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SHUTDOWN

Government closes shop as lawmakers search for deal

BY ZEKE MILLER, ANDREW TAYLOR AND ALAN FRAM Associated Press

‘When Democrats start paying our armed forces and first responders we will reopen negotiations on immigration reform.’

WASHINGTON • The federal

government shut down at the stroke of midnight Friday, halting all but the most essential operations and marring the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration in a striking display of Washington dysfunction.

Last-minute negotiations crumbled as Senate Democrats blocked a four-week stopgap extension in a late-night vote, causing the fourth government shutdown in a quarter century.

Behind the scenes, however, leading Republicans and Democrats were already moving toward a next step, trying to work out a compromise to avert a lengthy shutdown.

Because the shutdown began at the start of a weekend, many of the immediate effects will be muted for most Americans. But damage could build quickly if the closure is prolonged. And it comes with no shortage of embarrassment and political risk for the president and both parties, as they wager that voters will punish the other at the ballot box in November.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called a shutdown “100-percent avoidable� and blamed Democrats for filibustering a bill he called “noncontroversial.� The vote failed 50-49. “Perhaps across the aisle some of our Democratic colleagues are feeling proud of themselves, but what has their filibuster accomplished? What has it accomplished? The answer is simple: Their very own government shutdown,� McConnell said in a speech on the Senate floor.

Social Security and most other safety net programs are unaffected by the lapse in federal spending authority. Critical gov-

WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT

3 women have alleged they were assaulted by the basketball players

BY ASHLEY JOST AND STU DURANDO St. Louis Post-Dispatch

‘Compromise is the essence of democracy. If there ever was a time for a deal maker ‌’ SEN. CLAIRE McCASKILL, D-MO.

‘I think what is also totally unreasonable is dragging these DACA kids into this fight.’ SEN. ROY BLUNT, R-MO.

CLAYTON • A lawyer representing three of the four St. Louis University basketball players involved in a campus and ongoing criminal investigation says his clients have been suspended from school.

Attorney Scott Rosenblum said Friday that his clients, whom he declined to identify, had been suspended for 18 months to two years. The fourth player, whom he does not represent, was expelled, Rosenblum said.

Lawyer John Rogers, who represents the fourth player, said in a text message: “Rosenblum has no 1st hand knowledge of what sanctions my client has received.� He declined to comment further.

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‘In another month, we’ll be right back here ... with the same web of problems at our feet, in no better position to solve them.’ SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER, D-N.Y.

‘I think the president’s been very clear: He’s not leaving until this is finished.’ BUDGET DIRECTOR MICK MULVANEY

Campaign office for Greitens splits space with dark money group

BY KURT ERICKSON St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY • On at least four

mocracy,â€? tweeted Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who is one of several Democratic incumbents in a tough political place because of the circumstances. “If there ever was a time for a deal maker ‌â€?

The ellipses were intended to lead to Trump, who earlier in the day tried to pin the blame on the Democratic donkey,

occasions last year, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens visited the offices of the nonprofit formed to promote his agenda, according to a Post-Dispatch review of his daily calendar.

He must have liked what he saw.

In campaign finance reports filed this week, the now-embattled governor reported that his campaign operation is leasing space in the same warren of offices housing A New Missouri, the dark money group that he says he has no day-to-day responsibility in managing.

The close proximity of the offices,

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In Shutdown City, the finger pointing is never-ending

BY CHUCK RAASCH St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NEWS ANALYSIS

WASHINGTON • Let the blame game commence.

Congress and President Donald Trump’s White House veered on Friday toward another collision with futility, like multiple cars sliding in slow motion down a frozen hill, helpless to stop slam-

ming into one another before coming to a stop someplace.

Twitter taunts and sighs of resignation were the order of the day as Washington flirted one more time with becoming Shutdown City at midnight. “Compromise is the essence of de-

Man whose gunshot killed girl, 9, on day his son was born is going to prison

TRUMP YEAR ONE

Transformation and turbulence

tion as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. The deal resulted in the dismissal of a gun charge and an armed criminal action charge and a recommendation CLAYTON • A man left the maof 22 years in prison. ternity ward and his own baby In court, Assistant Circuit boy to fire shots that killed Brown Attorney Melissa Price Smith a 9-year-old Ferguson girl, Jamyla Bolden, in 2015, prosecutors said that police were called about said after the man pleaded guilty and 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 18, 2015, and discovered one of the victims was “a was sentenced Friday.

De’Eris Brown, 23, pleaded guilty beautiful, innocent 9-year-old child in St. Louis County Circuit Court to who was laying on the bed doing her second-degree murder, unlawful use homework.� of a weapon-shooting at a building and two counts of armed criminal ac- See BROWN • Page A4

BY JOEL CURRIER AND ROBERT PATRICK St. Louis Post-Dispatch

BY JULIE PACE Associated Press

WASHINGTON • In his first year in office, President Donald Trump has frequently bent Washington to his will, shattering long-standing norms, plunging politics to a new level of corrosiveness and wielding his executive power to start rolling back his predecessor’s policies on the environment, education and America’s role around the world.

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Basketball players can appeal suspensions SLU • FROM A1

St. Louis University said in a statement Friday morning that parties in the school’s Title IX investigation had been informed of the findings and decisions made by the hearing officer regarding allegations of sexual assault from September. The initial report indicated that three women had alleged an assault by four players.

Both sides have the option to appeal. They have three business days to respond.

Rosenblum said his clients were considering appealing the decision as well as other legal options. He said transferring schools was not off the table.

“These boys didn’t do anything wrong,” Rosenblum said.

“They just didn’t.”

Three basketball players have been withheld from the team’s games this season while the investigation has unfolded. They

have been allowed to practice and have been traveling to road games. The team traveled Friday to Amherst, Mass., for a Saturday game against the University of Massachusetts; the three were not on the bus to the airport.

In advance of Friday’s announcement, the same three players, Adonys Henriquez, Ty Graves and Jermaine Bishop, posted messages Wednesday on social media urging: “Free the 3.”

Shortly after the players made the posts early in the afternoon, they were removed from social media without explanation. They were the first comments by the players directly addressing the Title IX investigation.

Rosenblum said the four basketball players and three women, two of whom are SLU students, had agreed to a consensual sexual act sometime before Sept. 24.

“They knew about it before, discussed it before, engaged con-

sensually and realized there were pictures being taken and left and had buyer’s remorse,” Rosenblum said. When asked if the women knew they were being photographed, he said, “I don’t know how they could not know pictures were being taken. It wasn’t a huge space. Nobody was hiding anything.”

He said only one of the three women was actively participating in the investigation. It’s unclear whether the women also have legal representation.

Rosenblum said the campus investigation took longer than it should have. Federal guidelines urge schools to conclude cases within 60 days, which would have been late November in this case. He also said university processes failed his clients when they were moved out of their on-campus housing, then moved back in and eventually back out again — all while the investiga-

tion was in process.

A SLU spokesman declined to respond to Rosenblum’s allegations.

SLU’s statement reads: “Saint Louis University has followed its Title IX process throughout this investigation. At this time, the Hearing Officer’s findings and decisions have been communicated individually to each of the parties. However, the Title IX process is not complete. Each of the parties has the right to appeal the decision(s) of the Hearing Officer. The University will have no additional comment at this time.”

Each side — the players, and the alleged victims — has three business days to file an appeal.

The other side then gets three business days to respond to the appeal. At SLU, a three-person board would then review the documents of the case and make a final decision.

According to SLU’s student handbook, “appeals will be resolved within 10 university business days following receipt of the request for appeal.”

Grounds for an appeal include a deviation from outlined procedures that could impact the outcome or the discovery of “new or relevant” information that was not available during the investigation.

Dissatisfaction with the hearing officer’s decision is not considered the basis for an appeal.

St. Louis police said Friday that there were no updates in the continuing criminal investigation related to the incident.

Ben Frederickson and Christine Byers of the Post-Dispatch contributed to this report.

Ashley Jost • 314-340-8169 @ajost on Twitter ajost@post-dispatch.com

Killer who fired at house admits ‘enormous mistake’ BROWN • FROM A1

Jamyla’s mother, Kendric Henderson, was next to her daughter on the bed and was shot and wounded in the thigh.

Brown, who police said had fired the gun in retaliation for a theft, was identified by several people after the shooting and later confessed to police.

Circuit Judge Stanley Wallach then turned to Brown and asked if Price’s statements about the crime were “substantially true.”

Brown said they were.

Henderson, in a soft voice that was inaudible at times in court, told Wallach of “countless hours of therapy” that the family had gone through after Jamyla’s murder, and her difficulty in walking past the little girls’ clothing section in stores.

“No amount of time will ever, ever be enough,” she said.

Jamyla’s father, James Bolden, said he’d been trying for two years to find out why his daughter had been shot, and spoke of watching his daughter fight for her life for 90 minutes, then lose that fight.

When it was his turn to speak, Brown, who’d been wiping away tears during the hearing, turned to Jamyla’s relatives and read from a written statement. He offered his “deepest apology for the enormous mistake that I made,” and said it “hurts me inside to know I took an innocent child’s life.”

He also asked for forgiveness.

Wallach then sentenced Brown to 22 years in prison. The sentence will run at the same time as a 10-year sentence for a 2014 St. Charles County robbery case.

Brown had been given probation and ordered to pay $500 to two victims in that case, but violated his probation with the shooting, court records show.

No motive for the shooting was discussed in court, and Brown’s attorney Jemia Steele declined to comment on motive after the hearing.

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch told

LAURIE SKRIVAN • lskrivan@post-dispatch.com

“I was her best friend. She was like my sister,” said Akeelah Kelly, 8, who lights a candle in honor of Jamyla Bolden, 9, on Aug. 20, 2015, in Jamyla’s yard in Ferguson. About 200 people gathered for Jamyla, who was shot and killed in her mother’s bed while doing her homework.

the Post-Dispatch that Brown’s son was born shortly before the shooting.

Brown left the hospital to reJamyla in taliate against 2014 someone who had taken something from him during a Ferguson protest — possibly a phone or a wallet, McCulloch said. Brown did not know who was in the house, and the person who he believed stole from him was not there, McCulloch said.

That person was killed a few months later, but Brown was in jail at the time, McCulloch said.

Brown returned to the hospital about midnight. He would later try unsuccessfully to use his son’s birth as an alibi for the shooting, McCulloch said.

McCulloch called the shooting a “horribly tragic case” and said it was another example of young men who don’t “realize or recognize” the consequences of using a firearm. “It’s just so easy to pull out a gun and start firing away,” he said.

McCulloch said that it did appear as if Brown was remorseful for the crime.

Steele said Brown hoped his plea and sentence would bring “some sort of closure” for the

family. “He’s really remorseful for what happened,” she said.

Asked if he was showing emotion in court, she said, “He was crying. He was a wreck.”

Jamyla’s murder renewed attention to Ferguson — still healing after a year of turmoil — and brought fresh outcries against violence in the region. Hundreds attended the girl’s funeral.

Brown, of the 9200 block of O’Fallon Lake Drive in O’Fallon, Mo., has been jailed in lieu of a $750,000 cash-only bail since he was charged.

The Major Case Squad, which investigated the case, homed in on Brown while investigating

another crime, the slaying of an auto mechanic in Florissant.

While knocking on doors, a witness reported having information about a different shooting in Ferguson and helped detectives identify Brown.

Brown’s girlfriend, Ali Renee Brown, 20, was among three people killed in a triple homicide in Kansas City in January 2017, authorities said. She was a daughter of former St. Peters mayor Shawn Brown and had a 2-year-old son.

Joel Currier • 314-621-5804 @joelcurrier on Twitter jcurrier@post-dispatch.com

Greitens retreated to campaign office in wake of affair scandal GREITENS • FROM A1

both situated just a block from the Capitol and the Governor’s Mansion, is another example of the big-money coordination and secrecy that has marked the Republican’s fundraising operation.

Last year, for example, Greitens agreed to pay a penalty to state election regulators after failing to report that his campaign used a donor list from the charity he founded to help military veterans.

He also refused to disclose how much donors gave to his inaugural festivities.

Sen. Rob Schaaf, a vocal critic of the Republican chief executive, said the newest fundraising arrangement showed that the governor had more of a role in A New Missouri than he has previously acknowledged.

“I think people need to remember that the governor is A New Missouri and the governor is his campaign fund,” said Schaaf, R-St. Joseph.

Last week, after news broke that Greitens had an extramarital affair before he was elected and allegedly threatened to blackmail the woman if she revealed their relationship, the former Navy SEAL retreated to the building housing A New Missouri and his campaign operation.

It was not clear what he was doing in the building, which office he was in or how long he was there. But numerous lawmakers said they received phone calls from the governor on Thursday and Friday of last week apologizing for the affair but denying the blackmail allegation.

Greitens did not respond to questions from the Post-Dispatch when he emerged from a rear alley door, entered his waiting police escort vehicle and headed back to the Capitol on Jan. 12.

A New Missouri was formed after the governor was elected in 2016 to promote Greitens’ agenda of more jobs, higher pay and safer streets. As a nonprofit, however, contributions to the organization — unlike a standard federal or state campaign fund — are not limited, and donors are not required to be disclosed.

That means A New Missouri won’t have to rely on contributions coming in under new caps on campaign contributions approved by nearly 70 percent of Missouri voters in the 2016 election.

Once formed, the nonprofit found a home in a downtown Jefferson City building owned by a company with the same address as Herzog Services — a construction firm headed by Republican

mega-donor Stanley Herzog of St. Joseph.

In January 2017, soon after taking office, the governor’s official calendar shows he spent 45 minutes in the offices with his campaign adviser Austin Chambers, who also runs the nonprofit. The subject of one phone call during his time in the office was members of his cabinet, the calendar notes.

The calendar also shows he went to events at the office on Feb. 7 and Feb. 21.

Records filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission this week show the governor’s campaign operation began paying rent on space in the building in September. The campaign office had been in St. Louis.

Through Jan. 1, the campaign has spent $7,642 on the Jefferson City lease.

Michael Adams, a Washington -based attorney who works for both the campaign fund and the nonprofit, said there was a firewall in place between the two entities.

“I can confirm that the campaign and A New Missouri have separate leases with landlords at fair market value,” Adams said in an email.

Adams also represents the Republican Governors Association, which funneled $13 million to

Greitens’ campaign fund during his 2016 run.

An attorney for the Brennan Center for Justice in New York said the arrangement should raise red flags for voters.

“What you’re talking about is troubling,” said Chisun Lee, senior counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center.

“At the moment, there are gaping loopholes in conflict of interest and campaign finance laws.”

Without transparency, Lee said, there is no way of knowing whether individuals and companies are giving money to A New Missouri in hopes of winning favorable contracts from the administration or altering state law to benefit their bottom lines.

“The public deserves to know who is contributing money to the nonprofit,” Lee said.

The Brennan Center is poised to release a report on the trend that includes suggestions for state-level disclosure laws for nonprofits such as A New Missouri.

“It’s the public that is losing out on critical information,” Lee said.

While money flowing in and out of A New Missouri isn’t public, Greitens’ campaign fund shows he raised $629,695 during the final three months of 2017 to finish with a total of $2.7 million.

After running as an outsider on the premise that he would root out special interests and corruption, Greitens reported that top donors during the quarter included top officials at Centene, Ameren, Enterprise Holdings and Schnucks.

The Boeing Company political action committee gave him $27,600.

Herzog, who contributed $650,000 to Greitens during the campaign, contributed the maximum $2,600 in the most recent period.

Among the campaign’s expenses was $22,003 paid to Chambers for consulting work.

The campaign also paid $3,278 to Georgia-based C5 Creative Consulting, which is headed by Nick Ayers, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence.

The governor’s campaign operation paid Adams’ law firm, Chalmers Burch & Adams, $39,762 in 2017. In addition to his role with Greitens and the RGA, Adams also represents one of Pence’s political action committees.

Kurt Erickson • 573-556-6181 @KurtEricksonPD on Twitter kerickson@post-dispatch.com

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GRICHUK TRADED TO JAYS

Cardinals get set-up reliever with solid stats

Rush to make this deal seems a little puzzling

BY RICK HUMMEL St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Cardinals dealt from strength Friday to fortify one of their weakest spots when they sent outfielder Randal Grichuk, who had been relegated to an extra man’s role, to Toronto for young righthanders Dominic Leone and Conner Greene. Leone was a staple in the Jays’ bullpen last season and Greene made the Class AA Eastern League AllStar team at New Hampshire, although he had a 5-10 record.

Grichuk hit 22 homers and batted .238 as a quasi regular last season, but with the acquisition of Marcell Ozuna from Miami, he was destined to sit often behind Ozuna, Tommy Pham and Dexter Fowler.

John Mozeliak, president of baseball operations, said, “Randal Grichuk was somebody we always had a lot of hope for. (But) as we started to really think about 2018 and you realized with the See CARDINALS • Page B3

JEFF GORDON St. Louis Post-Dispatch

CHRIS LEE • clee@post-dispatch.com

Randal Grichuk showed power with the Cardinals but was hampered by striking out frequently.

RANDAL GRICHUK Last season with Cards: AVG .238 SLG .473 AB

412

RBI

59

Hits

98

HR

22

DOMINIC LEONE

CONNER GREENE

2.56 ERA, 70.1 IP, 81 SO last season with Toronto Blue Jays

5.29 ERA, 132.2 IP, 92 SO last season with AA New Hampshire

‘SHE WON’T BACK DOWN’

Perhaps some day Randal Grichuk will realize his full potential and become a high-caliber big league outfielder.

Perhaps some day balls will explode off his bat with more regularity, allowing him to become the complete hitting and fielding package the Los Angeles Angels envisioned when drafting him 24th overall in 2009.

Perhaps some day his statistics will look as spectacular as his hair.

But that day will not come in St. Louis.

After teasing Cardinal Nation for 3 1/2 years by mixing supersonic homers with rally-killing strikeouts, he moved on to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday afternoon in a minor trade.

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Mess at SLU is bad news all around There are many questions, no answers from school BEN FREDERICKSON St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis University leaders better hope they played this right.

And if they are confident they did, it’s time to silence claims that could cripple their most forward-facing team.

SLU President Fred Pestello, that means you. And athletics director Chris May. Along with anyone and everyone else involved in the handling of a critical decision one outraged attorney just tried to destroy.

“Deplorable.” > 3 SLU players “Ridiculous.” suspended, “Tainted.”

1 expelled These were just a few of after Title IX the bombs Scott Rosenblum investigation. dropped Friday afternoon NEWS • A1 from his law office in Clayton.

SLU, always citing protocol and always hiding behind its private-school shield, had hoped for silence as it navigated its way through a Title IX investigation that was supposed to determine what exactly happened in an on-campus apartment on a September See FREDERICKSON • Page B5

Puryear is starter coming off bench

BY DAVE MATTER St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tigers’ Cunningham absorbs criticism for her style, but don’t expect change

BY DAVE MATTER • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

COLUMBIA, MO.

“G

et up, Sophie.”

Paula Cunningham said the words to herself, watching helplessly from the crowd at Alabama three weeks ago. Her daughter, one of college basketball’s best players, clutched her right knee on the court below. There were just a few hours left in 2017, but the new year already looked like a nightmare.

“Sophie always gets back up,” Paula said. “She always has. But she didn’t. It was frightening.”

Missouri’s Sophie Cunningham, half-

SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM 2017-18 stats PPG 18.1 FG pct.

57.8 3PT pct.

48.6 FT pct.

85.5 RB/G 4.8

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way through a career that might go down as the best in program history, was carried off to the visitors’ locker room in Tuscaloosa early in the fourth quarter. Lindsey Cunningham, her older sister and a graduate student manager on Mizzou’s staff, looked into the stands and traded glances with their mom. Paula could see the dread on Lindsey’s face.

Paula made it to the locker room, where a team doctor began a series of tests on Cunningham’s knee.

See MIZZOU • Page B4

Kevin Puryear started every game his first two years at Missouri, 63 to be exact. Then came freshman phenom Michael Porter Jr., whose arrival sent Puryear to the bench — but for only 127 seconds. That’s how long Porter lasted in Missouri’s first 3 p.m. game before he took a seat to rest >Saturday at a back injury that would require Texas A&M, surgery.

ESPN2 Puryear settled back into the starting lineup for Missouri’s next 14 games — until another Porter took his spot. For the last three games, Tigers coach Cuonzo Martin has gone with freshman Jontay Porter over Puryear at power forward, preferring the 6-11 rookie whose passing skills allow him to initiate the offense from the perimeter.

Puryear still gets his minutes — 22, 19 and 26 the last three games after averaging 30 last season — and in Wednesday’s win resumed See TIGERS • Page B4 > Wisconsin keeps Illinois winless in Big Ten. B4 > SLU’s Ford returns to a former coaching stop. B5

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DIGEST Pieters leads in Abu Dhabi as Johnson, McIlroy lurk Thomas Pieters shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship as top-ranked Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy moved into contention.

Johnson followed up his ragged opening-round 72 with a bogey-free 64 and was four shots back.

McIlroy, playing his first event since October due to a rib injury, shot a 66 and was three behind.

Jorge Campillo of Spain trailed Pieters by one shot after a 64. (AP) Other golf • Andrew Landry took the lead in the PGA Tour’s CareerBuilder Challenge in La Quinta, Calif. Landry shot a 7-under 65 to reach 16 under. Jon Rahm shot 67 and was one behind. ... Colin Montgomerie shot a second straight 7-under 65 to take a two-shot lead into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions opener in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. ... Chapchai Nirat shot a 7-under 64 to grab the clubhouse lead in the second round of the weather-interrupted Singapore Open. Sergio Garcia was at 8 under with 10 holes to play. ... U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka has a wrist injury that will keep him out until the Masters. (AP) Halladay had drugs in system • An autopsy report says retired star pitcher Roy Halladay had evidence of amphetamine, morphine and an

insomnia drug in his system when he died in a small plane crash in Florida last year.

The Tampa Bay Times reports that an autopsy released Friday shows the former Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies All-Star died from blunt force trauma with drowning as a contributing factor when he crashed his personal plane into the Gulf of Mexico near New Port Richey on Nov. 7. (AP) Segbers, Barlow drafted by MLS squads • A pair of local soccer players from the University of Wisconsin — Mark Segbers (Vianney) and Tom Barlow (Chaminade) — were selected Friday during the Major League Soccer draft in Philadelphia.

Both are products of the St. Louis Scott Gallagher Academy program.

Segbers was drafted as a defender with the ninth overall pick by the New England Revolution. He played 77 college games, making 72 starts in four seasons with the Badgers, finishing with 16 goals and 22 assists.

Barlow, who led the Big Ten with 10 goals as a senior, was selected in the second round, 39th overall, by the New York Red Bulls. He started 76 of 78 games with the Badgers and had 23 goals and 15 assists in his career. (Joe Lyons) Five go in NASCAR Hall • Pioneering crew chief and car owner Ray Evernham was among five

inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night in Charlotte, N.C. Also inducted were Red Byron, NASCAR’s first champion, four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. and Ken Squier, the first broadcaster to make the Hall. Championship-winning car owner and engine builder Robert Yates, who died last year, was also inducted. (AP) No. 3 Mizzou clinches MAC wrestling dual title • With another dominating performance, a 29-6 win at No. 17 Central Michigan on Friday night, the Missouri Tigers improved to 15-0 overall and 6-0 in league action, clinching the Mid-American Conference dual championship.

The Chippewas fell to 5-4 and 2-1.

The Tigers, who’ve outscored MAC opponents 217-31 this season, received a pin from Joey Lavallee (157 pounds), major decisions from Daniel Lewis (174) and Canten Marriott (184) and decisions from John Erneste (133), Jaydin Eierman (141), Grant Leeth (149), Francis Howell High’s Connor Flynn (165) and Willie Miklus (197). (Joe Lyons) Ambush fall to 2-12 • Trailing 2-1 just after halftime, the visiting Syracuse Silver Knights (6-5) came up with five straight third-quarter goals and went on to a 9-5 win over the St. Louis Ambush at Family Arena.

Corey Adamson scored twice for the Ambush (2-12). (Joe Lyons)

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Grichuk is traded to Toronto Blues feel their fight CARDINALS • FROM B1

acquisition of (Tyler) O’Neill and Harrison Bader doing what he did last year, we really felt like we had (the outfield) covered.

And, of course, Jose Martinez can play the outfield.

“If we were looking for playing time for Grichuk, it just didn’t seem like it was going to be a great fit. Ultimately, we just decided that if we could move him, would we be able to acquire an arm that we felt could make a difference in our bullpen? Once we identified that (in Leone) and also getting someone we perceived as a prospect, we thought this made sense.”

The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Leone throws in the mid-90s and will be part of a bullpen that has also added Luke Gregorson as a free agent. Leone probably does not figure as a closer candidate because he never has filled that role. But he was one of the top setup men in the American League last year.

He was 3-0 with a 2.56 earned run average and 11 holds in 65 games, striking out 81 in 70 1/3 innings. Perhaps more important, he stranded 42 of 54 inherited runners (78 per cent), ranking fourth among American League relievers. He held righthanded batters to a .211 mark and lefthanders to .183.

Also having appeared with Seattle and Arizona from 201416, Leone has a career bigleague mark of 11-8 with a 3.48 ERA. A 16th-round choice out of Clemson in 2012, Leone was 8-2 with a 2.17 ERA as a rookie with Seattle in 2014 but did not have success with Arizona after being traded there in 2015 and was waived after the 2016 season, only to be picked up by the Blue Jays.

“We hear very good things about his makeup,” said Mozeliak. “We hear he’s very competitive. He should be a highleverage pitcher.”

Greene, 22, had a 5.29 ERA for New Hampshire in 26 games (25 starts) and fanned 92 batters in 132 2/3 innings, earning selection to the Eastern League All-Star team. The 6-3, 185-pounder was ranked as the fifth best prospect in the To-

ronto organization last year.

“When you look at him, you’re not going to like his numbers,” said Mozeliak, “but he’s a legit 95 to 98 type. He could give us some versatility as a starter or reliever.”

Mozeliak likened Greene to recently traded Sandy Alcantara, who went to Miami for Ozuna. “Same sort of arm strength,” Mozeliak said.

“When you look at their stats, Sandy’s been a little better. But too high a walk rate and too low of a strikeout rate — odd for someone who throws hard.”

Greene walked 83 last year and has passed 226 in 501 1/3 minor league innings while fanning 377. In his minor league seasons, Alcantara has struck out 365 in 364 innings, walking 152.

Grichuk, a former first-round choice of the Los Angeles Angels, came to the Cardinals before the 2014 season in a deal that sent David Freese and Fernando Salas to the Angels.

Three times he hit 22 or more homers for the Cardinals, Three times he struck out 110 or more times, including 133 in 412 atbats last season.

“There were just a lot of ups and downs during that time where I felt he struggled to find that traction,” Mozeliak said.

“We always thought from a baseball tools set, he was quite gifted. But the game is based on performance.”

Grichuk, who like Stephen Piscotty (dealt to Oakland). had figured to be traded after the season, nevertheless said, “I was surprised. Obviously going into the offseason I thought I probably would get dealt. Then, getting this late into the offseason, I saw the window closing and I felt like I was going to end up back in St. Louis.”

Without Jose Bautista, who is a free agent, there may be a shot for Grichuk in right field in Toronto, and he said was “100 percent” in favor of a chance to play more there than he might have had here.

“It’s sad leaving St. Louis but for my career, it’s the best move,” he said. “We played in Toronto a few years back and I loved it. I loved playing indoors.

The city seemed really nice and I enjoyed the few days I was there. I’m excited.”

Grichuk said, for the most part, his time here was positive.

“It was successful in a sense that I was able to play in the big leagues for four years. I felt like it could have been better. I got some opportunities and could have got some more but, unfortunately, that’s not how the cards were dealt there,” he said.

Mozeliak reiterated that “this decision came down to what the playing time looked like and having somebody like Harrison Bader and Tyler O’Neill take that big step forward, like they both did last year.”

Bader, who hit three homers for the Cardinals, was their minor league player of the year for 2017 as he had 20 homers and batted .283 at Class AAA Memphis. O’Neill hit a total of 31 home runs and drove in 95 runs, striking out 151 times, while playing for Seattle’s Triple-A team and then at Memphis.

Bader plays all three outfield positions, like Grichuk. O’Neill does, too, said Mozeliak, although O’Neill probably is more comfortable in the corners.

The deal came “quickly” in the last few days, Mozeliak said, “but I will say it’s something that had been talked about earlier in the offseason — not specifically the names and faces but generalized. If you were going to move an outfielder, what would it look like?”

Surveying the swap, Grichuk said, “I think it’s a win-win.

Toronto got help in the outfield, which was what they were hoping to do and St. Louis got help in their bullpen, which they wanted to do. So, I think it worked out well for both clubs.”

But Grichuk added, “I hope it backfires for St. Louis because I did well there.”

Earlier this offseason, the Cardinals had dealt shortstop Aledmys Diaz to the Blue Jays for a minor league outfielder.

Both Leone and Greene will be added to the Cardinals’ major league roster, which stands at the maximum of 40.

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Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez (left) congratulates Randal Grichuk after Grichuk hit a two-run home run against Colorado in a game last July 24.

Grichuk could have proven useful GORDON • FROM B1

And, no, the Cardinals did not get slugging third baseman Josh Donaldson in return. Rather, the team got reliever Dominic Leone and pitching prospect Conner Greene in return. Meh. Leone adds some depth to the Cardinals’ bullpen. He did nice work in Toronto last season (30, 2.56 earned-run average, 81 strikeouts in 70 1/3 innings) after arriving in a offseason waivers claim. He sets up his cutter and slider with an above-average fastball.

He was effective against both right- and lefthanded hitters and stranded 42 of 54 inherited runners. His 78 percent efficiency ranked fourth among American League relievers.

As for Greene, he goes into the big pitching prospect pile.

He developed a lively fastball for the Blue Jays after signing out of high school in 2013, but he struggled at the Double-A level last season with poor command.

He is just turning 23, so he still has time to pull it together.

Then again, he may never pull it together. So it goes with young pitchers.

Why did the Cardinals make this deal now?

Happy or not, Grichuk could have been a handy outfielder behind Dexter Fowler, Tommy Pham and Marcell Ozuna to

start the season. Fowler battled injuries all last season and Pham has battled assorted maladies — including chronic vision problems — his entire career.

Odds are, Grichuk would have gotten plenty of work for the Cardinals this season had he stayed put. He may never become more than a .240-type hitter, but he can be asset hitting at that level.

He is a strong defensive outfielder capable of playing all three spots. He can hit mistake pitches into the 618 area code and he runs well when he does reach base.

With Ozuna almost certain to exit via free agency in two years, Grichuk could have provided a long-term hedge as well. He didn’t see that as an ideal situation, but he didn’t get to make such baseball decisions.

So what was the rush to move him?

Sure, the Cardinals would love to get Jose Martinez some at-bats after his breakout season. But that breakout came after he spent a decade kicking around the minors, so he is not a sure thing to repeat his offensive heroics.

Yes, they have scrappy Harrison Bader ready to take the fourth outfielder role. Like Grichuk, Bader is a strong fielder. Like Grichuk, he can drive the ball. He doesn’t have a whole more to prove at the

Triple-A level after starring at Memphis last season.

Yes, the team also has Adolis Garcia and Tyler ONeill in development. They are two more good fielders with power potential. Even with the departure of Stephen Piscotty and Magneuris Sierra in separate trades during this offseason, the Cardinals still had ample outfield depth before moving Grichuk.

But, again, was Grichuk really clogging things up for the 2018 campaign? Might he not have offered early-season insurance and perhaps a trade chip to move later?

As we saw last season, the best plans of winter can become scrambled during the spring and summer. Much can go wrong.

The Cardinals were wise to address their suspect bullpen through this trade, but there were other ways to do that.

Oh, and there is one last thing: What if Grichuk finally figures it out at the plate? He doesn’t turn 27 until August. Pham and Martinez remind us that sometimes hitters don’t put it all together until later in their career.

Cardinals fans would hate to see that happen with Grichuk in Toronto. They waited and waited and waited for that to happen here.

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for playoffs has begun Push to make postseason off to good start with better defense and two road victories

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Blues right winger Chris Thorburn (22) sends Ottawa center Filip Chlapik into the boards during the second period Thursday night.

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Before Thursday’s game in Ottawa, Blues coach Mike Yeo was asked about the Senators being a desperate bunch, a team realizing it needed to make a big push to get anywhere near playoff contention in the Eastern Conference.

Yeo turned the question on its head.

“Yeah, they’re desperate,” Yeo replied. “But I would have to think that we’re at the point now where our desperation shouldn’t be getting trumped by anybody that we’re playing.

“Obviously, we’re in a fight.

This is the fun time of year. This is when games, they’re at their most meaningful. This is when competitors and winning teams find a way to raise their level. And that’s what we have to continue to do here.”

Like most coaches, regardless of sport, Yeo stays in the moment. Avoids the big picture. But he didn’t in this instance. This was his call to arms, his realization that the Blues’ push for the playoffs must begin in earnest.

Why not just call it as it is?

Even after their open week, the Blues (28-17-3) have still played more games than any other team in the league — 48. Potentially, it means some teams in the Western Conference might catch or pass them in the standings when the games played evens out.

But it also means the Blues might catch some tired teams over the final two-plus months of the regular season and could use that to their advantage.

Only 10 points separate firstplace Nashville (60) and lastplace Chicago (50) in the seventeam Central Division. Only four points separate the top four: the Blues and Winnipeg are right behind Nashville, with 59 points apiece, followed by Dallas with 56.

“You win a couple or you lose a couple and all of a sudden you’re in first, or you’re down,” AllStar defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said. “It’s parity, right? The league, they wanted parity and we got it.”

The Central teams are so tightly bunched, a bad week or two could be difficult to recover from in terms of playoff hopes.

As the Blues came out of their off week, Yeo compartmentalized the five games between the end of the bye and the All-Star break Jan. 26-28 and has made this a repeated point of emphasis.

“We’ve got five games here before the All-Star break and that’s a pretty short window for us to concentrate on, for us to focus on,” Yeo said before the Toronto contest. “And we have to make sure that we play five good games.”

The team is two-fifths of the way there with the 2-1 overtime victory Tuesday in Toronto followed by Thursday’s 4-1 triumph in Ottawa. The three remaining games are all at home — Saturday against Arizona (10-28-9), then Ottawa (15-19-9) again on Tuesday and Colorado (25-16-3) on Thursday.

It’s a soft part of the Blues’ schedule, which includes a home game with Montreal (18-21-6) after the All-Star break and represents a chance to stash away points before more hectic times in February and March. By the time the Blues head into February they could very well have Jaden Schwartz back or be very close to that being the case.

“It’s tricky to make up points this time of year,” goalie Carter Hutton said. “Everyone seems to be going overtime.”

(Which means even the loser

BLUES VS. COYOTES When, where • 7 p.m. Saturday, Scottrade Center TV, radio • Fox Sports Midwest, KMOX (1120 AM) About the Coyotes • They have the worst record in the NHL at 10-28-9, but the Coyotes can be stubborn. They were stubborn Thursday in a 3-2 shootout loss in Nashville. And they were stubborn Nov. 9 in St. Louis in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Blues, a game in which they took a 2-1 lead into the third period. The Coyotes have lost their last five contests, but four have come in either shootout or straight overtime losses.

Although his pace has slowed down lately, rookie and St. Louis area product Clayton Keller still leads the Coyotes in goals (14) and points (34).

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gets a point.)

“And things are so tight, you look at especially the Central Division, it’s gonna be a dogfight,” Hutton continued. “This is where we gotta play our best hockey.”

So far, the Blues look like a different team coming out of their time off. Well, not so much “different,” but more like the group that was so dominant in October and November.

“I think we recognized that for a little while we weren’t on top of our game,” Yeo said. “And we’re excited to get back to it. So I do believe that our team has a really good understanding of what we’re doing when we’re successful and how hard we can be to play against.”

They looked more like that team against Toronto and Ottawa. After yielding 17 goals in three games before the break, the Blues gave up just a goal apiece to the Maple Leafs and Senators. The defensemen have been jumping into the offensive zone and scoring once again. Hutton is playing with confidence in goal.

“You know what, there’s a lot to like about this game,” Yeo said after Ottawa. “When we describe what Blues hockey would be, that would be a pretty good example of it right there. Coming in waves. We got everybody going. I think that our D were active.”

But the key may have come in Toronto. Who knows how the team reacts if it didn’t get a lastminute goal by Alexander Steen in regulation and then an overtime winner by Vince Dunn?

And instead of being 2-1 winners they are tough-luck 1-0 losers on a short-handed goal set up by a bad hop of the puck past Pietrangelo.

“What did Vince Lombardi say?” Yeo said. “The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. And I thought (Toronto) was a good example of that.”

In a couple of months, that game could be regarded as merely a blip on the schedule. Or a dramatic two points that helped put a season back on track.

“I’m proud of our club,” Steen said after that contest. “We let in a goal there on the power play, on our power play. Had about half the period to go, and continued to just focus on the process of what we needed to do, what we’ve been doing.”

“I don’t know,” Chris Thorburn added. “It just feels different from other wins. We needed it, but at the same time, the way it happened, the way the game went.”

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Cunningham sparks Mizzou to 16-2 record MIZZOU • FROM B1

“I kept saying, ‘I wish it was me. I wish it was me,’” Lindsey recalled. “After that, I didn’t eat or sleep for a couple nights.”

For the next two days, the trajectory of Mizzou’s season and Cunningham’s career hinged on her diagnosis.

On Tuesday morning, Cunningham had MRI, then hobbled to Mizzou Arena to share the results. She visited her sister’s office first.

“She walks in and goes, ‘Hey, Lins,’ and just gives me a thumbs down,” Lindsey said.

Big sister had feared the worst, and wham, here came the bad news. A torn knee ligament. Season over.

Lindsey choked back tears as the sisters walked down the hall to tell the rest of Mizzou’s staff. A crowd gathered in coach Robin Pingeton’s office.

“Everyone saw the look on my face,” Lindsey said, “and then Soph goes, ‘Well, guys … WE’RE GOOD TO GO!’” It was all a prank. Cunningham’s knee was hyperextended but all in one piece.

Hearts raced and then relaxed.

“I was like, ‘You little ...”

Lindsey said.

As always, Sophie had the last laugh, mixed with some drama and all the attention.

The week was just getting started for the homegrown star.

Cunningham sat out MU’s next game against Louisiana State, then unleashed a vintage performance against No. 4 South Carolina, the reigning national champions, scoring 27 points in MU’s second straight victory over the powerhouse Gamecocks.

In the meantime, when team doctors examined her knee, the ligaments actually tested stronger than her previous baseline exam. The 21-yearold just might be superhuman. She earned first-team All-SEC honors last season while playing most nights in excruciating pain from a lower back injury. She rarely practiced but only missed one game.

“I was the one at home who could see she couldn’t sleep or sit in a position that was comfortable for more than 10 minutes,” Lindsey said. “She’d cry on the plane rides home.”

Cunningham opted for offseason physical therapy over surgery and now has her team positioned for a deep postseason run. Up to No. 11 in the national rankings, their highest spot in the polls since 1984, the Tigers are off to their best 18-game start in team history, at 16-2 and 4-1 in SEC games, the next of which is Sunday against visiting Arkansas. Cunningham has never played better, averaging 18.1 points a game (fifth in the SEC). She’s fourth in the league in shooting percentage (57.8) and free-throw percentage (85.5) and leads the SEC in 3-point accuracy (48.6). All three are careerhigh marks.

Around town, her popularity continues to grow.

More than a few Columbia couples have told Paula they’ve named their newborn daughter Sophie.

“We’ve met people who named their dogs Sophie, too,” she said.

On the floor, this looks like Pingeton’s most talented team, but within the locker room she’s needed Cunningham to become a more engaged leader to replace her older sister and two other senior guards from last year’s 22-win team. She’s done that and more.

“She’s a lot more intentional of being aware where her teammates are mentally and emotionally,” Pingeton said, “and really trying to pick them up and challenge them.”

Seemingly invincible from Mizzou’s perspective, Cunnngham has also endured her share of scrutiny and mounting backlash, especially since that victory over South Carolina.

Steamed with the officiating, Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley gave Cunningham faint praise after the game — “She was Sophie,” Staley said. “She does what Sophie does” — and added clout to whispers around the league

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Missouri’s Sophie Cunningham and South Carolina’s Tyasha Harris compete for a loose ball during a hard-fought game Jan. 7.

that Cunningham plays dirty.

After Mizzou’s win over South Carolina a clip went viral on social media showing Cunningham yank a defender’s shoulder while trying to gain position on the offensive end. She was called for a foul. In Thursday’s win at Ole Miss, Rebels guard Madinah Muhammad appeared to intentionally trip Cunningham away from the ball, sending her sprawling to the floor. On her back, Cunningham kicked and made contact with Muhammad. Both were assessed unsportsmanlike fouls.

Naturally, those closest to Cunningham defend her style.

“Dang it, she’s not a dirty player,” Paula said. “She’s hard-nosed. With that said, she’s feisty. I just don’t think there’s a player like her. She’s different from any other player in the country.

She won’t back down from a physical fight or a verbal fight. Even as a little girl Sophie always had to have the last word. And it’s frustrating being on the other side.”

From the first time she played organized sports Jim and Paula Cunningham’s youngest daughter refused to back down from a challenge. Sophie Elizabeth Cunningham — born for the SEC, right? — played on a co-ed soccer team in kindergarten and quickly asserted herself as the team’s best player. And not just the best girls player.

“She could score at will,” Paula said, “and do anything she wanted out there.”

By first grade, Sophie tagged along to Lindsey’s soccer and basketball practices and eventually joined their drills. She held her own against the bigger fourth graders and caused as many bruises and scratches as she absorbed.

“She’s a brute,” Lindsey said. “She had no other choice but to bow up and be tougher to find a way to compete.”

By fourth grade, Sophie was trading blows with Lindsey’s seventh-grade traveling soccer team, the Lady Hulks, and growing into a rugged but skilled basketball player with Lindsey’s Columbia Phoenix.

“She always had to fight,” Lindsey said, “ because she was always smaller and younger and had to prove herself.”

Not always smaller. By junior high Sophie started to develop and attracted the local basketball team’s attention. Pingeton’s staff had just started to recruit Lindsey in the summer of 2011, her senior year at Columbia’s Rock Bridge High. Shortly after she orally committed to play for Pingeton’s Tigers, Sophie did the same — before playing her first high school game. Sophie had only visited two college gyms, at Mizzou and Kansas, before deciding she’d continue the family legacy. Initially, Jim and Paula thought Sophie, just 15 at the time, was too young to make such a big decision, but …

“I was happy,” Paula said.

“That’s where we wanted her to go.”

The Cunninghams were always a Mizzou family. Jim was a second-generation football player for the Tigers in the 1970s. Paula threw the javelin for the Tigers from 1986-89. Her sister, Stacey (Primus) Hoffman, played

basketball for the Tigers from 1987-91.

Coaches from more prominent programs mailed letters and called. Connecticut reached out to Cunningham’s coaches. Sophie had zero interest.

“Once I figured out their numbers I stopped answering them,” said Cunningham, who became the first Mizzou recruit to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game in 2015. “I’m a very loyal person. I’ve grown up here, and I’ve always wanted to put Mizzou women’s basketball on the map. That was my goal.”

Also a standout volleyball player, Cunningham led Rock Bridge to four straight basketball state championships and handled the kicking duties for the football team as a senior. At Mizzou she quickly fulfilled the outsized expectations when she arrived, setting the team’s singlegame scoring record in her fourth contest, 42 against Wake Forest. As a freshman and sophomore she guided the Tigers to first-round victories in the NCAA Tournament and a third-place finish in the SEC last season.

Some might grumble about her sharp elbows or hard fouls, but other coaches recognize what Cunningham means to MU’s program, the SEC and the sport.

“She’s tough. She’s hardnosed. She’s competitive,” Vanderbilt’s Stephanie White said. “When she walks on the floor, you know she’s there.

She’s got swag. She’s got the Diana Taurasi attitude. I love that about her.”

Sophie’s style comes with a price, especially in the age of social media. Her Twitter mentions erupted after the South Carolina game with attacks from Gamecock fans.

After a few days, Cunningham turned off her phone notifications, her sister said.

Lindsey read the comments, Paula, too.

“It’s cowardly,” Paula said.

“People can be vicious and hurtful. We encourage her not to look at it.”

Worried the criticism might affect her sister, Lindsey texted around 30 family members and close friends and asked them to send her a few positive comments about Sophie. Lindsey typed and printed each message and delivered them to her sister, attached with a photo of each messenger.

Their aunt Stacey, the former Mizzou player, wrote, “If your head is down your crown will flip. So chin up, princess.”

Their dad, Jim, had Lindsey’s favorite: “You’re the face of this university. Don’t you ever forget that you’re Sophie Freakin’ Cunningham. I’m proud of you as a player and even more as a daughter.”

In a week, Sophie Freakin’ Cunningham and her indestructible right knee will lead the Tigers into South Carolina’s Colonial Life Arena for the rematch. Lindsey expects a hostile greeting — and the same response she’s seen for almost 20 years. Shoulders back, chin high, crown intact.

“She’ll prepare like she would for any game,” Lindsey said. “But she won’t back down.”

Dave Matter @dave_matter on Twitter dmatter@post-dispatch.com

M 2 • Saturday • 01.20.2018

Illini fall behind early, never threaten Badgers

BY MARK TUPPER Decatur Herald & Review

MADISON, WIS. • Too many times this season Illinois has managed to create nail-biting drama at the finish line, tantalizing fans with close calls but delivering a 0-for-6 record in Big Ten play.

Three overtime losses. A crushing defeat at the buzzer. A growing pile of heartache.

That story line changed Friday night at the Kohl Center.

Absent was even a hint of drama.

What remained, however, was that perfectly imperfect Big Ten record.

Playing its worst game of the season, the Illini (10-9, 0-7) missed a chance to break through against a Wisconsin team that looks likely to miss the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998.

The Badgers (10-10, 3-4) methodically knifed through a broken Illini defense, scoring inside and outside en route to a 75-50 victory.

Illinois never had much rhythm on offense. But that wasn’t the worst of it. Illinois’ defense was shredded as Wisconsin had Illinois running in circles while the Badgers played catch inside and out. The result was a flurry of open layups and dunks at the basket or ball rotation that created uncontested 3-pointers from the perimeter.

The Badgers enjoyed a flashback to their glory days. The Illini go back to the drawing board after taking a considerable step backward.

Until Friday, Illinois’ lost lop-sided loss was 10 points. But this one got out of hand quickly as the Badgers shot 66.7 percent while opening an 11-point halftime lead. Then came a runaway second half.

Until Friday, Illinois had always responded when the opponent went on a run. But not this time.

What was the difference?

“Effort,” Underwood said. “Heart.

They were a much better basketball team than we were tonight.”

Leron Black scored 16 points and Trent Frazier added 11. But each also committed four turnovers. Mark Alstork finished with nine points and 10 rebounds and Gregory Eboigbodin

WISCONSIN 75, ILLINOIS 50

FG FT Reb ILLINOIS Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Black 28 7-9 2-2 2-3 0 3 16 18 2-3 0-0 0-1 0 4 4 Finke 31 4-11 1-2 7-10 1 3 9 Alstork Frazier 31 5-14 0-1 0-1 5 0 11 Smith 26 0-5 0-0 0-2 0 3 0 Eboigbodin 18 4-5 0-0 2-5 0 3 8 15 1-2 0-2 2-4 1 4 2 Williams Cayce 9 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Vesel 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 Jordan Nichols 5 0-3 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Liss Oladimeji 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 200 23-57 3-7 14-29 7 22 50 Percentages: FG.404, FT.429. 3-point goals: 1-14, .071.

Team rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 12. Blocked shots: 4. Turnovers: 12. Steals: 5. Technical fouls: None.

FG FT Reb WISCONSIN Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Happ 32 6-9 4-8 4-10 5 2 16 Reuvers 16 1-4 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 23 3-6 10-10 1-2 2 3 18 Davison Pritzl 37 6-13 1-1 2-6 1 1 16 Iverson 32 6-8 1-2 0-3 3 1 13 Illikainen 22 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 3 Schlundt 16 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 2 0 16 2-4 0-0 0-1 0 0 5 Ford 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Moesch Thomas 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 McGrory 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Ferris 1 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 2 200 26-49 16-21 9-25 15 12 75 Totals Percentages: FG.531, FT.762. 3-point goals: 7-19, .368.

Team rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 11. Blocked shots: 10. Turnovers: 11. Steals: 8. Technical fouls: None.

Illinois 32 18 — 50 Wisconsin 43 32 — 75

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had eight points and five rebounds.

But Mark Smith, Kipper Nichols and Aaron Jordan were scoreless.

And even though Te’Jon Lucas was in uniform and available after serving a two-game suspension, Underwood never looked in his direction. Instead, he gave first-half playing time to seldom-used walkon Drew Cayce.

Compounding Illinois’ problems was another haywire night at the 3-point line. The Illini made just 1 of 14.

Wisconsin had great balance. In addition to Happ, Brad Davison was 10-for-10 from the free throw line and led the Badgers with 18 points.

Brevin Pritzl also had 16 points. And Khalil Iverson, who did most of his damage at the rim, finished with 13.

The Badgers also had 10 blocked shots, five by Nate Reuvers.

The Illini have a home game at 8 p.m., Monday. And this time the opponent will not miss the NCAA Tournament. The opponent is the 9th-ranked Michigan State Spartans, which earlier Friday put an 85-57 whipping on Indiana.

Puryear is still a key contributor TIGERS • FROM B1

his role as the Tigers’ most productive offensive threat. In the 59-55 victory over Tennessee Puryear led Mizzou with 12 points and 10 rebounds, including two free throws with four seconds left to clinch the win, MU’s first over a ranked opponent in more than four years.

Puryear has accepted his new place in the rotation, but that doesn’t mean Martin wants him to settle for a reduced role. Puryear hasn’t started the last three games, but he’s finished all three on the floor.

“I don’t want him to relax,” Martin said. “He’s a starter. I don’t want him to be happy about coming off the bench. Not that he’s fighting anybody, but he has to identify the reason he’s coming off the bench. Now we move forward. I don’t want anybody to be happy coming off the bench, but you have to know your role.”

The Tigers (13-5, 3-2 SEC) fell behind by eight in Wednesday’s game, and was Puryear’s three field goals midway through the second half that sparked the Tigers and evened the score.

“I just wanted the ball,” he said.

“And defensively I just wanted rebounds.”

While veterans Kassius Robertson and Jordan Barnett have become Mizzou’s top scorers, mostly from the perimeter, and freshmen Jeremiah Tilmon and Jontay Porter have given the Tigers spurts of offense in the lane, Puryear can still supply points from all areas of the floor, off penetration, post-up moves and the occasional 3-pointer. He’s been especially valuable from the free throw line, hitting all 17 of his attempts in Mizzou’s five conference games heading into Saturday’s 3 p.m. game at Texas A&M (12-16, 1-5).

Whether Puryear starts or comes off the bench, Martin just wants production from the 6-7 junior.

“The thing I say first and foremost (is) he plays for Mizzou,” Martin said.

“I make the decision who starts and (for how many) minutes. So that’s me. If he’s mad at anyone he’s mad at me. The other thing I tell him is he’s got figure out why you’re mad. Now let’s get better.”

Puryear and the Tigers can’t afford to let up Saturday at Reed Arena. A month ago Texas A&M was ranked No. 5 in the national polls and looked every bit as formidable as the team that won the Southeastern Conference regular-season championship two years ago.

Then league play began and Billy Kennedy’s gutted rotation slogged through an 0-5 start against SEC competition. The Aggies have since captured their first SEC win, edging Ole Miss by a late basket on Tuesday.

Kennedy’s team is tied with Vanderbilt for last place in the SEC, but

MISSOURI AT TEXAS A&M When • 3 p.m. Saturday Where • Reed Arena, College Station, Texas Series • Texas A&M leads 17-16. Last meeting, Texas A&M 60, Missouri 43, Feb. 28, 2017 TV, radio • ESPN2, KTRS (550 AM) Records • MU (13-5, 3-2), Texas A&M (12-6, 1-5) About Mizzou • For the first time since December 2013, the Tigers defeated a ranked opponent Wednesday, holding off No. 21 Tennessee 59-55. … Mizzou has split its first two conference road games, winning at South Carolina and losing at Arkansas. … Kassius Robertson had an off shooting night against the Vols but continues to lead the Tigers with 15.6 points a game. … The Tigers have lost six straight to the Aggies and four straight in College Station.

About Texas A&M • The Aggies climbed to No. 5 in the AP poll while sweeping through nonconference play, but they couldn’t overcome a wave of injuries at the start of league play. A&M lost its first five SEC games, though two of those defeats were by one point to Kentucky and Louisiana State. … Guard Admon Gilder, back after missing five games with a knee injury, averages 12.8 points and has scored in double figures 10 times. … Guard Duane Wilson, a graduate transfer from Marquette, missed three of the SEC losses with a knee injury but has given the Aggies 11.3 points a game and a team-high 4.7 assists.

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anyone who knows Kennedy’s roster knows better than to overlook the Aggies.

In the latest RPI standings, only three teams with six or more losses rank higher than Texas A&M at No. 38. Thanks to a grueling nonconference schedule — the Aggies trounced West Virginia and took down USC and Oklahoma State — a strong finish should keep A&M in contention for the postseason, especially now that Kennedy’s rotation is whole again.

Four key players missed a combined 16 games because of suspensions, illness and injuries, but the Tigers are expected to face the Aggies at full strength. Texas A&M’s rotation features three 6-10 forwards in Robert Williams, Tyler Davis and Tonny Trocha-Morelos, plus 6-9 wing player DJ Hogg. By KenPom.com’s measure, the Aggies are the nation’s 10th-tallest team, second only to Kentucky in the SEC. Puryear’s breakout comes just in time for Saturday’s matchup in College Station, where the Tigers need to squeeze every bit of production out of their newly shaped front line.

Dave Matter @dave_matter on Twitter dmatter@post-dispatch.com

01.20.2018 • Saturday • M 1

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH • B5

SLU’s Ford glad to return to UMass Coach spent three years there before heading to Oklahoma State

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Spartans rebound, top Indiana ASSOCIATED PRESS

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St. Louis University center Rashed Anthony (right) contests a shot by Duquesne guard Mike Lewis II on Wednesday. The Billikens won 76-63.

BY STU DURANDO St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Travis Ford is hoping to take a break from basketball during his latest business trip to do some exploring.

He left St. Louis on Friday with plans to visit with the former University of Massachusetts chancellor, who hired Ford in 2005. He wants to spend some extra time getting reacquainted with the Mullins Center, where he walked the sideline for three seasons.

And, if time allows, he wants to drive past his old house, the one on Owen Drive that he sold to his successor, Derek Kellogg.

It was in that house in 2008 that Ford spent one agonizing day contemplating an offer from Oklahoma State along with his wife, Heather, and neighbor, John McCutcheon, who just happened to be the UMass athletics director.

The next morning Ford accepted the offer, ending three seasons at UMass, where he was 62-35 and led the Minutemen to the championship game of the National Invitation Tournament before exiting.

Nearly 10 years later, Ford will return to Mullins Center for the first time to lead St. Louis University into action Saturday at 1 p.m. He could probably use a break from the rigors of the season, which intensified greatly Friday when it was learned that three players had been suspended and one expelled from the university as a result of the Title IX investigation into sexual assault allegations from last fall.

SLU traveled with eight scholarship players, and the remaining team members who had been traveling were left behind.

“It’s going to be different,” Ford said. “I haven’t been back in the arena since I left. I’m ex-

cited to see a lot of people I’m still close with. I think there’s been this big misconception that we didn’t like it but we loved it there. ... People always thought I was trying to get out — me coming from Kentucky and not having any Northeast ties.

“When I was hired my people were asking ‘Why are you going to UMass?’ and people on the other side were asking ‘Why are you hiring this guy?’”

Ford had two highly successful seasons in Amherst, tying for the Atlantic 10 championship in 2006-07 and losing to Ohio State in the NIT title game in 2007-08. Then came seven seasons at Oklahoma State before Ford was hired by SLU in 2016.

He said the decision to leave his home state of Kentucky in 2005 after three years at Campbellsville and five at Eastern Kentucky was about getting out of his comfort zone for a new challenge. Ultimately he found it painful to leave central Massachusetts.

Ford turned down an offer from Providence and announced that he would be staying at UMass, where his contract ran through 2015. That turned out to be a mistake.

“He has committed to us, and us to him,” UMass AD John McCutcheon said at the time, adding he felt Ford would remain the coach “for many years to come.”

Two days later, Oklahoma State called. McCutcheon told Ford he should listen. He flew to a neutral city for an interview and was offered the job. He declined to answer until he visited Stillwater, Okla., to see the facilities. Pressed for an answer, he declined to answer again until he could go home to talk to Heather.

Oklahoma State flew Ford to Amherst on a private jet and left

SLU AT MASSACHUSETTS When • 1 p.m. Saturday Where • Mullins Center, Amherst, Mass.

All-time series • SLU leads 11-5.

TV, radio • No TV; WXOS (101.1 FM) Records • SLU 9-10, 2-4 in Atlantic 10; Massachusetts 10-9, 3-3 About the Billikens • SLU is trying for only its second true road victory during coach Travis Ford’s tenure. ... Despite being 2-4 in the Atlantic 10, the Billikens enter the game only one game out of fourth place. ... After scoring a career-high 21 points in the last game, forward D.J. Foreman leads the conference in shooting at 72.7 percent. ... Freshman Hasahn French attended Commonwealth Academy in Springfield, Mass. and was recruited heavily by the Minutemen.

About the Minutemen • UMass is led in scoring by Luwane Pipkins, who averages 19.8 points.

He scored 44 points when the Minutemen overcame a 21-point deficit to beat La Salle. ... UMass ranks fifth in the conference in shooting percentage at 45 percent and second in 3-pointer accuracy at 37.6 percent. ... Coach Matt McCall is in his first season at the school. ... The Minutemen posted an impressive win over Dayton when Rashaan Holloway and C.J. Anderson were suspended.

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the plane waiting at the airport.

Ford went home and spent the day with his wife and boss — McCutcheon.

“He wasn’t upset,” Ford said.

“They were doing things to get me to stay but I’ll never forget how he handled it. He came over and we sat and talked forever. He was in my house while I was talking to Oklahoma State.

I almost didn’t do it because

I didn’t want to leave. It was a long day.”

Ford woke the next day and decided to accept the offer. He was moving to a Big 12 program but leaving one that had made NCAA Tournament appearances from 1992 to 1998 and made some deep tournament runs, mostly under John Calipari. Just as important to Ford was that he was leaving people who had become firm friends in a brief amount of time.

Thorr Bjorn and Tim Kenney, who were in the hierarchy of the athletics department, are still close enough to Ford that they have vacationed together. He has former UMass player Dante Milligan on the SLU staff as a graduate assistant.

“I wasn’t from that area but the people I got close with knew how much I enjoyed it and how tough it was when it came time to leave,” Ford said.

When Ford arrived, UMass had gone seven seasons without a postseason appearance and was a cumulative 16 games under .500 during that span. After one rebuilding season, Ford led the Minutemen to records of 24-9 and 25-11.

UMass filled more than a dozen buses for the threehour trek to New York for the NIT semifinals and finals. Ford thought he would have his best team the following season.

“It wasn’t a case where I was looking to get out at all,” Ford said. “Did it take a while to adjust (to Amherst)? Absolutely.

Probably more for my family.

But my wife will tell you that after a year we absolutely loved it. It took something like Oklahoma State for us to leave.”

Stu Durando @studurando on Twitter sdurando@post-dispatch.com

Miles Bridges scored 22 points and Nick Ward had 18 points and 13 rebounds to help No. 9 Michigan State bounce back with an 85-57 win at home over Indiana on Friday night.

The Spartans (17-3, 5-2 Big Ten) had a confidence-boosting performance after going from a top-ranked team to a reeling one. They were slumping after a 16-point loss at Ohio State, an overtime win over Rutgers and an 82-72 setback to Michigan at home.

The Hoosiers (11-8, 4-3) lost for the first time in four games, falling into a fourth-place tie with the Wolverines and Nebraska.

Michigan State took control with an 18-0 run midway through the first half, led by as much as 23 and was ahead 42-23 at halftime. The Spartans stayed ahead by a comfortable margin in the second half by spreading the ball around and making it tough for the Hoosiers to make shots.

Cassius Winston had 10 points, eight assists and only one turnover, while Jaren Jackson had 10 points, six rebounds, three blocks and three assists for the Spartans.

Indiana’s Robert Johnson had 21 points and the rest of his teammates struggled offensively.

Josh Newkirk scored 14 but missed 12 of 17 shots.

Gamecocks bounce back • Early on, South Carolina didn’t look much like the Final Four team it was a year ago. Lately, though, the Gamecocks are have turned things around, both on and off the court.

New additions, a talented junior living up to potential and a relentless knack for overcoming problems have South Carolina making a move in the Southeastern Conference standings.

The Gamecocks’ turnaround includes a dramatic comeback from 14-points down in the second half to beat No. 18 Kentucky 76-68 earlier this week.

“I like this team,” South Carolina coach Frank Martin said.

“Our guys are great. They’re fun to coach.”

It didn’t always look that way earlier this season.

The Gamecocks (12-6, 3-3 SEC) were the surprise of college basketball last March with their run to the Final Four, which included wins over Duke, Baylor and Florida. But the heart of that team — guards Sindarius Thornwell, Duane Notice and Justin McKie — were all seniors. In addition, McDonald’s All-American P.J. Dozier, who would’ve been a junior this season, chose to enter the NBA draft.

During the summer, Dozier’s expected replacement, Rakym Felder, was suspended from the program and left school after his second arrest in less than a year.

Martin was forced to rely on grad transfers like Kory Holden, Wesley Myers and Frank Booker to blend with returnees like Chris Silva and Maik Kotsar.

Martin said a huge reason for the turnaround from an 0-2 SEC start was Silva’s emergence as a leader.

“Frank challenges me every day to be better,” Silva said. “I’m just doing what I’m asked to do.”

Rosenblum blasts investigation at St. Louis University FREDERICKSON • FROM B1

night that concluded with three women telling police that they were sexually assaulted by four members of the men’s basketball team.

But that silence was shattered Friday afternoon, when the lawyer for three of the four players shared details about the investigation, then revealed the investigation’s conclusion, then explained why he believes SLU not only made itself vulnerable to legal action from his clients, but perhaps pulled the plug on a what was supposed to be a basketball renaissance under second-year coach Travis Ford.

Rosenblum is a bit biased, you might have noticed.

He’s also the only one talking.

And on Friday he spent 20 minutes accusing SLU of an investigation that was, for lack of a better word, rigged.

“Often times, you want to justify the outcome you had preconceived in your own mind. That’s what I think happened here,” he said. “These boys didn’t do anything wrong. They just didn’t. At

the end of the day, (how) I would characterize this case is that three girls talked about getting together with multiple partners, knew about it before, discussed it before, engaged consensually in sexual activity, realized that there were pictures being taken, left, and had buyer’s remorse.”

That’s a lot to process.

Rosenblum was just getting warmed up.

“I don’t know how they couldn’t know pictures were being taken,” he said when asked about the presence of images from the incident. “It wasn’t a huge space, OK? Nobody was hiding anything. Everything was out in the open. Everything was in front of everybody else. Two of the girls, one definitely didn’t want to participate (in the investigation). One, we don’t believe continued to participate (in the investigation). The one that continued to participate (in the investigation) has made statements that would indicate that everything was completely consensual.”

Rosenblum painted, too vividly at times, the scene of an unfor-

tunate evening. But he scoffed at the notion that a crime was committed that night. Same for the idea that the players deserved further punishment. His clients received suspensions ranging from 18 months to two years. He said a fourth player, whom he does not represent, was expelled.

“At the end of the day, on every college campus, unfortunately, both genders make decisions that after they walk away from that decision, they regret,” Rosenblum concluded. “They think, this maybe wasn’t the best decision. But it wasn’t a crime. And it wasn’t actionable.”

Rosenblum’s clients will not go quietly. They are considering an appeal. Or they could transfer to a program that does not enforce their suspensions. Or they could take their shot at pro ball.

His clients feel confident enough in their version of the story that they are considering legal action against SLU. Rosenblum’s big-picture complaints about the Title IX process will be ignored. His disclosure of details from the case will be criticized. Move beyond that, and he

raises some legitimate questions.

Why was one of the players allowed to play while the other three were held out?

If suspensions of this length were justified, why were three of the held-out players allowed to practice and travel with the team?

Why was outside counsel necessary for the investigation?

Why were the players told to move off campus, then welcomed back, then moved off campus once again?

Why were the suspensions handed out weeks into this semester instead of during the break in between semesters, when it would have been easier to relocate?

And the big one: If the players fight this and win, what might it mean for SLU? “Certainly I think it will have a ripple effect as to their ability to recruit top-flight athletes in the future,” Rosenblum said. “This case, in my view, has been overly prosecuted with an agenda from the beginning.”

If that sounds outlandish,

consider this quote from Billikens signee Carte’Are Gordon, the prized signee in Ford’s highly anticipated 2018 signing class.

“I’ll definitely have to take things into consideration,” Gordon told Post-Dispatch SLU beat writer Stu Durando when asked for his reaction to Friday’s news.

Rosenblum was pushed for more information Friday. He rejected questions about which players he represented, and what role the presences of photos and or video played in the investigation.

“I’m not going to help you fill in the blanks,” he began to repeat as his firepower fizzled.

He was done dropping bombs, for now. But alarms were going off in Midtown.

Time for university leaders to come out from their bunkers and explain why they made the right call.

Because right now, fans get the sense the sky is falling on their basketball team.

Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred on Twitter bfrederickson@post-dispatch.com

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Wozniacki has shot to be No. 1, six years later If she can do it, it would be biggest gap since WTA began rankings in 1975 ASSOCIATED PRESS

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA • Caroline

Wozniacki had just been beaten by Kim Clijsters in the 2012 Australian Open quarterfinals, causing her to lose her No. 1 ranking on the WTA Tour, and she had some fighting words.

“I will get it back eventually, so I’m not worried,” she said. “The media talks to me like I’m finished ... the fact is I still have quite a few good years in front of me.”

Fast forward to this year’s Australian Open, where Wozniacki’s win in the third round Friday leaves her with a chance to regain the No. 1 ranking — six years later.

If so, it would be the longest gap between stints at the top since the WTA’s computer rankings were introduced in 1975. She might take some solace from the fact that the current longest streak between players returning to No. 1 is held by Serena Williams at 5 years, 29 days.

The 27-year-old Wozniacki also faced criticism during her first stay at No. 1 — which included year-end top rankings in 2010 and 2011 — that she’d never won a major, unlike Williams’ current 23. That hasn’t changed either. Maybe this year.

On Friday, two days after she came back from a 5-1 deficit and saved two matchpoints in the third set to beat Jana Fett in

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Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki celebrates after defeating Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands in their third-round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia.

the second round, she had a 6-4, 6-3 win over Kiki Bertens that wasn’t without late drama, both with closing out the match, and with her criticism of the chair umpire.

Wozniacki had to save four break points while serving for the match but clinched it on her fourth match point.

After coming so close to being knocked out, she sounded like a gambler with cash in her pocket. “Right now, playing with

house money,” she said. “Nothing to lose.

I got a second chance. I’m just going to try and take it and see how far I can go.”

Wozniacki wasn’t happy with chair umpire Renaud Lichtenstein. She had complained about a few line calls, and that the court was slippery in several areas. “I’ve never had this guy before ... but I think he did a poor job today,” Wozniacki said. “If the court is wet, I think it’s normal to ask

for a towel. I don’t think someone needs to be rude, and I told him so. I think there were some questionable calls, as well.”

Rafael Nadal benefited from the cooling down of a stifling two-day heat wave that drove temperatures from 104 degrees down to a tolerable 82 as he advanced into the second week. The top seed and former tournament winner produced a 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 victory against Damir Dzumhur.

The win put Nadal, 31, into the Melbourne fourth round for an 11th time. He next faces Argentine Diego Schwartzman, who beat Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-7 (1-7), 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.

“There have been very, very tough conditions yesterday and today,” Nadal said.

Third seed Grigor Dimitrov rewarded himself with a post-victory ice bath after advancing 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 over Russian Andrey Rublev.

In early Saturday matches, Madison Keys made it through to the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Ana Bogdan, and top-ranked Simona Halep saved three match points and finally fended off Lauren Davis 4-6, 6-4, 15-13 in a 3-hour, 45-minute marathon Saturday to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open.

The 17th-seeded Keys, who lost in the U.S. Open final last year to Sloane Stephens, saved three break points serving for the match, finally clinching it on her first match point when Bogdan netted a backhand.

Keys will next play eighth-seeded Caroline Garcia, who defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich later Saturday.

McKendree wrestling Switch works for SIUC’s Fletcher hampered by injuries AREA COLLEGE ATHLETES

Team has slipped to No. 6 in rankings

BY JOE LYONS St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Southern Illinois Carbondale’s Armon Fletcher (right) is averaging 17.7 points in MVC games.

BY STEVE EIGHINGER Special to the Post-Dispatch

The best may be yet to come for Armon Fletcher.

The SIU Carbondale junior has benefited from a position switch and looks ready to add an exclamation point to what had been a steady, albeit unspectacular first couple of years at the Missouri Valley Conference school.

About a month ago, the 6-foot-5 Fletcher, a product of the uber-successful Edwardsville High program, was moved to a power forward position after playing his first two-plus years at SIUC on the perimeter. The idea was to give the Salukis (11-9) a smaller, quicker look.

Since the move to forward, Fletcher is averaging 15.5 points and 5.9 rebounds. His MVC numbers are even better at 17.7 and 7.2. Those figures include a 32-point, 14-rebound effort during an 82-73 loss to Valparaiso.

“A lot of people don’t know that in high school I played the (center position),” Fletcher told siusalukis.com. “Even in AAU, I was guarding the biggest guy on the floor. Whatever the team needs me to do ... I have the skills.”

Fletcher has proven to be a difficult matchup for most opposing forwards because of his quickness, ball-handling ability and perimeter shooting skills. He might be the most explosive athlete on the team.

“I try to use my size and quickness to my advantage,” he said.

“The coaches really don’t want me posting up. ... In the game at Valparaiso, I tried to make myself available and my teammates did a good job of finding me. I wasn’t even aware of how many points I was scoring.”

A year ago, Fletcher was named to the MVC most-improved team after averaging 11.1 points. There’s a good chance the postseason honors will continue this time around, too.

JOHNSON IS NAMED TO MVC 25-YEAR TEAM Missouri State senior outside hitter Lily Johnson (Lafayette) was one of 10 athletes named to the Missouri Valley Conference volleyball team helping celebrate 25 years of women’s sports in the league.

Johnson earned her spot on the anniversary team after collecting her third straight MVC player of the year honor and rewriting a major portion of the school record book.

“As soon as I went and saw Lily play (in high school), I thought, ‘This kid is ridiculously exceptional,’” Missouri State coach Melissa Stokes told the Springfield News-Leader.

Johnson appreciates what she has accomplished and the example she has helped set for the program, especially in the eyes of young players who flock to the games.

“It’s really something special,” Johnson said. “You have parents that come up to you and tell you how much it means. I don’t think they realize how much it means to us players.”

Among Johnson’s bevy of accomplishments at Missouri State were 6,610 career attacks, just 23 shy of the NCAA record; 2,293 kills, 19th in NCAA history; and playing in 519 consecutive sets, NCAA’s third-longest streak.

Johnson will be a member of the Bears’ inaugural beach volleyball team in the spring.

SANDERS, BEARS RACK UP POINTS Washington University senior forward Andrew Sanders entered the weekend with a streak of 24 consecutive games scoring in double figures.

Sanders, who leads leads the Bears (12-2) with an 18.3 average, dropped in 18 during a 11375 victory last weekend over New York University. Washington’s point total was the program’s highest since a 125-74 win over

Emory University in January 2000.

Washington U. is averaging 85.1 points, just 0.2 shy of the school record (85.3) established during the 1994-95 season.

AROUND THE AREA Wide receiver Matt Quarells (Hazelwood Central) has transferred from Iowa to SIU Carbondale.

Quarells, who will be a senior next season, played for two years at New Mexico before transferring to Iowa.

• Eastern Illinois senior guard Terrell Lewis (Ladue) is the ninth player in Ohio Valley Conference history with 1,000 points and 500 assists.

• Freshman Marvin Bateman (Althoff) is one of six players averaging in double figures for Greenville’s high-scoring basketball team. Greenville is averaging 125.2 points, which leads all NCAA divisions. The 6-foot-5 Bateman is averaging 11.7.

• One of the top returnees among Atlantic Coast Conference baseball teams is Notre Dame junior outfielder-pitcher Matt Vierling (CBC), who batted .330 as a sophomore. He also saved two games in 10 pitching appearances.

• St. Louis University senior guard Jackie Kemph has been chosen as a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award in NCAA women’s basketball. Kemph is among 30 candidates nationwide and the only representative from the Atlantic 10 Conference. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on “the total studentathlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.”

Kemph averages a team-leading 13.6 points for the Billikens (8-8).

• SIU Carbondale will add women’s soccer as a varsity sport in 2019.

The McKendree University wrestling team opened the season atop the Division II national rankings. In the National Wrestling Coaches Association poll released this week, the Bearcats were tied with Upper Iowa at No. 6.

“We’ve been dealing with injuries that have set us back a little bit,” said coach James Kisgen, in his 14th season at McKendree. “Before the start of the season, Brock Wingbermuehle (Seckman High), a returning national runner-up, blew out his knee and had ACL surgery — that was obviously a tough blow for us. And since then, we’ve had a number of guys in and out of the lineup. It really becomes a balancing act, making sure guys stay sharp while also making sure they’re getting the rest they need, and that’s not easy to do because of the challenging schedule we wrestle.

“But there’s a tremendous amount of potential here and as long as we get these guys relatively healthy, we still feel like we can finish the season strong.”

McKendree, which placed fifth at the NCAA Division II championships a year ago, is led by senior Darren Wynn, a three-time All-American who’s ranked No. 1 in the nation at 141 pounds. Wynn, of Champaign, Ill., won the national title as a sophomore and finished second a season ago.

“Darren’s had an incredible career and he’s having another outstanding season for us,’’ Kisgen said.

Other McKendree wrestlers ranked in the top 12 are sophomore Nick Foster (Belleville West), who’s No. 4 at 174, senior Ryan Strope, who’s No. 6 at 157, junior Isaiah Kemper, who’s No. 10 at 149 and junior Qian’te Wagner (Alton), who’s No. 10 at 165.

Strope (fifth) and Foster (eighth) are returning AllAmericans. Senior NaQuan Hardy earned All-America honors in 2016, placing sixth at 133.

“To challenge for a top spot at the end of the year, it’s going to take six or seven AllAmericans, so we’ll need a few more guys to step up,’’ Kisgen said. “But we have the talent —I firmly believe that — so it’s just a matter of getting and staying healthy and having everybody at their best for that final push.”

Ranked second in the Super Region 3 behind national power St. Cloud State, McKendree will square off with No. 20 Lindenwood on Wednesday in St. Charles and will have a key Great Lakes Valley Conference tri-meet on Jan. 27, hosting No. 3 Wisconsin-Parkside as well as No. 23 Maryville.

BANGED-UP MARYVILLE Like McKendree, Maryville has been hit hard by the injury bug.

“This is my 49th year as a wrestling coach, and I’ve never seen anything like it,’’ said

Maryville’s Mike Denney, a Hall of Fame coach who started the program here in 2011. “I really like this group. They’re great, hard-working young men — we have 19 with 3.5 or better GPAs — but I can’t seem to keep them healthy and in the lineup.

The Saints, who are tied at No. 23 with Lake Erie in the latest DII rankings, placed seventh nationally a year ago after taking fifth in 2016. Maryville placed third in both 2014 and 2015.

Last year’s squad graduated a pair of three-time All-Americans in national champion Nate Rodriguez and Zeb Wahle as well as two-time All-American Donnell Walker (Parkway South).

Leading this year’s squad is senior James Krischke (Fort Zumwalt West), a returning All-American who placed seventh nationally as a junior and who’s ranked third at 149 pounds. Senior Jaret Singh, a two-time NCAA qualifier at 125, and junior Ethan Sherertz (Whitfield), who bumped up from 197 to heavyweight after reaching nationals a year ago, are two other key returnees.

And then there’s Will Roark, a sophomore who began his career at Mizzou and who’s currently ranked No. 12 at 141.

“He was really wrestling well and then got hurt,” Denney said. “Hopefully we can get him back soon.”

LINDENWOOD IS YOUNG Lindenwood, ranked 20th, features a lineup loaded with freshmen and sophomores.

“We have some talent, but we’re also redshirting a few guys, hoping it’ll make us even stronger over the next few years,’’ coach Jimmy Rollins said. “The younger guys are learning and gaining experience and when we bring the redshirt guys back next year, we should be a stronger, deeper team.”

The Lions’ lineup features a trio of ranked wrestlers — sophomore Carlos Jacquez, who’s No. 4 at 125, senior Hunter Haralson, who’s No. 8 at 133 and senior Jake Borgmeyer, the nation’s 12th-ranked heavyweight.

Danny Swan, an NCAA qualifier as a freshman in 2016, has been coming on at 141. The same holds for 165-pound Austin Stofer, a freshman from Lafayette High.

“I think it says a lot about our young group that we’re still ranked nationally,’’ said Rollins, who’s in his second season as the Lions’ head coach.

LOCAL TIES Defending 149-pound national champion Keith Surber, an O’Fallon High product, is a senior at the University of Nebraska-Kearney who is ranked second at 149. A three-time Post-Dispatch All-Metro performer, Surber began his career at Nebraska and is a three-time Division II All-American.

Joe Lyons @joelyonspd on twitter jlyons@post-dispatch.com

SPORTS

01.20.2018 • Saturday • M 2

Wizards beat Pistons with big third quarter

NBA SUMMARIES

NBA STANDINGS

Wizards 122, Pistons 112

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Washington: Porter Jr. 5-9 2-2 16, Morris 4-14 4-4 13, Gortat 4-7 2-2 10, Wall 6-15 2-3 16, Beal 7-12 8-9 26, Oubre Jr. 9-14 3-3 26, Satoransky 0-1 0-0 0, Scott 2-3 3-4 7, Mahinmi 1-2 0-0 2, Meeks 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 41-82 24-27 122.

Detroit: Bullock 3-6 0-0 9, Harris 7-19 2-2 17, Drummond 4-5 6-8 14, I.Smith 7-11 1-2 15, Bradley 7-16 0-0 15, Johnson 1-3 2-2 5, Ellenson 0-0 0-0 0, Moreland 2-2 0-1 4, Tolliver 2-4 6-6 11, Galloway 2-5 0-0 4, Buycks 1-2 0-0 2, Kennard 4-7 5-5 16. Totals 40-80 22-26 112.

Washington 19 27 45 31 — 122 Detroit 29 17 28 38 — 112 3-point goals: Washington 16-35 (Oubre Jr. 5-9, Porter Jr. 4-5, Beal 4-7, Wall 2-5, Morris 1-5, Satoransky 0-1, Scott 0-1, Meeks 0-2), Detroit 10-30 (Bullock 3-5, Kennard 3-5, Johnson 1-2, Tolliver 1-3, Bradley 1-3, Harris 1-7, I.Smith 0-2, Galloway 0-3). Fouled out: Drummond. Rebounds: Washington 34 (Morris 9), Detroit 35 (Drummond 21). Assists: Washington 28 (Wall 11), Detroit 25 (Drummond 8). Total fouls: Washington 20, Detroit 22. Technicals: Wall, Detroit coach Pistons (Defensive three second). A: 14,744 (21,000).

Atlantic W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Boston 34 12 .739 — 7-3 L-2 18-7 16-5 22-9 Toronto 31 13 .705 2 7-3 W-2 17-3 14-10 19-6 Philadelphia 21 20 .512 10½ 7-3 W-2 10-10 11-10 10-10 New York 21 25 .457 13 3-7 W-1 15-9 6-16 10-16 17 29 .370 17 4-6 W-1 10-15 7-14 10-17 Brooklyn Southeast W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Miami 26 19 .578 — 8-2 L-1 12-9 14-10 18-11 Washington 26 20 .565 ½ 6-4 W-1 15-9 11-11 14-12 Charlotte 18 25 .419 7 6-4 W-2 12-12 6-13 9-14 Atlanta 13 31 .295 12½ 4-6 W-2 9-12 4-19 6-20 Orlando 13 32 .289 13 2-8 L-1 8-12 5-20 7-20 Central W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Cleveland 27 17 .614 — 3-7 W-1 16-5 11-12 20-10 Milwaukee 23 21 .523 4 4-6 L-1 14-9 9-12 11-15 Indiana 24 22 .522 4 5-5 L-2 14-10 10-12 17-12 Detroit 22 22 .500 5 3-7 L-4 13-7 9-15 13-16 17 28 .378 10½ 4-6 L-1 11-12 6-16 15-13 Chicago

Grizzlies 106, Kings 88

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Pistons guard Ish Smith passes the ball over Wizards forward Tomas Satoransky on Friday night.

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Bradley Beal and Kelly Oubre Jr. had 26 points each, and the Washington Wizards scored 45 points in the third quarter before holding on for a 122-112 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night in Detroit.

The Pistons cut a 20-point second-half deficit to four in the fourth, but John Wall made a big 3-pointer to put the Wizards up 107-100. Oubre added a four-point play a few possessions later to push Washington’s lead to nine.

Andre Drummond had 14 points, 21 rebounds and eight assists for the Pistons, who have lost four straight.

Raptors snap losing streak against Spurs • Kyle Lowry scored nine of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, DeMar DeRozan added 21 and the Toronto Raptors beat visiting San Antonio 86-83 to snap a four-game losing streak against the Spurs.

Jonas Valanciunas had 15 points and 11 rebounds as the Raptors improved to 17-3 at home, the second-best home record in the NBA behind San Antonio’s mark of 19-2.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 17 points and 14 rebounds, Pau Gasol scored 15 points and Patty Mills had 13 as San Antonio lost for the fourth time in six road games.

Carroll leads Nets past Heat • DeMarre Carroll scored 26 points, Spencer Dinwiddie had 15 and the Brooklyn Nets beat the visiting Miami Heat 101-95.

Brooklyn snapped a five-game losing skid at Barclays Center and a seven-game home losing streak to the Heat.

Caris LeVert and Joe Harris each added 12 points for the Nets. D’Angelo Russell played 14 minutes and went 0 for five from the field for Brooklyn in his first action after missing 32 games following left knee surgery.

Hassan Whiteside had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and Goran Dragic scored 17 points for the Heat.

AMERICA’S LINE NFL Favorite Open/current Underdog Sunday • AFC Championship PATRIOTS................9..... 7.5.................. Jaguars NFC Championship Vikings....................3...... 3.................... EAGLES NBA Points Underdog Favorite CAVALIERS.................. 4....................... Thunder HAWKS........................ 2............................. Bulls PELICANS...................6.5..................... Grizzlies HORNETS...................4.5........................... Heat 76ERS.........................6.5......................... Bucks Warriors...................... 4......................ROCKETS JAZZ............................3.5......................Clippers T’WOLVES...................3.5...................... Raptors BLAZERS..................... 5.....................Mavericks COLLEGE BASKETBALL Favorite Points Underdog VIRGINIA TECH............ 3..................... 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NHL Odds Underdog Favorite Stars...................-$160/+$140..............SABRES FLYERS...............-$125/+$105.................. Devils AVALANCHE........-$120/even................Rangers FLAMES..............-$125/+$105......................Jets Maple Leafs.......-$140/+$120..........SENATORS Hurricanes..........-$110/-$110......... RED WINGS Bruins..................-$120/even..........CANADIENS SHARKS...............-$120/even..............Penguins BLUES.................-$225/+$185.............. Coyotes PREDATORS....... -$175/+$155............. Panthers BLACKHAWKS.... -$155/+$135.............Islanders Lightning.............-$120/even.....................WILD OILERS............... -$175/+$155.............. Canucks Grand Salami: Over/under 78.5 goals.

Home team in CAPS © 2018 Benjamin Eckstein

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL | Major League Baseball COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended Baltimore minor league LHP Tucker Baca (GCL) 60 games after testing positive for Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, a performance-enhancing substance.

Suspended Pittsburgh minor league RHP Montana Durapau (Indianapolis-IL) 50 games following a second positive test for a drug of abuse. Suspended Atlanta minor league LHP Gabriel Noguera (GCL) 50 games following a second positive test for a drug of abuse.

American League TORONTO — Traded RHP Dominic Leone and RHP Connor Greene to Cardinals for OF Randal Grichuk.

National League HOUSTON — Promoted Josh Miller to minor league pitching coordinator and Chris Holt to assistant minor league pitching coordinator. Named Josh Bonifay minor league field coordinator; Mark Bailey minor league catching coordinator.

MIAMI — Agreed to terms with 1B Jonathan Rodriguez on a minor league contract.

NEW YORK — RHP Chasen Bradford was claimed off waivers by Seattle. RHP Kevin McGowan cleared waivers and was sent outright to Las Vegas (PCL).

BASKETBALL | NBA CHICAGO — Assigned F/C Cristiano Felicio and F Paul Zipser to Windy City (NBAGL).

LAKERS — Signed F Nigel Hayes to a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL | NFL ARIZONA — Signed LB Praise Martin-Oguike to a future contract for the 2018 season.

MIAMI — Named Dowell Loggains offensive coordinator and Jeremiah Washburn offensive line coach. Announced defensive backs coach Lou Anarumo, running backs coach Danny Barrett and defensive line coach Terrell Williams were not retained.

Announced Shawn Jefferson will become assistant head coach/offense, Ben Johnson will become wide receivers coach, and Clyde Christensen will become director of football and player development.

TENNESSEE — Agreed to terms with QB Tyler Ferguson on a reserve/futures contract.

WASHINGTON — Signed OL Orlando Franklin to a reserve/futures contract.

HOCKEY | NHL CALGARY — Recalled Fs Marek Hrivik and Andrew Mangiapane from Stockton (AHL).

NEW JERSEY — Recalled G Ken Appleby from Binghamton (AHL).

NY ISLANDERS — Recalled F Ross Johnston from Bridgeport (AHL).

NY RANGERS — Recalled D Tony DeAngelo and F Daniel Catenacci from Hartford (AHL).

SOCCER | Major League Soccer ATLANTA — Acquired M Ezequiel Barco from Atletico Independiente (Arg. Superleague).

CHICAGO — Acquired the first-round (No. 5) pick in the MLS draft from Minnesota for the first-round (No. 15) pick and $175,000 of allocation money and player to be named. Acquired the first-round (No. 10) pick in the MLS draft from Real Salt Lake for $85,000 of allocation money.

DC UNITED — Acquired $200,000 in allocation money from Los Angeles FC for the first-round (No. 3) pick in the MLS draft.

FC DALLAS — Acquired the first-round (No. 4) pick in the MLS draft from Montreal for $200,000 of allocation money.

HOUSTON — Acquired M Darwin Ceren from San Jose for $150,000 in allocation money and future considerations.

MINNESOTA — Acquired the first-round (No. 7) pick in the 2018 draft from Montreal for $150,000 of allocation money. Acquired the first-round (No. 23) pick in the 2018 draft

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH • B7

Sacramento: Jackson 1-3 0-2 3, Randolph 2-5 0-0 4, CauleyStein 2-10 3-4 7, Fox 5-12 5-5 16, Bogdanovic 7-13 0-0 15, Labissiere 2-8 0-0 4, Papagiannis 0-3 0-0 0, Hield 4-11 3-3 13, Temple 4-6 2-4 11, Carter 5-9 0-0 15. Totals 32-80 13-18 88.

Memphis: Brooks 8-13 3-4 22, Green 3-9 0-0 6, Gasol 3-6 0-0 6, Evans 4-15 5-6 14, Harrison 4-6 2-2 12, Martin 3-7 1-1 7, Rabb 2-2 0-0 4, Davis 2-3 1-4 5, Chalmers 2-8 0-0 5, McLemore 6-13 6-6 21, Selden 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 39-88 18-23 106.

Sacramento 17 23 19 29 — 88 Memphis 30 10 27 39 — 106 3-point goals: Sacramento 11-27 (Carter 5-6, Hield 2-4, Temple 1-2, Fox 1-3, Jackson 1-3, Bogdanovic 1-7, Labissiere 0-2), Memphis 10-34 (Brooks 3-6, McLemore 3-7, Harrison 2-3, Chalmers 1-5, Evans 1-5, Martin 0-1, Gasol 0-1, Selden 0-2, Green 0-4). Fouled out: None.

Rebounds: Sacramento 44 (Cauley-Stein 11), Memphis 49 (Green 10). Assists: Sacramento 18 (Fox 6), Memphis 24 (Chalmers, Evans, Davis 5). Total fouls: Sacramento 20, Memphis 17. Technicals: Sacramento coach Kings (Defensive three second). A: 16,831 (18,119).

Nets 101, Heat 95 Miami: Richardson 4-12 3-4 12, J.Johnson 3-7 1-2 8, Whiteside 9-17 4-5 22, Dragic 6-16 5-8 17, Jones Jr. 0-4 0-0 0, Winslow 2-6 0-0 5, Adebayo 3-5 3-4 9, Olynyk 4-6 2-2 12, Ellington 4-11 0-0 10. Totals 35-84 18-25 95.

Brooklyn: Carroll 9-12 5-5 26, Hollis-Jefferson 2-9 3-4 7, Zeller 3-6 0-0 6, Dinwiddie 6-12 2-2 15, Crabbe 2-9 1-1 5, Acy 2-2 1-2 7, Okafor 2-2 0-0 4, Allen 2-2 2-4 6, Russell 0-5 1-2 1, Harris 4-5 2-2 12, LeVert 4-12 3-4 12. Totals 36-76 20-26 101.

Miami 24 29 16 26 — 95 Brooklyn 21 22 24 34 — 101 3-point goals: Miami 7-22 (Olynyk 2-3, Ellington 2-7, Winslow 1-2, J.Johnson 1-3, Richardson 1-4, Jones Jr. 0-1, Dragic 0-2), Brooklyn 9-32 (Carroll 3-5, Acy 2-2, Harris 2-3, Dinwiddie 1-5, LeVert 1-6, Zeller 0-2, Russell 0-3, Crabbe 0-6). Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Miami 43 (Whiteside 13), Brooklyn 44 (Allen 7). Assists: Miami 22 (Richardson 7), Brooklyn 20 (LeVert 5). Total fouls: Miami 22, Brooklyn 18. Technicals: Miami coach Heat (Defensive three second). A: 17,732 (17,732).

Raptors 86, Spurs 83 San Antonio: Anderson 2-5 0-0 5, Aldridge 6-25 4-5 17, Gasol 6-11 3-4 15, Parker 1-9 1-2 3, Green 2-8 0-0 4, Bertans 2-5 0-0 4, Lauvergne 1-1 0-0 2, Mills 4-14 4-4 13, Murray 4-10 2-2 10, Forbes 3-3 2-3 10. Totals 31-91 16-20 83.

Toronto: Anunoby 0-7 0-0 0, Ibaka 2-7 0-0 4, Valanciunas 7-10 0-0 15, Lowry 8-16 4-5 24, DeRozan 9-19 3-5 21, Miles 2-7 1-2 6, Powell 1-4 0-0 2, Siakam 2-6 0-0 6, Poeltl 1-3 1-2 3, Wright 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 34-85 9-14 86.

San Antonio 18 19 23 23 — 83 Toronto 17 27 19 23 — 86 3-point goals: San Antonio 5-20 (Forbes 2-2, Anderson 1-1, Aldridge 1-3, Mills 1-9, Green 0-2, Bertans 0-3), Toronto 9-26 (Lowry 4-9, Siakam 2-4, Valanciunas 1-1, Wright 1-1, Miles 1-4, DeRozan 0-1, Ibaka 0-3, Anunoby 0-3). Fouled out: None. Rebounds: San Antonio 56 (Aldridge 14), Toronto 50 (Valanciunas 11). Assists: San Antonio 18 (Parker 4), Toronto 16 (DeRozan 6). Total fouls: San Antonio 13, Toronto 19. A: 19,800 (19,800).

Suns 108, Nuggets 100 Phoenix: Warren 11-17 3-6 25, Bender 1-3 0-0 3, T.Chandler 1-2 1-2 3, Ulis 0-5 3-4 3, Booker 11-23 4-4 30, Dudley 1-6 0-0 3, Jackson 6-9 2-2 16, Len 1-2 1-2 3, Canaan 6-12 0-0 16, Daniels 2-2 0-0 6. Totals 40-81 14-20 108.

Denver: W.Chandler 1-3 0-0 2, Lyles 5-8 4-4 15, Jokic 5-12 2-2 14, Murray 10-17 5-5 30, Harris 6-16 0-0 16, Jefferson 2-3 0-0 5, Plumlee 0-1 1-4 1, Mudiay 2-6 2-2 6, Craig 0-0 0-0 0, Beasley 1-2 0-0 3, Barton 3-10 2-4 8. Totals 35-78 16-21 100.

Phoenix 29 31 25 23 — 108 Denver 31 19 23 27 — 100 3-point goals: Phoenix 14-33 (Canaan 4-6, Booker 4-11, Daniels 2-2, Jackson 2-4, Bender 1-2, Dudley 1-4, Warren 0-1, Ulis 0-3), Denver 14-36 (Murray 5-8, Harris 4-11, Jokic 2-3, Jefferson 1-1, Beasley 1-2, Lyles 1-3, W.Chandler 0-2, Mudiay 0-2, Barton 0-4). Fouled out: Murray. Rebounds: Phoenix 37 (T.Chandler 9), Denver 42 (Jokic 17). Assists: Phoenix 28 (Canaan 6), Denver 23 (Jokic 5). Total fouls: Phoenix 21, Denver 20. Technicals: Murray, Jokic. A: 15,732 (19,155).

from Toronto FC for the second-round (No. 28) pick and $50,000 of allocation money.

NEW YORK CITY — Signed F Jo Inge Berget.

PHILADELPHIA — Acquired M David Accam from Chicago for $1.2 million in allocation money.

PORTLAND — Signed F Foster Langsdorf.

COLLEGE NCAA — Placed Houston Baptist’s football program two years of probation and recruiting penalties after coach Vic Shealy failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance by creating his own student host program.

BYU — Named Preston Hadley safeties coach. Announced the resignation of linebackers coach Steve Kaufusi. Announced assistant head coach Ed Lamb will switch from coaching safeties to the linebackers and coach Kalani Sitake will assist in coaching the defense this season.

ILLINOIS — Named Rod Smith offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach and Cory Patterson tight ends coach.

LOUISVILLE — Announced the resignation of defensive coordinator Peter Sirmon.

MICHIGAN STATE — Named Mike Tressel defensive coordinator.

PURDUE — Announced the resignation of assistant football coach Tony Levine.

WISCONSIN — Renewed the contracts of football coach Paul Chryst and volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield through January 31, 2023, and women’s soccer coach Paula Wilkins and men’s soccer coach John Trask through January 31, 2021.

FOOTBALL NFL injury report JAGUARS at PATRIOTS — JAGUARS: QUESTIONABLE: S Tashaun Gipson (foot).

PATRIOTS: QUESTIONABLE: QB Tom Brady (right hand), T LaAdrian Waddle (knee), DT Alan Branch (knee), RB Mike Gillislee (knee), RB Michael Burkhead (knee).

VIKINGS at EAGLES — VIKINGS: OUT: DT Shamar Stephen (knee). QUESTIONABLE: S Andrew Sendejo (concussion), CB Mackensie Alexander (rib), WR Adam Thielen (back). EAGLES: QUESTIONABLE: LB Dannell Ellerbe (hamstring).

SOCCER English Premier League Saturday Brighton vs. Chelsea, 6:30 a.m.

Arsenal vs. Crystal Palace, 9 a.m.

Everton vs. West Brom, 9 a.m.

West Ham vs. Bournemouth, 9 a.m.

Leicester vs. Watford, 9 a.m.

Stoke vs. Huddersfield, 9 a.m.

Burnley vs. Man United, 9 a.m.

Man City vs. Newcastle, 5:30 p.m.

COLLEGES Area results Men’s volleyball

Missouri Baptist def. St. Ambrose 25-20, 25-20, 25-20

Saturday’s area basketball W: SEMO at Eastern Illinois, 1 p.m.

M: UT Martin at SIU Edwardsville, 1 p.m.

W: UMSL at Quincy, 1 p.m.

W: Illinois Springfield at Maryville, 1 p.m.

W: Shawnee at Lewis & Clark, 1 p.m.

W: SWIC at Olney, 1 p.m.

W: MCC-Penn Valley at St. Louis CC, 1 p.m.

W: LU-Belleville at Freed-Hardeman, 1 p.m.

W: Missouri Baptist at STL Pharmacy, 1 p.m.

W: Westminster at Webster, 1 p.m.

W: Fontbonne at Spalding, 1 p.m.

W: Harris-Stowe at Williams Baptist, 1 p.m.

W: Lindenwood at Central Missouri, 1:30 p.m.

M: Iowa Wesleyan at Principia, 2 p.m.

M: Missouri State at Drake, 3 p.m.

M: Illinois Springfield at Maryville, 3 p.m.

M: Shawnee at Lewis & Clark, 3 p.m.

M: SWIC at Olney, 3 p.m.

M: MCC-Penn Valley at St. Louis CC, 3 p.m.

M: LU-Belleville at Freed-Hardeman, 3 p.m.

M: Missouri Baptist at STL Pharmacy, 3 p.m.

M: Westminster at Webster, 3 p.m.

M: Fontbonne at Spalding, 3 p.m.

M: Harris-Stowe at Williams Baptist, 3 p.m.

M: SEMO at Eastern Illinois, 3:15 p.m.

M: UMSL at Quincy, 3:15 p.m.

M: Lindenwood at Central Missouri, 3:30 p.m.

W: Jefferson at State Fair, 5:30 p.m.

W: UT Martin at SIU Edwardsville, 6 p.m.

National men’s basketball Brown 81, Yale 80 Buffalo 84, W. Michigan 74 Canisius 68, Manhattan 59 Davidson 83, St. Bon. 73 Iona 76, Monmouth (NJ) 73 Michigan St. 85, Indiana 57 Wisconsin 75, Illinois 50

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf 31 12 .721 — 6-4 W-1 16-6 15-6 18-7 Houston San Antonio 30 17 .638 3 5-5 L-1 19-2 11-15 16-9 New Orleans 23 21 .523 8½ 5-5 L-1 11-9 12-12 11-15 16 28 .364 15½ 6-4 W-3 11-13 5-15 14-16 Memphis Dallas 15 30 .333 17 5-5 L-2 9-15 6-15 8-19 Northwest W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Minnesota 29 18 .617 — 6-4 L-2 18-6 11-12 23-7 Oklahoma City 25 20 .556 3 5-5 W-3 16-7 9-13 15-13 Portland 24 21 .533 4 6-4 W-2 12-10 12-11 12-13 Denver 23 23 .500 5½ 4-6 L-2 16-6 7-17 14-16 18 27 .400 10 3-7 L-1 13-9 5-18 10-14 Utah Pacific W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Golden State 37 9 .804 — 9-1 W-4 16-6 21-3 20-6 LA Clippers 23 21 .523 13 8-2 W-6 14-9 9-12 17-13 Phoenix 17 29 .370 20 4-6 W-1 8-16 9-13 11-17 16 29 .356 20½ 5-5 W-1 10-14 6-15 8-21 LA Lakers Sacramento 13 32 .289 23½ 1-9 L-7 7-14 6-18 8-19 Saturday Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 2:30 p.m.

Chicago at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Memphis at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Miami at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

LA Clippers at Utah, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 9 p.m.

Friday Toronto 86, San Antonio 83 Brooklyn 101, Miami 95 Memphis 106, Sacramento 88 Washington 122, Detroit 112 Phoenix 108, Denver 100 L.A. Lakers 99, Indiana 86 New York 117, Utah 115 Thursday Cleveland 104, Orlando 103 Philadelphia 89, Boston 80 Houston 116, Minnesota 98 Portland 100, Indiana 86

Sunday Orlando at Boston, noon New York at LA Lakers, 2:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Detroit, 3 p.m.

Indiana at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Monday Sacramento at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Utah at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at LA Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Lakers 99, Pacers 86

Knicks 117, Jazz 115

Indiana: Bogdanovic 5-12 0-0 11, T.Young 5-11 0-0 10, Sabonis 6-10 3-5 15, Collison 1-9 3-4 5, Oladipo 11-26 2-2 25, Leaf 1-2 1-1 3, Poythress 0-0 0-0 0, Jefferson 3-6 0-0 6, Joseph 4-8 0-0 8, J.Young 0-1 0-0 0, Stephenson 1-12 1-1 3. Totals 37-97 10-13 86.

L.A. Lakers: Brewer 2-6 0-0 4, Kuzma 5-15 0-3 13, Randle 7-12 0-2 14, Ennis 3-5 0-2 7, Hart 4-8 0-0 9, Nance Jr. 5-5 0-2 10, Lopez 2-7 0-2 4, Caruso 2-3 0-0 5, Clarkson 14-19 2-3 33. Totals 44-80 2-14 99.

Indiana 25 14 27 20 — 86 L.A. Lakers 18 29 27 25 — 99 3-point goals: Indiana 2-25 (Oladipo 1-5, Bogdanovic 1-6, Leaf 0-1, Sabonis 0-1, T.Young 0-2, Joseph 0-3, Stephenson 0-3, Collison 0-4), L.A. Lakers 9-28 (Clarkson 3-6, Kuzma 3-9, Ennis 1-1, Caruso 1-2, Hart 1-4, Brewer 0-2, Lopez 0-4). Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Indiana 44 (Sabonis 14), L.A. Lakers 47 (Nance Jr. 11). Assists: Indiana 15 (Collison, Oladipo 4), L.A. Lakers 26 (Clarkson 7). Total fouls: Indiana 18, L.A. Lakers 17. Technicals: Indiana Pacers (Defensive three second). A: 18,997 (19,060).

New York: Hardaway Jr. 11-17 3-5 31, Porzingis 6-14 5-7 18, Kanter 5-13 2-3 12, Lee 6-13 4-4 18, Jack 3-6 0-0 6, Thomas 3-3 0-0 7, McDermott 1-3 0-0 2, Beasley 5-13 0-0 10, O’Quinn 1-1 2-2 4, Burke 3-4 0-0 7, Ntilikina 0-0 0-0 0, Baker 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 44-89 18-23 117.

Utah: Hood 8-15 0-0 18, Favors 3-8 1-2 7, Gobert 7-10 9-15 23, Rubio 6-11 4-6 17, Mitchell 7-21 0-0 17, O’Neale 0-2 2-2 2, Ingles 3-5 1-2 9, Jerebko 1-3 0-0 3, Neto 2-4 0-0 4, Johnson 5-12 3-3 15. Totals 42-91 20-30 115.

New York 22 27 36 32 — 117 25 30 23 37 — 115 Utah 3-point goals: New York 11-20 (Hardaway Jr. 6-7, Lee 2-3, Thomas 1-1, Burke 1-1, Porzingis 1-3, McDermott 0-1, Jack 0-1, Beasley 0-1, Baker 0-2), Utah 11-31 (Mitchell 3-11, Ingles 2-4, Hood 2-5, Johnson 2-6, Jerebko 1-1, Rubio 1-2, Favors 0-1, Neto 0-1). Fouled out: None. Rebounds: New York 36 (Kanter 9), Utah 52 (Gobert 14). Assists: New York 23 (Jack 6), Utah 19 (Mitchell 7). Total fouls: New York 26, Utah 20.

Technicals: Utah Jazz (Delay of game). A: 18,306 (19,911).

MEN’S BASKETBALL

How the top 25 fared 1. Villanova (17-1) idle. Next: at UConn, Sat. 2. Virginia (17-1) idle. Next: at W. Forest, Sun. 3. Purdue (18-2) idle. Next: at Iowa, Sat. 4. Oklahoma (14-3) idle. Next: at Okla. St., Sat. 5. Duke (16-2) idle. Next: vs. Pittsburgh, Sat. 6. W. Virginia (15-3) idle. Next: vs. Texas, Sat. 7. Wichita St. (15-3) idle.

Next: at Houston, Sat. 8. Texas Tech (15-3) idle.

Next: at Iowa St., Sat. 9. Michigan St. (17-3) beat Indiana 85-57. Next: at Illinois, Mon. 10. Kansas (15-3) idle. Next: vs. Baylor, Sat. 11. Xavier (17-3) idle. Next: at No. 19 Seton Hall, Sat. 12. Cincinnati (16-2) idle. Next: vs. East Carolina, Sat. 13. Gonzaga (16-4) idle. Next: at Santa Clara, Sat. 14. Arizona (15-4) idle.

Next: at Stanford, Sat. 15. North Carolina (15-4) idle.

Next: vs. Georgia Tech, Sat. 16. Arizona St. (14-4) idle. Next: at Cal., Sat. 17. Auburn (16-2) idle. Next: vs. Georgia, Sat. 18. Kentucky (14-4) idle.

Next: vs. Florida, Sat. 19. Seton Hall (15-4) idle. Next: vs. No. 11 Xavier, Sat. 20. Clemson (15-3) idle. Next: vs. Notre Dame, Sat. 21. Tennessee (12-5) idle. Next: at South Carolina, Sat. 22. Ohio St. (16-4) idle. Next: vs. Minn., Sat. 23. Michigan (16-5) idle.

Next: vs. Rutgers, Sun. 24. TCU (14-4) idle. Next: at Kansas St., Sat. 25. Miami (13-4) idle. Next: at N.C. St., Sun. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

How the top 25 fared 1. UConn (17-0) idle. Next: at Temple, Sun. 2. Louisville (20-0) idle. Next: vs. No. 12 Florida St., Sun. 3. Mississippi St. (19-0) idle.

Next: at No. 6 Tennessee, Sun. 4. Baylor (16-1) idle. Next: vs. Kansas St., Sat. 5. Notre Dame (17-2) idle.

Next: vs. Clemson, Sun. 6. Tennessee (16-2) idle. Next: vs. No. 3 Mississippi St., Sun. 7. Oregon (17-3) lost to No. 18 Oregon St. 85-79. Next: vs. No. 18 Oregon St., Sun. 8. Ohio St. (16-3) idle. Next: at No. 14 Maryland, Mon. 9. Texas (14-3) idle. Next: at Texas Tech, Sat. 10. South Carolina (15-3) idle.

Next: at Kentucky, Sun. 11. Missouri (16-2) idle. Next: vs. Arkansas, Sun. 12. Florida St. (17-2) idle. Next: at No. 2 Louisville, Sun. 13. UCLA (14-4) beat No. 21 California 60-52. Next: vs. Stanford, Sun. 14. Maryland (16-3) idle. Next: vs. No. 8 Ohio St., Mon. 15. Duke (15-4) idle. Next: at North Carolina, Sun. 16. Texas A&M (15-5) idle. Next: vs. LSU, Mon. 17. West Virginia (15-4) idle.

Next: at Iowa St., Sat. 18. Oregon St. (14-4) beat No. 7 Oregon 85-79. Next: at No. 7 Oregon, Sun. 19. Michigan (16-4) idle. Next: vs. Illinois, Sat. 20. Iowa (15-4) idle. Next: at Minnesota, Sun. 21. California (13-5) lost to No. 13 UCLA 60-52. Next: at USC, Sun. 22. Arizona St. (13-6) lost to Utah 58-56. Next: vs. Colorado, Sun. 23. Green Bay (16-2) idle.

Next: at Oakland, Sat. 24. Oklahoma St. (13-4) idle.

Next: at Oklahoma, Sat. 25. Rutgers (17-4) idle. Next: vs. Nebraska, Sun.

GOLF ‌PGA | CareerBuilder Friday | La Quinta, Calif.

Purse: $5.9 million s-Stadium Course, Yards 7,113; Par 72 q-La Quinta CC Course, Yards 7,060; Par 72 n-Nicklaus Tournament Course, Yards 7,159; Par 72 Second Round Andrew Landry 63q-65n — 128 -16 Jon Rahm 62q-67n — 129 -15 Jason Kokrak 63q-67n — 130 -14 Zach Johnson 67q-64n — 131 -13 Michael Kim 67q-64n — 131 -13 Martin Piller 64n-67s — 131 -13 Nick Watney 65s-67q — 132 -12 Brandon Harkins 64q-68n — 132 -12 Brian Gay 68s-64q — 132 -12 Austin Cook 63n-70s — 133 -11 Kevin Na 66q-67n — 133 -11 Adam Hadwin 66n-67s — 133 -11 Scott Piercy 68q-65n — 133 -11 Brian Harman 65q-68n — 133 -11 Russell Knox 69q-64n — 133 -11 Grayson Murray 65s-68q — 133 -11 Beau Hossler 64q-69n — 133 -11 Aaron Wise 64q-69n — 133 -11 Richy Werenski 67n-67s — 134 -10 Lucas Glover 66q-68n — 134 -10

James Hahn 68s-66q — 134 -10 Peter Uihlein 70q-64n — 134 -10 Jhonattan Vegas 65n-69s — 134 -10 Bronson Burgoon 68n-66s — 134 -10 Hudson Swafford 66q-68n — 134 -10 Maverick McNealy 66q-68n — 134 -10 Trey Mullinax 70s-64q — 134 -10 Harris English 67q-68n — 135 -9 Kevin Chappell 71n-64s — 135 -9 Rob Oppenheim 67s-68q — 135 -9 Webb Simpson 69s-66q — 135 -9 Andrew Putnam 69n-66s — 135 -9 Hunter Mahan 68s-67q — 135 -9 Kevin Kisner 67n-68s — 135 -9 67q-68n — 135 -9 Bud Cauley Ben Martin 69s-67q — 136 -8 67s-69q — 136 -8 Kevin Streelman Seamus Power 70s-66q — 136 -8 Alex Cejka 66n-70s — 136 -8 68s-68q — 136 -8 Troy Merritt Ricky Barnes 71q-65n — 136 -8 Tom Whitney 68n-68s — 136 -8 Keith Mitchell 70q-66n — 136 -8 Ryan Palmer 69s-67q — 136 -8 71q-65n — 136 -8 Chris Kirk 70s-66q — 136 -8 Patton Kizzire Abraham Ancer 69n-67s — 136 -8 Corey Conners 68n-68s — 136 -8 67q-69n — 136 -8 Chez Reavie David Lingmerth 71s-65q — 136 -8 Lanto Griffin 72q-64n — 136 -8 Stewart Cink 68n-69s — 137 -7 Smylie Kaufman 69q-68n — 137 -7 Talor Gooch 65n-72s — 137 -7 Sam Saunders 70q-67n — 137 -7 Charles Howell III 67n-70s — 137 -7 Robert Garrigus 72s-65q — 137 -7 John Huh 68n-69s — 137 -7 Ben Crane 70n-67s — 137 -7 C.T. Pan 67n-70s — 137 -7 Sung Kang 68s-69q — 137 -7 Derek Fathauer 71s-66q — 137 -7 Greg Chalmers 68n-69s — 137 -7 Brian Stuard 70q-67n — 137 -7 Tom Lovelady 73s-64q — 137 -7 Tyler Duncan 68s-69q — 137 -7 Rory Sabbatini 69n-69s — 138 -6 70q-68n — 138 -6 Phil Mickelson Sangmoon Bae 69s-69q — 138 -6 Sam Ryder 67n-71s — 138 -6 Nate Lashley 67s-71q — 138 -6 Jason Dufner 69q-69n — 138 -6 Ben Silverman 67q-71n — 138 -6 John Peterson 70s-68q — 138 -6 Jonathan Byrd 67q-71n — 138 -6 Ryan Blaum 68n-70s — 138 -6 Charles Reiter 68q-70n — 138 -6 Lee Janzen 69n-69s — 138 -6 Chesson Hadley 71q-67n — 138 -6 Chris Stroud 70s-68q — 138 -6 Sean O’Hair 68s-70q — 138 -6 Ted Potter, Jr. 71q-68n — 139 -5 Brett Stegmaier 71s-68q — 139 -5 Tyrone Van Aswegen 68n-71s — 139 -5 Rick Lamb 72s-67q — 139 -5 Scott Brown 70s-69q — 139 -5 Nick Taylor 68n-71s — 139 -5 Whee Kim 70q-69n — 139 -5 Zecheng Dou 67n-72s — 139 -5 Chad Campbell 69s-71q — 140 -4 Wesley Bryan 65n-75s — 140 -4 Vaughn Taylor 69q-71n — 140 -4 Joel Dahmen 68n-72s — 140 -4 Conrad Shindler 67q-73n — 140 -4 Martin Flores 69q-71n — 140 -4 70n-70s — 140 -4 Mac Hughes Brendan Steele 71s-69q — 140 -4 Matt Every 66n-74s — 140 -4 Scott Stallings 69q-71n — 140 -4 Daniel Summerhays 67n-73s — 140 -4 Billy Hurley III 73s-67q — 140 -4 Bill Haas 72s-68q — 140 -4 Roberto Diaz 69q-71n — 140 -4 Adam Schenk 72q-68n — 140 -4 Kyle Thompson 72s-68q — 140 -4 John Daly 69n-71s — 140 -4 Fabian Gomez 72s-68q — 140 -4 Danny Lee 70n-71s — 141 -3 Colt Knost 66q-75n — 141 -3 J.J. Spaun 71s-70q — 141 -3 Mark Brooks 68s-73q — 141 -3 Jim Herman 69n-72s — 141 -3 Zac Blair 75n-66s — 141 -3 Denny McCarthy 75s-66q — 141 -3 D.J. Trahan 71n-70s — 141 -3 Steve Wheatcroft 69s-72q — 141 -3 Peter Malnati 69n-72s — 141 -3 Bubba Watson 70q-71n — 141 -3 Ryan Armour 68n-74s — 142 -2 Harold Varner III 71q-71n — 142 -2 Jimmy Walker 68q-74n — 142 -2 Brice Garnett 74s-68q — 142 -2 Dominic Bozzelli 72s-70q — 142 -2 Cameron Tringale 70q-72n — 142 -2 Shawn Stefani 71s-71q — 142 -2 Martin Laird 70s-72q — 142 -2 Tom Hoge 69n-73s — 142 -2 Xinjun Zhang 72n-70s — 142 -2 Matt Atkins 67n-76s — 143 -1 Rod Pampling 77s-66q — 143 -1 J.T. Poston 72q-71n — 143 -1 69n-74s — 143 -1 Jon Curran J.J. Henry 75s-68q — 143 -1 Cameron Percy 72q-71n — 143 -1 69q-74n — 143 -1 Matt Jones 72n-71s — 143 -1 Brandt Snedeker 71n-73s — 144 E David Hearn Andrew Loupe 74n-70s — 144 E Johnson Wagner 73q-71n — 144 E

Geoff Ogilvy Jeff Gove Stephan Jaeger Patrick Reed Michael Block Luke List Jonathan Randolph Ethan Tracy Camilo Villegas Nicholas Lindheim Charlie Beljan Mike Weir Blayne Barber Jason Gore Mark Wilson Andrew Yun

72s-72q 70n-74s 71q-73n 74n-70s 71n-73s 74s-71q 71n-74s 74s-71q 69q-77n 76s-71q 76q-72n 74n-75s 71n-79s 79s-72q 78s-74q 76s-76q

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‌Euro | Abu Dhabi Friday | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Purse: $3 million | Yards: 7,583 | Par: 72 Second Round Thomas Pieters, Belgium 67-65 — 132 Jorge Campillo, Spain 69-64 — 133 Tommy Fleetwood, England 66-68 — 134 Alexander Levy, France 69-65 — 134 Ross Fisher, England 67-67 — 134 Andy Sullivan, England 70-65 — 135 Sam Brazel, Australia 67-68 — 135 69-66 — 135 Rory McIlroy, N.Ireland Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 67-68 — 135 Paul Casey, England 70-65 — 135 72-64 — 136 Dustin Johnson, U.S. Fabrizio Zanotti, Paraguay 67-69 — 136 Chris Paisley, England 69-67 — 136 Dylan Frittelli, South Africa 69-67 — 136 68-68 — 136 Andrew Johnston, England Ryan Fox, New Zealand 70-66 — 136 Branden Grace, South Africa 72-64 — 136

Champions | Hualalai Friday | Ka’upulehu-Kona, Hawaii Purse: $1.8 million | Yards 7,107 | Par 72 Second Round Colin Montgomerie 65-65 — 130 -14 Gene Sauers 64-68 — 132 -12 Jerry Kelly 64-68 — 132 -12 David Toms 67-66 — 133 -11 Doug Garwood 67-67 — 134 -10 Mark Calcavecchia 67-67 — 134 -10 Woody Austin 67-67 — 134 -10 Miguel Angel Jimenez 70-65 — 135 -9 Marco Dawson 68-67 — 135 -9 Bernhard Langer 69-67 — 136 -8 Scott McCarron 70-66 — 136 -8 Duffy Waldorf 69-67 — 136 -8 Tom Pernice Jr. 68-68 — 136 -8 Kevin Sutherland 66-70 — 136 -8 Kirk Triplett 66-70 — 136 -8

TENNIS Australian Open Friday results | seedings in parentheses Men’s Singles | Third Round Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Damir Dzumhur (28), Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1.

Diego Schwartzman (24), Argentina, def. Aleksandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.

Pablo Carreno-Busta (10), Spain, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Marin Cilic (6), Croatia, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Grigor Dimitrov (3), Bulgaria, def. Andrey Rublev (30), Russia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Nick Kyrgios (17), Australia, def.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (15), France, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5).

Kyle Edmund, Britain, def.

Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, 7-6 (0), 3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5.

Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-7 (5), 9-7.

Women’s Singles | Third Round Petra Martic, Croatia, def. Luksika Kumkhum, Thailand, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

Elise Mertens, Belgium, def. Alize Cornet, France, 7-5, 6-4.

Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, def.

Magda Linette, Poland, 6-1, 6-4.

Elina Svitolina (4), Ukraine, def.

Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-2.

Anett Kontaveit (32), Estonia, def. Jelena Ostapenko (7), Latvia, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

Carla Suarez-Navarro, Spain, def.

Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.

Magdalena Rybarikova (19), Slovakia, def.

Katerina Bondarenko, Ukraine, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.

Saturday results | seedings in parentheses Men’s Singles | Third Round Dominic Thiem (5), Austria, def. Adrian Mannarino (26), France, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5.

Women’s Singles | Third Round Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 15-13.

Karolina Pliskova (6), Czech Republic, def. Lucie Safarova (29), Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 7-5.

Madison Keys (17), United States, def.

Ana Bogdan, Romania, 6-3, 6-4.

Caroline Garcia (8), France, def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.

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B8 • ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

M 2 • Saturday • 01.20.2018

FOOTBALL

FRIDAY’S RESULTS

Patterson leaves Trinity for job on Illini staff

BOYS BASKETBALL

BY DAVID KVIDAHL STLhighschoolsports.com

Cory Patterson always has told his players to make the sacrifices needed to chase success.

Patterson took his own advice Friday. It hurt worse than he could have imagined.

Patterson resigned as Trinity High’s football coach and accepted an assistant coaching position on Lovie Smith’s staff at the University of Illinois. Patterson will be the tight ends coach for the Illini, who went 2-10 overall and 0-9 in the Big 10 last season.

Patterson, 37, ends his run as Trinity after five seasons, the last three as its head coach. In his first season the Titans were 6-4. They went a combined 21-2 the last two seasons and finished as the Class 2 runner-up in 2016.

The 2018 season was by all indications going to be the high point for the program under Patterson. Trinity has a loaded schedule that includes games with East St. Louis, Georgia

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powerhouse Colquitt County and Elder High School in Cincinnati.

Quarterback Isaiah Williams, receiver Marcus Washington and linebacker Shammond Cooper, all juniors, already have committed to playing in the Under Armour AllAmerican game next year. They are among the three most sought-after prospects in the nation.

Williams has more than 50 offers and can make the case as the nation’s top prospect in the 2019 class. The Titans’ elite trio added Georgia and Florida State offers to their swollen list of elite options this week.

When Trinity puts its name on the national map, Patterson won’t be there to see it. He spoke with his entire team Friday afternoon.

“This was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life,” Patterson said.

“It was rough talking to my guys.”

Patterson always asked his players to do everything they could to be successful, from early mornings in the weight room to studying late into the night to make the grades. He put an emphasis on community service.

Patterson wanted the Titans to leave no stone unturned as they searched for a path to success.

In doing that for himself, Patterson couldn’t say no to the chance to move into the Division I coaching ranks.

He couldn’t pass up working for Smith, the former Rams defensive coordinator and NFL head coach with the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“When he first met me he told me I could command a locker room, that I had that charisma,” Patterson said.

“We talked again, about aspirations to do something bigger.”

Patterson was intrigued and wary of making the move at first. He has thought about taking a step up the coaching ranks, but that meant leaving behind an incoming senior class he’s known and worked with since they were in their football infancy.

“It was an opportunity I wasn’t all the way 100 percent sure about,” Patterson admitted.

“I talked to my wife and some of my guys, it was a chance to chase my success.”

BOYS BASKETBALL • BELLEVILLE EAST CLASSIC

IWA falls against Kentucky power

BY JIM FAASEN STLhighschoolsports.com

LOUISVILLE • There were plenty of things Incarnate Word didn’t do right Friday in a showdown against Mercer County, the Associated Press No. 1-ranked girls basketball team in Kentucky.

Still, the Red Knights appeared on the verge of a victory thanks to a clutch play with almost no time remaining — only to see the play overturned.

An offensive foul called on Red Knights junior center Rickie Woltman negated a driving layup by junior guard Marisa Warren with two seconds to play.

Mercer County sunk the ensuing free throws and pulled out a 63-60 on the opening day of the Mercy Academy Classic.

“I laid it in and I thought it was an and-one,” Warren said. “The referee called an offensive foul, so it is what it is. It’s frustrating, but it’s not like we didn’t have our chances.”

Incarnate Word (10-4, No. 2 in the STLhighschoolsports.com smallschools rankings) fought through a series of maladies, including 31 turnovers, and led 58-52 with just less than two minutes to play.

IWA’s advantage lasted until 27 seconds to play when Titans senior point guard Seygan Robins, a University of Louisville signee, made a pair of free throws to put her team in front 61-60 after an IWA turnover. Robins scored a game-high 27 points.

Titans 6-foot-2 senior center Emma Souder, who has signed with Northern Kentucky, added 17 points .

The Titans (18-2) took the lead in the second quarter and stayed ahead until Warren put Incarnate Word in front at 50-49 on a basket with 5:15 to play.

Woltman scored a season-high 20 points to lead Incarnate Word, including 12 of her team’s 23 points in the first half.

“I feel like it was a good game, but all-around for the team, too,” Woltman said. “We’ve been having the hardest time playing against tough competition, but I feel like today was different.”

Warren and Sonya Morris added 11 each and Nakayla Jackson-Morris added nine points, including a 30-foot shot at the end of the third quarter to pull Incarnate Word within 45-43.

“We played good defense, but I would change all the turnovers we had,” Jackson-Morris said. “We are getting to play some great competition and it will only help us in the future. I think we’ll learn from this and be ready to go (Saturday).”

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Chaminade’s Jadis White (1) breaks down his dribble on St. Mary’s Lavell Harris during the Belleville East Classic boys basketball semifinals Friday.

Chaminade, Belleville West roll into showdown for title

BY DAVID KVIDAHL STLhighschoolsports.com

B E L L E V I L L E • Bryan Turner walked into Belleville East’s gym with visions of defense dancing in his head. There would be crisp rotations, dynamite ball denials and fullcourt pressure that would slow Chaminade’s breakneck attack and help his St. Mary’s basketball team to victory.

What Turner needed was a speed limit.

Chaminade’s high-octane attack blew past St. Mary’s for a 97-77 victory Friday in the semifinals of the Belleville East Classic at East.

The No. 4 large school in the STLhighschoolsports. com rankings, Chaminade (13-2) won its eighth consecutive game and advanced to defend its tournament title at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday. It’ll meet No. 1 large school Belleville West (17-1), which knocked off Champaign Central in the other semifinal.

The Red Devils set up the heavyweight showdown by clubbing the Dragons with their own medicine.

St. Mary’s (15-3, No. 3 SS) runs most opponents out of the gym with its fastpaced, up-and-down style.

Chaminade is not most opponents. Senior forward and North Carolina State recruit Jericole Hellems led five players in double figures with a game-high 30 points, eight rebounds, five assists, two steals and three blocks. The 6-foot-7 Hellems was sensational as he scored in the paint, on the perimeter and when the clean look wasn’t there kept the ball moving.

“We followed (coach Frank Bennett’s) plan. He told us we had to get the ball moving,” Hellems said.

“Just try to get it inside. No settling. Try to finish inside as much as we can.”

When Chaminade finished inside, it opened up the outside where Luke Kasubke once again proved to be lethal. The sophomore sharpshooter scored 18 points and knocked down four 3-pointers. He also had four rebounds.

“Luke is getting better.

He’s a workaholic,” Hel-

lems said. “He stays in the gym every morning. He just works his butt off. He’s going to be a great player.”

Chaminade led 26-22 after the first quarter. St. Mary’s was without senior guard Miles Jones, who’s nursing a stress fracture. and is expected to return next week. Without one of their key pieces, the Dragons struggled to score in the early going.

Behind senior guard Donavanne Austin, St. Mary’s trimmed Chaminade’s lead to 26-22.

Chaminade junior guard Keyyaun Batchman opened the second quarter with a 3-point play.

Kasubke buried his third 3-pointer shortly after to extended the Red Devils’ lead to 32-22.

Chaminade sophomore guard Harrison Vickers buried a 3-pointer to make it 41-29 with just more than three and a half minutes to play in the first half.

St. Mary’s didn’t trim the lead to single digits again.

“It was a track meet, but we knew they’d try to run the score up, getting the game in the high 90s.

We preached defense. It was going to be a defensive game,” Turner said.

“We went out there and lost our assignments a few times and guys got free for threes. That was our No. 1 thing coming was limit their threes.”

Even when St. Mary’s got the stop it needed it couldn’t get the ball back.

The Red Devils grabbed 12 offensive rebounds. Senior post Henry Gladson had seven of them. Gladson finished with 13 points, 12 rebounds and three steals before fouling out with just more than three minutes to play.

“He’s always a difference maker,” Hellems said. “I love having him.”

Batchman finished with 11 points. Senior point guard Jadis White scored 10 points. Vickers scored nine points and grabbed six rebounds.

“Rebounds are key. You can’t give a team second and third chances at a possession and they took advantage of that,” Turner said. “You give a good team like that 12 more shots at a basket, that’s an appetite

for destruction.”

St. Mary’s got a teamhigh 15 points from junior point guard Yuri Collins.

He finished with six rebounds, two assists and six steals. Austin had 13 points, three rebounds and two steals. Senior guard Tony Burks scored 13 points and had five steals.

Mitchell scored 14 points and had a team-best seven rebounds. Senior post Yahuza Rasas scored 10 points and grabbed four boards.

Belleville West 70, Champaign Central 56 • Malachi Smith scored 21 points to lead the Maroons to victory.

The No. 1 large school, West (17-1) advanced to take on No. 4 large school Chaminade at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday in the tournament championship.

After watching the Red Devils run all over Morgan Park at the Highland Shootout and then do it again in the first semifinal Friday, West coach Joe Muniz has no delusions about what it will take to try and muzzle Chaminade’s explosive offense.

“We’re going to have to guard,” Muniz said. “This is what we need. When you play against good teams it’s going to make you better. Our kids are excited, I know their kids are excited.

It’s going to be a great atmosphere.”

The Maroons reached the title game despite junior forward EJ Liddell playing through foul trouble for the first time this season. The ultra-talented rim protector scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds despite missing significant chunks of both halves.

“He’s got to learn how to play (with fouls),” West coach Joe Muniz said.

“This is the first time all season in a close game throughout he’s been in foul trouble and I thought our kids executed very well.”

Junior post Keith Randolph had 14 points and six rebounds.

Champaign Central (106) was done in by West’s electric first quarter. West raced out to a 23-11 lead and never looked back.

Lovejoy 20 13 24 20 77 9 17 16 23 65 Elverado L (10-9): Glasper 23, Loston 17, J. Perry 17, Eiland 9, Jackson 6, Allen 3, Carlisle 2. FG 26 (6), FT 19-29.

Webster 26 36 27 8 97 12 4 13 11 40 Pky. North W (9-6): Gordon 25, Ramey 24, R. Wright 18, Phiffer 8, Banks 6, Buie 5, King 4, Adams 3, Ford 2, Womack 2. FG 40 (3), FT 14-22.

Valmeyer 12 8 11 20 51 Fath.McGivney 7 10 7 9 33 V (10-10): Reinhardt 23, Chism 13, Whipple 6, O. Miller 4, Crossin 2, Rowold 2, Juelfs 1. FG 19 (5), FT 8-11.

F (6-16): Shumate 14, Weir 8, Jones 4, Loeffler 3, Scott 2, Taphorn 2. FG 12 (3), FT 6-14.

Collinsville 10 11 8 15 44 16 6 9 11 42 Cahokia Co (13-8): Jones 14, Harrison 13, Taylor 8, Smith 5, Lemp 2, Molton 2. FG 18 (1), FT 7-9.

Ca (7-9): Rice 14, Robinson 14, Brown 5, Quilling 5, Hudson 2, Phillips 2. FG 19 (4), FT 0-4.

Chaminade 26 26 19 26 97 22 16 17 22 77 St. Mary’s C (13-2): Hellems 30, Kasubke 18, Gladson 13, Batchman 11, White 10, Vickers 9, Stolze 4, Dunn 2. FG 39 (6), FT 13-20.

S (15-3): Collins 15, Mitchell 14, Austin 13, Burks 13, Y. Rasas 10, Harris 8, Houston 4. FG 32 (4), FT 9-18.

Mount Zion 16 18 11 14 59 11 10 14 19 54 Civic Mem. M: Smith 25, Binder 12, Durand 12, Marquardt 6, Hart 4. FG 23 (9), FT 4-4.

C (12-6): Zupan 22, Clark 11, Adams 10, Denney 8, Withers 3. FG 17 (8), FT 12-18.

Roxana 11 10 9 13 43 10 6 9 8 33 Wood River R (4-16): Huffman 11, Golenor 10, White 10, Beckman 7, Coles 3, Lara 2. FG 15 (4), FT 9-17.

W (5-15): T. Walker 13, Englar 6, Liley 6, Dawson 3, Wells 3, Spuill 2. FG 12 (5), FT 4-8.

Valley Park 17 25 17 9 68 12 4 11 2 29 Bayless V (12-4): Rogers 20, Shaw 19, Courtney 17, Rausch 4, Bruns 2, Burkert 2, Cahalane 2, Marietta 2. FG 27 (1), FT 13-13.

B (4-9): Dorsey 8, Johnson 6, Herndon 5, Gunter 4, Woodard 4, Patton 2. FG 10 (4), FT 5-10.

Mascoutah 11 15 12 5 43 18 10 18 21 67 Mater Dei Mas (13-7): Weiss 14, Weinstroer 8, Jowett 7, Green 6, J. Stewart 6, Andrews 2. FG 16 (4), FT 7-11.

MD (9-9): Rensing 21, Gebke 18, Theising 13, Schuchman 4, Goebel 3, Foppe 2, Koerkenmeier 2, Tonnies 2, Zurliene 2. FG 29 (6), FT 3-7.

Pky. South 9 13 15 16 53 12 8 8 14 42 Lindbergh P (8-6): Mullen 14, A. Sommer 12, DeRouse 10, A. Sommer 9, Berndt 3, Doyle 3, Skidmore 2. FG 15 (5), FT 18-25.

L (5-9): Conboy 17, Lahm 15, Killian 8, Baudendistel 2. FG 16 (2), FT 8-13.

Westminster 19 7 17 15 58 16 10 9 13 48 Luth. South L (8-7): Fournie 16, Warner 15, Yaeger 10, Wagner 4, Spraggins 2, J. Reis 1. FG 15 (7), FT 11-20.

FZ South 20 15 15 16 66 14 12 12 15 53 FZ North FS (14-2): Bellinger 32, Patton 15, Schwepker 8, Thomas 5, Stephens 4, Carter 2. FG 24 (9), FT 9-14.

FN (2-11): Powells 16, Bampton 10, Rapplean 8, Alkhaldi 7, Cross 5, Lewis 5, Bresnahan 2. FG 22 (2), FT 7-11.

Carnahan 9 16 14 10 49 16 13 21 20 70 MICDS C (5-10): Hayes 16, Brookins 15, J. Johnson 6, Tompkins 4, Everett 3, James 2, Molton 2, J. Jones 1. FG 20 (6), FT 3-11.

M (7-10): Scott 20, Cheaney 17, Thompson 16, Smith 10, Hervey 4, Brooks 3. FG 26 (6), FT 12-26.

Summit 13 17 10 23 63 9 32 23 16 80 Ritenour S (3-11): Coughlin 17, Jennings 15, Kramer 12, Manalang 6, Kubee 4, Sabbert 3, Clark 2, Humphrey 2, Vaughan 2. FG 22 (3), FT 16-23.

R (9-8): Bolden 20, Clemons 18, Bishop 11, Beach 10, Smith 8, Holmes 7, Sanders 4, Martin 2. FG 29 (5), FT 17-23.

Pattonville 13 19 18 24 74 18 13 13 20 64 Kirkwood P (4-6): Boyce 24, Carter 10, Broyles 8, Ellison Jr. 7, Jackson 6, Jakob 6, Rowland 6, Streeter 4, Webb 3. FG 29 (7), FT 9-25.

K (11-4): Kanzler 18, Maclin 17, McDowell 16, Clay 4, Phipps 4, Lay 2, Zirges 2, Ferguson 1. FG 19 (8), FT 18-25.

Oakville 9 21 17 12 59 15 20 15 15 65 Eureka O (4-9): Gillmann 23, Ochoa 12, Purschke 12, Beardsley 6, Morlen 3, Portell 3. FG 20 (5), FT 14-15.

E (9-6): Taggart 19, Summers 14, Billingsley 12, Smith 6, Sanders 4, Herbert 3, Lockwood 3, King 2, Parker 2. FG 22 (3), FT 18-22.

17 11 12 11 51 Marquette Northwest-CH 5 0 14 4 23 M (9-5): Montgomery 15, Mills 8, Schweain 8, Washam 7, J. Merz 4, M. Jennings 2, Norman 2, Potthoff 2, Sieli 2, J. Jennings 1. FG 21 (5), FT 4-10.

19 6 10 21 56 Luth. North 17 14 10 12 53 Priory P (9-4): Kostecki 18, Ferrick 14, Berns 12, Greiner 5, Dimitroff 2, Wilmsen 2. FG 20 (6), FT 7-18.

Timberland 13 7 13 7 40 7 10 21 11 49 Troy Tr (9-7): A. Nett 19, B. Nett 14, King 6, Myers 5, Juergensmeyer 2, Ludwig 2, D. Deters 1. FG 18 (6), FT 7-11.

FH North 10 20 8 8 46 20 20 28 17 85 Howell H (15-3): Dalton 28, Schark 18, M. Simmons 9, M. Simmons 6, Wilhelm 6, Maurer 4, Schulte 4, Thompson 4, Maddox 3, Wilkenson 3. FG 34 (8), FT 9-14.

6 17 14 14 51 Lafayette 15 15 17 15 62 Mehlville M (10-6): Branson 18, Waller 14, Reese 13, Pruitt 8, Ulrich 6, Fauth 3. FG 18 (9), FT 17-24.

Steeleville 14 9 13 15 51 9 6 13 12 40 Red Bud S (9-9): Gross 17, Wittenborn 12, Hagel 11, Wilson 4, Mevert 3, Conway 2, Valleroy 2. FG 20 (4), FT 7-10.

R (10-8): Ziebold 16, Cowell 8, Reichmann 7, Birchler 5, Birkner 4. FG 11 (4), FT 14-18.

O’F Christian 11 4 9 6 30 12 7 12 12 43 Duchesne O (8-7): Harding 9, Niemeyer 8, Brenson 7, Alexander 2, Soell 2, Black 1, Taylor 1. FG 11 (3), FT 5-11.

D (13-5): Fairless 12, Norwine 12, Loewenstein 8, Moore 7, Suellentrop 2, Tune 2. FG 12 (2), FT 17-23.

Montgomery Co 11 17 15 21 64 11 16 16 18 61 Hermann M (7-3): Nelson 23, Curry 15, Kroll 12, Harrison 8, Hall 3, Parrish 2, Shaw 1. FG 22 (6), FT 14-21.

H (6-10): Anderson 26, Scheidegger 18, Moeckli 7, Holland 3, Phillips 3, Ash 2, Schannuth 2. FG 25 (4), FT 7-10.

Lift For Life 22 11 17 8 58 18 24 28 17 87 Trinity T (13-2): Thames 24, Weekly 12, Young 12, Williams 10, Kalkbrenner 8, Rush 7, Johnson 6, Washington 5, Dockett 3. FG 36 (5), FT 10-15.

O’Fallon 28 12 18 26 84 8 14 13 36 71 E. St. Louis O (8-10): Hodge 35, Anthony 18, Bowman 15, Herring 8, Shieppe 5, Boone 2, Riley 1. FG 28 (11), FT 17-20.

E (8-9): Reece 31, Hargrove Jr. 25, I. Williams 6, Jones 5, Leflore 4. FG 27 (4), FT 13-21.

Dupo 11 13 14 18 56 17 6 8 20 51 New Athens D (3-15): Steinhauer 15, Allen 13, Kyle 11, Touchette 9, Calhoun 6, Chadduck 2. FG 24 (4), FT 4-10.

N (5-11): Deutschman 19, Heintz 11, Schneider 10, Mattingly 8, Lintker 3. FG 18 (9), FT 6-12.

Lutheran SC 20 21 11 9 61 22 12 18 14 66 St. Dominic L (2-17): Emily 20, Ritter 20, Roach 8, Hurayt 6, Erhardt 5, Murdock 2. FG 26 (4), FT 5-7.

Warrenton 10 20 12 10 52 12 10 19 15 56 Orchard Farm W (8-5): Tonioli 18, B. Smith 11, Strauss 10, McRoberts 7, Chandler 4, Molinari 2. FG 19 (5), FT 9-10.

O (14-4): Frederick 26, C. Grimes 18, Cooley 3, Lindoff 3, Wolf 3, Cage 2, C. Grimes 1. FG 20

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(4), FT 12-16.

9 9 9 8 35 Principia JohnBurroughs 23 10 22 7 62 J (8-7): Goldfarb 25, Worsham 11, Davila 8, Forsen 5, Nicolais 5, B. Miller 3, Pittmann 2, Williams 2, Bain 1. FG 22 (8), FT 10-16.

DuQuoin 16 12 12 24 64 14 14 21 22 71 Okawville D (2-5): Stewart 21, Heape 15, Daughtery 11, Woodside 9, Pursell 4, Adams 2, Smith 2. FG 25 (8), FT 6-10.

Champaign Cen 11 16 16 13 56 23 15 15 17 70 Bellvl. West C (4-3): Finke 24, Terry 17, Coleman 7, Gill 6, Beasley 2. FG 23 (4), FT 6-7.

B (17-1): Smith 21, Liddell 16, Randolph Jr. 14, Mosby 9, Betz 5, Williams 5. FG 27 (6), FT 10-19.

Pana 10 17 15 13 55 8 21 9 8 46 Litchfield P (4-4): Lauff 20, Armstrong 13, Spracklen 9, Beeson 6, Kile 5, Edmiston 2. FG 19 (3), FT 14-15.

L (10-10): Holloway 11, A. Bishop 10, Morris 10, Beckham 5, Painter 4, Lauderdale 2, Niehaus 2, Washburn 2. FG 17 (4), FT 8-13.

Breese Central 6 12 2 5 25 6 8 10 11 35 Nashville B (8-9): Joest 12, Haag 3, Jansen 3, Kampwerth 3, Rakers 2, Weems 2. FG 10 (4), FT 1-3.

N (15-5): C. Parker 12, Bultman 9, Haley 5, Bergmann 4, Schnitker 3. FG 9 (2), FT 13-17.

3 14 4 7 28 Frontenac, Kan. 21 15 10 6 52 Pacific P (12-3): VanLeer 17, Strong 12, Casey 6, Cowsert 4, Fleming 4, R. Sauvage 4, Boyer 3, Hennessy 2. FG 18 (10), FT 6-13.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Incarnate Word 15 8 20 17 60 13 15 17 18 63 Mercer (Ky.) I (10-4): Woltman 20, Morris 11, Warren 11, Jackson Morris 9, Flowers 6, Rolfes 3. FG 27 (4), FT 2-4.

M: Robins 27, Souder 17, Davis 7, L. Lake 6, Lewis 4, Smith 2. FG 20 (8), FT 15-21.

Valley Park 25 16 10 7 58 6 10 7 4 27 Bayless V (7-9): Clouson 19, Nelson 16, Schmidt 12, Pedersen 6, Scott 3, Memisevic 2. FG 25 (1), FT 7-13.

B (1-11): Cedeno 10, Hayes 7, Speaks 5, Dorsey 4, Howell 1. FG 10 (3), FT 4-9.

Pky. South 16 10 10 22 58 6 6 13 17 42 Lindbergh P (8-9): Patterson 17, Ellington 14, Thompson 10, Gaughan 6, Johansen 4, Shin 3, Bles 2, Thomas 2. FG 15 (2), FT 26-32.

L (7-7): J. Baudendistel 12, Krell 10, Martin 6, Bilyeu 5, Fleming 4, Breeding 3, M. Baudendistel 2. FG 17 (1), FT 7-10.

Westminster 10 7 20 15 52 6 14 10 11 41 Luth. South L (11-3): Brown 10, Anderson 9, Akerson 7, Schmidt 6, Schelp 5, Heskett 2, Pawlitz 2. FG 17 (1), FT 6-11.

Ladue 18 19 30 11 78 15 15 11 11 52 Clayton L (7-5): Minkler 19, Peete 18, Muhammad 17, Collins 10, Douglas 7, Hensley 3, Schroder 2, Hamilton 1, Nselel 1. FG 29 (8), FT 12-27.

C (4-9): Gallegos 17, Conner 8, Litteken 7, Downs 6, M. Upshaw 5, Wade 5, Nettles 3, Cheng 1. FG 15 (3), FT 19-27.

Zumwalt East 2 2 4 6 14 11 15 12 9 47 Holt Z (6-8): Behan 6, Stern 5, Johnston 3. FG 5 (0), FT 4-8.

H (9-4): Green 13, N. Griesenauer 10, Forrest 9, A. Meyer 5, A. Meyer 4, Dooley 2, Robinson 2, Bargaineer 1, Tranor 1. FG 17 (4), FT 9-14.

Oakville 7 11 13 16 47 19 12 17 13 61 Eureka O (8-6): Costello 15, FitzWilliam 10, Zarr 8, Boaz 6, Elguezabal 3, Halamicek 2, Kuntze 2, Vogt 1.

FG 18 (0), FT 11-17.

E (11-6): Herbert 15, Thurman 14, Glascock 8, Martin 6, Oligschlaeger 6, Moger 5, Hillyer 3, DeMoulin 2, Rust 2. FG 25 (3), FT 8-15.

FZ South 10 4 17 9 40 2 17 13 9 41 FZ North FN (5-10): Robinson 22, J. Grimes 9, Moody 8, Clausner 1, K. Grimes 1. FG 12 (3), FT 14-28.

Lafayette 20 8 15 18 61 6 7 9 14 36 Mehlville L (11-4): Robbe 19, Harris 9, Devereux 7, Chester 5, Kramer 5, Steins 4, Wilson 4, Carpenter 2, Jeffries 2, Terry 2, Wolf 2. FG 22 (5), FT 12-23.

M (3-11): McKinnis 12, M. McDermott 5, M. McDermott 4, Warren 4, Glaser 3, Holdengraver 3, Horn 2, Howard 2, Seiler 1. FG 11 (0), FT 14-22.

Marquette 11 14 14 10 49 Northwest-CH 7 13 6 9 35 M (7-7): Watkins 20, McGinnis 9, Brown 7, Lumpkens 5, Constantinides 4, Lee 3, Price 1. FG 16 (4), FT 13-29.

N (3-13): Fortner 17, Bowen 7, Lakin 4, Long 2, Owens 2, Wright 2, Nall 1. FG 11 (2), FT 11-24.

FH North 13 14 15 10 68 11 14 15 15 73 Howell F (4-11): I. Delarue 28, G. Delarue 24, Stock 9, Richardson 3, O’leary 2, Stevens 2. FG 21 (6), FT 20-28.

H (10-6): T. Taylor 25, T. Russell 16, Pellegrini 14, Thompson 7, Daab 5, Huwe 2, S. Russell 2, T. Taylor 2. FG 22 (8), FT 21-34.

Principia 12 12 12 10 46 JohnBurroughs 11 10 10 21 52 P (11-5): Bania 20, Fredrickson 13, Hinds 8, Boyman 3, McMullin 2. FG 13 (5), FT 15-17.

J (5-9): Rayner 14, Crowley 10, Fuller 9, Starks 9, Williams 5, Keane 3, Martin 2. FG 20 (5), FT 7-12.

Riverview 9 2 10 4 25 16 24 14 10 64 Cahokia R (3-12): D. Kaiser 10, Dukes 7, Clark 3, Dickens 3, Adams 2. FG 9 (3), FT 4-5.

C (8-6): No statistics reported Warrenton 12 13 19 14 58 9 11 9 20 49 Orchard Farm O (12-5): Hopkins 29, Johnston 13, Hedges 3, Davis 2, Frappier 2. FG 18 (5), FT 8-12.

Lutheran SC 7 9 4 10 30 6 10 8 11 35 St. Dominic S (12-4): Kasubke 9, Morrow 8, Benedict 6, Hermann 6, Miller 6. FG 14 (0), FT 7-15.

St.Chas. West 8 24 17 7 56 7 1 2 3 13 Winfield S (4-11): Jones 13, Honey 11, Wilson 8, Block 5, Chowning 5, Mace 4, Griffiths 3, Coffey 2, Coleman 2, Taylor 2, Afflick 1. FG 20 (6), FT 10-18.

Webster 7 2 8 20 37 10 10 11 18 49 Pky. North W (7-9): Rodriguez 11, Bailey 6, Lauren 6, Zareh 6, Reed-Jones 4, Daniels 3, Moore 1. FG 14 (4), FT 5-8.

P (13-3): Davis 16, Stovall 15, Stacker 13, A. Jordan 3, Rhodes 2. FG 21 (4), FT 3-12.

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SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE GIRLS BASKETBALL AFFTON WINTER CLASSIC Bayless (1-10) vs. Principia (11-4), 9 a.m.

Clayton (4-8) at Affton (7-7), 10:30 a.m.

Windsor (1-11) vs. Liberty (4-8), noon Brentwood (5-9) vs. Hancock (6-5), 1:30 p.m.

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Brussels vs. Nokomis, 5 p.m.

ME Lutheran (11-7) vs. Jersey (13-4), 6:30 p.m.

Granite City (1-12) vs. Quincy ND, 8 p.m.

CARBONDALE MID-WINTER CLASSIC Mascoutah (2-15) vs. Mount Vernon (4-12), 11 a.m.

Massac County (1-2) vs. Marion (8-8), 12:30 p.m.

Carterville (14-4) at Carbondale (10-7), 2 p.m.

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Teutopolis (8-3) vs. Okawville (15-7), 11:30 a.m.

Civic Memorial (20-2) at Highland, 1 p.m.

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MACOUPIN COUNTY TOURNAMENT At North Mac Staunton (12-8) at North Mac, noon Bunker Hill (8-10) vs. Carlinville (14-8), 3 p.m.

Gillespie (10-8) vs. Piasa SW (10-11), 6:30 p.m.

COLLINSVILLE TOURNAMENT De Soto (4-9) vs. Cahokia (7-6), noon Riv. Gardens (3-11) at Collinsville (5-10), 1:30 p.m.

OTHER GAMES Marissa (8-11) at Trico (1-6), 11 a.m.

Valmeyer (0-18) at Waterloo (2-14), noon Park. Central (12-1) at Park.West (5-9), 12:30 p.m.

MICDS (12-2) at Visitation (8-7), 12:30 p.m.

West County (8-2) at Grandview (11-2), 1 p.m.

Cape ND at Nerinx Hall (7-10), 1:30 p.m.

Cor Jesu (8-8) at Jackson, 1:30 p.m.

Haz. Central (12-6) at Card.Ritter (10-3), 3 p.m.

Sacred Heart vs. Incarnate Word (10-3), at Mercy (Ky.), 3:30 p.m.

BOYS BASKETBALL NASHVILLE INVITATIONAL Brentwood (3-8) vs. Granite City (5-13), 5 p.m.

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JERSEYVILLE TOURNAMENT Highland (15-5) vs. Quincy ND , 5 p.m.

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SALEM INVITATIONAL Teutopolis vs. Effingham, 11:30 a.m.

Thornton Fractiona vs. Triad (8-10), 1 p.m.

Mount Vernon (9-7) vs. Salem, 5:30 p.m.

Edwardsville vs. Centralia (13-3), 8:30 p.m.

MACOUPIN COUNTY TOURNAMENT At North Mac Mount Olive (8-9) vs. Gillespie (2-13), 1:30 p.m.

Carlinville vs. Staunton, 4:30 p.m.

Piasa Southwestern vs. North Mac, 8 p.m.

LITCHFIELD INVITATIONAL Lebanon (8-11) vs. ME Luth. (8-12), 2:30 p.m.

Hillsboro, Ill. (9-7) vs. Greenville (11-9), 4 p.m.

Civic Memorial (12-6) vs. Nokomis, 5:30 p.m.

Mount Zion vs. Taylorville, 7 p.m.

BENTON INVITATIONAL Carlyle (7-14) vs. Sesser-Valier (3-2), 10 a.m.

Meridian (3-6) vs. Carlyle (7-14), 5:30 p.m.

AT MIZZOU ARENA Sikeston vs. Whitfield (13-4), 3 p.m.

Hillsboro (16-0) vs. Helias, 4:45 p.m.

Park. South (8-6) vs. Hickman (1-3), 6:20 p.m.

AT CARDINAL RITTER Gary Roosevelt at Soldan (9-8), 4:30 p.m.

CBC (5-8) vs. Confluence (16-4), 6 p.m.

Jennings (15-2) at Ritter (14-6), 7:30 p.m.

SPARTA INVITATIONAL Waterloo (5-15) vs. Red Bud (10-8), 4 p.m.

Murphysboro vs. Alt. Marq. (19-0), 8:30 p.m.

OKAWVILLE INVITATIONAL DuQuoin (2-5) vs. Gibault (4-15), 6 p.m.

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OTHER GAMES St. Louis U. High (7-9) at Ozark (1-2), 2 p.m.

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With Olympics near, Shiffrin works because she worries ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mikaela Shiffrin often finds herself fixating on two thoughts that are completely detached from reality.

“I feel every single day, first of all, like I’ve never won a World Cup in my life,” the Alpine ski racing star told The Associated Press. “And I feel like I’m never going to win again.”

Really? She is, don’t forget, an athlete who claimed the first five events she entered in 2018, a record, before a thirdplace showing in a downhill Friday at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. She has won eight of her past 10 races. This 22-year-old American, still presumably far closer to the start of her career than the end of it, regularly worries about no longer finishing first?

Well, yes.

“Each one of these race results,” said Mike Day, her lead coach, “just gets stored away really quickly.”

That, Shiffrin explains, is why she puts in all of the time and effort to stay on top.

The extra ski runs — double sessions lasting four to five hours on each of four consecutive days during a recent “off week” — and the video studying — 30 minutes to 1½ hours a day — and the fitness training and everything else.

“Her hard work is harder than anybody else out there,” Day said.

And that, in turn, is why Shiffrin has established herself as the best Alpine ski racer there is at the moment, someone who is expected to be one of the faces of the Pyeongchang Olympics, which open Feb. 9.

“That’s why my team — my mom and my coaches and everyone around me — pushes me to train hard. They know that slacking off never got anybody to win anything. And if I stand still for a second, everybody else is moving forward, so they’re going to surpass me,” said Shiffrin, whose

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Mikaela Shiffrin goes airborne en route to finishing third in a women’s World Cup downhill event Friday in Cortina d’Ampezzo, northern Italy.

mother, Eileen, travels the circuit with her, serving as a coach and sounding board.

“I don’t even feel like I deserve to have moments of celebration after races. Because it’s immediately time to get back to work, when you think about the big picture. I don’t win a World Cup and say, ‘OK, I’m good. I can die now.’ There’s other things I want to accomplish with my skiing.”

She made that quite plain to the world at the Sochi Games four years ago.

The day after becoming, at 18, the youngest slalom champion in Olympic history, Shiffrin announced at a news conference: “Right now, I’m dreaming of the next Olympics (and) winning five gold medals, which sounds really crazy. I’m sorry I just admitted that to you all.”

How crazy? The record for most Alpine golds at a single Winter Games is three, accomplished three times previously (Toni Sailer of Austria in 1956, Jean-Claude Killy of France in 1968, and Janica Kostelic of Croatia in 2002).

But maybe this will be Shiffrin’s time.

Even the schedule in South Korea is, as her coach Day put it, “extremely favorable for us.”

In a change from 2014, the giant slalom and slalom — considered the more technical events, and her two best — open the women’s racing, with a three-day gap preceding the shift to the speed races, beginning with the super-G and, after another four-day hiatus, the downhill. Then comes the combined (one run each of slalom and downhill).

Shiffrin called entering all five “a very honest possibility.”

Simply considering that at this stage of her career is a testament to what a quick study she is. Nowadays, Alpine competitors typically tend to focus either on technical or speed events, not everything.

Little about Shiffrin is typical, though.

It took her two World Cup starts to earn a top-three finish in a slalom, just three for her first podium showing in a downhill.

She won the World Cup overall title last season and is currently on pace for a second. She already equaled a record by earning her 41st World Cup race win before turning 23; Lindsey Vonn, by comparison, had seven before that age.

“I mean, it’s fun to watch her, and for sure I want to beat her,” said Frida Hansdotter, who won silver or bronze for Sweden in the slalom at the past three world championships, behind champion Shiffrin each time, “but right now, she is in another league.”

And to think: Day insists that Shiffrin “will, for sure, get better than she is right now.”

That seems hard to fathom.

Until one considers just how seriously Shiffrin takes her craft. She is constantly watching video of her own races and those of others — including six-time men’s World Cup overall champion Marcel Hirscher, who says he studies her, too — to see where there might be a tiny detail that can shave off a bit of time here or there.

Part of that comes from within , to be sure.

Part of it comes from the way her parents taught her about what it means to have fun. “’Fun’ for us is a matter of doing things in a manner that actually make it where you’re good enough at it that it’s enjoyable,” said Shiffrin’s father, Jeff.

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B10 • ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

Panthers get win in OT against Golden Knights

M 2 • Saturday • 01.20.2018

NHL SUMMARIES

NHL STANDINGS

Panthers 4, Golden Knights 3, OT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Vegas 1 1 1 0 — 3 Florida 2 0 1 1 — 4 First period: 1, Florida, McGinn 6 (Bjugstad), 3:15. 2, Vegas, Perron 11 (Haula, Hunt), 14:22. 3, Florida, Barkov 15 (Trocheck), 15:55 (sh). Penalties: McCann, FLA, (hooking), 14:47.

Second period: 4, Vegas, Karlsson 25 (Smith, Theodore), 6:54. Penalties: Petrovic, FLA, (closing hand on the puck), 2:18; Florida bench, served by Haley (too many men on the ice), 10:14; Perron, VGK, (tripping), 10:53.

Third period: 5, Florida, Dadonov 10 (Yandle, Barkov), 3:35. 6, Vegas, Neal 20 (Haula), 17:51. Penalties: None.

Overtime: 7, Florida, Ekblad 8 (Huberdeau, Barkov), 0:40. Penalties: None.

Shots: Vegas 10-15-11: 36. Florida 9-8-7-2: 26.

Power-plays: Vegas 0 of 3; Florida 0 of 1.

Goalies: Vegas, Subban 11-2-1 (26 shots-22 saves). Florida, Reimer 13-12-5 (36-33).

A: 17,468. Referees: Eric Furlatt, Kelly Sutherland.

Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Kory Nagy.

Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 45 31 11 3 65 162 116 17-5-1 14-6-2 9-3-1 Boston 44 26 10 8 60 146 111 15-5-4 11-5-4 8-1-2 47 25 17 5 55 149 136 13-7-2 12-10-3 5-4-1 Toronto Florida 44 19 19 6 44 126 144 11-7-3 8-12-3 6-4-1 Montreal 46 19 21 6 44 119 144 11-8-5 8-13-1 9-5-2 44 18 19 7 43 119 135 10-8-6 8-11-1 6-9-2 Detroit Ottawa 43 15 19 9 39 118 153 9-9-5 6-10-4 5-6-3 Buffalo 45 11 25 9 31 102 155 6-11-3 5-14-6 3-5-2 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Washington 47 28 15 4 60 145 134 18-7-0 10-8-4 8-4-2 New Jersey 44 24 12 8 56 141 134 13-6-3 11-6-5 5-5-1 Columbus 47 26 18 3 55 126 130 16-8-0 10-10-3 8-5-2 46 24 17 5 53 141 133 17-8-3 7-9-2 7-6-3 NY Rangers Pittsburgh 48 25 20 3 53 141 147 15-7-1 10-13-2 9-4-0 Philadelphia 45 21 16 8 50 132 132 12-8-4 9-8-4 3-2-4 NY Islanders 47 23 20 4 50 161 173 13-7-3 10-13-1 7-7-1 Carolina 45 20 17 8 48 126 140 10-6-4 10-11-4 6-4-3

Canadiens 3, Capitals 2 Montreal 0 1 2 — 3 Washington 0 1 1 — 2 First period: None. Penalties: Kuznetsov, WSH, (tripping), 7:15; Plekanec, MTL, (unsportsmanlike conduct), 7:15; Alzner, MTL, (slashing), 17:11.

Second period: 1, Montreal, Pacioretty 13 (Gallagher, Drouin), 7:08 (pp). 2, Washington, Carlson 6 (Kuznetsov, Ovechkin), 13:24 (pp). Penalties: Ovechkin, WSH, (hooking), 2:51; Wilson, WSH, (hooking), 6:54; Drouin, MTL, (unsportsmanlike conduct), 12:08; Montreal bench, served by Hudon (too many men on the ice), 17:59.

Third period: 3, Montreal, Byron 13 (Jerabek, Pacioretty), 10:41. 4, Montreal, Pacioretty 14 (Plekanec, Byron), 18:42.

5, Washington, Eller 10 (Niskanen, Orlov), 19:06. Penalties: Deslauriers, MTL, Major (fighting), 2:02; Wilson, WSH, served

by Connolly, (unsportsmanlike conduct), 2:02; Wilson, WSH, Major (fighting), 2:02; Burakovsky, WSH, (tripping), 5:43.

Shots: Montreal 8-7-11: 26. Washington 4-12-10: 26.

Power-plays: Montreal 1 of 4; Washington 1 of 3.

Goalies: Montreal, Niemi 1-5-1 (26 shots-24 saves).

Washington, Grubauer 4-6-3 (25-23).

A: 18,506. Referees: Garrett Rank, Francois St Laurent.

Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, Jonny Murray.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Vegas goalie Malcolm Subban (30) misses a shot by Florida’s Aaron Ekblad (not shown) for the OT winner.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aaron Ekblad scored 40 seconds into overtime to lift the Panthers to a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday night, spoiling former coach Gerard Gallant’s return to Florida.

Ekblad grabbed a rebound in the high slot and fired it past Malcolm Subban to give Florida its second win in six games this month.

Aleksander Barkov scored his league-leading fifth short-handed goal of the season and had two assists, and Evgenii Dadonov and Jamie McGinn also scored for the Panthers. James Reimer stopped 33 shots.

William Karlsson had a goal and an assist, and David Perron and James Neal also scored for Vegas. Subban finished with 22 saves.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Nashville Winnipeg Blues Dallas Colorado Minnesota Chicago Pacific Vegas San Jose Calgary Los Angeles Anaheim Edmonton Vancouver Arizona

Ducks 2, Kings 1 Los Angeles 0 0 1 — 1 Anaheim 0 0 2 — 2 First period: None. Penalties: Gaborik, LA, (hooking), 5:37.

Second period: None. Penalties: Forbort, LA, (hooking), 9:12; Cogliano, ANA, (hooking), 16:53.

Third period: 1, Anaheim, Henrique 11 (Kase), 2:05. 2, Los Angeles, Iafallo 3 (Kopitar, Muzzin), 4:48. 3, Anaheim, Kesler 3 (Cogliano, Beauchemin), 12:21. Penalties: None.

Shots: Los Angeles 5-10-9: 24. Anaheim 17-8-6: 31.

Power-plays: Los Angeles 0 of 1; Anaheim 0 of 2.

Goalies: Los Angeles, Quick 19-16-2 (31 shots-29 saves). Anaheim, Gibson 16-13-5 (24-23).

A: 17,258. Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Dan O’Halloran.

Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Vaughan Rody.

NOTEBOOK Shattenkirk to have knee surgery • New York Rangers defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk will have surgery on his left knee and is expected to be out indefinitely.

The free-agent acquisition, who signed a four-year, $26.6 million deal with his hometown team, said Friday he hopes to be back before the end of the season.

Shattenkirk has five goals and 18 assists in 43 games for the Rangers after totaling 13 goals and 43 assists over 80 games for the Blues and Washington last season.

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div 44 27 11 6 60 135 116 15-4-2 12-7-4 10-3-2 46 26 13 7 59 153 127 16-3-1 10-10-6 7-5-2 48 28 17 3 59 140 124 15-9-0 13-8-3 6-4-1 47 26 17 4 56 141 128 16-6-1 10-11-3 7-10-0 44 25 16 3 53 147 129 17-7-1 8-9-2 7-5-1 46 24 17 5 53 133 131 15-4-4 9-13-1 8-8-0 45 22 17 6 50 136 123 12-8-2 10-9-4 5-7-2 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div 45 30 11 4 64 152 122 18-2-2 12-9-2 11-1-1 44 24 14 6 54 126 119 13-6-2 11-8-4 11-2-3 45 25 16 4 54 131 125 12-11-0 13-5-4 8-5-1 46 24 17 5 53 131 112 11-9-3 13-8-2 5-8-3 47 22 16 9 53 129 129 12-8-3 10-8-6 8-4-5 46 20 23 3 43 126 147 9-12-1 11-11-2 8-2-0 45 18 21 6 42 119 147 7-12-3 11-9-3 4-8-1 47 10 28 9 29 109 166 5-14-3 5-14-6 1-7-5

Friday Florida 4, Vegas 3, OT Montreal 3, Washington 2 Los Angeles at Anaheim, late Thursday Blues 4, Ottawa 1 New Jersey 4, Washington 3, OT Columbus 2, Dallas 1, SO Philadelphia 3, Toronto 2, OT Boston 5, NY Islanders 2 NY Rangers 4, Buffalo 3 Vegas 4, Tampa Bay 1 Nashville 3, Arizona 2, SO Colorado 5, San Jose 3 Anaheim 2, Los Angeles 1 Saturday New Jersey at Philadelphia, noon Dallas at Buffalo, noon Winnipeg at Calgary, 2 p.m.

NY Rangers at Colorado, 2 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

Florida at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Blues, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at San Jose, 7 p.m.

NY Islanders at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Sunday Philadelphia at Washington, 11:30 a.m.

Vegas at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Rangers at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

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National Extremes

WEATHER • Low 37, High 56 • Winds SSW 5-12 mph

TODAY ACROSS THE U.S. High: 80° Imperial, California

Low: -5° Eldred, New York

A January thaw weekend

110s

Well above average temperatures will persist across the St. Louis area this weekend. Highs will be in the middle 50s today and around 60 on Sunday. Showers are likely Sunday night as the next cold front arrives.

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24-HOUR FORECAST

MORNING

LUNCH

41°

DRIVE

50°

55°

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Cloudy

BEDTIME

49°

Cloudy, patchy fog

4-DAY FORECAST

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Illinois Bloomington Carbondale Chicago Decatur Effingham Macomb Mount Vernon Peoria Quincy Rockford Springfield Urbana

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Chicago 30 / 40

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Kansas City 36 / 48

Joplin 39 / 56

St. Louis 37 / 56

Carbondale 32 / 47

Poplar Bluff 32 / 48

Flood Stage

Current Level

+ 0.10 - 0.18 - 0.46 - 0.26 + 0.17 + 0.20 + 0.31 + 0.31 + 0.37 + 0.23

TODAY’S UV INDEX Min.

Very high The higher the UV index number, the greater the need for skin protection.

POLLEN COUNTS Friday, Jan 19th No tree, grass, or weed pollen present Mold - 640 (low) HEATING DEGREE DAYS Yesterday 24 Month (Total) 816 Season 2446 Year Ago 1989 Flood Stage

Current Level

ILLINOIS RIVER La Salle 20 13.48 18 12.15 Peoria 14 10.35 Beardstown MERAMEC RIVER 15 3.24 Sullivan 16 - 2.68 Valley Park 24 5.68 Arnold BOURBEUSE RIVER Union 15 1.73 OHIO RIVER Cairo 40 27.64 Maps and weather data provided by:

24-Hr Change

- 0.19 - 0.01 + 0.20 + 0.64 - 0.12 - 0.36 - 0.02 + 1.06

SUN & MOON

First Jan 24 Sunrise

Full Jan 31

Last Feb 7

7:15 AM Sunset

New Feb 15 5:09 PM

Moonrise 9:22 AM Moonset 8:43 PM

The fourth planet from the sun is Mars. Every 26 months, Earth catches up to Mars in our orbit reaching opposition. This is when Mars is close enough to see its surface through a telescope. This will happen in July of this year.

SOURCE: McDonnell Planetarium

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Get more river & lake stage information at 636-441-8467

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21 3.94 St Louis 1.18 30 Chester 27 3.24 Cape Girardeau 32 9.38

24-Hr Change

TODAY’S AIR QUALITY

Lower 48 temps only

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RIVER STAGES

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PRECIPITATION Last 24 hrs Month (Total) Month (Normal) Year (Total) Year (Normal)

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Springfield 33 / 48

Jet Stream

A developing low pressure system will bring wet weather to portions of the north-central Rockies, Intermountain West, and Desert Southwest. Parts of the Pacific Northwest will also see some wet weather. Much of the eastern half of the United States will see dry conditions and milder temperatures.

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Wintry Mix

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Hawaii High: 87°

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ALMANAC As of 7 P.M. at Lambert Field TEMPERATURES High (3:24 p.m.)

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