2B Sunday, December 9, 2018
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SPORTS
COLLEGE BASKETBALL I Top 25 Scoreboard
No. 3 Duke buries Yale
DURHAM, N.C. — Freshman RJ Barrett
had 30 points, seven rebounds and six assists,
and No. 3 Duke beat Yale 91-58 on Saturday.
Fellow rookie Zion Williamson had 20
points for the Blue Devils, who led 41-32 at
halftime but hit their first six shots after the
break to finally stretch out the lead. Duke
(9-1) shot 57 percent after halftime and 49
percent overall for its fourth straight win.
Duke also got a scare when freshman
point guard Tre Jones came up limping with
an apparent left leg injury, which sidelined
him for nearly all of the final 14 minutes.
Coach Mike Krzyzewski said Jones took a
hit in the quad and might have also banged
knees with someone but should be OK.
Miye Oni had 12 points and nine rebounds
for the Bulldogs (4-3).
NO. 5 MICHIGAN 89, SOUTH
CAROLINA 78
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jordan Poole
scored 19 of his 26 points in the second half,
and Michigan remained unbeaten.
The Gamecocks (4-5) scored more points
than any team all season against Michigan.
But the Wolverines (10-0) were ahead by six
at halftime, and they led comfortably for
most of the second half.
Iggy Brazdeikis scored 17 points and Jon
Teske added 15 for Michigan. Chris Silva led
South Carolina with 18.
SET0N HALL 84, NO. 9 KENTUCKY
83, 0T
NEW YORK — Myles Cale hit a go-ahead
3-pointer with 9.5 seconds left in overtime
and Seton Hall overcame Keldon Johnson’s
half-court heave that tied the score at the
regulation buzzer.
In one of the most exciting finishes of the
season, Johnson had a chance to win it for
the Wildcats (7-2), but his 3-point try with a
second remaining was blocked by Quincy
McKnight.
Myles Powell scored 25 of his 28 points
after halftime for Seton Hall (6-3), including
a tiebreaking 3 in the final seconds of the
second half at Madison Square Garden.
The clock showed 1.1 seconds after Pow
ell’s jumper went through, but officials put
1.5 on the clock after a replay review. PJ
Washington inbounded from the baseline
and threw a long pass to an open Johnson. He
caught the ball near half court, turned over
his left shoulder and hurled a right-handed
shot that went in as the buzzer sounded, tying
it at 70.
Washington had 29 points and 13 rebounds
for Kentucky.
NO. 10 MICHIGAN STATE 63,
FLORIDA 59
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Kyle Ahrens
scored Michigan State’s final seven points,
including a two-handed jam with 8.7 seconds
remaining.
Ahrens barely beat the shot clock with
his baseline slam, giving the Spartans the
final points in a game the Gators made close
thanks mostly to freshman Andrew Nemb-
hard late.
Florida (5-4) cut Michigan State’s lead
to 56-53 on KeVaughn Allen’s 3-pointer
with 3:24 to play, but Ahrens answered
from the corner on the other end. Ahrens
added a reverse layup on the Spartans’ next
possession.
Xavier Tillman led the Spartans (8-2) with
14 points and nine rebounds.
Nembhard and Allen led the Gators with
13 points apiece.
MARQUETTE 74, NO. 12
WISCONSIN 69
MILWAUKEE — Markus Howard scored
27 points, freshman Joey Hauser added 15
and Marquette grinded out the overtime win.
Sam Hauser had 13 points and 14 rebounds
for the Golden Eagles (8-2). But it was his lit
tle brother, Joey, who came up clutch play
ing in his first game in the heated in-state
rivalry.
He scored four in the opening two minutes
of overtime, including both free throws after
Wisconsin’s Brad Davison was called for a
flagrant foul with 3:35 left.
Wisconsin (8-2) wasted a terrific effort
from Ethan Happ, who had 34 points and 11
rebounds.
TULSA 47, NO. 16 KANSAS STATE
46
TULSA, Okla. — Martins Igbanu made
a go-ahead jump hook with 1:51 remaining,
lifting Tulsa to the victory.
Curran Scott scored 14 points for Tulsa
(7-3), and Igbanu had nine points and six
rebounds. The Hurricane got their second
straight victory against the Big 12, also top
ping Oklahoma State 74-71 on Wednesday.
Kansas State had one last chance in the
final seconds, but Barry Brown Jr. rimmed
out a floater on a drive into the lane. Several
tips misfired and the Tulsa students stormed
the court to celebrate.
SCOREBOARD
Football/NFL
Basketball/NBA
Golf
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
South
.250
243
307
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Houston
9
3
0
.750
302
235
Tennessee
7
6
0
.538
251
254
Indianapolis
6
6
0
.500
325
279
Jacksonville
4 9 0
North
.308
212
273
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Pittsburgh
7
4
1
.625
346
282
Baltimore
7
5
0
.583
297
214
Cincinnati
5
7
0
.417
286
371
Cleveland
4 7 1
West
.375
266
312
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Kansas City
10
2
0
.833
444
327
L.A. Chargers
9
3
0
.750
340
249
Denver
6
6
0
.500
276
262
Oakland
2
10 0
.167
220
367
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W
L T
Pet
PF
PA
Dallas
7
5 0
.583
247
223
Philadelphia
6
6 0
.500
258
266
Washington
6
6 0
.500
233
257
N.Y. Giants
4 8 0
South
.333
267
315
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
North
.333
296
333
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
West
.333
254
316
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
y-clinched division
10 0
.167
255
336
Thursday’s Game
Tennessee 30, Jacksonville 9
Today’s Games
New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
New England at Miami, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m.
Denver at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
Detroit at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
L.A. Rams at Chicago, 8:20 p.m.
Monday’s Game
Minnesota at Seattle, 8:15 p.m.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L
Pet
GB
Toronto
21
6
.778
—
Philadelphia
18
9
.667
3
Boston
14
10
.583
5 1 /z
Brooklyn
9
18
.333
12
New York
8
18
.308
12 1 /z
Southeast Division
W
L
Pet
GB
Charlotte
12
13
.480
—
Orlando
12
14
.462
1 /2
Washington
11
14
.440
1
Miami
10
14
.417
1 Zi
Atlanta
5
20
.200
7
Central Division
W
L
Pet
GB
Milwaukee
16
8
.667
—
Indiana
15
10
.600
1 1 / 2
Detroit
13
10
.565
2 1 /z
Chicago
6
20
.231
11
Cleveland
5
20
.200
11%
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L
Pet
GB
Memphis
15
9
.625
—
Dallas
12
11
.522
2 1 /2
New Orleans
13
14
.481
3%
San Antonio
12
14
.462
4
Houston
11
13
.458
4
Northwest Division
W
L
Pet
GB
Denver
17
8
.680
—
Oklahoma City
16
8
.667
1 /2
Portland
14
11
.560
3
Minnesota
13
12
.520
4
Utah
13
13
.500
4 1 /2
Pacific Division
W
L
Pet
GB
Golden State
18
9
.667
—
L.A. Clippers
16
8
.667
1 /2
L.A. Lakers
15
10
.600
2
Sacramento
13
11
.542
3 1 / 2
Phoenix
4
22
.154
13 1 / 2
Friday’s Games
Charlotte 113, Denver 107
Indiana 112, Orlando 90
Philadelphia 117, Detroit 111
Brooklyn 106, Toronto 105,0T
Sacramento 129, Cleveland 110
Chicago 114, Oklahoma City 112
Memphis 107, New Orleans 103
San Antonio 133, L.A. Lakers 120
Miami 115, Phoenix 98
Golden State 105, Milwaukee 95
Saturday’s Games
Houston at Dallas, 6 p.m.
Sacramento at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Brooklyn at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Denver at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.
Miami at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Today’s Games
New Orleans at Detroit, 3:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Utah at San Antonio, 7 p.m.
Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m.
QBE Shootout
Saturday
At Tiburon Golf Club
Naples, Fla.
Yardage: 7,382; Par: 72
Purse: $3.4 million
Second Round
Gary Woodland/Charley Hoffman
61-64—125
Patton Kizzire/Brian Harman
59-66—125
Graeme McDowell/Emiliano Grillo
59-66—125
Kevin Na/Bryson DeChambeau
59-67—126
Luke List/Charles Howell III
61-66—127
Lexi Thompson/Tony Finau
61- 67—128
Bubba Watson/Harold Varner III
62- 67—129
Steve Stricker/Sean O’Hair
62- 67—129
Brandt Snedeker/Billy Horschel
63- 67—130
Kyle Stanley/Pat Perez
63-68—131
Andrew Landry/Luke Donald
63-68—131
Kevin Kisner/Cameron Champ
63-71—134
First Round: Scramble
Second Round: Modified alternate shot
Third Round: Four-ball
Transactions
BASEBALL
National League
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Signed C Adony
Mejia to a minor league contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed WR Da’Mari Scott
from the practice squad.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed TE Pharaoh
Brown on injured reserve. Activated DB Terrance
Mitchell from injured reserve.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed S Raven
Greene on injured reserve. Signed 0L Adam
Pankey from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS — Signed general manager
Bob Murray to a two-year contract extension
through the 2021-22 season.
CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled F Alan Quine
from Stockton (AHL).
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Reassigned F
Saku Maenalanen and G Alex Nedeljkovic to
Charlotte (AHL).
OTTAWA SENATORS — Placed F Bobby Ryan
on injured reserve.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Assigned D Oleg
Sosunov and Matthew Spencer to Orlando
(ECHL).
American Hockey League
HERSHEY BEARS — Recalled F Grant Besse
from South Carolina (ECHL).
ROCKFORD ICEMEN — Returned F Justin
Auger to Florida (ECHL).
TODAY ON TV
WRESTLING
■ Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, 1:30
p.m., ESPNU
BASKETBALL
■ Columbia vs. Iona, 11 a.m., FS1
■ Arizona at Alabama, 1 p.m., ESPN
■ Womens: Tennessee at Texas, 1
p.m., ESPN2
■ Princeton at St. John’s, 1 p.m., FS1
■ Gonzaga vs. Tennessee, 3 p.m.,
ESPN
■ Womens: Oregon at Michigan
State, 3 p.m., ESPN2
■ Oregon State at St. Louis, 3:30
p.m., ESPNU
■ Nevada at Grand Canyon, 5:30
p.m., ESPNU
■ Purdue at Texas, 6 p.m., ESPN2
SOCCER
■ Newcastle United vs. Wolves, 10:55
a.m., NBCSN
■ NCAA Championship, 8 p.m., ESPNU
GOLF
■ European Tour: South African Open,
4:30 a.m., GOLF
■ PGA Tour: QBE Shootout, 1 p.m.,
GOLF
■ PGA Tour: QBE Shootout, 2 p.m.,
NBC
FOOTBALL
■ Falcons at Packers, 1 p.m., FOX
■ Eagles at Cowboys, 4:25 p.m., FOX
■ Rams at Bears, 8:20 p.m., NBC
COLLEGE FOOTBALL I Army 17, Navy 10
Army finishes strong
MATT SLOCUM I Associated Press
Army’s Ke’Shaun Wells celebrates after an NCAA college football game against Navy,
Saturday, Dec. 8, in Philadelphia.
The Black Knights recovered two fourth-quarter
fumbles and win their third straight against Navy
BY DAN GELST0N
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA —
Army coach Jeff Monken
hopped on top of a wall
and pumped his fist toward
stoked cadets set to belt out
the alma mater. Monken
brought the party to locker
room and waved an “Army
Football” flag as the Black
Knights bounced around
him.
Army ditched
its mundane rou
tines and cut loose
like a bunch of
rowdy civilians.
And why not? The
setting was right
after Army beat
Navy for the third
straight game, this
time in front of a
packed house and
the president.
“I don’t ever want our
guys to stop celebrating,”
Monken said. “I promise
you, I’ll be celebrating
every year if we win this
thing because I know how
hard it is.”
Monken resuscitated
the Black Knights and
turned a program that suf
fered annual losses to the
Midshipmen into a bowl-
bound team that can keep
the Commander-in-Chief’s
Trophy back at West Point.
The No. 22 Black Knights
recovered two fumbles in
the fourth quarter, Kelvin
Hopkins Jr. had two rush
ing touchdowns and Army
beat Navy 17-10 on Satur
day to win its third straight
game in the series.
President Donald Trump
attended the 119th game
between the rivals and
flipped the coin before
spending a half on each
side in a show of impar
tiality. No matter his view,
Army (10-2) always had the
edge.
Army retained the CIC
Trophy — awarded to the
team with the best record
in games among the three
service academies — after
winning it for the first time
in 22 years last season and
snuffed a late Navy (3-10)
rally to retain possession of
the patriotic prize
With Navy down 10-7,
quarterback Zach Abey
lost a fumble on fourth-
and-12 deep in its own ter
ritory. Hopkins would score
on a 1-yard run to make it
17-7 and give Army the
cushion it needed to win in
front of 66,729 fans at Lin
coln Financial Field.
Army hopped and waved
hands in celebration dur
ing a replay timeout and
got the cadets in the stands
to bounce along. They had
good reason to celebrate:
Army has regained its grip
in a series that had gotten
out of hand. Navy had a
series-best 14-game win
ning streak from 2002-2015
and leads the series leads
60-52-7.
“It’s been
hard on all of us.
Our players, our
coaches, our staff,
our school,” coach
Ken Niumatalolo
said. “We like to
win. We’ve been
winning a lot of
games. Losing
sucks.”
Trump sat on the Army
side in the first half and
crossed the field to the
Navy side at halftime.
Trump officiated the coin
toss and was introduced by
public address announcer
Dan Baker to a cheering
crowd.
Navy won Trump’s toss
and elected to kick off.
That was a mistake.
Kell Walker ran 51 yards
to the 10 on the fourth play
from scrimmage and Hop
kins dashed in for the TD
on the next play for a 7-0
lead.
“I think anything I did
was just within the game
plan,” said Hopkins, the
game’s MVP.
In a series steeped in
tradition — the “March
On” and drumline battles,
among them — perhaps
none is more ingrained
than the running game.
Last year’s game had
a combined three pass
attempts and quarterbacks
for each team are usually
the leading rushers. But
Army and Navy passed on
the rush and tried to throw,
with mixed results. Army
safety Jaylon McClinton
had an interception in
the first half. Army also
dropped a key third-down
pass that led to John Aber
crombie’s missed 33-yard
field goal in the second
quarter.
Abercrombie rebounded
to kick a 33-yarder in the
third for a 10-0 lead.
Last season’s game was
an instant classic and was
decided by a field goal:
Bennett Moehring nar
rowly missed a 48-yarder in
the snow on the final play
and Army held off Navy
14-13.
Moehring made the
extra point on Lewis’ score
and he kicked a 45-yard
field goal with 29 sec
onds left. Malcom Perry’s
43-yard run to the 5 set up
Garret Lewis’ 1-yard rush
ing TD with 7:10 left in the
game that pulled Navy to
10-7.
There were reminders
all around the Line, home
of the Super Bowl cham
pion Eagles, that this was
no ordinary game. The
Navy “Leap Frogs” para
chute team earned a roar
from the crowd with each
safe landing on the field.
Bill the Goat, Navy’s mas
cot, was safely leashed and
secured from a possible
abduction attempt from
overzealous cadets. And
each side safely returned
“captives” in the Prisoner
Exchange — when seven
midshipmen and seven
cadets swap service acad
emies for a semester. The
Army prisoners spelled
out “3-PEAT on the back of
their uniforms.
THE TAKEAWAY
Army: Monken led Army
from two wins in 2015 to
back-to-back 10-win sea
sons and three straight
bowl games.
Navy: Had 0 yards pass
ing and 64 yards rushing
through three quarters. ..
Lost a key fumble inside
the 10 in the fourth when it
was still 10-0.
MR. PRESIDENT
Trump was the 10th sit
ting president to attend
Army-Navy, a tradition
that began with Theodore
Roosevelt in 1901. Barack
Obama was the most
recent president to attend
the game, in 2011 at FedEx
Field in Landover, Mary
land. Trump also went to
the 2016 game when he was
president-elect.
“It was my honor to
attend today’s #ArmyNa-
vyGame in Philadelphia.
A GREAT game played all
around by our HEROES.
Congratulations @
ArmyWP—Football on the
win!” Trump tweeted.
Monken
UNITED
■ Continued from 1B
year ago in its first season,
and then took the mark
even higher by averaging
more than 53,000 per game
this year — a level of sup
port that would fit right in
with the Premier League
or La Liga.
Almost as soon as the
final whistle blew, a victory
parade through the streets
of Atlanta was announced
for Monday.
Queen’s “We Are The
Champions” blared
throughout Mercedes-Benz
Stadium.
United kept the ball in
Portland’s end of the field
much of the first half.
Finally, the home team
broke through. Naturally,
it was Martinez putting the
ball in the net.
Portland tries to clear
the ball, but a sliding
tackle by United defender
Michael Parkhurst sent the
ball rocketing back toward
the Timbers net. Martinez
managed to win possession
from Jeremy Ebobisse at
the top of the area, leav
ing the most pro
lific goal scorer
in league history
all alone against
goalkeeper Jeff
Attinella.
It was no con
test. Martinez,
the league’s MVP
and Golden Boot
winner, cut to his
right to escape the
sprawling keeper, easily
sliding the ball into an open
net to send the crowd of
73,019 into a uproar.
The Timbers finally cre
ated a scoring chance in
the 42nd minute.
Looking to atone for his
mistake, Ebobisse slipped
in behind the defense and
was all alone in front for a
cross. His header was right
on the mark, but Guzan
dove to his right to punch it
away with both hands.
It was Portland’s only
shot of the opening half.
The Timbers created
far more scoring
chances over the
final 45 minutes,
but couldn’t get it
past Guzan.
It was Esco
bar who finished
off the Timbers.
Miguel Almiron
sent a free kick
into the box, where
Martinez man
aged to get a head on it. His
attempt was going wide of
the net, but Franco Escobar
slipped in at the far post to
deliver a sliding goal.
It was Escobar’s second
goal of the playoffs, double
his scoring output for the
entire regular season.
Escobar
