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Sunday, December 7, 2014
Denton Record-Chronicle
Texan Spieth opens up seven-shot lead
Willie J. Allen Jr./AP
Jordan Spieth tees off on the second hole during the Hero
World Challenge on Saturday in Windermere, Fla.
By Doug Ferguson
AP Golf Writer
WINDERMERE, Fla.
.Jordan Spieth flew from Japan
to Australia to Texas the last two
weeks, took a day off and then
came over to Florida for the He-
ro World Challenge.
His game traveled with him.
One week and half a world
away from his six-shot victory in
the Australian Open, Spieth was
practically flawless Saturday at
Isleworth. He opened with three
straight birdies and capped his
day with a 50-foot birdie putt for
a 9-under 63 and a seven-shot
lead over Keegan Bradley and
Henrik Stenson.
“Felt strong coming off last
week,” Spieth said. “Job is not
done this week, but I’m a believ-
er in my own momentum. I’m
Pro golf
Hero World Challenge
going to go out tomorrow with a
very similar strategy to today. If
the putts go and the breaks go
my way, hopefully shoot a round
like today. If not, I’m still going
to have to shoot under par to win
this golf tournament.”
Spieth was at 20-under 196.
He said he has never been 20
under on any course through 54
holes, and he has never finished
a tournament that many under
par. That gave him a target for
Sunday, when he goes after his
second straight victory.
Tournament host Tiger
Woods was 20 shots behind and
in dire need of his antibiotics
taking effect. Woods lost his
voice overnight and had nausea
on the practice range and the
golf course. He felt slightly bet-
ter at the end of his round when
he made three straight birdies
for a 69.
He remained in last place.
Bradley made four straight
birdies around the turn on his
way to a 65. He will play in the
final group with Spieth.
“I’ve got to shoot a low one
and get some help from Jordan,”
said Bradley, who has not won in
more than two years. “He’s such
a good player. I don’t expect that.
I’m going to have to shoot a real-
ly low one.”
Stenson, who played in the fi-
nal group with Spieth on Satur-
day, recovered from a sluggish
start with four birdies over his
last eight holes for a 68.
“I don’t think anybody is going
to catch him tomorrow unless he’s
having a really bad day” Stenson
said. “Seems to be a one-horse
race going into Sunday. He’s a
very solid player and playing solid
golf at a very young age.”
Stenson recalls Spieth mak-
ing a spirited charge at the
Swede in the Tour Champion-
ship last year.
“We’re going to see a lot of
him in the years to come,” Sten-
son said.
Spieth elected to return Sat-
urday morning to complete the
rain-delayed second round in-
stead of finishing in darkness.
He had clear vision of his chip to
5 feet to save par.
Wrapping up his second full
season as a pro, Spieth gets a
new experience today — playing
with a big lead.
“I think I’ve got to have a
number tomorrow to go out and
really chase,” he said. “I haven’t
finished in the 20s (under par)
before ever in my career, and I
think most of the guys that are in
this event have somewhere. So
that would be a good goal, to go
out there and shoot under par.
Hopefully, it’s good enough.”
Independent NJIT shocks Michigan
By Andy Reid
Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Not
even NJIT’s coach expected his
team to win at Michigan. Just
ask him.
College basketball
Men: NJIT 72, No. 17 Michigan 70
“Honestly, this wasn’t in my
game plan,” Jim Engles said.
“Coming into the season, I sort
of penciled this one in as an ‘L.’ I
have to readjust my whole pro-
cess here, as to, We just beat
Michigan. I don’t know, maybe
we should be in the Top 25.’
“I don’t really know what to
say.”
How about this: The team
that played for the national title
less than two years ago just lost
to a commuter school whose
“arena” doubles as a campus fit-
ness center.
Damon Lynn made a critical
3-pointer with less than three
minutes to go and finished with
20 points to help New Jersey In-
stitute of Technology stun the
17th-ranked Wolverines 72-70
Saturday.
Engles, now in his seventh
year at NJIT, has been through a
lot. He inherited a program that
went 0-29 the year before his ar-
rival, eventually snapping a 51-
Tony Ding/AP
New Jersey Institute of Technology guard Damon Lynn (5)
handles the ball as Michigan guard Kameron Chatman (3) de-
fends Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. NJIT won 72-70.
game losing streak after losing
his first 18 contests.
He and the Newark, New
Jersey, school with roughly
10,000 students were perhaps
the biggest losers of the last bout
of conference realignment,
when the majority of the Great
West Conference folded into the
Western Athletic Conference,
leaving NJIT as the only inde-
pendent basketball program in
Division I.
NJIT is left hoping that
someone, perhaps in the Amer-
ica East or the Northeast Con-
ference, will take notice of the
team whose gym boasts a capac-
ity of 1,500 — along with two
weight rooms, a jogging track
and a sauna.
Michigan recently installed
an indoor waterfall in its home
arena as part of a $52-million
renovation that also added new
scoreboards and luxury boxes.
‘We’re doing everything we
need to do to get in a league,” En-
gles said. “I would like to be in a
conference. My kids deserve it.
We shouldn’t be the only inde-
pendent in the country. We’re
not Notre Dame football.”
Caris LeVert scored 32 points
for Michigan, but the Wolver-
ines (6-2) as a team only shot 42
percent from the field.
NJIT held the Wolverines’
comeback efforts at bay, sealing
the win when Daquan Holiday
corralled the ball with 4.3 sec-
onds remaining and made two
free throws.
The Highlanders (3-5) made
U of 17 3 pointers and got 17
points each from Willis Winfield
and Ky Howard.
NFL begins fourth quarter with key games
By Barry Wilner
AP Pro Football Writer
The Dolphins displayed a se-
rious weakness against the Jets.
Now, the Baltimore Ravens
get a chance to perhaps replicate
Denver’s 201 yards rushing two
weeks ago. Or New York’s 277
yards rushing last week — but
not repeat the final score, which
went in Miami’s favor.
Baltimore’s trip to South
Florida today is one of many in-
triguing matchups as the NFL
schedule hits the final quarter
with 26 teams still owning play-
off hopes.
Both are 7-5 and probably
should be thinking wild card
rather than division title.
The Ravens probably should
be thinking run, run, run. Yet
their primary ball carrier, Justin
Forsett, isn’t carrying any such
mindset.
“I don’t want to fall into the
trap of thinking this thing is go-
ing to be easy and we’re going to
be able to run all day,” says For-
sett, who has rushed for 1,009
yards and seven touchdowns in
a breakthrough season. “I know
that they’re a physical bunch,
they’re athletic and they’ve got a
lot of playmakers over there. I’m
anticipating a tough game.”
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Pro football
NFL: Week 14 preview
Week 14 began with the Cow-
boys (9-4) dropping Chicago to
5-8 with a 41-28 victory. League
rushing leader DeMarco Mur-
ray ran all over the Bears with
179 yards. Tony Romo threw for
three scores.
Seattle (8-4)
at Philadelphia (9-3)
The Seahawks have rediscov-
ered the swaggering defense
that led them to the NFL title
last season, allowing a total of six
points the past two weeks. They
are ranked at the top again for
stinginess, and also have the No.
1 rushing offense.
Into the line they go, where
the Eagles have won 10 in a row
in the regular season. Philadel-
phia’s balanced offense and im-
proving defense will offer a ter-
rific test for the defending cham-
pions.
■ Indianapolis (8-4)
at Cleveland (7-5)
■ Houston (6-6)
at Jacksonville (2-10)
The Colts would become the
first team to secure a playoff spot
with a win and a Texans loss,
which would hand Indianapolis
the AFC South title.
Indy has the league’s top of-
fense overall, led by Andrew
Luck coming off five-TD game.
Luck leads the league with 4,011
yards passing.
With the Browns still in play-
off contention, they are sticking
with starting QB Brian Hoyer
despite his recent slump. Don’t
be surprised if rookie Johnny
Manziel comes off the bench if
Hoyer struggles.
Houston comes off its best
game of the season and one of
the top offensive performances
in franchise history, with 45
points and 457yards. Ryan Fitz-
patrick set a franchise record
with six TD passes last week and
always fares well against Jack-
sonville.
Mark Ralston/Getty Images
Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. celebrates after winning a World Cup
downhill race Saturday in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada.
Vonn wins for first
time in two years
By Pat Graham
Associated Press
Lindsey Vonn punctuated
her piercing scream after cross-
ing the finish line by yelling
“Yes!!!”
Finally, her surgically re-
paired right knee was OK. Final-
ly, she could attack a course
again.
And finally, she was back.
Skiing
World Cup women’s downhill
we push each other.”
The day before, in Vonn’s first
World Cup race in nearly a year,
she wasn’t her usual aggressive
self. She held back just a bit.
Not so on Saturday. Vonn
took chances, like she usually
does, especially here, on a course
The Jags got two defensive
TDs in last week’s win over the
Giants, a franchise first.
Buffalo (7-5) at Denver (9-3)
Denver is the other team
playing with a playoff-clinching
scenario, albeit not a division
crown. It’s complicated, but
Denver clinches a playoff spot
with a win and losses by Balti-
more, Pittsburgh, Cleveland,
Kansas City and a Houston loss
or tie. Peyton Manning and the
Broncos also get in with a victory
and win, losses by Baltimore,
Pittsburgh, Cleveland and San
Diego; a Houston loss or tie; and
a Kansas City tie.
Both quarterbacks need to be
alert for sackmasters. Buffalo
DE Mario Williams has 12 sacks
and DT Marcell Dareus has 10.
Vonn was vintage Vonn in a that’s been dubbed “Lake Iind-
World Cup downhill race at sey” due to all her success.
Lake Louise in Alberta on Satur- “It’s just finding my rhythm
day, earning her first win in and finding my confidence,” she
nearly two years. said. “I’m finally back to where I
Oh, and she led an American
podium sweep, too, the first time
that’s ever happened.
“It really couldn’t be a better
day,” Vonn told reporters at the
finish line.
Confident in the stability of
her right knee again, the four-
time overall champion aggres-
sively charged the course and
finished in a time of 1 minute,
50.48 seconds to earn her 15th
career win at Lake Louise.
Vonn’s teammates were right
behind her, with Stacey Cook
taking second and Julia Mancu-
so winding up third.
“I’m so excited for Lindsey. A
cool day,” Cook said. “It really
helps having Lindsey back, and
her competitiveness and enthu-
siasm for the sport. It pushes us.
That’s when we thrive is when
feel confident and I’m pushing
the limits. I want more speed. I
haven’t had that yet until today.”
That Cook and Mancuso
shared the podium with her
made the afternoon all the more
memorable.
It was Vonn’s first victory since
Jan. 26, 2013, in Maribor, Slove-
nia. Less than two months later,
she injured her knee in a wipeout
at world championships.
She tried to get back in time
for the Sochi Games but partial-
ly tore one of the reconstructed
ligaments in a training crash
three months before the Olym-
pics.
Again, she attempted to get
through it, only to sprain her
MCL racing a downhill in
France last December. A month
later, she had a second surgery.
That could be a challenge
against Oklahoma. Senior guard
Sharane Campbell-Olds is aver-
aging 16.3 points to lead a trio of
Sooners averaging in double fig-
ures.
Komet is just outside that
group and enjoying a solid all-
around season, ranking second
on the team with 10 3-pointers
to go with an average of 3.0 re-
bounds per game.
Komet helped lead Liberty to
the 2011 TAPPS Class 5A state
championship as a junior. Her
brother Luke Kornett also
played for Liberty and is Van-
derbilt’s second-leading scorer.
Her father, Frank Kornett,
played two seasons in the NBA.
Kornett will be back in the
Denton area as the Mean Green
play one of their most challeng-
ing games of the season.
‘We need to get over the
hump.” Petersen said. “We have
to be able to focus, stay in the
moment and make the indivi-
dual little plays it takes to win
games.”
BRETT VITO can be
reached at 940-566-6870 and
via Twitter at @brettvito.
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