A6 — BAKER CITY HERALD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2021 SPORTS Oregon State beats Arizona State, 24-10  Beavers alive for berth in Pac-12 championship game Pac-12 championship game scenarios By GARY HOROWITZ Associated Press CORVALLIS — A week after becoming bowl eligible for the fi rst time since 2013, Oregon State remains in con- tention for the Pac-12 North Division title following a 24-10 victory Saturday night, Nov. 20 over Arizona State. A program coming off a 1-11 season before Jonathan Smith took over as head coach at his alma mater in 2018, the Beavers (7-4, 5-3 Pac-12) have come a long way. Jack Colletto ignited a stagnant Oregon State of- fense by running 47 yards for a touchdown on fourth-and-2 from the Wildcat formation, giving the Beavers a 24-10 lead with 11:24 remaining. “I was thinking touch- down all the way,” Colletto said with a smile. “Adrena- line kicked in on that one.” It was the eighth rushing touchdown of the season for Colletto, a former quarter- back converted to linebacker in 2019. B.J. Baylor led Oregon State’s offense with 150 yards rushing. The Beavers were in jeop- ardy of squandering a 17-0 halftime lead. Punter Luke Loecher mishandled a snap deep in Oregon State territory in the opening minute of the fourth quarter and the Sun Devils recovered at the 4. That set up DeaMonte Trayanum’s 1-yard touch- down run, cutting the lead to 17-10 with 13:56 remaining. Leon Neuschwander for The Oregonian-TNS Oregon State’s B.J. Baylor (No. 4) runs the ball as the Beavers take on the Arizona State Sun Devils in a Pac-12 football game on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, at Reser Stadium in Corvallis. Baylor’s 20-yard run on the ensuing possession gave the Beavers a spark, and Colletto’s touchdown run proved decisive. If Washington defeats Washington State (6-5, 5-3) at home Friday, and Oregon State wins at Oregon (9-2, 6-2) the following day, the Beavers would play Utah in the Pac-12 championship game Dec. 3 in Las Vegas. Oregon controls its own destiny and would win the North Division with a win over the Beavers. In a three- way tie between Oregon, Or- egon State and Washington State, the Cougars would get the nod in a tiebreaker. “Some things have got to fall our way to win the North,” Oregon State wide receiver Trevon Bradford said. “But this game, we had to take care of business and do our part.” Arizona State (7-4, 5-3) was missing 14 players due to injury. Quarterback Jayden Daniels completed 16 of 27 passes for 166 yards and an interception, and was sacked three times. He led the Sun Devils in rushing with 46 yards. Since Smith fi red defen- sive coordinator Tim Tibesar on November 7, the Beavers have given up a total of 24 points in wins over Stanford and Arizona State under interim defensive coordina- tor Trent Bray. And the Sun Devils’ lone touchdown came after a turnover inside the Beavers’ 5-yard line. “I can’t say enough about our defensive effort and performance,” Smith said. “Those guys came to play (and) create some havoc.” Chance Nolan’s 10- yard touchdown pass to Tre’Shaun Harrison gave Oregon State a 10-0 lead with 9:09 remaining in the fi rst half. Nolan’s 1-yard touchdown on a quarterback sneak at 1:59 of the second quarter culminated a 13-play, 88- yard drive and increased the lead to 17-0 at the break. Arizona State drove to the Beavers’ 8-yard line on its fi rst possession of the second half, but settled for Cristian Zendejas’ 26-yard fi eld to make it a 17-3 game. Rachaad White had 15 carries for 39 yards and added six receptions for 89 yards for Arizona State. The takeaway Arizona State: The Ducks, Beavers, Cougars in contention for Pac-12 title game The Pac-12 North division title remains up for grabs head- ing into the fi nal week of the Pac-12 football regular season. The Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers and Washington State Cougars each still have a chance to win the division and play Pac-12 South champion Utah in the Pac-12 cham- pionship game. Here are the scenarios: • Oregon will win the Pac-12 North with: a victory against Oregon State in their rivalry game at 12:30 p.m. next Satur- day, Nov. 27, in Eugene. • Oregon State will win the Pac-12 North with: a victory against Oregon in their rivalry game, combined with a Washington State loss to Washington in the Apple Cup on Friday. • Washington State will win the Pac-12 North with: a victory against Washington in the Apple Cup, combined with an Oregon State win against Oregon. If this scenario happens, the Ducks, Beavers and Cougars would have identical conference records of 5-3. But the Cougars would win the three-way tiebreaker by virtue of having a better record against Pac-12 North teams (at 4-1) than the Ducks and Beavers (both at 3-2). — Joel Odom, oregonlive.com Sun Devils are playing to enhance their bowl creden- tials. With Utah’s win over Oregon, Arizona State has been eliminated from Pac-12 South title contention. Utah defeated the Sun Devils 35- 21 on Oct. 16. Oregon State: Baylor had his fi fth 100-yard rushing game of the season, fi nishing with 150 yards on 20 carries. He eclipsed 1,000 yards rushing for the season in the Beavers’ previous game, a 35-14 win over Stanford. The Beavers fi nished 6-0 at home for the fi rst time since the 2000 season. Oregon State is guaranteed to fi nish with a winning record for the fi rst time since 2013. season was honored after the fi rst quarter. Members of the 2000 team that fi nished 11-1 and defeated Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl included current coach Jonathan Smith, who was the starting quarterback. The head coach was Dennis Erickson. The 2000 team was in- ducted into the Oregon State Hall of Fame on Friday. The Beavers wore throwback uni- forms from the 2000 season for Saturday’s game against Arizona State. Up next Arizona State: The Sun Devils host Arizona next Saturday, Nov. 27, in their regular season fi nale. Oregon State: The Bea- Fiesta Bowl team honored vers will be at Oregon next Saturday, Nov. 27, in their Oregon State’s Fiesta regular season fi nale. Bowl team from the 2000 Frustration growing after Seattle Wright’s career Seahawks falter against Cardinals high leads By TIM BOOTH Associated Press SEATTLE — Pete Carroll is willing to give an answer — usually with many words and thoughts — to nearly every question. On Sunday, Nov. 21, Carroll had no answers and for a time was fi nished with the questions. “It’s not a different story. It’s the same story this whole season and we’ve got to see if we can turn this thing. I’m really done,” Carroll said, abruptly ending his postgame comments after Seattle’s 23-13 loss to Arizona. It was a rare outburst of frus- tration from Carroll during his long tenure with the Seahawks. But it’s also unusual that Seattle has been this bad with Carroll in charge. Seattle is 3-7, its playoff hopes seemingly gone with the loss to the Cardinals. His team is abysmal on offense, can’t get stops consistently on defense and has massive personnel issues looming. Carroll eventually returned and took more questions but still had few answers. control possession. James Conner put the game away with a short TD run late in the fourth quarter, but Seattle had a chance mostly because of two missed fi eld goals by Arizona’s Matt Prater. For a game deemed a must- win by the Seahawks, the per- formance was as disappointing as any in recent memory. With seven games left, Seattle has already equaled its most losses in any season with Wilson and is likely to miss the playoffs for just the third time since Carroll arrived in 2010. When Carroll returned to take more questions, he acknowl- edged being as frustrated as he’s ever been in his time with Seattle. “I’m struggling to do a good job of coaching when you’re get- ting your butt kicked in week in and week out. It’s just new territory,” Carroll said. “So I’m competing in every way I can think of, but I’m just unfamiliar with it.” In his second game back following fi nger surgery, Wilson was indecisive and confused at times, and his receivers dropped “I’m not any good at this,” Car- roll said about handling losing. Seattle was already playing with a thin margin for error, but between injuries and poor perfor- mances the season has spiraled downward. A team that’s been in the playoffs in nine of the previ- ous 11 seasons is near the bottom of the league. The Seahawks said all the right things following the loss about how they can turn things around and still have something to play for. And while that’s true — an NFC team could make the playoffs with a 9-8 record — Se- attle would have to raise its level of play signifi cantly and sustain it for the rest of the season. “This is not what Seattle is used to,” safety Jamal Adams said. “But at the end of the day, we got to go out there and we got to switch it around. We’re in a storm right now and it’s going to take all of us to get out.” The loss to Arizona encapsu- lated all of Seattle’s issues. Rus- sell Wilson was average at best. Seattle’s defense let Colt McCoy move up and down the fi eld with ease and allowed Arizona to a handful of passes. There were also questionable play calls when the likes of Penny Hart and DeeJay Dallas were targeted on third down. The Seahawks’ streak of of- fensive drives without a touch- down dating to Oct. 31 against Jacksonville fi nally ended when Dallas scored on a 2-yard run midway through the fourth quar- ter. Seattle had failed to score a TD on its previous 20 offensive possessions, and after stressing the run game all week, Dallas’ TD run was one of seven rushing attempts in the second half by the Seahawks. But the defensive effort was more troubling. Arizona had touchdown drives of 92, 82 and 67 yards. The Cardinals held the ball more than 40 minutes. The journeyman McCoy posted the third 300-yard passing game of his career. “As much talent as we have on this roster, it’s kind of it’s dis- appointing,” Seattle linebacker Jordyn Brooks said. “Just like everybody else, gotta keep. And I still think there’s hope. I’m still optimistic.” Princeton past Oregon State, 81-80 CORVALLIS (AP) — Ethan Wright scored a career-high 24 points with six 3-pointers, also a career best, and sank two free throws with 6 seconds remaining as Princeton held off Oregon State 81-80 on Sunday, Nov. 21. The Ivy League Tigers (4-1) never trailed after a Drew Friberg 3-pointer gave them a 29-27 lead at the 5:41 mark of the fi rst half, and led by as many as 11 points with 6:33 remaining in the game. Friberg added 17 points with four 3-point- ers, Tosan Evbuomwan scored 14 with fi ve assists, while Jaelin Llewellyn also scored 14. Princeton has defeated Power Five op- ponents South Carolina and Oregon State while falling to Minnesota of the Big Ten in double-overtime. Dashawn Davis scored 16 with fi ve as- sists to lead Oregon State (1-4) which lost its fourth in a row. Jarod Lucas scored 13 and Tre’ Williams 11 for the Beavers. Lucas scored eight of his 13 in the fi nal 6:11 — including a 3-pointer that cut the gap to 81-80 with 1 second remaining. One solution for oxygen at home, away, and for travel Introducing the INOGEN ONE – It’s oxygen therapy on your terms No more tanks to refi ll. No more deliveries. No more hassles with travel. 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