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SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2014 SPORTS Why all the mismatches this season? NEW YORK: Conference play has arrived But there also are plenty of non- nationally ranked San Diego State the Champion Baptist has no visions of last game before its Southwestern in and that means Division I teams willing to take beatings night before losing at Utah, and by 71 to grandeur. The Tigers are content in the Athletic Conference opener, and Jaguars Division I teams will start picking on peo- to help meet their budgets, give their Weber State. Coach Scott Mitchell, whose Association of Christian Collegiate coach Roman Banks want to polish up ple their own size. In the first two months players the experience of playing against program is in its first season, is anything Athletics, where they have won three some areas where he thought his team of the season, seven games were decid- big-time competition for a night and but embarrassed. “I’d play Duke if I could,” national championships in seven years. was deficient. He played his starters 20, ed by more than 70 points - the most gain exposure. After all, before Southern he said, “but I don’t know what they Southern, which beat Champion Baptist 22, 24, 27 and 29 minutes. blowouts of that magnitude since at did its number on Champion Baptist, would get out of beating up on us.” 90-36 last season, set an NCAA record Banks was criticized for letting the least 1996-97, according to STATS. No who in the sporting public had heard of Unaccredited St Katherine opened when it opened a 44-0 lead on Monday. game get so far out of hand, but Capici mismatch was as great as Southern’s 116- the 100-student unaccredited Christian three years ago with 13 students and Champion Baptist didn’t score until there said he had no complaints. Southern 12 win over tiny Champion Baptist this college in Hot Springs, Ark.? “We’ve had shares space in a San Diego-area office was 5:10 left in the first half, and the athletic director William Broussard said week. hundreds of people email us asking if building with a yoga studio and Tigers made only 3 of 44 field goals while game officials declined when they were That outcome raised the question: they can come play for our school since optometrist. Mitchell’s day job is as an earning $4,000 for their trouble. The 104- asked to use a running clock in the sec- Why are games like that even scheduled? this happened,” said Eric Capici, who account executive for YP.com, the online margin didn’t threaten the NCAA ond half. “So do you ask your players to A lot of Division I programs have difficul- serves as head coach and school presi- yellow pages. He recruited one of his record of 117, set by Long Island miss shots or deliberately turn the ball ty lining up home games against quality dent. players, a 34-year-old freshman, after he University against Medgar Evers in 1997. over?” Broussard said. “No specific opponents. Southern, for example, is Utah and Charleston Southern each saw him working out at a 24 Hour Champion Baptist’s players receive no action was taken on our part to cause coming off an NCAA tournament show up twice on the blowout ledger. Fitness. St Katherine athletic director scholarships, and most work full-time. embarrassment. At the same time, it’s appearance yet doesn’t have a high The Utes own an 84-pointer against The Mike Scolinos said the school has applied The team didn’t practice in the two unfortunate it happened.” Capici said enough RPI to make it worthwhile for a Evergreen State College (Wash) and a 73- to join the NAIA for 2014-15, and the weeks before the game because Capici Banks called him Wednesday to make name team to travel to Baton Rouge, La, pointer against St Katherine (Calif). hope is to be an NCAA Division I member wanted his players to be home with sure he wasn’t mad about the outcome. and possibly lose. Usually low-major pro- Charleston Southern beat St Andrews in 10 years. “Some people would call that their families over Christmas break. The Before hanging up, Banks asked him if grams round out the schedules of risk- Presbyterian (NC) by 82 and Johnson ridiculous,” he said. “As the saying goes, if team took an eight-hour bus ride to he wanted to line up a game next sea- averse mid-majors and power-confer- University (Tenn) by 79. Those Fightin’ you don’t dream it, you’re not going to Baton Rouge and played two hours later. son. “Would I do it again?” Capici said. ence teams in November and December. Firebirds of St Katherine also lost by 83 to do it, and that’s our goal.” Southern, meanwhile, was playing its “Yeah.” —AP

Real, Olympiakos extend perfect Euroleague starts BELGRADE: Holders Olympiakos Piraeus look at the number of games we play in all and favourites Real Madrid moved to 11 competitions. It’s a major challenge to stay straight Euroleague wins this season after healthy and play hard every game.” impressive displays in the opening round of the Top 16, the second group stage of FIRST VICTORY the 24-team competition. Debutants Bayern swept away 1999 champions Bayern Munich stunned Zalgiris Kaunas Zalgiris with long-range shooting that saw 84-66 away, CSKA Moscow ground out an the Germans bury 10 three-pointers, with 84-77 overtime victory at fellow Russians 10 of their 12 players scoring against the Lokomotiv Krasnodar and Maccabi Tel more heralded Lithuanians. Having Aviv celebrated a 90-84 success at squeezed into the Top 16, featuring two Galatasaray. pools of eight teams, Bayern can now look Led by , who has forward to making a real impact as they inspired Olympiakos to successive titles, host Partizan in their next game. the Greek side overcame an expensively “I am happy to win here in Lithuania, in assembled Fenerbahce Istanbul outfit 95- basketball country,” Bayern’s Serb coach 82 after the versatile playmaker scored 28 Svetislav Pesic, who won the 2001 European points against the visitors on Friday. Eight championship and 2002 world title with the times winners Madrid brushed aside former Yugoslavia, told the competition’s Partizan Belgrade 80-64 in front of 21,374 website (www..net) “It is our first fans in Serbia, the second-highest victory in the Top 16 but I hope not the last,” Euroleague attendance ever, after former he added. Pesic’s compatriot Milos Teodosic Portland Trailblazers guard Rudy endured a poor shooting afternoon for Fernandez produced an effervescent per- CSKA in Krasnodar but was still the game’s formance. Fernandez and Sergio top scorer with 16 points as they forced Rodriguez nailed 16 points each and cen- Lokomotiv into submission. tre Ioannis Bourousis sank 15 as Real Maccabi’s American Ricky Hickman net- extended their perfect record to 26 victo- ted 24 points after hitting nine of 14 shots ries in all competitions this season. from the field to lift his side, while LOS ANGELES: guard Jodie Meeks (left) battles for a loose ball with forward Richard Jefferson (cen- “We have to keep improving but win- Euroleague all-time top scorer Juan Carlos ter) and Enes Kanter, of Turkey, during the second half of an NBA basketball game on Friday, Jan 3, 2014. —AP ning in this impressive venue will give us a Navarro amassed 21 for Barcelona in the confidence boost because Partizan fans 84-65 home defeat of Anadolu Efes are magnificent and I am sure many teams Istanbul. Laboral Kutxa Vitoria, who strug- will drop points here,” Fernandez said. “We gled early on in the opening group stage, Iguodala’s buzzer-beating 3 are all delighted to have extended our continued their revival with a 93-79 win at winning streak but it’s still a bit too early fellow Spaniards Unicaja Malaga and to start thinking about titles. “This is going Panathinaikos Athens strolled to a 73-57 brings down Atlanta Hawks to be a long season and it’s becoming victory over visitors Emporio Armani more and more like the NBA when you Milan. —Reuters ATLANTA: hit a 3-pointer at the ignite a game-ending 16-9 run that was highlighted prove costly for the Pelicans after reserve forward buzzer and David Lee scored 23 points as the Golden by 3-pointers by Jodie Meeks and Kendall Marshall. Ryan Anderson was taken from the court on a stretch- State Warriors won their eighth straight game with a Gordon Hayward scored 22 points for the Jazz. er after he collided with Boston’s Gerald Wallace early 101-100 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday. in the fourth quarter. Anderson had 13 points and added 22 points with nine assists and RAPTORS 101, WIZARDS 88 seven boards before leaving. The Celtics said a prelimi- Klay Thompson 21 for Golden State, which recovered DeMar DeRozan scored 20 points and nary diagnosis indicated a “cervical stinger.” New from a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter to get outplayed John Wall with 19 points and 11 assists as Orleans won for the fourth time in six games. Avery back in the game and extend its road winning streak Toronto won its season-high fifth consecutive game Bradley led Boston with 22 points. Jeff Green and to five straight. Pero Antic finished with a career-high by beating Washington. Atlantic Division-leading Brandon Bass each scored 16. 16 points and Shelvin Mack had 15 for the Hawks. Toronto improved to 16-15, the first time since Atlanta had won three of four and six of eight. January 2010 its winning percentage has been above ROCKETS 102, KNICKS 100 .500 at least 30 games into a season. Patrick Patterson scored 37 points and Aaron Brooks CLIPPERS 119, MAVERICKS 112 scored Toronto’s last 11 points of the third quarter, made a pair of free throws with 17 seconds left to send DeAndre Jordan scored a career-high 25 points to when the Raptors outscored the Wizards 36-16 to Houston past New York. The Knicks had a chance to match as Los Angeles rallied to beat blow open a game that was tied with less than a tie it at the end of the game, but Iman Shumpert Dallas after Chris Paul left with a separation to his right minute left in the first half. Patterson finished with 18 missed a shot before grabbed a shoulder that will keep him out three to five weeks. points. Wall was limited to 11 points and six assists and dished it to Beno Udrih, whose running Jordan and Griffin combined for 10 points on a 16-2 after scoring at least 20 in eight straight games. Nene jump shot rolled in and out of the basket at the buzzer. game-closing run to wipe out a 110-103 deficit in the led the Wizards with 15 points. They’ve lost five of their Udrih and JR Smith both missed 3-pointers for the final 4 minutes. Jordan was 11 of 14 from the field and past six home games. Knicks with under a minute remaining. Brooks had 18 rebounds, while Griffin added 15 boards. Dirk grabbed the rebound on the second one and was Nowitzki was a game-time decision with a sprained PELICANS 95, CELTICS 92 fouled by Udrih to set up the game-winning free left ankle but hit six of his first seven shots and had 14 Anthony Davis had 23 points and nine rebounds throws. Shumpert, who scored a career-high 27 on ATHENS: Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul Luka zoric () and Bojan Bogdanovic points at halftime on his way to 24 for the Mavericks. and scored 16 points with a key basket Thursday night, led the Knicks with 26 and Carmelo Paul had 19 points at halftime before leaving midway late to lead New Orleans over Boston. The win may Anthony added 25.—AP (2nd left) fight for the ball with Olympiakos Piraeus Bryant Dunston during through the third quarter. their Top 16, round 1 Euroleague basketball match at the Peace and Friendship stadium in Piraeus near Athens on January 3, 2014. —AFP NUGGETS 111, GRIZZLIES 108 NBA results/standings scored 18 points, including a key 3- pointer with less than a minute to play as Denver Schumacher ‘critical’; probe stopped an eight-game losing streak by beating Toronto 101, Washington 88; Golden State 101, Atlanta 100; New Orleans 95, Boston 92; Houston focuses on helmet camera Memphis. Lawson also had 12 assists for the Nuggets, 102, NY Knicks 100; LA Clippers 119, Dallas 112; Denver 111, Memphis 108; LA Lakers 110, Utah 99. who played without Andre Miller. His two-game sus- Eastern Conference Western Conference pension stemming from a verbal clash with coach GRENOBLE: Michael Schumacher remains on Friday while still in an induced coma. Fans Atlantic Division Northwest Division Brian Shaw during Wednesday’s loss to the in a “critical but stable” condition, his marked the birthday with a silent vigil out- W L PCT GB Portland 26 7 .788 - was rescinded by the club, but spokeswoman said yesterday, as French side the facility, part of which was organized Toronto 16 15 .516 - Miller will remain away from the team until Monday. Oklahoma City 25 7 .781 0.5 investigators hoped a helmet-mounted by Ferrari, Schumacher’s former team. Kenneth Faried and Timofey Mozgov added 16 points Boston 13 20 .394 4 Minnesota 16 16 .500 9.5 camera he was wearing at the moment of apiece for Denver and Nate Robinson had 15 points, Philadelphia 11 21 .344 5.5 Denver 15 17 .469 10.5 his ski accident could answer a raft of CAMERA COULD REVEAL SPEED including nine in the fourth quarter. Zach Randolph Brooklyn 11 21 .344 5.5 Utah 11 25 .306 16.5 questions. A spokeswoman for the retired The GoPro miniature camera, robust and had 25 points to lead Memphis and Mike Conley NY Knicks 10 22 .313 6.5 Formula One champion denied some popular among extreme sports enthusiasts, added 23. Mike Miller narrowly missed a tying 3-point- reports that his family had been reluctant has a 170-degree wide angle lens that Pacific Division er at the buzzer. Central Division to hand over the camera-taken by authori- takes in much of the view and can show LA Clippers 23 12 .657 - ties on Friday-because of privacy reasons. parts of the user’s body including the face Indiana 25 6 .806 - Golden State 22 13 .629 1 LAKERS 110, JAZZ 99 “Michael’s helmet camera was voluntarily depending on how it is mounted. The latest Detroit 14 19 .424 12 LOS ANGELES: Pau Gasol had 23 points and 17 Phoenix 19 12 .613 2 given to the investigating authorities by models can take up to 30 images a second Chicago 13 18 .419 12 rebounds as injury-riddled Los Angeles defeated Utah LA Lakers 14 19 .424 8 the family,” said spokeswoman Sabine for six hours. If there are images and they Cleveland 11 21 .344 14.5 using its sixth different starting point guard of the sea- Sacramento 10 21 .323 11 Kehm in a statement. “That this should are usable, they should shed light on the Milwaukee 7 25 .219 18.5 son. Kendall Marshall was given the assignment by have been done against the wishes of the circumstances of the accident on a small, coach Mike D’Antoni, who has used 18 different start- family is untrue.” seemingly innocuous off-piste section of Southwest Division ing lineups this season. He was the 14th player to start Southeast division The existence of the GoPro camera was Meribel located between two ski slopes- San Antonio 25 8 .758 - a game for the Lakers overall, finishing with 20 points Miami 24 8 .750 - publicly revealed late Friday, five days one classed as easy and the other as inter- Houston 22 13 .629 4 and 15 assists in 40 minutes - all career highs. Trailing Atlanta 18 15 .545 6.5 after the December 29 accident in the mediate. Conflicting statements have Dallas 19 14 .576 6 by 21 points with 4 minutes left in the third quarter, Washington 14 16 .467 9 French Alps near the Meribel ski resort. It emerged, notably about how fast Utah narrowed the gap to 90-86 with a 19-7 run Charlotte 14 20 .412 11 New Orleans 15 16 .484 9 had been known since Tuesday that the Schumacher was going when he crashed. capped by Enes Kanter’s short jumper with 4:47 to Orlando 10 22 .313 14 Memphis 14 18 .438 10.5 seven-time world racing champion hit his Investigators are tasked with determin- play. But Nick Young responded with a 20-footer to head on a rock so hard that his helmet was ing responsibility in the accident, with high split in two. It was not known whether the stakes possibly involved regarding any camera filmed the champion’s descent insurance compensation. Albertville prose- Pacquiao denies reports on Mayweather face off down the slope or whether the images cutors and the ski resort say Schumacher MANILA: Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquaio, 35, told the website Philboxing.com in 2012. The comeback win sparked renewed have been damaged by the impact on the was skiing at great speed. Kehm has chal- Pacquiao has dismissed reports that he and that a deal to settle once and for all who is the speculation of a long-awaited Mayweather bout. rock. lenged that, saying he could not have been American Floyd Mayweather are to hold talks best boxer of the two is not imminent. “I have no In late 2009 and early 2010, Pacquiao and Police on Friday questioned Schumacher’s going fast “because it appears he helped a about fighting each other, questioning whether plan to go to the US to talk to Floyd. That’s not Mayweather were considered the world’s top 14-year-old son Mick, who was skiing with his friend who had just fallen”. Prosecutors are a bout will ever happen. A fight between the true,” he said. “If it’s a done deal already, how pound-for-pound fighters and record profits father at the time, as well as a friend, at the also looking at whether the limits of the former world champion in eight weight divisions come I do not know anything about it?” were expected from a showdown between Grenoble hospital. Kehm said Schumacher pistes next to the accident site were cor- and the unbeaten Mayweather has long been The boxer-turned-congressman convincingly them. But a disagreement over pre-fight blood remains in “critical but stable” condition and rectly marked, and whether the safety desired by boxing fans and Manila newspapers beat American Brandon Rios in Macau in testing scuttled talks, with Mayweather vowing that no more press conferences were sched- releases on Schumacher’s skis operated were abuzz with talk over Christmas that a November after successive losses to American never to do business with Pacquiao promoter uled before Monday. Schumacher turned 45 properly. —AFP September 2014 date had been set. But Tim Bradley and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez Bob Arum. —AFP