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SPORTS Saturday, January 12, 2019 McCollum helps Blazers rout Hornets in 127-96 win By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press PORTLAND — CJ McCollum had 30 points and Damian Lillard scored 20 before resting in the fourth quarter, and the Port- land Trail Blazers routed the Charlotte Hornets 127- 96 on Friday night. Portland has won four straight and six of seven overall. It improved to 17-7 at home, tied for best in the Western Conference. The victory also extended the Blazers’ win- ning streak over the Hor- nets in Portland to 11 straight games. Charlotte hasn’t won in Portland NBA Portland Charlotte 127 96 since 2008. Kemba Walker had 18 points for the Hornets, who fell to 5-14 on the road this season in the fourth of a fi ve-game trip. Portland center Jusuf Nurkic had 11 points, 11 rebounds and tied career highs with eight assists and six blocks before he also went to the bench early in the fourth. On a tear lately, the Bosnian big man aver- aged 21.4 points and 11.4 rebounds over the previous eight games. “The big fella’s been awesome,” McCollum said. Portland also got another solid performance from its reserves. Seth Curry’s 3-pointer extended Port- land’s lead to 50-36. Jake Layman’s alley-oop dunk from Lillard put the Blazers up 61-42. Portland’s backups have accounted for at least 50 points in six games this sea- son, all Blazers wins. They had 48 points against the Hornets, but got extra work because the starters were rested. Sabally scores 26 as No. 5 Oregon routs USC 93-53 By JOE REEDY Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Satou Sabally scored 26 points and No. 5 Oregon won its second straight Pac-12 game by 40 points, routing USC 93-53 on Fri- day night. Sabally was a point away from tying her career high, which she set ear- lier this season against UC Irvine. The sophomore forward scored nine of the Ducks’ fi rst 11 points and Oregon never trailed. The Ducks led by as many as 42 late in the fourth quarter. Sabrina Ionescu added 17 points, Taylor Chavez 14 and Ruthy Hebard 12 for Oregon (14-1, 3-0 Pac- 12), which won its seventh straight. The 40-point vic- tory tied for the third-larg- est win by the Ducks in AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill Oregon’s Satou Sabally shoots as Southern California’s Shalexxus Aaron defends during Friday’s game in Los Angeles. NCAA WOMEN Oregon USC 93 53 conference play, equaling the 98-58 victory they had last Sunday against Wash- ington State. Aliyah Mazyck led USC (10-5, 0-4) with 16 points and Ja’Tavia Tapley added 13. Mariya Moore, who scored a career high 36 points in last Sunday’s loss at California, had 11 points. The game was tied at 2 when the Ducks took con- trol with a 9-1 run. Oregon was 4 of 6 from the fi eld while the Trojans were 0 of 7, including missing all four from beyond the arc. The Ducks were up 21-9 at the end of the fi rst quarter and had a 41-19 lead at halftime. Oregon was 16 of 32 from the fi eld in the fi rst half and scored 23 points off 15 turnovers by the Trojans, who made just 4 of 21 from the fi eld in the fi rst 20 minutes. No. 10 Oregon State rallies to defeat UCLA 83-73 By BETH HARRIS Associated Press NCAA WOMEN LOS ANGELES — Ore- gon State had plenty of bad memories at Pauley Pavilion, having lost three in a row by an average of 21.7 points. Oregon State UCLA Especially irksome was 83 73 last year’s 35-point loss to UCLA. The 10th-ranked Bea- experience, behind us was vers erased all that on Friday great,” Oregon State coach night, pulling away in the Scott Rueck said. fourth quarter for an 83-73 Destiny Slocum scored victory. 22 points and Mikayla “To put the memories of Pivec added 21 for the Bea- last year, which was not a fun vers (13-2, 3-0 Pac-12), who won their fi fth in a row. They never trailed in the third and fourth quarters, but UCLA made it close. The Bruins (9-7, 2-2) got within three points once in the third and twice in the fourth. The Beavers shot 73 per- cent in the fourth, making 8 of 11 shots. “Our execution was really, really good,” Slo- cum said. “There was a level defensively and offensively that we reached and see our- selves carrying throughout the season.” East Oregonian B3 SCOREBOARD LOCAL SLATE SATURDAY, JAN. 12 Boys Basketball Horizon Christian at Ione, 3 p.m. Union at Heppner, 4 p.m. Grant Union at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m. Enterprise at Stanfi eld, 4 p.m. Nixyaawii at Helix, 5:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Echo, 5:30 p.m. Hermiston at Chiawana, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Condon/Wheeler at Echo, 4 p.m. Nixyaawii at Helix, 4 p.m. Union at Heppner, 5:30 p.m. Enterprise at Stanfi eld, 5:30 p.m. Grant Union at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain, 4 p.m. Women’s Basketball Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Boys Wrestling Farm City Invitational (Hermiston) Pendleton at Colton Holly Memorial Tourna- ment, Wilsonville, 10:30 a.m. Girls Wrestling Hermiston at Othello, 10 a.m. TUESDAY, JAN. 15 Boys Basketball Mac-Hi at Prescott (WA), 6 p.m. Pendleton at Baker, 7 p.m. Echo at Arlington, 7:30 p.m. Riverside at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m. Hermiston at Pasco, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Irrigon at La Grande, 5:30 p.m. Hermiston at Pasco, 5:45 p.m. Echo at Arlington, 6 p.m. Riverside at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. Baker at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m. Mac-Hi at Prescott (WA), 7:30 p.m. Boys Wrestling Baker/Powder Valley at Mac-Hi/Weston-McE- wen (at Mac-Hi), 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17 Boys Wrestling Hermiston at Pasco, 7 p.m. Girls Wrestling Hermiston at Pasco, 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18 Boys Basketball Elgin at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m. Heppner at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. Stanfi eld at Grant Union, 6 p.m. Union at Weston-McEwen, 6 p.m. Crook County at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m. South Wasco County at Ione, 7:30 p.m. Sherman at Echo, 7:30 p.m. Wallowa at Helix, 7:30 p.m. Burns at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 7:30 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball South Wasco County at Ione, 6 p.m. Sherman at Echo, 6 p.m. Elgin at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m. Wallowa at Helix, 6 p.m. Burns at Irrigon, 6 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 6 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 6 p.m. Pendleton at Crook County, 6:30 p.m. Heppner at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m. Union at Weston-McEwen, 7:30 p.m. Stanfi eld at Grant Union, 7:30 p.m. Boys Wrestling Mac-Hi/Weston-McEwen at Oregon Classic (Redmond), 8:30 a.m. SATURDAY, JAN. 19 Boys Basketball Ontario at Mac-Hi, 3 p.m. Ione at Sherman, 3:30 p.m. Pilot Rock at Enterprise, 4 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 4 p.m. Nyssa at Irrigon, 4:30 p.m. Burns at Riverside, 4:30 p.m. Vale at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m. Echo at Dufur, 5:30 p.m. Helix at Powder Valley, 5:30 p.m. Nixyaawii at Joseph, 6 p.m. Hermiston at Southridge, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Ione at Sherman, 2 p.m. Nyssa at Irrigon, 3 p.m. Burns at Riverside, 3 p.m. Vale at Umatilla, 3 p.m. Echo at Dufur, 4 p.m. Nixyaawii at Joseph, 4 p.m. Helix at Powder Valley, 4 p.m. Ontario at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m. Pilot Rock at Enterprise, 5:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 5:30 p.m. Hermiston at Southridge, 5:45 p.m. Boys Wrestling Hermiston at Post Falls Duals Girls Wrestling Hermiston at Grandview Invite, 10 a.m. Utah 113, L.A. Lakers 95 Golden State 146, Chicago 109 Saturday’s Games Detroit at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Memphis at Miami, 2 p.m. Boston at Orlando, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Minnesota, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Denver at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Charlotte at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Chicago at Utah, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Philadelphia at New York, 10 a.m. Toronto at Washington, 10 a.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 12:30 p.m. Houston at Orlando, 3 p.m. Golden State at Dallas, 4 p.m. Portland at Denver, 5 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. NFL NHL WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS EASTERN CONFERENCE Saturday, Jan. 5 Indianapolis 21, Houston 7 Dallas 24, Seattle 22 Sunday, Jan. 6 L.A. Chargers 23, Baltimore 17 Philadelphia 16, Chicago 15 DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS Saturday, Jan. 12 Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1:35 p.m. (NBC) Dallas at L.A. Rams, 5:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 13 Los Angeles Chargers at New England, 10:05 a.m. (CBS) Philadelphia at New Orleans, 1:40 p.m. (FOX) NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Toronto Philadelphia Boston Brooklyn New York Southeast Miami Charlotte Washington Orlando Atlanta Central Milwaukee Indiana Detroit Chicago Cleveland W 32 27 25 21 10 W 20 19 18 17 13 W 29 28 17 10 8 L 12 16 16 23 32 L 20 22 25 24 29 L 12 14 23 32 35 Pct .727 .628 .610 .477 .238 Pct .500 .463 .419 .415 .310 Pct .707 .667 .425 .238 .186 GB — 4½ 5½ 11 21 GB — 1½ 3½ 3½ 8 GB — 1½ 11½ 19½ 22 Pct .585 .581 .476 .476 .463 Pct .700 .610 .605 .512 .476 Pct .667 .585 .535 .500 .233 GB — — 4½ 4½ 5 GB — 3½ 3½ 7½ 9 GB — 3½ 5½ 7 18½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Houston San Antonio New Orleans Dallas Memphis Northwest Denver Oklahoma City Portland Utah Minnesota Pacifi c Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Sacramento Phoenix W L 24 17 25 18 20 22 20 22 19 22 W L 28 12 25 16 26 17 22 21 20 22 W L 28 14 24 17 23 20 21 21 10 33 ——— Friday’s Games Atlanta 123, Philadelphia 121 Washington 113, Milwaukee 106 Indiana 121, New York 106 Toronto 122, Brooklyn 105 Dallas 119, Minnesota 115 Houston 141, Cleveland 113 Portland 127, Charlotte 96 Atlantic Tampa Bay Toronto Boston Buff alo Montreal Florida Ottawa Detroit Metropolitan Washington Pittsburgh Columbus N.Y. Islanders Carolina N.Y. Rangers New Jersey Philadelphia GP 44 43 44 44 45 43 45 46 GP 43 44 43 42 44 43 43 44 W 34 28 25 23 23 17 17 16 W 27 25 25 24 21 17 16 16 L OT Pts GF GA 8 2 70 183 125 13 2 58 156 119 15 4 54 128 114 15 6 52 128 125 17 5 51 135 139 18 8 42 137 155 23 5 39 142 174 23 7 39 128 158 L OT Pts GF GA 12 4 58 153 126 13 6 56 159 127 15 3 53 139 133 14 4 52 128 114 18 5 47 117 127 19 7 41 119 149 20 7 39 125 146 22 6 38 121 157 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg 44 28 14 2 58 152 125 Nashville 46 27 15 4 58 142 116 Dallas 45 23 18 4 50 120 119 Colorado 44 20 16 8 48 151 141 Minnesota 43 22 18 3 47 122 120 St. Louis 42 18 20 4 40 118 133 Chicago 46 16 22 8 40 134 167 Pacifi c GP W L OT Pts GF GA Calgary 46 29 13 4 62 166 132 San Jose 46 26 13 7 59 163 140 Vegas 47 27 16 4 58 142 124 Anaheim 45 19 18 8 46 109 136 Edmonton 44 21 20 3 45 124 141 Vancouver 46 20 21 5 45 131 147 Arizona 43 19 21 3 41 112 121 Los Angeles 45 17 25 3 37 100 134 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each divi- sion and two wild cards per conference advance to playoff s. Friday’s Games Carolina 4, Buff alo 3 Winnipeg 4, Detroit 2 Calgary 4, Florida 3 Pittsburgh 7, Anaheim 4 Saturday’s Games Philadelphia at New Jersey, 10 a.m. N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 10 a.m. Boston at Toronto, 4 p.m. Columbus at Washington, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Buff alo, 4 p.m. Colorado at Montreal, 4 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Vegas at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 6 p.m. Arizona at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Ottawa at San Jose, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Nashville at Carolina, 9:30 a.m. N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 3 p.m. Anaheim at Winnipeg, 3 p.m. Florida at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Arizona at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. COMING FEBRUARY 13 Exclusively in the Wednesday East Oregonian and Hermiston Herald Your weekly guide to onscreen listings for movies, sports, entertainment, TV series and much more! 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