6A — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021
SPORTS
OREGON STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
Sun Devils nip Beavers, 75-73
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) —
Despite an off-shooting night,
Remy Martin scored 23
points and his 3-pointer with
37 seconds left broke a 68-all
tie and Arizona State held on
to beat Oregon State 75-73 in
a wild fi nish on Sunday night.
Martin’s go-ahead 3 was
the only one he made in a
1-for-6 effort from behind the
arc; part of a 5-for-18 overall
effort. He made up for it,
however, sinking 12 of 16 free
throws.
Martin and Holland Woods
each sank a pair of foul shots
in a 13-second span to seal
the win for Arizona State (7-9,
4-6 Pac-12 Conference).
Oregon State’s Ethan
Thompson made the fi rst
of two free throws with 13
seconds left to bring the Bea-
vers within 73-71. Rodrigue
Andela secured the offensive
rebound and threw it out to
Thompson, but a heads-up
steal by Jalen House forced
a tie-up between Woods and
Thompson and the possession
arrow favored Arizona State.
Matt York/Associated Press
Arizona State guard Remy Martin dishes off as Oregon State guard Jarod Lucas (2)
and center Roman Silva defend during the second half of an NCAA college basketball
game, Sunday, Feb. 14, at Tempe, Arizona.
Woods sank a pair of foul
shots with fi ve seconds to go.
With the win, head coach
Bobby Hurley hit the century
mark in victories as the Sun
Devils’ coach. Hurley is 100-
78 in six seasons at ASU.
The win was the Sun
Devils’ 12th straight at home
against Oregon State (10-10,
6-8). Thompson led Oregon
State with 18 points.
Oregon State returns home
to face Utah on Thursday,
Feb. 18. The Sun Devils next
head to Los Angeles to face
20th-ranked Southern Cali-
fornia on Wednesday, Feb. 17.
OREGON MEN’S BASKETBALL AT ARIZONA
Duarte’s late 3-pointer leads Ducks
Their first meeting this
season started off as an of-
TUCSON, Ariz. — Oregon’s fensive show in the first half
fi nal shot was supposed to be before turning into a defensive
by Will Richardson in the lane. struggle in the second.
When things broke down, the
The Ducks (12-4, 7-3 Pac-12)
Ducks worked the ball around made the last stand.
to Chris Duarte.
With Oregon trailing 61-60,
Left open, the senior guard Richardson drove along the
delivered, giving Oregon a six- baseline and kicked the ball
game winning streak against out to the wing, where Duarte
one of the Pac-12’s top teams. knocked down a 3-pointer in
Duarte hit a 3-pointer with front of the Ducks’ bench. Or-
15.6 seconds left, Eugene
egon intentionally fouled with
Omoruyi scored 19 points
1.1 seconds left and Arizona
and the Ducks held on to beat got the ball to Kerr Kriisa, who
Arizona 63-61 on Saturday,
missed a 3-pointer after being
Feb. 13.
harassed by LJ Figueroa.
“The play broke down. We
“It was a contested shot,”
were trying to get Will in the
Arizona coach Sean Miller
paint to make a play,” said
said. “The problem with Chris
Oregon coach Dana Altman.
Duarte’s shot in front of their
“Will made a good read and
bench, it wasn’t contested. He
Chris made a big shot.”
was wide open. He makes a
The Ducks and Wildcats
contested shot, which he prob-
have played some high-level, ably would have, that’s fi ne,
high-scoring games in recent but you can’t be wide open and
years.
he was.”
By John Marshall
AP Basketball Writer
Azoulas Tubelis had 20
points to lead the Wildcats
(14-7, 8-7).
The Ducks and Wildcats
were supposed to meet in Eu-
gene on Jan. 16, but that was
postponed due to Oregon’s
COVID-19 issues.
Through all the starts and
stops this season, Oregon had
its top fi ve scorers on the fl oor
together for the fi rst time all
season Thursday against Ari-
zona State. They played well
together, building a 17-point
lead before holding off the
Sun Devils 75-64.
The Ducks started strong
against Arizona with an early
nine-point lead, went into
an offensive funk and found
their rhythm again before
halftime.
The Wildcats started slow,
got into a fl ow and rallied to
tie it at 34-all by halftime.
“We were down 11-2 at
home because they were
more physical, they got sec-
ond shots,” Miller said.
The teams traded shots to
start the second half, then
traded clanks as the game
grinded to a near halt.
The offensive struggles con-
tinued until Duarte squared
up and drained the winning 3
after struggling with his shot
most of the night.
“We had two options: Will in
the lane and me in the corner
and that’s what happened,”
said Duarte, who had 10
points on 4-of-14 shooting. “He
didn’t have anything, was an
unselfi sh player, kicked it out
and I hit a 3.”
Blazers prevail
as Lillard duels
with Doncic
DALLAS (AP) — Portland star Damian Lillard didn’t
wait until just before the buzzer for another game-defi n-
ing shot, or get anywhere close to the career high he tied
in the previous meeting with Dallas.
The dynamic guard still carried his team late, over-
coming another dazzling performance by Luka Doncic.
Lillard hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer in the fi nal minute
after a big Dallas rally, and the Trail Blazers held off
Doncic and the Mavericks for a 121-118 victory Sunday
night.
“I think we earned this win,” said Lillard, who fi n-
ished with 34 points and 11 assists. “We played the kind
of game we played, against what we’ve been up against
through the game, it’s rewarding in the end.”
Doncic scored 44 points two nights after getting a
career-high 46 in a victory over New Orleans, but it
wasn’t enough to extend the Mavericks’ four-game win-
ning streak, tied for their longest this season.
Lillard connected on the go-ahead 3 after Doncic as-
sisted on a tying 3-pointer from Dorian Finney-Smith
after the Mavericks trailed by 13 midway through the
fourth quarter.
The Mavericks were down three again when Doncic
missed a potential tying shot from beyond the arc with
less than fi ve seconds left. Doncic was 14 of 20 from the
fi eld, including 5 of 8 from deep, and 11 of 12 on free
throws. He also had nine assists and seven rebounds.
“It didn’t matter if I felt confi dent or not,” Doncic said
of his fi nal shot. “I thought it was in. It went in and out,
so I was disappointed and that’s on me. I should have hit
the shot.”
Doncic set a pair of franchise records with his 14th
consecutive game of at least 25 points and the highest
two-game total at 90 points.
The Trail Blazers won their fourth consecutive game
with help from a 45-point third quarter, matching the
franchise record for that period while outscoring Dal-
las by 15 to wipe out a seven-point defi cit early in the
period.
The Mavericks got close late with a 12-0 run that
Lillard ended with a layup before Finney-Smith’s tying
shot.
Lillard wasn’t nearly as dazzling as his previous
meeting with Dallas, when he tied a career high with 61
points in the Florida bubble last summer.
Instead, the NBA’s fourth-leading scorer shook off
some early frustration over non-calls on several drives by
scoring 16 points with fi ve assists in the third quarter af-
ter getting called for a technical foul late in the fi rst half.
Lillard’s step-back 3 for the lead from above the key
came with 32 seconds remaining in the 10th straight
game between these teams decided by fewer than 10
points.
AUTO RACING
McDowell bucks big odds
to win the Daytona 500
By Jenna Fryer
AP Auto Racing Writer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Michael
McDowell was glued to Brad Keselowski’s
bumper, watching and waiting for his chance
to win the Daytona 500.
Joey Logano was the leader, the laps were
winding down and yet no one had the nerve
to pull out of traffi c. McDowell was certain
Keselowski would go for it eventually, and
when he did, McDowell would play his hand.
On the fi nal lap, Keselowski attempted
to dart around Logano, but Logano threw a
block on his teammate that crashed them
both. McDowell stayed right where he was,
fl at in the gas, and drove through a crash
scene for a stunning upset.
“I knew he would go for a race-winning
move and my plan was to let him make that
move,” McDowell said. “I knew I didn’t want
to make my move too early, so I was commit-
ted to the (Keselowski) bumper and when he
made the move, the hole opened up.”
A 100-1 underdog when the race began
Sunday afternoon, McDowell won for the
fi rst time in 358 Cup starts when the check-
ered fl ag fi nally fl ew about 15 minutes after
midnight. The race was stopped by rain for
almost six hours and ended nine hours after
the green fl ag waved at Daytona Interna-
tional Speedway.
“There’s been lots of years where I was
wondering what the heck am I doing and
why am I doing it?” McDowell said. “I always
knew if I just kept grinding that one day
everything will line up and go right.”
NASCAR’s season opener was stacked
with storylines. Denny Hamlin was try-
ing for a record third-consecutive Daytona
500 victory, and the team he started with
Michael Jordan was debuting with driver
Bubba Wallace.
Kyle Larson was back after nearly a year
in exile for using a racial slur, and reigning
Cup champion Chase Elliott was going for
his fi rst Daytona 500 win.
And all the way at the back of the fi eld,
1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope
made what he said would be his fi nal NAS-
CAR start. At 62 he was the oldest driver in
the fi eld, and his upset victory 31 years ago
was considered the biggest in race history.
McDowell didn’t take that title from Cope,
partly because McDowell is a strong su-
perspeedway racer capable of mixing it up
with the usual suspects. If he could ever fi nd
himself in the right place at the right time,
McDowell fi gured he could steal a win.
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