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COLLEGEMEN'S BASKETBALL Longwood vs. Creighton:4:30 p.m., FS1. NBA Houston Rockets at Oklaho- ma City Thunder: 5p.m., ESPN. Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers: 7:30p.m., ESPN. New York Knicks at Sacra- mento Kings: 7:30p.m., CSN. COLLEGE FOOTBALL FCS Tournament, Quarter- final, Sam Houston State at James Madison: 4p.m., ESPN2. GOLF PGA Tour, Franklin Templeton Shootout, Round 2: 11a.m., GOLF. EPGA Tour, Hong Kong Open, Round 3: 8:30p.m., GOLF. LET, Dubai Ladies Masters, Final Round: 1a.m., GOLF. NHL New York Rangers at Chicago Blackhawks: 5:30p.m., NHL. San Jose Sharks at Anaheim Ducks: 7p.m., CSN. SOCCER College, Division I Tourna- ment, Semifinal, Denver vs. Wake Forest: 3p.m., ESPNU. College, Division I Tourna- ment, Semifinal, Stanford vs. North Carolina: 5:45p.m., ESPNU. EPL, Everton at Watford: 4:25 a.m., NBCSN. SWIMMING FINA, World Championship: 3:30p.m., NBCSN. Ontheair after seven rounds, and is very much in striking dis- tance of the gold buckle if a few things go his way. "I'm just going to keep the ball rolling," he said. "Hopefully three more rounds of wins. "I feel as good as I did the first day, really. Luck- ily, I'm not taking any hard knocks." Bareback rider R.C. Landingham had a long journey to reach the WNFR. All of the tough times were worth it when he qualified this year, and he was all smiles after pick- ing up his first go-round win in Round 7. Landingham finished 16th in the world in 2013 and 2014, before finishing 19th in 2015. Now, he's win- ning WNFR go-rounds. "This feels awesome," he said. "I came here hop- ing to get a few of those go-round buckles, and I've been struggling through- out the week, so to get one feels really good. I was talking about going to the South Point all day, and I just had a good feel- ing about tonight. My dad is flying in tonight, and I told him earlier today that he may have to just go straight to the South Point when he lands." The 26-year-old from Hat Creek, Calif., saw his prediction come true when he emerged from a tough pen of horses to take the victory lap with an 84.5-point ride on Pickett Rodeo's Scarlet Fever. Landingham's mom, Wendy, who has been bat- tling cancer for several years, was in the arena Wednesday night to see her son win. "She's on some pretty strong chemo, and she's worn out," he said. "But it means the world to me that she's here. It's a blessing." Steer wrestler Dakota Eldridge wasn't having a WNFR up to the stan- dards he set the first three times he'd competed at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Elko., Nev., cow- boy finished second in the world and won the WNFR average title in 2015, and finished in the top five in the world in 2013-14. He kept a positive at- titude through six tough rounds, and it paid off in Round 7. "I just realized what I'm down here for, and what I do this for, and to just be thankful to be here," he said. "I try to think about all the positive stuff. If you're down on all the neg- ative stuff you just have to get it out of your head and move on. It pays so much here, you have to have a good attitude and have fun and win as much as you can." The win kept him in the world title hunt, as he moved to sixth in the world and fifth in the WNFR av- erage race. "The key tonight was just getting a good start," Eldridge said. "Everybody says that, but that's every- thing down here. I had Matt Reeves hazing for me just after he had a 3.8, and he did an awesome job." Matt Sherwood and Quinn Kesler needed to make something big hap- pen to stay in the hunt for the world title, and they did just that when they took the Round 7 win with a 4.1-second run. Sherwood, a two-time world champion, and Kes- ler,afirst-time WNFRqual- ifier, split the win in Round 3, and took their first solo victory lap Wednesday night. The team faced some adversity in the first six rounds, as they had penal- ties in the first two rounds, and took no-times in Rounds 4 and 6. But Sher- wood's experience kept them cool. "You practice so hard to get here, and you have to back into the box with con- fidence every time," Sher- wood said. "It's a lot harder here. When you're practic- ing, if you make a mistake you try again in 30 sec- onds. But here, you have to wait 24 hours. I woke up at 5 or 6 every morning this week — on the nights we've done well, and the nights we did poorly. It's a good week and a fun week, but we're here working for a living." Kesler, who at 23 years old is 24 years younger than Sherwood, has taken the lead of the veteran he heels for. "The first and second rounds, I roped some legs," Kesler said. "What keeps me grounded is that Matt sees the bigger picture — that helps. "We haven't practiced every day, but we did prac- tice a little bit the last two days. It's more about being positive, being aggressive and roping as fast as I can." The pair each moved to seventh in the world stand- ings, and are eighth in the WNFR average. Matt Shiozawa, a nine- time WNFR qualifier and the 2011 WNFR average champion,hasbeenaround long enough to know that tie-down roping doesn't al- ways go according to plan. In Round 6, he lost his lead in the average when he took a no-time. In Round 7, he redeemed that with a round win after putting up a time of 7.3 seconds. "(Round 6) was a fluke deal," he said. "I had a lot of scenarios on how to finish up the week. I was in good position in the average at the time, but you can't coast. I had a good one (Tuesday night) and the biggest thing is she didn't leave like I had planned and I kind of covered her up. Then my rope breaks, and it was just a series of unfortunate events." He responded like a champion Wednesday, which moved him to fifth in the world and kept his hopes for his first gold buckle alive with his sev- enth career WNFR go- round win. "This helps, and it changes your plan," Shio- zawa said of the win. "I have played enough sports where I know a guy just has to put points on the board. Last night, I might have been a little over-ag- gressive, and tonight the goal was to put points on the board. You just have to win as much as you can." Barrel racer Mary Burger entered the WNFR with a standings lead of $74,000 over the field, but was starting to hear the footsteps of several women after six rounds. She retook control of her own destiny in Round 7, winning with a time of 13.58 seconds on her buck- skin horse Mo. "Mo was really running tonight," Burger said. "He is just able to cover a lot of ground. His first and sec- ond barrels were awesome, but he ran off of the third one quite a bit. But even so, he was running so hard that he clocked very well. I was happy with him." The 68-year-old from Pauls Valley, Okla., bumped her lead back to $65,000 over the other 14 compet- itors with three rounds re- maining, and is closing in on an improbable world championship. "This year has been a storybook year, and I am at a loss for words about how wonderful it has been," she said. In the all-around world title race, team roping header Dustin Bird's lead remains more than $9,000 over team roping heeler Ju- nior Nogueira. Steer wres- tler Clayton Hass has closed to within $18,000 of Bird, while 2015 World Champion Tie-down Roper Caleb Smidt lurks about $30,000 back. Rodeo FROM PAGE 1 It started with a Klay Thompson mid-range jumper. Then two Steph Curry 3s sandwiched a Kevin Durant jumper. A 10-4 score was soon 17-4. Minutes later, it was 26-5 when Curry pushed a re- bound upcourt, felt some contact about 20 feet from the hoop and fired a rain- bow toward the rafters. The foul was called and Curry's rainbow slowly de- scended through the hoop. Hehitthefreethrowtocom- plete the and-1 and push the Warriors lead to 29-5. Eight minutes into the game, it felt over. But the Jazz B team rallied and the Warriors got a bit lazy. A defense that had held them to one point for a seven- minute first quarter stretch gave the Jazz 29 points in the second quarter. They climbed back within five and when Green went out, twist- ing his left ankle again by some friendly fire — this time a backpedalling Curry stepping on his foot — the crowd rose with a glimmer of comeback hope. But Green returned a few mintues later after a re-tape. He immediately stripped Boris Diaw on a post-up and then fed Du- rant on a backdoor cut for a reverse dunk. Ian Clark — who combined with Patrick McCaw for 16 points in Liv- ingston's absence — nailed two 3s and Durant put the Jazz to bed with a power- ful and-1 transition dunk in which the fouler, Trey Lyles, was bumped so hard he flew into the first row. It wasn't particularly im- pressive. But it was another Warriors win. Warriors FROM PAGE 1 three-and-out. Marquette King's punt was muffed by Tyreek Hill and rookie James Cowser jumped in to rip the ball away for the recovery at the Chiefs' 38. The Raiders picked up one first down afterwards, but had to settle for a Se- bastian Janikowski 44- yard goal and a 3-0 lead. Oakland kept the Chiefs scoreless in the first quar- ter but couldn't contain the dynamic rookie Hill on the second play of the second quarter. Cornerback Da- vid Amerson had no help over the top against the NFL's fastest player and Hill burned past Amer- son and caught a 36-yard dime from Alex Smith for a touchdown. The Raiders offense was stymied most of the first half and followed Kansas City's touchdown with a three-and-out. The Chiefs used a big third-down pass to tight end Travis Kelce to help ignite a seven- play drive Charcandrick West capped with a 3-yard touchdown run. Another three-and- out by Oakland led to them getting burned by Hill again. King's punt was right down the mid- dle of the field and gave the Chiefs space to set up the blocks and Hill flew past the coverage. King was the last one with a chance and he got crossed up by the speed- ster as he went 78 yards for the score. Raiders FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard NFL AMERICANCONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA KansasCity 10 3 0 .769 302 255 Oakland 10 3 0 .769 358 320 Denver 8 4 0 .667 286 229 San Diego 5 7 0 .417 334 319 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New England10 2 0 .833 319 207 Miami 7 5 0 .583 255 278 Buffalo 6 6 0 .500 305 274 N.Y. Jets 3 9 0 .250 206 307 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Houston 6 6 0 .500 207 257 Indianapolis 6 6 0 .500 311 311 Tennessee 6 6 0 .500 308 296 Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 224 313 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 256 207 Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 290 236 Cincinnati 4 7 1 .375 245 259 Cleveland 0 12 0 .000 197 352 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 8 3 1 .708 264 194 Arizona 5 6 1 .458 276 251 Los Angeles 4 8 0 .333 180 262 San Francisco1 11 0 .083 234 370 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA x-Dallas 11 1 0 .917 333 228 N.Y. Giants 8 4 0 .667 245 237 Washington 6 5 1 .542 303 295 Philadelphia 5 7 0 .417 268 245 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 7 5 0 .583 386 331 Tampa Bay 7 5 0 .583 277 285 New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 347 335 Carolina 4 8 0 .333 283 321 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 8 4 0 .667 275 251 Green Bay 6 6 0 .500 295 302 Minnesota 6 6 0 .500 233 209 Chicago 3 9 0 .250 204 270 x-clinched playoff spot Thursday's games Kansas City 21, Oakland 13 Sunday's games Denver at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Arizona at Miami, 10 a.m. Houston at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 10 a.m. San Diego at Carolina, 10 a.m. Chicago at Detroit, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1:25 p.m. Seattle at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m. Atlanta at Los Angeles, 1:25 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 5:30 p.m. Monday's games Baltimore at New England, 5:30 p.m. Chiefs 21, Raiders 13 Oakland 3 7 3 0 — 13 Kansas City 0 21 0 0 — 21 First quarter Oak — FG Janikowski 44, 11:34. Second quarter KC — Hill 36 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 14:51. KC — West 3 run (Santos kick), 8:34. KC — Hill 78 punt return (Santos kick), 6:25. Oak — L.Murray 1 run (Janikowski kick), :14. Third quarter Oak — FG Janikowski 33, 13:09. A — 75,191. Oak KC First downs 18 14 Total net yards 244 323 Rushes yds 31-135 27-65 Passing 109 258 Punt returns 1-2 6-99 Kickoff returns 3-52 3-73 Int ret 1-14 0-0 Comp-att-int 17-41-0 17-26-1 Sacked yds lost 1-8 1-6 Punts 8-43.5 5-33.6 Fumbles lost 1-0 2-2 Penalties yds 10-82 9-73 Time of poss. 31:45 28:15 INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing — Oakland, L.Murray 22-103, Richard 6-29, Carr 2-3, King 1-0. Kansas City, Ware 20-56, West 2-4, A.Smith 4-3, Hill 1-2. Passing — Oakland, Carr 17-41-0-117. Kansas City, A.Smith 17-26-1-264. Receiving — Oakland, Cooper 5-29, Crabtree 4-21, Rivera 3-26, Walford 2-21, Roberts 2-12, Olawale 1-8. Kansas City, Hill 6-66, Kelce 5-101, Conley 2-70, Maclin 1-16, Ware 1-7, A.Smith 1-3, Thomas 1-1. Missed field goals — None. College Football BOWL GLANCE Saturday, Dec. 17 Celebration Bowl At Atlanta NC Central (9-2) vs. Grambling State (11-1), 9 a.m. (ABC) New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque UTSA (6-6) vs. New Mexico (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl San Diego State (10-3) vs. Houston (9-3), 12:30 p.m. (ABC) Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Toledo (9-3) vs. Appalachian State (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. UCF (6-6) vs. Arkansas State (7-5), 2:30 p.m. (CBSSN) New Orleans Bowl Southern Miss. (6-6) vs. Louisiana- Lafayette (6-6), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 19 Miami Beach Bowl Tulsa (9-3) vs. Central Michigan (6-6), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 20 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Memphis (8-4) vs. Western Kentucky (10-3), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 21 Poinsettia Bowl San Diego BYU (8-4) vs. Wyoming (8-5), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 22 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Idaho (8-4) vs. Colorado State (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 23 Bahamas Bowl Nassau Eastern Michigan (7-5) vs. Old Dominion (9-3), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Navy (9-3) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dollar General Bowl Mobile, Ala. Ohio (8-5) vs. Troy (9-3), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl Honolulu Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Hawaii (6-7), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 26 St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Mississippi State (5-7) vs. Miami (Ohio) (6-6), 8 a.m. (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Boston College (6-6) vs. Maryland (6-6), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. NC State (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 2 p.m. (ESPN2) Tuesday, Dec. 27 Heart of Dallas Bowl Army (6-5) vs. North Texas (5-7), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. Wake Forest (6-6) vs. Temple (10-3), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl Minnesota (8-4) vs. Washington State (8-4), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Cactus Bowl Phoenix Boise State (10-2) vs. Baylor (6-6), 7:15 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 28 Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, N.Y. Northwestern (6-6) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Fla. Miami (8-4) vs. West Virginia (10-2), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Foster Farms Bowl Santa Clara, Calif. Indiana (6-6) vs. Utah (8-4), 5:30 p.m. (FOX) Texas Bowl Houston Kansas State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 29 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl South Florida (10-2) vs. South Carolina (6-6), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. Virginia Tech (9-4) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl San Antonio Oklahoma State (9-3) vs. Colorado (10- 3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Dec. 30 Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn. Georgia (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas North Carolina (8-4) vs. Stanford (9-3), 11 a.m. (CBS) Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee (8-4) vs. Nebraska (9-3), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl Tucson, Ariz. Air Force (9-3) vs. South Alabama (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ASN) Orange Bowl Miami Gardens, Fla. Florida State (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 31 Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. LSU (7-4) vs. Louisville (9-3), 8 a.m. (ABC) TaxSlayer Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Kentucky (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (8-4), 8 a.m. (ESPN) Peach Bowl Atlanta Alabama (13-0) vs. Washington (12-1), noon (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz. Clemson (12-1) vs. Ohio State (11-1), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 2 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Florida (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 10 a.m. (ABC) Cotton Bowl Arlington, Texas Western Michigan (13-0) vs. Wisconsin (10-3), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl Pasadena Penn State (11-2) vs. Southern Cal (9-3), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl New Orleans Oklahoma (10-2) vs. Auburn (8-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 9 College Football Championship Tampa, Fla. Semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Golden State 20 3 .870 — Clippers 16 7 .696 4 Lakers 10 14 .417 101/2 Sacramento 8 13 .381 11 Phoenix 6 16 .273 131/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L P ct G B San Antonio 18 4 .818 — Houston 15 7 .682 3 Memphis 16 8 .667 3 New Orleans 7 16 .304 111/2 Dallas 4 17 .190 131/2 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 14 8 .636 — Utah 14 10 .583 1 Portland 12 12 .500 3 Denver 8 15 .348 61/2 Minnesota 6 16 .273 8 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 15 7 .682 — Boston 13 9 .591 2 New York 12 10 .545 3 Brooklyn 6 15 .286 81/2 Philadelphia 5 18 .217 101/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Charlotte 13 9 .591 — Atlanta 11 12 .478 21/2 Orlando 10 13 .435 31/2 Washington 8 13 .381 41/2 Miami 7 15 .318 6 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 15 5 .750 — Milwaukee 11 9 .550 4 Chicago 11 10 .524 41/2 Detroit 12 12 .500 5 Indiana 11 11 .500 5 Wednesday's games Boston 117, Orlando 87 Charlotte 87, Detroit 77 Atlanta 103, Miami 95 Brooklyn 116, Denver 111 Cleveland 126, New York 94 Houston 134, Lakers 95 Milwaukee 115, Portland 107 Sacramento 120, Dallas 89 Indiana 109, Phoenix 94 Golden State 115, Clippers 98 Thursday's games Toronto 124, Minnesota 110 Washington 92, Denver 85 Memphis 88, Portland 86 Philadelphia 99, New Orleans 88 Golden State 106, Utah 99 San Antonio at Chicago, (n) Friday's games Orlando at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Miami at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Houston at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Indiana at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. New York at Sacramento, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Warriors 106, Jazz 99 WARRIORS (106) Durant 7-15 6-8 21, Green 4-9 1-4 13, Pachulia 1-3 0-2 2, Curry 7-16 9-9 26, Thompson 5-13 0-0 10, Looney 2-2 0-0 4, West 2-3 0-0 4, McGee 3-4 0-0 6, Clark 2-5 0-0 6, Iguodala 2-5 0-0 4, McCaw 4-5 0-0 10. Totals 39-80 16-23 106. JAZZ (99) Johnson 4-12 3-5 13, Diaw 4-7 0-0 8, Gob- ert 8-8 4-7 20, Exum 1-11 0-0 2, Mack 6-16 6-6 19, Ingles 7-13 2-3 21, Lyles 4-13 0-0 9, Withey 1-4 0-0 2, Neto 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 37-89 15-21 99. Golden State 35 30 17 24 — 106 Utah 17 29 24 29 — 99 3-Point Goals: Golden State 12-29 (Green 4-6, Curry 3-9, Clark 2-3, McCaw 2-3, Durant 1-3, Iguodala 0-1, Thompson 0-4), Utah 10-38 (Ingles 5-9, Johnson 2-6, Neto 1-2, Lyles 1-6, Mack 1-8, Diaw 0-2, Exum 0-5); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Golden State 47 (Durant 11), Utah 46 (Gobert 17); Assists: Golden State 26 (Green 8), Utah 20 (Exum, Mack 5); Total fouls: Golden State 23, Utah 22; Techni- cals: West, Durant; A: 19,991 (19,911). COLLEGE MEN'S TOP 25 FARED Thursday 1. Villanova (9-0) did not play. 2. UCLA (9-0) did not play. 3. Kansas (8-1) did not play. 4. Baylor (8-0) did not play. 5. Duke (9-1) did not play. 6. Kentucky (8-1) did not play. 7. North Carolina (9-1) did not play. 8. Gonzaga (9-0) did not play. 9. Indiana (7-1) did not play. 10. Creighton (9-0) did not play. 11. Louisville (8-1) did not play. 12. Saint Mary's (6-0) UT Arlington. 13. Xavier (7-2) did not play. 14. Virginia (8-1) did not play. 15. West Virginia (7-1) did not play. 16. Butler (8-1) did not play. 17. Wisconsin (8-2) did not play. 18. Purdue (7-2) did not play. 19. South Carolina (8-0) did not play. 20. Arizona (7-2) did not play. 21. Florida (7-2) did not play. 22. Cincinnati (7-1) did not play. 23. Notre Dame (9-0) did not play. 24. Oregon (7-2) did not play. 25. Iowa State (6-3) lost to Iowa 78-64. FAR WEST E. Washington 103, Great Falls 76 COLLEGE WOMEN'S TOP 25 Thursday 1. UConn (8-0) did not play. 2. Notre Dame (8-1) did not play. 3. Baylor (10-1) did not play. 4. Maryland (10-0) beat Saint Peter's 101-49. 5. Mississippi State (8-0) did not play. 6. South Carolina (6-1) did not play. 7. Florida State (9-1) beat No. 23 Florida 83-58. 8. Louisville (7-2) did not play. 9. UCLA (6-1) did not play. 10. Stanford (8-1) did not play. 11. Washington (9-1) did not play. 12. Ohio State (7-3) did not play. 13. West Virginia (9-0) did not play. 14. Miami (8-1) did not play. 15. Kentucky (6-2) did not play. 16. DePaul (6-2) did not play. 17. Texas (2-4) did not play. 18. Colorado (9-0) beat Colorado State 74-56. 19. Oklahoma (6-2) beat Texas-Rio Grande Valley 92-59. 20. Syracuse (7-3) did not play. 21. Duke (10-1) beat Elon 68-61. 22. South Florida (6-0) did not play. 23. Florida (6-3) lost to No. 7 Florida State 83-58. 24. Oregon State (5-1) did not play. FAR WEST Colorado 74, Colorado St. 56 E. Washington 84, Cal St.-Fullerton 67 Gonzaga 79, Washington St. 61 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PA CI FI C D IVI SI ON GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 29 14 11 4 32 88 80 San Jose 26 15 10 1 31 62 55 Anaheim 27 13 9 5 31 73 72 Calgary 29 14 13 2 30 73 83 Los Angeles 25 13 10 2 28 66 66 Vancouver 27 12 13 2 26 65 79 Arizona 25 8 13 4 20 57 80 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 28 17 8 3 37 78 68 St. Louis 27 15 8 4 34 74 75 Minnesota 25 13 8 4 30 69 53 Winnipeg 30 13 14 3 29 78 87 Nashville 26 12 10 4 28 77 74 Dallas 28 11 11 6 28 72 89 Colorado 25 10 14 1 21 56 75 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 27 18 6 3 39 81 61 Ottawa 27 16 9 2 34 68 69 Boston 28 15 11 2 32 68 66 Tampa Bay 28 14 12 2 30 78 77 Detroit 27 13 11 3 29 69 72 Florida 28 12 12 4 28 66 75 Buffalo 26 10 10 6 26 55 68 Toronto 25 10 10 5 25 74 80 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 27 17 7 3 37 93 81 N.Y. Rangers 28 18 9 1 37 99 70 Philadelphia 29 16 10 3 35 96 92 Columbus 24 15 5 4 34 77 53 Washington 25 15 7 3 33 65 58 New Jersey 26 12 8 6 30 68 73 N.Y. Islanders 26 11 10 5 27 69 75 Carolina 26 10 10 6 26 63 71 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday's games Minnesota 3, Toronto 2 Washington 4, Boston 3, OT Anaheim 6, Carolina 5, SO Ottawa 4, San Jose 2 Thursday's games N.Y. Islanders 3, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 6, Edmonton 5 Colorado 4, Boston 2 Montreal 5, New Jersey 2 Vancouver 5, Tampa Bay 1 Pittsburgh 5, Florida 1 N.Y. Rangers 2, Winnipeg 1 Dallas 5, Nashville 2 Calgary at Arizona, (n) Carolina at Los Angeles, (n) Friday's games Washington at Buffalo, 4 p.m. St. Louis at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. San Jose at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NFL Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Sunday at Tennessee 1 (431/2) Denver at Carolina 1 (481/2) San Diego at Indianapolis 6 (461/2) Houston Cincinnati 51/2 (43) CLEVELAND Pittsburgh 2 (461/2) at Buffalo at Miami 1 (431/2) Arizona at Detroit 71/2 (431/2) Chicago Minnesota 3 (391/2) at Jacksonville at Tampa Bay 21/2 (511/2) New Orleans at Philadelphia PK (47) Washington at San Fran 21/2 (431/2) NY Jets Seattle 3 (46) at Green Bay Atlanta 6 (45) at Los Angeles Dallas 3 (471/2) at NY Giants Monday at New England 7 (45) Baltimore | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016 2 B