2B Tuesday, December 4, 2018
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BASKETBALL
Crump scores
career high in
Georgia win
Tyree Crump scored a
career-high 25 points, Nico
las Claxton added 15 points
and nine rebounds, and
Georgia had little trouble
beating Texas Southern 92-75
on Monday night.
Derek Ogbeide added 13
points and 10 rebounds, and
Rayshaun Hammonds fin
ished with 14 points to help
the Bulldogs (5-3) win their
second straight.
Derrick Bruce scored 17
points, and Jeremy Combs
added 15 or Texas South
ern (3-6). The Tigers have
dropped two in a row against
Power 5 conference oppo
nents since upsetting then-
No. 18 Oregon last week.
Crump’s straightaway
3-pointer gave the Bulldogs
their first 20-point lead mid
way through the second half
and he added his career-best
fifth trey to make it 81-66 at
the 4:56 mark.
Georgia looked sharp
throughout as first-year
coach Tom Crean tries to
move his team past disap
pointing performances last
month in losing consecutive
games to Clemson and Geor
gia State.
Claxton and Jordan Harris
each hit two of the Bulldogs’
113-pointers, but it was Geor
gia’s front line that made
the biggest difference. With
6-foot-ll Claxton, 6-9 Ogbeide
and 6-8 Hammonds collaps
ing on Trayvon Reed, Texas
Southern’s 7-2 center wasn’t
the same force that scored 23
points and had nine dunks in
the Oregon win.
Reed finished with 14
points and seven rebounds,
but he was outmatched
midway through the sec
ond. Claxton was defending
Reed tightly enough that he
couldn’t pivot and decided
to feed Devocio Butler for a
layup. Claxton turned toward
the basket to swat Butler’s
shot away and begin Ham
monds’ drive down the floor
for a quick 3 that made it
59-42.
NBA
Hawks fall victim
to Golden State’s
Big Three in loss
Stephen Curry scored 30
points, Kevin Durant had 28
and Klay Thompson chipped
in with 27 as the Golden
State Warriors cruised past
the Atlanta Hawks 128-111
Monday night, snapping a
six-game losing streak on the
road.
With Curry scoring 18
points in the opening quarter,
this one was never in doubt.
Golden State raced to a
34-17 lead in the first 12 min
utes — Curry outscored the
Hawks by himself — and the
defending NBA champions
won for only the fourth time
in 10 games.
Playing for the second
time since missing 11 games
with a groin injury, Curry
hit his first six shots, four of
them beyond the arc . He
finished 6 of 10 from 3-point
range
The Warriors led 61-47 at
halftime and stretched the
margin as high as 24 points,
sending the rebuilding
Hawks to their third straight
loss.
John Collins led Atlanta
with 24 points, and Trae
Young added 20.
But it was a tough night
for Young, the rookie guard
who the Hawks are hoping
to turn into their Curry-like
centerpiece. He had seven
turnovers and missed all five
of his 3-point attempts.
NFL
RB Kareem Hunt
unclaimed on
waivers on Monday
Kareem Hunt went
unclaimed on NFL waivers
Monday, three days after
a video was released that
showed the star running
back shoving and kicking a
woman in an incident that
ultimately led to his release
by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Police did not charge Hunt
with a crime, but the Chiefs
released him for being
untruthful with them about
what happened during the
February incident.
Hunt currently is on the
commissioner’s exempt
list and cannot play even if
another team signs him. The
NFL says it is continuing its
investigation.
Also on Monday, a police
report surfaced in which a
suburban Kansas City man
told police that Hunt was
among a group of men that
assaulted him during a night
club altercation in January.
The incident happened
Jan. 11 at Mosaic, a club
in downtown Kansas City.
The 38-year-old victim was
treated at a hospital for a
broken rib, broken nose and
other injuries. But as was the
case in the assault captured
on a Cleveland hotel security
camera, no criminal charges
were filed in the case.
The Chiefs declined to
comment on the January
incident.
Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
Football/college
2018-19 Bowl Glance
Saturday, Dec. 15
Celebration Bowl
At Atlanta
NC A&T (9-2) vs. Alcorn State (9-3), Noon
(ABC)
Cure Bowl
Orlando, Fla.
Tulane (6-6) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (7-6),
1:30 p.m. (CBSSN)
New Mexico Bowl
Albuquerque
North Texas (9-3) vs. Utah State (10-2), 2
p.m. (ESPN)
Las Vegas Bowl
Fresno State (11-2) vs. Arizona State (7-5),
3:30 p.m. (ABC)
Camellia Bowl
Montgomery, Ala.
Georgia Southern (9-3) vs. Eastern Michigan
(7-5), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
New Orleans Bowl
Middle Tennessee (8-5) vs. Appalachian State
(10-2), 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, Dec. 18
Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl
UAB (10-3) vs. North Illinois (8-5), 7 p.m.
(ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 19
Frisco (Texas) Bowl
San Diego State (7-5) vs. Ohio (8-4), 8 p.m.
(ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 20
Gasparilla Bowl
At St. Petersburg, Fla.
Marshall (8-4) vs. South Florida (7-5), 8
p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 21
Bahamas Bowl
Nassau
Toledo (7-5) vs. FIU (8-4), 12:30 p.m (ESPN)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Boise
Western Michigan (7-5) vs. BYU (6-6), 4
p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 22
Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl
Memphis (8-5) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), Noon
(ESPN)
Armed Forces Bowl
Fort Worth, Texas
Houston (8-4) vs. Army (9-2), 3:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
Dollar General Bowl
Mobile, Ala.
Buffalo (10-3) vs. Troy (9-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Hawaii Bowl
Honolulu
Louisiana Tech (7-5) vs. Hawaii (8-5), 10:30
p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 26
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Dallas
Boston College (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-3),
1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Quick Lane Bowl
Detroit
Minnesota (6-6) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 5:15
p.m. (ESPN)
Cheez-lt Bowl
Phoenix
California (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 27
Independence Bowl
Shreveport, La.
Temple (8-4) vs. Duke (7-5), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Pinstripe Bowl
Bronx, N.Y.
Miami (7-5) vs. Wisconsin (7-5), 5:15 p.m.
(ESPN)
Texas Bowl
Houston
Baylor (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 9 p.m.
(ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 28
Music City Bowl
Nashville, Tenn.
Purdue (6-6) vs. Auburn (7-5), 1:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
Camping World Bowl
Orlando, Fla.
West Virginia (8-3) vs. Syracuse (9-3),
5:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Alamo Bowl
San Antonio
Iowa State (8-4) vs. Washington State (10-2),
9 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 29
Peach Bowl
Atlanta
Florida (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2), Noon
(ESPN)
Belk Bowl
Charlotte, N.C.
South Carolina (7-5) vs. Virginia (7-5), Noon
(ABC)
Arizona Bowl
Tucson, Ariz.
Arkansas State (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5), 1:15
p.m. (CBSSN)
Cotton Bowl Classic
Arlington, Texas
CFP Semifinal, Notre Dame (12-0) vs.
Clemson (13-0), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Orange Bowl
Miami Gardens, Fla.
CFP Semifinal, Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama
(13-0), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 31
Military Bowl
Annapolis, Md.
Cincinnati (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6), Noon
(ESPN)
Sun Bowl
El Paso,Texas
Stanford (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (7-6), 2 p.m.
(CBS)
Redbox Bowl
Santa Clara, Calif.
Michigan State (7-5) vs. Oregon (8-4), 3
p.m. (FOX)
Liberty Bowl
Memphis, Tenn.
Missouri (8-4) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6), 3:45
p.m. (ESPN)
Holiday Bowl
San Diego
Northwestern (8-5) vs. Utah (9-4), 7 p.m.
(FS1)
Gator Bowl
Jacksonville, Fla.
NC State (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 7:30
p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, Jan. 1
Outback Bowl
Tampa, Fla.
Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), Noon
(ESPN2)
Citrus Bowl
Orlando, Fla.
Kentucky (9-3) vs. Penn State (9-3), 1 p.m.
(ABC)
Fiesta Bowl
Glendale, Ariz.
LSU (9-3) vs. UCF (12-0), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, Calif.
Washington (10-3) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 5
p.m. (ESPN)
Sugar Bowl
New Orleans
Texas (9-4) vs. Georgia (11-2), 8:45 p.m.
(ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 7
College Football Championship
Santa Clara, Calif.
Cotton Bowl winner vs. Orange Bowl winner,
8 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Jan. 19
East-West Shrine Classic
At St. Petersburg, Fla.
East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN)
NFLPA Collegiate Bowl
At Pasadena, Calif.
American vs. National, TBA (NFLN)
Saturday, Jan. 26
Senior Bowl
At Mobile, Ala.
North vs. South, 2:30 p.m. (NFLN)
Basketball/college
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’
men’s college basketball poll, with first-place
votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 2,
total points based on 25 points for a first-place
vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and
last week’s ranking:
Record
Pts
Prv
1. Gonzaga(43)
8-0
1578
1
2. Kansas (19)
6-0
1539
2
3. Duke (1)
7-1
1463
3
4. Virginia (1)
7-0
1367
4
5. Michigan
8-0
1339
7
6. Nevada
8-0
1300
5
7. Tennessee
6-1
1238
6
8. Auburn
6-1
1154
8
9. Kentucky
7-1
1070
10
10. Michigan St.
6-2
915
9
11. Florida St.
6-1
871
15
12. Wisconsin
7-1
809
22
13. Texas Tech
7-0
783
20
14. North Carolina
6-2
782
11
15. Virginia Tech
6-1
675
13
16. Kansas St
6-1
629
12
17. Buffalo
7-0
515
21
18. Iowa
6-1
417
14
19. Ohio St.
7-1
385
16
20. Arizona St
7-0
384
-
21. Villanova
6-2
356
23
22. Mississippi St.
6-1
243
25
23. Maryland
7-1
204
24
24. Nebraska
7-1
176
-
25. Furman
8-0
101
-
Others receiving votes: Purdue 100, Syracuse
62, Marquette 47, Iowa St. 46, Texas 44,
Creighton 42, St. John’s 39, Houston 30, NC
State 14, Indiana 13, Arizona 12, Louisville 11,
Clemson 11, Radford 9, TCU 9, Notre Dame 3,
Arkansas 3, Oregon 3, UCLA 3, Florida 2, Boston
College 2, Davidson 1, Oklahoma 1.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’
women’s college basketball poll, with first-
place votes in parentheses, records through
Dec. 2, total points based on 25 points for a
first-place vote through one point for a 25th-
place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record
Pts
Prv
1. UConn (31)
7-0
775
2
2. Notre Dame
7-1
719
1
3. Oregon
7-0
707
3
4. Baylor
7-0
689
4
5. Louisville
8-0
661
5
6. Mississippi St.
8-0
622
6
7. Maryland
8-0
587
7
8. Oregon St.
6-1
549
9
9.Tennessee
6-0
524
11
10. NC State
8-0
473
13
11. Stanford
6-1
446
8
12. Texas
7-1
438
10
13. California
7-0
362
15
14. Minnesota
7-0
357
20
15. Syracuse
7-2
330
12
16. Iowa
6-2
303
14
17. Arizona St.
5-2
222
19
18. Marquette
6-1
195
22
19. Kentucky
8-0
194
25
20. DePaul
4-3
177
16
21. Drake
7-1
157
24
22. South Carolina
4-4
113
18
23. Missouri
6-2
95
—
24. Gonzaga
8-1
93
—
25. Miami
7-2
68
21
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 57, Iowa
St. 37, South Florida 24, Florida St. 20, Virginia
Tech 20, West Virginia 16, Georgia 14, South
Dakota 7, Indiana 5, Southern Cal 5, Cent
Michigan 3, Michigan St. 3, Northwestern 2,
Purdue 2, Utah 2, Kansas 1, North Carolina
1 .Transactions
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BASEBALL
American League
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Named Jeremy
Reed hitting coach, Doug White pitching coach,
Jesus Feliciano outfield/first base coach, Mike
Gallego infield/third base coach, Shawn Wooten
assistant hitting coach, Paul Sorrento hitting
instructor, Jose Molikna catching coach and
Andrew Bailey bullpen coach.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Traded 2B Robinson
Cano, RHP Edwin Diaz and cash to the N.Y.
Mets for OF Jay Bruce, OF Jarred Kelenic and
RHPs Anthony Swarzak, Gerson Bautista and
Justin Dunn.
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms
with manager Dave Roberts on a four-year
contract.
MIAMI MARLINS — Signed 1B Pedro Alvarez,
SS Dixon Machado, RHP R.J. Alvarez, 3B Jon
Berti and Deven Marrero, Cs Bryan Holaday and
Rodrigo Vigil, OFs Gabriel Guerrero and Harold
Ramiez and LHPs Mike Kickham and Brian
Moran to minor league contracts.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL | Heisman Trophy
Heisman 3: Tagovailoa,
Murray, Haskins the finalists
BUTCH DILL I Associated Press
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (13) scrambles for a
first down against Texas A&M during the first half of a game
on Sept. 22 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
BY RALPH D. RUSSO
Associated Press
NEW YORK - Ala
bama’s Tua Tagovailoa,
Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray
and Ohio State’s Dwayne
Haskins are the finalists for
the Heisman Trophy, ensur
ing a quarterback will win
the award for the 16th time
in the last 19 years.
The finalists were
announced Monday, hours
after the deadline for 928
voters, including former
winners, to submit their
ballots.
Tagovailoa has been the
favorite for most of the sea
son, but Murray and Haskins
finished strong. Unlike most
seasons, there should be
some real drama Saturday
night when the Heisman is
awarded in New York City.
Tagovailoa and Murray
will also face off in the Col
lege Football Playoff, when
No. 1 Alabama faces No.
4 Oklahoma at the Orange
Bowl semifinal on Dec. 29.
The finalists are deter
mined by the margin of
votes received, starting with
the third- and fourth-place
finishers. At least three and
as many as five finalists
are invited to presentation
ceremony.
The last time three quar
terbacks were the only final
ists was 2008, when Sam
Bradford of Oklahoma won
over Colt McCoy of Texas
and Tim Tebow of Florida.
Tagovailoa’s Heisman
campaign started the final
game of last season, when
he came off the bench as a
freshman to lead Alabama
to a comeback victory in
the national championship
game against Georgia. His
first season as a starter has
been as good as advertised,
with 3,353 yards passing, 37
touchdown passes and just
four interceptions. Tago
vailoa would be the third
Alabama player to win the
Heisman since 2009, but the
first quarterback, joining
tailbacks Mark Ingram and
Derrick Henry.
Murray replaced last
year’s Heisman winner,
Baker Mayfield, for the
Sooners and has been just
as good. The junior, who has
already signed a $4.7 million
deal to play baseball with
the Oakland Athletics next
year, has passed for 4,053
yards and 40 touchdowns
with seven interceptions.
Oklahoma would become
the fourth school, joining
Yale, Army and Southern
California, to have Heis
man winners in consecutive
seasons, but the first to have
quarterbacks win it in back-
to-back years.
Haskins, a third-year soph
omore, shattered numerous
Big Ten passing records this
season, throwing for 4,580
yards and 47 touchdowns to
lead the country in both cat
egories. Haskins is the first
Buckeyes’ finalists since
Troy Smith won the Heis
man in 2006.
Ohio State, Southern Cali
fornia and Notre Dame have
won the most Heisman’s
with seven. Oklahoma has
six.
The Heisman has been
dominated by quarterbacks
over the last two decades.
The last two winners have
been QBs, and since USC’s
Reggie Bush won the Heis
man in 2005, 10 quarter
backs have won it.
Tagovailoa seemed like
he would be a runaway Heis
man winner heading into the
final month of the season,
but Murray closed the gap
by continually bailing out
Oklahoma’s faulty defense.
Tagovailoa still seemed
poised to head to New York
as the favorite until last Sat
urday when he threw two
interceptions and didn’t fin
ish the Southeastern Confer
ence championship game
against Georgia because of a
sprained ankle.
Murray and Haskins,
meanwhile, both had huge
games on championship
Saturday, adding some sus
pense to the race, but also
separating themselves from
the rest of the contenders.
TIFO
■ Continued from 1B
Resurgence, cost almost
$40,000 to produce and
required 130 volunteers
from all of the supporters
groups spending six hours in
Mercedes-Benz placing indi
vidual pieces of colored foil
on every seat. It took weeks
of planning. A sponsorship
helped offset the cost. The
foil was ordered from Ger
many. The logistics and
purchases were handled by
Allison Noffsinger and her
husband Ben Reed, who are
members of Resurgence.
There was also the hom
age to Atlanta United man
ager Gerardo Martino
before the semifinal against
NYCFC. The statue
of Martino was
designed by Chi Sato
of Footie Mob and
the full look done
by Vera Zeigler of
Resurgence, which
also designed the
banners to the side
and the ribbons, as
well as the logistics.
Christian Rincon
of Terminus Legion helped
to brainstorm the idea. A
framed photo of the tifo was
later presented to Martino
as a birthday gift.
Donaldson said it was
one of the best examples
of what happens when the
groups can get past egos and
collaborate.
The groups decided in
January to do a fantasy
draft to split up the design
of the tifos that would be
done for 11 of the 17 home
games during the regular
season. Terminus Legion,
Resurgence and Footie Mob
would take the lead for the
design for the games they
received. Members of Fac
tion, the fourth group, would
help each group produce
each tifo. They reduced the
number of tifos in order to
increase the budget per tifo.
Resurgence coordinated at
least six of the tifos, as well
as leading the final tifo.
The tifos typically repre
sented each group’s culture
and identity:
■ Celebrate the Troops
was designed by Terminus
Legion before the Red Bulls
game near Memorial Day.
■ The Danger Zone, fea
turing likenesses of Atlanta
United players Michael
Parkhurst, Leandro Gonalez
Pirez and Franco Escobar
as an homage to the movie
Top Gun with influences
from the cartoon Archer,
was done by Footie Mob.
■ Martino as the Grim
Reaper was done by Resur
gence for the home-opener
against D.C. United.
“It makes it fun
being able to see
the different ideas
that come from the
different groups,”
Donaldson said.
Donaldson esti
mates the groups
have spent hun
dreds to thousands
of hours in the design and
production of the 13 tifos (11
in the regular season and
two in the playoffs) done
this season.
“We want to celebrate
this team as hardcore as we
can,” he said.
The look on the Atlanta
United player’s faces as
they spun slowly in circles
taking in the disco ball was
exactly the effect that the
groups, collectively known
as the Hype Depot, which is
an homage to team owner’s
Arthur Blank’s co-founding
of Home Depot, hoped to
see.
“We want our players
to look at it and be mes
merized,” Donaldson said.
“Everybody likes to talk
trash. Are we going to strike
fear in the opponents?
No. But there are only a
couple of supporter groups
that compare to what we
do on a weekly basis at
Mercedes-Benz.
“We took pride in those
Red Bulls players and fans
looking around going, ‘We
can’t do this.’”
One of the team’s whose
supporters can rival the
work done by Hype Depot
is Portland. Donaldson
expects the Timbers sup
porters to bring their own
banner to unveil before the
championship game.
But for this game because
of the site and logistics what
Portland’s supporters can
produce likely won’t rival
whatever it is being done by
the Hype Depot.
Donaldson, who said he
actually comes from a fam
ily of attorneys, would give
these details:
Zeigler, nicknamed Tifo
Queen, Tsao and other art
ists from Resurgence came
up with parts of the design
in October. Zeigler, Tsao
and Sato hammered out the
design of the main display
on Saturday. Zeigler also
wouldn’t share any details
other than, “the tifo will
match the moment.”
Members of the groups
will start sewing and paint
ing on Monday. It will take
the members at least five
hours of work a day over
the next four days. The tifo
will be taken into Mercedes-
Benz Stadium on Friday.
Donaldson has no idea
how much the production
will cost because all of the
supplies haven’t been pur
chased. But he said the
money doesn’t matter.
“Like the players at
the last match, just slowly
looking around and going
‘Wow,’” he said. “That’s
what we do it for, those
guys.”
Martino
Basketball
■ New Hampshire at
Seton Hall,
6:30 p.m., FS1
■ Oklahoma vs. Notre
Dame, 7 p.m., ESPN
■ Providence at Boston
College,
7 p.m., ESPN2
■ UTEP at Marquette,
8:30 p.m., FS1
■ West Virginia vs. Florida,
9 p.m., ESPN
Soccer
■ Premier League:
Watford vs. Manchester
City, 2:55 p.m., NBCSN
Hockey
■ Maple Leafs at
Sabres,
7:30 p.m., NBCSN
QUINN
■ Continued from 1B
Linebacker Deion Jones
returned Sunday and led the
team with 15 tackles and a
sack after missing 10 games
with a foot injury.
Quinn has not used inju
ries as an excuse for the los
ing streak. The four straight
losses, and especially the
sudden decline in scoring,
are signs the drain on the
team’s talent pool finally is
too much to overcome.
Matt Ryan’s 131 yards
passing on Sunday set a
career low for a full game.
Ryan said the team’s
effort was good but lack of
execution was the problem.
“We need to play well,”
Ryan said. “At the end of the
day, I think that’s the most
important thing is to play
well, and we haven’t done
that.”
Quinn said the missing
players “have had a signifi
cant impact” in the Falcons’
“style and attitude.”
“We’re always bummed
when we don’t have those
players here,” he said. “That
is part of it, we recognize, in
the game. Some years you
have more than others. This
happens to be one of the
years we have more.”
