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Denton Record-Chronicle
Monday, February 19, 2018
Michigan St., Villanova earn big road wins
From Page IB
Playoffs
Key injuries
No. 10 Auburn took a big in-
jury hit in its loss to South Caro-
lina.
ing to the 2012-13 season.
“We say, We’ve been here,
this is what we’ve come to expe-
rience, this is what we want’ and
just get on to the next play,” Villa-
nova coach Jay Wright said. ‘A
coach can’t do that. The players
either do that for each other or
they don’t.”
Bagley’s health
No. 12 Duke won at No. 11
Clemson on Sunday despite
playing a third straight game
without freshman Marvin Ba-
gley III, the ACC’s leading scorer
and rebounder. Bagley has been
recovering from what the school
has described as a “mild” right
knee sprain, though he hasn’t
played since the Feb. 8 loss at ri-
val North Carolina.
College basketball
Men: Top 25 rewind
By Aaron Beard
AP Basketball Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. - In a sea-
son marked by parity, No. 2
Michigan State and No. 3 Villa-
nova turned in big road perfor-
mances as reminders of their ti-
tle potential in March.
The Spartans (26-3) com-
pleted one of the biggest come-
backs in NCAA history to win at
Northwestern. And the Wild-
cats (24-3) beat No. 4 Xavier in
the week’s biggest matchup on
the AP Top 25 schedule ahead of
Monday’s latest poll release.
Michigan State rallied from
27 down to win 65-60 and earn
a 10th straight win.
No. 1 Guyer opens its Class
6A playoff run against South-
lake Carroll at 7:30 p.m. at Jus-
tin Northwest. The Wildcats
(34-1), who are scoring an aver-
age of more than 81 points per
game, have won 13 straight and
are looking to avoid another ear-
ly round upset this postseason.
No. 12 Argyle, No. 18 Krum
and Sanger get the tough draw
of matching up against the load-
ed District 10-4A in the first
round. The Eagles (26-6) will
play No. 19 Faith Family Acade-
my at 8 p.m. at Southlake while
the Bobcats (27-7) take on No. 16
Wilmer-Hutchins at 7:30 p.m.
at R.L. Turner. The Indians (18-
15) play No. 4 Lincoln at 7:30
p.m. at Lewisville.
In more Class 4A bi-district
action, Aubrey (22-10) will play
Crandall at 7 p.m. at Plano East.
The Chaparrals knocked off Me-
lissa in the regular season finale
to finish in a tie for second place
in District 11-4A.
Pilot Point (15-15) will face off
against Commerce at 7:30 p.m.
at Anna.
‘We needed the win, don’t
get me wrong, but they deserved
the win,” Spartans coach Tom Iz-
zo said. “They outplayed us for
two-thirds of that game in every
fashion. ... For us, you’ve got to
win a game like this once in a
while.”
West coast roll
When Saint Mary’s won at
Gonzaga on Jan. 18, it looked
like the Gaels might be wres-
tling control of the West Coast
Conference away from the
Bulldogs.
But ninth-ranked Gonzaga
(25-4, 15-1) hasn’t lost since,
beating Loyola Marymount and
Pepperdine this week to push its
win streak to nine games. And
with last week’s win at Saint
Mary’s, the Zags are in control of
the WCC regular-season race.
Starting forward Anfernee
McLemore was lost for the sea-
son after being taken from the
court on a stretcher with a dis-
located left ankle. McLemore
had started 21 of 27 games and
entered Saturday’s game aver-
aging 7.7 points and 5.3 re-
bounds.
No. 7 Texas Tech also lost
leading scorer Keenan Evans to
a foot injury during a loss to Bay-
Then there was Villanova,
which was coming off a loss to
bubble team Providence. The
Wildcats secured a season
sweep of Xavier (24-4) to seize
control of the Big East race,
while extending a streak of
avoiding consecutive losses dat-
lor.
The extent of the injury has
not been disclosed.
No. 19
Wichita St.
upends No.
5 Cincy
No. 2 Mississippi State wraps up SEC title
No. 16 Ohio State 73,
Purdue 60
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kel-
sey Mitchell scored 26 points
and Ohio State beat Purdue for
a share of the Big Ten lead with
No. 10 Maryland.
Stephanie Mavunga added
17 points and 12 rebounds for
Ohio State (22-6,11-3).
Karissa McLaughlin had
17 points for Purdue (17-11,
8-6).
man Destiny Pitts scored 20
points, hitting 6 of 11 from 3-
point territory, and sophomore
Gadiva Hubbard had 22 points
to help Minnesota beat Mary-
land.
By The Associated Press
STARKVILLE, Miss. -
Victoria Vivians had 26 points
and 10 rebounds and No. 2
Mississippi State wrapped up
its first Southeastern Confer-
ence regular-season champi-
onship, beating No. 17 Texas
A&M 76-55 on Sunday.
An 11-0 gave the Bulldogs
(28-0,14-0) a double digit lead
that they would hold for the
majority of the game. Roshun-
da Johnson and Vivians each
hit two 3-pointers during the
stretch.
College basketball
Women’s Top 25 roundup
points to help the Cardinals
(27-2,13-1 Atlantic Coast Con-
ference) finish 8-0 on the road
in conference play for the sec-
ond time in four years.
Kenisha Bell added 21
points, and the Gophers (21-6,
10-4 Big Ten) shot 14 of 24 on
3s en route to its seventh victo-
ry in eight games.
By The Associated Press
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS,
Ky. — Landry Shamut scored 19
points, and No. 19 Wichita State
ended the nation’s longest
home-court winning streak,
beating No. 5 Cincinnati 76-72
on Sunday to leave the Ameri-
can Athletic Conference race
wide open.
College basketball
Men’s Top 25 roundup
The Shockers (21-5,11-3) beat
a Top 5 team on the road for the
first time since 1964. They led
most of the way, building an 11-
point lead midway through the
second half and holding on.
Today
BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
Class 3A: Ponder (30-5) vs. Leonard, Prosper, 8 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
Class 3A: Ponder (25-11) vs. Sunnyvale, Prosper, 6:30 p.m.
No. 5 Notre Dame 89,
Boston College 55
BOSTON—Jessica Shepard
and Jackie Young each had 18
points and Notre Dame cruised
to its 10th consecutive victory.
No. 13 Missouri 77,
No. 11 Tennessee 73
COLUMBIA, Mo. - So-
phie Cunningham scored 12 of
her 32 points in the fourth
quarter and Missouri held on
to beat Tennessee.
Jordan Frericks added 16
points for the Tigers (22-5,
10-4 Southeastern Confer-
ence).
Tuesday
BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
Class 6A: Guyer (34-1) vs. Southlake Carroll (24-8), Justin
Northwest, 7:30 p.m.
Class 5A: Ryan (21-5) vs. Saginaw, Trophy Club Nelson, 6
No. 22 South Florida 77,
Central Florida 68,0T
ORLANDO, Fla. — Kitija
Laksa scored 32 points to help
South Florida beat Central
Florida.
Maria Jespersen added 21
points and 15 rebounds for the
Bulls (22-5,11-2 American).
p.m
No. 8 South Carolina 81,
Kentucky 63
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Aja
Wilson scored 29 points and
South Carolina had assists on
21 of 26 baskets.
Wilson shot 9 of 16 from the
field, made 11 of 12 free throws
and had nine rebounds and
five assists in just 26 minutes
for the Gamecocks (22-5, 11-3
Southeastern Conference).
Class 5A: Denton (17-9) vs. Fort Worth Brewer, Trophy Club
Nelson, 7:30 p.m.
Class 4A: Argyle (26-6) vs. Faith Family Prep, Southlake
Carroll, 8 p.m.
Class 4A: Krum (27-7) vs. Dallas Wilmer-Hutchins, Carroll-
ton R.L Turner, 7:30 p.m.
Class 4A: Aubrey (22-10) vs. Crandall, Plano East, 7 p.m.
Class 4A: Sanger (18-15) vs. Dallas Lincoln, Lewisville High,
7:30 p.m.
Class 3A: Pilot Point (15-15) vs. Commerce, Anna, 7:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
Class 4A: Argyle (29-7) vs. Dallas Lincoln (32-3), Carrollton
Newman Smith, 6:30 p.m.
Class 4A: Sanger (29-7) vs. Dallas Wilmer-Hutchins/Melis-
sa winner, TBD
No. 1 UConn 106,
Temple 45
HARTFORD, Conn. - Ka-
tie Lou Samuelson scored 27
points and UConn continued
to roll through its American
Athletic Conference schedule.
No. 15 Oregon State 69,
Southern California 63
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Ma-
rie Gulich had 25 points and
nine rebounds, Kat Tudor
scored 14 of her 17 points in
the second half for Oregon
State.
No. 25 NC State 74,
Wake Forest 61
No. 4 Louisville 67,
North Carolina 57
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -
Asia Durr scored 19 points to
help Louisville rally past North
Carolina.
Arica Carter added 14
RALEIGH, N.C. - Aislinn
Konig made six 3-pointers and
scored 20 points, Akela Maize
added 18 points on 7-of-9
shooting and NC State beat
Wake Forest.
No. 6 Purdue 76,
Penn State 73
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -
Carsen Edwards scored 27
points to lead Purdue past Penn
State.
Pioneers
top beam
score at
LSU meet
Minnesota 93,
No. 10 Maryland 74
MINNEAPOLIS - Fresh-
No. 22 Michigan 74,
No. 8 Ohio State 62
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Jor-
dan Poole scored 12 of his 15
points in the first half to help
Michigan take the lead, and it
never trailed in the second half
against Ohio State.
Boedker’s 2 scores help Sharks beat Stars
Pavelski scored 27 seconds
into the contest to spark the on-
slaught. After taking a pass from
Timo Meier, Pavelski backhand-
ed the puck into the net. Karls-
son made it 2-0 a little more
than five minutes later, taking a
rebound off the back boards. He
was able to sneak it past Bishop.
Boedker scored when his
shot was deflected off the stick of
Alexander Radulov and past
Bishop. Boedker scored again
two minutes later with a shot
over Bishop’s left shoulder, end-
ing Bishop’s day with 2:37 re-
maining in the first period.
Braun found a crease through
the defense to make it 5-0 five
minutes into the second period.
Stars
San Jose 5, Dallas 2
By Rick Eymer
Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Mikkel
Boedker scored twice in San Jo-
se’s four-goal first period and the
Sharks beat the Dallas Stars on
Sunday for their fourth victory
in five games.
Joe Pavelski, Melker Karls-
son and Justin Braun also
scored and Martin Jones made
26 saves.
Gemel Smith and Tyler Pit-
lick scored for Dallas. Ben Bish-
op was chased after allowing
four goals on five shots, and Kari
Lehtonen made 22 saves in re-
lief. The Stars had won six of
their previous seven games.
The Stars beat the Sharks
6-0 on New Year’s Eve and had
won three straight against them
entering play Sunday.
From TWU sports information
BATON ROUGE, La. - Tex-
as Woman’s University scored a
194.200 in front of a crowd of
11,005 at fourth-ranked LSU
Sunday afternoon inside Pete
Maravich Assembly Center
while collecting a season-high
on beam with at 48.500 team
score.
No. 12 Duke 66, No. 11
Clemson 57
CLEMSON, S.C. - Gary
Trent Jr. hit three foul shots with
1:31 left to put Duke ahead for
good and the Blue Devils beat
Clemson.
Up next
Stars: At Anaheim on
Wednesday night.
Sharks: At St. Louis on
Tuesday night.
TWU gymnastics
LSU 198.175, TWU 194.200
The Pioneers began the meet
on bars beginning with at 9.600
from Brandi Lazarus. Schyler
Jones scored a 9.250, followed
by a career-high 9.750 from
Morgan Colee, and a 9.700 by
Alyssa Kelly. Hunter Vincent
tallied a 9.725, and Bria Nor-
throp anchored with a 9.750 for
a team total of48.525.
Erin Alderman led off TWU
on vault with a 9.625 before Co-
lee and Megan Gentry each re-
corded a 9.700. Moredock and
Lazarus scored 9.775 back-to-
back before Jones capped the
event with a team-high 9.825
and a Pioneer score of48.775.
Abigail Versemann landed a
9.625 on floor as Bridgette Peter-
son scored a 9.600, and Colee
scored a 9.550. Alderman had a
9.600, while Moredock recorded
a 9.750, and Jones notched with a
9.825 for a team score of48.400.
TWU finished the meet with
their best overall performance
on beam in 2018 with a 48.500.
Lazarus had an 8.950, Aider-
man a 9.750, and Kelly a 9.825.
Hunter Vincent recorded a
9.250, Moredock represented
with a 9.825, and Jones con-
cluded the meet for the Pioneers
with a 9.850.
“Today was definitely a step
forward for our team,” head
coach lisa Bowerman said.
“Our goal coming into today was
to keep a steady energy through-
out the entire meet no matter
the circumstances. I think we
did a good job with that
throughout the meet.
“We are looking forward to
being home again next week
and to welcoming back our
alumni.”
The Pioneers return to Kitty
Magee Arena to host a quad
Sunday at 2 p.m. against Cente-
nary, Southeast Missouri State
and Bridgeport.
Pioneers defeated
twice at Cameron
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LAWTON, Okla. - Hazel
Puempel, Marissa Arriaga and
Tylia Sylestine each registered a
home run for Texas Woman’s
University, but the Pioneers fell,
4-2 and 5-2, at Cameron Sunday
afternoon at McMahon Field.
TWU softball
Cameron 4, TWU 2
Cameron 5, TWU 2
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score via an RBI single in the
bottom of the first inning. The
Pioneers prevented another run
by catching a CU runner out at
home to hold the Aggies to a 1-0
lead.
Courtesy photo/UNT sports information
Katie Clark (4) broke up a no-hitter and shutout with one swing of the bat Sunday in the final
game of the Elon Classic, blasting her first career home run.
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Courtesy photo/TWU sports information
TWU scored three home runs
in its losses to Cameron on
Sunday.
UNT loses to Elon in final
CU tacked on another run in
the second with help from a
TWU wild pitch and error to go
up 2-0. In the third, the Aggies
led off with a double to right cen-
ter and an RBI single for a 3-0
advantage. A pair of passed balls
preceded another RBI single for
an additional score.
Puempel tallied her first
home run of the season in the
top of the fifth for a Pioneer run.
Marisa Arriaga notched the first
homer of her TWU career to cut
the deficit in half at 4-2 for the
final run of the contest.
Raegyn Parrish (1-1) suffered
the loss in LI innings with one
earned run on two hits, three
walks and a strikeout.
In the second game of the
doubleheader, the Aggies pro-
duced a home run in the first
and third innings to take a 2-0
lead before a triple to center field
and a single to first base in the
fifth inning led to another run
following a sacrifice bunt. A
walk loaded the bases, and a
wild pitch allowed an Aggie run
to score before a sacrifice fly
upped the lead to 5-0.
Puempel sent a double to right
center in the top of the sixth, and
Arriaga advanced her a base with
a single to second. An RBI single
to right field by Abby Walker
brought Puempel around to put
TWU on the board.
In the top of the seventh, Syl-
estine homered down the left
field line to add the last Pioneer
score of the day for a 5-2 final.
Walker (2-4) took the loss in
five innings with five earned
runs on six hits, three walks and
four strikeouts.
“We did not fight and lacked
grit,” head coach Genny Stid-
ham said.
The Pioneers have their
home opener in a series against
West Texas A&M with a single
game Feb. 23 at 5 p.m. and a
doubleheader Saturday at noon.
to make it 5-0. Trautwein re-en-
tered and got the final out to get
out of the jam.
In the ensuing half-inning,
Katie Clark broke up the no-hit-
ter and the shutout with one
swing of the bat, blasting her
first career home run to right
field. The solo shot was one of
just two hits for the Mean Green
offense all afternoon, making it
difficult for Trautwein to find
confidence in the game.
“Whether you’re a freshman
or a senior, when you’re not able
to settle in because you don’t
have the lead, it makes every
pitch a crucial moment,” Kee
said. “Our pitchers are good and
can hold us in games. It’s a mat-
ter of them continuing to ma-
ture and trusting their offense.”
Up next: UNT returns
home to host Texas Southern for
a Tuesday-night doubleheader
at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
From UNT sports information
ELON, N.C. - In the final
game of the Elon Classic, the
North Texas softball team fell to
Elon, 6-1, Sunday afternoon at
Hunt Softball Park. The game
was a scoreless pitcher’s duel un-
til the fifth inning, when the
Phoenix erupted for five runs.
‘We just didn’t do a good job
of digging in to get out of the in-
ning,” UNT head coach Tracey
Kee said.
Abby Barker (3-1) earned the
win with six innings of one-run,
one-hit ball, and Hope Trautwein
(2-1) suffered the loss after giving
up all six runs on nine hits in a ca-
reer-high six innings pitched.
Trautwein retired seven
straight Phoenix (6-3) batters
from the third to fifth innings
until a Callie Horn triple with
one out in the bottom of the
fifth. Back-to-back Elon hits
opened up the scoring and put
North Texas softball
Elon 6, UNT 1
the Phoenix ahead 2-0.
After recording the second
out, Trautwein allowed back-to-
back base hits that increased the
deficit to three. On the second,
UNT (3-4) had a chance to limit
the damage as left-fielder Han-
nah Gerecke threw out Hannah
Olson at home, but the call was
overturned on obstruction by
catcher Nicole Ochotnicki.
“Any time you have a call like
that, it has the ability to change
the momentum in the game,”
Kee said. “I think it rattled our
young pitchers and everybody in
general. That’s something we’ve
got to learn from because we’re
going to have those types of calls.
It’s a teachable moment.”
Kee went to her bullpen for
Ally Lindsey, who walked and
hit abatter with the bases loaded
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