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Financial Arena in Tempe, Ariz.Davidson upsets Alabama
Davidson made the most of an
unexpected crack at a top-10 team.
Luka Brajkovic scored 22 points
and Michael Jones had 21 to help
the Wildcats to a 79-78 victory over
10th-ranked Alabama (9-3) on
Tuesday in Birmingham, Ala.
Davidson (9-2) had a 13-point
lead early in the second half and
held on for its eighth straight win.
l IOWA STATE 79, CHICAGO
STATE 48: Izaiah Brockington
had 20 points and 13 rebounds,
Tristan Enaruna added 19 points
and 10 rebounds, and the ninth-
ranked Cyclones (12-0) trounced
the Cougars (4-8) in Ames, Iowa.
l MICHIGAN STATE 90,
OAKLAND 78: Marcus Bingham
Jr. had 17 points, 12 rebounds and
four blocks and was one of five
double-digit scorers for the 11th-
ranked Spartans (10-2), who han-
dled the Golden Grizzlies (7-4) in
Detroit for their fifth straight win.
l VILLANOVA 71, XAVIER
58: Justin Moore (DeMatha)
scored 12 of his 17 points after
halftime to propel the 23rd-
ranked Wildcats (8-4, 1-1 Big East)
past the 18th-ranked Musketeers
(11-2, 1-1) in Villanova, Pa.
l GEORGE MASON 67,
AMERICAN 44: DeVon Cooper
went 5 for 7 from beyond the arc
and finished with 18 points as the
Patriots (7-5) routed the Eagles
(4-8) at EagleBank Arena.
George Mason, which had a
matchup Thursday against Cop-
pin State canceled because of cor-
onavirus issues in the Eagles’ pro-
gram, will face Wisconsin in Madi-
son, Wis., that day instead. The
Badgers had an open date after
their game against Morgan State
was canceled because of virus is-
sues within the Bears’ program.
l HARVARD 77, HOWARD
69: Steve Settle III scored 18
points, but the Bison (6-6) lost the
rebounding battle 50-34 and fell to
the Crimson (8-4) in Cambridge,
Mass.
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The Georgetown men’s basket-
ball team will have to wait to begin
the Big East portion of its season
after Wednesday’s opener at Provi-
dence was canceled because of
coronavirus issues within the
Hoyas’ program, the conference
announced Tuesday.
The Hoyas didn’t have any
covid-related issues for their 8 0-73
loss to TCU on Saturday, but that
changed quickly this week.
This scenario isn’t new for
Georgetown.
Four consecutive games were
postponed last season because of
covid-related issues within the
program.
And Coach Patrick Ewing was
hospitalized before the start of the
2020-21 season after he contract-
ed the illness.
Big East policy dictates that the
game must be forfeited, so Provi-
dence will be given the win. The
policy states that conference
games that cannot be played as
scheduled because of a team hav-
ing an insufficient number of play-
ers available for covid-related rea-
sons must be forfeited.
The Hoyas, whose record drops
to 6-6 overall and 0-1 in the Big
East, are scheduled to visit Creigh-
ton on Dec. 28.
— Kareem CopelandCancellations adding up
Tuesday night’s game between
No. 7 Kansas and Colorado in
Boulder, Colo., was canceled be-
cause of coronavirus protocols
within the Buffaloes’ program. In
addition, Michigan said its game
against Purdue Fort Wayne was
canceled because of issues within
the Mastodons’ program.
l ARIZONA STATE: Tuesday
night’s game between Florida
A&M and the Sun Devils was can-
celed because of an arena power
outage.
Both teams agreed to cancel the
contest after a facilities issue
caused a power outage at DesertMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Virus issues force Hoyas
to forfeit Big East opener
2, host No. 9 Michigan on Jan. 16
and visit No. 24 Ohio State on Jan.
20.A reunion
There was a feel-good vibe in
the air as Frese spoke with Coppin
State Coach Laura Harper before
and after the game. Harper played
four seasons for Frese at Maryland
and was the Final Four’s Most
Outstanding Player for the 2006
national championship team.
“I can’t say enough just how
proud I am of her,” Frese said.
“The program that she’s built here
at Coppin, she’s just done a phe-
nomenal job, which I’m not sur-
prised one bit. I love when our
players go into coaching.”
[email protected]the holiday break but is slated to
be back when Maryland visits Illi-
nois on Dec. 30.Last tuneup
The nonconference slate is over
— with mixed results. Maryland
defeated No. 10 Baylor but lost to
No. 1 South Carolina, No. 2 Stan-
ford and No. 5 North Carolina
State. Frese scheduled those
games with an eye on March.
Frese said she wanted to see her
team respond from the South
Carolina loss and play unselfishly,
focus on rebounding and get back
to playing its style of basketball.
Things don’t get easier with
four other Big Ten teams in the top- In the next month, the Terps
will travel to No. 8 Indiana on Jan.
Lawson added 13.
Here’s what else to know from
Tuesday’s game:Over early
Maryland used a 20-4 first-
quarter run to put the game away.
Coppin State struggled with turn-
overs against the Terps’ press, giv-
ing the ball away five times in less
than five minutes. The Eagles had
10 turnovers at halftime and 17 for
the game.
Coppin State shot 31.5 percent
and was outrebounded 51-20.No Chardon
Maryland freshman Emma
Chardon did not make the trip.
The native of Switzerland was giv-
en permission to go home early forW ednesday and beyond, but it
didn’t seem to affect Miller during
the game. Her length was a prob-
lem defensively, she showed off
her playmaking skills with a nifty
pass to a cutting Mimi Collins for a
layup, and she added a baseline-
driving reverse layup for good
measure.
Miller finished with 10 points,
six rebounds, four assists and two
blocks.
“She uplifts our team,” Mary-
land Coach Brenda Frese said.
“She makes everyone better. It’s a
sign of a great player when you
make everyone around you better,
and that’s what she does. And you
can see the passion and how hard
she plays on both ends of the floor.
Our defense looks a lot better
because of the [21] minutes she
gave. And I thought she made
great reads, and now it’s like she
said, getting her wind, her condi-
tioning, her timing and all of that.
But I thought for her first game
out, she was really, really good.”
Graduate guard Katie Benzan
found her shot with 22 points,
going 6 for 9 from behind the arc.
Benzan was the top three-point
shooter in the nation last season,
making 50 percent of her at-
tempts, but that had dipped to
44.8 percent (34th in the nation)
this season. Her ability to shoot
from deep stretches the defense
and makes it more difficult to
bring help against Angel Reese in
the paint.
“That’s a testament to my team-
mates,” Benzan said. “I’m playing
with two great point guards in
[Ashley Owusu and Shyanne Sell-
ers]. But it goes all around with
my teammates just finding me
when I’m open, and recently it’s
been going down. Just finding
that confidence and that consis-
tency — hopefully it can carry on
for the rest of this season.”
Reese finished with 12 points
and 14 rebounds, one board shy of
a career high, as she played in her
hometown for the first time as a
collegian. Chloe Bibby posted 14
points and nine rebounds.
Mossi Staples led Coppin State
(6-6) with 16 points, and Aliyah
MARYLAND FROM D1
Miller and Benzan spark T erps in rout
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“She makes everyone better,” Maryland Coach Brenda Frese said of guard Diamond Miller, above.scored all 16 of her points in the
first half as the No. 25 Tar Heels
raced to a 30-point lead en route to
an easy win in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Eva Hodgson added 14 points
for North Carolina (11-0), which
jumped out to a 24-5 lead.
Tyesha Rudolph scored 22
points for the Lady Hornets (2-7).C olonials fall at home
Mackenzie Kramer made 7 of 10
three-point attempts and scored
31 points to spark Lehigh to a 70-57
victory over George Washington
at Smith Center.
Megan Walker added 16 points,
and Emma Grothaus had 12 along
with 20 rebounds for the Moun-
tain Hawks (8-3). Kyara Frames
had 14 points, Faith Blethen added
10, and Taylor Webster pulled
down 10 rebounds for the Colo-
nials (6-6).
l POSTPONEMENT: Tues-
day’s scheduled game between
American and Howard at Burr
Gymnasium was postponed be-
cause of coronavirus concerns in
the Bison program.the No. 21 Tigers beat the Lady
Raiders at the West Palm Beach
Invitational.
LSU (11-1) scored 12 of the
game’s first 14 points, led 39-26 at
halftime and never trailed. Point-
er reached 1,500 career points i n
the first half.
Rhyle McKinney scored 14
points for Texas Tech (7-4).
l BYU 89, MONTANA STATE
67: Shaylee Gonzales scored 21
points and Lauren Gustin added
15 points and 18 rebounds to help
the No. 19 Cougars (9-1) beat the
Bobcats in Bozeman, Mont.
Darian White had 13 points and
10 rebounds for Montana State
(7-6).
l OHIO STATE 66, SAN
D IEGO STATE 54: J acy Sheldon
scored 19 points as the No. 24
Buckeyes defeated t he Aztecs ( 6-5)
in San Diego.
Braxtin Miller added 16 points
and former Maryland guard Tay-
lor Mikesell chipped in 15 for Ohio
State (9-2).
l NORTH CAROLINA 83,
A LABAMA STATE 47: Deja Kellyl GEORGIA TECH 78,
B OSTON UNIVERSITY 49:
E ylia Love scored 1 9 points; Lorela
Cubaj had 12 points, 14 rebounds
and five assists; and the No. 17
Yellow Jackets outscored the Ter-
riers 2 7-6 in the third quarter to
win in Atlanta.
Lotta-Maj Lahtinen added nine
points and six assists for the Yel-
low Jackets (10-2).
Emily Esposito and Caitlin Wei-
mar each scored 10 points for Bos-
ton University (4-7).
l MISSISSIPPI 61, SOUTH
FLORIDA 53: Madison Scott
scored 12 points, Angel Baker had
11, and the Rebels upset the No. 18
Bulls at the West Palm Beach (Fla.)
Invitational.
The score was tied with 6:06 to
play in the third quarter before
Mississippi (12-1) went on a 13-1
run as the Bulls missed 12 straight
shots.
S ydni Harvey scored 17 points
for South Florida (8-4).
l LSU 74, TEXAS TECH 60:
Khayla Pointer had 19 points, sev-
en rebounds and seven assists aspotential winning shot in the wan-
ing moments.
Caitlin Clark had 19 points and
grabbed 11 rebounds for the
Hawkeyes, who s cored the first
nine points and never trailed until
the final score.
l GEORGIA 89, SOUTH
A LABAMA 50: Jenna Staiti
scored 17 points on 8-for-9 shoot-
ing as the No. 13 Bulldogs rolled
past the Jaguars in Athens, Ga.
Staiti had 13 points in the first
half, when Georgia (11-1) made 20
of 30 shots and opened a 47-26
lead.
Mahogany Vaught led the Jag-
uars (6-7) with 11 points, and Dee
Haymer added 10.
l DUKE 78, CHARLESTON
SOUTHERN 35: Elizabeth Balo-
gun scored 14 points and Nyah
Green and Miela Goodchild added
10 each as the No. 16 Blue Devils
rolled in Charleston, S.C.
Twelve players scored for Duke
(9-1), which overpowered the Buc-
caneers by a 66-22 margin on the
boards. Charleston Southern fell
to 0-11.biggest comeback in school his-
tory.
Lexie Hull led Stanford (8-3)
with 17 points, but just three of
those came in the final three quar-
ters.
l IUPUI 74, IOWA 73: Rachel
McLimore scored 12 of her 19
points in the fourth quarter, in-
cluding the winning free throws
with three seconds left, as the Jag-
uars dominated the fourth quar-
ter to stun the No. 15 Hawkeyes in
Iowa City.
Macee Williams also scored 19
points for IUPUI (5-4). Iowa (6-3)
led by 18 points in the middle of
the third quarter and 62-47 enter-
ing the fourth.
The Hawkeyes l ed 69-60 with
under six minutes to play, but a
10-2 IUPUI burst made it 71-70
with less than two minutes to go.
Monika Czinano made a layup
for the Hawkeyes, but Williams
answered with a basket. Following
an Iowa turnover, M cLimore con-
verted two free throws after being
fouled on a drive. Czinano, who
led Iowa with 23 points, missed aFROM NEWS SERVICES
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Aliyah Boston did not miss this
time, her layup with 1:05 to go
giving No. 1 South Carolina a 65-61
victory over No. 2 Stanford on
Tuesday night in Columbia, S.C.
Boston finished with 18 points
and 11 rebounds for her fifth
straight double-double and the
36th of her career.
It was Boston who could not
convert in April at the Final Four
during the closing seconds to send
the Cardinal to a 66-65 victory en
route to the national champion-
ship.
This time, the 6-foot-5 all-
American set herself up down low,
got the ball from Destanni Hen-
derson and put it in for the game-
winning basket as the Gamecocks
(12-0) rallied from 18 points down
in the first half to complete the
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Boston makes up f or last season to lift No. 1 Gamecocks over No. 2 Cardinal
SOUTH CAROLINA 65,
STANFORD 61
BY EMILY GIAMBALVO
As the dogs saved from Mi-
chael Vick’s fighting ring went on
to live as family pets or at sanctu-
aries, their everyday lives became
a testament to the power of
rehabilitation. For years, leaders
in animal welfare have praised
how these dogs, once viewed as
damaged beyond repair, changed
the perception of animals seized
from dire circumstances. As the
2007 rescue slipped further into
the past and the dogs reached old
age, their human advocates and
adopters knew there would soon
be a time in which these dogs
lived on only through the change
they helped spark.
Frodo, the last dog remaining
from this group, died Saturday,
Oakland-based organization
BADRAP announced, adding that
Jonny Justice, another dog saved
from Vick, died just two days
earlier. As this dogfighting case
became a national story because
of Vick’s fame as an NFL quarter-
back, BADRAP became an early
voice advocating for the dogs
when others believed they should
be killed.
“If they put them all down, it
will just seal the deal and every-
one will believe that they de-
served it and that’s what was
supposed to happen,” Donna
Reynolds, executive director of
BADRAP, said in 2019, noting her
organization’s past success work-
ing with dogs from fighting situa-
tions. “It became kind of this
urgent sense of, ‘Oh, my God,
This is a case that we really need
to get in there if at all possible.’
But how to get in there was the
tricky part.”
Ultimately, 47 dogs rescued
from Vick’s property in Virginia
landed with organizations
around the country. (A 48th dog,
Rose, had to be euthanized for
medical reasons before the dogs
were officially allocated to rescue
groups.) The 22 dogs considered
the most challenging cases went
to Best Friends Animal Society,
which has a sprawling sanctuary
in Kanab, Utah. BADRAP took 10
dogs, and the rest headed to
other organizations in smallergroups.
As the dogs began their new
lives, some families kept the
high-profile background of their
pets private, while others used
their stories as a platform to
advocate for pit bulls and dogs
saved from fighting situations.
The dogs’ lives diverged, with
some still affected by the emo-
tional trauma they endured and
others experiencing no lasting
damage.Frodo, a black pit bull with
long ears, was adopted by Kim
Ramirez and lived in California.
He found his new home in the fall
of 2007 and was one of the
younger dogs rescued from Vick’s
property.
“When I got Frodo, the world
was a scary place,” Ramirez said
in an interview two years ago,
describing her dog as initially
“very, very shut down.”
Early on, Frodo had night-
mares, and he would let out cries.
Ramirez would get up from bed
to console him. She either left the
TV on a music channel or had a
fan running to create white noise
to drown out any sounds from
outdoors overnight.
“I’ve had to somewhat rear-
range my life in a way for Frodo,”
Ramirez said then. “And he’s
worth it, believe me.”
Ramirez worked with Frodo so
he would become more familiar
with everyday objects, and even-
tually he became comfortable
inside his house and yard, even
though the outside world still
sparked some fear.
Frodo lived to be an estimated
15, and BADRAP’s social media
announcement about his death
said: “THIS is the important part— the last 14 years of his life were
spent being pampered like a
prince with the Ramirez family
and dogs. Sweet Frodo — How we
loved him. He was one of the
bravest survivors we’ve ever
met.”
In Frodo’s final moments, he
ate steak while surrounded by his
family members.
The rescue groups wanted
these dogs to be seen as individu-
als during the evaluation process,
and their lives after showcased
their uniqueness.
Audie participated in agility
competitions. Ginger enjoyed ex-
ploring natural places, and
adopter Stacy Dubuc, a Green
Bay Packers fan, took a road trip
with Ginger from California to
Lambeau Field in Green Bay,
Wis., to visit the brick that honors
Ginger. Handsome Dan lives on
through the rescue organization
that bears his name. Harriet lived
most of her life on a farm in
Maryland. Jonny Justice loved
children and spent time with kids
through a literacy program. Col-
lectively, leaders in animal wel-
fare believe the rehabilitation of
these dogs, sometimes referred
to as the Vicktory dogs, prompt-
ed policy change and led othersseized from fight busts to be
given a chance to live.
“After an astonishing legacy,
from coast to coast, from warm
homes to state capitals, these
beloved dogs have been the living
embodiment of resiliency,” Best
Friends wrote in a social media
post Monday. “Their courage
proved that there’s no such thing
as ‘too damaged’ or ‘beyond
hope.’ ”
John Garcia, who at the time of
the Vick case co-managed Best
Friends’ area devoted to dogs,
was closely involved with this
rehabilitation effort. On a sum-
mer day in 2019, he shared vivid
memories of some of the dogs —
Cherry, Bonita, Ellen, Lucas —
and when he imagined how they
would be remembered after all of
them had died, he said: “They’ve
gone through so much, and
they’ve changed so much. They’ll
never be forgotten.”
Garcia, standing in the run of
two of the Vicktory dogs, paused
briefly to acknowledge barks
coming from Mya, who lived at
Best Friends until she died in
2019, and then said, “I think the
legacy of these guys is going to be
forever.”
[email protected]Last surviving dog rescued from Vick’s fighting ring dies
FAMILY PHOTO
Frodo had been adopted by
Kim Ramirez in the fall of
2007 and lived in California.Frodo, a black pit bull
with long ears, lived
to be an estimated 15