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Scoreboard Football AMERICANCONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA x-Denver 11 4 0 .733 328 276 x-Kansas City10 5 0 .667 382 270 Oakland 7 8 0 .467 342 376 San Diego 4 11 0 .267 300 371 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-NEngland 12 3 0 .800 455 295 N.Y. Jets 10 5 0 .667 370 292 Buffalo 7 8 0 .467 357 342 Miami 5 10 0 .333 290 379 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Houston 8 7 0 .533 309 307 Indianapolis 7 8 0 .467 303 384 Jacksonville 5 10 0 .333 370 418 Tennessee 3 12 0 .200 275 393 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Cincinnati 11 4 0 .733 395 263 Pittsburgh 9 6 0 .600 395 307 Baltimore 5 10 0 .333 312 377 Cleveland 3 12 0 .200 266 404 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Arizona 13 2 0 .867 483 277 x-Seattle 9 6 0 .600 387 271 St. Louis 7 8 0 .467 264 311 San Francisco4 11 0 .267 219 371 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Washington8 7 0 .533 354 356 Philadelphia 6 9 0 .400 342 400 N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 390 407 Dallas 4 11 0 .267 252 340 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-Carolina 14 1 0 .933 462 298 Atlanta 8 7 0 .533 322 325 Tampa Bay 6 9 0 .400 332 379 New Orleans 6 9 0 .400 388 459 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA x-Green Bay 10 5 0 .667 355 303 x-Minnesota 10 5 0 .667 345 289 Detroit 6 9 0 .400 334 380 Chicago 6 9 0 .400 315 373 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday's game Oakland 23, San Diego 20, OT Saturday's game Washington 38, Philadelphia 24 Sunday's games Houston 34, Tennessee 6 Kansas City 17, Cleveland 13 N.Y. Jets 26, New England 20, OT Indianapolis 18, Miami 12 Detroit 32, San Francisco 17 Buffalo 16, Dallas 6 Chicago 26, Tampa Bay 21 Atlanta 20, Carolina 13 Baltimore 20, Pittsburgh 17 New Orleans 38, Jacksonville 27 St. Louis 23, Seattle 17 Arizona 38, Green Bay 8 Minnesota 49, N.Y. Giants 17 Monday's game Denver 20, Cincinnati 17, OT Sunday, Jan. 3 Jacksonville at Houston, 10 a.m. Washington at Dallas, 10 a.m. Detroit at Chicago, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 10 a.m. New England at Miami, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. San Diego at Denver, 1:25 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 1:25 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 1:25 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1:25 p.m. Minnesota at Green Bay, 5:30 p.m. Broncos 20, Bengals 17 Cincinnati 7 7 0 3 0 — 17 Denver 0 3 7 7 3 — 20 First quarter Cin — Green 5 pass from McCarron (Nugent kick), 7:26. Second quarter Cin — Sanu 6 run (Nugent kick), 10:51. Den — FG McManus 23, :14. Third quarter Den — Sanders 8 pass from Osweiler (McManus kick), 10:14. Fourth quarter Den — Anderson 39 run (McManus kick), 11:17. Cin — FG Nugent 52, 6:46. Den — FG McManus 37, 10:00. A — 76,868. Cin Den First downs 22 22 Total net yards 294 390 Rushes yds 33-108 21-113 Passing 186 277 Punt returns 4-8 2-20 Kickoff returns 2-34 3-68 Int ret 0-0 0-0 Comp-att-int 22-35-0 27-39-0 Sacked yds lost 2-14 3-22 Punts 5-47.4 5-43.4 Fumbles lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties yds 6-45 5-40 Time of poss. 37:28 27:50 INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing — Cincinnati, Hill 19-63, Mc- Carron 4-21, Bernard 8-14, Sanu 2-10. Denver, Anderson 9-73, Hillman 9-35, Osweiler 3-5. Passing — Cincinnati, McCarron 22-35-0- 200. Denver, Osweiler 27-39-0-299. Receiving — Cincinnati, Green 5-57, Kroft 4-46, Bernard 4-29, M.Jones 3-33, Sanu 3-29, Hill 2-(minus 2), Burkhead 1-8. Denver, Thomas 7-59, Daniels 5-70, Sand- ers 4-67, Hillman 4-37, Norwood 4-37, Fowler 1-13, Anderson 1-8, Green 1-8. Missed field goals — Cincinnati, Nugent 45 (WR). Denver, McManus 45 (WL). NFL LEADERS WEEK 16 SCORERS Nonkickers TD Rus Rec Ret X2 Pts Baldwin, SEA 14 0 14 0 0 84 A. Robinson, JAX 14 0 14 0 0 84 Beckham Jr., NYG 13 0 13 0 0 78 D. Freeman, ATL 13 11 2 0 0 78 Dav. Johnson, ARI 13 8 4 1 0 78 B. Marshall, NYJ 13 0 13 0 0 78 Eifert, CIN 12 0 12 0 0 72 Je. Hill, CIN 11 10 1 0 1 68 De. Hopkins, HOU 11 0 11 0 1 68 De. Williams, PIT 11 11 0 0 1 68 Decker, NYJ 11 0 11 0 0 66 Gronkowski, NWE 11 0 11 0 0 66 J. Reed, WAS 11 0 11 0 0 66 PASS RECEIVERS Receptions No Yds AvgLong TD Ju. Jones, ATL 127 1722 13.6 70t 8 An. Brown, PIT 123 1647 13.4 59 9 De. Hopkins, HOU 104 1432 13.8 61t 11 Landry, MIA 104 1085 10.4 50t 4 Fitzgerald, ARI 103 1160 11.3 44 8 B. Marshall, NYJ 101 1376 13.6 69t 13 Dem. Thomas, DEN 93 1128 12.1 48t 5 Beckham Jr., NYG 91 1396 15.3 87t 13 G. Tate, DET 86 779 9.1 43 6 D. Walker, TEN 85 994 11.7 61t 6 RUSHERS Att Yds AvgLong TD A. Peterson, MIN 308 1418 4.6 80t 10 D. Martin, TAM 273 1354 5.0 84 6 Gurley, STL 229 1108 4.8 71t 10 L. Murray, OAK 255 1035 4.1 54 6 McFadden, DAL 227 997 4.4 50 3 Ivory, NYJ 241 989 4.1 54 7 J. Stewart, CAR 242 989 4.1 44 6 D. Freeman, ATL 240 980 4.1 39 11 De. Williams, PIT 195 899 4.6 55 11 L. McCoy, BUF 203 895 4.4 48t 3 BOWL SCHEDULE Monday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. Navy 44, Pittsburgh 28 Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Minnesota 21, Central Michigan 14 Tuesday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Air Force (8-5) vs. California (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Fla. North Carolina (11-2) vs. Baylor (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl Tucson Nevada (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-5), 4:30 p.m. (ASN) Texas Bowl Houston Texas Tech (7-5) vs. LSU (8-3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 30 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Auburn (6-6) vs. Memphis (9-3), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. NC State (7-5) vs. Mississippi St. (8-4), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn. Louisville (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl San Diego Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-5), 7: 30 p .m . ( ES PN ) NBA WE ST ER N C ON FE RE NCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Go ld en S ta te 2 8 1 .9 66 — Clippers 19 13 .594 101/2 Sacramento 12 18 .400 161/2 Phoenix 12 21 .364 18 Lakers 5 27 .156 241/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Antonio 27 6 .818 — Dallas 18 13 .581 8 Memphis 17 16 .515 10 Houston 16 16 .500 101/2 New Orleans 10 21 .323 16 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 21 10 .677 — Utah 13 16 .448 7 Portland 13 20 .394 9 Denver 12 19 .387 9 Minnesota 11 20 .355 10 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 19 13 .594 — Boston 18 13 .581 1/2 New York 14 18 .438 5 Brooklyn 9 22 .290 91/2 Philadelphia 2 31 .061 171/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 20 13 .606 — Miami 18 12 .600 1/2 Orlando 18 13 .581 1 Charlotte 17 13 .567 11/2 Washington 14 15 .483 4 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 20 9 .690 — Indiana 18 12 .600 21/2 Chicago 17 12 .586 3 Detroit 17 14 .548 4 Milwaukee 12 20 .375 91/2 Sunday's games Memphis 112, Lakers 96 Oklahoma City 122, Denver 112 Boston 100, New York 91 Portland 98, Sacramento 94 Monday's games Indiana 93, Atlanta 87 Orlando 104, New Orleans 89 Clippers 108, Washington 91 Charlotte 108, Lakers 98 Brooklyn 111, Miami 105 Chicago 104, Toronto 97 San Antonio 101, Minnesota 95 Dallas 103, Milwaukee 93 Utah 95, Philadelphia 91 Cleveland 101, Phoenix 97 Sa cr am en to a t G old en S ta te , ( n. ) Tuesday's games Detroit at New York, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Memphis, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Houston, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Denver, 6 p.m. NBA LEADERS SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT Pts Avg Curry, GOL 29 294 171 893 30.8 Harden, HOU 32 266 292 910 28.4 Durant, OKC 25 231 145 666 26.6 James, CLE 27 264 142 696 25.8 Westbrook, OKC 31 277 195 791 25.5 Cousins, SAC 22 184 157 551 25.0 George, IND 29 231 168 718 24.8 Lillard, POR 29 243 144 712 24.6 Davis, NOR 27 237 148 637 23.6 Griffin, LAC 30 281 129 697 23.2 REBOUNDS PER GAME G Off Def Tot Avg Drummond, DET 31 173 331 504 16.3 Jordan, LAC 31 114 294 408 13.2 Howard, HOU 26 96 202 298 11.5 Davis, NOR 27 53 244 297 11.0 Whiteside, MIA 29 86 232 318 11.0 Gasol, CHI 27 66 227 293 10.9 Love, CLE 28 68 231 299 10.7 Cousins, SAC 22 52 181 233 10.6 Pachulia, DAL 30 105 208 313 10.4 Thompson, CLE 28 87 192 279 10.0 COLLEGE MEN'S TOP 25 FARED Monday 1. Michigan State (13-0) did not play. 2. Kansas (10-1) did not play. 3. Oklahoma (11-0) did not play. 4. Maryland (11-1) did not play. 5. Virginia (10-1) did not play. 6. Xavier (12-0) did not play. 7. North Carolina (11-2) beat UNC Greensboro 96-63. 8. Arizona (12-1) did not play. 9. Butler (11-1) beat IUPUI 92-54. 10. Kentucky (10-2) did not play. 11. Iowa State (10-1) did not play. 12. Providence (12-1) did not play. 13. Miami (10-1) did not play. 14. Purdue (12-1) did not play. 15. Duke (10-2) beat Elon 105-66. 16. Villanova (10-2) beat Pennsylvania 77-57. 17. SMU (11-0) did not play. 18. Louisville (11-2) did not play. 19. West Virginia (10-1) did not play. 20. Texas A&M (9-2) did not play. 21. Utah (11-2) beat College of Idaho 115-74. 22. Cincinnati (10-3) did not play. 23. Baylor (9-2) did not play. 24. South Carolina (11-0) did not play. 25. UCLA (9-4) did not play. FAR WEST SCORES California 86, Davidson 60 Utah 115, Coll. of Idaho 74 California 86, Davidson 60 DAVIDSON (8-3) Ekwu 1-5 4-6 6, Sullivan 2-15 0-0 5, Gibbs 3-10 0-0 7, Michelsen 2-4 0-0 6, Aldridge 5-14 2-2 15, Watkins 3-7 2-2 9, Barham 4-6 0-0 8, Reigel 0-1 2-2 2, McAuliffe 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 21-67 10-12 60. CALIFORNIA (10-3) Brown 7-8 2-4 17, Rabb 6-10 0-1 12, Wallace 2-6 3-4 7, Mathews 7-10 3-4 22, Rooks 1-5 0-0 2, Singer 2-6 0-0 5, Chauca 0-0 2-2 2, Moute a Bidias 0-1 2-2 2, Kerr 0-1 0-0 0, Okoroh 1-2 0-0 2, Bird 3-5 0-0 9, Domingo 2-4 0-0 6, Glapion 0-1 0-0 0, Welle 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-59 12-17 86. Halftime: California 47-23; 3-Point Goals: Davidson 8-29 (Aldridge 3-6, Michelsen 2-4, Gibbs 1-2, Watkins 1-5, Sullivan 1-7, Reigel 0-1, Barham 0-1, Ekwu 0-1, McAu- liffe 0-2), California 12-22 (Mathews 5-8, Bird 3-4, Domingo 2-3, Brown 1-2, Singer 1-2, Kerr 0-1, Wallace 0-2); Fouled Out: None; Rebounds: Davidson 28 (Aldridge 7), California 47 (Rabb 11); Assists: Da- vidson 10 (Gibbs, Watkins 3), California 21 (Bird, Singer, Wallace 4); Total Fouls: Davidson 17, California 16; A: 10,384. COLLEGE WOMEN'S TOP 25 FARED Monday 1. UConn (10-0) beat No. 6 Maryland 83-73. 2. South Carolina (12-0) did not play. 3. Notre Dame (11-1) beat No. 10 Oregon State 62-61. 4. Baylor (13-0) did not play. 5. Texas (11-0) did not play. 6. Maryland (11-1) lost to No. 1 UConn 83-73. 7. Kentucky (11-0) beat Tennessee State 81-39. 8. Mississippi State (12-1) beat South- eastern Louisiana 81-41. 9. Ohio State (8-3) did not play. 10. Oregon State (9-1) lost to No. 3 Notre Dame 62-61. 11. Stanford (10-2) beat Chattanooga 73-30. 12. Duke (9-3) did not play. 13. Tennessee (8-3) did not play. 14. Northwestern (11-1) did not play. 15. Florida State (9-3) beat Jacksonville 77-60. 16. Texas A&M (9-3) did not play. 17. Arizona State (9-3) beat Cal State Nor t h ri dg e 6 9-4 6. 18. Oklahoma (9-2) did not play. 19. California (8-2) did not play. 20. South Florida (7-2) did not play. 21. UCLA (8-3) beat UC Riverside 70-56. 22. Miami (12-1) did not play. 23. Missouri (12-0) did not play. 24. Michigan State (9-2) did not play. 25. DePaul (8-5) did not play. FAR WEST SCORES Arizona St. 69, CS Northridge 46 Idaho 75, Carroll (Mont.) 47 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 34 21 11 2 44 88 79 Arizona 35 17 15 3 37 95 109 Vancouver 37 14 14 9 37 93 104 San Jose 34 17 15 2 36 93 94 Calgary 35 17 16 2 36 96 116 Edmonton 37 15 19 3 33 95 113 Anaheim 34 13 15 6 32 66 87 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 37 27 7 3 57 129 91 St. Louis 38 22 12 4 48 95 90 Minnesota 35 19 10 6 44 95 84 Chicago 37 20 13 4 44 97 89 Nashville 36 18 12 6 42 97 92 Colorado 36 17 17 2 36 100 99 Winnipeg 35 16 17 2 34 93 104 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 38 21 14 3 45 110 95 Florida 36 20 12 4 44 98 83 Detroit 36 18 11 7 43 93 94 Boston 35 19 12 4 42 108 94 Ottawa 36 18 12 6 42 108 105 Tampa Bay 37 18 15 4 40 95 88 Buffalo 36 15 17 4 34 85 94 Toronto 34 13 14 7 33 89 94 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 35 27 6 2 56 110 72 N.Y. Rangers 37 20 13 4 44 107 98 N.Y. Islanders 36 19 12 5 43 97 85 New Jersey 36 17 14 5 39 84 90 Pittsburgh 35 17 15 3 37 79 86 Philadelphia 35 15 13 7 37 76 96 Carolina 36 15 16 5 35 85 103 Columbus 38 13 22 3 29 92 120 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday's games Ottawa 3, Boston 1 Florida 3, Columbus 2 Toronto 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 Dallas 3, St. Louis 0 Carolina 2, Chicago 1 Winnipeg 1, Pittsburgh 0 Arizona 2, Colorado 1, OT Anaheim 4, Philadelphia 2 Calgary 5, Edmonton 3 Monday's games Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 3, SO Washington 2, Buffalo 0 Nashville 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 Minnesota 3, Detroit 1 Los Angeles at Vancouver, (n.) Colorado at San Jose, (n.) Tuesday's games Ottawa at Boston, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 4 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Dallas at Columbus, 4 p.m. Montreal at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Detroit at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Calgary, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Chicago at Arizona, 6 p.m. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Tuesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Detroit 1 (198) at New York at Memphis OFF (OFF) Miami at Okla. City 14 (204) Milwaukee at Houston 21/2 (2101/2) Atlanta Cleveland 61/2 (197) at Denver College Football Tuesday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth California 7 (68) Air Force Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando North Carolina 31/2 (70) Baylor Arizona Bowl At Tucson Colorado St 3 (56) Nevada Texas Bowl At Houston LSU 7 (74) Texas Tech Wednesday Birmingham Bowl At Birmingham Auburn 3 (62) Memphis Belk Bowl At Charlotte Mississippi St 6 (60) NC State Music City Bowl At Nashville Louisville 4 (471/2) Texas a&m Holiday Bowl At San Diego USC 31/2 (50) Wisconsin NFL Sunday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog NY Jets 3 (421/2) at Buffalo at Carolina 101/2 (471/2) Tampa Bay New England 9 (471/2) at Miami at Cincinnati 7 (42) Baltimore at Atlanta 4 (52) New Orleans at Houston 6 (45) Jacksonville Pittsburgh 10 (47) at Cleveland at Kansas City 7 (431/2) Oakland at Indianapolis 6 (OFF) Tennessee at Dallas OFF (OFF) Washington at Chicago 1 (45) Detroit at NY Giants 3 (52) Philadelphia at Green Bay 31/2 (48) Minnesota at Denver 8 (OFF) San Diego St. Louis 31/2 (47) at San Francisco at Arizona 41/2 (48) Seattle againsttheOlympicteams and the College All-Stars," Lemon said. "But that didn't stop us from put- ting the comedy in there." Lemon became an icon in the 1970s, appearing in movies, including "The Fish That Saved Pitts- burgh," numerous talk shows and even a stint in the cartoon "Scooby Doo," with Scatman Crothers do- ing his voice. After leaving the Globe- trotters, Lemon started his own team, The Bucketeers, and played on a variety of teams before rejoining the Globetrotters for a short tour in 1994. Lemon spent the last years of his life trying to spread a message of faith through basketball. He became an ordained minister in 1986 and was a motivational speaker, touring the country to meet with children at bas- ketball camps and youth prisons with his Scotts- dale-based Meadowlark Lemon Ministries. "I feel if I can touch a kid in youth prison, he won't go to the adult prison," Lemon said in 2003. He never lost touch with his beloved sport. Lemon said he rose every day at 4 a.m. and, after prayers, headed for the gym to run sprints and practice shoot- ing. "I have to keep that hook shot working," he said. Born in 1932, Meadow George Lemon III — he lengthened his name af- ter joining the Globetrot- ters — didn't have money for a basketball when he was young, so he rigged up a makeshift hoop in his backyard in Wilming- ton, North Carolina. Us- ing a coat hanger and on- ion sack for the basket, he made his first shot with an empty milk can. Lemon FROM PAGE 1 capped a nine-play drive with a 9-yard run with 4:19 remaining. The TD broke a tie with Kenneth Dixon of Louisiana Tech for most in Football Bowl Subdivision history. The victory provided the Midshipmen with their first 11-win season in 135 years of football. It's also the first time Navy has won three straight bowl games. It was the first game for the Midshipmen since they beat Army and coach Ken Niumatalolo decided to stay at Navy instead of taking the head coaching job at Brigham Young. Playing before a sellout crowd of 36,352 in its home stadium, Navy used its tri- ple-option attack to over- whelm a team that went 6-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and ranked 20th in the nation against the run. The Midshipmen finished with 590 yards in offense, 417 on the ground — including 114 by fullback Chris Swain. Minnesota21, Central Michigan 14 For most of the game, Minnesota could rely on its defense. When the Golden Gophers briefly fell behind in the fourth quarter, quar- terback Mitch Leidner re- sponded. Leidner ran 13 yards for a touchdown with 4:26 re- maining, and the Golden Gophers held on for a win over Central Michigan in the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit. Minnesota (6-7) ended a trying season on a posi- tive note. Coach Jerry Kill retired in late October be- cause of continued diffi- culty managing his epi- lepsy and his job. The Go- phers were 5-7 after the regular season but were able to play on because not enough teams reached six wins to fill all the bowls. All three teams that went to bowls at 5-7 — Min- nesota, Nebraska and San Jose State — ended up win- ning them. Central Michigan (7- 6) took a 14-13 lead with 11:08 remaining on a 13- yard touchdown run by Romello Ross. Minnesota responded by driving 74 yards in 13 plays. Leidner ran for the go- ahead touchdown, then threw to KJ Maye for a 2-point conversion. Bowl FROM PAGE 1 results in a four-game sus- pension without pay. Reece will be eligible to return to the active roster after the third game in 2016 and will lose more than $600,000 in game checks, plus a $100,000 Pro Bowl bonus. Reece still can partic- ipate in all offseason ac- tivities and training camp next year, plus the pre- season games. With one season left on his contract, it's no guarantee Oakland will keep him around after his suspension. The Raiders recently gave fellow fullback Jamize Olawale a three-year ex- tension, and Reece has seen his role decreased to only about a quarter of the team's offensive snaps. "He's not a major part of what we do," Del Rio said of Reece. "He's a part of what we do, but it's not like we're taking out 50 or 60 or 70 percent of our of- fense when we remove him. … Obviously he is a good player. That's why he was voted to the Pro Bowl, and we like to have our good players." Reece is the first Raid- ers player caught and sus- pended for a PED violation since fullback Luke Law- ton in 2009. Andre Holmes served a suspension in 2013 with the Raiders, but his vi- olation occurred before he came to Oakland. Reece was on the Raid- ers' practice squad at the time of Lawton's suspen- sion. He was activated to the 53-man roster and made his NFL debut three days later and turned into a fan favorite and eventu- ally a Pro Bowl regular. In a league that contin- ues to see a decreased use of his position, Reece was selected to the Pro Bowl again this season. He'll finish the year with 30 re- ceptions for 269 yards and a career-high tying three touchdown catches. He also had 10 carries for 36 yards, with that being his fewest carries since his brief two-game stint in 2009. Del Rio expects to see a slightly increased work- load for Olawale and said Roy Helu Jr. will likely be active Sunday in Reece's absence. Notes • Del Rio still didn't have any new information on the neck injury suffered by Mario Edwards Jr. on Dec. 20 against the Green Bay Packers. He said the team is "still in the process of collecting information." Surgery has been men- tioned as a possibility, and a neck injury creates some fear of being a long- term issue, but the Raiders haven't provided any indi- cations yet of the progno- sis. • Safety Nate Allen's season is likely done. He has missed the past three games after reinjuring his knee Dec. 6 against the Chiefs, and Del Rio said Monday he doesn't expect him back this week. "It doesn't look like it's a real strong likelihood," Del Rio said of Allen playing. • The Raiders signed guard Cole Manhart to their practice squad, fill- ing one of two openings. They currently have an open spot to fill on their active roster after Reece's suspension. For more on the Raid- ers, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at ibabuzz.com/oaklandraid- ers. Follow Jimmy Durkin on Twitter at Twitter.com/ Jimmy_Durkin. Ra id er s FR OM P AG E 1 "It feels good just to be able to say I made it to Week 16," he said Monday. Williams said he has told his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, to leave him out of any contract dis- cussions until the season is over because he doesn't want the distraction. But the 49ers' disappointing season under coach Jim Tomsula has not soured him on a future with the franchise. "We're building," Wil- liams said Monday. "It may not be a 12-4 season or a 10-6 season, but we're get- ting there. We're making strides, and we have guys here that are willing to get better and want to get bet- ter this offseason. … I'm ex- cited to keep this snowball going. "(Tomsula) is build- ing something. We see it. The record may not show it, but the culture here in the locker room and what we're trying to do is going to be seen. I'm hoping that everything works out, and I want to see the success." Notes • Tomsula remained at a loss Monday in trying to explain the 49ers' penalty meltdown against the Li- ons. They were flagged for being offside or in the neu- tral zone seven times, the most by an NFL team this year, according to STATS. "Absolutely inexcusable," Tomsula said. "I'm not go- ing to sit up here and de- fend it in any way. I'm not going to give you 19 ex- cuses. Can't happen." Six of those presnap penalties came in the first half, the first time that has happened since the Hous- ton Oilers did it against the New Orleans Saints in 1993, according to STATS. • Poor tackling remains a bugaboo for the 49ers de- fense, which is how the Li- ons offense dominated the time of possession, 36:30 to 23:30. Proper technique has been an emphasis in practice, with the 49ers going so far as to change their drills. Tomsula said players were better about angles and initial contact Sunday but failed to wrap up the ball carrier. "Tackling has been something we've been on defensively quite a bit, and we're attacking that," the coach said. "We obviously don't have all the right an- swers yet. We don't have that nailed down." Both safeties, Jaquiski Tartt and Eric Reid, were dinged for three missed tackles apiece, according to Pro Football Focus. • Phil Dawson passed former Lions kicker Eddie Murray for 17th place on the NFL's all-time points. Dawson has 1,598 career points. Lou Groza is 16th with 1,608, and Sebastian Janikowski of the Raiders ranks 15th with 1,670. • Tomsula indicated that none of the 49ers injuries suffered Sunday were se- rious. His report included defensive tackle Quinton Dial (back strain), defen- sive lineman Arik Arm- stead (leg contusion) and outside linebacker Eli Har- old (dislocated finger). • Blaine Gabbert's 106.2 passer rating marked his first full game at 100-plus as a starter since Oct. 21, 2012, against the Raiders (123.6). Follow Daniel Brown on Twitter at twitter.com/ mercbrownie 49 er s FR OM P AG E 1 SUZANNEVLAMIS-THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Meadowlark Lemon, of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, known as the "clown prince" of basketball, died Sunday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 83. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2015 2 B