2B Monday, November 12, 2018
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SPORTS
COLLEGE
FOOTBALL
Louisville fires
former Falcons
coach Petrino
Louisville’s seven-game
skid was bad enough. Worse
were the large margins
of defeat and opponents’
apparent ease in lighting up
the scoreboard.
That combination spelled
the end of coach
Bobby Petrino’s
second chapter with
the Cardinals.
Louisville fired
Petrino on Sun
day morning with
two games left in
a spiraling season
that includes five
blowout losses in
which the Cardinals
allowed at least 50 points.
The school announced
Petrino’s dismissal with
a statement from athletic
director Vince Tyra, who
wasn’t confident the coach
could turn things around
next season. He said a new
head coach would be chosen
soon to restore the program
to national prominence.
The AD said at a news
conference later that he con
sidered a number of factors
in Petrino’s status, but noted
that the three games since
Louisville’s bye showed no
progress.
“It was clear the players
weren’t responding,” he
said. “The coaches’ and the
players’ efforts have to go
in the right direction, but I
didn’t feel it was going that
way.”
Purdue head coach Jeff
Brohm, a former Louis
ville quarterback who later
became an assistant
under Petrino, has
frequently been
mentioned as the
top candidate to
replace him. Tyra
said he had “a list
in mind” but didn’t
want to interfere
with potential can
didates with the sea
son still in progress.
For now, second-year
safeties coach Lorenzo
Ward, 51, would coach Lou
isville on an interim basis.
Also let go were quarter
backs coach Nick Petrino,
the coach’s son; lineback
ers coach Ryan Beard and
defensive line coach L.D.
Scott, Petrino’s sons-in-law;
and fifth-year director of
football operations Andy
Wagner.
Louisville (2-8) lost 54-23
at No. 12 Syracuse on Fri
day night, dropping to 0-7 in
Atlantic Coast Conference
play. Petrino, 57, departs
with a 77-35 mark in two
stints with Louisville, includ
ing 36-26 since returning in
2014. His exit will be expen
sive for Louisville, which
owes him $14 million under
terms of his contract exten
sion signed in April 2016.
Tyra said Petrino would
receive the full buyout.
The school was left with
little choice but to release
Petrino with Louisville
struggling and sections of
empty seats at Cardinal Sta
dium recently after open
ing a new north end section
in a $63 million renovation
project.
Louisville’s stunning
freefall comes a season
after 2016 Heisman Tro
phy winner Lamar Jackson
capped one of the program’s
most remarkable periods
under the offense-minded
Petrino. Besides becoming
the school’s first Heisman
winner, Jackson had the
program as high as No. 3 in
The Associated Press Top 25
and within reach of the Col
lege Football Playoff at No.
5 that November.
Associated Press
Petrino
GEORGIA
■ Continued from 1B
with four losses. Last year,
the Top 25 released after
week 11 of the regular sea
son included six teams with
three losses and none with
four.
The last time two four-
loss teams were ranked this
early in the season was Nov.
7,1999, when No. 22 Purdue
and No. 24 Ohio State were
each 6-4.
GETTING CLOSER
Army was to first team
in others receiving votes
this week, falling five points
short of No. 25 Mississippi
Stat. The Black Knights (8-2)
have not been ranked since
1996.
UP/DOWN
No big jumps into the top
10, but No. 19 Cincinnati
moved up six spots and No.
15 Florida, No. 16 Penn State
and No. 18 Iowa State all
jumped five places.
No. 20 Kentucky had the
biggest fall of the weekend
among ranked teams. The
Wildcats fell eight spots
after losing to Tennessee.
Kentucky is on a two-game
losing streak after reaching
No. 9.
OUT
■ Fresno State fell out
after losing to Boise State.
The victory lifted the Bron
cos back in the rankings
for the first time since
September.
■ North Carolina State is
out after losing at home to
Wake Forest.
■ Michigan State’s fourth
loss dropped the Spartans
from the rankings.
IN
No. 21 Utah moved back
into the rankings after beat
ing Oregon after losing its
top quarterback and running
back to injuries in the previ
ous week.
CONFERNCE CALL
SEC: 6 teams (1, 5,10,15,
20,25).
BIG TEN: 4 (4, 9,16,24).
BIG 12:4(6,7,13,18).
ACC: 3 (2,12,22).
PAC-12:3 (8,17,21).
AMERICAN: 2 (11,19).
MOUNTAIN WEST: 2 (14,
23).
INDEPENDENT: 1 (3).
RANKED vs. RANKED
Top 25
Record
Pts
Pv
1. Alabama (61)
10-0
1525
1
2. Clemson
10-0
1459
2
3. Notre Dame
10-0
1406
3
4. Michigan
9-1
1327
4
5. Georgia
9-1
1288
5
6. Oklahoma
9-1
1188
6
7. West Virginia
8-1
1111
7
8. Washington St.
9-1
1052
10
9. Ohio St.
9-1
1050
8
10. LSU
8-2
1019
9
11. UCF
9-0
983
11
12. Syracuse
8-2
787
13
13. Texas
7-3
726
15
14. Utah St.
9-1
689
14
15. Florida
7-3
575
19
16. Penn St.
7-3
542
21
17. Washington
7-3
501
20
18. Iowa St.
6-3
497
23
19. Cincinnati
9-1
344
25
20. Kentucky
7-3
337
12
21. Utah
7-3
307
NR
22. Boston College
7-3
254
17
23. Boise St.
8-2
147
NR
24. Northwestern
6-4
136
NR
25. Mississippi St.
6-4
133
18
Others receiving votes: Army 128, UAB 78,
Fresno St. 61, Michigan St. 31, NC State 30,
Buffalo 29, Pittsburgh 28, Duke 20, Texas A&M
16, Iowa 8, Arizona St. 6, Stanford 3, Auburn
3, Troy 1.
Associated Press
NO. 3 NOTRE DAME VS.
NO. 12 SYRACUSE IN NEW
YORK: The most signifi
cant college football game
at Yankee Stadium maybe
since the 1940s.
NO. 19 CINCINNATI AT
NO. 11 UCF: ESPN’s “Col
lege GameDay” comes to
Orlando, Florida. Knights
fans can complain about
their team’s ranking in
person.
NO. 18 IOWA STATE AT
NO. 13 TEXAS: Both teams
can still reach the Big 12
championship game.
Golf/PGA
Basketball/college
Racing/NASCAR
Sunday’s scores
At El Camaleon GC at the Mayakoba
Resort
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Purse: $7.2 million
Yardage: 6,987; Par: 71
Final
Matt Kuchar (500), $1,296,000 64-64-65-
69—262 -22
Danny Lee (300), $777,600 65-66-67-
65— 263 -21
J.J. Spaun (163), $417,600 69-65-65-
66— 265 -19
Richy Werenski (163), $417,600 65-66-67-
67— 265 -19
Brice Garnett (110), $288,000 68-67-65-
66—266 -18
Jim Furyk (89), $233,100 69-65-66-
67—267 -17
Pat Perez (89), $233,100 66-67-67-
67— 267 -17
Scott Piercy (89), $233,100 67-68-70-
62—267 -17
Harold Varner III (89), $233,100 65-69-68-
65— 267 -17
Cameron Champ (65), $165,600 68-62-69-
69—268 -16
Adam Hadwin (65), $165,600 65-67-68-
68— 268 -16
Whee Kim (65), $165,600 68-63-66-
71—268 -16
Anirban Lahiri (65), $165,600 65-66-69-
68—268 -16
Aaron Wise (65), $165,600 71 -65-63-
69—268 -16
Emiliano Grillo (55), $129,600 65-68-67-
69—269 -15
Armando Favela, $108,000 67-67-70-
66— 270 -14
Tony Finau (49), $108,000 69-65-67-
69—270 -14
Rickie Fowler (49), $108,000 66-68-69-
67— 270 -14
Stephan Jaeger (49), $108,000 65-69-68-
68—270
C.T. Pan (49), $108,000
66—270
-14
67-69-68-
-14
Abraham Ancer (39), $74,880 65-68-67-
71—271 -13
Ryan Armour (39), $74,880 67-67-71 -
66—271 -13
Jason Dufner (39), $74,880 69-66-72-
64— 271 -13
Billy Horschel (39), $74,880 71 -66-69-
65— 271 -13
J.T. Poston (39), $74,880 65-69-68-
69—271 -13
Si Woo Kim (33), $55,440 71 -67-68-
66— 272 -12
Chez Reavie (33), $55,440 67-68-68-
69— 272 -12
Vaughn Taylor (33), $55,440 69-68-65-
70— 272 -12
Bud Cauley (24), $42,880 65-68-71 -
69— 273 -11
James Hahn (24), $42,880 66-67-70-
70— 273 -11
Russell Henley (24), $42,880 66-69-68-
70—273 -11
Kramer Hickok (24), $42,880 64-68-74-
67— 273 -11
Sung Kang (24), $42,880 65-70-71 -
67— 273 -11
Scott Langley (24), $42,880 69-67-69-
68— 273 -11
Kyoung-Hoon Lee (24), $42,880 66-66-72-
69— 273 -11
Steve Marino (24), $42,880 70-64-70-
69—273 -11
Men’s Top 25
Sunday
1. Kansas (1-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Vermont, Monday.
2. Kentucky (1-1) did not play. Next: vs. North
Dakota, Wednesday.
3. Gonzaga (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. Texas
A&M, Thursday.
4. Duke (2-0) beat Army 94-72. Next: vs.
Eastern Michigan, Wednesday.
5. Virginia (2-0) beat George Washington
76-57. Next: vs. Coppin State, Friday.
6. Tennessee (2-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Georgia Tech, Tuesday.
7. Nevada (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. Little
Rock, Friday.
8. North Carolina (2-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Stanford, Monday.
9. Villanova (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 19
Michigan, Wednesday.
10. Michigan State (0-1) vs. Florida Gulf
Coast. Next: vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Wednesday.
11. Auburn (2-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Mississippi College, Wednesday.
12. Kansas State (1-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Denver, Monday.
13. West Virginia (0-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Monmouth, Thursday.
14. Oregon (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. Iowa,
Thursday.
15. Virginia Tech (1-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Ball State, Thursday.
16. Syracuse (2-0) did not play. Next: vs.
UConn, Thursday.
17. Florida State (1-0) vs. Tulane. Next: vs.
Canisius, Monday, Nov. 19.
18. Mississippi State (1-0) vs. Hartford. Next:
vs. Long Beach State, Friday.
19. Michigan (2-0) did not play. Next: at No. 9
Villanova, Wednesday.
20. TCU (1-0) vs. Oral Roberts. Next: vs.
Fresno State, Thursday.
21. UCLA (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. Saint
Francis (Pa.), Friday.
22. Clemson (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. Sam
Houston State, Wednesday.
23. LSU (2-0) did not play. Next: vs. Memphis,
Tuesday.
24. Purdue (2-0) did not play. vs. Appalachian
State, Thursday.
25. Washington (1-1) did not play. Next: vs.
San Diego, Monday.
Major scores
EAST
Boston College 74, St. Francis Brooklyn 69
Boston U. 94, Emerson 57
Colgate 73, Cornell 57
NJIT 63, Brown 60
Rutgers 95, Drexel 66
SOUTH
Duke 94, Army 72
FAU 80, UCF 79
Marshall 76, Hofstra 72
VMI 98, Goucher 34
Virginia 76, George Washington 57
MIDWEST
Creighton 75, ETSU 69
E. Michigan 97, Goshen College 74
Iowa 93, Green Bay 82
N. Dakota St. 82, UC Santa Barbara 63
Nebraska 87, SE Louisiana 35
SOUTHWEST
Southern Miss. 74, SMU 64
FAR WEST
Hawaii 90, Humboldt State 54
Sunday’s results
At ISM Raceway
Avondale, Ariz.
Lap length: 1 mile
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (6) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 312 laps.
2. (12) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 312.
3. (8) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 312.
4. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 312.
5. (1) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 312.
6. (21) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 312.
7. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 312.
8. (15) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 312.
9. (19) William Byron, Chevrolet, 312.
10. (30) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 312.
11. (22) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 312.
12. (24) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 312.
13. (10) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 312.
14. (13) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 312.
15. (20) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 312.
16. (23) Michael McDowell, Ford, 311.
17. (7) Erik Jones, Toyota, 310.
18. (25) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 310.
19. (28) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 310.
20. (31) David Ragan, Ford, 310.
21. (27) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 310.
22. (29) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 310.
23. (2) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 309.
24. (33) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 309.
25. (34) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 309.
26. (32) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 308.
27. (38) D.J. Kennington, Toyota, 306.
28. (39) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 306.
29. (11) Paul Menard, Ford, 303.
30. (5) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, accident,
285.
31. (36) Tanner Berryhill, Toyota, accident,
283.
32. (14) Kurt Busch, Ford, accident, 272.
33. (3) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, accident,
262.
34. (4) Ryan Blaney, Ford, garage, 237.
35. (16) Clint Bowyer, Ford, accident, 133.
36. (26) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, accident, 96.
37. (9) Joey Logano, Ford, accident, 95.
38. (35) JJ Yeley, Toyota, oil leak, 88.
39. (37) Timmy Hill, Ford, oil leak, 40.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 98.354 mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 10 minutes, 20 sec
onds. Margin of Victory: 0.501 seconds.
Caution Flags: 10 for 61 laps.
Lead Changes: 17 among 9 drivers.
Lap Leaders: K. Harvick (P) 1-72; C. Elliott
(P) 73-78; R. Blaney 79; C. Elliott (P) 80-83; K.
Busch (P) 84-135; R. Blaney 136; M. Truex Jr.
(P) 137-143; K. Busch (P) 144-224; C. Elliott
(P) 225-230; R. Blaney 231; B. Keselowski
232-243; M. Truex Jr. (P) 244; B. Keselowski
245-264; K. Harvick (P) 265; E. Jones 266-276;
K. Busch (P) 277-288; R. Newman 289; K. Busch
(P) 290-312.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps
Led): Kyle Busch (P) 3 times for 116 laps; Kevin
Harvick (P) 2 times for 73 laps; Kurt Busch (P)
1 time for 52 laps; Brad Keselowski 2 times for
32 laps; Chase Elliott (P) 3 times for 16 laps; Erik
Jones 1 time for 11 laps; Martin Truex Jr. (P) 2
times for 8 laps; Ryan Blaney 3 times for 3 laps;
Ryan Newman 1 time for 1 lap.
TODAY ON TV
BASKETBALL
FOOTBALL
■ Stanford at North Carolina, 7 p.m., ESPN2
■ North Carolina A&T at Maryland, 7 p.m., ESPNU
■ Morgan State at DePaul, 8:30 p.m., FoxSports 1
■ Vermont at Kansas, 9 p.m., ESPN2
■ Giants at
49ers, 8:15 p.m.,
ESPN
NASCAR
Busch wins at Arizona
RICK SCUTERII The Associated Press
Kyle Busch (18) celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race on Sunday in
Avondale, Arizona.
Final four contenders set for championship
Associated Press
Kyle Busch won for the
eighth time this season to tie
Kevin Harvick for the most
Cup victories and set up a
head-to-head battle for the
championship.
Busch’s victory at ISM
Raceway outside of Phoe
nix was the final qualifying
event for next week’s finale
at Homestead-Miami Speed
way, where it will be winner-
take-all between NASCAR’s
so-called Big Three and the
driver once called “Sliced
Bread.”
Busch, Harvick and reign
ing series champion Mar
tin Truex Jr., coined The
Big Three because of how
they dominated the regu
lar season, advanced into
the championship round as
expected.
Joey Logano, nicknamed
“Sliced Bread” before his
NASCAR debut at age 18
because he was predicted to
be “the best thing since ..
has the fourth spot.
The field is two Ford driv
ers, two Toyota drivers and
represents four different
organizations. Chevrolet was
shut out of the finale.
Busch and Harvick have
gone win-for-win all year,
and Busch could
have controlled
Harvick’s fate late
in the race when he
was lined up against
Harvick teammate
Aric Almirola on a
restart.
An Almirola vic
tory would have
eliminated Har
vick from the playoffs,
which Busch acknowledged
considering.
“I did think about it,”
Busch said. “But I’m here to
win the race. They always
want it to play out naturally. ”
Now Busch might just
have the momentum to take
the title.
“I’d like to think it gives
us a lot (of momentum) but
I don’t know, talk is cheap,”
Busch said. “We’ve got to
be able to go out there and
perform and just do what we
need to do. Being able to do
what we did here today was
certainly beneficial. I didn’t
think we were the best car,
but we survived
and we did what we
needed to do. It’s
just about getting to
next week and once
we were locked in, it
was ‘All bets are off
and it’s time to go.’”
Harvick was the
favorite to win Sun
day and started
from the pole but an
early flat tire made Sunday’s
race more eventful than
Harvick expected.
He found himself racing
late against Stewart-Haas
Racing teammates Kurt
Busch and Aric Almirola
for the fourth transfer spot
to Homestead, but Busch
was wrecked late and Almi
rola had to win the race to
snatch the berth away from
Harvick.
Harvick
GOLF
Kuchar holds on for win
Associated Press
Matt Kuchar ended more
than four years without a
PGA Tour victory Sunday by
closing with a 2-under 69 and
holding up through a few
nervous moments
down the stretch to
win the Mayakoba
Golf Classic.
Kuchar had a
four-shot lead going
into the final round.
But after making
two bogeys over
the first 67 holes
in the tournament,
he made two bogeys in two
holes on Nos. 14 and 15, and
his lead shrunk to one shot
when Danny Lee made a
20-foot birdie putt from the
fringe on the 16th hole.
Lee finished with two pars
for a 65.
Kuchar still wasn’t
entirely in the clear. His
15-foot birdie attempt rolled
about 3 y 2 feet by the hole on
No. 17 and he had to make
that for par. And on the 18th,
he left his 30-foot birdie putt
about 3 feet short and had to
roll that in to win by
one shot.
“I didn’t want
a 3-footer on the
last hole,” Kuchar
said. “I was hoping
to have a three or
four-shot lead for
some wiggle room.
But man, that felt
awfully good.”
The 40-year-old Kuchar
had gone 115 starts on the
PGA Tour since his last vic
tory in the RBC Heritage at
Hilton Head in April 2014.
It comes at the end of what
had been a disappointing
year in which Kuchar fin
ished out of the top 70 on the
PGA Tour money list for the
first time since 2007, and he
failed to make the Ryder
Cup team for the first time
in 10 years.
Kuchar qualifies for
the Sentry Tournament of
Champions to start next year
at Kapalua.
He finished at 22-under
262, breaking by one the
72-hole record at Mayakoba
previously held by Harris
English.
Lee was the only player
to make a sustained run at
Kuchar, who had a four-shot
lead to start the final round.
PGA Tour rookie Cameron
Champ had a 12-foot eagle
attempt on the 13th hole
that would have brought
him to within two shots, but
he missed the putt and sent
his next tee shot into the
mangroves, making double
bogey.
Kuchar
MEN’S TOP 25
Williamson, No.
4 Duke pull past
Army 94-72
Zion Williamson had 27
points and 16 rebounds, and
No. 4 Duke pulled away to
beat Army 94-72 on Sunday.
Cameron Reddish fin
ished with 25 points and a
third freshman — RJ Bar
rett — had 23 while William
son added six blocked shots
and four assists for the Blue
Devils (2-0).
Playing five days after
routing No. 2 Kentucky in
the Champions Classic, they
shot 49 percent but couldn’t
shake the Black Knights
until the final 10 minutes,
finally pulling away with an
11-0 run keyed by 3-pointers
from Barrett and Reddish.
Matt Wilson scored 15
points and Tommy Funk
added 10 for Army (1-1),
and Funk hit back-to-back 3s
to pull the Black Knights to
67-61 with just over 12 min
utes left.
Reddish hit a driving
layup, and he and Barrett
each hit 3s on consecutive
possessions to push the lead
into double figures for good.
Reddish added another 3 to
stretch the lead to 78-61 with
just over 9 minutes left, and
the Blue Devils eventually
went up by 20 on William
son’s stickback with less
than 4 minutes to play.
No. 5 VIRGINIA 76,
GEORGE WASHINGTON
57: Kyle Guy and Ty Jerome
scored 20 points each and
Virginia rolled over George
Washington. Guy scored 17
in the first half, matching
the Colonials’ total, as Vir
ginia (2-0) opened a 42-17
lead at the break.
He and Jerome had out-
scored the Colonials 27-26
when they both got an
extended break midway
through the second half with
Virginia comfortably ahead.
The Colonials (0-3)
attempted to make a run
in the second half, making
six of their first nine shots,
including four 3-pointers.
They got within 42-25 by
scoring the first eight points
after halftime, but Virginia
scored the next six and the
visitors never threatened
again.
Associated Press
WOMEN’S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
No. 14 Georgia
rolls past Winthrop
Taja Cole led a balanced
attack with 14 points and
added a career-high 11
assists for her first double
double to lead No. 14 Geor
gia to an 85-39 win over
Winthrop on Sunday.
Caliya Robinson and
Kaila Hubbard added 13
points apiece for the Bull
dogs (2-0), Gabby Connally
and Jenna Staiti scored 12
each and Caitlin Hose 10.
Winthrop, coached by
two-time Olympian, four
time All-American, Hall-of-
Famer and the first woman
to ever play for the Harlem
Globetrotters Lynette Wood
ard, shot just 21 percent (14
of 66) and had 19 turnovers.
Georgia scored 14 straight
points and turned that into
a 22-2 run to close the first
quarter for a 24-6 lead.
The middle two quarters
were close but in the fourth
quarter the Bulldogs had a
27-5 advantage.
The Eagles (0-2), who lost
to Wisconsin in their opener,
shot 2 of 16 in the opening
quarter and 2 of 15 in the
fourth.
Associated Press
