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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019 BAKER CITY HERALD — 5A OREGON MEN’S BASKETBALL Kings beat slumping Trail Blazers By Michael Wagaman Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a slow and sluggish start in their fi rst game without leading scorer De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento eventually found a nice rhythm with Bogdan Bogdanovic running the offense. Luke Walton was even more im- pressed with his team’s defense, some- thing that’s been an ongoing issue for the Kings. Bogdanovic had 25 points and 10 as- sists, Nemanja Bjelica added 19 points and 12 rebounds and the Kings won in their fi rst game since losing leading scorer Fox to an ankle injury, beating the slumping Portland Trail Blazers 107-99 on Tuesday night. Sacramento forced 17 turnovers and prevented Portland’s potent backcourt tandem of Damian Lillard and CJ Mc- Collum from taking over. “It’s what we’ve been preaching about every day since Day 1 of training camp,” Walton said. “I’ll be the fi rst to admit it needs to get a lot better. We started the game, we couldn’t make anything. That’s why defense is important.” The Kings overcame a sloppy fi rst half when they shot 36.7 percent, made a big run in the third quarter, then pulled away in the fourth to end a two- game losing streak to the Blazers. Lillard had 27 points and McCollum added 24 for the Blazers (4-7), who have lost fi ve of six. Nearly half of Lil- lard’s points (13) came at the free throw line. OREGON STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Beavers’ rally falls short against Sooners By Anne M. Peterson AP Sports Writer PORTLAND — It looked like Oklahoma had its game against Oregon State well in hand, but the Beavers were surprisingly resilient. Kristian Doolittle had 19 points and 16 rebounds, and the Sooners stretched their season-opening win- ning streak to three games with a 77-69 victory over the Beavers in the inaugural Phil Knight Invitational on Tuesday night. Down by as many as 20 points in the second half, the Beavers closed to within six points in the fi nal minute. “Both teams competed really hard,” Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger said. “In the sec- ond half, we got a little bit of a margin and then of course Oregon State did a great job of fi ghting back and fi nishing the game out.” Tres Tinkle overcame a slow start to fi nish with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Beavers (2-1). After a close fi rst half, Doolittle’s 3-pointer gave the Sooners a 66-46 lead with 7:12 left. The Beavers showed some spark with a 7-0 run that closed the gap to 66-53. Austin Reaves sank a 3-pointer that gave Oklaho- ma a 71-57 lead with 3:49 left and it looked like the Beavers were out of it, but Ethan Thompson’s 3-pointer pulled them within 73-67 with 35.8 seconds to go. Ultimately Or- egon State couldn’t overcome the defi cit. “Great effort to try to fi ght back at the end there,” said Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle, who said he gathered the team together with about eight minutes left to try and inspire a comeback. Reaves fi nished with 17 points for Oklahoma, while Thompson had 17 for the Beavers. The Beavers were coming off an 80-74 victory at home Saturday over Iowa State. Tres Tinkle led the way with 27 points and 11 rebounds. The Sooners effectively shut him down, at least at the start, and he had just four points in the fi rst half. Ducks hold off No. 13 Memphis By Anne M. Peterson AP Sports Writer PORTLAND — Oregon weathered some early-sea- son mistakes in a competitive November matchup with Memphis. Shakur Juiston had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 14 Oregon overcame the lapses to hold off the 13th-ranked Tigers 82-74 in the inaugural Phil Knight Invitational on Tuesday night. “As a team we knew that we were just making a lot of mistakes, with the ball and defense,” Ducks guard Will Richardson said. “We never really hung our heads, we always kept our heads and kept fi ghting because we knew it was all things we could fi x, and if we fi xed those things, we’d be right back in the game.” Payton Pritchard added 14 points and six assists as the Ducks collected their third straight win to open the season. James Wiseman had 14 points and 12 rebounds as controversy continued to swirl around the Tigers’ 7-foot- 1 freshman phenom. Memphis (2-1) was led by Lester Quinones with 16 points. Oregon’s Chris Duarte had to be helped off the court with 5:12 left in the opening half. He started the second half but quickly went back to the bench. Coach Dana Altman said after the game that Duarte had a bruised knee. The Ducks led by as many as 12 points in the second half, but Memphis closed within 65-61 after Quinones’ fast-break layup capped an 8-0 run. Pritchard’s 3-pointer put Oregon up 70-63 with 4:53 left. Wiseman’s jumper got the Tigers within four points at 71-67, but Richardson’s 3 extended the lead again for the Ducks. Pritchard sunk another 3-pointer with 1:32 left that made it 77-69 and Memphis could not catch up. “A lot of good things, but a lot of things to work on. And that’s what you expect,” Altman said, pointing to Oregon’s 18 turnovers. Wild finish in the Bay Area: Seahawks nip 49ers in OT had knocked the Niners from the ranks of the unbeaten and made sure SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Russell the NFC West would remain tight Wilson high-stepped his way down down the stretch. the sideline before hugging coach Pete Myers kicked a 42-yard fi eld goal Carroll after Jason Myers’ kick split after Chase McLaughlin missed the uprights. a kick earlier in overtime, and the After a wild overtime that featured Seahawks handed the San Francisco a rare Wilson interception, a missed 49ers their fi rst loss with a 27-24 vic- fi eld goal by San Francisco and a tory on Monday night. questionable decision from 49ers “That was the craziest game I’ve coach Kyle Shanahan, the Seahawks ever been a part of,” Wilson said. By Josh Dubow AP Pro Football Writer Myers gave Seattle (8-2) its second straight overtime win after Wilson got the Seahawks into position with an 18-yard scramble on third-and-3. After being iced by a timeout, Myers delivered one week after missing two fi eld goals and an extra point, moving Seattle on the heels of San Francisco (8-1) in the NFC West. The Seahawks blew an opportunity to win the game on the opening pos- session of overtime when Wilson was intercepted at the 4 by Dre Greenlaw. Greenlaw returned it 47 yards to the Seattle 49 and the Niners moved the ball 20 yards before McLaughlin missed badly to the left on a 47-yard attempt. McLaughlin had made his fi rst three fi eld goals after being signed earlier in the week when Rob- bie Gould went down with a quadri- ceps injury. “Just rushed it a little bit, hit it a little high and unfortunately missed it,” McLaughlin said. The teams then traded punts, the Seahawks took over at their 36 with 1:25 remaining after Jimmy Garop- polo threw three straight incomple- tions as San Francisco burned only 14 seconds off the clock with Seattle out of timeouts. “Defi nitely wish we had taken more time off the clock, but was count- ing on us catching one of those balls,” Shanahan said.
