. Neither team shot par- ticularly well, but Lillard’s misfires contributed to the Trail Blazers shooting 38 percent. Memphis led 42-40 after a spirited first half that included jawing between players and coaches com- plaining to officials. Port- land held an early 11-point lead, but a strong second quarter from Memphis that included a 17-2 rally erased the advantage. Neither team was shoot- ing well — both at 36 per- cent — and that included 3-point range, where the teams were a combined 6 of 27. Tip-ins Trail Blazers: Maurice Harkless did not play, sit- ting out the game for rest. ... Portland is in the midst of playing three games in four nights. ... McCollum missed all five of his 3-pointers in Tuesday’s loss to Houston. And he missed two more before connecting from long range late in the sec- ond quarter. That was only the second 3-pointer in the half for Portland. ... Lillard, the league’s fourth-leading scorer, has reached double figures in every game this season. Grizzlies: Coach J.B. Bickerstaff drew a technical in the first quarter when he complained about a no-call he believed was goaltend- ing. ... Marc Gasol started AP Photo/Brandon Dill Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum (3) drives against Memphis Grizzlies guard Garrett Temple in the second half of an NBA basketball game on Wednesday in Memphis, Tenn. 2 of 11 from the field, and ended the game 4 of 15. ... The Grizzlies have held all but three opponents this season under their scoring average, including the Trail Blazers, who entered the game averaging 112 points a game. Up next Trail Blazers: Toronto on Friday Host Wrestling: Morin and Wooster also win big matches for Hermiston Continued from Page B1 under weight.” Other big wins for Hermis- ton came from Laly Morin, who earned an 11-6 decision over Adriana Bonner of Richland at 155 pounds, and Sally Wooster, who pinned Kamiakin’s Addison Fountain in 5:53 after taking a 6-0 lead in the third round. “I saw a lot of night,” Herm- iston coach Andy Hall said. “Andrea Hernandez (115) fought really hard, and Jazmin went 2-0. She did as good as always. Our middleweights are battling for positions.” Other Hermiston wrestlers did not have as good a night. Pasco’s Cassandra De La Mora pinned Schae Borrego in the second round at 145, and Kamiakin’s Sarah Hamilton pinned Amree Braithwaite in 50 seconds at 145. “From here, we go back and teach what we do,” Hall said. “Once is not enough.” Hermiston returns to action Dec. 21 at the Columbia-Bur- bank Invite. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Makenzie Poston, of Richland, grimaces as she attempts to escape from the grasp of Hermiston’s Halle Thomas during the MCC mixer at the Dawg House. No. 7 Oregon women hold off South Dakota State 87-79 BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Oregon coach Kelly Graves figured the Ducks would have to fight for a win at mid-major South Dakota State. “This isn’t a place you want to come play, but I think it makes us better,” Graves said. “They test you, they test you. Nobody that knows basketball would be surprised at that score. There’s not one coach in Division I basketball that would be surprised at that score. These guys are good, and we knew that.” Satou Sabally scored a season-high 27 points and had six rebounds and No. 7 Oregon used a big second half to beat South Dakota State 87-79 on Wednes- day night. Sabrina Ionescu added 26 points and eight rebounds to help the Ducks (8-1) avoid losing their sec- ond straight game. The then-No. 3 Ducks lost at Michigan State on Sunday. Madison Guebert and Myah Selland each scored 21 points for South Dakota State (6-4). Season scoring leader Macy Miller had 14. “We don’t take this as a moral victory,” Guebert said. “We’re right there, and that’s very frustrating, to know that you’re right there and you’re that close to beating a Top 10 school. We can’t be content with that.” Down 45-40 at the half, Oregon was 11 for 20 from the field in the third quarter. The Ducks led by seven late LOCAL SLATE Thursday, Dec. 13 Boys Basketball Umatilla at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m. Blue Mountain at S. Puget Sound, 8 p.m. Girls Basketball Umatilla at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. Boys Wrestling Richland, Kennewick at Hermiston, 6:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 Boys Basketball Riverside at Stanfield, 6 p.m. Blue Mountain vs. Edmonds (at S. Puget Sound), 6 p.m. Putnam at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m. Elgin at Pilot Rock, 7 p.m. Irrigon at Mac-Hi, 7:30 p.m. Arlington at Echo, 7:30 p.m. College Place (WA) at Helix, 7:30 p.m. Heppner at Imbler, 7:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Crane, 7:30 p.m. Pasco at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Weston-McEwen vs. Wallowa (at Pilot Rock), 1 p.m. Elgin at Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m. Pasco at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m. Arlington at Echo, 6 p.m. College Place (WA) at Helix, 6 p.m. Heppner at Imbler, 6 p.m. Riverside at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m. Irrigon at Mac-Hi, 7:30 p.m. Boys Wrestling Hermiston at Tri-State Invite, 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 Boys Basketball Blue Mountain vs. Portland (at S. Puget Sound), noon Culver at Heppner, 4 p.m. Ione at Horizon Christian, 5 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m. Helix at Echo, 5:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Alycia Jenkins Memo- rial Tourney, 7 p.m. Wallowa at Pilot Rock, 7 p.m. Hermiston at Davis, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Wallowa vs. Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock Tourney, 1 p.m. Culver at Heppner, 2:30 p.m. Helix at Echo, 4 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Nixyaawii, 4 p.m. Bonanza at Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m. Hermiston at Davis, 5:45 p.m. Boys Wrestling Hermiston at Tri-State Invite National Hockey League NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 32 24 7 1 49 130 91 Toronto 31 21 9 1 43 113 85 Buffalo 31 18 9 4 40 95 91 Boston 31 17 10 4 38 85 79 Montreal 31 15 11 5 35 97 101 Detroit 32 14 14 4 32 93 107 Ottawa 32 13 15 4 30 106 125 Florida 29 11 12 6 28 96 105 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 30 18 9 3 39 112 92 Columbus 30 16 12 2 34 102 102 N.Y. Islanders 30 14 12 4 32 85 88 Pittsburgh 30 13 11 6 32 101 98 N.Y. Rangers 30 14 13 3 31 88 98 Carolina 29 13 12 4 30 72 81 Philadelphia 29 12 13 4 28 91 107 New Jersey 29 10 13 6 26 88 105 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 31 20 10 1 41 98 78 Winnipeg 30 19 9 2 40 107 83 Colorado 31 17 9 5 39 112 94 Dallas 31 16 12 3 35 86 84 Minnesota 30 16 12 2 34 95 88 St. Louis 29 11 14 4 26 82 97 Chicago 33 10 18 5 25 93 124 Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA Calgary 32 20 10 2 42 113 90 Anaheim 33 17 11 5 39 87 97 San Jose 32 16 11 5 37 102 98 Vegas 33 18 14 1 37 99 93 Edmonton 31 17 12 2 36 88 91 Vancouver 33 14 16 3 31 98 111 Arizona 29 13 14 2 28 76 80 Los Angeles 32 11 19 2 24 71 98 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per confer- ence advance to playoffs. Tuesday’s Games Toronto 4, Carolina 1 Buffalo 4, Los Angeles 3, OT Vancouver 3, Columbus 2 Boston 4, Arizona 3 Washington 6, Detroit 2 Minnesota 7, Montreal 1 Nashville 3, Ottawa 1 Winnipeg 6, Chicago 3 St. Louis 4, Florida 3 Edmonton 6, Colorado 4 Wednesday’s Games Vegas 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Chicago 6, Pittsburgh 3 Calgary 6, Philadelphia 5, OT Anaheim 6, Dallas 3 Thursday’s Games in the period, and the Jack- rabbits cut it to two with under a minute to play in the game. Ionescu hit a deep 3-pointer with 46 seconds to play to seal it. Ionescu had 16 sec- ond-half points. “We just stepped it up in that second half and we knew we had to make stops,” Ionescu said. “We got in the locker room and talked about the things we needed to do. We knew that if we could make a run we could keep going from there. My team got me the ball where I was comfortable shooting.” South Dakota State was up 49-40 in the third, Ore- gon’s second-largest defi- cit of the season. From that point, the Ducks outscored the Jackrabbits 25-11 to fin- ish the quarter. Big picture Oregon returns home for six straight games, which includes the start of the Pac-12 schedule. ... South Dakota State has faced four ranked teams in its noncon- ference schedule, beating No. 21 Drake. Stat of the night Sabally entered the game averaging 14.3 points. She scored Oregon’s first ten points of the game and had hit her scoring average by halftime. Up next Oregon: Hosts No. 5 Mis- sissippi State on Dec. 18. South Dakota State: Hosts Savannah State on Friday night. Southeast Division W L Charlotte 14 13 Orlando 12 15 Miami 11 16 Washington 11 17 Atlanta 6 21 Central Division W L Milwaukee 18 9 Indiana 18 10 Detroit 13 13 Cleveland 7 21 Chicago 6 22 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division WLPctGB Memphis 16 11 Dallas 15 11 New Orleans 15 15 San Antonio 14 14 Houston 12 14 Northwest Division W L Denver 18 9 Oklahoma City 17 9 Portland 15 13 Utah 14 15 Minnesota 13 15 Pacific Division WLPctGB Golden State 19 10 L.A. Clippers 17 10 L.A. Lakers 17 10 Sacramento 15 12 Phoenix 4 24 ——— Tuesday’s Games Houston 111, Portland 104 San Antonio 111, Phoenix 86 Toronto 123, L.A. Clippers 99 Wednesday’s Games Boston 130, Washington 125, OT Brooklyn 127, Philadelphia 124 Charlotte 108, Detroit 107 Cleveland 113, New York 106 Indiana 113, Milwaukee 97 Memphis 92, Portland 83 New Orleans 118, Oklahoma City 114 Dallas 114, Atlanta 107 Utah 111, Miami 84 Sacramento 141, Minnesota 130 Toronto 113, Golden State 93 Thursday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Houston, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Chicago vs. Orlando at Mexico City, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Atlanta at Boston, 4 p.m. New York at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Indiana at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Memphis, 5 p.m. Golden State at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 7 p.m. Toronto at Portland, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Games Utah vs. Orlando at Mexico City, 2 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 4 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Houston at Memphis, 5 p.m. Chicago at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 7 p.m. SCOREBOARD Arizona at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Columbus, 4 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Nashville, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Florida at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dallas at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Vegas at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Boston at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Arizona at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Calgary at Minnesota, 10:30 a.m. Anaheim at Columbus, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 4 p.m. Detroit vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veter- ans Memorial Coliseum, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Washington, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Toronto at Florida, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Nashville, 5 p.m. Dallas at Colorado, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Vancouver, 7 p.m. National Basketball Association NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 23 7 .767 — Philadelphia 19 10 .655 3½ Boston 17 10 .630 4½ Brooklyn 11 18 .379 11½ New York 8 21 .276 14½ Pct .519 .444 .407 .393 .222 Pct .667 .643 .500 .250 .214 GB — 2 3 3½ 8 GB — ½ 4½ 11½ 12½ .593 .577 .500 .500 .462 — ½ 2½ 2½ 3½ Pct .667 .654 .536 .483 .464 GB — ½ 3½ 5 5½ .655 .630 .630 .556 .143 — 1 1 3 14½
