This Day In Sports 1995 — Jerry Rice has 181 yards receiving in San Francisco’s 27-24 loss to Detroit. It’s his 51st 100-yard Numbers Game game, which breaks Don Maynard’s NFL record. C4 Antelope Valley Press, Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Morning rush Pac-12: Cal, yes Cal, is lone undefeated Valley Press news services By ANNE M. PETERSON solid, especially on defense, with Silfverberg, Gibson lead Ducks past Associated Press STILL one of the best secondaries in the Sharks, 4-1 Following California’s victory PERFECT league. And Weaver is a force. ANAHEIM — Jakob Silfverberg had a goal over Mississippi, coach Justin California Weaver had a career-high 22 tackles against Ole Miss, break- and an assist, John Gibson made 31 saves, and the Wilcox said: “We find a way to quarterback ing his high of 18 set in the game Ducks beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1. make it interesting.” Chase Garbers Brendan Guhle also had a goal and an assist, at Washington. He’s had at least Yes, they certainly do. (7) releases a and Andreas Martinen and Derek Grant also The Golden Bears not only 10 tackles in 11 straight games. scored for the Ducks. Jonny Brodzinski scored for pass during the For the second time in the past emerged with a dramatic 28-20 first half against San Jose, and Aaron Dell made 33 saves. victory over Ole Miss last week- three weeks he was named the Mississippi end but the win also left them as Pac-12’s Defensive Player of the in Oxford, Mystics top Aces 94-90, advance to the lone undefeated team in the Week. WNBA Finals Mississippi, on Overall, Cal’s defense has LAS VEGAS — Elena Delle Donne scored 25 Pac-12. Cal (4-0, 1-0) is among the Saturday. held opponents to fewer than 24 points, and the Washington Mystics earned a return Associated Press points in 11 straight games. This trip to the WNBA Finals, outlasting the Las Vegas league’s biggest surprises going Aces 94-90 to close out their semifinal series on into Week 5 of the season. Also The victory was dramatic. Cal verse those calls by replay.” But season they’re only allowing an Tuesday night. surprising? The Trojans finding linebacker Evan Weaver tackled the conference also said it would average of 17.2 points per game. The Mystics, who eliminated the Aces in four ways to win big games at home Ole Miss quarterback John Rhys have “supported” stopping play They’ve also got 11 sacks, tied for games, will host the Connecticut Sun in Game 1 of even when faced with consider- Plumlee for no gain at the 1-yard in this instance for a review to second in the league behind Or- the Finals on Sunday. Washington was swept by Se- able challenges. And the previ- line as time expired. Just before confirm the call. egon (15). attle in last year’s Finals. ously winless Bruins knocking that, Plumlee had completed a “We find a way to make it in- “Defense is their calling Emma Meesseman bounced back from her dis- off Washington State in spectac- third-down pass to Elijah Moore teresting. I love the way we bat- card,” Arizona State coach Herm mal performance in Game 3, when she was held to ular fashion. at the 1 with less than 15 seconds tled, we played good in stretches Edwards said. “They’ve done just six points, by scoring 22 for Washington. Kristi The Pac-12 is the only Power remaining. and not so good in others,” Wilcox a nice job of playing strong de- Toliver added 20 and Natasha Cloud chipped in 5 conference with just one unde- Mississippi coach Matt Luke said after the game. “Some of fense. They’ve won some games with 11. feated team left. Heading into pleaded with the officials to stop that is on us, some of that is on that are impressive, to be quite Liz Cambage, who suggested the Mystics last weekend, there were four, the clock for a look at the replay, the other team. So, coming down honest. Going down there in the needed to “get in the weight room” to deal with her but the Cougars, Utah and Ari- but the Pac-12 officiating crew here and playing in this type of SEC conference and winning a physical play, led the Aces with 25 points and 12 zona State all lost as the league quickly marked the ball at the environment against talent like game like that is an impressive rebounds. Dearica Hamby had 18 points and 11 win for them. They’re 4-0, they’re rebounds while Kelsey Plum scored 17. cannibalized itself. 1-yard line and the Rebels at- that and the coaches they have, Cal, meanwhile, was becom- tempted, unsuccessfully, to score I feel really excited for our team the only undefeated team in the Bell promoted to Cup Series ing the first Pac-12 team to win on Plumlee’s quarterback sneak. and we still have a lot of room for Pac-12, says a lot about who they CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Christopher Bell has on the road against the SEC The Pac-12 issued a state- improvement.” are.” been promoted to NASCAR’s top series and will since 2010, when Oregon beat ment Sunday night saying it had The Golden Bears also The Sun Devils (3-1, 0-1) will drive for Leavine Family Racing in 2020. Tennessee 48-13 in Knoxville. confirmed that officials correctly knocked off Washington on the face Cal in Berkeley on Friday Leavine is an affiliate of Joe Gibbs Racing, which The Bears jumped from No. 23 ruled that Ole Miss “did not score road in that weather-delayed night. ASU is coming off a 34-31 along with Toyota has Bell under contract. The log- to No. 15 in the AP rankings as a touchdown and there was no Pac-12 After Dark thriller. loss at home to Colorado, its first jam of drivers at the Cup level for Gibbs forced Bell a result. irrefutable video evidence to re- And there’s a reason: They’re loss of the season. to be farmed out to Leavine’s single-car operation. Leavine last month released Matt DiBened- etto from the seat, clearing the way for Bell to be promoted from the Xfinity Series. The 24-year-old is NFL COLLEGE FOOTBALL MLB SPORTS ODDS AUTO RACING considered a rising star in NASCAR and has 15 vic- Major League Baseball NFL Glance The AP Top 25 American League Glance National League NASCAR Monster Energy tories through 68 starts in the Xfinity Series. AMERICAN CONFERENCE The Top 25 teams in The Associated West Division W L Pct GB Today Cup Schedule West Press college football poll, with first- Sept. 1 — Bojangles’ Southern 500 (Erik x-Houston 103 54 .656 _ FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE W L T Pct PF PA place votes in parentheses, records at ARIZONA -105 St. Louis -105 Jones) Oakland 94 63 .599 9 through Sept. 21, total points based on Milwaukee -129 at CINCINNATI +119 Sept. 8 — Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 101 64 Texas 75 82 .478 28 25 points for a first-place vote through Chicago -178 at PITTSBUR. +166 Brickyard (Kevin Harvick) Oakland 1 2 0 .333 48 78 Angels 71 86 .452 32 one point for a 25th-place vote, and at WASHINGTON -160 Philadelphia +150 Sept. 15 — South Point 400, Las Vegas Chargers 1 2 0 .333 60 64 Seattle 66 91 .420 37 previous ranking: at NEW YORK -372 Miami +342 (Martin Truex Jr.) Planner Denver 0 3 0 .000 46 67 East Division at SAN FRANC. OFF Colorado OFF Record Pts Pv Sept. 21 — Federated Auto Parts 400 W L Pct GB East 1. Clemson (55) 4-0 1543 1 at SAN DIEGO OFF LA Dodgers OFF (Martin Truex Jr.) x-New York 102 56 .646 _ American League W L T Pct PF PA Sept. 29 — Bank of America ROVAL 400, 2. Alabama (6) 4-0 1485 2 Tampa Bay 94 64 .595 8 at DETROIT OFF Minnesota OFF Buffalo 3 0 0 1.000 66 47 Concord, N.C. COMING UP IN THE VALLEY 3. Georgia (1) 4-0 1400 3 Boston 82 75 .522 19½ at TORONTO -160 Baltimore +150 New England 3 0 0 1.000 106 17 Oct. 6 — Monster Energy NASCAR Cup 4. LSU 4-0 1344 4 Toronto 64 94 .405 38 at TAMPA BAY OFF New York OFF ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE (Junior College) Series Race at Dover, Dover, Del. N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 33 70 5. Ohio St. 4-0 1288 6 Baltimore 52 106 .329 50 Boston -150 at TEXAS +140 Oct. 13 — 1000Bulbs.com 500, Talladega, ■ Cross Country: Saturday at The Masters Meet, TBA Miami 0 3 0 .000 16 133 6. Oklahoma 3-0 1283 5 Central Division Cleveland -293 at CHICAGO +263 Oakland -161 at LA ANGELS +151 Ala. South 7. Auburn 4-0 1169 8 W L Pct GB ■ Football: Saturday vs. L.A. Harbor, 6 p.m. Houston -340 at SEATTLE +310 Oct. 20 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas W L T Pct PF PA 8. Wisconsin 3-0 1071 13 Minnesota 97 60 .618 _ Interleague City, Kan. ■ W Golf: Mon. at WSC match(Spring Valley),10 a.m. Houston 2 1 0 .667 68 62 9. Florida 4-0 1022 9 Cleveland 93 64 .592 4 Atlanta -205 at KANS.CITY +185 Oct.