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Newspaper Page Text2B Monday, November 26, 2018 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com SPORTS COLLEGE FOOTBALL I Top 25 Ohio State jumps to No. 6 with rivalry win Associated Press JAY LAPRETE I The Associated Press Ohio State receiver Chris Olave (17) celebrates his touchdown against Michigan during the first half of Saturday’s game in Columbus, Ohio. NBA Magic hold off Lakers MARK TERRILL I The Associated Press Los Angeles Lakers center JaVale McGee, top, blocks the shot of Orlando Magic forward Wesley Iwundu, bottom, during the first half of Sunday’s game in Orlando, Florida. Orlando sweeps season series vs. Los Angeles Associated Press Ohio State moved up to No. 6 in The Associ ated Press college football poll after trouncing rival Michigan. The Buckeyes jumped four spots and the Wolver ines fell four to No. 8 on Sun day, but overall the rankings were relatively stable after the last weekend of the regu lar season. Going into next week, when each FBS con ference will play a cham pionship game, Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame are the top three for the sixth straight poll. Georgia moved up a spot to No. 4 and Oklahoma is fifth. Unbeaten UCF also moved up a spot to No. 7. No. 9 Texas and Washington round out the top 10. Washington State and LSU both dropped out of the top 10 and are tied for No. 12. POLL POINTS Alabama has been ranked No. 1 for 14 straight weeks. The Crimson Tide are the first team to have three sea sons of 14 straights weeks at No. 1, starting from the preseason. The Tide also accomplished the feat in 2016, when it went 15 polls at No. 1 before losing the Col lege Football Playoff cham pionship game to Clemson, and in 2012, when it lost to Auburn on the Kick Six dur ing the final weekend of the regular season. Southern California is the only other school to go 14 straight weeks in a sea- GEORGIA ■ Continued from 1B But they’ve known this meeting was coming since Nov. 3, the earliest the title game matchup has been set. Really, they’ve been on a collision course since that national title clash. Saban called the Bull dogs “probably one of the most complete teams in the nation in terms of offense, defense, special teams.” “This will be the most challenging game that we have all year,” he said. “I’m really proud of our guys for what they’ve been able to accomplish this year. Why guys come to this school is they get to play in games like this against great teams, and this will be a great challenge for us.” son at No. 1, doing it in 2004 and 2005. The Trojans won the national championship, becoming just the second wire-to-wire AP No. 1, and lost the BCS championship game to Texas to end the 2005 season. IN ■ No. 22 Texas A&M moved back into the rank ing after beating LSU 74-72 in a game that tied the FBS record with seven overtimes and broke the record for total points. ■ No. 25 Fresno State also moved back into Alabama has won every game since the national title game by 20-plus points, a 12-game streak that is the longest to open a season in NCAA history. The previ ous record of 10 consecutive 20-point wins at any point during a season was set by Boise State in 2002. Alabama has reached the 12-win mark for the ninth time in the last 11 seasons. The Bulldogs haven’t had that kind of sustained success, but they’ve been awfully good the past two years. They have won five straight by 17-plus points since dropping a similarly lopsided game to No. 12 LSU. The reward: An Alabama rematch. The January meeting ended with Tagovailoa’s winning, second-and-26 the rankings. OUT ■ Utah State (10-2) dropped out after losing to Boise State in a game that decided a spot in the Moun tain West championship game against Fresno State. The Aggies had reached No. 14. ■ Pittsburgh is out after losing to Miami. The Pan thers had already clinched a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference and will face No. 2 Clemson unranked and with a 7-5 record. touchdown pass to DeVonta Smith in overtime. Now, Tagovailoa could perhaps cement the Heisman if he’s as good for four quarters as he was for two on that last visit. He wasn’t particularly interested in talking about either the Heisman or the end of last season after Sat urday’s win over Auburn. “That was last year,” Tagovailoa said. “For me, I just want to enjoy this win with my team, with that 24-hour (celebration) rule. And coming back into the office on Monday, we want to focus on Georgia.” Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm, likewise, resisted the temptation to talk about ‘Bama after the Georgia Tech game. “I’m not supposed to,.” Fromm said. There’s no getting around it now, guys. The Orlando Magic had swept the season series against the Los Angeles Lak ers once in their first 29 sea sons in the NBA. In a span of eight days, the Magic did it for the second time. Nikola Vucevic had 31 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists and Terrence Ross made a go-ahead lay up with 34 seconds left to help the Magic beat the Lak ers 108-104 on Sunday. Ross scored 16 points for the Magic, who won 130-117 at home on Nov. 17. “We’re trying to build something, and wins like these can really help you build some momentum,” Vucevic said. Ross got to the rim to break the 104-104 deadlock after LeBron James missed a step-back 3-pointer. Kenta- vious Caldwell-Pope missed another 3 on the ensuing Lakers possession, and Aaron Gordon got a dunk on the runout to cap off the win. Orlando was able to over come poor starts in both games, but had to outlast a late charge to hold off Los Angeles this time after a 14-4 run tied the game with 2:24 to play. Gordon had 17 points and D.J. Augustin added 12 points and nine assists for the Magic. James had 24 points and seven assists for the Lakers, who had won three straight games and six of their past seven. Kyle Kuzma scored 21 points and Brandon Ingram added 17. After falling behind by many as 12 points in the first quarter, the Magic would outscore the Lakers 67-42 during the second and third quarter. Orlando made 51 percent of its shots in that stretch, including 9 of 19 3-pointers. “It just took time, but we stuck with it and put our selves in position to win,” Ross said. Lakers players blamed their inability to protect their lead on a lack of effort. “Defensively, we kind of broke down and the energy level was a little lower than our expectations, and they took advantage of that,” James said. PISTONS 118, SUNS 107: Andre Drummond had 19 points and 16 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. Devin Booker scored 37 points for Phoenix, and Detroit had a hard time shaking free of the Suns until a 15-3 run in the fourth. Blake Griffin had 16 points and 11 assists for the Pistons, and Reggie Jackson had 19 points and eight assists. Deandre Ayton had 25 points for 12 rebounds for the Suns. Phoenix forward T.J. Warren was ejected in the second quarter after receiv ing two technical fouls fol lowing an offensive foul call that went against him. Booker scored 21 points in the first half, but the Pistons led 62-60 after two quarters. It was close throughout the third and still tied at 88 early in the fourth. Then Langston Galloway made a 3-pointer that began Detroit’s crucial run. Jack- son and Stanley Johnson also made 3s during that stretch. RAPTORS 125, HEAT 115: Kawhi Leonard had 29 points and 10 rebounds, Kyle Lowry added 12 points and 10 assists, and the Toronto Raptors won their fifth straight game, beating the Miami Heat on Sunday night. Jonas Valanciunas had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Pascal Siakam scored 21 points, two shy of his career high, as the Raptors improved their NBA-leading record to 17-4. Dwyane Wade scored a season-high 35 points, the most ever by a Miami bench player. Josh Richardson scored 19 points and Bam Adebayo had 16 points and a career-high 21 rebounds, but the Heat lost for the seventh time in nine games. 76ERS 127, NETS 125: Jimmy Butler made a 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds remaining to give the Phil adelphia 76ers a victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. Butler’s shot from the right wing, similar to the one that beat Charlotte in overtime on Nov. 17, capped Philadelphia’s rally from 20 points down in a game the Nets led nearly all the way. Butler finished with 34 points and 12 rebounds, and Joel Embiid had 32 points and 12 boards for the 76ers. D’Angelo Russell had 38 points, his highest total with the Nets, and added eight assists and eight rebounds. Football/college Top 25 Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (61) 12-0 1525 1 2. Clemson 12-0 1458 2 3. Notre Dame 12-0 1409 3 4. Georgia 11-1 1336 5 5. Oklahoma 11-1 1266 6 6. Ohio St. 11-1 1229 10 7. UCF 11-0 1146 8 8. Michigan 10-2 1058 4 9. Texas 9-3 959 11 10. Washington 9-3 897 16 11. Florida 9-3 876 13 12. Washington St. 10-2 818 7 12. LSU 9-3 818 8 14. Penn St. 9-3 751 15 15. West Virginia 8-3 672 12 16. Kentucky 9-3 602 17 17. Utah 9-3 536 18 18. Syracuse 9-3 475 19 19. Boise St. 10-2 409 21 20. Mississippi St. 8-4 324 22 21. Northwestern 8-4 322 20 22. Texas A&M 8-4 283 NR 23. Army 9-2 169 23 24. Iowa St. 7-4 116 25 25. Fresno St. 10-2 102 NR Others receiving votes: Utah St. 92, Missouri 88, NC State 39, Cincinnati 33, Stanford 10, Iowa 4, Appalachian St. 1, Buffalo 1, Oregon 1. Friday’s games MIDWEST MAC Championship: Buffalo (10-2) vs. N. Illinois (7-5) at Detroit, 7 p.m. Pac-12 Championship: Utah (9-3) vs. Washing ton (9-3) at Santa Clara, Calif., 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 SOUTH Louisiana-Lafayette (7-6) at Appalachian St. (9-2), Noon East Carolina (3-8) at NC State (8-3), Noon Akron (4-7) at South Carolina (6-5), Noon Marshall (8-3) at Virginia Tech (5-6), Noon Conference USA Championship: UAB (9-3) at Middle Tennessee (8-4), 1:30 p.m. Norfolk St. (4-6) at Liberty (5-6), 2 p.m. American Athletic Championship: Memphis (8-4) at UCF (11-0), 3:30 p.m. SEC Championship: Georgia (11-1) vs. Alabama (12-0) at Atlanta, 4 p.m. SWAC Championship: Southern U. (7-3) at Alcorn St. (8-3), 4:30 p.m. ACC Championship: Pittsburgh (7-5) vs. Clem son (12-0) at Charlotte, N.C., 8 p.m. MIDWEST Drake (7-3) at Iowa St. (7-4), 2 p.m. Big Ten championship: Northwestern (8-4) vs. Ohio St. (11-1) at Indianapolis, 8 p.m. SOUTHWEST Big 12 Championship: Texas (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (11-1) at Arlington, Texas, Noon FAR WEST Mountain West Championship: Fresno St. (10-2) at Boise St. (10-2), 7:45 p.m. Stanford (7-4) at California (7-4), 3 p.m. FCS Playoffs Second Round Jacksonville St. (9-3) at Maine (8-3), Noon James Madison (9-3) at Colgate (9-1), 1 p.m. Wofford (9-3) at Kennesaw St. (10-1), 2 p.m. Montana St. (8-4) at N. Dakota St. (11-0), 3 p.m. Duquesne (9-3) at S. Dakota St. (8-2), 3 p.m. SE Missouri (9-3) at Weber St. (9-2), 4 p.m. Nicholls St. (9-3) at E. Washington (9-2), 5 p.m. N. Iowa (7-5) at UC Davis (9-2), 7 p.m. Division II playoffs Saturday’s scores Slippery Rock 59, New Haven 20 Notre Dame (Ohio) 19, Hillsdale 14 Valdosta State 66, Bowie State 16 Ferris State 27, Northwest Missouri State 21 Ouachita Baptist 35, Indianapolis 7 Lenoir-Rhyne 21, Wingate 17 Minnesota-Mankato 24, Colorado State-Pueblo 10 Tarleton State 34, Texas A&M-Commerce 28 Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 1 Slippery Rock (11-2) at Notre Dame (Ohio) (12-0), TBA Ferris State (13-0) at Ouachita Baptist (12-0), TBA Lenoir-Rhyne (12-1) at Valdosta State (11-0), 1 p.m. Tarleton State (12-0) at Minnesota-Mankato (12-0), 1 p.m. Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled D Andrej Sustr and Andy Welinski from San Diego (AHL). As signed D Josh Mahura to San Diego and LW Max Comtois to Drummondville (QMJHL). CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled D Jake Bean and F Valentin Zykov from Charlotte (AHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled F Michael Amadio from Ontario (AHL). Placed F Carl Hagelin on injured reserve. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Rocco Grimaldi from Milwaukee (AHL). Placed F Kyle Turris on injured reserve. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Terminated D Steven Santini’s long-term injury conditioning loan to Binghamton (AHL). COLLEGE ILLINIOS — Signed football coach Lovie Smith to a two-year contract extension through the 2023 season. NORTH CAROLINA — Fired football coach Larry Fedora. TEXAS TECH — Fired football coach Kliff Kingsbury. Golf Sunday’s scores At The Metropolitan GC Melbourne, Australia Purse: $7 million Yardage: 7,308; Par: 72 Final T.Pieters / T.Detry, BEL, $1,120,000 63-71 - 63- 68—265 A.Ancer / R.Diaz, MEX, $478,750 67-70- 65-66—268 M.Leishman / C.Smith, AUS, $478,750 62-76- 65- 65—268 A. Hadwin / N.Taylor, CAN, $181,000 68-73- 64- 66—271 T.OIesen / S.Kjeldsen, DEN, $181,000 63-77- 66- 65—271 B. An / S.Kim, KOR, $126,250 62-72- 68-70—272 A.Pavan / R.Paratore, ITA, $126,250 65-71 - 66- 70—272 T. Hatton / I.Poulter, ENG, $92,500 62-74- 67- 70—273 A.Bjork / J.Lagergren, SWE, $70,000 65-74- 64- 71—274 A.Lahiri / G.Bhullar, IND, $51,167 64-72- 70-70—276 S. Lowry / P.Dunne, IRE, $51,167 64-76- 65- 71—276 A.Levy / M.Lorenzo-Vera, FRA, $51,167 66-73- 68- 69—276 H.U / A.Wu, CHN, $41,000 66-76- 68-67—277 K.Aphibarnrat / P.Meesawat, THA 67-78- 67-66—278 R. Knox / M.Laird, SCO, $37,000 67-71 - 67-73—278 S. Manley / B.Dredge, WAL, $34,500 70-73- 66- 70—279 K.Stanley / M.Kuchar, USA, $34,500 66-79- 66-68—279 R.Fox / M.Brown, NZL, $32,000 65-76- 69-70—280 D.Frittelli / E.van Rooyen, RSA, $32,000 66-76- 66- 72—280 M.Korhonen / M.llonen, FIN, $32,000 66-75- 68-71—280 A.Otaegui / J.Campillo, ESP, $30,000 68-74- 64-75—281 G.Green / B.Leong, MAS, $29,000 63-73- 72-74—282 S.Kodaira / H.Tanihara, JPN, $28,000 66-79- 70-72—287 J.Vegas / J.Naffah, VEN, $26,500 65-82- 67- 75—289 J.Luiten / D.Huizing, NED, $26,500 69-82- 68- 70—289 M.Kaymer / M.Kieffer, GER, $25,000 68-81 - 68-73—290 S.Vincent / B.Smith, ZIM, $24,000 72-84- 66-73—295 P.Karmis / A.Tranacher, GRE, $23,000 66-87- 68-86—307 TODAY ON TV BASKETBALL FOOTBALL ■ Nebraska at Clemson, 7 p.m., ESPN2 ■ Titans at Texans, ■ Minnesota at Boston College, 9 p.m., ESPN2 8:15 p.m., ESPN GOLF Pieters, Detry win World Cup of Golf Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry gave Bel gium its first World Cup of Golf title Sunday, holding on for a three-stroke victory at Metropolitan Golf Club. Pieters and Detry closed with a Funder 68 in four somes to finish at 23-under 265. They opened with a 63 in fourballs, shot 71 in driv ing rain and wind Friday in foursomes and had a 63 on Saturday in fourballs to take a five-stroke lead into the final round. The Belgians each earned $1.12 million Australia’s Marc Leish- man and Cameron Smith and Mexico’s Abraham Ancer, the Australian Open winner last week, and Roberto Diaz tied for second. Leishman and Smith shot 65, and Ancer and Roberto Diaz closed with a 66. Americans Matt Kuchar and Kyle Stanley tied for 16th at 9 under after a 68. EUROPEAN TOUR/ ASIAN TOUR: Aaron Rai won the Hong Kong Open in torrential rain for his Euro pean Tour title, shooting a l-under 69 for a one-shot vic tory over fellow Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick. The 23-year-old Rai, six strokes ahead entering the round, finished at 17-under 263 Hong Kong Golf Club. He shot a course-record 61 on Friday. Associated Press UNITED Atlanta United defender Franco Escobar (2) and New York Red Bulls defender Connor Lade (5) fight for control of the ball during an MLS playoff game on Sunday in Atlanta. ■ Continued from 2B Atlanta can afford to play conservatively in the sec ond leg, but doesn’t want to totally abandon the attack ing style that has served it so well. “You go and play the game,” Jeff Larentowicz said. “You can’t sit on top of your goal and think you’re going to defend for 90 min utes. It’s not going to work.” A matchup between the two best teams in MLS was a one-sided affair. Atlanta dominated much of the game and could have won by an even bigger margin. While a New York goal was waved off after a video review and goalkeeper Brad Guzan made a clutch save in the closing minutes, this game was played mostly in the Red Bulls’ end of the field. United finished with a 14-6 edge in shots. That late stop by Guzan was New York’s only official shot on goal. New York is facing another postseason flop. A charter member of MLS and one of the league’s most successful teams during the regular season — including three Supporters’ Shield titles in the last six years — the Red Bulls have never won the cup. Now, they need to match their second-leg perfor mance in the conference JOHN BAZEMORE I Associated Press semifinals, when they over came a 1-0 loss at Colum bus by winning 3-0 at Red Bull Arena. New York went 14-2-1 at home this season, including a 2-0 victory over Atlanta on Sept. 30. “At home, we are very confident,” Sean Davis said. “We love playing at home in front of our fans and we have been great there all year.”