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SECTION B VISIT SAMOA NEWS ONLINE @ SAMOANEWS.COM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017 CLASSIFIEDS • CARTOONS • ALOHA BRIEFS & MORE ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ C M Y K Last Saturday morning, the American Samoa Volley- ball Association (ASVA) held the opening of their 2017 ASVA Volleyball Tourna- ment – that was hosted at the American Samoa Commu- nity College (ASCC) gymna- C M sium. An action packed day Y K of volleyball servings will continue tomorrow morning to it’s second weekend of activities. [courtesy photos] Page B2 samoa news, Friday, February 24, 2017 Cauley-Stein scores 29, Kings beat Nuggets 116-100 SACRAMENTO, Calif. the Kings, including two this (AP) — Willie Cauley-Stein season. had a career-high 29 points Minus Cousins, the Kings and 10 rebounds to help the are lacking a legitimate go-to Sacramento Kings, playing player. Yet it didn’t seem to for the first time since trading matter as the Kings received DeMarcus Cousins, beat the contributions from numerous Denver Nuggets 116-100 on players. Eight players scored Thursday night. eight or more points and Kings The Kings made a block- shot 52 percent. buster deal Sunday, trading Typically a struggling first- the all-Star Cousins to New half team, the Kings shared the Orleans. The controversial, ball, hustled at the defensive often petulant star spent seven end, and used 11 unanswered seasons with the Kings, who points to take a 61-44 lead into haven’t had a winning record intermission. Cauley-Stein had or made the playoffs since 19 points, including 11 in the 2005-06. second quarter when the Kings Newcomers Buddy Hield outscored Denver 32-18. scored 16 points and Tyreke TIP INS Notre Dame’s Lindsay Allen, right, goes up for a layup over Boston College’s Taylor Ortlepp during Evans had 15 for the Kings, Nuggets: Prior to today’s the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in South Bend, Ind. Darren Collison had 15 points trade deadline, Denver acquired (AP Photo/Robert Franklin) and 10 assists. Seldom-used big man Roy Hibbert from the rookie Skal Labissiere had a Milwaukee Bucks for a 2019 season-high 12 points and Ben protected second-round draft McLemore 10. pick. Hibbert was not at the Gary Harris made five game. ... Emmanuel Mudiay Lindsay Allen leads 3-pointers and had 23 points (back) has not played since for Denver. Wilson Chandler Feb. 4. had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Kings: Labissiere was a Will Barton scored 16, Danilo surprise contributor early. Gallinari had 15, and Jameer The seldom-used rookie came No. 5 Notre Dame Nelson 12. off the bench in the opening The Nuggets have lost two quarter and had eight first-half straight overall and five of six points. .. Acquired from the on the road, where they are Pelicans, Langston Galloway past Boston College 10-19 this season. did not play. Their fifth victory in six UP NEXT games moved the Kings within Nuggets: Host Brooklyn on SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame was 4 of 8 from 3-point range. a half-game of Denver for Friday night. guard Lindsay Allen waved to the stands, thanking Notre Dame chose to honor its seniors ahead eighth place in the Western Kings: Host Charlotte on the crowd for its standing ovation as coach Muffet of Sunday’s home finale against No. 8 Florida Conference. The Nuggets Saturday. McGraw joined the chorus of applause in hon- State with the intention of getting the emotions have dropped five straight to oring her senior leader. out of the way early. More than four minutes remained against “I had such an open mind coming in here Boston College on Thursday night, but Allen’s that I didn’t really come in expecting anything,” work was complete, earning her an early exit Allen said of her college career. “I just came in from the Fighting Irish’s 82-45 victory on what expecting to work hard and be challenged, and the school declared as Senior Night at Purcell luckily I started my first game and started every Pavilion. game ever since, so it’s really been a dream come Allen had 18 points, six rebounds and eight true.” assists in her 141st consecutive start, setting the SHE SAID IT tone early as Notre Dame (26-3, 14-1 Atlantic Notre Dame entered Thursday second in the Coast Conference) made quick work of the Eagles ACC in rebounding margin, at plus-7.4 The fact (9-19, 2-13). the Fighting Irish won the rebounding battle “It brings back a lot of memories,” McGraw against the Eagles by just a 47-44 margin did not said about watching Allen on Senior Night. “We sit well with McGraw, who said everyone but were talking about recruiting Lindsay, and I Jackie Young (eight rebounds) did a poor job on remember the first time I saw her play, and she’s the glass. “That’s disgraceful,” McGraw said of been such a joy. She’s so smart, so easy to coach, the margin. does so many things and always wants to know POLL IMPLICATIONS what else she can do to help.” Notre Dame moved up from No. 7 to No. 5 in Allen connected on 6 of 8 shots on a night the AP Top 25 this week, and the Fighting Irish she was honored along with center Diamond could have another opportunity to improve that Thompson, who added six rebounds, two steals ranking Sunday, when they host No. 8 Florida and one block. Notre Dame forced 22 turnovers State. and scored 17 points off those takeaways. The BIG PICTURE Fighting Irish outscored the Eagles in the paint by Notre Dame: Coming off consecutive close a 44-14 margin, and they tallied 10 blocked shots road wins at Clemson (84-80) and at then-No. 21 to Boston College’s one. Syracuse (85-80), the Fighting Irish were able to Notre Dame held Boston College to just 14 take care of the Eagles rather easily, building a points in the second half, making up for a shaky double-digit lead late in the first quarter. offensive start to the third quarter in which the Boston College: The Eagles dropped their Fighting Irish scored just two points across the first third straight game, with all three contests coming five minutes of the period. “It was ugly,” McGraw against ranked opponents. Thursday’s game said about the second half. “We just didn’t shoot ended a stretch of six ranked opponents in seven it well; that makes it look ugly. And we turned it games for the Eagles, whose only win during that over, which helps to make it look uglier.” time came at unranked North Carolina on Feb. 9. Notre Dame shot 45.5 percent for the game UP NEXT but just 35.7 percent in the second half. Boston Boston College returns home Sunday for its College shot 25.4 percent for the game. Mari- home finale against Virginia Tech. ella Fasoula scored 14 points to lead the way for Notre Dame hosts No. 8 Florida State on Denver Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari, center, goes to the the Eagles. Erin Boley added 14 points, Brianna Sunday in both teams’ regular-season finale, with basket against Sacramento Kings center Kosta Koufos, right, Turner had 12, and Arike Ogunbowale had 11 the Irish needing a win to avoid a tie for the ACC during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. points and six rebounds for Notre Dame. Boley title. 23, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) samoa news, Friday, February 24, 2017 Page B3 Budenholzer says Ilyasova will be good fit for Hawks CHARLES ODUM, ward Mike Scott, the rights AP Sports Writer to Turkish guard Cenk Akyol ATLANTA (AP) — Hawks and cash considerations to the coach Mike Budenholzer says Phoenix Suns for a top-55 pro- newly acquired power forward tected 2017 second-round pick. Ersan Ilyasova was targeted as Scott averaged 7.1 points a player he saw as a good fit on over five seasons with Atlanta Atlanta’s front line. but had seen a diminished role The 6-foot-10 Ilyasova this season. He was averaging FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 file photo, Philadelphia 76ers forward Ersan Ilyasova (7) gives Atlanta a “stretch for- a career-low 2.5 points in only shoots against Memphis Grizzlies forward Troy Williams (10) in the first half of an NBA basketball ward” who can make 3-pointers 18 games this season and was game in Memphis, Tenn. Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer says newly acquired power for- while playing behind All-Star sent to the NBA Development ward Ersan Ilyasova is a player the team “really targeted and wanted” as a good fit on the front line Paul Millsap. League on three assignments. with center Dwight Howard, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File) “To get somebody that we really targeted and wanted, we feel really good about that,” CHANNEL * (E) English Subtitles Budenholzer said Thursday. Budenholzer said matching * (L)-Live Programming/News center Dwight Howard’s inside * (R)-Rerun game with Ilyasova “who can stretch and hit the 3s, that is a 47 good pairing.” Ilyasova is expected to join the team before the team plays Miami on Friday night. Ilyasova was acquired from Philadelphia on Wednesday night. The 76ers obtained injured center Tiago Splitter and a protected second-round draft pick from Atlanta, and have the right to swap another 2017 second-round pick with the Hawks. Ilyasova, from Eskisehir, Turkey, has averaged 14.8 points while starting in 40 of 53 games this season.