Despite Fisher III’s career-high 26 points and 10 rebounds, San Jose State falls to Wyoming 89-75

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By: Ana Kieu

It wasn’t a sellout crowd at Arena-Auditorium, but it was a loud crowd. The San Jose State Spartans were still seeking their first conference win of the season and they hoped to defeat the Wyoming Cowboys in any way possible Saturday afternoon.

Both teams rose to the occasion as soon as the ball went up in the air following the scheduled 2 pm MT tipoff. Keith Fisher III drained the foul-line jumper to cap off a 9-0 Spartans run before the Cowboys took a timeout. The Spartans were up 11-5 at the 16:44 mark of the first half.

Both teams also exchanged a couple of ties and leads. Ryan Welage threw down a dunk to tie the game at 17 apiece midway through the first. The Cowboys then went on a 16-2 run, but Jalen James hit a jumper to hush the home team. However, Wyoming continued to lead 38-31 with 3:48 left in the first.

The Spartans trailed the Cowboys 45-37 at the end of the first. Jaycee Hillsman scored 11 points and five rebounds. Fisher III had 10 points and four rebounds.

Despite the fact that Fisher III led all Spartans with 22 points, the Cowboys led by 12 points, 73-61, with 7:20 left in the second half.

The Spartans pulled within nine with 2:38 left in the second. Then, the Cowboys pushed forward for an 11-point lead with less than two minutes left. Wyoming was terrific from beyond the arc, and that was a reason why San Jose State remained flat.

The Spartans lost to the Cowboys 89-75 in Wyoming. Fisher III finished with a career-high 26 points and 10 rebounds. Hillsman scored 15 points and 10 rebounds. Welage had 19 points.

Notes
Spartans’ starting lineup: Jalen James, Jaycee Hillsman, Keith Fisher III, Ryan Welage and Oumar Barry.

Cowboys’ starting lineup: Justin James, Hunter Maldonado, Cody Kelley, Hayden Dalton and Alan Herndon.

Up Next
The Spartans return to action next Wednesday, February 21 as they take on the Nevada Wolf Pack at 7 pm PT on ESPN3.

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Matt Harrington: Cardinal in hopes to end three game loss streak heads to Cal for Big Game showdown

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file photo by gostanford.com: Stanford Cardinal’s Dorian Pickens (11) drives against the Cal Bears defense earlier this season at Maples Pavilion

Stanford Cardinal Men’s Basketball Podcast with Matt:

1 The last loss for the Stanford Cardinal was to the Colorado Buffaloes last Saturday 64-56. The Cardinal dropping their third straight game

2 Colorado’s Lucas Stewart led Colorado with 17 points and two key three points

3 Dorian Pickens inspite of Stanford’s shots not falling led with 18 points and Reid Travis with ten points for the night

4 The Cardinal cut the lead to one but fell back when the Buffaloes ran off a 12-5 scoring attack and never looked back

5 Stanford heads to Berkeley on Sunday for a big game version with Cal

Matt Harrington does the Stanford Cardinal Podcast each Saturday at http://www.sportsradiosercvice.com

Heat comeback from three-goal deficit to upend Barracuda 5-4 in OT

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By Marko Ukalovic

The San Jose Barracuda (22-19-3-3) blew a three-goal lead as the Stockton Heat (23-17-2-3) scored four unanswered goals for a 5-4 dramatic comeback victory on Friday evening at the Stockton Arena.

Hunter Shinkaruk scored the game winning goal with 39 seconds left in the over time for his 13th goal on the season. Oliver Kylington set up Shinkaruk and he was able to go up top-shelf on Cuda goalie Troy Grosenick (6-9-3).

San Jose would jump out to a quick start against their Nor Cal rival when Jacob Middleton led a 2-on-1 with Adam Helewka. Middleton stole the puck away from Brett Findley just inside the Cuda blue line, skated up the right wing and passed it over to Helewka who fired a shot past Heat goalie Mason McDonald (0-1-0) into the back of the net for his seventh goal of the season at 2:20 mark of first period.

Stockton’s Tanner Glass scored would tied the game when he was able to pounced on a rebound and put it past Grosenick for his second goal of the season at the 8:49 mark of the first period. Kylington’s shot from the point was initially saved by Grosenick but he could corral the rebound. Dalton Prout received the secondary assist.

Sam Warning would give San Jose back the lead with his first AHL goal of his career. Filip Sandberg sent in a pass into the Heat zone and Warning collected the puck and snapped a shot past McDonald with a sweeping spin-o-rama motion at the 17:20 mark of the first period.

Grosenick made two important saves in the first period. Brett Pollack had a wide-open chance after a turnover by Radim Simek that Grosenick was able to glove. Glass had a short-handed chance that Grosenick stoned away.

The Cuda had two short-handed chances to extend their lead midway through the second period but were stymied both times by McDonald. Danny O’Regan couldn’t convert on a breakaway. Moments later Rudolfs Balcers and Simek had a 2-on-1 chance only to have McDonald make a brilliant save on Balcers’ shot.

The Cuda were finally able to cash in on their fifth power play opportunity when rookie forward Alex True was able to light the red light on a rebound chance. Julius Bergman fed O’Reagan who one-timed a shot from the right point that McDonald stopped but True crashed the net and pounded home the puck past McDonald for his seventh goal of the season for a 3-1 lead at the 12:55 mark of the 2nd period.

San Jose scored their third unanswered goal when Simek gave the Cuda a 4-1 lead on a short-handed goal, thanks to a 3-on-1 chance with O’Regan and Balcers. O’Regan made a drop pass to an open Simek who buried the puck past McDoanld for his fourth goal of the season at the 15:52 mark. It was O’Regan’s second assist on the night.

San Jose were impressive in killing off a Heat 5-on-3 power play opportunity with five minutes remaining in the second period, thanks to the great goaltending by Groesnick. He stopped all 15 shots, including a couple of point-blank chances, he faced in the middle frame.

The Heat would dominate the third period. Austin Carrol would cut the Cuda lead in half after some dazzling stick handling by Rasmus Andersson at the 3:02 mark. Andersson was able skate down the left wing side, made a toe drag move around a defender before centering a pass to Carrol who was able shoot the puck over the left pad of Grosenick for his fourth goal of the season.

Andersson would draw the Heat to within one goal when he was able to bang home the puck into a wide open net thanks to a great feed from Andrew Mangiapane who was left all alone by the Cuda defense. Andersson’s fifth goal of the season came at the 7:50 mark.

The Heat would complete the come back with their third unanswered goal in the period when Andersson tied the game up with his second goal of the night (and sixth of the season) when he jumped on the rebound from a shot by Hunter Shinkaruk with 2:51 left in the third period. San Jose was outshot 18-3 in the third frame.

Mason, who made just his second start of his AHL career, earned his first career AHL victory on 25 saves on 29 shots. Grosenick, who made his second consecutive start, suffered the loss, despite making 41 saves on 46 shots.

GAME NOTES: San Jose was 1/6 on the power play (5/29 overall against Stockton this season) while Stockton went 0/6.

The Barracuda are now 2-1 at the Stockton Arena this season. This was the eighth game between the two clubs. They play each other four more times. Simek’s short-handed goal was the second short-handed goal on the road against Stockton. It was their fourth short-handed goal of the season overall. San Jose is now 12-1-2 when they have a lead after the second period. Alex True had a spirited first ever fight against Brett Pollock 42 seconds into the third period.

UP NEXT: The Barracuda conclude their two-game series against the Heat tomorrow at Stockton Arena. Face off is scheduled for 6 pm PT.

San Jose State continues Mountain West play 7,220 feet above in Wyoming

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By: Ana Kieu

Spartans head up to Wyoming Saturday
The San Jose State Spartans continues Mountain West play on Saturday, February 17, on the road against the Wyoming Cowboys. Tipoff on the Mountain West Network is set for 2:00 pm MT. Fans can watch the broadcast online using the link on the men’s basketball schedule page. To listen to the Spartans’ broadcast with Justin Allegri’s play-by-play call, tune your radio to KLIV 1590 AM.

Game #25
San Jose State (3-21, 0-13 MW) at Wyoming (16-10, 7-6 MW)
Saturday, February 17, 2018, 2:00 pm MT
Arena-Auditorium (11,612)
Laramie, Wyo.

TV: Mountain West Network
Radio: KLIV 1590 AM

SJSU’s last meeting with Wyoming
The Spartans and Cowboys met inside the Event Center on Jan. 27. Despite Ryan Welage’s career-high 37 points, it was Wyoming that prevailed in overtime with a 80-76 win. It was tied with 2:12 remaining in the overtime period, but Cowboys’ Justin James scored the final six points of the game.

SJSU-Wyoming History
Wyoming controls the all-time series 11-2 after beating SJSU earlier this season. The Spartans’ last win in the series came on Jan. 13, 2016., inside the Event Center. That win for SJSU was the first on its home floor against a MW opponent since joining the league in 2013-14. Since then, the Cowboys have won four straight games, including last year’s regular season finale in Laramie 74-62. SJSU has never won at 7,220 feet in the air.

Fisher III continues hot streak
Spartan freshman Keith Fisher III notched his second double-double of the season, including 17 points and 13 rebounds the other night against the Fresno State Bulldogs. He has finished seven of the last nine games in double-figure scoring. In the last five games, Fisher is averaging 14.2 points and 8.2 rebounds. Helping the average is a career-best 23-point performance on the road at Colorado State on Feb. 10.

Welage continues to climb career ranks
With 15 points last game against Fresno State, Ryan Welage remains eighth on SJSU’s all-time scoring list with 1,159 points. Coby Dietrick, who played more than a decade of ABA and NBA basketball, sits one step ahead of Welage in seventh place with 1,173 points. Welage is currently second all-time at SJSU with 148 made 3-pointers. He’s right on the heels of the program leader Tim Pierce who finished his career with 153.

SJSU ALL-TIME SCORING LEADERS

  1. 1,767 – Ricky Berry (84 games)
  2. 1,750 – Adrian Oliver (80 games)
  3. 1,504 – Stu Inman (123 games)
  4. 1,432 – Wally Rank (102 games)
  5. 1,272 – Justin Graham (119 games)
  6. 1,236 – Chris McNealy (81 games)
  7. 1,173 – Coby Dietrick (72 games)
  8. 1,159 – Ryan Welage (84 games)
  9. 1,139 – Terry Cannon (97 games)
  10. 1,136 – Johnnie Skinner (73 games)
  11. 1,125 – Ken Mickey (82 games)
  12. 1,095 – Sid Williams (111 games)
  13. 1,050 – S.T. Saffold (72 games)
  14. 1,050 – Olivier Saint-Jean (51 games)
  15. 1,049 – Carroll Williams (75 games)

San Francisco 49ers podcast David Zizmor: Either way, Foster could be gone or suspended for six games

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On the San Francisco 49ers Podcast with David Zizmor:

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ruben Foster is either looking at a six-game suspension or getting released by the 49ers for his alleged domestic violence charge. The 49ers are waiting for to hear back from Los Gatos Police. Foster is charged with domestic violence, criminal threats, possession with a assault weapon. Foster is accused of dragging his girlfriend to the doorway of his Los Gatos home and throwing her belongings out the balcony and front doorway of the home.

Dave takes a look how this most recent charge impacts the team after they had a cavalcade of players who previously were arrested or had issues with law enforcement over domestic violence issues or DUIs. If the police do not charge Foster, the NFL can turn around and charge Foster for domestic abuse violating his contract and suspend him six games.

Dave Zizmor does the San Francisco 49ers podcast report at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

 

 

 

NHL Podcast Joe Lami: Karlsson gets 100th career point; Vegas takes it to Edmonton; Burns proves versatile in Sharks win; plus more NHL News

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On the NHL Podcast with Joe:

1 Vegas continues to make teams keep quiet on what happens in Vegas as the Golden Knights William Karlsson scored his 100th point of his career with his 30th goal. Knights win Thursday night 4-1 beating the Edmonton Oilers.

2 The San Jose Sharks dominated the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night at SAP Center with a 4-1 win the Sharks started Brent Burns as a forward scoring a goal and an assist. Later in the contest Burns played defenseman.

3 The New York Islanders shutout the New York Rangers 3-0. Jaroslav Halak in goal for the Isles got the shutout with 50 saves in his first shutout of the year.

4 What’s up with the Yotes? The Arizona Coyotes have been nailing them lately getting a 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens 5-2. It’s Arizona’s third win in a row.

5 The Anaheim Ducks just got by the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Thursday as the Ducks Ondrej Kase scored a goal and two assists and Adam Henrique got a third period goal. This was the Hawks’ eighth straight loss.

Joe Lami does the NHL Podcast each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Jones Stands Tall, Sharks Beat Canucks 4-1

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By Jerry Feitelberg

The San Jose Sharks knew the top players not amongst the injured would need to perform Thursday night if they’d like to escape with a win over the Vancouver Canucks at the SAP Center on Wednesday night. The big name players all pitched in, but the depth pieces also helped out with San Jose down Joe Thornton and now Tomas Hertl as well.

Martin Jones made a season-high 43 saves and Brent Burns registered a two-point night to lead the Sharks to a 4-1 win over the Canucks at home. Mikkel Boedker scored for the second consecutive game and depth pieces Chris Tierney and recent call-up Marcus Sorensen also lit the lamp for San Jose. Long-time lineup stalwart Daniel Sedin scored for Vancouver.

Mikkel Boedker started the Sharks scoring 8:41 into play, beating netminder Anders Nilsson for his ninth goal of the year in second in as many games. Chris Tierney and former Canuck Jannik Hansen assisted on the strike.

The Sharks second goal came from Brent Burns, who happened to be playing his natural defense at the time. Like in the loss to Arizona, Burns saw some time at wing, starting the game on the opposite side of Timo Meier with Joe Pavelski centering the top line. After a period of ineffectiveness, coach Peter DeBoer moved Burns back to the blue line. Burns responded by ripping one of his patented bombs that beat Nilsson 4:47 into the second period.

The Sharks escaped the second period leading 2-0 after Jones, a North Vancouver native, stood on his head in the middle stanza. The keeper turned aside 22 shots, the highest single period total of the season.

The goalie would be rewarded early in the third after recent San Jose Barracuda call up Marcus Sorensen unleashed a downright filthy wrist shot, beating Nilsson 3:06 into the third. Vancouver would answer back though, finally cracking through Jones 6:43 into the final frame on Daniel Sedin’s 14th goal of the season.

Burns, now firmly locked in as a defenseman, rewarded his coach again for returning him to his natural position with 7:27 left in regulation. Burns snaked a perfect pass to Chris Tierney who was waiting on the far post. Tierney redirected the puck into the neat for his 14th goal of the year. Boedker also picked up an assist for a two-point night for the Dane.

All wasn’t positive for the Sharks though, as the power play struggled again with two key cogs in Thornton and Hertl missing. San Jose went 0-3 Thursday night after going 0-for-4 Tuesday night against Arizona. The penalty killing unit was a perfect 1-for-1.

Next up for San Jose is a visit from Tyler Seguin and the Dallas Stars. After that, Team Teal hits the road for four straight games against Central Division foes. With a win Thursday, San Jose will enter that stretch still two points ahead of the Calgary Flames for second place in the Pacific Division.

Sports Headlines with Tony Renteria: Olympic highlights; Cueto to miss practice due to flu symptoms; A’s Stewart back as guest instructor; plus more

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photo by flickr John Morgan: Former A’s pitcher Dave Stewart returns as an Oakland A’s guest instructor this spring working with the A’s pitching staff

On the Sports Headlines Podcast with Tony:

1 The Olympics has brought a little or a lot of something what has been Tony favorite highlights?

2 San Francisco Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto will not be throwing as he’s day to day with a fever or flu symptoms according Giants medical doctors. Team doctors have emphasized rest

3 Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval is back in camp and one of the primary reason San Francisco brought him back was for his clubhouse presence and his experience for the younger players

4 Former Oakland A’s pitcher Dave Stewart is back in uniform and is helping A’s manager Bob Melvin as a guest instructor. Stew brings a lot of experience that the younger players can learn from.

5 What’s it like to not have another season of Sebastian Janokowski former Oakland Raiders place kicker who was released by the team on Wednesday, was it his age, his bad back, or at 40 years old was it just time to go?

Tony Renteria does Sports Highlights each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Cardinal lacking shooting points head to Berkeley for Sunday battle with Cal

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file photo by gostanford.com: The Stanford Cardinal’s Dorian Pickens (11) takes the dribble in the double overtime contest at Maples Pavilion earlier this season against the UCLA Bruins

Stanford Cardinal Podcast with Jerry:

1 The last loss for the Stanford Cardinal was to the Colorado Buffaloes last Saturday 64-56. The Cardinal dropping their third straight game

2 Colorado’s Lucas Stewart led Colorado with 17 points and two key three points

3 Dorian Pickens inspite of Stanford’s shots not falling led with 18 points and Reid Travis with ten points for the night

4 The Cardinal cut the lead to one but fell back when the Buffaloes ran off a 12-5 scoring attack and never looked back

5 Stanford heads to Berkeley on Sunday for a big game version with Cal

Jerry Feitelberg does Stanford Men’s basketball podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Kevin Durant scores 50 points, but it’s not enough as Warriors lose a thriller to Trail Blazers 123-117

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By Jerry Feitelberg

The Golden State Warriors fell behind by 20 points in the first half almost made an incredible comeback, but they could not catch the Portland Trail Blazers as they lost 123-117 Wednesday night at the Moda Center.

The Warriors had another poor first quarter as the Blazers came out firing. The Blazers’ backcourt duo of C.J. McCollum and Damien Lillard were unstoppable as they led the team to victory over the Warriors. The Blazers snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Warriors and sent the Warriors down to second place in the Western Conference. With the loss, the Warriors record of 44-14 is 1/2 game behind the Houston Rockets’ 44-13. The Rockets also own the tie-breaker with the Warriors which means if the teams finish the season with an identical record, the Rockets would have home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.

The Blazers raced to a 40-27 advantage after the first period. The Warriors finished the first half trailing by 12 points 63-51. Kevin Durant came to life in the third quarter, and he tallied 18 points to help close the gap to 92-87 after three quartersof play. The Warriors came close and tied the game at one point, but they could never regain the lead. KD hit a 3-pointer to make it 114-111 late in the fourth quarter. McCollum answered with a three of his own with just 2:15 left to play. The Blazers handled all the challenges and finished the night with another victory at home.

Game Notes and Stats: The Warriors are off until February 22nd when they meet the LA Clippers at Oracle Arena. The Warriors’ Big Four of Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green are heading to Los Angeles to play in the annual NBA All-Star game. Head coach Steve Kerr is on his way to Hawaii for a few days of rest and relaxation.

The Blazers’ backcourt duo of McCollum and Lillard scored 73 points and the Blazer defense held Curry and Thompson to just 34. The Warriors bench did not give the team much help offensively as they were outscored by Portland’s bench 21-16. The Warriors committed 16 turnovers in the loss.

The offensive star for Golden State was Kevin Durant, who knocked down 50 points, and had six assists, seven rebounds, and two blocked shots.

Green had a double-double with 16 points and 12 boards.

Steve Kerr was very thoughtful about the events that took place in Parkland, Florida, where at least 17 people were killed in another tragic school shooting. Kerr had this to say, ”Nothing has been done. It doesn’t seem to matter to our government that children are being shot to death day after day in schools. It doesn’t matter that people are being shot at a concert, movie theater. It’s not enough apparently to move our leadership, our government, the people who are running this country, to actually do anything. That’s demoralizing. But we can do something about it: We can vote people in who actually have the courage to protect people’s lives and not just bow down to the NRA because they financed their campaign for them. Hopefully we’ll find enough people, first of all, to vote good people in, but hopefully we can find enough people with courage to actually help our citizens remain safe and focus on the real safety issues, not building some stupid wall for billions of dollars that has nothing to do with our safety, but actually protecting us from what truly is dangerous, which is maniacs with semi-automatic weapons just slaughtering our children. It’s disgusting.”

Up Next: The Warriors host the Clippers at Oracle Arena next Thursday, February 22 at 7:30 pm PT.