THURSDAy, MARCH 5 , 2020. THE WASHINGTON POST EZ M2 D5
BY STEVEN WINECORAL GABLES, FLA. — K ihei Clark
made both ends of a one-and-one
with eight seconds left to provide
the winning margin, and No. 22
Virginia beat miami, 46-44, on
Wednesday night for its seventh
victory in a row.
Six of the Cavaliers’ victories
during the streak have been by a
total of 13 points.
Junior Jay Huff l ed Virginia with
17 p oints — a nd they were the Cava-
liers’ first 17 points of the game.
mamadi Diakite had 14 points and
10 rebounds.
Virginia (22-7, 14-5 ACC) hasn’t
lost since feb. 8 against Louisville.
The teams meet again Saturday in
Charlottesville.
miami (14-15, 6-13) lost its third
game in a row and is winless in
seven games a gainst ranked teams.
Keith Stone’s three-pointer for
miami with 2:16 to go made it
44-all. The Hurricanes then com-mitted a turnover and missed two
shots before freshman Harlond
Beverly fouled Clark near the mid-
court stripe.
After the Virginia sophomore
sank both free throws, miami’s DJ
Vasiljevic missed a runner from
10 feet.
The Cavaliers won even though
they missed their final six shots and
went without a field goal for the
final 4:46. They shot 37 percent but
won while scoring less than
50 points for the fourth time this
season, and held an opponent un-
der 50 for the 12th time.Chris Lykes led miami with 16
points but cut his eye in a scrum
with 12 minutes left a nd missed the
rest of the game. The Hurricanes
trailed 33-30 when he departed.
The score was 9-9 after 13 min-
utes before the offensive pace
picked up.
The first half was a two-man
show. Huff was the only Cavaliers
player to score in the first 16:42.
Lykes scored 14 points in the open-
ing half, including a buzzer-beater
to cut Virginia’s lead to 24-23 at
halftime.
— A ssociated PressClark’s free throws lift Cavs to seventh straight win
VIrGINIA 46,
MIAMI 44FROM NEWS SERVICES
AND STAFF REPORTSmitch Ballock made a season-
high six three-pointers and fin-
ished with 20 points, and No. 11
Creighton rode one of its best
shooting games of the season to a
91-76 win over Georgetown on
Wednesday night i n omaha.
The Bluejays (23-7, 12-5 Big
East) hit a season-high 17 three-
pointers on 36 attempts after m ak-
ing only 4 of 2 7 in a 20-point l oss at
St. John’s o n Sunday.
marcus Zegarowski had
20 points and eight assists, Ty -
Shon Alexander had 18 points and
Denzel mahoney added 14.
Georgetown (15-15, 5-12) lost its
fifth straight. The Hoyas were
without their top two scorers.
omer Yurtseven was out a third
straight g ame with an ankle i njury
and mac mcClung missed his
fourth in a row with a foot injury.
Jahvon B lair l ed t he Hoyas with
22 points, Jamorko Pickett had 17,
and freshman Qudus Wahab had
his first double-double with sea-
son highs of 14 points and 12 re-
bounds.
Ballock, a ll b ut invisible in a l oss
at Georgetown in January, hit a
pair of three-pointers to make it
60-39 and another after the Hoyas
scored eight straight to get within
62-49. That started a 15-6 spurt
that finished off the Hoyas.
l VIrGINIA TECH 70,
CLEMsON 58: P.J. Horne scored
17 p oints, and the H okies had t heir
second-best shooting perfor-
mance of the season en route to
victory in Blacksburg, Va.
Horne connected on 6 of 10
from the field for Virginia Tech
(16-14, 7-12 ACC), which shot bet-
ter than 50 percent for the firsttime in an ACC game this season
and snapped a four-game losing
streak.
Horne tied a career high with
four three-pointers, and Tyrece
radford added 16 points on 7-for-8
shooting for Virginia Te ch, which
shot 54.2 percent from the field
(26 for 48) and hit 12 three-point-
ers.
Te vin mack was the lone player
to score in double figures for
Clemson (15-14, 9-10) with
12 points.
l sAINT LOUIs 69, GEOrGE
MAsON 57: Javonte Perkins
scored 17 of his 25 points in the
second half as the Billikens broke
away from the Patriots at Eagle-
Bank Arena.
Saint Louis shot 56 percent af-
ter halftime, surging from one
point down a t the b reak.
Jordan Goodwin had 13 points
and e ight rebounds for Saint Louis
(22-8, 11-6 A tlantic 10), which w on
its f ourth straight.Jordan miller had 13 points for
the Patriots (15-15, 4-13).
l FOrdHAM 63, GEOrGE
wAsHINGTON 52: Joel Soriano
tallied 14 points and 15 rebounds
to carry the rams past the Colo-
nials at Smith Center to snap a
10-game losing streak.
Josh Colon had 17 points for
fordham ( 8-21, 2-15 Atlantic 10).
Armel Potter had 16 points for
the C olonials (12-18, 6-11), w ho lost
their fourth straight.AU women cruise past Navy
Kaitlyn marenyi scored a team-
high 13 points and hit 4 of 9 from
three-point range as the Eagles
forced 18 turnovers in a 57-42 win
over the midshipmen in their regu-
lar season finale at B ender Arena.
Emily fisher added 1 2 points off
the b ench a s American (12-16, 8-10
Patriot League) swept the season
series.
mary Kate Ulasewicz led Navy
(7-22, 2-16) with 15 points.AreA college bASKeTbAll roUnDUp
Bluejays run it up from long distance against Hoyas
CrEIGHtON 91,
GEOrGEtOwN 76ASSOCIATED PRESSUdoka Azubuike walked gin-
gerly into Allen fieldhouse in
Lawrence, Kan., on his sore ankle
and proceeded to score a career-
high 31 points with 14 rebounds,
leading top-ranked Kansas to a
75-66 win over TCU on Wednes-
day night to clinch at least a share
of the Big 12 regular season title.
Azubuike w as 13 for 14 from the
field and also had five blocks just
four days a fter hurting his a nkle i n
a win over Kansas State. Devon
Dotson added 18 points and left
briefly in the second half with an
apparent ankle injury of his own,
but h e was able to return.
Kansas (27-3, 16-1) won its
62nd regular season conference
title one year after a third-place
finish ended a run of 14 straight
crowns. The Jayhawks can win
outright with a win at Te xas Te ch
on Saturday or with a Baylor loss
at West Virginia. The win was
No. 500 for S elf a t Kansas, ranking
second at the school behind only
building namesake Phog A llen.
Desmond Bane had 24 points
for TCU (16-14, 7-10), sending him
into third place in school history
with 1,744 career points.
l dAYTON 8 4, rHOdE Is-
LANd 57: obi To ppin scored
20 points and Trey Landers had
14 points and 14 rebounds for the
No. 3 flyers, w ho beat the rams in
Kingston, r.I., for their
19th straight v ictory.
Dayton (28-2, 17-0 Atlantic 10)
matched its 1951-52 team for the
school record in wins, and with a
victory over George Washington
on Saturday it would finish un-
beaten in conference play for the
first time in program history.
Jeff D owtin scored 16 points for
rhode Island (20-9, 12-5).
l FLOrIdA sTATE 73,NOTrE dAME 7 1: Trent for-
re st’s p utback w ith 3.8 seconds left
capped a ferocious late charge as
the N o. 7 Seminoles beat the f ight-
ing Irish in South Bend, Ind., to
move closer to an ACC title.
forrest’s basket gave florida
State (25-5, 15-4) just their second
lead all night, with the other com-
ing at 5 -4 i n the o pening minutes.
Prentiss Hubb led Notre Dame
(1 8-12, 9-10) w ith 24 p oints.
l VILLANOVA 79, sETON
HALL 77: Saddiq Bey scored
20 points, and the No. 14 Wildcats
overcame some late free throw
shooting woes to prevent the N o. 8
Pirates from clinching t he B ig East
regular season title with a victory
in Newark.
The win by Villanova (23-8,
12-5) opened the possibility of the
league having a three-way tie for
first place. Seton Hall (21-8, 13-4)
heads into Saturday with a one-
game lead over Villanova and
No. 11 Creighton (23-8, 12-5),
which b eat Georgetown.
l TEXAs A&M 7 8, AUBUrN
75: Josh Nebo scored 17 of his
19 points in the second half, and
the A ggies survived a frenetic l ast-
minute rally attempt to upset the
No. 17 T igers in A uburn, Ala.
Wendell mitchell added
14 points and a key three-pointer
to help Te xas A &m (15-14, 9-8 SEC)
pick up its fifth league road w in.
Samir Doughty scored 25 points
for Auburn (24-6, 11-6), which
wiped out most of a nine-point
deficit over the final 46 seconds as
Te xas A&m struggled at the free
throw line.
l wIsCONsIN 63, NOrTH-
wEsTErN 48: In madison, Wis.,
Nate reuvers scored 11 points as
the No. 24 Badgers struggled
through a poor shooting night in a
win o ver the Wildcats.
The victory moved Wisconsin
(20-10, 13-6) into a three-way for
first place in the Big Ten. North-
western (7-22, 2-17) started the
game 1 for 10 with five turnovers i n
the f irst nine minutes.nATIonAl college bASKeTbAll roUnDUpNo. 1 Jayhawks capture
a share of the Big 12 title
KANsAs 75,
tCU 66ASSOCIATED PRESSIt took a record-setting night
from three-point range for the mi-
ami H eat to beat t he orlando mag-
ic.
Duncan robinson scored
27 points, a ll o f them coming f rom
beyond the arc, and the Heat hit a
franchise-record 22 three-point-
ers in their 116-113 win over the
magic on Wednesday night in mi-
ami.
Goran Dragic scored 25 points
and added nine assists, Kelly
olynyk scored 16 on a perfect
shooting night and Jimmy Butler
finished with 12 points, eight as-
sists and s even rebounds as miami
won its f ourth straight.
The previous record for Heat
three-pointers was 21, set April 5,
2017, at Charlotte. The 22 three-
pointers made also tied the most
allowed in a game by orlando.
“my teammates encouraged m e
to shoot. The coaching staff en-
courages me to shoot,” robinson
said. “So I just went out and tried
to be aggressive.”
Te rrence ross scored 35 and hit
a season-high eight three-pointers
for the magic, which has dropped
three straight yet remains in the
No. 8 spot in the Eastern Confer-
ence playoff race.
l MAVErICKs 127, PELI-
CANs 123 (OT): Luka Doncic
scored 30 points and broke Dal-
las’s career triple-double record
with his 22nd, helping the maver-
icks hold off visiting New orleans
in overtime.
Doncic added 17 rebounds and
10 assists, and Kristaps Porzingis
had 34 points and 12 rebounds in
the nationally televised matchup
between young stars Doncic and
Zion Williamson. Williamson
scored 21 points in 35 minutes in
the first back-to-back of his NBA
career.
Doncic broke Jason Kidd’s re-
cord for triple-doubles just five
days a fter his 21st b irthday.
Williamson has scored in dou-
ble figures in all 16 games he has
played and has 20 points or more
in his p ast 13.
l BUCKs 119, PACErs 100:
Giannis Antetokounmpo had
29 points, 12 rebounds and six
assists, and milwaukee recovered
at home after squandering an ear-
ly 22-point l ead.
The Bucks b ounced back f rom a
105 -89 loss at m iami in which theyposted their lowest point total of
the s eason. An NBA-best 5 3-9, mil-
waukee hasn’t lost back-to-back
games all season.
Indiana had a four-game win-
ning streak ended as it fell into a
tie with Philadelphia for fifth
place in the Eastern Conference
standings. The Pacers also lost
guard malcolm Brogdon to a sore
left h ip in the s econd quarter.
The Pacers were without Victor
oladipo for the second straight
game because o f a sore right knee.
l CELTICs 112, CAVALIErs
106: Jayson Ta tum scored
32 points, and Boston won in
Cleveland in a matchup of short-
handed teams.
The Celtics were missing three
starters — Kemba Walker, Jaylen
Brown and Gordon Hayward —
while t he Cavaliers played w ithout
starters Andre Drummond and
rookie Darius Garland.
Collin Sexton scored a career-
high 41 points, making 17 of
29 shots f rom the f ield.
l THUNdEr 114, PIsTONs
107: Danilo Gallinari made a cru-
cial three-pointer in t he final min-
ute, and oklahoma City won in
Detroit despite blowing a 16-point
second-half l ead.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
scored 27 points for oklahoma
City, w hich snapped out of i ts brief
scoring slump.
The Thunder had lost its previ-
ous two games, not scoring more
than 94 points in either. oklaho-
ma City had that many after three
quarters Wednesday.
Christian Wood s cored a career-
high 29 points for the Pistons.
l JAZZ 112, KNICKs 104:
Donovan mitchell and Bojan Bog-
danovic each scored 23 points,
and Utah kept feasting on a soft
part of its schedule with the victo-
ry i n New York.
l GrIZZLIEs 118, NETs 7 9:
Josh J ackson scored 19 points, a nd
visiting memphis ran away from
Brooklyn in the second half of a
matchup of teams trying to main-
tain playoff position.
l TIMBErwOLVEs 1 15,
BULLs 108: m alik Beasley scored
24 points and D’Angelo russell
added 19 as minnesota held off
Chicago i n minneapolis.Curry to return Thursday
Stephen Curry is slated to re-
turn from a more than four-month
absence w ith a broken left h and to
play for Golden State against the
To ronto raptors on Thursday
night. The two-time NBA mVP
missed 58 games after falling on
his left hand oct. 30 vs. Phoenix.nbA roUnDUpMiami sets team record
with 22 three-pointers
HEAt 116,
MAGIC 113CRAIg MITCHElldYER/ASSOCIATEd PRESSrui Hachimura drives during the first half. The rookie finished with 11 points as the wizards lost wednesday for the second straight night.
third foul, created a three-point
opportunity and sat the remainder
of the half.
Before halftime, the Wizards
committed 15 fouls and sent Port-
land to the free throw line for
18 attempts. The Blazers’ advan-
tage at the line — and just about
everywhere else on the court —
continued into the second half.
Portland outscored Washington
28-18 in the third quarter and
opened its largest lead at 2 4 points.
[email protected]ers that have a chance to get better.
Sometimes you get better by
watching, sometimes you get bet-
ter in playing. Sometimes you need
them both,” Brooks said before the
game. “We’ll see where it goes.”
on Wednesday, rookie rui
Hachimura learned by playing and
specifically, playing against his
idol.
When Hachimura arrived in
Washington last summer, he de-
scribed Anthony as his biggest b as-
ketball inspiration. Though only
faint traces of Anthony’s midrange
game can be seen in Hachimura’s,
the younger player found similari-
ties with the veteran. In Anthony,
the 6-foot-8 Hachimura saw a for-
ward in which he could pattern his
own game.
“He’s a big guy, but he can shoot,”
Hachimura said back in June.
“He’s quick.”
And Hachimura learned for the
first time in his professional career
just how quick — a t releasing long-
range jumpers — Anthony can be.
In the first quarter, Portland
made 6 of 11 attempts from the
three-point arc and Anthony ac-
counted for a pair. Both times, he
took the shot in front of Hachimu-
ra, who failed to close to the perim-
eter. And after both makes, Antho-
ny turned and did his patented
celebration, tapping three fingers
on the side of his head after teach-
ing the rookie the finer points of
jump shooting.
“I coached him for three years,
and he came to work every day. I
don’t k now if he gets enough credit
for that. He loves the game,”
Brooks said of Anthony. “I always
thought he was addicted to theh olding, touching and limiting his
former teammate through legal
means. or so it seemed.
“Brad got fouled the whole
game,” Coach Scott Brooks said.
The Wizards’ defense did not
offer comparable difficulty for
Portland (28-35). Every Trail Blaz-
ers starter reached double digits,
including all-star guard Damian
Lillard, who returned to the court
after missing the previous six
games with a right groin strain and
finished with 22 points on an effi-
cient 6-for-12 shooting.
Carmelo Anthony led the Blaz-
ers with 25 points, while center
Hassan Whiteside had an impres-
sive line of 24 points and 16 re-
bounds.
Besides Beal extending his
streak of scoring at least 25 points
to 20 games, Washington received
a big offensive night from reserve
forward Davis Bertans, who scored
21 of the second unit’s 41 total
points. Still, the Wizards (22-39)
had little to commemorate after
ending a four-game Western Con-
ference road trip with three losses.
Brooks mixed up the starting
five with Jerome robinson in place
of Isaac Bonga in the three spot.
robinson earned praise following
his effort Tuesday night in the Wiz-
ards’ comeback from a 28-point
deficit against the Sacramento
Kings. Although Washington ulti-
mately lost, Brooks credited rob-
inson, a second-year wing player,
for his defense while the team
scored 46 points in the third quar-
ter.
“We got a lot of developing play-
wIZArds from d1
court. He always wanted to be on
the court and always wanted to be
part of the group to get better and
to be able to do this for... 1 6,
17 years, that’s pretty incredible to
be able to do it and still have the
hunger.”
Guarding an accomplished
scorer such as Anthony will mark
another moment in the develop-
ment of Hachimura. However, he
wasn’t the only young Wizards
player learning hard lessons.
Center moritz Wagner started in
place of Thomas Bryant, who rest-
ed on the second night of the road
back-to-back because of injury
management. Despite getting the
starting nod, Wagner logged less
than 10 minutes in the first half. He
fouled often and couldn’t stay on
the floor to make a positive impact.
After subbing back into the
game in the second quarter with
two fouls, Wagner had a short stint
on the floor. Lillard made a simple
entry bounce pass to center White-
side, who had no resistance at the
rim because Wagner was behind
him and Beal did not help protect
the rim. Wagner committed hiswIZArDS’ nexT THreevs. Atlanta HawksTomorrow 7NBCSWvs. Miami HeatSunday 7NBCSWvs. new York KnicksTuesday7NBCSWRadio: WFED (1500 AM)Wizards cannot keep up with Blazers
Trail blazers 125, wizards 104
Washington ........................ 3031182 5— 104
Portland .............................. 3735282 5— 125
WAShiNgtoN MiN Fg Ft o-tAPFPtS
Hachimura 28:31 4-11 3-4 1-4 4211
Robinson 25:56 2-9 0-0 1-414 5
Wagner 18:55 4-8 1-2 7-914 9
Beal 37:33 10-29 5-6 2-6 6129
Napier 25:58 3-10 2-4 1-432 9
Bertans 29:01 8-16 1-2 0-4 3521
Bonga 27:58 3-5 1-1 2-333 7
Brown Jr. 20:11 4-8 0-2 1-641 9
Pasecniks 15:32 1-3 0-0 2-404 2
Payton II 10:25 1-4 0-0 1-423 2
totAlS 240 40-103 13-21 18-48 27 29 104
Percentages: FG .388, FT .619. 3-Point goals: 11-35, .314
(Beal 4-9, Bertans 4-12, Brown Jr. 1-3, Robinson 1-3,
Napier 1-4, Hachimura 0-1, Payton II 0-3). team re-
bounds: 10. team turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 4
(Bertans, Napier, Pasecniks, Robinson). turnovers: 10
(Brown Jr. 3, Beal 2, Napier 2, Bertans, Bonga, Wagner).
Steals: 8 (Bonga 2, Wagner 2, Beal, Bertans, Brown Jr.,
Hachimura). technical Fouls: None..
PortlANd MiN Fg Ft o-tAPFPtS
Anthony 31:49 8-13 6-6 0-5 1425
Ariza 33:32 3-5 7-8 0-3 4415
Whiteside 31:48 10-14 4-5 3-16 2424
Lillard 31:47 6-12 6-6 2-4 5122
McCollum 33:20 9-18 2-4 1-6 5122
Trent Jr. 28:17 1-7 0-0 1-541 2
Hezonja 16:11 1-3 0-0 0-210 3
Simons 13:42 2-6 3-3 0-101 8
Swanigan 10:31 0-0 0-0 0-426 0
Gabriel 5:40 0-0 0-0 0-001 0
Little 3:21 2-3 0-0 0-101 4
totAlS 240 42-81 28-32 7-47 24 24 125
Percentages: FG .519, FT .875. 3-Point goals: 13-31, .419
(Lillard 4-7, Anthony 3-5, Ariza 2-4, McCollum 2-7,
Hezonja 1-1, Simons 1-3, Little 0-1, Trent Jr. 0-3). team
rebounds: 9. team turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 11
(Whiteside 4, Ariza 2, Hezonja 2, Lillard, McCollum,
Simons). turnovers: 15 (Lillard 3, Swanigan 3, Anthony
2, Hezonja 2, Whiteside 2, Gabriel, McCollum, Trent Jr.).
Steals: 7 (Anthony 2, Ariza 2, Lillard 2, Simons).