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Scoreboard Baseball SPRINGTRAINING Tuesday's games Ba lti mo re v s. A tla nt a a t K is si mme e, F la ., 10:05 a.m. Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Cincinnati vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Wednesday's games Atlanta vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh vs. Detroit (ss) at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Detroit (ss) vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Washington vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Philadelphia vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 10:07 a.m. Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Texas vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Giants at Scottsdale, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 12:10 p.m. Arizona vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 12:10 p.m. Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB x-Golden State 53 5 .914 — Clippers 38 20 .655 15 Sacramento 24 33 .421 281/2 Phoenix 15 44 .254 381/2 Lakers 11 49 .183 43 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Antonio 50 9 .847 — Memphis 35 24 .593 15 Dallas 32 28 .533 181/2 Houston 29 31 .483 211/2 New Orleans 23 35 .397 261/2 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 41 18 .695 — Portland 32 28 .533 91/2 Utah 28 31 .475 13 Denver 23 37 .383 181/2 Minnesota 19 41 .317 221/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 39 19 .672 — Boston 36 25 .590 41/2 New York 25 36 .410 151/2 Brooklyn 17 42 .288 221/2 Philadelphia 8 52 .133 32 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Miami 33 26 .559 — Atlanta 33 27 .550 1/2 Charlotte 30 28 .517 21/2 Washington 29 30 .492 4 Orlando 26 32 .448 61/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 42 17 .712 — Chicago 30 28 .517 111/2 Indiana 31 29 .517 111/2 Detroit 31 29 .517 111/2 Milwaukee 25 35 .417 171/2 x-clinched playoff spot Sunday's games Washington 113, Cleveland 99 Atlanta 87, Charlotte 76 Portland 111, Indiana 102 Detroit 114, Toronto 101 Orlando 130, Philadelphia 116 Dallas 128, Minnesota 101 Miami 98, New York 81 Monday's games Cleveland 100, Indiana 96 Washington 116, Philadelphia 108 Boston 100, Utah 95 Milwaukee 128, Houston 121 Memphis 103, Denver 96 Oklahoma City at Sacramento, (n.) Brooklyn at Clippers, (n.) Tuesday's games Phoenix at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Chicago at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Portland at New York, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Atlanta at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday's games Charlotte at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Chicago at Orlando, 4 p.m. Utah at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Portland at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Indiana at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Detroit at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Houston, 5 p.m. Lakers at Denver, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. LEADERS SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT Pts Avg Curry, GOL 56 577 276 1718 30.7 Harden, HOU 59 497 525 1684 28.5 Durant, OKC 52 502 315 1452 27.9 Cousins, SAC 48 442 360 1303 27.1 Lillard, POR 53 453 277 1344 25.4 James, CLE 56 528 269 1385 24.7 Westbrook, OKC 59 509 349 1438 24.4 Davis, NOR 51 469 265 1230 24.1 George, IND 59 442 338 1379 23.4 DeRozan, TOR 58 453 398 1341 23.1 Butler, CHI 48 357 307 1074 22.4 Thompson, GOL 56 444 153 1220 21.8 Thomas, BOS 60 419 334 1289 21.5 Anthony, NYK 54 409 272 1159 21.5 Lowry, TOR 57 387 291 1221 21.4 McCollum, POR 58 470 125 1206 20.8 Wiggins, MIN 59 429 329 1222 20.7 Walker, CHA 57 403 251 1170 20.5 Leonard, SAN 54 398 209 1105 20.5 Lopez, Bro 59 478 249 1206 20.4 Hayward, UTA 58 380 297 1161 20.0aul, LAC 53 378 206 1052 19.8 Wall, WAS 58 429 203 1148 19.8 Knight, PHX 42 309 122 827 19.7 Gallinari, DEN 53 287 375 1036 19.5 Jackson, DET 59 421 211 1144 19.4 Bosh, MIA 53 358 213 1010 19.1 Wade, MIA 54 396 230 1029 19.1 Middleton, MIL 59 368 214 1062 18.0 Gay, SAC 50 350 140 898 18.0 Vucevic, ORL 55 440 92 973 17.7 Nowitzki, DAL 54 344 173 952 17.6 Okafor, PHL 53 397 133 928 17.5 Millsap, ATL 59 368 244 1033 17.5 Towns, MIN 60 431 161 1043 17.4 Anderson, NOR 56 339 162 956 17.1 Bryant, LAL 49 288 165 836 17.1 Gasol, CHI 55 369 180 935 17.0 Favors, UTA 41 282 129 693 16.9 Aldridge, SAN 55 373 181 927 16.9 Drummond, DET 60 419 167 1007 16.8 Redick, LAC 54 301 149 895 16.6 Gasol, MEM 52 328 203 861 16.6 Rose, CHI 48 324 115 792 16.5 Monroe, MIL 57 381 176 938 16.5 Antetok.,MIL 57 348 199 911 16.0 Love, CLE 57 305 184 907 15.9 Holiday, NOR 52 307 139 813 15.6 Clarkson, LAL 58 353 128 905 15.6 Williams, LAL 57 245 303 884 15.5 REBOUNDS PER GAME G Off Def Tot Avg Drummond, DET 60 297 605 902 15.0 Jordan, LAC 56 207 581 788 14.1 Howard, HOU 48 170 407 577 12.0 Whiteside, MIA 50 161 413 574 11.5 Cousins, SAC 48 112 431 543 11.3 Gasol, CHI 55 122 486 608 11.1 Pachulia, DAL 55 198 384 582 10.6 Towns, MIN 60 170 445 615 10.3 Davis, NOR 51 111 410 521 10.2 Love, CLE 57 118 457 575 10.1 Randle, LAL 59 133 460 593 10.1 Gortat, WAS 52 156 362 518 10.0 Green, GOL 57 99 452 551 9.7 Monroe, MIL 57 172 372 544 9.5 Thompson, CLE 58 195 352 547 9.4 Valan., TOR 41 133 246 379 9.2 Young, Bro 59 143 390 533 9.0 Vucevic, ORL 55 158 338 496 9.0 Faried, DEN 52 180 276 456 8.8 Millsap, ATL 59 147 364 511 8.7 Sullinger, BOS 59 141 367 508 8.6 Favors, UTA 41 120 228 348 8.5 Chandler, PHX 48 123 284 407 8.5 Aldridge, SAN 55 138 325 463 8.4 Lopez, Bro 59 169 315 484 8.2 Durant, OKC 52 29 391 420 8.1 Biyombo, TOR 58 125 341 466 8.0 Anthony, NYK 54 78 354 432 8.0 Noel, PHL 52 109 306 415 8.0 Randolph, MEM 53 141 280 421 7.9 ASSISTS PER GAME G Ast Avg Rondo, SAC 54 647 12.0 Westbrook, OKC 59 604 10.2 Wall, WAS 58 572 9.9 Paul, LAC 53 505 9.5 Rubio, MIN 54 475 8.8 Green, GOL 57 421 7.4 Lillard, POR 53 373 7.0 Harden, HOU 59 408 6.9 Thomas, BOS 60 403 6.7 James, CLE 56 372 6.6 Curry, GOL 56 372 6.6 Smith, PHL 54 352 6.5 Lowry, TOR 57 366 6.4 Ja ck so n, D ET 5 9 36 4 6. 2 Conley, MEM 52 320 6.2 Payton, ORL 54 319 5.9 Holiday, NOR 52 304 5.8 Mudiay, DEN 45 258 5.7 Teague, ATL 57 321 5.6 Williams, DAL 51 281 5.5 Batum, CHA 49 269 5.5 Dragic, MIA 50 272 5.4 Carter-Williams, MIL 54 281 5.2 Knight, PHX 42 215 5.1 Walker, CHA 57 290 5.1 Parker, SAN 54 274 5.1 Rose, CHI 48 229 4.8 Dellavedova, CLE 52 248 4.8 Ellis, IND 59 280 4.7 Wade, MIA 54 254 4.7 STEALS PER GAME G Stl Avg Westbrook, OKC 59 130 2.20 Lowry, TOR 57 123 2.16 Paul, LAC 53 113 2.13 Curry, GOL 56 118 2.11 Rubio, MIN 54 112 2.07 Ariza, HOU 58 119 2.05 Wall, WAS 58 116 2.00 Rondo, SAC 54 107 1.98 Leonard, SAN 54 99 1.83 Ellis, IND 59 108 1.83 George, IND 59 108 1.83 Crowder, BOS 60 107 1.78 Millsap, ATL 59 104 1.76 Walker, CHA 57 100 1.75 Butler, CHI 48 81 1.69 Noel, PHL 52 86 1.65 Drummond, DET 60 99 1.65 Harden, HOU 59 96 1.63 Porter, WAS 51 81 1.59 Young, Bro 59 93 1.58 Allen, MEM 47 74 1.57 Covington, PHL 50 77 1.54 Bradley, BOS 55 83 1.51 Caldwell-Pope, DET 56 84 1.50 Carter-Williams, MIL 54 80 1.48 Oladipo, ORL 54 79 1.46 Green, GOL 57 81 1.42 James, CLE 56 79 1.41 Middleton, MIL 59 83 1.41 Cousins, SAC 48 64 1.33 Teague, ATL 57 76 1.33 MEN'S TOP 25 FARED Monday 1. Kansas (26-4) beat No. 23 Texas 86-56. 2. Michigan State (24-5) did not play. 3. Villanova (25-4) did not play. 4. Virginia (22-6) did not play. 5. Xavier (25-4) did not play. 6. Oklahoma (22-6) did not play. 7. Miami (23-5) did not play. 8. North Carolina (24-6) beat Syracuse 75-70. 9. Oregon (23-6) did not play. 10. West Virginia (22-7) did not play. 11. Louisville (22-7) did not play. 12. Indiana (23-6) did not play. 13. Utah (23-7) did not play. 14. Maryland (23-6) did not play. 15. Purdue (22-7) did not play. 16. Iowa (20-8) did not play. 17. Duke (21-8) did not play. 18. Arizona (22-7) did not play. 19. Baylor (21-8) did not play. 20. Texas A&M (22-7) did not play. 21. Iowa State (21-9) beat Oklahoma State 58-50. 22 . K en tu c ky ( 2 1- 8) d id n ot p la y. 23. Texas (19-11) lost to No. 1 Kansas 86-56. 24. SMU (24-4) did not play. 25. California (21-8) did not play. WOMEN'S TOP 25 FARED Monday 1. UConn (29-0) beat No. 20 South Florida 79-59. 2. Notre Dame (28-1) did not play. 3. South Carolina (28-1) did not play. 4. Baylor (30-1) beat No. 6 Texas 74-48. 5. Maryland (27-3) did not play. 6. Texas (26-3) lost to No. 4 Baylor 74-48. 7. Louisville (24-6) did not play. 8. O re go n S ta te ( 25 -4 ) d id n ot p la y. 9. Ohio State (23-6) did not play. 10. Arizona State (25-5) did not play. 11. Stanford (24-6) did not play. 12. UCLA (22-7) did not play. 13. Kentucky (21-6) did not play. 14. Florida State (23-6) did not play. 15. Texas A&M (21-8) did not play. 16. Mississippi State (24-6) did not play. 17. Syracuse (23-6) did not play. 18. DePaul (24-7) did not play. 19. Michigan State (22-7) did not play. 20. South Florida (21-8) lost to No. 1 UConn 79-59. 21. Miami (22-7) did not play. 22. Colorado State (26-1) did not play. 22. West Virginia (22-8) did not play. 24. Oklahoma (19-9) did not play. 25. Florida (22-7) did not play. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 62 37 21 4 78 165 143 Anaheim 61 34 19 8 76 153 144 San Jose 61 33 22 6 72 182 165 Vancouver 61 24 25 12 60 148 175 Arizona 63 27 30 6 60 168 198 Calgary 62 26 32 4 56 169 195 Edmonton 64 23 34 7 53 156 193 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 64 39 20 5 83 180 153 Dallas 64 38 19 7 83 206 184 St. Louis 65 36 20 9 81 162 159 Nashville 63 31 21 11 73 167 158 Colorado 64 32 28 4 68 172 181 Minnesota 63 28 25 10 66 164 159 Winnipeg 61 26 31 4 56 159 183 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 62 35 19 8 78 171 146 Tampa Bay 63 37 22 4 78 175 151 Detroit 63 32 20 11 75 161 163 Boston 63 34 23 6 74 195 175 Ottawa 63 30 27 6 66 185 196 Montreal 62 30 27 5 65 171 169 Buffalo 63 25 31 7 57 147 170 Toronto 61 21 30 10 52 147 182 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 61 45 12 4 94 202 142 N.Y. Rangers 63 37 20 6 80 180 159 N.Y. Islanders 60 33 20 7 73 171 149 Pittsburgh 61 32 21 8 72 165 157 Philadelphia 62 29 22 11 69 157 168 New Jersey 63 30 26 7 67 139 153 Carolina 64 28 26 10 66 155 173 Columbus 64 26 30 8 60 167 196 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday's games Chicago 3, Washington 2 St. Louis 5, Carolina 2 Minnesota 3, Florida 1 Tampa Bay 4, Boston 1 San Jose 4, Vancouver 1 Anaheim 4, Los Angeles 2 Edmonton 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 Monday's games N.Y. Rangers 2, Columbus 1 Philadelphia 5, Calgary 3 Pittsburgh 6, Arizona 0 Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 1 Detroit 3, Dallas 2, OT Montreal at San Jose, (n.) Tuesday's games Calgary at Boston, 4 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m. St. Louis at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Nashville, 5 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Florida at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Wednesday's games Toronto at Washington, 4 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 5 p.m. Montreal at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP SCHEDULE- WINNERS Through Feb. 28 Feb. 13 — x-Sprint Unlimited (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 18 — x-Can-Am Duel 1 (Dale Earn- hardt Jr.) Feb. 18 — x-Can-Am Duel 2 (Kyle Busch) Feb. 21 — Daytona 500 (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 28 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (Jimmie Johnson) March 6 — Kobalt 400, Las Vegas March 13 — Good Sam 500, Avondale, Ariz. March 20 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. April 3 — STP 500, Ridgeway, Va. April 9 — Duck Commander 500, Fort Worth, Texas April 17 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. April 24 — Toyota Owners 400, Rich- mond, Va. May 1 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Tuesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Charlotte 13 (205) Phoenix Portland 5 (2071/2) at New York at Miami OFF (OFF) Chicago at Dallas 5 (212) Orlando at Lakers 2 (2121/2) Brooklyn at Golden State 111/2 (225) Atlanta NHL Tuesday Favorite Line Underdog at New Jersey -125/+115 Carolina at Boston -205/+185 Calgary at Buffalo -125/+115 Edmonton St. Louis -115/+105 at Ottawa Fl ori da - 11 5/ +1 05 a t W in ni pe g at Minnesota -150/+140 Colorado at Nashville -135/+125 Dallas NY Islanders -140/+130 at Vancouver at Washington OFF Pittsburgh Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball Office OF THE Commissioner OF Base- ball: Suspended Texas 1B Trever Adams (Frisco-Texas), Toronto RHP Andrew Case (Vancouver-Nwl), Cleveland RHP Jordan Dunatov (Arizona League Indi- ans) and free agent RHP Dan Urbina 50 games each for violations of baseball's minor league drug program. American League Texas Rangers: Agreed to terms with Inf/Of Ian Desmond on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Tanner Scheppers on the 60-day Dl, retroactive to Feb. 18. Named Steve Mintz manager of Hickory (SAL), Brian Shouse pitching coach for Frisco (Texas) and Joey Seaver pitching coach for Spokane (NWL). National League Atlanta Braves: Named Andruw Jones special assistant to baseball operations. FOOTBALL National Football League Chicago Bears: Placed the franchise tag on WR Alshon Jeffery. Miami Dolphins: Signed DL Cleyon Laing. New England Patriots: Agreed to terms with QB Tom Brady on a two-year con- tract extension. Oakland Raiders: Signed P Marquette King to a long-term contract extension. HOCKEY National Hockey League Arizona Coyotes: Acquired F Sergei Plotnikov from Pittsburgh for F Mat- thias Plachta and a conditional 2017 seventh-round draft pick. Acquired F Alex Tanguay, F Conner Bleackley and D Kyle Wood from Colorado for F Mikkel Boedker. Carolina Hurricanes: Acquired F Anthony Camara, a 2016 third-round draft pick and a 2017 fifth-round draft pick from Boston for D John-Michael Liles. Chicago Blackhawks: Acquired G Drew MacIntyre from Carolina for D Dennis Robertson and assigned MacIntyre to Rockford (AHL). Colorado Avalanche: Reassigned G Reto Berra to San Antonio. Acquired F Taylor Beck from the New York Islanders for C Marc-Andre Cliche. Dallas Stars: Acquired D Kris Russell from Calgary for D Jyrki Jokipakka, F Brett Pollock and a conditional 2016 second-round draft pick. Edmonton Oilers: Claimed F Adam Cracknell off waivers from Vancouver and D Adam Pardy off waivers from Win- nipeg. Re-signed D Brandon Davidson and G Laurent Brossoit to two-year contract extensions. Montreal Canadiens: Claimed RW Mike Brown off waivers from San Jose. New Jersey Devils: Traded D Eric Gelinas to Colorado for a 2017 third-round draft pick. Recalled F Stefan Matteau from Al- bany (AHL). Recalled F Joseph Blandisi, F Reid Boucher and D Damon Severson from Albany (AHL). Tampa Bay Lightning: Reassigned D Matt Taormina to Syracuse (AHL). Toronto Maple Leafs: Recalled C William Nylander, RW Kasperi Kapanen and F Nikita Soshinkov from Toronto (AHL). Loaned Fs Mark Arcobello, Brendan Leipsic and Josh Leivo to Toronto. Washington Capitals: Traded F Brooks Laich, D Connor Carrick and a 2016 second-round draft pick to Toronto for F Daniel Winnik and a 2016 fifth-round draft pick. American Hockey League Charlotte Checkers: Acquired G John Muse from Texas for future consider- ations. Milwaukee Admirals: Signed D Jimmy Oligny to a two-year contract extension through the 2017-18 season. SOCCER Major League Soccer Fc Dallas: Signed G Ryan Herman and M Timo Pitter. COLLEGE Chattanooga: Named Adam Ross offensive line coach and John Srofe video coordinator and defensive quality control assistant for football program. Added the additional title of recruiting coordinator to corners and dimes coach Rod West. Hamline: Announced the resignation of football coach Chad Rogosheske to ac- cept the same position at Capital. La Salle: Named Bill Bradshaw interim director of intercollegiate athletics and recreation. COLLEGEMEN'S BASKETBALL Kentucky at Florida:4p.m., ESPN. DePaul at Villanova: 4p.m., FS1. Virginia vs. Clemson: 4p.m., ESPNU. Baylor vs. Oklahoma: 5p.m., ESPN2. Indiana at Iowa: 6p.m., ESPN. Georgetown at Marquette: 6 p.m., FS1. Texas A&M at Auburn: 6p.m., ESPNU. NBA BASKETBALL Atlanta Hawks at Golden State Warriors: 7:30p.m., CSNBA. NHL HOCKEY Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins: 4:30 p.m., NBCSN. EPL SOCCER Soccer: 11:40a.m., NBCSN. FA SOCCER FA Cup: noon, FS1. On the air will travel to Oroville to face the No. 2 seed Tigers (18-8 overall, 6-4 league) at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The Tigers beat the No. 7 seed Lassen Grizzlies 71-41 Fri- day night. The Cardinals lost to the Tigers 61-34 early in the season on Dec. 5, but Wilkins said they are a different team of play- ers now, having matured over the course of the season. The Dec. 5 loss is part of the reason the Cardinals are the No. 2 seed and will be on the road Wednesday. But they showed Friday they can avenge a pain- ful loss. Corning FROM PAGE 1 ble-doubles with 3 and fourth in points per game with 10. Johnson led the league in assists per game with 3.1 and was fifth in points per game with 9.7. Boys'game Outside of a slump in the second quarter, the Mercy Warriors played like league leaders Friday night, falling to the No. 1 see Volcanoes 69-65. TheWarriorsstayedwith the Volcanoes in the first but struggled in the second quarter, going into halftime down by 7. That lead would grow to 9 by the end of the third, when Mercy began a comeback that fell just short in the final frame. RichieBorgeswasnamed player of the game for the Warriors, with 16 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal. Teddy Ranberg led the Warriors with 20 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals; Junior Grace had 16 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assits; Travis Gorden had 9 points, 7 rebounds and 4 as- sists and Nick Ornelas had 3 points, 3 rebounds, 9 as- sists and 3 steals. The Warriors finish the year 17-11 overall, 2-6 league. Ranberg was second in the league in blocks per game with 0.6, second in assists per game with 3.7, third in points per game with 15.3, third in steals per game with 2.5, tied for third in double-doubles with 6 and fifth for rebounds per game with 6.3. Gorden was second in the league in rebounds per game with 9.3, second in double-doubles with 7, tied for second in blocks per game with 0.6 and tied for fourth in points per game with 11. Ornelas led the league in assists per game with 7.1 and was fifth in double- doubles with 5. Marcus Kuchle was third in the league in rebounds per game with 8.6, tied for third in double-doubles with 6. Grace was fourth in the league in assists per game with 2.3 and steals per game with 2.4. Mercy FROM PAGE 1 put in a ton of work, and were extremely focused this whole trip," Barajas said. "When we stepped out two hours before the game, they had it in them. You knew it wasn't going to be one of those days where they were going to walk off empty-handed." Cervantes made sure of that early, scoring to take the Bulldogs to a 1-0 lead. They didn't stop there, though. The Bulldogs kept the pressure on, which led to a number of close shots and near misses. Near the end of the half, the pressure paid off. In an homage to basketball's "give-n-go", Gomez lobbed a pass to Cervantes, then sprinted down field. Cer- vantes turned the lob into a header that reached Gomez in stride. The rest was up to the senior. Gomez drib- bled his way past a pair of defenders and found the corner of the net to make it a 2-0 lead just before half- time. "You play them together so much, they know where tobe,"Barajassaid."Yousee those trick passes, behind the back without looking, and all of a sudden it looks beautiful. It's awesome." GomezfueledtheBulldog offense again in the second half, despite not technically scoring.Gomezwasleading the breakaway with a Corn- ing defender close behind when the ball was kicked high,archingoverthereach of Corning keeper Fredy Torres and into the net. It wascountedasanowngoal. "As a team, we knew we needed to come out here and keep up the intensity and play as a team," Go- mez said after the win. "We knew if we picked up one goal, we needed to keep pushing it and not give up." On the Corning side, it wasn't as if the Cardinals merely surrendered. Far from it, actually. Corning (17-4-3) picked up the pace in the second half and had a number of opportuni- ties to score, including a header off a corner kick that missed just wide 20 minutes into the period. The Cardinals played hard in defeat, and that's all coach Victor Torres could have asked. "That's the way I wanted them to finish it. Finish strong, altogether, as a fam- ily," Torres said. "We put a fight our there, and they were better than us today. We'll come back stronger next year." Barajas and the Bull- dogs will look forward to next year as well. Grid- ley will return six or seven players from their main ro- tation, with battle-tested younger players waiting to fill in. It's a big respon- sibility to fill the shoes of seniors like Gomez or Cer- vantes, but Barajas said the players know what it takes to win, as evidenced by the past two seasons. Fornow,though,theBull- dogs can celebrate being section champions. "Sometimes you're going to be pushed to the ground, and you have to get up and keep pushing," Gomez said. "We worked at it all season. Weknewthisdaywasgoing to come." NickWoodardcanbe reached at 896-7720. Soccer FROM PAGE 1 it usually does, and tied the game at 45 about the mid- point of the fourth quar- ter. But Red Bluff answered with a 6-1 run to jump back ahead, 51-46 with a little over 1:30 to play. "We never got hot from theoutside,"Cleeksaid."One little spurt (and) we're roll- ing, but that didn't happen." Pritchard did the rest at the line to expand it to double-digits, while Hamp- ton's spot-up 3 from about the same spot as before fell well short, allowing Red Bluff to dribble it out and getreadyfortop-seededEn- terprise (18-8) in the semifi- nals Wednesday night. "They're a tough match- up (with) a lot of great ball- players," Pritchard said. "We're just going to focus up and hopefully it carries over." Pritchard and Knight, in a sign of great sportsman- ship and camaraderie for a fellow basketball player, helped Paradise senior and little-used reserve Colton Peters score the game's fi- nal basket by feeding him the ball until he could put one through. It warmed Cleek's heart as he said good-bye to Pe- ters and all his seniors. "NoIhaven't,"saidCleek, when asked if he's ever seen the opposing team feed his players. "It's respect that people have for him and the team." HamptonledtheBobcats with 14, while Jacob War- ren, one of seven juniors for Paradise, added 10 de- spite picking up three first- half fouls. Red Bluff will play En- terprise on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Redding. Red Bluff FROM PAGE 1 thing about instability or putting myself in jeopardy even more. "Obviously, going for- ward, we want to get to 100 percent as quick as possible and not play in- jured or delay the recov- ery process at the junc- ture we're at in the sea- son." Curry was named NBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the fourth time this season after arguably the best stretch of games in his career. He averaged 43.8 points, 7.3 assists and 5.8 rebounds in the Warriors' 4-0 week, shooting 60.8 percent from the floor and 61.1 percent from 3-point range (33 of 54). He tied the NBA single-game re- cord for 3-pointers with 12 against OKC and broke his own single-season re- cord for 3-pointers in the same game (now at 288). During the week, Curry also set the league record for 3-pointers in consecu- tive games (now 129) and became the first player in league history to make double-digit 3-point bas- kets in back-to-back games. "What he's doing right now has never been done before in terms of his style, the way he plays and the types of shots he takes," coach Steve Kerr said. • Kerr said he's having no thoughts at present of giving players "healthy rest" at this stage of the season. Warriors FROM PAGE 1 SUE OGROCKI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry celebrates with teammate Anderson Varejao a er hitting the game- winning shot in overtime against the Thunder on Saturday in Oklahoma City. Golden State won 121-118. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2016 2 B