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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) – Charles Odum scored 25 points to lead
Portland State to a 79-69 victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore in
the Jim Thorpe Classic yesterday. Chehales Tapscott added 16 points
and Michael Harthun 15 while Nate Lozeau scored 11 points and
grabbed 11 rebounds for Portland State. Maryland-Eastern Shore,
which dropped its sixth in a row, was paced by Ishaq Pitt with 16
points while Percy Woods added 12.
CHENEY, Wash. (AP) – Cliff Ederaine had 23 points and seven
assists, both career highs, and Eastern Washington pulled away in
the second half of a 79-59 victory over UC Davis yesterday. Cliff
Colimon and Tremayne Johnson had 13 points apiece and Laron Griffin
added 11 for the Eagles. Josh Ritchart scored 19 points and
Harrison Dupont 11 for the Aggies. Ederaine finished 8-of-9 from
the floor and grabbed eight rebounds.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Phil Martin made a driving layup with 13
seconds left to help UC Riverside beat Washington State 64-63 in
yesterday’s seventh-place game of the 76 Classic. Martin finished
with 14 points, including nine in a row during a key run in the
second half. The Highlanders trailed by 14 with 7:05 remaining.
Harrison Gaines had 13 points and Elliott Berry added 10 for
Riverside. The Highlanders had lost four straight.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Amanda Johnson had 27 points and 12 rebounds
for Oregon and the Ducks defeated Nicholls State 95-76 Sunday in
the final game of the Global Sports Cage Classic. Jasmin Holliday
also had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Ducks, who are 6-0 for
the first time since a 7-0 start to the 2004-05 season, the last
time they made the NCAA tournament. Danielle Love added 14 points
for Oregon and Ariel Thomas scored 11.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Anete Klintsone scored 15 points for UC
Irvine, which lost nearly all of its 20-point second-half lead
before defeating Weber (WEE’-bur) State 57-54 Sunday at the Global
Sports Cage Classic. Jasmine Bernard also had 12 points and 11
rebounds for the Anteaters, who led 37-18 at halftime and 47-27
with 14:50 to play before the Wildcats began to come back. Weber
State was led by Justine Johnson with 14 points.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Embattled Washington State football coach
Paul Wulff has canceled his regular Sunday evening conference call
with reporters. Sports information director Bill Stevens said Wulff
was in a meeting and not available to meet with reporters. There
has been widespread speculation about whether Wulff would return
for a fifth season. Washington State finished 4-8 this season after
losing to archrival Washington in the Apple Cup.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State backup quarterback Ryan Katz
was granted his release yesterday. Katz was projected as the
starter this past season but lost the job to redshirt freshman Sean
Mannion, and still has a year of eligibility left. He is on track
to graduate with a degree in business finance in March. He will be
eligible to play in 2012 for any program outside the Pac-12 on the
condition that he enrolls for post-graduate studies.
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