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Sharapova reaches
Australian Open final
Maria Sharapova reached
the Australian Open final for the
fourth time, beating fellow Russian
Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-2 in a
lopsided semifinal on Thursday.
The second-ranked Sharapova
needed 10 minutes to hold in her
opening service game, fending off
two break points. She responded
to the only service break against
her in the first set by winning six
straight games to take the match
away from the 10th-seeded
Makarova, who had only taken
one set off her in five previous
matches.
She will next meet the winner
of the all-American semifinal between top-ranked Serena Williams
and 19-year-old Madison Keys.
Sharapova won the Australia
Open title in 2008 and lost finals
in 2007 and 2012. She opened
the season by winning the Brisbane International title.
— Associated Press
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By BEN SCHUFF
[email protected]
MARSHALLTOWN — This one was more
of the norm for Southeastern Community
College.
The perimeter prowess and 3-point shooting, the ability to respond and overcome —
areas SCC struggled with in recent games
— emerged again as strengths.
The Blackhawks regained their shooting
touch Wednesday night and earned a season
sweep of conference foe Marshalltown with
a 78-70 victory in the Marshalltown Community College Student Activity Center.
SCC shot 57 percent from the 3-point line
and made eight threes.
“This was more of a typical night for us
offensively, no question,” SCC coach Terry
Carroll said.
How SCC did it, though, was unconventional. His hand forced by foul trouble, Carroll went with a smaller lineup around the
15-minute mark of the second half. When the
lineup kept producing results, he stuck with
it.
With center Dan Ransom on the bench
with four fouls, four Blackhawk guards and
two forwards playing out of position created
a rotation that worked well together. Passing
and driving lanes nonexistent earlier in the
game opened up as the Blackhawks spaced
the floor, creating opportunities to cut to the
basket and open shots on the perimeter.
“They were really denying the ball on the
wings, so we were able to space the floor
(and) get quicker guys out there that can take
advantage of back-door and going to the basket and got better shooters out there to space
them out,” said Steven Soukup, who along
with Isiah Graves both scored 19 in the win.
The simple explanation was that it
worked.
“Once they got playing well and built a
lead, there was no reason to change back,”
Carroll said.
The smaller lineup scored on seven of its
first 10 possessions together and expanded
what was a one-point lead to 61-53 with
roughly 10 minutes to play.
The mix forced Josh Ross and Sam Ross Thede/Marshalltown Times-Republican
McDaniel into post roles defensively and SCC’s Anthony Goss goes up
they responded well. Ross finished with for a shot in front of Marshalleight rebounds and McDaniel seven off the
town defender Christal Malulu
See Blackhawks page 4B in the second half.
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Muscatine
Patriots safety Rodney Harrison (37) during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz. New England is seeking a
Mediapolis and Lone Tree at Pekin championship, not closure, for its 17-14 loss to the Giants in 2008.
New London and WACO at Van
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GOLF
2 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour,
Phoenix Open, first round, at
Scottsdale, Ariz.
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5 p.m. BTN — Michigan State
at Rutgers
6 p.m. ESPN — Maryland at
Ohio State
ESPNU — Dayton at UMass
7 p.m. ESPN2 — UConn at
Cincinnati
8 p.m. ESPN — Kentucky at
Missouri
ESPNU — Eastern Kentucky at
Murray State
8:30 p.m. FS1 — Colorado at
Southern Cal
9 p.m. ESPN2 — Utah at UCLA
10 p.m. ESPNU — San Francisco at BYU
NBA
7 p.m. TNT — Denver Nuggets
at Memphis Grizzlies
9:30 p.m. TNT — Chicago Bulls
at Los Angeles Lakers
NHL
6 p.m. NBCSN — Montreal
Canadiens at New York Rangers
9 p.m. NBCSN — Anaheim
Ducks at San Jose Sharks
TENNIS
2:30 a.m. ESPN — Australian Open, men’s semifinal, at
Melbourne
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
6 p.m. FS1 — Oklahoma at
Texas
7 p.m. BTN — Rutgers at
Purdue (joined in progress)
8 p.m. BTN — Ohio State at
Wisconsin
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By HOWARD ULMAN
Associated Press
CHANDLER, Ariz. — The
road to perfection reached a
dead end in the Arizona desert.
Now the New England Patriots
are back where a Super Bowl
ch a mpion ship — and
an unbeaten
r e c o r d
—
barely
eluded them
seven years
ago.
Not that they dwell on their
return to the place where the
best season in NFL history
slipped from their grasp.
“It’s not where we play, it’s
how we play,” Tom Brady said
Wednesday, “and I’m glad we’re
here with the opportunity to do
something really special.”
A win Sunday night against
the Seattle Seahawks would
even the Patriots record in Super
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) and
wide receiver Matthew Slater
warm up before Wednesday’s
practice.
Bowls at University of Phoenix
Stadium at 1-1. New England is
seeking a championship, not closure for its 17-14 loss to the New
York Giants in 2008.
“I’m sure it will be a cool story
See Patriots page 4B
PHOENIX — Almost all
football fans know Tom Brady,
Russell Wilson, Richard Sherman, Marshawn Lynch and
Rob Gronkowski.
The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks
wouldn’t be playing in the
Super Bowl on Sunday if it
weren’t for their superstars.
But both teams got here with
lesser-known players coming
up big at key times.
Jermaine Kearse caught a
touchdown pass in overtime
in Seattle’s win over Green
Bay in the NFC championship
game. Julian Edelman threw
a TD pass in New England’s
division-round win over Baltimore.
There’s Rob Ninkovich,
Michael Bennett and several
others. Often, surprise players are the stars in the Super
Bowl.
Just look at last year when
Seahawks linebacker Malcolm
Smith was the unlikely MVP
in Seattle’s win over Denver.
Smith returned a Peyton Manning interception for a touchdown and recovered a fumble
in a 43-8 rout. Now the former
seventh-round pick hardly
plays on defense.
“That’s the beauty of our
team that anybody can have
See Surprises page 4B
JUNIOR COLLEGE BASEBALL
Blackhawks’ assistant charged with OWI
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By BEN SCHUFF
[email protected]
Southeastern Community College assistant baseball coach Mark Michael was
arrested early Tuesday morning on a charge
of operating a vehicle while under the influence.
West Burlington police stopped Michael in
the 300 block of West Agency Street shortly
after 1 a.m. A police report states Michael
“had red, watery, bloodshot eyes and his
speech was somewhat slow and slurred.”
Michael admitted to drinking and failed
three standardized field sobriety tests. He
refused a preliminary breath test and later
registered a .115 blood alcohol level at the
Des Moines County jail.
It is Michael’s second OWI offense. He also
was charged with speeding and is scheduled
to appear in court on Feb. 13.
Michael could not be reached for comment.
SCC men’s athletic director Terry Carroll
said Michael will face “some form of disciplinary action” after going through the judicial process and after the school reviews all
the facts of the incident.
“I’m glad nobody was hurt,” Carroll said.
“It’s a very unfortunate incident. I’m sorry it
happened. I wish it wouldn’t have happened.”
The second-offense OWI charge is an
aggravated misdemeanor punishable by up
to two years in prison, a maximum fine of
$6,250 and a driver’s license suspension of
two years.
Carroll said a statement will be issued
when a decision is made regarding Michael’s
future with the school.
“We would want to make a decision that
is based on everybody’s best interest — the
program, the school, the person involved,
everything,” Carroll said.
Michael was arrested in November, 2011,
in Kentucky on his first offense.
SCC head baseball coach Justin Schulte
declined to comment on the matter.
Last season was Micheal’s first with the
SCC baseball program. He served as a pitching coach and assisted in recruiting.
Carroll said early Wednesday afternoon
he had spoken with Michael about the incident.
“We weren’t happy,” Carroll said. “Two
adults got together and discussed it and
we’re going to come up with workable solutions. It’s unfortunate it happened, but it did,
so now we’ll deal with it.”
Grays
comes
through
Free throws seal SCC
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By MATT LEVINS
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KEOKUK — Champale Grays
leads the Southeastern Community College women’s basketball
team in scoring, averaging 13.2
points per game.
But put the sophomore forward on the free-throw line and
it becomes a crapshoot. Grays is
shooting just 50 percent from the
line this season.
So when Grays was fouled
with six seconds to go and the
Blackhawks clinging to a threepoint lead over Iowa Central,
Grays was hoping to make one.
That was a bit of wishful thinking, considering she had made
just three of her nine attempts
all night.
With the game — and soul
possession of second place in
the Iowa Community College
Athletic Conference Division II
standings — riding on her free
throws, Grays rolled a seven. She
sank both shots, lifting SCC to
a tension-packed 75-70 victory
over the Tritons on Wednesday
night at the Cardinal Stritch
Gym.
When it mattered most, Grays
came up big for her team in the
clutch.
“I was thinking, ‘I have to
make these free throws or I’m
going to get yelled at.’ I’m getting tired of getting yelled at by
Coach about these free throws,”
said Grays, who finished with
11 points. “I was so relieved
because I knew he was going to
have to take me out of the game
if I missed another free throw.
I couldn’t hit a free throw all
night.”
“She made two big ones. It’s
something that we’ll get back in
practice (Thursday) and work
on it. It’s just one of those things.
You’ve got to be able to make
free throws at certain parts of
the game and she made them at
a real crucial time,” SCC coach
Jerry Jerome said.
“(Grays) sealed the deal,” Iowa
Central coach Jordon O’Brien
said.
SCC (16-5 overall, 5-1 ICCAC)
was out of sync offensively most
of the night. The Blackhawks
made just 14-of-40 shots in the
first half and trailed 32-30 at
halftime.
One of the few bright spots
in the first half was sophomore
Kelsi Conner. The Burlington
High School graduate scored
eight of her 12 points in the opening 20 minutes to help keep the
Blackhawks within striking distance.
“It was a pretty big game for
us. I know last year they were
really good and this year they’re
really good, too. But we beat
them and we really didn’t play
our best. There’s a lot more to
come,” Conner said. “I just wasn’t
thinking about it. I let the game
come to me. I was just making
my shots.”
Part of the Blackhawks’ problem stemmed from the Tritons’
2-3 zone, which baffled SCC for
much of the game.
“I think our defense kind
of caught them off guard. We
played a little 2-3 against them.
I was happy with our defensive
effort. It was just our offensive
effort ... they just weren’t falling
See SCC page 4B