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    B4 The BulleTin • Friday, January 8, 2021
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FRIDAY
BASKETBALL
Women’s college, Oregon at Stanford
Men’s college, Ohio at Toledo
Men’s college, Youngstown St. at Wright St.
Men’s college, North Texas at Texas-San Antonio
Men’s college, Purdue at Michigan St.
NBA, Charlotte at New Orleans
Men’s college, Dayton at Davidson
Women’s college, Utah at USC
Men’s college, Utah St. at New Mexico
NBA, L.A. Clippers at Golden State
GOLF
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GYMNASTICS
Women’s college, Missouri at Georgia
Women’s college, Arkansas at LSU
Women’s college, Kentucky at Alabama
WRESTLING
College, Michigan at Rutgers
College, Minnesota at Nebraska
HOCKEY
College, St. Cloud St. at Minnesota-Duluth
SOCCER
Mexico Primera Division, Tijuana vs. Pumas UNAM
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Men’s college, Miami at NC State
Men’s college, St. John’s at Creighton
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Men’s college, Texas Tech at Iowa St.
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Men’s college, UNLV at Colorado St.
Men’s college, La Salle at Massachusetts
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Men’s college, Kentucky at Florida
Men’s college, Washington St. vs. Stanford
Men’s college, Oklahoma St. at Kansas St.
Men’s college, South Carolina at Ole Miss
Men’s college, Santa Clara at Saint Mary’s (Calif.)
Women’s college, Iowa at Northwestern
Men’s college, Clemson at North Carolina
Men’s college, USC at Arizona St.
High school, John Paul II vs. iSchool of Lewisville
Men’s college, Georgetown at Syracuse
Men’s college, Gonzaga at Portland
Men’s college, LSU at Missouri
Men’s college, Nevada at San Diego St.
Men’s college, UCLA at Arizona
High school, CBC vs. Bates Fundamentals
Men’s college, Oregon at Utah
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FOOTBALL
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NFL playoffs, L.A. Rams at Seattle
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HOCKEY
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Alabama WR Smith
adds more awards
BY ERIC OLSON
AP College Football Writer
Heisman Trophy winner
DeVonta Smith of Alabama
added to his collection of
postseason honors Thursday
night, receiving the Maxwell
Award as the college football
player of the year.
Smith also won the Walter
Camp player of the year and
the Biletnikoff Award as the
nation’s top receiver.
Four other Alabama play-
ers received awards during
the College Football Awards
Show.
Smith became the first wide
receiver to win the Maxwell
since Michigan’s Desmond
Howard in 1991.
The 6-foot-1, 175-pound
Smith leads the nation with
105 receptions and 20 touch-
down catches. The Associated
Press player of the year has
1,641 yards receiving.
Other awards handed out
Thursday night:
• Alabama’s Jones won
the Davey O’Brien National
Quarterback of the Year
Award. He threw 36 touch-
down passes and four inter-
ceptions, completing 77% of
his attempts.
• Alabama’s Najee Harris,
who scored an FBS-leading 24
rushing touchdowns, won the
Doak Walker Award as the
top running back.
• Offensive lineman Alex
Leatherwood became the
sixth Alabama player to win
the Outland Trophy as the
outstanding interior lineman.
• Landon Dickerson of
Alabama won the Rimington
Trophy as the top center.
• Tulsa linebacker Zaven
Collins, the only player in the
country with four intercep-
tions and four sacks, won the
Chuck Bednarik Award as the
top defensive player.
• Free safety Trevon Moeh-
rig, who had two interceptions
and broke up nine passes, be-
came the first TCU player to
win the Jim Thorpe Award as
the top defensive back.
• Florida’s Kyle Pitts won
the John Mackey Award as the
top player at his position.
• Miami’s Jose Borregales
won the Lou Groza Award as
the top kicker.
• Pressley Harvin III of
Georgia Tech won the Ray
Guy Award as the top punter
after averaging an ACC-re-
cord 48 yards per punt.
• Coastal Carolina’s Jamey
Chadwell was named coach
of the year. The Chanticleers
won 11 games and were
ranked as high as No. 9 in the
AP Top 25.
BASKETBALL
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Phila.
7
2
.778
Orlando
6
2
.750
indiana
6
2
.750
Boston
6
3
.667
new york
5
3
.625
Milwaukee
5
3
.625
Brooklyn
5
4
.556
Cleveland
5
4
.556
atlanta
4
4
.500
Chicago
4
5
.444
Miami
3
4
.429
Charlotte
3
5
.375
Washington
2
6
.250
Toronto
1
6
.143
detroit
1
7
.125
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Phoenix
6
2
.750
l.a. lakers
6
2
.750
l.a. Clippers
6
3
.667
new Orleans
4
4
.500
utah
4
4
.500
Golden State
4
4
.500
Sacramento
4
4
.500
dallas
3
4
.429
denver
3
4
.429
San antonio
3
4
.429
Portland
3
4
.429
Oklahoma City
3
4
.429
houston
2
4
.333
Minnesota
2
5
.286
Memphis
2
6
.250
Wednesday’s Late Games
Phoenix 123, Toronto 115
Sacramento 128, Chicago 124
l.a. Clippers 108, Golden State 101
Thursday’s Games
Brooklyn 122, Phila. 109
Cleveland 94, Memphis 90
dallas at denver, late
Minnesota at Portland, late
San antonio at l.a. lakers, late
Friday’s Games
Phoenix at detroit, 4 p.m.
Charlotte at new Orleans, 4:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at new york, 4:30 p.m.
Washington at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Orlando at houston, 5 p.m.
utah at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Chicago at l.a. lakers, 7 p.m.
l.a. Clippers at Golden State, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
GB
—
½
½
1
1½
1½
2
2
2½
3
3
3½
4½
5
5½
GB
—
—
½
2
2
2
2
2½
2½
2½
2½
2½
3
3½
4
Women’s college
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L
Pct W L Pct
Stanford
6 0 1.000 9 0 1.000
arizona
6 1
.857 8 1 .889
Oregon
6 1
.857 8 1 .889
Washington St. 4 1
.800 6 1 .857
uCla
4 2
.667 6 2 .750
arizona St.
3 3
.500 7 3 .700
Colorado
2 4
.333 4 5 .444
utah
2 5
.286 3 5 .375
Oregon St.
1 3
.250 3 3 .500
Washington
1 5
.167 4 5 .444
Southern Cal
1 5
.167 3 5 .375
California
0 6
.000 0 9 .000
Friday’s Games
no. 11 Oregon at no. 1 Stanford, 11:30 a.m.
utah at Southern Cal, 6 p.m.
Oregon St. at California, ppd.
arizona St. at Washington St., ppd.
Colorado at no. 9 uCla, ppd.
no. 7 arizona at Washington, ppd.
TOP 25 SCORES
Thursday’s Games
no. 2 louisville 71, Virginia Tech 67
no. 3 uConn at no. 6 Baylor, ccd.
no. 5 South Carolina vs. Georgia, ppd.
no. 8 Texas a&M 77, no. 10 Kentucky 60
no. 12 Maryland 93, no. 23 Michigan St. 87
Tennessee 88, no. 13 arkansas 73
no. 14 Mississippi St. 68, Florida 56
no. 15 Michigan 64, nebraska 62
no. 16 Ohio St. 78, illinois 55
no. 19 indiana 85, Penn St. 64
no. 24 Syracuse vs. Virginia, ppd.
NFL playoffs
WILD CARD
Saturday’s Games
indianapolis at Buffalo, 10:05 a.m.
l.a. rams at Seattle, 1:40 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Washington, 5:15 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Baltimore at Tennessee, 10:05 a.m.
Chicago at new Orleans, 1:40 p.m.
Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 5:15 p.m.
America’s Line
Men’s college
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L
Pct W L Pct
uCla
3 0 1.000 7 2 .778
arizona St.
1 0 1.000 4 3 .571
Oregon
3 1
.750 8 2 .800
Stanford
3 1
.750 7 3 .700
Southern Cal
2 1
.667 7 2 .778
arizona
3 2
.600 9 2 .818
Colorado
2 2
.500 8 3 .727
Washington St. 1 1
.500 8 1 .889
utah
1 2
.333 4 3 .571
Oregon St.
1 2
.333 5 4 .556
California
0 4
.000 5 6 .455
Washington
0 4
.000 1 8 .111
Thursday’s Games
Colorado 79, no. 17 Oregon 72
Southern Cal 87, arizona 73
Stanford 91, Washington 75
Washington St. at California, late
uCla at arizona St., late
Thursday’s Boxscore
Colorado 79, No. 17 Oregon 72
OREGON (8-2)
Omoruyi 8-15 2-2 18, Williams 1-9 0-2 3, duarte 10-17
4-5 27, hardy 3-7 0-0 6, Figueroa 4-7 0-0 10, lawson
3-4 1-1 8, estrada 0-1 0-0 0, Wur 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-
60 7-10 72.
COLORADO (8-3)
Battey 2-6 8-8 12, horne 7-14 0-0 17, Parquet 4-6 0-1 8,
Wright 7-14 6-6 21, Schwartz 5-11 0-0 12, daniels 2-7
0-0 5, Walker 2-5 0-0 4, Barthelemy 0-0 0-0 0, da Silva
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-63 14-15 79.
Halftime —Colorado 33-31. 3-Point Goals —Oregon
7-19 (duarte 3-6, Figueroa 2-3, lawson 1-1, Williams
1-6, estrada 0-1, Omoruyi 0-2), Colorado 7-26 (horne
3-9, Schwartz 2-5, Wright 1-2, daniels 1-6, Parquet 0-2,
Walker 0-2). Rebounds —Oregon 24 (Omoruyi, duarte
6), Colorado 38 (Battey, Wright 10). Assists —Oregon
8 (Williams, lawson 2), Colorado 12 (Battey, Wright 5).
Total Fouls —Oregon 16, Colorado 17.
Saturday’s Games
Washington at California, noon
Washington St. vs. Stanford, 2 p.m.
Southern Cal at arizona St., 4 p.m.
uCla at arizona, 6 p.m.
no. 17 Oregon at utah, 6:30 p.m.
Oregon St. at Colorado, ppd.
TOP 25 SCORES
Thursday’s Games
no. 1 Gonzaga 86, Byu 69
no. 5 iowa 89, Maryland 67
no. 8 Wisconsin 80, indiana 73, 2OT
no. 12 illinois 81, northwestern 56
FOOTBALL
College
Monday’s Game
College Football Championship
Miami Gardens, Fla.
no. 1 alabama vs. no. 3 Ohio St., 5 p.m. (eSPn)
Favorite
BillS
SeahaWKS
Bucs
ravens
SainTS
STeelerS
(Home team in CAPS)
———
NFL
Open Current O/U
Underdog
Saturday
Wild-card playoffs
6½ 6
51½
Colts
4½ 3
42½
rams
7
8½ 45½ WaShinGTOn
Sunday
Wild-card playoffs
3½ 3
55
TiTanS
9½ 10
47½
Bears
3½ 6
47½
Browns
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
Monday
Favorite
Open Current O/U
Underdog
alabama
7
8
75½
Ohio State
GOLF
PGA Tour
Sentry Tournament of Champions Scores
Thursday at Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
Yardage: 7,596; Par: 73
First Round
harris english
32-33—65
Justin Thomas
31-34—65
robert Streb
32-35—67
Sergio Garcia
34-33—67
nick Taylor
34-33—67
ryan Palmer
34-33—67
Sungjae im
35-32—67
Patrick reed
33-34—67
adam Scott
34-34—68
Patrick Cantlay
34-34—68
Brendon Todd
33-35—68
Martin laird, 35-34—69. Carlos Ortiz, 34-35—69. richy
Werenski, 35-34—69. Marc leishman, 34-35—69. Joaquin
niemann, 34-35—69. Bryson deChambeau, 34-35—69.
Viktor hovland, 36-33—69. daniel Berger, 33-36—69. Col-
lin Morikawa, 35-34—69. Xander Schauffele, 34-35—69.
Brian Gay, 35-35—70. andrew landry, 34-36—70.
Kevin Kisner, 35-35—70. Cameron Smith, 35-35—70. abra-
ham ancer, 35-35—70. Webb Simpson, 35-35—70. Scottie
Scheffler, 36-34—70. Jon rahm, 35-35—70.
Stewart Cink, 34-37—71. Jason Kokrak, 37-34—71.
Billy horschel, 35-36—71. Kevin na, 35-36—71. Cam-
eron Champ, 33-38—71. lanto Griffin, 38-33—71. dustin
Johnson, 34-37—71.
hudson Swafford, 36-37—73. Michael Thompson,
38-35—73. hideki Matsuyama, 37-36—73. Mackenzie
hughes, 35-38—73. Tony Finau, 35-39—74. Sebastian
Munoz, 37-38—75.
DEALS
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
hOuSTOn aSTrOS — agreed to terms with rhP ryne
Stanek on a one-year contract.
neW yOrK yanKeeS — acquired OF Greg allen from
San diego in exchange for lhP James reeves.
National League
MilWauKee BreWerS — agreed to terms with inF/
OF Pablo reyes on a minor league contract.
neW yOrK MeTS — acquired inF Francisco lindor
and rhP Carlos Carrasco from Cleveland in a trade for
inFs amed rosario and andres Gimenez along with
two minor league players, rhP Josh Wolf and OF isa-
iah Greene.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CleVeland BrOWnS — activated S andrew Sendejo
from the reserve/COVid-19 list. Placed S ronnie harrison
Jr. on the reserve/COVid-19 list. Placed lB Montrel Me-
ander on the practice squad/COVid-19 list.
dallaS COWBOyS — released OT Jordan Miller from
the practice squad.
Green Bay PaCKerS — declined to activate rB Pat-
rick Taylor from reserve/nFi .
hOuSTOn TeXanS — released C Greg Mancz from
the practice squad.
KanSaS CiTy ChieFS — Signed P dustin Colquitt to
the practice squad.
lOS anGeleS CharGerS — activated Wr Keenan
allen, Te hunter henry and S derwin James from the
reserve/COVid-19 list.
lOS anGeleS raMS — activated lT andrew Whit-
worth from injured reserve. Waived lB natrez Patrick.
MiaMi dOlPhinS — announced dl coach Marion
hobby has mutually left the team. Signed Wr Kirk Merrit
to a reserve/futures contract.
neW yOrK GianTS — announced S antoine Bet-
hea retirement. Waived rB devonta Freeman from in-
jured reserve. activated Wr davis Sills from the reserve/
COVid-19 list and signed him to a renegotiated contract.
PhiladelPhia eaGleS — announced that defen-
sive coordinator Jim Schwartz will be leaving the team.
PiTTSBurGh STeelerS — activated Te eric ebron
and OlB Cassius Marsh from the reserve/COVid-19 list.
TenneSSee TiTanS — activated K Stephen Gost-
kowski from the reserve/COVid-19 list. Placed G aaron
Brewer on the reserve/COVid-19 list.
Canadian Football League
B.C. liOnS — Signed F david Mackie and dB hakeem
Johnson to one-year contract extensions.
WinniPeG Blue BOMBerS — agreed to terms with
FB Mike Miller, dBs Mercy Maston and nick Taylor to a
one-year contract extensions.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
naShVille PredaTOrS — announced a partner-
ship with the Carolina hurricanes to use the Chicago
Wolves (ahl) for 2021-22 player development due
to the Milwaukee admirals not playing the 2021-22
season. announced loan of F egor afanasyev to CSKa
Moscow (Khl).
neW JerSey deVilS — Signed d Sami Vatanen to a
one-year contract.
TaMPa Bay liGhTninG — announced dave randorf
to be play-by-play announcer for 2021 season.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
COluMBuS CreW FC — Signed MF Kevin Mollino.
inTer MiaMi CF — announced manager diego
alonso mutually agreed to leave club.
naShVille SC — agreed to terms with general man-
ager Mike Jacobs to a contract extension through the
2023 season.
neW enGland reVOluTiOn SC— Signed d a.J.
delaGarza and MF emmanuel Biateng.
SPOrTinG KanSaS CiTy SC — re-signed MF roger
espinoza to a new 2021 contract.
National Women’s Soccer League
OrlandO Pride — Signed d Toni Pressley to a one-
year 2021 contract with an option for an additional year.
COLLEGE
nCaa — named Mike Bobinski to the division 1
Men’s Basketball Committee.
auSTin Peay STaTe uniVerSiTy — named Shane
Tucker assistant football coach for the tight ends.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Wright leads Colorado to 79-72 win over No. 17 Oregon
Colorado missed its first
nine 3-pointers before Mad-
dox Daniels finally hit one with
5:29 remaining in the first half.
The Buffaloes finished 7 of 26
from 3-point range. They en-
tered with the highest 3-point
field goal percentage in the
league.
BY PAT GRAHAM
Associated Press
BOULDER, Colo. —
McKinley Wright IV recovered
from a scary fall to score 21
points, including a game-seal-
ing scoop layup with 27 sec-
onds left, and Colorado held
off No. 17 Oregon for a 79-72
win on Thursday.
Grad transfer Jeriah Horne
added 17 points for the Buf-
faloes (8-3, 2-2 Pac-12), who
improved to 10-0 against the
Ducks (8-2, 3-1) all-time in
Boulder.
Wright was fouled driving to
the basket late in the first half,
slid out of bounds and banged
his neck on a courtside chair.
He pounded the floor in pain
before joining the team on the
bench and returning to the
floor. Struggling before the fall,
Wright caught fire after it —
scoring all of his points.
The senior point guard also
had five assists to move five
away from breaking the school
record of 562 assists held by Jay
Humphries (1980-84). Wright
also grabbed a season-high 10
rebounds.
Colorado guard McKinley Wright IV, left, drives to the basket as Ore-
gon forward Eric Williams Jr. defends on Thursday in Boulder, Colorado.
Wright scored 21 points in the Buffaloes’ victory over the Ducks.
Big picture
Oregon: The Ducks had
a plus-7.5 rebound margin
this season. They were outre-
bounded by Colorado 40-28.
Colorado: Under Boyle, the
Buffs have proven tough to
beat at home. They’re 144-27
at CU Events Center since he
took over in 2010.
Chris Duarte, the reign-
ing Pac-12 player of the week,
scored 27 points for an Oregon
team that saw its eight-game
win streak halted. Eugene
Omoruyi added 18 points.
The Buffaloes led 71-61 with
2:26 remaining when Oregon
made a late surge. The Ducks
trimmed it to four on Duarte’s
3-pointer with 1:37 left. But Eli
Parquet drove to the hoop and
Up next
Oregon: The Ducks’ game at
Utah was moved up from Sun-
day to Saturday.
Colorado: The Buffaloes
were scheduled to play Oregon
State on Saturday, but it was
postponed due to COVID-19
protocols within the Beavers
program. Colorado will now
face Utah in Salt Lake City on
Monday.
David Zalubowski/AP
Chandler Lawson was called
for goaltending to restore some
breathing room. Wright then
sealed it with his layup.
Colorado coach Tad Boyle’s
teams are renowned for knock-
ing off ranked opponents. Un-
der Boyle, they’re 20-34 against
teams appearing in the polls.
That accounts for 31% of the
program’s victories over ranked
teams since 1949-50.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL | OREGON STATE
Beavs struggling to return from COVID-19 issues
BY NICK DASCHEL
The Oregonian
Oregon State women’s bas-
ketball hasn’t had a game or
practice since Dec. 20, when it
had to pause the program due
to a COVID-19 outbreak.
The Beaver men went to
the sideline on Tuesday for the
same reason, with no return
date in sight.
At what point does Oregon
State basketball say, we fought
the good fight, but basketball
is finished for the 2020-21 sea-
son?
In short, not yet.
OSU athletic director Scott
Barnes said Thursday the
athletes will drive that deci-
sion, if it ever comes to that. It
wouldn’t be an unprecedented
move. Duke women ended
its 2020-21 season after four
games due to COVID-19. The
Ivy League canceled all winter
sports, including basketball. “If
there’s ever a point where (play-
ing) is not something that they
want to do, then we’ll certainly
listen to that,” Barnes said.
Barnes is regularly in com-
munication with coaches and
player leaders. He said there is a
student-athlete advisory meet-
ing next Monday, and “we’ll be
taking the temperature and see-
ing how they’re feeling.”
There are financial implica-
tions to canceling a basketball
season, particularly in men.
Teams must play at least 15
games to qualify for a slice of
the Pac-12’s NCAA tourna-
ment revenue. To date, Oregon
State men have played nine
games, the women six.
Pac-12 men share regu-
lar-season television revenue,
based on the number of games
each team plays. If Oregon
State has to cancel some games
or the rest of its season, its share
of the regular season television
revenue pool would shrink
based on the number of games
the Beavers played.
There is virtually no regular
season television revenue in
women’s basketball. They play
most games on the Pac-12 Net-
work for exposure.
As for making up all OSU
games that are postponed,
Barnes said it is more likely for
the men than women because
of scheduling flexibility. The
men have fewer conference
games — 22 vs. 20 — and an
additional week of the season.
Oregon State already has
had five Pac-12 women’s games
postponed in Washington,
UCLA, USC, California and
Stanford. Barnes said he doesn’t
foresee the Beavers successfully
rescheduling all five games, but
perhaps one or two. It’s also
possible more postponements
are on the horizon.
The men have four post-
poned games in USC, Stanford,
Utah and Colorado. Barnes be-
lieves there’s a good chance of
rescheduling those games, but
again, more postponements are
possible.
Basketball is proving to be
tougher to pull off than foot-
ball on the COVID-19 front.
It’s an indoor sport where the
virus can linger, as well as bas-
ketball’s roster size, which is 15
vs. football with more than 100
players.
“As we’ve learned, one pos-
itive based on contact tracing
can put the whole team out,”
Barnes said. “It certainly is
more challenging.”