Nov. 17, 2018, St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports pages

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THE MUSIAL AWARDS

Sports stories that stir the soul

BEN FREDERICKSON St. Louis Post-Dispatch

< Jean Dolores Schmidt, better known as Sister Jean, will share a stage with Ozzie Smith. AP photo

BLUES FIND THE NET Four goals and solid play by Allen add up to a victory

It’s embarrassing to admit the moment faded from memory.

On the sideline of an NCAA Tournament game in 2014, players for a winning Tennessee basketball team turned a handshake line into a procession of hugs.

One by one, Volunteers wrapped their arms around Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. Slowly, the stiff coach loosened. He began hugging back.

That same morning, doctors had removed a malignant tumor from the thyroid of McCaffery’s 13-yearold son. The coach had hustled from an Iowa hospital to an Ohio arena.

Patrick McCaffery would go on to beat his cancer diagnosis. Dad had no way of knowing that then.

Cuonzo Martin, the Missouri coach who was then at Tennessee, made sure his Volunteers understood. The cancer survivor could relate. His players hatched a plan.

The fiery McCaffery has often gone viral for his outbursts. But this line of spontaneous hugs between a coach and the players who had just See FREDERICKSON • Page B7

Billikens hit road seeking some cohesion Tougher opponents awaiting SLU in NY

JOHANNA HUCKEBA • Post-Dispatch

St. Louis U. coach Travis Ford reacts to a play during Tuesday night’s game against North Alabama at Chaifetz Arena.

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Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury defends against Blues center Oskar Sundqvist during the first period Friday night.

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In each of Travis Ford’s three seasons at St. Louis University, the Billikens have taken at least one extended trip, encompassing multiple games and including plenty of bonding opportunities.

The team might never have needed such a trip more than now.

The Billikens left two days before their first road game Saturday night at Seton Hall and won’t return until Thanksgiving eve, after facing Pittsburgh at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

In between they’ll see a play, wander Manhattan and search for answers.

BY TOM TIMMERMANN St. Louis Post-Dispatch

LAS VEGAS • For a team in search of scoring, all hands are welcome. So even if Brayden Schenn didn’t figure in the scoring, just having him around was going to be a net gain for a team that had two goals total in the two previous games.

“Obviously the last couple of games, we’re not scoring a lot of goals,” Blues coach Mike Yeo said Friday morning. “Schenner brings a lot of things to the table but he finds a way night in and night out to generate offense, to create scoring opportunities.”

Schenn had a hand in only one of the Blues’ goals, scoring his first goal in almost a month, but the Blues were able to unlock their stagnant offense in ways both likely and unlikely. Of course, there was Ryan O’Reilly scoring twice for his second multigoal game in 10 days, but there was also Oskar Sundqvist, who owns Vegas like he’s in See BLUES • Page B8

BY STU DURANDO St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Blues center Tyler Bozak (21) and goaltender Jake Allen have their hands full with Golden Knights right winger Pierre-Edouard Bellemare during the second period.

SLU UP NEXT > 7 p.m. Saturday at Seton Hall, FS2 MIZZOU BASKETBALL > Tigers get scare but beat Kennesaw St. B6

Something to talk about now at MU After getting the silent treatment, Mizzou offensive linemen surge

BY DAVE MATTER St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Paul Adams (third from left) and other Missouri offensive linemen block for quarterback Drew Lock in the Tigers’ season opener.

After a 39-10 loss last month at Alabama, Missouri offensive line coach Brad Davis took a unique approach with the players under his watch.

He stopped talking to them. For a whole week.

“He still coached us,” center Trystan Colon-Castillo

said this week. “But outside of football he was pretty mad at us. We got the silent treatment.”

As the Tigers practiced and held meetings the next week for their game against Memphis, Davis kept the chatter to a minimum with his linemen.

He’d just watched his line give up four sacks to the Crimson Tide. The Tigers

produced only 2.3 yards per carry from their top two running backs.

Granted, Alabama’s defense has spent the last decade demoralizing the Southeastern Conference’s best offenses, but Davis and Mizzou coaches expected more from their veteran offensive line.

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Friday 11/23 vs. Arkansas 1:30 p.m.

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Monday 11/19 vs. Gonzaga in Maui, 10:30 p.m., ESPN2

Tuesday 11/20 vs. TBA in Maui 4 or 9:30 p.m.

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OTHER EVENTS FAIRMOUNT PARK HORSE RACING • Simulcasting: 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m. daily.

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Lexi Thompson hits a tee shot during her second-round 67 at the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla.

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Rascals 636-240-2287 Grizzlies 618-337-3000 Blues 314-622-2583 Illinois 217-333-3470 Mizzou 800-228-7297 SATURDAY SLU 314-977-4758 SIUE 855-748-3849 Ambush 636-477-6363 AUTO RACING STLFC 636-680-0997 Fairmount 314-436-1516 • 618-345-4300 10:30 a.m. NASCAR: Ford EcoBoost 400, second practice, NBCSN ASSOCIATED PRESS 11:30 a.m. NASCAR Xfinity Series: Ford EcoBoost 300, qualifying, NBCSN 1 p.m.

NASCAR: Ford EcoBoost 400, final practice, NBCSN NAPLES, FLA. • The LPGA will 2:30 p.m. NASCAR Xfinity Series: Ford EcoBoost 300, NBCSN have either 25 or 26 different winBASEBALL ners in 32 events this season, deArizona Fall League title game: Salt River vs. Peoria, MLB Network 2 p.m. pending on what happens when the MIZZOU Mizzou • mutigers.com | 800-228-7297 final putt of the CME Group Tour BASKETBALL MEN Friday 12/7 Tuesday 12/4 Sunday 12/2Championship Monday 11/19 drops Sunday.

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College: Presbyterian at Marquette, FSM PlusTuesday 11/27 vs.Whan Oral Roberts vs. UT Arlington vs. UCF vs. Temple vs. TBA (Virgin Commissioner Mike is just College: Furman at Villanova, 4 p.m.

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SEC Network ESPNU SEC Network TBAPlus 6 p.m.

NBA: Hawks at Pacers, FSM

She’s up by three in last LPGA event

Whan delivered his annual “state

6:30 p.m. NBA:Tuesday Jazz at Celtics, Wednesday 3/6 Saturday 3/9 2/26 NBASaturday 3/2 of the LPGA” address Friday duratWXOS Georgia Carolina at Mississippi St. vs. So. 7 p.m.

College: St. Louis University at Seton Hall, FS2, (101.1 FM) vs. Mississippi 2:30 p.m. ing the second round of the season5:30 p.m.

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College: at Wisconsin, SEC Networkending CME Group Tour ChampiNetwork BTN SEC Network SEC Houston NetworkBaptistSEC College: SIU Carbondale vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, KATZ (1600 AM) 7 p.m. onship, revealing that next year’s MIZZOU • College FOOTBALL total purses will exceed $70 million Sunday 12/2 for 11/25 A new Saturday 11/24 Friday 11/23 Ohio State at Maryland, KDNL (30) 11WOMEN a.m. for theSunday first time. sponsor vs. TBA (Florida) vs. TBA (Florida) at West Virginia BBALL vs. Michigan the Women’s British4Open Michigan State at Nebraska, KTVI (2) 11 a.m. p.m. will be TBA TBA (Florida) revealed soon, and the entire 2019 Penn State at Rutgers, BTN 11 a.m.

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Illinois • fightingillini.com The Citadel at Alabama, SEC Network | 217-333-3470 11ILLINOIS a.m.

“I’d definitely prefer the top 10 Wednesday 12/5 Sunday 12/2 Tuesday 11/27 Penn State at Rutgers, BTN 11MBB a.m.

Wednesday 11/21 Sunday 11/25 players in the world rankings come vs. Ohio State in at Nebraska at Notre Dame vs. Mississippi vs. TBA in Maui channel Northwestern at Minnesota, BTN alternate 11 a.m. from 10 different countries, ” Whan Chicago 4 p.m.

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Valley State 1:30/4/8/10:30 Colgate at Army, CBSSN p.m., ESPN TBA 11 a.m.

“And the reason is, BTN if I get 6 p.m., ESPN2/U said. BTN 1 p.m.

Idaho at Florida, ESPNU 11 a.m. one player that wins 33 percent of Sunday 3/10 Thursday 3/7 Wednesday 2/27 Sunday 3/3 Saturday 2/23 Monday 2/18 the time she tees it up, when she 11 a.m.

SouthatFlorida at Temple, ESPNews at Penn State vs. Northwestern vs. Indiana at Purdue vs. Penn State Wisconsin tee it up it’s 11not a.m.the same 7 p.m.

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Middle Tennessee State at11Kentucky, 11 a.m.

FS1 FS1 BTN BTN BTN FS1 event.”

11:20 a.m. North Carolina State at Louisville, KPLR (11) The way this tournament has St.A&M Louis U. • slubillikens.com | 314-977-4758 Florida vs. Bethune-Cookman, 1 p.m.

ESPN Classic SLU MBB gone after 36 holes, there might be 1:30 p.m. Syracuse vs. Notre Dame, KSDK (5) one more name added to the win2:30 p.m. Missouri at Tennessee, KMOV (4), KTRS (550 AM) ners’ list for 2018.

2:30 p.m. Illinois at Iowa, BTN, KFNS (590 AM) Lexi Thompson — still win2:30 p.m. West Virginia at Oklahoma State, KDNL (30) less year 3/2 — shotWednesday a 5-under3/6 67 Saturday Tuesday 2/26 this Saturday 2/23 Wednesday 2/13 Saturday 2/16 2:30 p.m. Southern California at UCLA, KTVI (2) on Friday to move under for vs. George Mason tovs.12Duquesne at VCU at Dayton vs. La Salle at George 2:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Purdue, BTN4alternate channel 3 p.m.

2 p.m.three shots7clear 6:30 p.m. the week, p.m.

Washington p.m. of firstCBSSN CBSSN CBSSN 5:30 p.m., CBSSN FSM (72) and roundNBCSN leader Amy Olson 2:30 p.m. Miami at Virginia Tech, ESPN Brittany Lincicome (71).

2:30 p.m. Boston College at Florida State, ESPN2 SLUp.m. Virginia at Georgia Tech, FSM Thompson hit all 18 greens in 2:30 Tuesday 12/4 Thursday 11/29 Saturday 12/1 Saturday 11/24 Sunday 11/25 WOMEN regulation and hasn’t dropped a 2:30 p.m. Tulsa at Navy, CBSSN vs. Connecticut vs. SIU vs. SIU vs. Chattanooga at Virginia BBALL shot yet through two rounds.

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(Virginia) 2:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas State, ESPNU 7 p.m.

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2:30 p.m. SIU Carbondale at North Dakota State, KATZ (1600 AM) naments just because I can drive SIUE • siuecougars.com | 855-748-3849 3 p.m.

Indiana at Michigan, FS1 to it and I have so much family and Wednesday 12/19 Monday 12/17 Massachusetts 3SIUE p.m. at11/28 Georgia,Saturday SEC Network Saturday 12/8 12/1 Wednesday friends out here and Saturday a lot of 12/22 fans,” vs. CSUN at Washington vs. Harris-Stowe at Drake vs. SIU at Western Air Force at Wyoming, ESPNews 3MEN p.m. said Thompson, a native Florid1 p.m.

State 7 p.m.

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SIUE Thursday 12/20 Saturdayalways 12/15 there Saturday 12/8 Thursday 12/6 Saturday 12/1 bad, they’re supportAlabama-Birmingham at Texas A&M, ESPN2 6WOMEN p.m. at UMKC at Illinois at Chicago State at Loyola at St. Louis U. ing me, giving me high fives. That’s Connecticut at East Carolina, 6BBALL p.m.

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6:30 p.m. Kansas at Oklahoma, KTVI (2) The tournament within the tour6:30 p.m. Mississippi SEC Network Bluesat•Vanderbilt, blues.nhl.com | 314-622-2583 *Exhibition game nament this week is the conclusion 6:30 p.m. Tennessee-Chattanooga at South Carolina, SEC Net. alternate channel of theFriday Race 11/30 to the CME Globe,12/1 with BLUES Saturday Saturday 11/24 Wednesday 11/28 6:30 p.m. Rice at Louisiana State, ESPNU at Coyotes now Avalanche at Red WingsworldatNo. vs. Jets 1 Ariya Jutanugarn 7 p.m.

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GOLF FSM FSM FSM NBCSN FSM FSM 12:30 p.m. PGA:Sunday The RSM3/17 Classic, GOLF Friday 3/29 MondayNorth’s 3/25 Saturday 3/23 Thursday 3/21 Tuesday 3/19 Parkway Williams PGA:atEmirates 7 p.m.

Open, GOLF at Rangers vs. Golden vs. Lightning vs. Red Wings Oilers Sabres Australianvs.

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7 p.m.GOLF p.m.Tour Championship, 4 European p.m. commits 1:30 a.m. (Sun.) PGA: DP 7World FSM 7 p.m., FSM FSM FSM FSM FSM HOCKEY November is Barry Odom’s best St. Louis FC NHL • saintlouisfc.com | 636-680-0997 Noon Lightning at Flyers, Network month, and it just got better Friday.

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SOCCER Williams announced his decision 10:50 a.m. U-17 Women’s World Cup: United States vs. North Korea, FS2 Friday on KSDK (Ch. 5) and on 1:50 p.m. U-17 Women’s World Cup: Germany vs. Cameroon, FS2 Twitter.

He is the highest-rated TENNIS player from the St. Louis area to 8 a.m.

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commit to Mizzou since defensive lineman Terry Beckner Jr. from East St. Louis chose the Tigers in 2015.

Williams gives Mizzou six in-state pledges for the 2019 class, five from St. Louis, where Odom has picked up major momentum since the end of the 2017 season.

Williams had 102 tackles and three interceptions this season for Parkway North and caught 26 passes for 320 yards and four scores. Williams is rated the nation’s No. 19 safety by Rivals.com and No. 25 by 247Sports.com. (Dave Matter) Gold returns to skating • Gracie Gold started her journey to get back to the top of figure skating on Friday, and there’s a long way to go.

Skating competitively for the first time in nearly two years after a break to treat depression, anxiety and an eating disorder, Gold struggled with nerves as she finished 10th and last in the short program at the Moscow round of the Grand Prix.

GOLF ROUNDUP

Howell keeps lead in control of that again. She’s one of five women who entered this week in PGA Tour event with the best chance of taking that trophy and $1 million bonus, and is Charles Howell III was just back atop the projected standings as good on the tougher after shaking off a bogey-bogeyscoring course at Sea Island bogey start to finish with a 71 and with another 64 to match Saturday Tuesday 1/8 score Tuesday get to 12/18 3 under.Saturday 12/22 Saturday 12/29the best 36-hole of his 1/12 at South Carolina vs. Tennessee vs.

Morehead vs. Illinois vs. Xavier “I’m very proud of my back nine, ” career and build a three-shot 12 p.m.

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BTN American women to win once this shots on time and took season — and whose round Friday the lead at the World Tour went haywire when a suddenly Championship in Dubai. balky putter forced her to drop four The 28-year-old shots on the final four holes. “It’s Englishman, who was fined just this tour is so global and every$3,800 for slow play in the Sunday 12/9 Saturday 12/1 Saturday body is so darn good. 11/24 We can’t get firstWednesday round, shot12/5 a 7-under vs. Oregon State at SIU C’dale vs. Butler vs. Central Ark. away with mediocre 65 for a one-stroke lead 2:30over p.m.

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2018 An shares lead in Australia at UMass vs. Fla. Atlantic Yale (Florida) at Illinois State vs. Missouri was the U.S. Women’s Open.

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Thursday 1/10 Saturday Thursday 1/3 Sunday 12/30 Sunday 12/23 in 2019.

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“The expectation wasn’t to come here and set the world on fire. I just needed to compete,” said the U.S. skater, who is a native of Newton, Mass., and spent time growing up in Springfield, Mo. and Springfield, Ill. “On-brand for my personality is to go to one of the hardest Grand Prix in Moscow to do it, not at some tiny competition. The goal was just to show up and try to be brave.”

Gold’s skate included a fall and some jumps far below other skaters’ difficulty level. “We just had to start with something, even if it was trash,” she said. “This is six months out of rock bottom, so we’ll just go from there.” (AP) Zverev to meet Federer in semifinals • After reaching the last four at the ATP Finals for the first time, Alexander Zverev isn’t satisfied.

He set up a semifinal with sixtime champion Roger Federer by defeating John Isner 7-6 (5), 6-3 in London.

Isner and Marin Cilic, who later lost 7-6 (7), 6-2 in a meaningless match against group winner Novak Djokovic, were eliminated by the Zverev win.

Five-time champion Djokovic will face Kevin Anderson in the other semifinal Saturday. (AP) Neymar scores in Brazil win • Brazil extended its winning streak

Emirates Stadium in London.

After defender Danilo fouled Uruguay defender Diego Laxalt, Neymar calmly placed his 76th-minute spot kick to the right side of the Uruguay goal as goalkeeper Martin Campana dived the wrong way.

The Uruguay players were furious at the decision and accused Danilo of diving. (AP) Ambush Fanfest on Sunday at Family Arena • The St. Louis Ambush of the Major Indoor Soccer League will hold their annual Fanfest on Sunday at Family Arena.

Festivities, which are free, begin at 1 p.m. and will feature a 3:05 p.m. preseason exhibition against the Dallas Sidekicks. (Joe Lyons) Washington U. women’s soccer team advances • The No. 1-ranked Washington University women’s soccer team got a goal and an assist apiece from Taylor Cohen, Jessica Ridderhoff and Maggie Crist Friday in a 3-0 win over No. 23 Wisconsin-La Crosse in sectional semifinal action at Francis Field.

Emma Greenfield posted the 16th shutout of the season for the Bears (20-0), who will host No. 15 Wheaton (19-3-1) for the sectional title Saturday at 6 p.m. Wheaton beat No. 4 Centre (21-1) 3-2 on Friday. (Joe Lyons)

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Joe Flacco’s sore right hip means Ravens coach John Harbaugh may have to wait until Sunday before deciding who to start at quarterback in a pivotal game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

But it appears it won’t be Flacco, who is listed as doubtful on the injury report after not practicing all week.

Harbaugh’s other options are Lamar Jackson, a rookie who’s never made an NFL start, and veteran Robert Griffin III, who’s been inactive every game this season. Rather than fret, Harbaugh attempted to put a positive spin on the situation.

“It just makes it tougher for the Bengals to prepare for us,” he said.

Actually, Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis couldn’t care less. He’s got his own problems, most notably a horrific defense that set a Super Bowl-era record by yielding at least 500 yards in three successive games.

Lewis fired defensive coordinator Teryl Austin on Monday and assumed the responsibility of running the defense with the aid of Hue Jackson, who was hired Tuesday after being dismissed as coach of the Browns earlier this season.

Overlooked in the Bengals’ defensive collapse in a 51-14 loss to the Saints last week was how the offense struggled without receiver A.J. Green, sidelined with a toe injury.

Green was initially ruled out for the Ravens game, but the Bengals did an about-face and held open a slight chance he’d play by listing him as doubtful. But Cincinnati running back Joe Mixon, who is nursing a knee injury, is expected to start.

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If Ravens QB Joe Flacco (left) is unable to start against the Bengals, coach John Harabugh would turn to Robert Griffin III (center) or Lamar Jackson (right).

Cahokia’s Armstead out • The Saints will be without offensive tackle Terron Armstead, who is from Cahokia, on Sunday because of a shoulder injury. They also will be without defensive end Marcus Davenport (toe) for the game, against the Eagles.

Titans get two starters back • The Titans are getting a pair of starters back for their trip to Indianapolis on Sunday. Right tackle Jack Conklin has been cleared from the concussion protocol after missing last week’s game, and outside linebacker Derrick Morgan (shoulder) is set to return after missing the last three games.

Broncos lose Garcia • It was learned Friday that Broncos left guard Max Garcia has a torn knee ligament and became the team’s third starting offensive lineman to have been lost for the season. He joins guard Ronald Leary (Achilles tendon) and center Matt Paradis (broken leg).

Bosa, Gates listed as questionable • Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa (foot) and tight end Antonio Gates (knee) are listed as questionable for Sunday’s game, against the Broncos.

Coach Anthony Lynn said Bosa will be a game-time decision but that he looked good in practice.

Kupp has surgery • Rams wideout Cooper Kupp had knee surgery.

“It went really well,” coach Sean McVay said. “He called right afterward and he was in great spirits.”

Kupp is out for the rest of the season.

Elsewhere • The Raiders practiced at an off-site facility for a second consecutive day as thick smoke from California’s deadly wildfires blanketed the Bay Area. Players and coaches were bused to a gym at the former Alameda Naval Air Station for practices as they prepared to go on the road to face the Cardinals on Sunday.

• Falcons middle linebacker Deion Jones still is not ready to play as he recovers from a broken foot and will be inactive Sunday, against Dallas. But kicker Matt Bryant is expected to return after missing the last three games because of a sore hamstring.

• The Lions ruled wide receiver Marvin Jones out of Sunday’s game, against the Panthers, because of a knee injury. Tight end Michael Roberts (shoulder) and defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson (ankle) also are out. So is Panthers receiver Torrey Smith (knee).

• Redskins wide receiver Jamison Crowder (ankle), as well as running backs Chris Thompson (ribs) and Samaje Perine (calf), have been declared out of the team’s game Sunday, against the Texans.

• Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins (foot) missed practice Friday. It is not known if he will be able to play Monday night, against the Rams.

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Thursday • Seattle 27, Green Bay 24 Sunday Dallas at Atlanta, noon, KTVI-2 Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, noon, KMOV-4 Houston at Washington, noon Tampa Bay at NY Giants, noon Cincinnati at Baltimore, noon Carolina at Detroit, noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, noon Denver at LA Chargers, 3:05 p.m.

Oakland at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.

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Hamlin grabs pole late for Cup Series season finale Kyle Busch starts second to lead four contenders ASSOCIATED PRESS

HOMESTEAD, FLA. • Kyle Busch thought he had a pole-winning run and a jump on the title competition Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Then he was bumped by teammate Denny Hamlin and the politics began.

Hamlin gets the first pick of pit stalls for winning the pole, but Busch wants that spot. Busch is one of four drivers racing Sunday for the championship and Hamlin is not one of them.

“It’s a discussion,” Hamlin said about the strategy the Joe Gibbs Racing camp will use. “I mean, my pit crew is a second slower than Kyle’s. Everything is earned, nothing is given. We’ll have the discussion.”

Reigning series champion Martin Truex Jr. was in a similar position last year and asked Hamlin, a fellow Toyota driver, to give him the first pit stall, but Hamlin declined. Busch didn’t think his luck would be any better.

“That’s probably too far, but it would sure be nice,” Busch said.

Hamlin turned a lap at 173.863 mph in the closing seconds of Friday qualify-

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Denny Hamlin, who is not racing for the title, takes a selfie after winning the pole position Friday with a lap of 173.863 mph at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

ing to bump Busch from the top starting spot. Busch thought his lap at 173.622 was enough for the pole, but it only put him ahead of the other three title contenders.

Truex qualified third to put three Toyotas at the front of the field. It’s his final

race with Furniture Row Racing because a loss of sponsorship is forcing the team to close following the finale.

Joey Logano qualified fifth for Team Penske. Kevin Harvick was 12th, lowest of the title contenders, but not overly con-

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cerned about where he’s starting.

“I mean, we qualified 12th, not last,” Harvick said. “I think it’s not that big a deal if we can get our car driving right for Sunday.”

Logano also cautioned against making predictions off of the qualifying results.

“I don’t think a whole bunch transfers over. I think everyone was just tuned in for one (qualifying) lap,” Logano said.

Hamlin, meanwhile, won the pole for the second consecutive year and in a meaningful race for his team. He announced earlier Friday that he and crew chief Mike Wheeler are parting ways at the end of this season, and Hamlin seemed emotional about the split.

He and Wheeler won their very first race together, the Daytona 500 in 2016, and Hamlin wants to bookend their time together with a victory in their finale. A win would also extend Hamlin’s streak of winning at least one race every season since his 2006 debut.

Hamlin had to win at Homestead in 2013 to keep his streak active.

“We definitely want to end on a high note and try to win, in 2013 we were in the same predicament where we hadn’t won a race until the final race and we got it done, so hopefully it’s our time to do it,” Hamlin said. “We’re going to keep digging. Hats off to this team.”

MOTOR SPORTS NOTEBOOK Moffitt wins last race, Truck Series crown Brett Moffitt capped his remarkable underdog season with a NASCAR Truck Series championship for his underfunded race team.

Moffitt won the season finale Friday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway to close a storybook chapter in his rollercoaster NASCAR career. The championship with Hattori Racing Enterprises defied the odds because sponsorship troubles nearly shuttered the team.

Moffitt and his Toyota crew were sometimes weekto-week, and the organization has nothing announced beyond the finale. Moffitt may move on to something bigger, but he’ll leave with his first piece of real hardware.

The 26-year-old has bounced around NASCAR trying desperately to land just one break.

The championship is the first on the national level for Moffitt, who made his NASCAR debut in 2012 but didn’t get his first full season in any series until this year.

Noah Gragson was the championship runner-up and finished third in the race. Gragson drove for Toyotabacked Kyle Busch Motorsports, the top team in the series and heavy favorite to win the championship.

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MIZZOU AT TENNESSEE

5 QUESTIONS

Kentucky tries to end losing streak ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kentucky’s quest for a 10-win regular season quickly has shifted toward halting a losing streak.

The No. 20 Wildcats (7-3) have been outscored 58-24 in consecutive losses to No. 5 Georgia and unranked Tennessee that wrapped up its Southeastern Conference schedule. Kentucky hopes to get back on track Saturday, at home against Middle Tennessee (7-3), which will mean scoring more than the 17 points that seems to be its recent ceiling.

That output probably won’t suffice against a Blue Raiders squad averaging 37 points during their four-game winning streak.

While Kentucky coach Mark Stoops has dismissed suggestions about an offensive overhaul, he acknowledges that something has to give. Coordinator Eddie Gran believes the answer is simply reclaiming the aggression and focus that built a 7-1 start.

“We’ve got to play harder, we’ve got to be more consistent,” Gran said this week. “That’s the thing, getting back to that physicality of not talking about it, but doing it.”

Kentucky’s defense also needs a reboot after falling from its perch two weeks ago atop several national categories.

The Wildcats have allowed 61 points over that span and been vulnerable to chunk plays. Fatigue has also shown on a unit that has worked hard to provide the offense opportunities and field position.

Beating Middle Tennesse would give the Wildcats eight wins for the first time since 2007, and nine is still possible if they stay the course. They face Louisville the following Saturday. ’Bama faces The Citadel • Alabama has brushed off two ranked division rivals without allowing a point. On Saturday, the top-ranked Crimson Tide’s defense faces an entirely different challenge: The Citadel (4-5) and its triple option offense. All that preparation for Southeastern Conference offenses, including Mississippi State and No. 10 Louisiana State, provides scant help in this one for host ’Bama (10-0).

“This is a totally different challenge in terms of how you have to try to defend it,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said.

The big question facing Alabama is how much quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will play on a right knee that has been bothering him.

Saban bristles at any suggestion that he’d sit out Tagovailoa or another banged-up starter based on assumptions about the opponent.

“That can’t be your mindset,” Saban said. “That’s not our mindset, that’s not going to be the mindset of our players.”

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1. WHO WANTS IT MORE? The Tigers didn’t seem overly satisfied with clinching bowl eligibility, but they can’t afford to let up against a Tennessee team hungry to do the same with a win Saturday. “I can’t see us not getting to 8-4, and if we don’t get to 8-4 it won’t feel right,” Mizzou quarterback Drew Lock said this week. The Tigers can’t get to 8-4 without getting to 7-4 first, and in their way is the most improved team in the SEC. It’s senior day in Knoxville, and the Volunteers don’t need any extra motivation to secure bowl eligibility on their home field. If not, they’ll have to try to do it on the road next week at Vanderbilt.

2. ANOTHER SHOW FROM CROCKETT? The last time the Tigers visited Neyland Stadium, in 2016, Damarea Crockett had one of the best games for a Missouri running back in team history, gashing the Vols for 225 yards. The junior has come on strong in the second half of the season, and even though he splits carries with sophomore Larry Rountree, he’s been one of the SEC’s most productive backs.

He is averaging 85.2 yards per game in SEC play, fifth-best among SEC running backs. The Tigers could use another prolific day from Crockett against a Tennessee defense that’s improved through the year.

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3. CAN MIZZOU PROTECT THE POCKET FROM LINEBACKER TAYLOR? The Tigers seem to face a potent pass rusher every week, and Tennessee has one, too. Outside linebacker Darrell Taylor terrorized Kentucky with four sacks off the edge last week, the most by any FBS player this season. Mizzou’s offensive line has held up for the most part this season, allowing only 12 sacks, second-fewest in the SEC. Tackles Yasir Durant and Paul Adams plus Missouri’s tight ends and running backs should be on high alert for No. 19 in orange.

Damarea Crockett

Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano has quietly put up solid statistics this season, completing 65 percent of his passes while averaging 8.2 yards per attempt. The Vols’ passing game won’t be confused with Alabama’s long-ball attack, but Tennessee’s 19 pass plays of 30 yards or more ranks fourth in the SEC, just behind Mizzou’s 21. Tigers coach Barry Odom rates Guarantano’s deep ball as good as anyone MU has played, company that includes Alabama Heisman frontrunner Tua Tagovailoa. Even more impressive, Guarantano has suffered only two interceptions. Only triple-option team Georgia Southern has thrown fewer all season.

5. CAN DOOLEY EVEN THE SCORE AGAINST THE VOLUNTEERS? Who better to spoil Tennessee’s final home game of the season than Derek Dooley? The last time Dooley coached at Neyland Stadium he was the losing coach in Mizzou’s four-overtime win over the Vols on Nov. 10, 2012. Six years later he’ll be calling plays for the Tigers, trying to beat the school that fired him late in his third season on the job. Dooley stays out of the limelight as Odom’s offensive coordinator and will be tucked away in the coaches’ booth during the game.

But the first-year assistant surely would love to take down his former employer. Will he deliver a sound game plan? Any trick plays up his sleeve?

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OFFENSE QB Drew Lock RB Damarea Crockett WR Emanuel Hall WR Jalen Knox WR Johnathon Johnson TE Kendall Blanton LT Yasir Durant LG Kevin Pendleton C Trystan Colon-Castillo RG Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms RT Paul Adams DEFENSE DE Akial Byers DT Terry Beckner Jr. DT Walter Palmore DE Chris Turner WLB Terez Hall MLB Cale Garrett SLB Brandon Lee CB Christian Holmes CB DeMarkus Acy FS Tyree Gillespie SS Cam Hilton Specialists PK Tucker McCann P/H Corey Fatony LS Drew Wise KR Richaud Floyd PR Johnathon Johnson

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OFFENSE QB Jarrett Guarantano 2 RB Ty Chandler 8 WR Marquez Callaway 1 WR Josh Palmer 84 WR Jauan Jennings 15 TE Dominick Wood-Anderson 4 LT Marcus Tatum 68 LG Jahmir Johnson 58 C Ryan Johnson 70 RG Nathan Niehaus 57 RT Drew Richmond 51 DEFENSE DE Kyle Phillips 5 NT Shy Tuttle 2 DE Alexis Johnson Jr. 98 JACK Deandre Johnson 13 SLB Darrell Taylor 19 MLB Daniel Bituli 35 WLB Darrin Kirkland Jr. 34 CB Alontae Taylor 6 CB Baylen Buchanan 28 S Nigel Warrior 18 S Micah Abernathy 22 SPECIALISTS PK Brent Cimaglia 42 P/H Joe Doyle 47 LS Jesse Medford 52 PR Marquez Callaway 1 KR Ty Chandler 8

Tigers’ offensive line responds to coaching tactics MIZZOU • FROM B1

Colon-Castillo said the line’s first position meeting after the Alabama game “was like a funeral.”

“It was silent,” he said. “Everyone was just sitting there and nobody wanted to say anything.”

That went on for a week. No small talk.

No chit chat. Not until the Tigers played better up front.

“He did it to get us going,” right tackle Paul Adams said.

“He still didn’t talk to us during the (Memphis) game,” Colon-Castillo added.

Whatever it takes.

The day before the Tigers hosted Memphis, during an otherwise quiet offensive line meeting, there was a knock on the door. It was offensive coordinator Derek Dooley.

“He challenged us,” Colon-Castillo said. “He told us to our faces: ‘You guys have to run the ball. If we don’t run the ball we won’t win the game.’” “‘This is on you this week,’” right guard Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms recalled Dooley saying. “We had to sit down and really revaluate ourselves, go over our diagnostics and ask, ‘What am I doing wrong? What

can I do better?’”

The next day, the Tigers dominated the line of scrimmage and opened holes for a running game that produced 273 yards, 6.8 per carry. After a hiccup against Kentucky the next week, the front five got back to controlling the trenches at Florida: 42 carries for 221 yards. Then, again, against Vanderbilt: 49 carries for 253 yards.

As the Tigers (6-4, 2-4 SEC) head into Saturday’s game at Tennessee (5-5, 2-4), their path is blazed behind an offensive line that’s started to fulfill the expectations.

For all the breathless analysis of senior quarterback Drew Lock and his pursuit of signature victories, the Tigers have been at their best when the front five carves running lanes for the running backs. The last two seasons, the Tigers are 9-2 when they rush for 200 yards — and 0-8 when they rush for fewer than 100.

“We look at it like, ‘Hey, we can’t put it all on Drew,’” Wallace-Simms said.

“We’ve got to take the pressure off Drew.

Our run game opens up a lot of things and makes Drew’s throws easier.”

That was the case in the second half last week against Vanderbilt, when Lock connected on 11 of 13 passes, most of them

short, quick throws from the pocket while Damarea Crockett and Larry Rountree did the heavy lifting and bludgeoned the Commodores on the ground 27 times for 130 yards.

“We decided to put the game on us, put everything on our back,” left tackle Yasir Durant said. “This team will only go as far as we go. We’ve taken that approach.”

“It’s a great feeling, isn’t it?” Tigers coach Barry Odom said. “Our offensive line has earned that. They’ve got to continue to do that because we need them in a huge way these next two weeks. They’re experienced. They’re battle-tested. They want that. If you can run the ball when you line up on first down and then it’s second and 5, that’s a big win. That takes a lot off the pass game, off the quarterback. That helps us as a team to play smart football.”

This wasn’t the first time Davis surprised his linemen with some carefully crafted motivation.

Davis, a December addition off Florida’s staff, was the newcomer in the meeting room this offseason as the Tigers returned all five offensive line starters from last year.

While Mizzou led the SEC in total offense last year and allowed the fewest sacks and tackles for loss, Davis welcomed his new

charges with a clear message: Big deal.

He gathered the five starters for a film session this summer. Little did they know what was on the tape: Nothing but blown assignments and breakdowns from last season.

“It was a bunch of plays from last year of us basically getting our (butt) whupped,” Colon-Castillo said. “We were talking about how great we were. … (Davis) put us in our place. Having to re-watch all of that was definitely not fun, especially with a new coach. It resonated with all of us.”

After the Memphis game, Davis broke his silence. He even shook his linemen’s hands — though he’s rarely talked to reporters since coming to Mizzou and didn’t stop this week after Tuesday’s practice when assistant coaches meet with the media.

He’ll let his linemen do the talking Saturday.

“He coaches them hard, but he connects with them,” Dooley said. “And they respond. There’s not one day that they haven’t been all in on what we’re doing and how we’re teaching. That’s the starting point.”

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

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Illini still harbor hopes of bowl game But they’re heavy underdogs against Iowa on Saturday and Northwestern next week

BY JOEY WAGNER Decatur Herald & Review

CHAMPAIGN, ILL. • The stakes are pretty simple: Win both remaining games, and the Illinois football team lands in a bowl game. Lose one and miss the postseason.

The trek begins at 2:30 p.m. Saturday when the Illini host Iowa, a team that has already clinched a bowl berth and has five consecutive wins over the Illini. If Illinois (4-6, 2-5 Big Ten) can send its seniors out of Memorial Stadium for the last time with a win, the next task is beating Big Ten West champion Northwestern next week in Evanston.

“Our history with (Iowa), I think they’ve won the last (five) games,” Illinois coach Lovie Smith said. “It’s been a long time, 2008, that we’ve beaten them. We’ve played them tough the other two times we’ve played them, but we haven’t been able to get over the hump. Excited about coming back home. Most teams play better at home, and hopefully that’ll be the case with us.”

There isn’t much secret to what the Hawkeyes (6-4, 3-4) do defensively, and that’s stop the run. Iowa ranks second in the Big Ten in rush defense, allowing just 94 yards game, and will be tasked with stopping a rushing attack that’s much better than the one the Illini took to Iowa City in last season’s loss. Iowa is second in the Big Ten in total defense, allowing 285.9 yards a game.

Illinois, behind running back Reggie Corbin and quarterback AJ Bush Jr., ranks second in the conference in rushing yards per game with 262.8.

“They play hard, they’re sound, they’ve been playing the same system for a lot of years” at Iowa, Smith said. “They don’t make many mistakes. Tough football team. Discipline. That’s what they have and that’s what they’ve been for many years.”

Iowa is one of two Big Ten West teams, along with Wisconsin, that fifth-year senior Nick Allegretti hasn’t beaten. There’s nothing the Hawkeyes and coach Kirk Ferentz are going to do that is going to catch Allegretti off guard in his final game at Memorial Stadium.

“It’s a fun game every year,” Allegretti said. “It’s super physical. They’re the same team for the last basically 20 years.

We know who they’re going to be and

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Illinois RB back Reggie Corbin (2) is ushered by QB AJ Bush Jr. en route to a 77-yard touchdown run in the Illini’s 55-31 victory over Minnesota Nov. 2 in Champaign, Ill. With two games left, the Illini need to win both to secure their first bowl bid since 2014. > 2:30 p.m. Saturday vs. Iowa, Big Ten Network

what they’re going to be.”

Last season Illinois went to Iowa City and left with a 45-16 loss while rushing for 200 yards, led by 83 from Mike Epstein and 61 from Corbin in rare action he saw last year. The Illini have a different rushing attack this year under the direction of Rod Smith as offensive coordinator. Hobbled by injury, Epstein “probably won’t” return this season and Corbin is in the middle of a breakout, 1,000-plus-yard season.

Corbin (1,011 yards) and Bush (659) have led the ground attack. Ferentz is familiar with Rod Smith from Smith’s time at Michigan with Rich Rodriguez.

“He’s done a really nice job with them,”

Ferentz said. “Their personnel comes in key spots. (Bush) is a new player to the team and obviously been a catalyst for them. (Corbin) is the most intriguing story. Here’s a guy who was pretty much on the bench earlier and now he’s averaging (110.1) yards a game in conference and (10) yards a carry. It’s ridiculous.”

The rushing game starts with the offensive line, which is led by Allegretti.

“Last year their offensive line looked young and like they were in the developmental stage,” Ferentz said. “They’ve made a huge jump from a year ago. As you know, no matter what you’re selling on offense, if you have a line that can block, it gives you a much, much better chance.

That’s where they’re different than a year

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Irish, Orange to tangle in NY

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Quarterback Eric Dungey, who leads Syracuse’s up-tempo offense, has accounted for 26 touchdowns. The No. 12 Orange face No. 3 Notre Dame on Saturday at Yankee Stadium.

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Pinstripe uniforms. The Empire State Building shining blue and gold. The band performing at Bryant Park and the drummer’s circle at Rockefeller Center.

When Notre Dame plays in New York City, it comes with fanfare and pageantry.

The third-ranked Fighting Irish (10-0, No. 3 playoff rankings) visit Yankee Stadium on Saturday to face No. 12 Syracuse, the highest-ranked team the Orange have fielded in 20 years.

Notre Dame is two victories away from an unbeaten regular season and is on track for a spot in the national semifinals for the first time in the five-year history of the four-team playoffs. The Irish finish the season next week at Southern California and their late-season travel schedule has been a topic of conversation all year. That concern among their fans has been exacerbated by the fact that Syracuse (8-2, No. 12 playoff rankings) is the best it has been in years.

The Orange are bowl-eligible for the first time since 2013, have won eight regular-season games for the first time since 2001 and have their best AP ranking since 1998. Running coach Dino Baber’s fast-paced offense, quarterback Eric Dungey is averaging 288 total yards per game and has accounted for 26 touchdowns (14 passing, 12 rushing).

The Irish counter with a top-10 defense (4.52 yards per play), led by linebacker Te’von Coney and lineman Jerry Tillery.

On offense, Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book is expected to be back in the starting lineup after missing last week’s game because of a rib injury.

Boise State wins • Sean Modster caught a career-best three touchdown passes to lead No. 23 Boise State to a 45-14 victory over New Mexico on Friday night.

The Broncos (9-2, 6-1 Mountain West) took advantage of three turnovers by the Lobos (3-8, 1-6) that they turned into 24 points.

American Conference in spotlight • Central Florida and Cincinnati are Top 25 teams eager to show what they and the American Athletic Conference are all about.

The undefeated, 11th-ranked Knights and once-beaten No. 19 Bearcats are ready to state their case Saturday night in a prime time, nationally televised matchup with league championship implications. Host UCF (9-0, 6-0 AAC, No. 11 playoff rankings) would clinch the AAC East Division crown, as well as a berth in the conference title game for the second straight year, by extending the nation’s longest winning streak to 23 games.

Cincinnati (9-1, 5-1, No. 24), back in the spotlight after winning just four games a year ago in its first season under coach Luke Fickell, can extend the East race to the final week of the regular season by knocking off the defending AAC champions.

Miles reportedly headed to KU • Former Louisiana State coach Les Miles is finalizing a deal to become coach of Kansas, CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd reported. Miles, 65, led the Tigers to the 2007 national title and SEC titles in 2007 and 2011. He was fired in 2016 when the team was 2-2 and reached a contract settlement with the school Thursday. David Beaty is 6-40 as KU’s coach, and it recently announced that he will depart a the end of the season.

Fire affects games • The annual “Big Game” between Stanford (6-4, 4-3 Pac12) and California (6-4, 3-4) that had been scheduled for Saturday was postponed because of the unhealthy air quality in the Bay Area resulting from a wildfire some 150 miles to the north. The game now is set for Dec. 1, a Saturday, with a noon kickoff at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley.

San Jose State moved the time of its home game Saturday, against Nevada, up two hours, to noon. UC Davis’ game, against Sacramento State, was shifted to Reno, Nev.

No. 1 Alabama (10-0) vs. The Citadel (4-5), 11 a.m.

No. 2 Clemson (10-0) vs. Duke (7-3), 6 p.m.

No. 3 Notre Dame (10-0) vs. No. 12 Syracuse (8-2), at Bronx, N.Y., 1:30 p.m.

No. 4 Michigan (9-1) vs. Indiana (5-5), 3 p.m.

No. 5 Georgia (9-1) vs. UMass (4-7), 3 p.m.

No. 6 Oklahoma (9-1) vs. Kansas (3-7), 6:30 p.m.

No. 7 West Virginia (8-1) at Oklahoma State (5-5), 2:30 p.m.

No. 8 Ohio State (9-1) at Maryland (5-5), 11 a.m.

No. 9 Washington State (9-1) vs. Arizona (5-5), 9:30 p.m.

No. 10 LSU (8-2) vs. Rice (1-10), 6:30 p.m.

No. 11 Central Florida (9-0) vs. No. 19 Cincinnati (9-1), 7 p.m.

No. 13 Texas (7-3) vs. No. 18 Iowa State (6-3), 7 p.m.

No. 14 Utah State (9-1) at Colorado State (3-7), 1 p.m.

No. 15 Florida (7-3) vs. Idaho (4-6), 11 a.m.

No. 16 Penn State (7-3) at Rutgers (1-9), 11 a.m.

No. 17 Washington (7-3) vs. Oregon State (2-8), 3:30 p.m.

No. 20 Kentucky (7-3) vs. Middle Tennessee (7-3), 11 a.m.

No. 21 Utah (7-3) at Colorado (5-5), 12:30 p.m.

No. 22 Boston College (7-3) at Florida State (4-6), 2:30 p.m.

No. 23 Boise State (9-2) 45, New Mexico (3-8) 14, late Friday No. 24 Northwestern (6-4) at Minnesota (5-5), 11 a.m.

No. 25 Mississippi State (6-4) vs. Arkansas (2-8), 11 a.m.

EAST Colgate (9-0) at Army (8-2), 11 a.m.

Fordham (1-9) at Bucknell (1-9), 11 a.m.

Duquesne (7-3) at C. Connecticut (6-4), 11 a.m.

Villanova (4-6) at Delaware (7-3), 11 a.m.

Yale (5-4) at Harvard (5-4), 11 a.m.

Elon (6-3) at Maine (7-3), 11 a.m.

San Diego (8-2) at Marist (5-5), 11 a.m.

New Hampshire (4-6) at Rhode Island (5-5), 11 a.m.

Wagner (3-7) at Robert Morris (1-8), 11 a.m.

St. Francis, Pa., (4-6) at Sacred Heart (6-4), 11 a.m.

South Florida (7-3) at Temple (6-4), 11 a.m.

Holy Cross (4-6) at Georgetown (5-5), 11:30 a.m.

Lehigh (2-8) at Lafayette (3-7), 11:30 a.m.

Cornell (3-6) at Columbia (5-4), noon Penn (6-3) at Princeton (9-0), noon Brown (1-8) at Dartmouth (8-1), 12:30 p.m.

James Madison (7-3) at Towson (7-3), 1 p.m.

Stony Brook (7-3) at Albany, N.Y., (2-8), 2:30 p.m.

Tulsa (2-8) at Navy (2-8), 2:30 p.m.

SOUTH Pittsburgh (6-4) at Wake Forest (5-5), 11 a.m.

NC State (6-3) at Louisville (2-8), 11:20 a.m.

Butler (4-6) at Davidson (5-5), noon Samford (5-5) at E. Tennessee (8-2), noon St. Andrews (2-6) at Hampton (6-3), noon Bryant (5-5) at Howard (4-5), noon Dayton (5-5) at Jacksonville (2-7), noon Drake (6-3) at Morehead St. (3-7), noon Morgan St. (3-7) at Norfolk St. (4-5), noon Valparaiso (2-8) at Stetson (7-2), noon Monmouth (7-3) at Gardner-Webb (3-7), 12:30 p.m.

Savannah St. (2-7) at SC State (4-5), 12:30 p.m.

Presbyterian (2-7) at Wofford (7-3), 12:30 p.m.

Florida A&M (6-4) vs. Bethune-Cookman (7-5), in Orlando, 1 p.m.

ago. They’ve really matured there and have done a nice job.”

The goal for the Illini is the postseason, and to get there the Illini have to dispatch two heavily favored rivals. Iowa is a 14-point favorite Saturday.

For sophomore offensive lineman Alex Palczewski, the goal becomes heightened to get Allegretti and the other seniors to a bowl game, the first in the program since 2014. Palczewski shared a message with the rest of his underclassmen on the offensive line. “Listen, I know we have to take care of school, but the next two weeks we have to focus and get everything done to get (the seniors) a third game and try to send them out right,” Palczewski told his offensive line.

Charleston Southern (4-5) at Campbell (6-4), 1 p.m.

Fla. International (7-3) at Charlotte (4-6), 1 p.m.

Va. Lynchburg (2-6) at Delaware St. (2-8), 1 p.m.

Alabama A&M (5-5) at Miss. Valley State (1-8), 1 p.m.

NC A&T (8-2) at NC Central (4-6), 1 p.m.

Va. Military (1-9) at Old Dominion (3-7), 1 p.m.

Richmond (3-7) at William & Mary (4-5), 1 p.m.

Georgia St. (2-8) at Appalachian St. (7-2), 1:30 p.m.

Texas-San Antonio (3-7) at Marshall (6-3), 1:30 p.m.

E. Kentucky (6-4) at Tennessee Tech (1-9), 1:30 p.m.

Jackson St. (5-4) at Alcorn St. (7-3), 2 p.m.

Jacksonville St. (8-2) at Kennesaw St. (9-1), 2 p.m.

Furman (5-4) at Mercer (5-5), 2 p.m.

W. Carolina (3-7) at North Carolina (1-8), 2 p.m.

UT Martin (2-8) at Tennessee St. (3-5), 2 p.m.

Virginia (7-3) at Georgia Tech (6-4), 2:30 p.m.

Louisiana Tech (7-3) at Southern Miss. (4-5), 2:30 p.m.

Texas St. (3-7) at Troy (8-2), 2:30 p.m.

Miami (5-5) at Virginia Tech (4-5), 2:30 p.m.

Liberty (4-5) at Auburn (6-4), 3 p.m.

Lamar (6-4) at McNeese St. (6-4), 3 p.m.

Murray St. (5-5) at Austin Peay (4-6), 4 p.m.

Georgia Southern (7-3) at Coastal Carolina (5-5), 4 p.m.

South Alabama (2-8) at La.-Lafayette (5-6), 4 p.m.

UConn (1-9) at East Carolina (2-7), 6 p.m.

Chattanooga (6-4) at South Carolina (5-4), 6:30 p.m.

Mississippi (5-5) at Vanderbilt (4-6), 6:30 p.m.

Texas-El Paso (1-9) at W. Kentucky (1-9), 6:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Michigan St. (6-4) at Nebraska (3-7), 11 a.m.

Youngstown St. (4-6) at Illinois St. (5-5), noon E. Illinois (3-7) at SE Missouri (7-3), 1 p.m.

Indiana St. (7-3) at W. Illinois (5-5), 1 p.m.

South Dakota (4-6) at S. Dakota St. (6-3), 2 p.m.

Bowling Green (2-8) at Akron (4-5), 2:30 p.m.

Texas Tech (5-5) at Kansas St. (4-6), 2:30 p.m.

SIU Carbondale (2-8) at N. Dakota St. (10-0), 2:30 p.m.

Wisconsin (6-4) at Purdue (5-5), 2:30 p.m.

Missouri St. (3-6) at N. Iowa (5-5), 4 p.m.

SOUTHWEST TCU (4-6) at Baylor (5-5), 11 a.m.

Alabama St. (3-6) at Prairie View (3-6), 1 p.m.

Cent. Arkansas (5-5) at Abilene Christian (6-4), 2 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe (6-4) at Arkansas St. (6-4), 2 p.m.

Sam Houston St. (5-5) at Houston Baptist (1-9), 2 p.m.

Ala.-Birmingham (9-1) at Texas A&M (6-4), 6 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff (1-9) at Texas Southern (2-7), 7:30 p.m.

FAR WEST Montana St. (6-4) at Montana (6-4), 1 p.m.

Southern Cal (5-5) at UCLA (2-8), 2:30 p.m.

Sacramento St. (3-6) at UC Davis (8-2), 3 p.m.

Air Force (4-6) at Wyoming (4-6), 3 p.m.

North Dakota (5-5) at N. Arizona (3-6), 3:30 p.m.

Nevada (6-4) at San Jose St. (1-9), 2 p.m.

Weber St. (8-2) at Idaho St. (6-4), 4:30 p.m.

S. Utah (1-9) at Cal Poly (4-6), 6:05 p.m.

Stanford (6-4) at California (6-4), ppd. to Dec. 1 New Mexico St. (3-7) at BYU (5-5), 9:15 p.m.

San Diego St. (7-3) at Fresno St. (8-1), 9:30 p.m.

Arizona St. (6-4) at Oregon (6-4), 9:30 p.m.

UNLV (3-7) at Hawaii (6-5), 10 p.m.

B6 • ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

M 1 • Saturday • 11.17.2018

Mizzou survives Kennesaw State scare Puryear, Suggs help Tigers hold off Owls in Virgin Islands tourney

BY DAVE MATTER St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Missouri basketball team survived a scare in the first round of the Paradise Jam and overcame another ugly offensive performance in a 55-52 win over Kennesaw State in the Virgin Islands.

Jordan Geist’s free throws with 1:42 left put the Tigers (2-1) in front for good, but it was a nervewracking final few possessions.

Geist’s layup missed the rim on MU’s next series for a shotclock violation, but the Owls (13) couldn’t get any closer. With 16 seconds left, Kennesaw State struggled to get the ball inbounds and MU’s Ronnie Suggs came up with a steal and found Mark Smith for a layup in the final sec-

onds for a four-point lead.

The Owls raced back for a layup and fouled Kevin Puryear on the inbounds. But after the senior forward split his free throws, Kennesaw State couldn’t pull off the miracle comeback with less than a second left, heaving a pass to halfcourt as the buzzer sounded.

Missouri advanced to play Oregon State (3-0) in Sunday’s second round with tipoff set for 4:30 p.m. (St. Louis time). The Beavers beat Old Dominion 6156 in the first round.

Puryear led all scorers with 17 points, while Jeremiah Tilmon added 12, all in the first half.

Tilmon pulled down a team-high nine rebounds. It was Puryear’s highest-scoring game since he

SLU is facing harder games SLU • FROM B1

Strengthening connections off the court might not help on, but it can’t hurt. SLU could use a little extra chemistry these days as the degree of difficulty begins to increase after three home games to start the season.

“This is huge for us,” senior Javon Bess said. “This is going to show us where we’re at. We’ve played three teams and each was good, but going to Seton Hall and playing Pitt on a neutral court will show us where we’re at.”

In Ford’s first season, the Billikens spent nearly a week in Las Vegas, saw a show and lost games to BYU and Alabama.

Last season they were in New York for a long stretch for a tournament and surprised everyone by beating Virginia Tech before a loss to Providence.

This is a different group, and the proverbial work in progress has been slow going, although it has produced a 3-0 record.

Ford would rather look at SLU’s struggles as a basket half full.

Only the Billikens have been filling up the basket far less than half the time.

Shooting woes have plagued them thus far, possibly because the offense has not functioned smoothly.

When Ford scans the college basketball scene, he takes solace in the struggles of other teams.

“It’s no different than what you see on TV every night in college basketball,” he said.

“Everybody’s going through their struggles, and it’s just an interesting time early in the year. Right now we have to use these games to get better. It’s only going to get harder.”

The trip hasn’t been without its glitches. The team left Thursday only to get stuck in Pittsburgh, where the Billikens hung out in the airport for a while before staying the night and getting to New York on Friday.

SLU is undefeated, but two of the first three opponents are rated No. 303 and No. 337 in the KenPom analytics. Six of the next nine are in the top

100. The Billikens have won the games they were supposed to win, thus far, and now must focus on bigger wins if they are truly going to contend for an NCAA Tournament berth.

Seton Hall is coming off of a humbling 80-57 loss at Nebraska on Wednesday night.

But the Pirates have gone to the NCAA Tournament the last three years as a No. 8, No. 9 and No. 6 seed. A private school with an enrollment similar to SLU, Seton Hall has followed roughly the same curve as SLU since 2000.

Ford doesn’t think he needs to emphasize to his players the increase in talent they will see.

“They know it. I won’t have to say a whole lot,” Ford said.

“They have the ultimate respect for all of these teams. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out we’re barely squeaking by some of these teams. Leaving (home), that’s already tough.

Going against a team that’s been to three straight NCAA Tournaments with a great tradition — yeah, we have our hands full.”

The trip also includes the game against Pitt at the arena where the Atlantic 10 tournament will be played. The Panthers were dismal last season but have started 4-0 under first-year coach Jeff Capel.

And right around the corner is a stretch that includes Butler, Southern Illinois Carbondale, Oregon State, Houston and Florida State. The Billikens will need an upgrade from average, as described by Ford, to compete with those teams.

Although Ford expected SLU to need some time to round into shape, he did acknowledge there are many things that bother him.

“Oh, I’ve got a lot of concerns,” he said. “More than any team I’ve coached in a while, for us to be our best it may be a while. That doesn’t mean we can’t win games. I told the staff the other day, ‘I hope we’re figuring it out good enough to win games.’”

had 20 points against MiamiOhio last Dec. 5.

“Luckily Kevin stepped up and played the way Kevin was capable of playing,” Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin said on his postgame radio interview.

Nursing a back injury, Geist nearly didn’t play but gave the Tigers a solid outing with eight points, five rebounds and a couple of assists in more than 30 minutes. He was six of six from the foul line in the final 6:20, accounting for all but five of MU’s points in the game’s final eight minutes.

“Geist did some really good things for us,” Martin said. “It was game-time decision whether or not he played. He’s battletested. He did some great things

for us in 30-plus minutes. We didn’t think he’d go. He missed practice. But he stepped up.”

Kennesaw State, winless against teams from high-major conferences since 2010, held the lead for two brief stretches in the second half but couldn’t put together a run to pull away. Suggs, a walk-on transfer from Bradley, got his most extensive playing time for the Tigers and played especially well on the defensive end. He only scored one point but helped hold point guard Tyler Hooker to four-of-14 shooting. He was Martin’s first player off the bench in the second half.

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

Vick shines for No. 2 Kansas Senior scores career-high 33 points to beat Louisiana-Lafayette HOW THE TOP 25 FARED 1. Duke (3-0) idle. Next: vs.

San Diego State, Monday.

2. Kansas (3-0) beat LouisianaLafayette 89-76. Next: vs. No. 24 Marquette, Wednesday.

3. Gonzaga (3-0) idle.

Next: vs. Illinois, Monday.

4. Virginia (3-0) beat Coppin State 97-40. Next: vs. Middle Tennessee, Wednesday.

5. Tennessee (3-0) idle.

Next: vs. Louisville, Wednesday.

6. Nevada (2-0) vs. Little Rock, late.

Next: vs. Cal Baptist, Monday.

7. North Carolina (4-0) beat Tennessee Tech 108-58.

Next: vs. Saint Francis (Pa.), Monday.

8. Villanova (2-1) idle.

Next: vs. Furman, Saturday.

9. Auburn (3-0) idle.

Next: vs. Xavier, Monday.

10. Kentucky (2-1) idle.

Next: vs. VMI, Sunday.

11. Michigan State (2-1) idle.

Next: vs. Tennessee Tech, Sunday.

12. Kansas State (3-0) beat Eastern Kentucky 95-68. Next: vs. Northern Iowa or Pennsylvania, Saturday.

13. Oregon (3-1) beat No. 15 Syracuse 80-65. Next: vs. Green Bay, Tuesday.

14. Florida State (2-0) idle.

Next: vs. Canisius, Monday.

15. Syracuse (2-2) lost to No. 13 Oregon 80-65. Next: vs. Colgate, Wednesday.

16. Virginia Tech (3-0) beat Northeastern 88-60. Next: vs.

No. 23 Purdue, Sunday.

17. Mississippi State (3-0) beat Long Beach State 79-51. Next: vs. Arizona State, Monday.

18. Michigan (3-0) idle.

Next: vs. George Washington, Sat. 19. Clemson (3-0) idle.

Next: vs. Akron, Monday.

20. UCLA (2-0) vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) late. Next: vs. Presbyterian, Monday.

21. TCU (3-0) idle.

Next: vs. Lipscomb, Tuesday.

22. LSU (4-0) beat Louisiana Tech 74-67.

Next: vs. College of Charleston, Thurs.

23. Purdue (3-0) beat Davidson 79-58.

Next: vs. No. 16 Virginia Tech, Sun.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kansas guard Lagerald Vick shoots a three-point basket over LouisianaLafayette forward Malik Marquetti during the first half Friday night.

Kansas won 89-76.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Billikens guard Jordan Goodwin leads the charge against North Alabama on Tuesday night. St. Louis U. improved to 3-0.

SLU AT SETON HALL When • 7 p.m. Saturday Where • Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. All-time series • SLU leads 2-0.

TV, radio • Fox Sports 2; WXOS (101.1 FM) Records • SLU 3-0, Seton Hall 1-1 About the Billikens • The inside combination of Hasahn French, D.J. Foreman and Carte’Are Gordon is shooting 62.5 percent (25 for 40). ...

The Billikens have been winning with defense by holding opponents to 39.3 percent from the field and 30.2 percent beyond the arc. ... After a long struggle outside of Chaifetz Arena, SLU has split its last eight games away from home. ... Despite the offensive struggles, SLU is 49th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio.

About the Pirates • Junior guard Myles Powell is the team’s dominant scorer with a 27-point average in two games. ... The Pirates are coming off an 80-57 loss at Nebraska, which is nearing a breakthrough into the top 25. ... The roster includes five players who have had significant high-major playing time. ... Coach Kevin Willard is using two point guards, with transfers Quincy McKnight and freshman Anthony Nelson sharing the role.

FG FT Reb MISSOURI Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Puryear 29 6-12 4-6 3-6 0 3 17 34 6-14 0-0 4-9 1 1 12 Tilmon Geist 32 1-7 6-6 0-5 2 0 8 Pickett 23 1-4 0-2 2-4 3 2 3 7 Mark Smith 32 3-9 0-0 1-6 2 1 Watson 16 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 3 0 14 1-1 2-2 1-5 1 1 4 Mi. Smith Suggs 11 0-2 1-2 0-0 1 2 1 Pinson 5 0-0 1-2 0-1 0 2 1 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 Nikko Totals 200 19-53 14-20 11-37 10 17 55 Percentages: FG.358, FT.700. 3-point goals: 3-17, .176. Team rebounds: 1. Team Turnovers: 12. Blocked shots: 2. Turnovers: 12. Steals: 10. Technical fouls: None.

FG FT Reb KENNESAW ST. Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Jankovic 33 5-10 1-2 3-7 2 2 13 Mbuyamba 20 0-0 0-0 2-9 1 2 0 29 5-13 0-0 1-4 3 4 10 Clarke Hooker 33 4-14 3-5 0-3 2 2 13 32 1-5 3-5 0-2 0 2 5 Lockley Parker 19 1-3 2-2 2-5 0 0 4 Agostini 14 2-3 1-2 0-1 0 4 5 14 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 0 Spencer Washington 7 1-3 0-2 1-2 1 1 2 200 19-51 10-18 9-35 9 18 52 Totals Percentages: FG.373, FT.556. 3-point goals: 4-8, .500. Team rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 17. Blocked shots: 3. Turnovers: 17. Steals: 6. Technical fouls: None.

36 19 — 55 Missouri Kennesaw St. 32 20 — 52 A: 522.

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MISSOURI 55, KENNESAW ST. 52

Lagerald Vick hit seven 3-pointers and had a career-high 33 points, Dedric Lawson and Udoka Azubuike came alive late and second-ranked Kansas beat pesky Louisiana-Lafayette 8976 on Friday night.

Vick also had nine rebounds for the Jayhawks (3-0) while topping his 32-point outburst earlier in the week against Vermont.

Lawson added 19 points and Azubuike had 17 points and eight rebounds.

Justin Miller scored all 22 of his points in the first half to lead four players in double figures for Louisiana-Lafayette (1-2).

No. 4 Virginia 97, Coppin State 40 • De’Andre Hunter scored 20 points, and Virginia opened with a 21-5 run and beat Coppin State.

Ibn Williams and Lamar Morgan led Coppin State (0-4) with six points each.

No. 7 North Carolina 108, Tennessee Tech 58 • Luke Maye had 15 points to help North Carolina beat Tennessee Tech.

Sterling Manley added 13 points for the Tar Heels (4-0), who shot 55 percent against an overmatched opponent.

Micaiah Henry scored 20 points to lead the Golden Eagles

(0-4), who shot 36 percent and had 22 turnovers.

No. 12 Kansas State 95, Eastern Kentucky 68 • Xavier Sneed scored 16 points to lead five Kansas State players in double figures, and the Wildcats beat Eastern Kentucky in the Paradise Jam tournament.

No. 13 Oregon 80, No. 15 Syracuse 65 • Bol Bol had 26 points and nine rebounds, and Oregon beat Syracuse in the consolation game of the 2K Classic. Payton Pritchard added 18 points for the Ducks (3-1) and Kenny Wooten had 12 in the first-ever meeting between the ACC and Pac-12 programs.

Tyus Battle scored 17 points to lead the Orange (2-2).

No. 16 Virginia Tech 88, Northeastern 60 • Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 20 points as Virginia Tech used a 23-2 run before halftime to overpower Northeastern and advance to the championship of the Charleston Classic. The Hokies will face No. 23 Purdue in Sunday’s title game.

No. 22 Louisiana State 74, Louisana Tech 67 • Ja’vonte Smart scored 16 points, and his late 3-pointer put LSU ahead for good in a back-and-forth victory

24. Marquette (2-1) idle.

Next: vs. Presbyterian, Saturday.

25. Buffalo (3-0) idle.

Next: vs. Dartmouth, Wednesday.

over Louisiana Tech.

No. 23 Purdue 79, Davidson 58 • Carsen Edwards had 29 points and Purdue beat Davidson reach the Charleston Classic final.

Edwards had six of Purdue’s 13 3-pointers.

The Boilermakers (4-0) will take on Virginia Tech for the title Sunday night.

Southeast Missouri State 77, Jacksonville 71 • Alex Caldwell scored 17 points and Ledarrius Brewer added 16 to lead Southeast Missouri State over Jacksonville in the South Alabama tournament.

WOMEN Wisconsin-Green Bay 56, No. 16 Missouri 49 • The Missouri women’s basketball team suffered a rare nonconference home loss, falling to Wisconsin-Green Bay at Mizzou Arena.

Amber Smith led Mizzou (21) with 23 points, but the Tigers shot just six of 23 from 3-point range and turned the ball over 18 times. Mizzou led for more than 28 minutes but got just four points off the bench.

Sophie Cunningham shot just two of nine and finished with eight points before fouling out.

Frankie Wurtz led Green Bay (12) with 16 points. (Dave Matter)

11.17.2018 • Saturday • M 1

AREA COLLEGE ATHLETES

Lindenwood hosting huge wrestling event More than 600 will compete Saturday, including representatives from top teams

BY JOE LYONS St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The NCAA wrestling championships are not scheduled to return to St. Louis until March 2021. But area fans looking to get their fix of top-level grappling will have that chance Saturday at the Lindenwood Open.

The event, in its eighth year, will include 38 teams ranging from Division I through junior college and more than 600 wrestlers competing in two divisions — the open Gold and the Black for freshmen and sophomores.

Wrestling begins at 9 a.m.

“It’s going to be a long day, we know that going in,” Lindenwood coach Jimmy Rollins said. “This is a huge event, one that we’ve spent most of the year trying to put together. It requires a tremendous amount of work from our staff, the university, parents, our booster club and even the other athletic programs on campus.

“Our goal is to put on a toplevel event, and we’re definitely looking forward to it.”

Included in the field will be competitors from No. 2-ranked Ohio State, No. 3 Oklahoma State, No. 4 Iowa, No. 7 Missouri, No. 12 Northwestern, No. 18 Illinois and No. 19 Wisconsin from Division I and No. 4 McKendree, No. 12 Lindenwood and Maryville from DII. Top-ranked teams from the NAIA and junior college levels will also compete.

“We’ll have 24 or 25 guys there,” said Missouri coach Brian Smith, whose team opened its home schedule Friday night against No. 10 Virginia Tech.

“We’ll definitely have some of our younger starters there. It’s a great opportunity to get in a bunch of early-season matches against quality competition.”

Rollins added: “It’s a great early-season test that’ll hopefully help these guys as they move through the rest of their seasons.”

The Lindenwood Open will be streamed live by FloWrestling.

GOOD START FOR RAMEY Courtney Ramey, a two-time Post-Dispatch All-Metro basketball player of the year, is off to a solid start with the Texas Longhorns.

The 6-foot-3 guard helped lead Webster Groves to back-toback Class 5 state titles. He was the area player of the year as a junior and shared the honor with Belleville West’s EJ Liddell last spring.

Texas is off to a 3-0 start.

Coming off the bench, Ramey is averaging 7.7 points while shooting 62 percent from the field and connecting on three of seven 3-pointers. He’s also chipped in with seven rebounds and 10 assists.

“I like him a lot. He has a moxie,” Texas coach Shaka Smart told Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman. “He has a pure heart about how to play the game, and that goes a long, long way in terms that will be infectious.”

NAIA SOCCER The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national soccer tournaments begin with

first-round games Saturday at school sites. Saturday’s winners advance to nationals, which run Nov. 26 through Dec. 1. The men’s tournament is in Irvine, Calif., with the women to play in Orange, Ala. Missouri Baptist’s men, who earned their first appearance in the national tournament with a 2-1 overtime win in the American Midwest Conference tournament final, are 14-4-3 heading into a 1 p.m. Saturday match at No. 5 seed Missouri Valley (143-3).

The Spartan women dropped their first four games of the season but came on strong with a 13game unbeaten streak to capture the AMC regular-season title and a bid to their second national tournament. After being upset by eighth-seeded Freed-Hardeman in the AMC tournament, Missouri Baptist (10-5-3) travels to Hattiesburg, Miss., to square off at 1 p.m. Saturday against No. 2 seed William Carey (16-3).

HONOR ROLL Rice senior punter Jack Fox (Ladue) has been named one of 10 finalists for the Ray Guy Award, which honors the nation’s top punter.

Fox is averaging 45.3 yards on 66 punts this season for the Owls. His average is tops in the nation for punters with 60 or more kicks while his 66 punts and 2,989 yards rank second nationally. He has placed 23 punts inside the 20 and ranks third in the country with 12 kicks inside the 10.

• Loyola defender Madison Laudeman (Lafayette) was recently named co-defensive soccer player of the year in the Missouri Valley Conference after earning her first all-league honors. The Ramblers (11-7-1) lost 1-0 at Florida State in NCAA Tournament action. The junior had two goals and four assists this season.

• Truman State sophomore Lawrence Woods (McCluer SouthBerkeley) was named Great Lakes Valley Conference special teams player of the year after earning first-team all-league recognition as a defensive utility player and as a kick returner. He returned a school-record three kicks for TDs while averaging a remarkable 50.8 yards per return. On defense, Woods had 43 tackles, 10 pass breakups and two sacks.

• Winners in the elite wrestling division at the Maryville Kaufman/Brand/Bayly Open included Lindenwood’s Carlos Jacquez (125), Lindenwood’s Danny Swan (133), Missouri’s Brock Mauler (149), Illinois’ Johnny Mologousis (157), Illinois’ Dan Braunagel from Althoff High (165), Illinois’ Zac Braunagel from Althoff (174), Illinois’ Andre Lee (197) and Illinois’ Duece Rachal (285).

• Competing in the NAIA cross country finals Friday in Iowa, Missouri Baptist freshman Emily Bayer (Oakville) placed 165th out of 339 participants.

Have a tip about an area college team of an area athlete playing elsewhere? Email jlyons@ post-dispatch.com.

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

RANDY KEMP • Special to STLhighschoolsports.com

Playing for Webster Groves High, Courtney Ramey drives down the lane during a Class 5 boys semifinal basketball game in March at JQH Arena in Springfield, Mo.

SPORTS

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH • B7

Sportsmanship in the spotlight FREDERICKSON • FROM B1

knocked his team from the tournament didn’t gain much traction. March Madness rolled on.

A shining example of sportsmanship disappeared.

Shouldn’t we do more to celebrate such moments? Shouldn’t we lift up those who turn their careers into examples of what is good in a sports world so often dominated by egos and greed?

Sounds smart, right?

Good news.

The movement is already in motion. Has been for a while now. It’s only going to get bigger and better. And the party is right here, in your backyard.

“We want this to become the most prominent and prestigious awards program in the country,” St. Louis Sports Commission vice president Marc Schreiber said. “The Heisman Trophy of sportsmanship.”

The St. Louis Sports Commission will once again host the Musial Awards on Saturday night at Stifel Theatre. Chill bumps will rise. Tissues will soak. Those who have followed the lead of an iconic Cardinal will be cheered.

Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Thome, the Stan Musial Lifetime Achievement Award Winner For Sportsmanship, will be applauded for a career that is more similar to Musial’s than most realize.

Jean Dolores Schmidt — you know her as Sister Jean — will share a stage with Ozzie Smith.

Her grace made us fall in love with Loyola hoops. His wizardry helped bring the PGA to St. Louis, and golf to kids who might have never played. Wait until you hear the one about the youth hockey goalie who offered a struggling opponent a lesson — in the middle of the game.

These stories stir souls. Here’s one worth remembering. It explains how St. Louis planted its flag as the city that celebrates this stuff.

The start of the Musial Awards can be traced back to the pages of the Post-Dispatch.

Twenty-two years ago this month, P-D sports columnist Bernie Miklasz introduced readers to volunteer youth coach Rich Zoellner, who refused to let a terminal cancer diagnosis stop him from coaching at a local elementary school. Zoellner died the same week the column ran.

His legacy lives on.

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Iowa basketball player Jordan Bohannon is one of the people being honored at this year’s Musial Awards.

Harry Morley, moved by Zoellner’s story, started raising funds to honor Zoellner’s legacy.

He was more successful than he imagined. He approached the St. Louis Sports Commission with thousands of dollars and a request for assistance.

A grassroots program focused on promoting and honoring sportsmanship was born. The awards element, which began as a partnership with the Citizenship Through Sports Alliance, outgrew venues as the commission searched for the perfect name. That came in 2012, when the Musial family enthusiastically approved the committee’s request to honor Stan.

That’s the thing about this event. If you know what it’s about, you get on board.

“It’s the people who made this happen,” St. Louis Sports Commission President Frank Viverito said. “It’s people who have shared this vision of the value of sportsmanship. Everybody knows what a good sport is. That’s what we want to celebrate and encourage. And we love the fact that it’s born in St. Louis.”

The reach has gone national.

Don’t believe me?

Hear Viverito and Schreiber recap one of their first ‘wow’ moments. A decade ago, when the awards were still in their infancy and under another name at another venue, MLB Commissioner Bud Seling attended.

He heard the story of Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace. The Central Washington University softball teammates carried an opponent around the bases when she injured her knee after hitting a home run. Central Washington lost that game. Holtman and

Wallace won a fan in Selig. He invited them to the All-Star Game in New York, where they were introduced during the Home Run Derby.

“Wow,” Viverito remembers thinking. “Maybe this is going to go.”

Don’t believe him?

See the cautious optimism as commission members describe positive talks about a potential national TV broadcast in the future. Listen to Thome gush about being linked to Musial. Understand that an aging Arnold Palmer, the recipient of the 2015 lifetime achievement award, went against his doctor’s advice to come accept his honor in person.

Remember that line of hugs for McCaffery? This year’s Musial Awards made me remember it.

Iowa basketball player Jordan Bohannon will receive a Musial Award on Saturday. Last season, he had a chance to set a school record with a 35th consecutive made free throw. He missed.

On purpose. Decided he would rather stay at 34 and share the record with former Hawkeye Chris Street, who died in a car accident during his own freethrow streak in 1993.

What a moment. Just one problem.

Iowa played Friday night in a tournament in New York. It looked like Bohannon would not be able to attend — until a late phone call came through.

Bohannon was coming. McCaffery, his coach, insisted.

Another wow moment, with more to come.

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

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Orioles hire Astros’ Elias to be GM ASSOCIATED PRESS

Astros assistant general manager Mike Elias was hired Friday to rebuild the Baltimore Orioles, who traded many of their star players last season before finishing with the worst record in the majors.

Elias will carry the title of executive vice president and general manager. He comes to the Orioles after working as scouting director and assistant GM in Houston, where he helped transform a last-place team into 2017 World Series champions.

Elias replaces executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette, who was fired with manager Buck Showalter in October after Baltimore’s dreadful 47-115 season.

One of Elias’ first tasks will be to find a manager. He can then turn his attention toward reconstructing a team that was overhauled at the midpoint of the worst season since the Orioles arrived in Baltimore in 1954.

In July, Duquette traded Manny Machado, Zach Britton, Jonathan Schoop, Kevin Gausman, Darren O’Day and Brad Brach for 15 minor league prospects and international signing bonus money. A team-record 15 players made their major league debut with the Orioles in 2018, one reason Baltimore finished 61 games behind World Series champ Boston in the AL East.

The Orioles’ 115 defeats were most in franchise history. Baltimore’s previous worst season was in 1988, when the team went 54-107 following a 0-21 start.

Elias served as a scout with the Cardinals before being hired in 2012 by Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow. Throughout his seven years in Houston, he helped shape an Astros roster that produced successive 100win seasons and three playoff appearances in the last four years, one of which ended with a World Series victory over the Dodgers.

Pearce stays with Red Sox • World Series MVP Steve Pearce

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Bo Porter (left), then Astros manager, and scouting director Mike Elias watch a spring training workout in 2014. Elias, who spent time with the Cardinals, has been hired to rebuild the Baltimore Orioles.

is staying with the Red Sox. The journeyman first baseman has agreed to a $6.25 million, oneyear contract with Boston.

The 35-year-old Pearce was a free agent after completing a $12.5 million, two-year deal that he got from Toronto in December 2016. He earned a $150,000 bonus for his selection as World Series MVP. His new deal also includes award bonuses.

Rangers hire Rangel • Julio Rangel has been hired by the Texas Rangers as pitching coach for new manager Chris Woodward.

Rangel will be with a big league staff for the first time after 12 years as a pitching instructor and coordinator at the minor league level with the San Francisco Giants and Cleveland Indians.

Rangel, 43, was minor league pitching coordinator for the Giants this year, his only season in the San Francisco organization.

He spent the previous 11 seasons in the Indians organization, including a stint as the interim pitching coach at Triple-A Columbus in 2012.

The Panama native was signed by the New York Yankees as a 17-year-old in 1993 and spent his entire seven-year professional career in the Yankees farm system. He reached as high as Double-A during his last season in 2000.

Orioles, Nats finish TV dispute arguments • The Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles finished their arguments in a two-day rehearing before a committee of baseball executives in their long-running dispute over television rights fees.

In 2012, a panel of baseball executives ruled the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network owed the Nationals $298 million for the team’s 2012-16 television rights.

The Orioles sued, and the decision was thrown out by a New York State Supreme Court justice in 2015. The Appellate Division voted 3-2 in 2017 to send the decision back to the panel.

MASN was established in March 2005 after the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington and became the Nationals, moving into what had been Baltimore’s exclusive broadcast territory. The Orioles were given a supermajority interest in MASN, starting at 90 percent, and Washington made a $75 million payment to the network for an initial 10 percent stake.

The agreement called for the Nationals’ equity to increase 1 percent annually, starting after the 2009 season, with a cap of 33 percent. The network’s rights payments to each team were set at $20 million apiece in 2005 and 2006, rising to $25 million in 2007, with $1 million annual increases through 2011.

HOCKEY NEWS

B8 • ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH X8 POST-DISPATCH

M M 21 • SATUrDAy Saturday • 11.17.2018

Blues get Schenn back in the lineup at Vegas BLUES NOTEBOOK

BY TOM TIMMERMANN St. Louis Post-Dispatch

LAS VEGAS • Brayden Schenn’s

stint on the injured reserve list turned out to be extremely short — just one day if you don’t account for its retroactive dating — but his return came with a significant change.

After missing four games with what was most likely an oblique injury, Schenn was back in the lineup Friday but, for the first time in his one season-plus with the Blues, he was used on the wing rather than at center.

That move was necessitated by an upper-body injury to Alexander Steen suffered against Chicago on Wednesday that kept him out of the lineup. To keep Robert Thomas at center, the simplest move was to plug Schenn in at right wing on a line with Tyler Bozak and Robby Fabbri. Schenn rewarded the move

with a goal in the second period.

“I played some wing in Philly, right wing, left wing, center,” Schenn said after the morning skate. “I played it all there, up and down the lineup. It’s a little bit different, but not much changes. You’re still going to play your down-low minutes. Maybe you don’t get as much speed through the middle of the ice, but I’m looking forward to the opportunity.”

“He’s got experience playing there,” coach Mike Yeo said.

“I’ve seen him play there both in Philly and in international play, so it’s not a big adjustment for him. He’s been there before. Positional play is not as much of a factor as it used to be, the way teams forecheck, the way they play on the rush and against the rush. There’s just a lot more free flowing, guys reading off each

other. There will be times he ends up down low on the defensive zone, there are times he ends up (the third man in) in the offensive zone. Whatever the case is, he’s smart enough to read those situations.”

Schenn last played in the second period of the game with Minnesota on Nov. 3, and has been skating most of that time but wasn’t quite well enough to get back in the lineup. On Thursday, with forward Pat Maroon out with an injury and concerns about Steen, the Blues called up Sammy Blais from San Antonio, but to do that, they had to create a roster spot, and the easiest way to do that was to put Schenn on IR and make it retroactive to the day of his injury, which was far enough back that he was eligible to come off IR before he had even gone on, which is pretty much

what happened Friday.

“It’s never fun sitting out,” said Schenn, who played all 82 games last season. “I was just trying to play as fast as possible.”

The move of Schenn from center doesn’t figure to be a longterm thing. Yeo said Steen was day to day, and when he gets back, he’ll return to a spot on a wing.

“It’s always tough when you’re losing a guy who plays the roles and situations he does,” Yeo said.

With both Schenn and Blais both in the lineup, the Blues had to make a roster move to get back to the 23-man limit, and that was putting Maroon on injured reserve. Maroon last played Wednesday in Chicago but went home from there to get treatment rather than accompanying the team west, since the team was confident he wasn’t going to be well enough to play in either of the weekend games. Putting Ma-

O’Reilly has pair of goals as Blues win

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Blues center Ryan O’Reilly (left) looks for a shot as Golden Knights center William Karlsson (71) and defenseman Brayden McNabb (3) watch during the first period.

head of steam and the flat-footed Gunnarsson couldn’t do anything about it other than take a few whacks at Carrier’s legs as he went past. Carrier came in alone on Allen and beat him to make it 1-0 with 13:57 to go in the period.

The lead was short-lived, as O’Reilly scored 38 seconds later.

Jaden Schwartz started the play behind the goal, getting it in front to Vladimir Tarasenko, who got hit by two Golden Knights but managed to get the puck to O’Reilly. He did some stick handling before backhanding a shot that may have caught the end of the shaft of Marc-Andre Fleury’s stick on its way to the corner. It was the ninth goal of the season for O’Reilly and the ninth assist for Tarasenko.

Allen kept it a 1-1 game with a nice save on Tomas Hyka after he got loose for a quick, short breakaway on a power play. The Blues managed almost no offense after that, with one shot on goal in the final 13 minutes of the period, which included a power play.

NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W Tampa Bay 19 13 Toronto 19 13 Buffalo 19 11 Montreal 19 10 Boston 19 10 Ottawa 19 8 Detroit 19 8 Florida 16 7 Metropolitan GP W Columbus 19 11 NY Islanders 18 10 Washington 19 9 NY Rangers 19 9 Carolina 18 8 Philadelphia 19 9 New Jersey 17 8 Pittsburgh 17 7

L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div 5 1 27 68 53 7-3-0 6-2-1 4-2-0 6 0 26 68 50 5-5-0 8-1-0 2-2-0 6 2 24 57 54 6-2-1 5-4-1 4-2-0 6 3 23 63 63 6-3-1 4-3-2 2-2-3 6 3 23 56 48 7-2-0 3-4-3 5-1-0 8 3 19 64 77 6-3-2 2-5-1 5-4-1 9 2 18 54 63 5-4-1 3-5-1 1-5-0 6 3 17 52 53 3-3-1 4-3-2 1-0-2 L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div 6 2 24 65 62 5-4-1 6-2-1 2-1-1 6 2 22 61 49 5-1-2 5-5-0 7-0-0 7 3 21 63 63 5-3-2 4-4-1 2-2-1 8 2 20 57 62 6-3-0 3-5-2 1-2-1 7 3 19 50 54 4-3-2 4-4-1 2-1-1 9 1 19 58 65 4-6-0 5-3-1 1-3-0 8 1 17 52 56 6-1-1 2-7-0 4-2-0 7 3 17 56 55 3-5-1 4-2-2 1-4-1

Meanwhile, the Blues had to kill off a power play, which included the first extended penalty-killing time for rookie Robert Thomas this season as the team continues to expand his role.

The Blues took a 2-1 lead midway through the second period.

Schwartz took a shot from near the right circle and O’Reilly just got his stick on it to redirect it past Fleury. The Blues didn’t seem to notice — it was Schwartz who led the line to get accolades from the Blues’ bench, but for O’Reilly, who had his 10-game point streak snapped in the Chicago shutout, it was his seventh goal in the past six games and for Tarasenko, it was his sixth assist in six games.

The Blues weren’t making it easy for themselves by drawing penalties and having to go on the penalty kill, a situation that didn’t get any easier when they lost Gunnarsson to an upperbody injury early in the second period that kept him out the rest of the game. The Golden

GP 19 19 18 19 19 20 17 GP 20 21 19 18 18 20 20 18

W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div 13 5 1 27 62 44 5-3-0 8-2-1 4-0-0 12 5 2 26 62 51 6-1-2 6-4-0 5-2-0 11 5 2 24 55 45 8-2-2 3-3-0 3-2-0 10 7 2 22 52 50 7-3-1 3-4-1 1-1-1 9 6 4 22 67 56 4-2-2 5-4-2 1-3-0 7 8 5 19 53 69 4-3-3 3-5-2 3-1-1 7 7 3 17 56 53 5-5-1 2-2-2 1-4-3 W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div 10 7 3 23 64 64 6-3-1 4-4-2 3-1-0 10 9 2 22 65 75 5-2-0 5-7-2 2-2-0 10 8 1 21 58 59 4-3-1 6-5-0 2-3-0 9 8 1 19 52 56 4-3-1 5-5-0 0-0-0 9 8 1 19 48 46 5-3-0 4-5-1 2-1-0 8 9 3 19 44 59 5-3-3 3-6-0 3-3-2 8 11 1 17 50 58 5-3-1 3-8-0 2-0-1 6 11 1 13 36 56 4-6-1 2-5-0 1-1-1

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday Blues 4, Vegas 1 Buffalo 2, Winnipeg 1, SO Dallas 1, Boston 0, OT Los Angeles 2, Chicago 1, SO Washington 3, Colorado 2, OT Toronto at Anaheim, late Thursday Columbus 7, Florida 3 Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 3 New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 0 NY Islanders 7, NY Rangers 5 Ottawa 2, Detroit 1 Minnesota 6, Vancouver 2 Arizona 2, Nashville 1 Montreal 3, Calgary 2 Toronto 5, San Jose 3

Saturday Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, noon Detroit at New Jersey, noon Buffalo at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Florida at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

Boston at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Blues at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday Dallas at NY Islanders, noon New Jersey at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Vegas at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Knights had three power plays in the first two periods, and Allen got frequent tests. The Blues, meanwhile, gave Fleury some work and were able to maintain the zone time that had missing from the past two games, even if it didn’t produce goals.

Schenn, who had missed four games with an injury, got his goal with 3:47 to go in the second on a shot from Joel Edmundson that he deflected in for his fourth goal of the season and his first since Oct. 17. Just under a minute later, Sundqvist scored his third goal in two games against Vegas this season, getting a loose puck, maneuvering through the Vegas defense, around Fleury, and sticking it into the goal. That’s four goals this season for Sundqvist, doubling his career total coming into the season and threatening to throw the world off its axis.

Tom Timmermann • 314-340-8190 @tomtimm on Twitter ttimmermann@post-dispatch.com

Dickinson scores in OT as Stars defeat Bruins

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Nashville Minnesota Winnipeg Dallas Colorado Chicago Blues Pacific San Jose Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Arizona Anaheim Vegas Los Angeles

GOALIE SHUFFLE Though Yeo generally doesn’t acknowledge who will be in goal until the day of the game, even he had to admit Friday that it was pretty obvious how the team would handle this set of back-tobacks. Allen won the most recent meeting with Vegas and Chad Johnson shut out San Jose just over a week ago.

“It kind of took the thinking out of it for us,” he said. “And if we thought about it any more, we were overthinking it. Which we have a tendency to do sometimes.”

Tom Timmermann • 314-340-8190 @tomtimm on Twitter ttimmermann@post-dispatch.com

BLUES AT SAN JOSE

BLUES • FROM B1

the cast of Ocean’s 11. The Blues beat the Golden Knights 4-1 on Friday at T-Mobile Arena, their first win in the building, while snapping a two-game losing streak as they head to San Jose for the final game of a three-game trip.

The Blues got the goals after falling behind 1-0 and got 32 saves from Jake Allen in goal.

O’Reilly pulled them even and put them ahead, Allen kept them there and then Schenn and Sundqvist provided the insurance.

Thanks to two Vegas penalties, the Blues were able to take big chunks of time off the clock in the third period, and when the defense did got sloppy, giving Vegas some chances, Allen was steady in goal.

And defensively, it’s hard to fault the way the Blues have been playing. In their past five games, they have allowed six goals. They have allowed one or less in four of the five.

The Blues got off to a shaky start on a defensive mistake by Carl Gunnarsson, who has been one of the steadiest members of the team’s defensive corps since returning from his knee and hip operations. Gunnarsson was at center ice when Vegas’ PierreEdouard Bellemare flipped the puck from deep in his own end out toward Gunnarsson.

Gunnarsson went down to stop the puck with his hand, but it bounced on him, and then it was off to the races. William Carrier, the second-round pick of the Blues in 2013 who made his way to Vegas via Buffalo, had a

roon on IR means he won’t be eligible to play until after Thanksgiving, and that will keep him out of games with the Kings on Monday and Nashville on Wednesday.

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Stars center Jason Dickinson celebrates after scoring 1:34 into overtime against the Bruins on Friday night.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jason Dickinson buried a rebound 1:34 into overtime, Ben Bishop made 23 saves and the host Dallas Stars beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 on Friday night.

Dickinson and Mattias Janmark led a 2-on-1 against goalie Tuukka Rask. Janmark shot from the left side, and the rebound slid to Dickinson right in front. He lifted the puck in for his fourth goal of the season.

Bishop got his 26th career shutout. His biggest save came in the second period on Joakim Nordstrom’s deflection.

NOTEBOOK Oilers, Rangers swap players • Edmonton traded forward Ryan Strome to

the New York Rangers for forward Ryan Spooner on Friday.

Strome, picked fifth overall by the New York Islanders in 2011, had a goal and an assist in 18 games with Edmonton this season. Spooner had a goal and an assist in 16 games this season with the Rangers.

Archibald suspended • Arizona forward Josh Archibald was suspended for two games for an illegal check Thursday to Nashville forward Ryan Hartman’s head.

Cullen fined • Pittsburgh forward Matt Cullen was fined $1,000 for a dangerous trip of Tampa Bay forward J.T. Miller on Thursday.

When, where • 9:30 p.m. Saturday, SAP Center TV, radio • Fox Sports Midwest, KMOX (1120 AM) About the Sharks • Eight days ago San Jose was shut out 4-0 in St. Louis. At that time, the Sharks were playing for the third time in four days and the second game of a back-to-back. This time it’s the Blues playing for the third time in four days and the second game of a back-to-back. This marks the fourth game of a six-game homestand for the Sharks (10-7-3), who have beaten Calgary and Nashville and lost to Toronto since that loss to the Blues.

Timo Meier is tied for third in the NHL with 12 goals (entering Friday’s games); Joe Pavelski has goals in his last three games and 11 for the season. San Jose is second in penalty killing (88.9 percent) and has not allowed a power-play goal in five games.

Jim Thomas

Blues 1 3 0 — 4 Vegas 1 0 0 — 1 First period V: Carrier 3 (Bellemare, Theodore), 6:03.

B: O’Reilly 9 (Tarasenko, Schwartz), 6:41.

Penalties: Sanford, STL, (tripping), 8:24; Smith, VGK, (tripping), 14:48; Perron, STL, (tripping), 16:57.

Second period B: O’Reilly 10 (Tarasenko, Schwartz), 7:02.

B: Schenn 4 (Edmundson, Bozak), 16:13.

B: Sundqvist 4 (Dunn), 17:12.

Penalties: Edmundson, STL, (roughing), 3:27; Reaves, VGK, (slashing), 3:27; Bouwmeester, STL, (slashing), 7:33.

Third period None.

Penalties: Carrier, VGK, (high sticking), 0:56; Eakin, VGK, (slashing), 5:29; Nosek, VGK, (hooking), 12:00.

Shots on goal 7 16 12 Blues Vegas 10 13 10 Power-plays Blues 0 of 4; Vegas 0 of 3.

Goaltenders Blues, Allen 5-4-3 (33 shots-32 saves).

Vegas, Fleury 8-8-1 (35-31).

A: 18,488.

Referees: Pierre Lambert, Jon Mclsaac.

Linesmen: Ryan Daisy, Darren Gibbs.

35 33

NHL SUMMARIES Stars 1, Bruins 0, OT

Kings 2, Blackhawks 1, SO

Boston 0 0 0 0 — 0 Dallas 0 0 0 1 — 1 First period: None. Penalties: Bayreuther, DAL, (tripping), 3:42; Kuraly, BOS, (cross checking), 6:34; Pitlick, DAL, (interference), 8:14; Kampfer, BOS, (roughing), 12:12; Radulov, DAL, (roughing), 12:12.

Second period: None. Penalties: Faksa, DAL, (roughing), 7:45; Marchand, BOS, (roughing), 7:45; Marchand, BOS, served by Heinen, (roughing), 7:45; Marchand, BOS, served by Heinen, (slashing), 12:46; Marchand, BOS, Misconduct (misconduct), 12:46.

Third period: None. Penalties: Clifton, BOS, (delay of game), 2:15; Polak, DAL, (roughing), 9:18; Bergeron, BOS, (roughing), 9:18; Marchand, BOS, (roughing), 9:18; Comeau, DAL, (roughing), 9:18; Clifton, BOS, (slashing), 11:55; Clifton, BOS, Major (fighting), 11:55; Spezza, DAL, Major (fighting), 11:55; Spezza, DAL, (cross checking), 11:55.

Overtime: 1, Dallas, Dickinson 4 (Janmark), 1:34. Penalties: None.

Shots: Boston 10-7-6: 23.

Dallas 10-8-13-6: 37.

Power-plays: Boston 0 of 2; Dallas 0 of 4.

Goalies: Boston, Rask 4-4-1 (37 shots-36 saves). Dallas, Bishop 7-5-1 (23-23).

A: 18,532. Referees: Trevor Hanson, Kyle Rehman. Linesmen: Travis Gawryletz, Jonny Murray.

Los Angeles 0 1 0 0 — 2 Chicago 0 0 1 0 — 1 Los Angeles won shootout 2-0.

First period: None. Penalties: None.

Second period: 1, Los Angeles, Toffoli 5, 10:29. Penalties: Amadio, LA, (holding), 8:10; Doughty, LA, (slashing), 12:30; Brown, LA, (hooking), 15:11; Toews, CHI, (slashing), 19:46.

Third period: 2, Chicago, Saad 5 (Toews, Forsling), 2:39. Penalties: None.

Overtime: None. Penalties: None.

Shootout: Los Angeles 2 (Kovalchuk G, Kopitar G), Chicago 0 (Toews NG, Kane NG).

Shots: Los Angeles 10-12-10: 32. Chicago 8-12-14-1: 35.

Power-plays: Los Angeles 0 of 1; Chicago 0 of 3.

Goalies: Los Angeles, Petersen 1-0-0 (35 shots-34 saves). Chicago, Crawford 4-6-1 (32-31).

A: 21,227. Referees: Kevin Pollock, Chris Schlenker. Linesmen: Derek Amell, David Brisebois.

Sabres 2, Jets 1, SO Buffalo 0 0 1 0 — 2 Winnipeg 0 1 0 0 — 1 Buffalo won shootout 3-2.

First period: None. Penalties: Ehlers, WPG, (tripping), 12:19; Berglund, BUF, (hooking), 13:10.

Second period: 1, Winnipeg, Connor 9 (Little, Laine), 7:10. Penalties: Trouba, WPG, (interference), 10:45; Tanev, WPG, (holding), 19:41.

Third period: 2, Buffalo, Skinner 14 (Dahlin, Eichel), 0:53 (pp). Penalties: None.

Overtime: None. Penalties: None.

Shootout: Buffalo 3 (Eichel G, Reinhart NG, Mittelstadt NG, Thompson NG, Pominville G, Okposo NG, Sheary G), Winnipeg 2 (Scheifele NG, Laine G, Wheeler NG, Little NG, Connor G, Roslovic NG, Perreault NG).

Shots: Buffalo 4-16-10-2: 32.

Winnipeg 12-8-5-1: 26.

Power-plays: Buffalo 1 of 3; Winnipeg 0 of 1.

Goalies: Buffalo, Hutton 8-6-1 (26 shots-25 saves). Winnipeg, Brossoit 3-0-1 (32-31).

A: 15,321. Referees: Francis Charron, Tom Chmielewski. Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, Brian Mach.

Capitals 3, Avalanche 2, OT Washington 0 2 0 1 — 3 Colorado 1 0 1 0 — 2 First period: 1, Colorado, Soderberg 7 (Jost, Barrie), 1:08. Penalties: Dries, COL, (slashing), 14:07.

Second period: 2, Washington, Smith-Pelly 3 (Stephenson, Boyd), 8:55. 3, Washington, Ovechkin 13 (Backstrom, T.Wilson), 18:29. Penalties: Backstrom, WSH, (hooking), 0:31; Bourque, COL, (tripping), 6:20.

Third period: 4, Colorado, C.Wilson 5 (Calvert, Cole), 17:16. Penalties: Eller, WSH, (interference), 6:16; Cole, COL, (holding), 18:51.

Overtime: 5, Washington, Backstrom 5 (T.Wilson, Carlson), 0:22 (pp). Penalties: None.

Shots: Washington 13-12-3-1: 29. Colorado 9-9-8: 26.

Power-plays: Washington 1 of 3; Colorado 0 of 2.

Goalies: Washington, Copley 4-2-1 (26 shots-24 saves). Colorado, Grubauer 3-1-2 (29-26).

A: 18,050. Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Marc Joannette. Linesmen: Bevan Mills, Andrew Smith.

Points leaders Last Name Rantanen MacKinnon McDavid Bergeron Pastrnak Marner Rielly Wheeler Kane Tavares Domi Malkin Point Giroux Aho Chabot Burns

Team GP G A P COL 18 7 22 29 COL 18 12 14 26 EDM 18 10 16 26 BOS 19 9 17 26 BOS 19 17 8 25 TOR 19 6 19 25 TOR 19 8 16 24 WPG 18 3 21 24 CHI 19 12 11 23 TOR 19 12 11 23 MTL 19 10 13 23 PIT 17 7 16 23 TBL 19 12 10 22 PHI 19 7 15 22 CAR 18 5 17 22 OTT 19 5 17 22 SJS 20 3 19 22

SPORTS

11.17.2018 • Saturday • M 2

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH • B9

NBA STANDINGS

NBA SUMMARIES Celtics 123, Raptors 116, OT

Grizzlies 112, Kings 104

Nets 115, Wizards 104

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Toronto: Leonard 11-25 9-11 31, Siakam 6-11 4-6 16, Ibaka 8-15 3-3 21, Lowry 3-12 7-8 14, Green 4-10 0-0 11, Anunoby 2-3 0-0 5, Valanciunas 5-8 1-1 11, Wright 3-7 0-0 7, VanVleet 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 42-97 24-29 116.

Boston: Tatum 8-13 3-4 21, Hayward 4-8 6-6 15, Horford 5-9 0-0 11, Irving 18-26 4-6 43, J.Brown 3-11 0-0 7, Morris 4-8 2-3 11, Baynes 1-3 4-4 6, Smart 2-5 1-1 5, Rozier 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 47-89 20-24 123.

Toronto 27 25 30 25 9 — 116 Boston 30 24 24 29 16 — 123 3-pointers: Toronto 8-29 (Green 3-7, Ibaka 2-3, Wright 1-2, Anunoby 1-2, Lowry 1-6, Leonard 0-3, VanVleet 0-6), Boston 9-26 (Irving 3-6, Tatum 2-4, Morris 1-2, Horford 1-2, Hayward 1-4, J.Brown 1-5, Rozier 0-1, Smart 0-2). Fouled out: Siakam, Green.

Rebounds: Toronto 43 (Leonard 15), Boston 46 (Horford 9). Assists: Toronto 20 (Lowry 7), Boston 25 (Irving 11). Total fouls: Toronto 23, Boston 23. A: 18,624 (18,624).

Sacramento: Shumpert 4-9 1-1 12, Bjelica 2-7 2-2 8, Cauley-Stein 5-9 1-3 11, Fox 8-17 6-8 23, Hield 6-12 2-2 16, Bagley III 1-3 5-6 7, Giles III 2-2 0-0 4, Mason 1-3 1-2 3, Bogdanovic 5-10 0-0 12, Williams 3-8 0-0 8. Totals 37-80 18-24 104.

Memphis: Anderson 1-4 0-0 2, Jackson Jr. 11-16 4-6 27, Gasol 7-12 3-5 19, Conley 7-16 4-8 19, Temple 5-6 1-1 14, Casspi 2-3 1-2 6, Mack 3-8 1-1 9, M.Brooks 2-8 1-1 6, Selden 5-12 0-0 10. Totals 43-85 15-24 112.

Sacramento 28 23 27 26 — 104 Memphis 29 33 25 25 — 112 3-pointers: Sacramento 12-33 (Shumpert 3-6, Bogdanovic 2-4, Hield 2-4, Bjelica 2-5, Williams 2-6, Fox 1-5, Bagley III 0-1, Mason 0-2), Memphis 11-25 (Temple 3-4, Mack 2-5, Gasol 2-6, Jackson Jr. 1-1, Casspi 1-1, M.Brooks 1-2, Conley 1-4, Selden 0-2). Fouled out: Shumpert.

Rebounds: Sacramento 42 (Williams, Cauley-Stein 8), Memphis 40 (Gasol 15).

Assists: Sacramento 23 (Fox 10), Memphis 24 (Mack 8). Total fouls: Sacramento 24, Memphis 23. A: 13,811 (18,119).

Brooklyn: Harris 3-9 2-2 9, Dudley 2-4 0-0 5, Allen 5-11 6-8 16, Russell 8-16 6-8 23, Crabbe 2-8 1-1 6, Carroll 3-10 4-4 11, Kurucs 4-8 0-0 9, Davis 1-3 1-1 3, Napier 2-7 4-5 8, Dinwiddie 8-13 6-9 25, Musa 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-90 30-38 115.

Washington: Porter Jr. 3-10 2-2 8, Morris 2-5 0-0 4, Howard 9-13 7-10 25, Wall 6-19 3-4 16, Beal 8-19 3-4 20, Brown Jr. 0-1 0-0 0, Green 2-5 2-2 6, Oubre Jr. 5-6 7-8 18, Mahinmi 0-3 3-4 3, Satoransky 2-3 0-0 4, Rivers 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 37-87 27-34 104.

Brooklyn 26 30 35 24 — 115 Washington 30 24 25 25 — 104 3-pointers: Brooklyn 9-33 (Dinwiddie 3-5, Kurucs 1-2, Dudley 1-3, Russell 1-4, Carroll 1-5, Harris 1-6, Crabbe 1-6, Napier 0-2), Washington 3-17 (Oubre Jr. 1-2, Beal 1-3, Wall 1-5, Morris 0-1, Mahinmi 0-1, Rivers 0-1, Green 0-1, Porter Jr. 0-3).

Fouled out: Howard, Allen. Rebounds: Brooklyn 47 (Allen 12), Washington 47 (Howard 17). Assists: Brooklyn 19 (Dinwiddie 8), Washington 18 (Wall 7).

Total fouls: Brooklyn 24, Washington 23.

Technicals: Wall. A: 15,102 (20,356).

Atlantic Toronto Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn New York Southeast Charlotte Orlando Miami Washington Atlanta Central Milwaukee Indiana Detroit Chicago Cleveland

Pacers 99, Heat 91 Miami: McGruder 5-11 0-0 11, Winslow 2-8 0-0 5, Whiteside 6-15 0-0 12, Dragic 3-8 2-4 8, Richardson 10-16 1-1 28, Olynyk 0-7 0-0 0, Adebayo 3-7 2-3 8, T.Johnson 3-11 2-2 10, Ellington 3-10 0-0 9. Totals 35-93 7-10 91.

Indiana: Bogdanovic 6-10 2-2 16, Young 3-7 0-0 6, Turner 4-11 3-4 12, Collison 1-7 1-2 4, Oladipo 3-12 0-0 8, McDermott 1-3 0-0 3, Sabonis 7-10 1-1 15, Joseph 5-8 0-0 12, Evans 6-13 6-6 23. Totals 36-81 13-15 99.

Miami 27 16 24 24 — 91 Indiana 18 32 22 27 — 99 3-pointers: Miami 14-36 (Richardson 7-10, Ellington 3-9, T.Johnson 2-4, McGruder 1-3, Winslow 1-5, Olynyk 0-2, Dragic 0-3), Indiana 14-27 (Evans 5-7, Joseph 2-3, Bogdanovic 2-4, Oladipo 2-5, Collison 1-1, Turner 1-3, McDermott 1-3, Young 0-1). Rebounds: Miami 51 (Whiteside 17), Indiana 47 (Sabonis 12). Assists: Miami 21 (Winslow 6), Indiana 22 (Oladipo, Joseph 5). Total fouls: Miami 16, Indiana 14. A: 17,923 (20,000).

76ers 113, Jazz 107 Utah: Ingles 6-12 0-0 14, Favors 5-5 3-6 13, Gobert 5-10 2-4 12, Rubio 4-8 4-9 13, Mitchell 13-35 4-7 31, Crowder 2-7 5-6 9, Sefolosha 1-1 0-0 2, O’Neale 1-1 0-0 2, Udoh 0-0 0-0 0, Exum 3-7 1-2 7, Burks 1-2 2-3 4. Totals 41-88 21-37 107.

Philadelphia: Butler 12-15 2-5 28, Chandler 1-3 0-0 2, Embiid 7-20 8-9 23, Simmons 4-9 2-5 10, Redick 5-9 5-7 16, Muscala 3-7 0-0 9, Johnson 4-9 1-2 11, Fultz 2-5 2-4 6, Shamet 2-4 0-0 6, Korkmaz 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 41-82 20-32 113.

24 28 32 23 — 107 Utah Philadelphia 38 16 32 27 — 113 3-pointers: Utah 4-22 (Ingles 2-5, Rubio 1-2, Mitchell 1-11, Burks 0-1, Crowder 0-3), Philadelphia 11-23 (Muscala 3-5, Johnson 2-3, Butler 2-3, Shamet 2-4, Redick 1-3, Embiid 1-4, Chandler 0-1). Rebounds: Utah 39 (Gobert 10), Philadelphia 41 (Simmons 8). Assists: Utah 15 (Rubio, Exum 4), Philadelphia 25 (Simmons 8).

Total fouls: Utah 25, Philadelphia 27.

Technicals: Embiid. A: 20,485 (20,478).

Bucks 123, Bulls 104

T’Wolves 112, Blazers 96 Portland: Layman 1-5 2-4 4, Aminu 1-7 2-2 5, Nurkic 5-8 3-4 13, Lillard 5-18 5-6 16, McCollum 8-16 1-2 18, Leonard 4-6 0-0 10, Swanigan 0-1 0-0 0, Collins 2-5 0-0 5, Stauskas 4-5 0-0 8, Simons 3-7 1-2 7, Turner 0-3 0-0 0, Trent Jr. 3-5 0-0 8, Baldwin IV 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 37-88 14-20 96.

Minnesota: Covington 5-7 0-0 14, Gibson 6-10 0-0 12, Towns 6-15 0-0 14, Teague 5-10 1-2 13, Wiggins 9-21 2-2 23, Nunnally 0-0 0-0 0, Saric 3-9 2-2 9, Dieng 3-4 0-1 6, Rose 7-13 3-4 17, Jones 2-2 0-0 4, Okogie 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 46-92 8-11 112.

Portland 21 22 24 29 — 96 Minnesota 29 26 28 29 — 112 3-pointers: Portland 8-29 (Leonard 2-2, Trent Jr. 2-2, Collins 1-2, McCollum 1-4, Aminu 1-5, Lillard 1-7, Stauskas 0-1, Turner 0-1, Baldwin IV 0-1, Simons 0-2, Layman 0-2), Minnesota 12-28 (Covington 4-6, Wiggins 3-8, Teague 2-3, Towns 2-4, Saric 1-5, Rose 0-1, Okogie 0-1). Rebounds: Portland 48 (Nurkic 11), Minnesota 43 (Towns 9).

Assists: Portland 16 (Lillard 5), Minnesota 28 (Teague 7). Total fouls: Portland 14, Minnesota 16. Technicals: Minnesota (Defensive three second). A: 18,978 (19,356).

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Chicago: Holiday 7-12 0-0 20, Parker 9-19 0-0 21, Carter Jr. 6-8 0-0 12, Arcidiacono 1-6 0-0 3, LaVine 6-20 2-3 15, Hutchison 0-3 3-4 3, Felicio 0-2 0-0 0, R.Lopez 2-5 1-2 5, Payne 0-0 2-2 2, Blakeney 8-14 0-0 18, Harrison 2-5 1-2 5. Totals 41-94 9-13 104.

Milwaukee: Middleton 9-15 3-3 23, Antetokounmpo 8-15 5-9 23, B.Lopez 5-10 0-0 14, Bledsoe 10-13 2-3 25, Brogdon 5-12 0-0 13, Ilyasova 0-1 1-2 1, Wood 1-4 0-0 2, Maker 3-10 0-0 9, Dellavedova 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Connaughton 1-4 0-0 2, Snell 5-7 0-0 11, Morris 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 47-93 11-17 123.

Chicago 40 23 17 24 — 104 Milwaukee 27 18 46 32 — 123 3-pointers: Chicago 13-33 (Holiday 6-9, Parker 3-6, Blakeney 2-4, LaVine 1-5, Arcidiacono 1-6, Felicio 0-1, Hutchison 0-2), Milwaukee 18-43 (B.Lopez 4-8, Bledsoe 3-5, Brogdon 3-5, Maker 3-7, Antetokounmpo 2-4, Middleton 2-6, Snell 1-3, Ilyasova 0-1, Brown 0-1, Connaughton 0-3). Rebounds: Chicago 36 (Parker 8), Milwaukee 55 (Antetokounmpo 13).

Assists: Chicago 22 (LaVine, Holiday, Carter Jr. 4), Milwaukee 28 (Middleton 8).

Total fouls: Chicago 15, Milwaukee 14.

Technicals: Parker. A: 17,341 (17,500).

Southwest Memphis New Orleans San Antonio Houston Dallas Northwest Denver Portland Oklahoma City Utah Minnesota Pacific Golden State LA Clippers LA Lakers Sacramento Phoenix

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kyrie Irving had a season-high 43 points, scoring 17 in the last 8:06 of the fourth quarter to force overtime and then making or recording an assist on every basket in the extra period Friday night to lead the host Boston Celtics to a 123-116 victory over the Toronto Raptors.

Irving had 11 assists, and Jayson Tatum (Chaminade) scored 21 with seven rebounds for the Celtics. Kawhi Leonard scored 31 with a season-high 15 rebounds for Toronto, which has lost three straight since opening with 12 victories in its first 13 games.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum fights to control the ball against Toronto Raptors guard Danny Green in the fourth quarter Friday night. The Celtics won 123-116 in overtime.

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NFL Favorite ........ Open/current.......Underdog Sunday Panthers................3.5....4.5..................... LIONS FALCONS.................3...... 3...................Cowboys RAVENS..................NL.... NL.................. Bengals BEARS.....................3...... 3..................... Vikings SAINTS...................7.5....8.5.....................Eagles COLTS......................3..... 1.5..................... Titans Texans....................2.5..... 3.......... WASHINGTON GIANTS.................... 1..... 1.5....................... Bucs CHARGERS.............. 7...... 7....................Broncos CARDS....................3.5....5.5...................Raiders Steelers................... 5.....5.5................JAGUARS Monday RAMS......................2.5....3.5..................... Chiefs Off week: Bills, Browns, Dolphins, Patriots, Jets, 49ers.

BASEBALL | American League BALTIMORE — Named Mike Elias executive vice president and general manager.

BOSTON — Agreed to terms with 1B Steve Pearce on a one-year contract.

MINNESOTA — Named Wes Johnson pitching coach, Tony Diaz third base coach, Jeremy Hefner assistant pitching coach and Tommy Watkins first base coach.

SEATTLE — Signed RHP Ruben Alaniz. Added OF Braden Bishop to the 40-man roster.

TEXAS — Named Julio Rangel pitching coach.

National League PHILADELPHIA — Promoted assistant pitching coach Chris Young to pitching coach. Named Dave Lundquist assistant pitching coach and Paco Figueroa outfield/baserunning coach.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Favorite ........ Open/current.......Underdog MICHIGAN..............28...28.5..................Indiana Pittsburgh...............6.....6.5........WAKE FOREST Iowa.......................15.5.. 14.5................ILLINOIS PURDUE..................6.....4.5...............Wisconsin GA TECH................ 6.5...5.5.................. Virginia MINNESOTA...........2.5..... 2..........Northwestern CLEMSON............... 27...28.5......................Duke Penn St..................26.5.. 28.................RUTGERS Texas Tech............. 6.5.... 6..............KANSAS ST E CAROLINA........... 18...16.5...........Connecticut TEMPLE.................. 14.....14..................S Florida GEORGIA................44.....41........Massachusetts Ga Southern.......... 6.5.... 7........COASTAL CARO Missouri.................5.5....6.5............TENNESSEE KENTUCKY............. 14.....16.............Mid Tenn St Ohio St................... 17.....14.............MARYLAND NC State................. 15...16.5...........LOUISVILLE C FLORIDA..............7.5..... 7.................Cincinnati AUBURN................28.5.28.5.................. Liberty Fla Int’l...................5.5..... 6............ CHARLOTTE BYU........................23.5... 24........New Mexico St WYOMING................ 2.....2.5................ Air Force Utah........................ 7...... 7...............COLORADO Utah St...................26.... 28.........COLORADO ST b-Notre Dame........9.5...10.5............... Syracuse APP’CHIAN ST.......28.5.28.5.............Georgia St MARSHALL.............24.....27.........................Utsa Stanford.................. 2....PPD..........CALIFORNIA OREGON..................4.....3.5.............. Arizona St WASH ST................. 10.... 10................... Arizona Nevada..................14.5.. 14.5......... SAN JOSE ST BAYLOR................... 2..... PK..........................Tcu NAVY....................... 5...... 6........................Tulsa TEXAS A&M............ 15.....17..........................Uab MISS ST.................. 19.....21.................Arkansas W Virginia............... 5...... 6........OKLAHOMA ST La Tech...................2.5......1..... SOUTHERN MISS AKRON.................... 7.....6.5............ Bowl Green LSU....................... 43.5.. 42........................ Rice VANDERBILT..........2.5..... 3............... Mississippi Boston Coll.............1.5......1.............. FLORIDA St OKLAHOMA.......... 36.5.. 35.................... Kansas WASHINGTON......... 32.... 33................Oregon St ARKANSAS ST........9.5....8.5.............UL-Monroe TROY.....................23.5....22...................Texas St UL-LAFAYETTE....... 17... 17.5............. S Alabama Miami-Fla...............3.5..... 6.................. VA TECH W KENTUCKY.........7.5..... 7......................... Utep Michigan St............1.5.... PK.............NEBRASKA TEXAS......................3...... 3.....................Iowa St Usc...........................3.....3.5...................... UCLA FRESNO ST............. 15.....13........... San Diego St HAWAII.................. 6.5...6.5........................Unlv b- Bronx, NY. NBA Favorite .............. Points.............Underdog Clippers....................... 6.............................NETS Lakers........................4.5........................ MAGIC PACERS...................... 11.5........................ Hawks PELICANS...................PK......................Nuggets HORNETS...................2.5..........................76ers CELTICS......................4.5............................ Jazz ROCKETS.................... 12........................... Kings Raptors......................9.5.........................BULLS Warriors.....................4.5................MAVERICKS Thunder.....................NL........................... SUNS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Favorite .............. Points.............Underdog LASALLE..................... 10..........................Drexel NOTRE DAME............12.5..........William & Mary MEMPHIS...................4.5............................ Yale SETON HALL................ 6................... Saint Louis ILLINOIS-CHI..............PK...................... Bradley DRAKE......................... 1........................Texas St Portland...................... 3..........CS-NORTHRIDGE Michigan.................... 18.............. George Wash Providence.................1.5.................. S Carolina CAL-SANTA BARB........ 9.................. Montana St VILLANOVA................ 16....................... Furman E ILLINOIS..................1.5.................... W Illinois NHL Favorite ............... Odds..............Underdog DEVILS............... -$195/+$175...........Red Wings Lightning............-$125/+$105................FLYERS WILD...................-$150/+$130................Sabres Canadiens...........-$110/-$110............ CANUCKS Panthers............-$125/+$105............ RANGERS Penguins............ -$155/+$135...........SENATORS HURRICANES..... -$135/+$115........Blue Jackets PREDATORS...... -$260/+$220.................. Kings Bruins..................-$110/-$110............. COYOTES FLAMES.............. -$135/+$115...................Oilers SHARKS............. -$200/+$170.................. Blues Grand Salami: Over/under 66.5 goals.

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W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf 9 5 .643 — 7-3 W-2 6-1 3-4 5-4 8 7 .533 1½ 4-6 W-1 6-1 2-6 4-7 7 7 .500 2 5-5 L-3 5-2 2-5 7-4 7 7 .500 2 6-4 W-3 2-4 5-3 3-7 6 8 .429 3 4-6 W-3 5-2 1-6 3-5 W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf 10 5 .667 — 6-4 W-1 7-3 3-2 6-3 10 5 .667 — 7-3 L-2 7-2 3-3 6-3 9 5 .643 ½ 9-1 W-2 6-2 3-3 5-4 7 8 .467 3 4-6 L-2 2-4 5-4 6-6 7 9 .438 3½ 5-5 W-3 7-1 0-8 4-7 W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf 12 4 .750 — 7-3 L-1 8-1 4-3 6-3 9 5 .643 2 7-3 W-3 7-1 2-4 6-4 8 6 .571 3 7-3 W-4 5-3 3-3 7-5 8 7 .533 3½ 6-4 L-1 4-3 4-4 4-5 3 11 .214 8 2-8 W-1 3-5 0-6 3-8

Thursday Houston 107, Golden State 86 Denver 138, Atlanta 93 Clippers 116, San Antonio 111 Saturday Clippers at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Denver at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Lakers at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Utah at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago, 7 p.m.

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

Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Sunday Memphis at Minnesota, 2:30 p.m.

Lakers at Miami, 5 p.m.

New York at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Portland at Washington, 5 p.m.

Golden State at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Irving, Celtics outlast Raptors in OT

Pelicans 129, Knicks 124 New York: Trier 4-11 2-2 11, Knox 4-9 0-1 11, Robinson 3-6 1-2 7, Mudiay 8-12 1-2 19, Hardaway 9-23 8-10 30, Vonleh 2-5 0-0 4, Kanter 3-5 2-2 8, Burke 10-13 3-5 24, Ntilikina 2-6 0-0 4, Dotson 3-8 0-0 6. Totals 48-98 17-24 124.

New Orleans: Moore 6-11 0-0 13, Davis 16-25 10-15 43, Mirotic 4-11 2-2 12, Payton 0-3 0-0 0, Holiday 9-18 3-3 24, Miller 1-6 0-0 3, Johnson 2-4 0-0 5, Randle 7-10 5-8 19, Jackson 2-3 1-2 6, Clark 1-8 2-2 4. Totals 48-99 23-32 129.

New York 32 32 32 28 — 124 New Orleans 16 38 34 41 — 129 3-pointers: NY 11-34 (Hardaway 4-12, Knox 3-6, Mudiay 2-3, Burke 1-2, Trier 1-4, Vonleh 0-2, Dotson 0-2, Ntilikina 0-3), NO 10-34 (Holiday 3-5, Mirotic 2-8, Jackson 1-2, Johnson 1-3, Moore 1-3, Davis 1-4, Miller 1-6, Clark 0-1, Randle 0-2). Rebounds: NY 44 (Hardaway 8), NO 54 (Davis 17). Assists: NY 15 (Trier 5), NO 27 (Holiday 10). Total fouls: NY 31, NO 25. A: 14,717 (16,867).

W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf 12 4 .750 — 6-4 L-3 7-2 5-2 6-3 9 6 .600 2½ 6-4 W-2 5-1 4-5 7-3 10 7 .588 2½ 6-4 W-1 8-0 2-7 8-6 7 9 .438 5 5-5 W-1 3-3 4-6 5-4 4 12 .250 8 3-7 L-4 2-5 2-7 3-9 W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf 7 7 .500 — 5-5 L-1 4-2 3-5 7-6 7 8 .467 ½ 5-5 W-1 4-5 3-3 6-5 6 9 .400 1½ 3-7 L-1 3-5 3-4 4-8 5 10 .333 2½ 4-6 L-1 3-4 2-6 4-4 3 12 .200 4½ 1-9 L-6 2-4 1-8 2-7 W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf 11 4 .733 — 6-4 W-1 7-1 4-3 7-1 9 6 .600 2 6-4 W-1 4-3 5-3 7-2 7 6 .538 3 4-6 W-1 3-3 4-3 7-6 4 12 .250 7½ 2-8 L-3 2-6 2-6 4-6 2 12 .143 8½ 2-8 L-1 2-5 0-7 2-9

Friday Boston 123, Toronto 116, OT Brooklyn 115, Washington 104 Indiana 99, Miami 91 Philadelphia 113, Utah 107 Memphis 112, Sacramento 104 Minnesota 112, Portland 96 New Orleans 129, New York 124 Milwaukee 123, Chicago 104

BASKETBALL | NBA DENVER — Named Sue Bird basketball operations associate.

FOOTBALL | National Football League CINCINNATI — Placed TE Tyler Kroft on injured reserve. Signed LB Brandon Bell from the practice squad.

INDIANAPOLIS — Released DE Anthony Winbush from the practice squad. Signed QB Phillip Walker to the practice squad.

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LPGA | Tour Championship

HOCKEY | National Hockey League NHL — Fined Pittsburgh F Matt Cullen $1,000 for a dangerous trip against Tampa Bay F J.T. Miller. Suspended Arizona F Josh Archibald for two games without pay for an illegal check to Nashville F Ryan Hartman’s head.

ANAHEIM — Reassigned C Sam Carrick to San Diego (AHL).

ARIZONA — Recalled D Robbie Russo from Tucson (AHL).

COLUMBUS — Assigned F Maxime Fortier from Cleveland (AHL) to Jacksonville (ECHL).

FLORIDA — Assigned F Patrick Bajkov from Springfield (AHL) to Manchester (ECHL).

LOS ANGELES — Recalled G Cole Kehler from Ontario (AHL).

NY RANGERS — Traded F Ryan Spooner to Edmonton for F Ryan Strome.

WASHINGTON — Reassigned D Jonas Siegenthaler to Hershey (AHL). Recalled G Ilya Samsonov from Hershey.

OLYMPIC SPORTS USA GYMNASTICS — Announced the resignation of chief operating officer Ron Galimore.

SOCCER | Major League Soccer MLS — Added a second game to the one-game suspension of Houston F Ronaldo Pena for violent conduct, to be served during the first two matches of the 2019 season.

GOLF PGA | RSM Classic Par Scores Friday | Sea Island, Ga. Purse: $6.4 million | s-Seaside Course: 7,005 yards, par-70 | p-Plantation Course: 6,907 yards, par-72 Second Round | a-amateur Charles Howell III 64p-64s — 128 Jason Gore 68p-63s — 131 Cameron Champ 68p-63s — 131 Nick Watney 69s-64p — 133 Ryan Blaum 69p-65s — 134 David Hearn 68s-66p — 134 Brian Harman 66s-68p — 134 Graeme McDowell 67s-68p — 135 Brice Garnett 70s-65p — 135 Lucas Glover 69s-67p — 136 Brian Gay 69p-67s — 136 Webb Simpson 68s-68p — 136 Zach Johnson 70s-66p — 136 Chase Wright 67p-69s — 136 Derek Fathauer 68s-68p — 136 Ernie Els 70p-66s — 136 Sean O’Hair 71s-65p — 136 Corey Conners 69p-67s — 136 Anders Albertson 70s-66p — 136 a-Garrett Barber 71p-65s — 136 Brendon Todd 68p-69s — 137 Johnson Wagner 70s-67p — 137 Luke List 69p-68s — 137 Scott Langley 70p-67s — 137 Troy Merritt 69s-68p — 137 68p-69s — 137 Sungjae Im Peter Uihlein 66s-71p — 137 Martin Piller 70s-67p — 137 Henrik Norlander 71s-66p — 137 J.J. Spaun 66p-71s — 137 Joel Dahmen 70p-67s — 137 Dominic Bozzelli 71s-66p — 137 Hank Lebioda 69p-68s — 137 Trey Mullinax 70p-68s — 138 Roberto Castro 71p-67s — 138 Ben Crane 71s-67p — 138 Harold Varner III 68s-70p — 138 Ted Potter, Jr. 68p-70s — 138 D.A. Points 70s-68p — 138 Robert Streb 71s-67p — 138 Adam Schenk 69p-69s — 138 Lee Hodges 70s-68p — 138 Fabian Gomez 70p-68s — 138 Ryan Armour 72s-66p — 138 Matt Every 69s-69p — 138 Davis Love III 67p-71s — 138 Hunter Mahan 71s-67p — 138 Wyndham Clark 72s-66p — 138 Jonathan Byrd 72p-67s — 139 69s-70p — 139 Chris Kirk Kyle Jones 71p-68s — 139 Sam Saunders 69p-70s — 139 Stuart Appleby 69s-70p — 139

Joaquin Niemann 73p-66s — 139 Scott Brown 69p-70s — 139 Tom Hoge 71p-68s — 139 Harris English 69s-70p — 139 Cody Gribble 68s-71p — 139 69s-70p — 139 Sangmoon Bae Austin Cook 66p-73s — 139 Kevin Kisner 70p-69s — 139 Aaron Baddeley 67p-72s — 139 Jamie Lovemark 70s-69p — 139 72s-67p — 139 Sam Burns Tyler Duncan 69p-71s — 140 Hudson Swafford 72s-68p — 140 Denny McCarthy 73p-67s — 140 Patrick Rodgers 70s-70p — 140 Roger Sloan 71p-69s — 140 72s-68p — 140 Seth Reeves Ben Silverman 72p-68s — 140 Brendon de Jonge 71p-69s — 140 Andrew Landry 70s-70p — 140 Patton Kizzire 68p-72s — 140 Richy Werenski 71s-69p — 140 Ollie Schniederjans 71p-69s — 140 Nate Lashley 70p-70s — 140 Dru Love 70p-70s — 140

Butler shines for 76ers • Jimmy Butler scored 28 points in his home debut,

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Friday | Naples, Fla. Purse: $2.5 million | Yards: 6,556 | Par: 72 Second Round Lexi Thompson 65-67 — 132 -12 Brittany Lincicome 64-71 — 135 -9 Amy Olson 63-72 — 135 -9 Nelly Korda 69-67 — 136 -8 Marina Alex 69-67 — 136 -8 Charley Hull 69-68 — 137 -7 P.Thanapolboonyaras 67-70 — 137 -7 Carlota Ciganda 66-71 — 137 -7 Megan Khang 71-67 — 138 -6 Jessica Korda 69-69 — 138 -6 So Yeon Ryu 69-69 — 138 -6 Cristie Kerr 69-70 — 139 -5 Gaby Lopez 71-69 — 140 -4 Mi Hyang Lee 70-70 — 140 -4 Lizette Salas 69-71 — 140 -4 Lydia Ko 69-71 — 140 -4 Ashleigh Buhai 69-71 — 140 -4 Yu Liu 68-72 — 140 -4 Nasa Hataoka 64-76 — 140 -4 Azahara Munoz 72-69 — 141 -3 Anna Nordqvist 70-71 — 141 -3 Ariya Jutanugarn 70-71 — 141 -3 Danielle Kang 69-72 — 141 -3 Sei Young Kim 69-72 — 141 -3 Brooke M. Henderson 73-69 — 142 -2 Wei-Ling Hsu 72-70 — 142 -2 Austin Ernst 70-72 — 142 -2 Katherine Kirk 70-72 — 142 -2

Euro | Tour Championship Friday | Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse: $8 million | Yards: 7,675 | Par: 72 Second Round Matt Wallace, England 68-65 — 133 Jordan Smith, England 66-68 — 134 Adrian Otaegui, Spain 66-68 — 134 Danny Willett, England 67-67 — 134 Patrick Reed, United States 69-66 — 135 Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 69-67 — 136 Tommy Fleetwood, England 69-67 — 136 Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand 70-66 — 136 Dean Burmester, South Africa 71-65 — 136 Henrik Stenson, Sweden 71-66 — 137 Jon Rahm, Spain 67-70 — 137 Alexander Bjork, Sweden 72-65 — 137 69-69 — 138 Tom Lewis, England Thomas Pieters, Belgium 68-70 — 138 Andrea Pavan, Italy 69-69 — 138 Rafa Cabrera Bello, Spain 69-69 — 138 Lee Westwood, England 70-69 — 139 Andy Sullivan, England 72-67 — 139 Sergio Garcia, Spain 71-68 — 139 Hideto Tanihara, Japan 69-71 — 140 Marcus Kinhult, Sweden 69-71 — 140 69-71 — 140 Alex Noren, Sweden Thomas Detry, Belgium 70-70 — 140 Matthew Southgate, England 71-69 — 140 Sam Horsfield, England 73-67 — 140 Shubhankar Sharma, India 73-67 — 140

Australian Open Friday | Sydney Purse: $1.25 million | Yards: 6,915 | Par: 72 Second Round | a-amateur Byeong Hun An, South Korea 67-69 — 136 Max McCardle, Australia 70-66 — 136 Matt Kuchar, U.S. 70-67 — 137 a-David Micheluzzi, Australia 68-69 — 137 70-67 — 137 Jake McLeod, Australia Abraham Ancer, Mexico 69-69 — 138 72-66 — 138 Keegan Bradley, U.S. Jordan Zunic, Australia 73-65 — 138 Cameron Percy, Australia 69-69 — 138 Marcus Fraser, Australia 69-69 — 138 Matt Jager, Australia 68-70 — 138 a-Keita Nakajima, Japan 70-68 — 138 Scott Strange, Australia 71-68 — 139 Brett Rankin, Australia 70-69 — 139 Dimitrios Papadatos, Australia 69-70 — 139 a-Takumi Kanaya, Japan 70-70 — 140 Nick Voke, New Zealand 70-71 — 141 a-Viktor Hovland, Norway 73-68 — 141 Matthew Millar, Australia 73-68 — 141 Brett Coletta, Australia 72-69 — 141 70-71 — 141 Gareth Paddison, N.Zealand Also Brendan Steele, U.S. 73-69 — 142 Robby Shelton, U.S. 71-73 — 144 Norman Xiong, U.S. 74-70 — 144 Dawson Armstrong, U.S. 74-70 — 144 Brandt Snedeker, U.S. 73-72 — 145 Missed cut a-Zach Bauchou, U.S. 76-72 — 148

FOOTBALL NFL injury report COWBOYS at FALCONS — COWBOYS: OUT: WR Tavon Austin (groin), DE David Irving (ankle), DE Vidauntae Charlton (shoulder), LB Sean Lee (hamstring), DT Daniel Ross (calf). DOUBTFUL: DT Antwaun Woods (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: G Zachary Martin (knee), LB Joe Thomas (foot), DT Maliek Collins (knee), G Connor Williams (knee).

FALCONS: OUT: LB Deion Jones (foot).

BENGALS at RAVENS — BENGALS: OUT: LB Preston Brown (knee), LB Nicholas Vigil (knee), WR Joshua Malone (hamstring), TE Tyler Kroft (foot), DT Adolphus Washington (knee). DOUBTFUL: WR Adriel Green (toe). QUESTIONABLE: CB D’Andre Kirkpatrick (concussion), LB Vontaze Burfict (hip), WR John Ross (groin). RAVENS: OUT: G James Hurst (back), LB Timothy Williams (ankle). DOUBTFUL: QB Joseph Flacco (right hip). QUESTIONABLE: S Tony Jefferson (thigh), CB Tavon Young (ankle), T Ronnie Stanley (ankle).

VIKINGS at BEARS — VIKINGS: OUT: TE David Morgan (knee), S Andrew Sendejo (groin). QUESTIONABLE: LB Anthony Barr (hamstring), G Thomas Compton (knee), G Mike Remmers (back). BEARS: OUT: TE Dion Sims (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: DT Bilal Nichols (knee), WR Javon Wims (knee).

PANTHERS at LIONS — PANTHERS: OUT: WR James Smith (knee). LIONS: OUT: DT A’Shawn Robinson (ankle), TE Michael Roberts (shoulder), WR Marvin Jones (knee). QUESTIONABLE: DT Damon Harrison (shoulder), DE Ezekiel Ansah (shoulder).

TITANS at COLTS — TITANS: OUT: RB David Fluellen (knee). QUESTIONABLE: G Quinton Spain (ankle), WR Tajae Sharpe (ankle), WR Taywan Taylor (foot). COLTS: OUT: TE Ryan Hewitt (ankle), CB Dorian Killings (ankle), TE Erik Swoope (knee). QUESTIONABLE: S Malik Hooker (hip), CB Nathan Hairston (ankle).

BUCCANEERS at GIANTS — BUCCANEERS: OUT: CB Marvin Stewart (foot), LB Lavonte David (knee), RB Ronald Jones (hamstring), DE Vincent Curry (ankle), S Justin Evans (toe). QUESTIONABLE: DE Carl Nassib (elbow), C Ryan Jensen (hamstring), WR Rod Godwin (ankle). GIANTS: TEXANS at REDSKINS — TEXANS: QUESTIONABLE: WR Key’vantanie Coutee (hamstring), LB Duke Ejiofor (shoulder), CB Johnathan Joseph (ankle), LB Zachary Cunningham (knee), CB Aaron Colvin (ankle). REDSKINS: OUT: RB Samaje Perine (knee), RB Christopher Thompson (rib), WR Jamison Crowder (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: K Dustin Hopkins (right groin), T Trent Williams (thumb), CB Quinton Dunbar (shin), S Montae Nicholson (illness).

RAIDERS at CARDINALS — RAIDERS: OUT: WR Martavis Bryant (knee), WR Jordy Nelson (knee). QUESTIONABLE: CB Gareon Conley (groin), LB Kyle Wilber (knee), CB Nick Nelson (illness). CARDINALS: OUT: S Budda Baker (knee), WR Chad Williams (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: T DeMarcus Humphries (knee), DT Robert Nkemdiche (calf), K Philip Dawson (right hip), DT Rodney Gunter (not injury related), G Mike Iupati (back), S Johnathan Ford (heel).

BRONCOS at CHARGERS — BRONCOS: OUT: S Dymonte Thomas (ankle), LB Brandon Marshall (knee), G Max Garcia (knee). CHARGERS: OUT: CB Trevor Williams (knee). QUESTIONABLE: TE Antonio Gates (knee), DE Joseph Bosa (foot).

EAGLES at SAINTS — EAGLES: OUT: TE Joshua Perkins (knee), CB Jalen Mills (foot), CB Ronald Darby (knee), RB Darren Sproles (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: DT Etuini Ngata (knee), T Lane Johnson (knee). SAINTS: OUT: T Terron Armstead (shoulder), DE Marcus Davenport (toe).

STEELERS at JAGUARS — STEELERS: OUT: T Marcus Gilbert (knee), DE Stephon Tuitt (elbow). JAGUARS: OUT: CB Quenton Meeks (knee). DOUBTFUL: G Joshua Walker (foot), DT Eli Ankou (calf). QUESTIONABLE: G Aaron Cann (hamstring), DT Marcell Dareus (triceps).

MONDAY CHIEFS at RAMS — Practices not complete

COLLEGES Men’s basketball scores East American U. 68, New Hampshire 44 Austin Peay 80, CCSU 78 Brown 82, Mass.-Lowell 74 Fair. Dickinson 84, New York Institute of Technology 57 Fordham 83, FIU 77 Holy Cross 84, Stony Brook 70 Howard 68, UMass 63 Lehigh 72, Princeton 57 Penn 78, N. Iowa 71 Pepperdine 74, Towson 65 Rhode Island 76, Harvard 74 Sacred Heart 79, Army 78 Siena 61, Norfolk St. 58 St. John’s 84, Rutgers 65 Temple 81, Loyola (Md.) 67 UMBC 77, Air Force 72, 2OT Valparaiso 64, Monmouth (NJ) 53 Virginia Tech 88, Northeastern 60 W. Kentucky 63, West Virginia 57 Youngstown St. 94, Columbia 83 South Alabama 79, Ball St. 61 Campbell 66, Florida A&M 59 Florida G.C. 84, S. Dakota St. 78 Gard.-Webb 97, Savannah St. 77

Joel Embiid had 23 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Utah Jazz 113-107. Butler, the four-time All-Star acquired Monday from Minnesota in a five-player trade, got a loud ovation during introductions and quickly made an impression as the Sixers built a 16-point lead in the first quarter.

Nuggets add WNBA star to front office • WNBA champion Sue Bird is joining the Denver Nuggets’ front office while continuing her professional playing career.

Tim Connelly, the Nuggets’ president of basketball operations, said Bird’s new title is basketball operations associate. Bird recently completed her 16th season in the WNBA with her third championship, all with the Seattle Storm.

Georgia 75, Sam Houston 64 Ga. Southern 80, FAU 70 Georgia Tech 79, East Carolina 54 High Point 60, South Dakota 56 J. Madison 64, Charlotte 59 LSU 74, Louisiana Tech 67 Longwood 89, Delaware St. 73 Louisville 86, Vermont 78 Loyola (NO) 79, McNeese St. 78 Manhattan 55, Coast. Carolina 53 Maryland 80, Hofstra 69 Mercer 77, UT Martin 60 Mid. Tennessee 76, Charleston S. 73 Mississippi St. 79, Long Beach St. 51 Missouri 55, Kennesaw St. 52 Murray St. 106, Spalding 36 N. Kentucky 77, UNC-Asheville 50 North Carolina 108, Tennessee Tech 58 Oregon St. 61, Old Dominion 56 Purdue 79, Davidson 58 Richmond 78, IUPUI 70 SE Missouri 77, Jacksonville 71 South Alabama 73, Chattanooga 54 South Florida 73, Ohio 46 UCF 77, Saint Joseph’s 57 UNC-Greensboro 105, Johnson & Wales (NC) 57 Vanderbilt 79, Alcorn St. 54 Virginia 97, Coppin St. 40 Midwest Akron 87, Chicago St. 46 Butler 83, Mississippi 76 Cincinnati 74, Milwaukee 63 Cleveland St. 84, SC State 69 Dayton 91, Purdue Fort Wayne 80 Iowa 91, UConn 72 Kansas 89, Louisiana-Laf. 76 Kansas St. 95, E. Kentucky 68 Liberty 77, Kent St. 70 Loyola (Chi.) 80, Grambling St. 64 Miami (Ohio) 89, N. Dakota St. 78 Morehead St. 99, UMKC 89 Northwestern 82, Binghamton 54 Wichita St. 82, Appalachian St. 76 Southwest Baylor 81, Nicholls 54 Texas 97, The Citadel 69 Texas A&M-CC 73, Texas-Arlington 67 Tulsa 82, California Baptist 79 Far West Boise St. 70, Jackson St. 53 Colorado 79, Nebraska-Omaha 75 Grand Canyon 96, Arkansas St. 72 Green Bay 82, E. Washington 78, OT Loyola Mary. 65, Georgetown 52 Montana 93, Incarnate Word 66 Niagara 72, Wyoming 67 Oregon 80, Syracuse 65 Utah St. 65, Utah Valley 46 Wake Forest 66, Cal St.-Fullerton 59 Weber St. 78, Cent. Michigan 76

Area basketball schedule M: Lindenwood vs. Lane, in Jeff. City, noon M: Webster vs. Emory & Henry, in Maryville, Tenn., noon W: Purdue Northwest at UMSL, 1 p.m.

W: Davenport at McKendree, 1 p.m.

W: Northwest Missouri at Maryville, 1 p.m.

W: Missouri Baptist at Park, 1 p.m.

W: Williams Baptist at LU-Belleville, 1 p.m.

W: Freed-Hardeman at Harris-Stowe, 1 p.m.

W: STL Pharmacy at Columbia College, 1 p.m.

W: Lincoln Land at SW Illinois, 1 p.m.

W: Lake Land at Lewis & Clark, 1 p.m.

W: Marshall at SIU Carbondale, 2 p.m.

W: Ball State at Missouri State, 2 p.m.

W: Concordia at Webster, 3 p.m.

M: Missouri Baptist at Park, 3 p.m.

M: Williams Baptist at LU-Belleville, 3 p.m.

M: Freed-Hardeman at Harris-Stowe, 3 p.m.

M: STL Pharmacy at Columbia College, 3 p.m.

M: SEMO vs. UT Chatt., in Mobile, Ala., 4 p.m.

M: Principia vs. DePauw, in Jacksonville, Ill., 4 p.m.

W: Blackburn at Washington, 5 p.m.

M: Ark. Pine Bluff at SIU Carbondale, 7 p.m.

W: Fontbonne vs. Ozarks, in Memphis, 7 p.m.

Area results Women’s volleyball A-10 quarterfinal: St. Louis U. def.

George Mason 26-24, 25-23, 25-22 Men’s basketball Marian 105, Fontbonne 57 Lindenwood 78, LeMoyne-Owen 74 Women’s basketball Lindenwood 91, Ill.-Springfield 76 Women’s soccer NCAA tournament: Washington U. 3, Wisc.-La Crosse 0

SATURDAY’S BOXING At Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City (ESPN): Maurice Hooker vs. Alex Saucedo, 12, for Hooker’s WBO junior welterweight title; Egidijus Kavaliauskas vs. Roberto Arriaza, 12, weltereweights.

At 2300 Arena, Philadelphia (SHO): Jaron Ennis vs. Raymond Serrano, 10, welterweights.

MLS PLAYOFFS Conference Championships Home-and-home EASTERN CONFERENCE | First leg Nov. 25: New York at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Second leg Nov. 29: Atlanta at New York, 6 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE | First leg Nov. 25: Sporting KC at Portland, 6:30 p.m.

Second leg Nov. 29: Portland at Sporting KC, 8:30 p.m.

MLS Cup | Saturday, Dec. 8 | 7 p.m.

MOTOR SPORTS ‌ ASCAR Cup Series | N EcoBoost 400 lineup Friday’s qualifying; race Sunday At Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Fla. (Car number in parentheses) Driver Car Speed 1. (11) Denny Hamlin Toyota 173.863 Toyota 173.622 2. (18) Kyle Busch Toyota 173.539 3. (78) Martin Truex Jr. Ford 173.433 4. (2) Brad Keselowski Ford 173.366 5. (22) Joey Logano Ford 172.535 6. (41) Kurt Busch Toyota 172.507 7. (20) Erik Jones Chevy 172.430 8. (31) Ryan Newman 172.403 9. (17) Ro. Stenhouse Jr. Ford Ford 172.353 10. (10) Aric Almirola Chevy 172.029 11. (42) Kyle Larson Ford 171.942 12. (4) Kevin Harvick Chevy 172.529 13. (88) Alex Bowman Chevy 172.518 14. (9) Chase Elliott Ford 172.276 15. (12) Ryan Blaney Chevy 172.243 16. (3) Austin Dillon Ford 172.199 17. (6) Matt Kenseth Toyota 172.002 18. (19) Daniel Suarez 19. (48) Jimmie Johnson Chevy 171.953 20. (47) AJ Allmendinger Chevy 171.559 Chevy 171.527 21. (1) Jamie McMurray Ford 171.369 22. (21) Paul Menard Chevy 171.027 23. (43) Bubba Wallace 170.708 24. (34) Michael McDowell Ford 25. (38) David Ragan Ford 172.013 Ford 171.827 26. (14) Clint Bowyer 27. (37) Chris Buescher Chevy 171.233 Chevy 170.800 28. (24) William Byron 29. (32) Matt DiBenedetto Ford 170.498 Chevy 169.715 30. (95) Regan Smith 31. (13) Ty Dillon Chevy 169.651 Chevy 168.951 32. (00) Landon Cassill 33. (23) JJ Yeley Ford 167.198 Chevy 167.002 34. (72) Corey LaJoie 35. (99) Kyle Weatherman Chevy 166.898 36. (51) BJ McLeod Ford 164.424 37. (97) Tanner Berryhill Toyota 162.955 38. (66) Timmy Hill Toyota 161.609 Chevy 0.000 39. (15) Ross Chastain

NASCAR Trucks | Ford EcoBoost 200 results Friday | Homestead, Fla. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) Driver Car Laps 1. (5) Brett Moffitt Toyota 134 2. (1) Grant Enfinger Ford 134 3. (3) Noah Gragson Toyota 134 4. (2) Stewart Friesen Chevy 134 5. (13) Sheldon Creed Chevy 134 Ford 134 6. (22) Matt Crafton 7. (8) John Nemechek Chevy 134 Chevy 134 8. (4) Justin Haley 9. (9) Jesse Little Toyota 134 Ford 134 10. (11) Ben Rhodes Toyota 134 11. (14) Harrison Burton Chevy 134 12. (6) Johnny Sauter Toyota 133 13. (15) Todd Gilliland Ford 133 14. (12) Myatt Snider Chevy 133 15. (17) Tyler Dippel 16. (7) Ross Chastain Chevy 133 Ford 133 17. (19) Cory Roper 18. (21) Jeb Burton Toyota 132 19. (23) Brennan Poole Chevy 132 20. (25) Jordan Anderson Chevy 132 21. (16) Austin Hill Chevy 132 22. (31) Justin Fontaine Chevy 131 23. (24) Austin Wayne Self Chevy 130 24. (10) Chris Windom Toyota 130 25. (29) Ray Ciccarelli Chevy 129 26. (27) D.J. Kennington Chevy 129 27. (18) Robby Lyons Chevy 124 28. (28) Jennifer Jo Cobb Chevy 124 Chevy (e)120 29. (26) Tanner Thorson Chevy (e)80 30. (30) Reid Wilson Chevy (s)20 31. (20) Joe Nemechek 32. (32) Camden Murphy Chevy (v)11 e=engine. s=suspension. v=vibration RACE STATISTICS Average Speed of Race Winner: 133.684 mph.

Time of Race: 1 hour, 30 minutes, 13 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 2.000 seconds.

Caution Flags: 2 for 12 laps.

Lead Changes: 10 among 7 drivers.

Lap Leaders: G.Enfinger 1-33; M.Crafton 34-36; N.Gragson 37-38; M.Crafton 39; B.Moffitt 40-66; N.Gragson 67-98; B.Moffitt 99-101; S.Creed 102; B.Rhodes 103-104; J.Anderson 105; B.Moffitt 106-134 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): B.Moffitt, 3 times for 56 laps; N.Gragson, 2 times for 32 laps; G.Enfinger, 1 time for 32 laps; M.Crafton, 2 times for 2 laps; B.Rhodes, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Anderson, 1 time for 0 laps; S.Creed, 1 time for 0 laps.

Wins: B.Moffitt, 6; J.Sauter, 6; J.Haley, 3; G.Enfinger, 1; N.Gragson, 1; Joh. Nemechek, 1; B.Rhodes, 1.

Top 10 in Points: 1. B.Moffitt, 4045; 2. N.Gragson, 4034; 3.

J.Haley, 4029; 4. J.Sauter, 4025; 5.

G.Enfinger, 2284; 6. M.Crafton, 2280; 7. S.Friesen, 2265; 8. B.Rhodes, 2254; 9. M.Snider, 611; 10. T.Gilliland

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B10 • ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

M 2 • Saturday • 11.17.2018

FOOTBALL • POSTSEASON MISSOURI CLASS 3 QUARTERFINAL • TRINITY 27, SOUTHERN BOONE 17

SCOREBOARD

Washington’s interception helps Titans win slugfest with Eagles

BY STEVE OVERBEY STLhighschoolsports.com

A S H L A N D, M O. • As usual, Marcus Washington helped save the day for the Trinity football team.

The 6-foot-3, 200-pound senior wideout snared the ball out of midair to seal the Titans’ 27-17 win over Southern Boone in a Class 3 football quarterfinal Friday.

But it wasn’t one of his normal highlight-reel receptions that nailed down the triumph.

Nope, it was a rare interception by the University of Texas-bound jumping jack that held off the upset-minded Eagles.

“The team needed me to make a play,” Washington said. “So it wasn’t on offense. I still felt like I had to do something.”

Trinity (11-2), which has won 11 in a row, will face Odessa (12-0) or Maryville (11-1) in a semifinal contest next weekend.

The Titans, who have outscored their opponents 605-66 during the winning streak, needed some late-game magic from Washington, who has 32 catches for 534 yards and eight TDs this season.

Washington was held to one catch Friday for just 5 yards. But it was his second interception of the season

PAUL HALFACRE • STLhighschoolsports.com

Trinity’s Isaiah Williams (1) rushes against Southern Boone during a Class 3 football quarterfinal Friday at Southern Boone High School in Ashland.

that had Trinity coach Terrence Curry shaking his head in wonderment.

“It was the turning point, it got us where we wanted to go,” Curry said.

“He wasn’t having a good day on offense, no one was.

But he found a way to pull off probably the biggest play of the night.”

The up-tempo Trinity offense was slowed by a muddy field that had play-

ers on both sides slipping and sliding. The quagmire helped negate the speed and quickness of senior quarterback Isaiah Williams and his teammates.

“The ball was really muddy, so we had to depend on our running game,” the University of Illinois-bound Williams said. “And our (offensive) line to get us in the end zone.”

Williams rushed for two

scores and 116 yards on 15 carries. The majority of that total came on an 80yard scoring gallop in the first quarter. Alphonso Andrews, James Frenchie, Reggie Love and Thomas Mimes also chipped in on a night when throwing the ball was nearly impossible. Williams was four of 15 passing for 45 yards, his lowest total of the season.

“Good teams finds

ways to win when things weren’t going our way,” Williams said.

Southern Boone (10-3) went ahead 17-14 on a 38yard field goal by Parker Boyce with 3 minutes and 3 seconds left in the third quarter.

But Williams went right back to work, answering with a 37-yard scoring strike to Frenchie just more than two minutes later. Williams appeared to be sacked on the play, but wriggled free to find Frenchie open in the flat for a 20-17 lead South Boone stayed close and mounted one final drive. But Washington halted the potential goahead march by picking off a pass from Sam Stichnote with 3:59 remaining.

Washington returned the ball to the 7-yard line.

Williams then put the game away with a 1-yard leap over the goal line on fourth-and-goal.

The small and slower Eagles turned in a strong effort, but came up just short down the stretch.

“No one gave us a chance,” Southern Boone coach Trent Tracy said.

“But you can’t measure heart. Our kids played with a lot of heart and passion.

I know it might sound strange, but I’ve never felt better about a loss.”

FRIDAY’S ROUNDUP Strong second half lifts Lutheran North The Lutheran North football team needed some refocusing at halftime on Friday in Caruthersville.

Crusaders coach Carl Reed was happy to provide it.

“We kind of came down here with a bad mentality,” Reed said. “We weren’t ready to play from the beginning.

You can’t do that against a team in the state quarterfinal game, a game of this magnitude.”

His Crusaders took the message to heart, scoring 37 unanswered points in the second half to cruise past host Caruthersville 51-8 in a Class 2 quarterfinal.

North (10-3) will play either Blair Oaks (12-0) or Clark County (10-2) in a semifinals at a location to be determined on Nov. 17.

North set the tone from the beginning of the third quarter, marching 58 yards in seven plays. Isaac Glenn capped the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to give the Crusaders a 22-8 lead.

North’s defense took it from there, holding

more (37 and 19 yards). He accounted for 167 total yards.

(JOE HARRIS)

MICHAEL GULLEDGE • Special to STLhighschoolsports.com

Fort Zumwalt North’s Cairo Payne (8) carries the ball against Battle during a Class 5 state quarterfinal in Columbia, Mo.

Caruthersville (9-3) to minus12 yards in the third quarter and minus-14 yards in the second half. The Crusaders defense combined for a pair of sacks, forced a fumble and intercepted Caruthersville twice.

“We had to make a couple of adjustments because they were hurting us early with jet motion and we weren’t rolling down to it the way we were supposed to and there were a couple of other things we weren’t doing schemewise and we made those adjustments and it helped us

in the second half,” Reed said.

North’s defense stopped Caruthersville on fourth-andshort to set up the offense’s second drive of the third on the Tigers’ 35. Two plays later, Jordan Smith broke free for a 33-yard touchdown run and the rout was on.

“We fed off of each others’ energy,” Smith said. “We came out with a big drive, (Glenn) was running very hard and our defense started getting stops.”

Smith ran for four touchdown runs (2, 1, 33 and 9 yards) and threw for two

Battle 26, Fort Zumwalt North 14 • Trevonne Hicks might as well have been wrestling a grizzly bear.

A junior defensive back for the Battle football team, Hicks worked to pry the ball out of Jaylin Vaughn’s hands.

A 6-foot-1 and 260-pound running back, linebacker and all-around beast, it’s hard to take down Vaughn, and even harder to separate him from the ball. With the help of sophomore defensive back Carter Henry, Hicks did just that.

“Carter Henry held him up and he was trying to run through,” Hicks said. “He didn’t keep the ball tucked in.

Bad ball security, that’s ours.”

Hicks grabbed it and raced the other way for a 78-yard touchdown and completely flipped the momentum as Battle scored a 26-14 win over Fort Zumwalt North in a Class 5 quarterfinal at Battle.

Battle (8-4) advanced to the state semifinals for the fourth time in the five seasons it has fielded a varsity team.

Friday was the third time it

went through the Panthers.

Fort Zumwalt North (10-2) did itself no favors. Battle forced and recovered four fumbles as it dug its way out of a 14-0 first-quarter hole.

“They did a good job of forcing the ball out of our hands,” Fort Zumwalt North coach Joe Bacon said. “Hats off to them, we’ve been pretty good at taking care of the ball all season. Not so much tonight. They did a good job poking it loose.”

Vaughn was dropping jaws in the first quarter as he plowed through Battle’s defense for 80 yards on his first three carries and scored on touchdown runs of 20 and 55 yards. He looked unstoppable, but after Hicks stripped him with 4 minutes and 45 seconds to play in the second quarter, Vaughn remained down on the field with an injury. He continued to play on defense but did not carry the ball again until the fourth quarter.

“They got his ankle pretty good on that one,” Bacon said. “He played through it the best he could but it was a little different after that.”

(DAVID KVIDAHL)

MISSOURI PLAYOFFS — CLASS 6 Semifinals, Saturday CBC (10-1) at Joplin (10-2), 3 p.m.

Blue Springs (9-3) at Rockhurst (10-2), 1 p.m.

Championship 6 p.m. Nov. 24, Faurot Field — CLASS 5 Quarterfinals (Saturday if no score) Jackson (11-0) at Vianney (8-3), 1 p.m.

Carthage 43, Lebanon 8 Battle 26, Fort Zumwalt North 14 Fort Osage (7-4) at Staley (9-2), 1 p.m.

Semifinals, Nov. 23 or Nov. 24 Carthage (11-1) vs. Jackson-Vianney winner Battle (8-4) vs. Fort Osage-Staley winner — CLASS 4 Quarterfinals (Saturday if no score) West Plains (12-0) vs.

Ladue (12-0) at Kirkwood, 1 p.m.

Camdenton (11-1) at Webb City (12-0), 1 p.m.

MICDS (11-1) at Hannibal (9-3), 1 p.m.

Smithville 45, Warrensburg 6 Semifinals, Nov. 23 or Nov. 24 West Plains-Ladue winner vs.

Camdenton-Webb City winner Smithville (11-2) vs. MICDS-Hannibal winner — CLASS 3 Quarterfinals (Saturday if no score) Kennett (11-1) vs.

Cardinal Ritter (12-0) at SLUH, 1 p.m.

Springfield Catholic (10-2) vs.

Mount Vernon (11-1) at Cassville, 1 p.m.

Trinity 27, Southern Boone 17 Odessa (12-0) at Maryville (11-1), 1 p.m.

Semifinals, Nov. 23 or Nov. 24 Kennett-Cardinal Ritter winner vs.

Springfield Catholic-Mount Vernon winner Trinity (11-2) vs. Odessa-Maryville winner — CLASS 2 Quarterfinals (Saturday if no score) Lutheran North 51, Caruthersville 8 Blair Oaks (12-0) at Clark County (10-2), 1 p.m.

Ava (11-1) at Lamar (11-1), 1 p.m.

Summit Christian (10-2) at Lathrop (12-0), 1 p.m.

Semifinals, Nov. 23 or Nov. 24 Lutheran North (10-3) vs.

Blair Oaks-Clark County winner Kennett-Cardinal Ritter winner vs.

Springfield Catholic-Mount Vernon winner — CLASS 1 Quarterfinals, Saturday Hayti (12-0) at Thayer (8-4), 1 p.m.

Fayette (11-1) at Westran (10-2), 1 p.m.

Adrian (11-1) at Lincoln (11-1), 1 p.m.

Mid-Buchanan (8-4) at Hamilton (9-3), 1 p.m.

Semifinals, Nov. 23 or Nov. 24 Hayti-Thayer winner vs.

Fayette-Westran winner Adrian-Lincoln winner vs.

Mid-Buchanan/Hamilton winner

ILLINOIS PLAYOFFS Semifinals, Saturday — CLASS 8A Brother Rice (12-0) at Chicago Marist (11-1), 1 p.m.

Lincoln-Way East (12-0) at Loyola Academy (9-3), 1 p.m.

Championship, Nov. 24 7 p.m., Memorial Stadium, Champaign — CLASS 7A Batavia (12-0) at Nazareth Academy (11-1), 1 p.m.

Chicago Mount Carmel (11-1) at St. Charles North (9-3), 1 p.m.

Championship, Nov. 24 4 p.m., Memorial Stadium, Champaign — CLASS 6A Cary-Grove (12-0) at Niles Notre Dame (10-2), 3 p.m.

Oak Lawn Richards (12-0) at Crete-Monee (9-3), 2 p.m.

Championship, Nov. 24 1 p.m., Memorial Stadium, Champaign — CLASS 5A Lombard Montini (11-1) at Sterling (11-1), 2 p.m.

Country Club Hills Hillcrest (12-0) at Joliet Catholic (8-4), 2 p.m.

Championship, Nov. 24 10 a.m., Memorial Stadium, Champaign — CLASS 4A Richmond-Burton (11-1) at IC Catholic (12-0), 4 p.m.

Rochester (11-1) at Kankakee McNamara (11-1), 2 p.m.

Championship, Nov. 23 7 p.m., Memorial Stadium, Champaign — CLASS 3A Byron (12-0) at Herscher (8-4), 2 p.m.

Carlinville (12-0) at Monticello (12-0), 2 p.m.

Championship, Nov. 23 4 p.m., Memorial Stadium, Champaign — CLASS 2A Gibson City (12-0) at Lanark Eastland (12-0), 2 p.m.

Maroa-Forsyth (12-0) at Decatur St. Teresa (12-0), 1 p.m.

Championship, Nov. 23 1 p.m., Memorial Stadium, Champaign — CLASS 1A Forreston (10-2) at Lena-Winslow (11-1), 2 p.m.

Camp Point Central (11-1) at Argenta-Oreana (12-0), 1 p.m.

Championship, Nov. 23 10 a.m., Memorial Stadium, Champaign

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES

FZ North 14 0 0 0 14 6 6 14 0 26 Battle F: Vaughn 20 run (Sears kick), 9:43 F: Vaughn 55 run (Sears kick), 6:04 B: T. Palmer 42 pass from Jaren Lewis (kick failed), 2:49 B: Trevonne Hicks 78 fumble recovery (pass failed), 4:45 B: Jaren Lewis 1 run (Jaren Lewis run), 10:48 B: Gillig 6 pass from Jaren Lewis (run failed), 0:29 7 7 6 7 27 Trinity 7 0 10 0 17 S. Boone S: John 9 pass from Stichnote (Parker Boyce kick), 4:33 T: I. Williams 80 run (Clark kick), 2:16 T: Love 14 run (Clark kick), 8:17 S: John 19 run (Parker Boyce kick), 8:18 S: Parker Boyce 38 FG, 3:03 T: Frenchie 38 pass from I. Williams (kick failed), 0:26 T: I. Williams 1 run (Joshua kick), 2:39 Luth. North 8 6 23 14 51 Caruthersvill 0 8 0 0 8 L: Smith 2 run (Smith run), 5:41 C: Davis 5 run ( run), 8:45 L: Smith 1 run (run failed), 4:57 L: Glenn 1 run (Smith run), 8:54 L: Smith 34 run (J. Fuller kick), 6:21 L: Robinson 37 pass from Smith (run failed), 4:35 L: safety, 2:41 L: Smith 9 run (J. Fuller kick), 10:35 L: I. Brown 19 pass from Smith (J. Fuller kick), 5:07

SATURDAY’S AREA GAMES TO WATCH CBC CADETS at JOPLIN EAGLES What • Class 6 semifinal When, where • 3 p.m. Saturday, Joplin’s Junge Field Records • CBC 10-1; Joplin 10-2 Next week • Winner of Blue Springs-Rockhurst in state championship Last week • CBC 63, De Smet 28; Joplin 49, Kirkwood 14 On CBC • Defending Class 6 champion makes fifth consecutive semifinal appearance and eighth in school history. Only semifinal loss in those eight appearances came in 2016. First meeting with Joplin since at least 1999. ... Senior running back Bryan Bradford has rushed for 1,646 yards and 30 touchdowns, 10 of which have come since postseason play began. Rushed for 200 yards and five scores against De Smet last week. Has an area-best 35 touchdowns. Senior quarterback Brett Gabbert has completed 158 of 229 passes (69 percent) for 2,488 yards, 31 touchdowns and one interception. Senior receiver Julian Williams has caught 53 passes for 768 yards and seven touchdowns. Senior tight end Niko Hea has 34 receptions for 580 yards and nine touchdowns.

Seven players have caught multiple touchdown passes. ... Senior linebacker Jaden Brown has a team-best 79 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and five sacks. Senior defensive end MJ Anderson has 49 tackles, nine sacks and 15 tackles for loss. Senior linebacker Elijah Robinson has 44 tackles and eight sacks. Senior defensive back Taylor Robinson has four interceptions. Defense has combined for 31 sacks and 14 interceptions.

On Joplin • First semifinal appearance in school history. School was formed after Parkwood High and Memorial High consolidated in 1985. Parkwood and Memorial combined for four state championships and six total semifinal appearances prior to merger.

This was its first season in a strong Central Ozarks Conference that includes Class 5 No. 1 Carthage and Class 4 No. 1 Webb City. ... Running back Isaiah Davis is a game-breaker as he’s rushed for more than 1,500 yards and 28 touchdowns. Powered his way to 333 yards and six scores against Kirkwood in district title game. Eagles rushed for 425 yards as a team. Quarterback Blake Tash has thrown for more than 1,600 yards, 15 touchdowns and been intercepted five times. ... Defense allowed less than 16 points per game. Has not posted a shutout this season. Made six combined interceptions against

Lindbergh and Kirkwood. Average margin of victory against district opponents Kickapoo, Lindbergh and Kirkwood was 61-12.

JACKSON INDIANS at VIANNEY GOLDEN GRIFFINS What • Class 5 quarterfinal When • 1 p.m. Saturday Records • Jackson 11-0; Vianney 8-3 Next week • Winner of Carthage-Lebanon in a semifinal Last week • Jackson 42, Fox 23; Vianney 55, Chaminade 14 On Jackson • Won first district championship in four seasons after losing last three to Vianney. ... Averaged more than 49 points per game and scored less than 42 points only one time, a 35-0 win over Parkway North. Sophomore quarterback Cael Welker threw for 142 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 67 yards and two more touchdowns last week against Fox. Running back Daniel Dickerson rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns last week.

Receiver Jordan Kent caught four passes for 91 yards and two touchdowns. ... Defense allowed less than 10 points per game with five shutouts. ... Beat Parkway North and Parkway Central a combined 77-0.

On Vianney • Makes third consecutive quarterfinal appearance. Faces Jackson for the ninth time in last six seasons. Has four-game win streak against Jackson but has won just six of the last 17 meetings since 1999. ... Senior standout athlete and Notre Dame recruit Kyren Williams has scored 31 total touchdowns. He’s rushed for 1,385 yards and caught 47 passes for 635 yards. Junior quarterback Griffin John has thrown for 1,601 yards, 20 touchdowns and six interceptions. Senior running back Percy Mitchell has rushed for 1,406 yards and 15 touchdowns. Senior receiver Fahreed Cheeks has caught 29 passes for 572 yards and six touchdowns. ... Senior linebacker Lane Allison has 110 tackles and six sacks. Senior linebacker Nick Kriska has 107 tackles and seven sacks. Williams has 69 tackles and seven interceptions in the secondary. Senior defensive end Nate Thurman has 67 tackles, four sacks and 10 tackles for loss. Defense has recovered 14 fumbles and made 14 interceptions.

WEST PLAINS ZIZZERS vs. LADUE RAMS What • Class 4 quarterfinal When, where • 1 p.m. Saturday, Kirkwood High Records • West Plains 12-0; Ladue 12-0

Next week • Winner of Webb City-Camdenton in a semifinal Last week • West Plains 45, Festus 6; Ladue 38, Summit 15 On West Plains • Won first district championship since 2007. Has not scored less than 40 points and has enacted mercy-rule running clock in all 12 of its wins this season. ... Junior running back Brayden Lidgard has rushed for more than 2,300 yards and broke his own school record with 37 touchdowns despite seeing limited action due to lopsided victories. Average margin of victory is 49-7. ... West Plains has made one semifinal appearance in its school history.

On Ladue • Class 4 runner-up last season won its third consecutive district championship and fourth in five seasons. Has won all three of its previous quarterfinal appearances. Will be the first meeting with West Plains since at least 1999. ... Junior quarterback Henry McIntosh has thrown for 1,678 yards, 21 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

Senior running back Andrew Hunt has rushed for 1,068 yards and 20 touchdowns. Senior receiver Dale Chesson has 33 receptions for 471 yards and six touchdowns. Junior receiver Mason Player has 16 receptions for 301 yards and seven touchdowns. ... Junior linebacker Brock Jones has 97 tackles and eight tackles for loss. Senior defensive back Jason Garland has interceptions. Hunt has 49 tackles and three interceptions. Defense has 18 interceptions and 14 fumble recoveries.

MICDS RAMS at HANNIBAL PIRATES What • Class 4 quarterfinal When • 1 p.m. Saturday Records • MICDS 11-1; Hannibal 9-3 Next week • Winner of Warrensburg-Smithville in a semifinal Last week • MICDS 25, Hazelwood East 15; Hannibal 48, Fort Zumwalt East 34 On MICDS • Won 12th district championship and first since 2011 after losing consecutive district finals to rival Ladue. Makes first quarterfinal since finishing as Class 4 runner-up in 2011. Has won six consecutive games since 21-20 loss to Lutheran North on Sept. 29. ... Senior athlete Graham Bundy Jr. has scored a team-high 18 touchdowns. He’s rushed for 556 yards and caught 21 passes for 445 yards. Senior running back Tyler Purdy has rushed for 754 yards and scored 10 total touchdowns.

Freshman quarterback Reagan Andrew has thrown for 1,204 yards, 11 touchdowns and four interceptions. ... Senior linebacker Henry Carpenter has 148 tackles and five sacks. Bundy has 55 tackles and six interceptions. Defense has 15 interceptions.

On Hannibal • Won third district championship in four seasons. Losses this season came to Helias, Jefferson City and Battle. Ran through district tournament with wins against St. Charles, Westminster and Fort Zumwalt East. Average margin of victory in the those was 51-16. Offense scored a season-low 27 against Jefferson City.

Averaged more than 43 points per game.

KENNETT INDIANS vs. CARDINAL RITTER LIONS What • Class 3 quarterfinal When, where • 1 p.m. Saturday, St. Louis U. High Records • Kennett 11-1; Cardinal Ritter 12-0 Next week • Winner of Springfield Catholic-Mount Vernon in a semifinal Last week • Kennett 42, Park Hills Central 20; Cardinal Ritter 56, Lutheran South 0 On Kennett • Won first district championship since 1986 by beating perennial playoff power Park Hills Central. Kennett has never advanced to a state semifinal. Riding an 11-game win streak after losing 24-8 at Gosnell (Ark.) on Aug. 31. Running back Marsayv’aun Harrell rushed for 132 yards and three touchdowns and had a kickoff return for a touchdown against Central to power the Kennett offense.

On Cardinal Ritter • Won first district championship since 2015 and fourth since current playoff format was instituted in 2012. Since beating St. Dominic 12-10 on Sept. 7, has not scored less than 40 points. ... Junior quarterback Mehki Hagens has thrown for an area-best 3,577 yards, 45 touchdowns and been intercepted five times. Senior receiver and Ohio State recruit Jameson Williams has caught 56 passes for 1,345 yards and 20 touchdowns.

Freshman receiver Luther Burden has caught 34 passes for 864 yards and 11 touchdowns. Senior running back Shamel Morrow has rushed for 1,126 yards and 17 touchdowns. ... Senior linebacker Kailen Smith has 104 tackles. Senior Demarco Fitz has 102 tackles and five sacks. Defensive lineman Jeremiah Hayes has 97 tackles, five sacks and five fumble recoveries. Defense has 31 sacks, 21 fumble recoveries and eight interceptions.

David Kvidahl, STLhighschoolsports.com

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BOYS SOCCER • MISSOURI CHAMPIONSHIPS

LOCAL FLAVOR Area teams to face off for Class 4, Class 3 titles after sweeping semifinals

TOURNAMENT UPDATE MISSOURI BOYS SOCCER STATE TOURNAMENTS At Soccer Park — CLASS 4 Semifinals, Friday De Smet 1, Lee’s Summit 0 (OT) CBC 3, Rockhurst 0 Placing games, Saturday Third place Lee’s Summit (21-2) vs.

Rockhurst (19-7-1), 10 a.m.

Championship De Smet (22-3-2) vs. CBC (24-2-2), 2 p.m.

—CLASS 3 Semifinals, Friday Webster Groves 4, Glendale 0 Fort Zumwalt South 5, Van Horn 2 Placing games, Saturday Third place Glendale (20-8) vs. Van Horn (25-3), noon Championship Webster Groves (15-11-1) vs.

Fort Zumwalt South (20-9), 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

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De Smet’s Carson King (7) fights off a defender and scores past the arms of Lee’s Summit goalkeeper Kaia Tupinio for the game-winning overtime goal during a Class 4 boys soccer semifinal Friday at Soccer Park.

CBC’s Nate Temm (10) sprints past Rockhurst’s Caden Mclagan during a Class 4 boys soccer semifinal Friday at Soccer Park. Temm scored a goal in the Cadets’ 3-0 victory.

King’s OT goal puts Spartans in first final since 2015

Fitzgerald’s early saves, Etzel’s quick goal spark Cadets

All Carson King wanted was another chance.

The De Smet senior forward fired high over a wide open net on a golden opportunity with just more than 10 minutes left in regulation. But he made good the next time around, scoring a golden goal 9 minutes and 9 seconds into the first overtime period to lift the Spartans to a 1-0 win over Lee’s Summit in a Missouri Class 4 boys soccer state semifinal Friday at Soccer Park.

“Redemption feels good,” King said.

“After that first chance, I had to find a way to redeem myself. I’m happy that chance came.”

The win lifted De Smet (22-3-2), the No. 4 team in the STLhighschoolsports. com large-schools rankings, into the Class 4 championship against Metro Catholic Conference rival CBC (24-2-2) at 2 p.m. Saturday at Soccer Park.

“I can’t be more proud of the effort,” De Smet coach Josh Klein said. “I think they totally deserved that game. I said before the game this is going to take 11 guys at one time playing their absolute best and they did.”

The Spartans advanced to their ninth appearance in the state final and will be seeking their sixth championship. De Smet last won a title in 2011 and was runner-up in 2015.

“It’s going to be great after the last few years of getting unlucky early on in the playoffs,” King said. “To make it this far feels really good.”

CLASS 4 SEMIFINAL • DE SMET 1, LEE’S SUMMIT 0 Lee’s Summit (21-2) had a 20-game winning streak snapped and lost for the first time in more than two months.

The Tigers play Rockhurst (19-7-1) for third place at 10 a.m. Saturday.

“They’re one of the best teams we’ve played this year. We knew it was going to be a tight game. It just unfortunately went in the wrong direction today,” Lee’s Summit coach Dave Wiebenga said. “We’ve defended really well all year. That’s only the 13th goal we’ve conceded all season. I can’t fault anybody defensively. It was just a weird ball bounce here and there.

That’s soccer.”

The game-winner started off the foot of 6-foot-4 sophomore forward Thomas Redmond, who gathered the ball and went toward the corner before sending a pass into the box.

“Actually when I played it, I kind of yelled at myself because there was no one there,” Redmond said. “Then, of course, there was a lucky bounce.”

That fortuitous bounce went off a Lee’s Summit defender and right to King.

“I think I was in the right place at the right time,” King said. “The defender hit it right off me, the ball took one bounce and I just hit it into the goal.

That’s all I was thinking about.”

Greg Uptain, STLhighschoolsports.com

CBC senior forward Henry Etzel experienced the best kind of deja vu.

Just as he did in a win over Rockhurst in October, Etzel knocked in the game-wining goal at the back post Friday to start the Cadets on their way to a 3-0 win in a Class 4 state semifinal at Soccer Park.

Etzel said both times he just heeded the words of CBC coach Terry Michler.

“Coach always tells me to go back post when you’re on the wing,” said Etzel, whose goal Friday came in the seventh minute. “Those are the easiest goals to get. We play Rockhurst all the time. They’re a good team and we were happy to get the win.”

CBC (24-2-2, No. 2 in STLhighschoolsports.com largeschools rankings) set up all-Metro Catholic Conference championship at 2 p.m. Saturday against De Smet (22-3-2, No. 4 LS), which beat Lee’s Summit 1-0 in overtime in the first Class 4 semifinal.

While Etzel put CBC ahead, stellar goalkeeping by senior Dave Fitzgerald kept Rockhurst (19-7-1) off the board before that. Within the game’s first five minutes, Fitzgerald made a pair of saves on Hawklets junior midfielder Liam Bailey and junior forward Nicholas Pileggi to keep the game scoreless.

“I really thought we played a lot better today than we did the

CLASS 4 SEMIFINAL • CBC 3, ROCKHURST 0 last time,” Rockhurst coach Chris Lawson said. “They got better. They were clearly the best team today. We created a lot more chances, we just didn’t finish them.”

CBC built its lead to 2-0 before halftime as senior midfielder Julian Bennett scored in the 38th minute.

Senior midfielder Nate Temm tacked on his 18th goal of the season to give CBC a commanding threegoal lead in the 58th minute.

Fitzgerald made three saves in his 70-plus minutes of work to earn his 17th shutout.

The teams were meeting for the third consecutive season at Soccer Park, with Rockhurst winning 2-1 last season on the way to its seventh state title. CBC beat Rockhurst in penalty kicks in the 2016 final for its ninth championship.

In De Smet, CBC will face another team it knows quite well. This will be the third meeting between the teams this season. After a 1-1 tie Sept.

13, CBC cruised to a 4-0 win Oct. 10.

It will be the 14th time MCC schools have faced off for the championship, including two previous CBC-De Smet meetings. CBC won 2-0 in 1984 and De Smet returned the favor in 1997, winning 2-0.

Jim Faasen, STLhighschoolsports.com

DUPO CAT CLASSIC Championship semifinals Wood River 59, Gibault 29 Father McGivney 42, Roxana 21 Consolation semifinals Marissa 54, Madison 20 Dupo 50, Valmeyer 36 Saturday’s games 7th place Valmeyer vs Madison, 11 a.m.

Consolation final Dupo vs Marissa, 12:30 p.m.

3rd place Roxana vs Gibault, 2 p.m.

Championship Father McGivney vs Wood River, 3:30 p.m.

ALTON TIPOFF CLASSIC Pool play Springfield Lanphier 56, Breese Central 49 Semifinal Mater Dei 67, Alton 44 Saturday’s games 5th place Springfield Southeast vs Breese Central, 4:30 p.m.

3rd place Springfield Lanphier vs Alton, 6 p.m.

Championship Mater Dei vs Jerseyville, 7:30 p.m.

PHL PRESEASON SHOOTOUT At Vashon Friday’s scores McKinley 49, Cleveland 26 Roosevelt 52, Medicine and Bioscience 49 Saturday’s games.

Sumner vs Northwest Academy, 9 a.m.

Carnahan vs Vashon, noon Soldan vs Metro, 3 p.m.

Miller Career vs Gateway STEM, 6 p.m.

COLUMBIA TIPOFF CLASSIC Championship semifinals Columbia 40, Triad 32 Greenville 37, Lebanon 28 Consolation semifinals Alton Marquette 62, New Athens 28 Waterloo 52, Metro-East Lutheran 37 Saturday’s games 7th place Metro-East Lutheran vs New Athens, 10 a.m.

Consolation final Waterloo vs Alton Marquette, 11:30 p.m.

3rd place Lebanon vs Triad, 1 p.m.

Championship Greenville vs Columbia, 2:30 p.m.

MARION TIPOFF CLASSIC Friday’s scores Herrin 42, Marion 29 Vienna 52, Hamilton County 41 29TH SPARTA TOURNAMENT Friday’s games Trico vs Steeleville, (n) Chester vs Sesser-Valier, (n) Red Bud vs Sparta, (n) Saturday’s games Trico vs Red Bud, 1 p.m.

Steeleville vs Chester, 2:30 p.m.

Sesser-Valier vs Sparta, 4 p.m.

SALEM THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT Friday’s scores Teutopolis 64, Centralia 35 Highland 57, Salem 23 Saturday’s games Althoff vs Teutopolis, 11 a.m.

Carterville vs Highland, 12:30 p.m.

Teutopolis vs Salem, Illinois, 4 p.m.

Highland vs Althoff, 5:30 p.m.

Centralia vs Carterville, 7 p.m.

25TH TAYLORVILLE TOURNAMENT Friday’s scores Civic Memorial 59, Hillsboro 21 Rochester 67, Jacksonville 21 Mount Zion 48, Taylorville 38 Saturday’s games Civic Memorial vs Mount Zion, 10 a.m.

Rochester vs Hillsboro, 11:30 a.m.

Jacksonville vs Taylorville, 1 p.m.

Hillsboro vs Jacksonville 5 p.m.

Civic Memorial vs Taylorville, 6:30 p.m.

Mount Zion vs Rochester, 8 p.m.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SHOOTOUT At O’Fallon High Saturday’s games Hazelwood Central vs O’Fallon, 11:45 a.m.

Chatham Glenwood vs Edwardsville, 1 p.m.

Peoria Richwoods vs Belleville East, 2:15 p.m.

Haz.Central vs Belleville West, 3:30 p.m.

Peoria Richwoods vs O’Fallon, 4:45 p.m.

Chatham Glenwood vs Belleville East, 6 p.m.

BOYS BASKETBALL PHL PRESEASON SHOOTOUT At Vashon Friday’s games McKinley 69, Cleveland 44 Roosevelt vs Medicine and Bioscience, (n) Saturday’s games Gateway STEM vs Metro, 10:30 a.m.

Miller Career vs Sumner, 1:30 p.m.

Northwest Academy vs Carnahan, 4:30 p.m.

Soldan vs Vashon, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S RESULTS BOYS SOCCER

PAUL KOPSKY • STLhighschoolsports.com

Glendale’s Jonathon Dixon (15) slides to upend Webster Groves’ Ben Oliver during a Class 3 boys soccer state semifinal at Soccer Park.

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Van Horn’s Erick Lopez-Bargas (15) dribbles against Fort Zumwalt South’s Braden Johnson on Friday at Soccer Park.

Dickey’s goal helps Bulldogs reach first state final In its first two state appearances, the Fort Zumwalt South boys soccer team netted a pair of third-place finishes.

That tide finally turned Friday.

A misjudged shot off the foot of junior defender Garrett Dickey started a wave of scoring as South powered its way to a 5-2 win over Van Horn in a Class 3 semifinal at Soccer Park.

The win puts South (20-9) into the state championship game for the first time in program history. The Bulldogs will face Webster Groves for the title at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

“We’ll take anything we can get,” Dickey said. “It feels amazing to be the first team in school history to play in the state championship. It means so much.”

Eleven minutes into the game, Dickey lined up for a free kick from the right side of the goal, nearly 50 yards out. His kick floated over the outstretched arms of Van Horn sophomore goalkeeper Cooper Sumpter and bounced into the net.

“It was most definitely a cross,” Dickey said. “I saw Braden and Devin in there and I knew I just needed to put it up.”

From there, South did two very important things to close out the half.

First, the Bulldogs played solid, technical defense.

“Tonight was different, I had a good feeling,” Layne said. “The week leading up to this, the way we trained, the things we did to get ready, I really felt good. We get the early goal and kept pounding on them. Hats off to (Van Horn), though. They never quit. This isn’t the last time they’re going to be here.”

The second ingredient to South

CLASS 3 SEMIFINAL • FZ SOUTH 5, VAN HORN 2 having a big half was the two goals the team added before intermission.

In the 21st minute, junior forward Devin Livingstone scored his 23rd goal of the season.

Fourteen minutes later, senior forward Braden Johnson buried a penalty kick to make it 3-0 at halftime with his team-leading 32nd goal of the season. Johnson holds the program record for goals in a season.

“We realized we were sitting back some and we needed to step up our game,” Johnson said. “They had plenty of skill players who wouldn’t let up.

We wanted to come out and make a statement and, with all the goals we scored, I think we did.”

Van Horn (25-3) still managed to put a good scare into South.

Junior midfielder Angel DeAvila spoiled the shutout with 18 minutes to play before sophomore forward Edison Rios knocked one in at the 13-minute mark to cut the deficit to 3-2.

“Throughout the season, we’ve faced several opponents who had us like that,” Van Horn coach Jesus Rodriguez said of the deficit. “We’d come back and win it. I told them that this was nothing new and that they’d been here before.”

As quickly as Van Horn lessened the deficit, South struck back.

Junior midfielder Danny Bloomfield restored a bit of order, scoring with 12 minutes to play. Senior midfielder Bryce Gamache added another goal with just over five minutes left to ice it.

Jim Faasen, STLhighschoolsports.com

Statesmen move one win from third title in five years Owen Culver is turning into Mr. Clutch for the Webster Groves boys soccer team.

After scoring just two regular season goals, the junior forward notched his fourth of the postseason – and third in the last two games – to get the Statesmen offense started on its way to a 4-0 win over Glendale in a Missouri Class 3 semifinal game Friday afternoon at Soccer Park.

“I scored only two goals in the regular season, so I was a little frustrated with myself after that,” Culver said. “But this postseason, I’ve come out of my slump, so that’s nice.”

Webster Groves (15-11-1), which entered the postseason one game under .500, will vie for its third Class 3 title in the last five years when it takes on Fort Zumwalt South (20-9) at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Soccer Park.

“It’s really exciting,” Webster Groves junior forward Henry Bante said. “It’s something we wanted last year, but we fell short. This year, we hope to do better.”

Bante, Aden Wallis and Ben Winkelmann scored the other goals for the Statesmen, who also won titles in 2013 and 2014. Preston Haney got the shutout in goal without having to make a save.

Glendale (20-8) had an eightgame winning streak snapped and will play Van Horn (25-3) for third place at 12 p.m. Saturday.

“It was a good game. They deserved to get into the finals,” Falcons coach Jeff Rogers said. “I told the kids it’s always hard, but you’ve got one more tomorrow. At the end of the day, we were glad to be here and be part of this event.”

Culver, who scored a pair of goals last weekend in the Statesmen’s

CLASS 3 SEMIFINAL • WEBSTER GROVES 4, GLENDALE 0 3-0 quarterfinal victory over Farmington, got things started Friday before 10 minutes had eclipsed.

Mason Schultz started the play and got the ball out wide to Wallis, who passed it to a wide open Culver in the box and he buried it for the allimportant 1-0 lead.

The Falcons’ best chance of the first half came inside the final two minutes when Gannon Patterson’s blast from 30 yards out sailed just high of the net to keep it a one-goal lead for the Statesmen at halftime.

“We felt good about how we played, but you know how 1-0 is,” Webster Groves coach Tim Cashel said. “The way momentum could change in a soccer game, we knew we needed to make it 2-0.”

Bante nearly scored just over 13 minutes into the second half, but his turnaround shot was stopped by Glendale keeper Kendrick Scott.

But, Bante would get his goal just over two minutes later in rather unbelievable fashion.

Bante took a hard shot that was stopped by Scott. The rebound bounced back to Bante, who unleashed another blast, only to have Scott make another save. That second rebound also bounced back to Bante and he let go another rocket that was blocked on the goal line by a Glendale defender. Amazingly, the third rebound also came back to Bante and, on his fourth try, he finally buried it in the back of the net.

Greg Uptain, STLhighschoolsports.com

De Smet 1, Lee’s Summit 0 D: Carson King; shutout by Logan Payne CBC 3, Rockhurst 0 C: Julian Bennett, Henry Etzel, Nate Temm; shutout by Dave Fitzgerald, Dan McLaughlin.)

Webster 4, Glendale 0 W: Henry Bante, Aden Wallis, Owen Culver, Benjamin Winkelmann FZ South 5, Van Horn 2 F: Bloomfield Danny, Garrett Dickey, Bryce Gamache, Braden Johnson, Devin Livingstone V: Angelo DeAvila, Edison Santamaria

BOYS BASKETBALL

DuBourg 17 14 11 13 55 8 8 15 11 42 Lutheran SC L: May 11, Hackney 10, Ritter 10, Reed 9, Tiemann 2. FG 16 (0), FT 10-11.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Visitation 9 13 18 22 62 8 6 24 13 51 Ursuline V: Ott 28, Bader 17, Tierney 9, Nunez 4, Greiner 2, Long 2. FG 22 (1), FT 17-20.

U: Cavato 13, Scherzinger 12, Adrian 8, LaMartina 8, Hodge 6, Effer 4. FG 21 (3), FT 6-11.

McKinley 12 4 19 14 49 2 10 5 9 26 Cleveland C: Graham 10, Knight 8, T. Jackson 3, Franklin 2, T. Jackson 2, Williams 1. FG 5 (1), FT 15-30.

Waterloo 22 14 10 6 52 9 6 13 9 37 ME Lutheran W: Hubbard 20, Scace 10, Laskowski 9, Aldridge 5, Dawson 4, Albers 2, Diekman 2.

FG 19 (7), FT 7-9.

Civic Mem. 13 15 13 18 59 10 8 2 1 21 Hillsboro, Il C: Hall 22, Tyus 15, Sontag 12, C. Christeson 4, Buhs 2, Klaustermeier 2, Niemeier 2. FG 23 (3), FT 10-16.

H: Matoush 15, Meier 4, Reynolds 1, Tester 1. FG 7 (0), FT 7-11.

A. Marquette 24 19 13 6 62 6 4 14 4 28 New Athens A: Snipes 11, K. Williams 10, Morris 9, A. Williams 9, Nicholson 8, Connors 5, Kline 5, Fandrey 3, Kirchner 2. FG 25 (6), FT 6-8.

Madison 4 4 10 2 20 17 21 16 0 54 Marissa Md: Griggs 8, Barbee 6, Oliver 4, Garrett 2.

FG 8 (2), FT 2-4.

Mr: Smith 20, Krause 10, Portz 10, Middendorf 8, Quigley 4, Schreiber 2. FG 20 (3), FT 11-17.

Mater Dei 15 18 16 18 67 9 9 13 13 44 Alton M: Winkeler 21, Braundmeier 17, Lampe 10, C. Toennies 9, Perkes 7, J. Toennies 2, K. Toennies 1. FG 25 (3), FT 14-19.

A: Hickman 12, McNeal 10, Carter 7, Fox 7, Wallace 7, Patterson 1. FG 17 (0), FT 10-15.

Gibault 10 6 8 5 29 17 14 17 11 59 Wood River G: Wightman 12, Wirth 10, Davis 7. FG 10 (4), FT 5-10.

W: Brantley 15, Robinson 13, Hamiti 8, Nottke 7, J. Ulrich 7, Withers 3, Allen 2, Parmentier 2, A. Ulrich 2. FG 24 (7), FT 4-13.

Bre. Central 9 12 13 15 49 15 11 11 19 56 Lanphier B: Becker 13, Fehrmann 10, Weems 9, Book 8, Jansen 6, Boeschen 3. FG 20 (3), FT 6-11.

Granite City 1 3 2 4 10 16 7 6 18 47 Freeburg G: Moore 7, Hurst 3. FG 3 (0), FT 4-6.

F: Oliver 12, Kimes 11, Cockrell 8, A. Holcomb 8, Eichenlaub 2, L. Holcomb 2, Lester 2, Smith 2. FG 15 (5), FT 12-19.

Triad 3 9 8 12 32 12 12 8 8 40 Columbia T: Rood 11, Powell 8, Miller 4, Wilson 3, Barisch 2, Cochran 2, Fandrey 2. FG 10 (0), FT 12-18.

C: Bonaldi 15, Henke 7, Touchette 7, Wibbenmeyer 7, Harrell 4. FG 12 (4), FT 12-21.