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Newspaper Page Text2B Monday, December 3, 2018 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com SPORTS COLLEGE BASKETBALL I Top 25 Scoreboard No. 18 Oregon stunned by Houston on the road Associated Press The Houston Cougars opened their new home with a big victory. Armoni Brooks had 22 points and nine rebounds, Nate Hinton added 14 points and Houston won its 20th straight home game, 65-61 over 18th-ranked Oregon on Saturday night. Brooks was 7 of 14 from the field, includ ing 6 of 13 on 3-pointers, to lead Houston (6-0), which shot 33 percent from the field. Corey Davis had 12 points for Houston, which opened its new $60 million Fertitta Center. The Cougars’ previous 19 straight home wins came at Texas Southern’s H&PE Arena, their temporary home while the new arena was under construction. “There’s always one first night, one open ing night,” Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said, adding that with the recent facility upgrades at Houston, “We can play big-time basketball.. We are knocking on the door, and these facilities are going to help us.” Bol Bol had 23 points and seven rebounds and Will Richardson added 16 points for the Ducks (4-3), who lost their second straight after falling at home to Texas Southern on Monday. Oregon shot 40 percent from the field. “We have a lot of work to do,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “We are not a very good basketball team, so we have a lot of work to do.” Trailing by 14, Oregon used an 11-2 run to close within 62-57 on Bol’s three-point play with 38 seconds left. After Brooks missed two free throws, Richardson connected on two free throws to cut the lead to three with 23 seconds left. Cedrick Alley connected on 1 of 2 free throws before Bol followed with a dunk to cut the lead to two with 10 seconds left, but then Brooks hit two free throws to ice the win. “When a team’s coming back on you, most time it’s due to your contribution,” Samp son said. “We were turning the ball over and missing free throws, so my thought was don’t turn the ball over and make your free throws. That was about it.” Houston jumped out to a 37-18 lead at the half behind 14 points each from Brooks and Hinton. The Cougars used an 18-3 run over a five-minute stretch to open up a 33-13 lead on Hinton’s 3-pointer with 3:43 left in the half. Brooks had six points in the run to lead the Cougars. “When I made the first couple three’s, my teammates were just telling me to just shoot it,” Brooks said. “When your teammates have confidence in you, it gives yourself tre mendous confidence.” Oregon struggled in the first half, shooting 6 of 19 with 10 turnovers. “We froze,” Altman said of the first half. “We were awful. No transition points, points off turnovers they had a big advantage, sec ond chance points 9-0. It was an awful half. We were down by 19, it was just bad half of basketball. Second half, we turned all three of those categories around.. When you dig a hole 19 down, it’s hard to come back.” No. 6 Tennessee rolls through Texas A&M-Corpus Christi No. 6 Tennessee prepared for its show down with Gonzaga by posting its second straight lopsided victory at home. Admiral Schofield scored 16 points, Kyle Alexander had 12 points and 10 rebounds and the Volunteers breezed to a 79-51 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Sunday. Grant Williams finished with 14 points and nine rebounds for Tennessee (6-1) in its last tuneup before a Dec. 9 matchup with No. 1 Gonzaga in the Jerry Colangelo Classic at Phoenix. Jordan Bowden also scored 14 points. “We’re going to go in there ready,” Alex ander said of the Gonzaga game. “We’re going to use this week wisely. It’s going to be a mental week for us. We’re definitely going to have to work on some things.” With a roster dominated by upperclass men, Tennessee had enough experience to avoid overlooking its two home dates that followed an overtime loss to No. 2 Kansas and preceded its date with Gonzaga. Tennessee trounced Eastern Kentucky 95-67 on Wednesday before its blowout against Texas A&M-CC. “It wasn’t tough at all to focus on these two games,” Schofield said. “We scheduled them. We’ve got to win them.” Texas A&M-CC (4-4) led 15-8 before Ten nessee pulled ahead for good by going on a 14-0 run that lasted just over six minutes. Tennessee outscored Texas A&M-CC 26-4 over the last 12 minutes of the first half to grab a 34-19 lead at the break. Texas A&M-CC coach Willis Wilson said the Islanders’ offense struggled once their ball movement slowed down and they stopped working the ball inside as often. “We just have this tendency to kind of get away from what works for us,” Wilson said. “When we do it, we’re very good and we do it well. When we get away from it, we really fall off considerably.” Myles Smith scored 16 points for Texas A&M-CC, which shot just 32.2 percent from the floor. Smith scored the Islanders’ first 12 points of the second half. He sank a trio of 3-point- ers in the first 4 1/2 minutes to reduce Ten nessee’s lead to 41-30 with 15:35 remaining, but the Islanders’ rally fizzled from there. SCOREBOARD Football/NFL Golf Basketball/NBA AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pet PF PA New England 9 3 0 .750 331 259 Miami 6 6 0 .500 244 300 Buffalo 4 8 0 .333 178 293 N.Y Jets 3 9 0 .250 243 307 South W L T Pet PF PA Houston 9 3 0 .750 302 235 Indianapolis 6 6 0 .500 325 279 Tennessee 6 6 0 .500 221 245 Jacksonville 4 8 0 .333 203 243 North W L T Pet PF PA Pittsburgh 7 3 1 .682 316 249 Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 297 214 Cincinnati 5 7 0 .417 286 371 Cleveland 4 7 1 .375 266 312 West W L T Pet PF PA Kansas City 10 2 0 .833 444 327 L.A. Chargers 8 3 0 .727 307 219 Denver 6 6 0 .500 276 262 Oakland 2 100 .167 220 367 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pet PF PA Dallas 7 5 0 .583 247 223 Washington 6 5 0 .545 220 229 Philadelphia 5 6 0 .455 230 253 N.Y. Giants 4 8 0 .333 267 315 South W L T Pet PF PA New Orleans 10 2 0 .833 419 269 Carolina 6 6 0 .500 304 306 Tampa Bay 5 7 0 .417 318 355 Atlanta 4 8 0 .333 296 333 North W L T Pet PF PA Chicago 8 4 0 .667 344 241 Minnesota 6 5 1 .542 275 270 Green Bay 4 7 1 .375 281 287 Detroit 4 8 0 .333 254 316 West W L T Pet PF PA y-L.A. Rams 11 1 0 .917 419 298 Seattle 7 5 0 .583 319 259 Arizona 3 9 0 .250 175 310 San Francisco 2 9 0 .182 255 336 y-clinched division Thursday’s Game Dallas 13, New Orleans 10 Sunday’s Games Jacksonville 6, Indianapolis 0 Tampa Bay 24, Carolina 17 Houston 29, Cleveland 13 Baltimore 26, Atlanta 16 Arizona 20, Green Bay 17 Miami 21, Buffalo 17 Denver 24, Cincinnati 10 L.A. Rams 30, Detroit 16 N.Y. Giants 30, Chicago 27, 0T Tennessee 26, N.Y. Jets 22 Kansas City 40, Oakland 33 New England 24, Minnesota 10 Seattle 43, San Francisco 16 L.A. Chargers at Pittsburgh, Late Today’s Game Washington at Philadelphia, 8:15 p.m. Australian PGA Championship Sunday At RACV Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 7346; Par: 72 Final Cameron Smith Marc Leishman Ross McGowan Matthew Millar Jae-woong Eom Jason Scrivener Nick Flanagan Ben Eccles Sean Crocker Jarryd Felton Tom Murray Daniel Gale Darren Beck Andrew Johnston Nick Taylor Christopher Wood Robert Allenby Harold Varner III Josh Geary Renato Paratore Gareth Paddison Terry Pilkadaris Jonathan Thomson Sam Brazel Aaron Cockerill Rhein Gibson Matthew Stieger Jake McLeod Dimitrios Papadatos Mathew Goggin Matt Jager James Morrison Peter Senior Austin Connelly Matthew Griffin Max McCardle Hughes Joannes David McKenzie Troy Merritt Blake Proverbs Gaganjeet Bhullar Jordan Zunic Daan Huizing Ricardo Gouveia Oliver Farr Zach Murray Anthony Quayle Rod Pampling Harrison Endycott Daniel Fox Braden Becker Ashley Hall Damien Jordan Craig Ross Ryan Fox Stephen Allan Michael Wright Alex Edge Simon Hawkes Douglas Klein Alexander Knappe Tim Stewart Jack Munro Frazer Droop Ryan Evans David Bransdon Aaron Wilkin Mark Brown Paul Hayden Peter Cooke Jason Norris 70- 65-67-70—272 68-68-69-69—274 71- 73-70-63—277 72- 70-67-68—277 67- 74-70-70—281 68- 73-74-67—282 69- 73-69-71—282 70- 71-69-72—282 73- 71-71-68—283 69-73-72-69—283 69- 73-71-70—283 70- 74-69-70—283 73- 71-69-70—283 70- 69-73-71—283 74- 68-70-71—283 71- 66-76-71—284 70-70-73-71—284 69- 69-71-75—284 72- 71-73-69—285 73- 70-73-69—285 70- 72-73-70—285 69- 74-72-70—285 72-71-71-71—285 70- 71-72-72—285 72-69-71-73—285 72-70-70-73—285 74- 69-69-73—285 66- 70-75-74—285 67- 70-74-74—285 68- 72-71-74—285 66-71-73-75—285 69- 75-70-72—286 72-70-71-73—286 72-71-75-69—287 72-71-74-70—287 76-68-73-70—287 72- 72-72-71—287 73- 69-70-75—287 71- 71-70-75—287 71-72-75-70—288 69- 70-78-71—288 70- 72-74-72—288 73- 69-74-72—288 69- 74-73-72—288 71- 69-75-73—288 70- 74-71-73—288 70-69-75-74—288 74- 69-71-74—288 70-72-71-75—288 73-69-71-75—288 70-73-67-78—288 70- 74-74-71—289 69-73-74-73—289 71- 72-70-76—289 69- 75-69-76—289 70- 73-77-70—290 72- 70-76-72—290 73- 70-73-74—290 70-73-72-75—290 68-74-72-76—290 70-74-70-76—290 70- 74-69-77—290 73-71-74-73—291 73-69-76-74—292 72- 72-74-74—292 71- 68-77-76—292 73- 69-75-76—293 71- 73-78-74—296 72- 67-81-76—296 73- 69-80-75—297 70-74-81-74—299 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pet GB Toronto 20 4 .833 — Philadelphia 17 8 .680 3 1 / 2 Boston 13 10 .565 6 1 / 2 Brooklyn 8 16 .333 12 New York 8 16 .333 12 Southeast Division W L Pet GB Charlotte 11 12 .478 — Orlando 11 12 .478 — Miami 9 13 .409 1 1 / 2 Washington 9 14 .391 2 Atlanta 5 18 .217 6 Central Division W L Pet GB Milwaukee 15 7 .682 — Detroit 13 7 .650 1 Indiana 13 10 .565 2 1 / 2 Chicago 5 19 .208 11 Cleveland 4 18 .182 11 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pet GB Memphis 13 9 .591 — New Orleans 12 12 .500 2 Dallas 10 10 .500 2 Houston 11 11 .500 2 San Antonio 10 12 .455 3 Northwest Division W L Pet GB Denver 15 7 .682 — Oklahoma City 14 7 .667 1 / 2 Portland 13 9 .591 2 Minnesota 11 12 .478 4 1 / 2 Utah 11 13 .458 5 Pacific Division W L Pet GB L.A. Clippers 15 6 .714 — Golden State 15 9 .625 1 1 / 2 L.A. Lakers 14 9 .609 2 Sacramento 11 11 .500 4 1 / 2 Phoenix 4 19 .174 12 Saturday’s Games New York 136, Milwaukee 134, OT Detroit 111, Golden State 102 Washington 102, Brooklyn 88 Boston 118, Minnesota 109 Houston 121, Chicago 105 Toronto 106, Cleveland 95 Sacramento 111, Indiana 110 Sunday’s Games L.A. Lakers 120, Phoenix 96 New Orleans 119, Charlotte 109 Miami 102, Utah 100 Philadelphia 103, Memphis 95 L.A. Clippers at Dallas, Late Portland at San Antonio, Late Monday’s Games Oklahoma City at Detroit, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m. Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 8 p.m. TODAY ON TV BASKETBALL FOOTBALL ■ Iowa at Michigan State, 6:30 p.m., FS1 ■ NFL: Redskins at Eagles, 8:15 ■ Florida A&M at DePaul, 8:30 p.m., FS1 P-m., ESPN ■ NBA: Warriors at Hawks, 7:30 p.m., FSSE COLLEGE FOOTBALL Snyder to retire CHARLIE NEIBERGALLI Associated Press Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder watches from the sideline during a game against Iowa State, Saturday, Nov. 24, in Ames, Iowa. Kansas State head coach Dan Snyder calling it quits at 79 after 27 seasons with the team BY DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press MANHATTAN, Kan. — Bill Snyder already was considered the architect of the greatest turnaround in college football history before he decided to return from a three-year retire ment to resurrect Kansas State again. Now, the 79-year-old coach is heading back into retirement. Snyder decided to step away Sunday after 27 sea sons on the sideline, end ing a Hall of Fame tenure in Manhattan that began in the Big Eight and weath ered seismic shifts in col lege football. Along the way he overcame throat can cer, sent dozens of players to the NFL and gave count less more an opportunity to succeed not only on the field but also in life. “Coach Snyder has had an immeasurable impact on our football program, Kansas State University, the Manhattan commu nity and the entire state of Kansas,” Wildcats athletic director Gene Taylor said. “He and his family have touched the lives of so many people, from student- athletes, coaches, staff and fans, and he is truly one of the greatest coaches and leaders in college football history. “His impact on college football is unmatched and legacy is one that will last a lifetime.” The Wildcats fell apart during a season-ending loss to Iowa State, leaving them 5-7 and at home for the bowl season. Snyder finishes with a resume fea turing a record of 215-117-1, trips to 19 bowl games, two Big 12 championships and a legacy that will endure long into the future. The highway leading into town already has been renamed in his honor, leading fans from Inter state 70 to the stadium that bears the name of his fam ily. A large bronze statue of Snyder stands outside. Taylor said the search for a new coach will begin immediately with help from Ventura Partners, and a clause in Snyder’s contract indicates he will have input in the decision. Taylor also said Snyder will exercise a clause that allows him to become a special ambassador to the university at a yearly sal ary of $250,000 for “as long as he is physically and men tally able.” “This university, this community and this state are deeply indebted to Coach Bill Snyder,” Kansas State president Gen. Rich ard Myers said. “He came here, and stayed here, because of the people.” Snyder arrived at Kan sas State in the fall of 1988, a nondescript offensive coordinator from Iowa who once coached high school swimming before learning under legendary Hawkeyes coach Hayden Fry. The Wildcats had just four winning seasons the previous 44 years, and they were in the midst of a 27-game winless streak. Dozens of confidants implored Snyder not to take over what “Sports Illustrated” famously called “Futility U,” certain that it was a coaching dead end. Snyder was still mull ing his decision when he walked the campus one cold morning. He was smit ten by the friendliness of the people, their earnest ness and work ethic, and he accepted the job. “I think the opportunity for the greatest turnaround in college football exists here today,” he would say at his introductory news conference, “and it’s not one to be taken lightly. ” That news conference occurred 30 years ago Friday, beginning a turn around of not only the long-languishing football program but a university in need of a boost. Snyder introduced a new logo to distance the Wild cats from their losing past, and he began to heavily recruit junior colleges. He steadily improved the ros ter, beat North Texas that first year to end the long winless streak and slowly won over skeptical fans. He did it with hard work, pure and simple. He was famous for eating once a day, lest he waste any time dining. He once consulted a sleep expert to divine a way to get by on four hours’ a night. He demanded the same rigorous schedule of his assistants, a group that would include future head coaches Bob Stoops, Bret Bielema, Dan McCarney and Jim Leavitt. The wins began to pile up: The Wildcats went 5-6 in Year 2, won seven games the next season and went 9-2-1 to earn their first bowl berth in 1993. It began a streak of 11 consecutive postseason trips, high lighted by three Holiday Bowl appearances, two Cot ton Bowls and a pair of trips to the Fiesta Bowl. Kansas State started to slip in 2004 and ’05, though, a pair of winless seasons that appeared to take their toll on Snyder. And he sur prised many by announc ing his retirement, telling a packed room inside the old football complex that he wanted to spend more time with his family. INTERNATIONAL BASKCTBALL U.S. men’s team clinches 2019 World Cup berth Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Jeff Van Gundy did his job. USA Basketball is headed to the World Cup. The U.S. rallied late to beat Uruguay 78-70 on Sunday night to wrap up a spot next year in the FIBA World Cup in China. The U.S. won the last two World Cups in 2010 and 2014, and will aim to become the first nation to capture three consecutive gold medals. Travis Trice scored 17 points in the clinching win for the U.S., which used rosters filled primarily by G League play ers in qualifying. John Jenkins added 13 points for the Americans (8-2), who have two qualifying games remaining at North Carolina in February. The U.S. needed a late 12-0 run to finally seize control, and that was enough to clinch the World Cup berth. Uruguay led 61-54 in the fourth, and was still up 65-60 when the game changed. Jen kins’ 3-pointer with just under 2 minutes left put the Americans up by four, and Chasson Randle connected on another 3 on the next U.S. possession to cap the burst and give the U.S. a 72-65 edge. Scotty Hopson scored 11 points for the U.S., which has used 46 players in the 10 qualifying games played so far — all of them coached by Van Gundy, who was asked by USA Basketball to take G League players and get the country into the World Cup. Bruno Fitipaldo led Uruguay with 17 points. For the qualifiers, the U.S. used its junior varsity. Next summer, China will get to see the U.S. varsity. Van Gundy has used that analogy sev eral times over the past 16 months, and it’s fitting — the Americans qualified for the World Cup by using players that were plucked mostly from the G League. FIBA completely overhauled the qualifying sys tem for this event, and most of the qualify ing games were played at points in the year where players from the NBA or the top European leagues would not be available. At the World Cup, the U.S. is going send the best of the best. Or at least, some of the best of the best. LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Russell Westbrook and Chris Paul are all among the 35 players in USA Basketball’s pool for the World Cup and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, though it’ll likely be months before the Americans know exactly what group they’ll be taking to China to play for coach Gregg Popovich. “Jeff has done an amazing job under really difficult circumstances,” said Golden State coach Steve Kerr, who will assist Popovich next summer.