Clemson survives Buckeye charge

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THE HERALD ■ SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2014

Clemson survives Buckeye charge By The Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — For the second time in three years, Clemson fell apart at the Orange Bowl. Only this COLLEGE time, the Tigers FOOTBALL found a way to recover. And thanks to Tajh Boyd, Sammy Watkins and plenty of others, the end result was Clemson’s biggest win in a generation. Boyd threw for 378 yards and five touchdowns, Watkins had a record-setting night with 16 catches for 227 yards, and No. 12 Clemson rallied to beat No. 7 Ohio State 40-35 on Friday for the school’s first Orange Bowl win in 32 years. “We are Orange Bowl champs again,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “Hey, listen: Two years ago we got our butts kicked on this field. And it has been a journey to get back. We’re 22-4 since that night. And we are the first team from the state of South Carolina to ever win a BCS game.” Boyd’s 5-yard pass to Stanton Seckinger with 6:16 remaining put the Tigers (11-2) ahead to stay on a night when they allowed 20 unanswered points in wasting an early 11-point lead. Watkins caught two scoring passes, plus became Clemson’s career receptions leader and set an Orange Bowl record for yardage. The Tigers posted consecutive 11-win seasons for the first time in school history. Braxton Miller threw for 234 yards and Carlos Hyde ran for 113 more for Ohio State (12-2), which led 29-20 in the second half but wound up losing its second straight game — after having won each of its previous 24 under coach Urban Meyer, whose record in Bowl Championship Series games fell to 4-1. Corey Brown had 116 yards receiving for the Buckeyes. Miller was intercepted twice in the final 3:12, dooming the Buckeyes. Boyd threw an interception to give Ohio State the ball back, but Miller was picked again. Stephone Anthony made the play for the Tigers, who ran out the clock. “It’s going to sting for a while, probably a long while because we didn’t finish,” Meyer said. “It was right there.” The mistakes started coming in bunches for Ohio State. A fumbled punt return and an interception led to touchdown grabs by Watkins and Bryant, putting the Tigers up entering the fourth. Hyde caught a 14-yard scoring pass from Miller with 11:35 left, giving the Buckeyes a one-point lead, but Clemson and Boyd went on one last scoring march to give the Tigers the BCS win they’ve been seeking for years.

■■ COTTON BOWL No. 9 Missouri 41, No. 13 Oklahoma State 31: Henry Josey ran for 92

yards and three touchdowns for Missouri, the last a 16-yarder with 3:08 left. The former Big 12 rivals traded points on six consecutive possessions in the fourth quarter, until Oklahoma State quarterback Clint Chelf was sacked and fumbled with a minute left. Defensive lineman Shane Ray picked up the ball and rumbled 76 yards down the sideline in front of the stunned Cowboys bench to score.

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Local schedule All Times EST ■■ TODAY, JAN. 4 Prep Boys Basketball Jasper at Loogootee (F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 Jasper at Paoli (JV/V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 Barr-Reeve at Northeast Dubois (JV/V) . . . . . . 6:00 Southridge at Gibson Southern (JV/V) . . . . . . 6:30 Heritage Hills at North Harrison (JV/V) . . . . . . 6:30 Prep Girls Basketball Northeast Dubois at Tecumseh Tourney (JV) . 10:00 Castle at Heritage Hills (F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noon Bedford North Lawrence Tournament Jasper vs. Bedford North Lawrence . . . . . . . . Noon Castle vs. Seymour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noon Consolation and championship . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 Prep Wrestling Heritage Hills Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 ■■ SUNDAY, JAN. 5 No events scheduled ■■ MONDAY, JAN. 6 Prep Boys Basketball Jasper at Forest Park (F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 Springs Valley at Southridge (F) . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 Wood Memorial at Heritage Hills (F) . . . . . . . . 7:00 Prep Wrestling Crawford County at Forest Park . . . . . . . . . . . 5:30

Prep basketball AT JASPER BOYS VARSITY ■■ Evansville Central 67, Jasper 59 Evansville Central . . . . . 11 17 23 16 — 67 Jasper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6 10 25 — 59 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL — Dedmond 2-5 2-2 6, Bell 5-9 9-11 21, Buening 3-8 1-2 8, Martin 6-12 12-13 24, Coffman 1-3 0-0 3, Milligan 1-4 2-2 5, Newman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-41 26-30 67. JASPER — Nottingham 2-5 0-0 5, Betz 2-5 2-2 7, Begle 4-13 2-2 11, Allen 3-5 1-2 7, Alles 4-5 0-0 8, Ahrens 4-10 0-0 10, Huebschman 0-2 0-0 0, Eckert 5-7 1-2 11. Totals 24-52 6-8 59. 3-point field goals — Evansville Central 5-14 (Bell 2-4, Buening 1-2, Coffman 1-3, Miligan 1-3, Dedmond 0-1, Martin 0-1), Jasper 5-14 (Ahrens 2-3, Betz 1-2, Nottingham 1-4, Begle 1-4, Eckert 0-1). Rebounds — Evansville Central 28 (Buening 7, Bell 6, Dedmond 6), Jasper 24 (Alles 9). Team fouls — Evansville Central 12, Jasper 21. Turnovers — Evansville Central 12, Jasper 12. JUNIOR VARSITY ■■ Jasper 42, Evansville Central 28 Evansville Central . . . . . . 6 10 6 6 — 28 Jasper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 9 9 14 — 42 Leading scorers: (J) Goebel 12, Gentry 7, Shepherd 5, Krueger 5, Gossett 4, Sermersheim 4; (EC) Stewart 7, Pemberton 6, Fuchs 5 AT FERDINAND/Pocket Athletic Conference BOYS VARSITY ■■ Forest Park 61, Tell City 44 Tell City . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11 10 15 — 44 Forest Park . . . . . . . . . 22 8 21 10 — 61 TELL CITY — Rowe 1-5 0-0 2, Mowery 2-8 2-2 6, G. Miller 1-3 0-0 2, Malone 4-9 3-4 11, R. Miller 2-6 0-0 4, Schaefer 0-0 0-0 0, Sanders 3-5 0-0 6, Baumeister 2-7 0-0 5, Phillips 1-2 0-0 3, Zabel 0-2 0-0 0, Flamion 0-0 0-0 0, Paulin 1-1 3-4 5. Totals 17-48 8-10 44. FOREST PARK — Weyer 3-8 0-0 7, Englert 1-3 0-0 2, Wilmes 6-11 1-1 16, Begle 1-5 4-6 6, Tempel 1-2 0-0 2, Lusk 5-7 0-0 10, Egloff 4-4 0-0 8, Wendholt 2-4 0-0 4, Deel 0-2 1-2 1, Buechler 1-2 0-0 3, Cronin 0-0 0-0 0, Bromm 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 25-49 6-9 61. 3-point field goals — Tell City 2-8 (Baumeister 1-3, Phillips 1-1, Mowery 0-2, Rowe 0-2), Forest Park 5-15 (Wilmes 3-6, Weyer 1-5, Buechler 1-1, Begle 0-1, Lusk 0-1, Deel 0-1). Rebounds — Tell City 23 (Malone 8), Forest Park 28 (Weyer 5). Team fouls — Tell City 10, Forest Park 13. Turnovers — Tell City 19, Forest Park 18. JUNIOR VARSITY ■■ Forest Park 50, Tell City 19 Tell City . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3 4 2 — 19 Forest Park . . . . . . . . . 19 7 11 13 — 50 Leading scorers: (FP) Deel 14, Buechler 9, C. Meyer 9, Cronin 6, Lusk 4, Bromm 3, Cline 2, Wendholt 2, Knust 1; (TC) Zabel 8, Ziegelgruber 4 AT MARENGO GIRLS VARSITY ■■ Forest Park 49, Crawford County 32 Forest Park . . . . . . . . . 12 11 11 15 — 49 Crawford County . . . . . . . 8 8 5 11 — 32 FOREST PARK — Morgan 4-12 0-4 9, Hochgesang 2-6 0-0 6, Reckelhoff 2-5 0-0 5, Voges 4-7 2-4 10, Lange 4-7 1-2 9, Knies 1-5 1-2 3, Brosmer 0-0 0-0 0, T. Hopf 3-5 0-0 6, Giesler 0-0 0-0 0, R. Hopf 0-4 0-0 0, Wendholt 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 20-52 5-14 49. CRAWFORD COUNTY — VanLaningham 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Bolin 1-3 0-1 2, Sauer 3-6 3-4 9, T. Allen 5-13 0-0 10, Tincher 1-3 0-0 2, McLain 1-5 1-3 3, Bowman 1-7 0-0 3, C. Allen 0-1 0-0 0, Jellison 1-2 1-2 3, King 0-2 0-0 0, M. Puckett 0-1 0-0 0, C. Puckett 0-0 0-0 0, Eastridge 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-43 5-10 32. 3-point field goals — Forest Park 4 (Hochgesang 2, Reckelhoff, Morgan), Crawford County 1 (Bowman). Team fouls — Forest Park 14, Crawford County 12. JUNIOR VARSITY ■■ Forest Park 35, Crawford County 20 Forest Park . . . . . . . . . 12 0 13 10 — 35 Crawford county . . . . . . . 1 5 6 8 — 20 ■■ IHSAA BOYS SCORES Friday’s Games Bloomfield 65, Shoals 22 Columbus North 75, Bedford North Lawrence 54 Eastern (Pekin) 69, West Washington 61 Ev. Central 67, Jasper 59 Ev. Mater Dei 62, Ev. North 39 Forest Park 61, Tell City 44 Jeffersonville 76, Norwell 74 Mt. Vernon (Posey) 40, Washington 39 New Albany 65, Ev. Reitz 61 Orleans 46, Mitchell 41 Pike Central 56, Springs Valley 37 Richmond 69, Floyd Central 39 Tecumseh 51, N. Daviess 47 White River Valley 40, Vincennes Rivet 35 Wood Memorial 32, Loogootee 31 ■■ IHSAA GIRLS SCORES Friday’s Games Ev. Bosse 58, Vincennes Lincoln 33 Ev. Harrison 46, New Albany 42 Forest Park 49, Crawford County 32 Washington Catholic 52, Cannelton 34

RACHEL MUMMEY/THE HERALD

DELICATE DRIVE

Jasper’s Courtland Betz broke through Evansville Central’s defense for a layup during Friday night’s game in Jasper. Betz finished with seven points for the Wildcats, who lost 67-59.

College basketball ■■ NCAA MEN’S SCORES Friday’s Games Ball State 94, Oakland City 58 Baylor 80, Savannah State 50 Central Michigan 127, Marygrove 44 George Washington 73, Georgia 55 Northern Illinois 65, Bethune-Cookman 51 South Carolina 82, South Carolina State 75 Southern Mississippi 66, Drexel 49 VCU 81, Stony Brook 63 ■■ MEN’S BIG TEN CONFERENCE SCHEDULE All Times EST Today’s Games Nebraska at Ohio State, noon Michigan State at Indiana, 2 p.m. Penn State at Illinois, 2:15 p.m. Sunday’s Games Northwestern at Michigan, noon Purdue at Minnesota, 2:30 p.m. Iowa at Wisconsin, 8 p.m.

College football ■■ NCAA BOWL SCORES AND SCHEDULE All Times EST Friday’s Games Orange Bowl Clemson 40, Ohio State 35 Cotton Bowl Missouri 41, Oklahoma State 31 Today’s Game BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. Houston (8-4), 1 p.m. Sunday’s Game GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (7-5) vs. Ball State (10-2), 9 p.m. Monday’s Game BCS National Championship At Pasadena, Calif. Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1), 8:30 p.m.

Pro basketball ■■ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 15 .516 — Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 20 .394 4 Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 21 .344 5½ Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 21 .344 5½ New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 22 .313 6½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 8 .750 — Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 15 .545 6½ Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 16 .467 9 Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 20 .412 11 Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 22 .313 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 6 .806 — Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 19 .424 12 Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 18 .419 12 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 21 .344 14½ Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 25 .219 18½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 8 .758 — Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 13 .629 4 Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 14 .576 6 New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 16 .484 9 Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 18 .438 10½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7 .788 — Oklahoma City . . . . . . . . . . . 25 7 .781 ½ Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 16 .500 9½ Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 17 .469 10½ Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 25 .306 161⁄2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 12 .657 — Golden State . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 13 .629 1 Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 12 .613 2 L.A. Lakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 19 .424 8 Sacramento . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 21 .323 11 Friday’s Games Toronto 101, Washington 88 New Orleans 95, Boston 92 Golden State 101, Atlanta 100 Houston 102, New York 100 L.A. Clippers 119, Dallas 112

Denver 111, Memphis 108 L.A. Lakers 110, Utah 99 Today’s Games Miami at Orlando, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Indiana, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Philadelphia at Portland, 10 p.m. Charlotte at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Memphis at Detroit, 1 p.m. Golden State at Washington, 6 p.m. Indiana at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Toronto at Miami, 6 p.m. Boston at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. New York at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Denver at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Pro football ■■ NFL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE All Times EST WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS Today’s Games Kansas City (11-5) at Indianapolis (11-5), 4:35 p.m. New Orleans (11-5) at Philadelphia (10-6), 8:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games San Diego (9-7) at Cincinnati (11-5), 1:05 p.m. San Francisco (12-4) at Green Bay (9-7), 4:40 p.m.

On the air All Times EST ■■ TODAY, JAN. 4 TELEVISION 10 a.m. — Prep boys basketball: Evansville Central at Jasper (taped, WJTS-Digital 18) 10 a.m. — Men’s soccer: FA Cup, Rochdale vs. Leeds (FS1) Noon — Men’s soccer: FA Cup, Arsenal vs. Tottenham (FOX) Noon — Men’s college basketball: Nebraska at Ohio State (BTN) Noon — Men’s college basketball: Cincinnati at Memphis (ESPN2) 1 p.m. — Prep football: U.S. Army All-American Game (NBC) 1 p.m. — College football: BBVA Compass Bowl, Vanderbilt vs. Houston (ESPN) 1 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: St. John’s at Georgetown (FS1) 2 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Michigan State at Indiana (CBS) 2 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Butler at Xavier (FOXSMW) 2 p.m. — College football: NCAA Bowl Championship Subdivision championship, North Dakota State vs. Towson (ESPN2) 2:15 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Penn State at Illinois (BTN) 3 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Creighton at Seton Hall (FS1) 4 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Duke at Notre Dame (CBS) 4:30 p.m. — NFL playoffs: Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis Colts (NBC) 4:30 p.m. — College wrestling: Indiana at Northwestern (BTN)

5 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Virginia at Florida State (ESPN2) 7 p.m. — NBA basketball: New Orleans Pelicans at Indiana Pacers (FOXSMW) 7 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Prime Prep (Texas) vs. Whitney Young (Ill.) (ESPN2) 7 p.m. — Women’s college basketball: West Virginia at Oklahoma State (FS1) 8 p.m. — NFL playoffs: New Orleans Saints at Philadelphia Eagles (NBC) 8 p.m. — NBA basketball: Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls (WGN) 8 p.m. — Men’s college hockey: Minnesota vs. Ferris State (BTN) RADIO 11:50 a.m. — Prep girls basketball: Bedford North Lawrence Tournament, Jasper at Bedford North Lawrence (WITZ 104.7 FM) 1 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Michigan State at Indiana (WITZ 104.7 FM/990 AM) 3:20 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Southridge Forecasters (WITZ 104.7 FM/990 AM) 3:30 p.m. — NFL playoffs: Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis Colts (WAXL 103.3 FM) 3:40 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Jasper Forecasters (WITZ 104.7 FM/990 AM) 7:10 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Jasper at Paoli (WITZ 104.7 FM/990 AM) 7:20 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Barr-Reeve at Northeast Dubois (WQKZ 98.5 FM) 7:45 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Southridge at Gibson Southern (WBDC 100.9 FM) 8 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Heritage Hills at North Harrison (WAXL 103.3 FM) 9:30 p.m. — Indiana Sports Talk (WITZ 104.7 FM/ 990 AM; WAXL 103.3 FM) ■■ SUNDAY, JAN. 5 TELEVISION 9 a.m. — Men’s soccer: FA Cup, Derby vs. Chelsea (FS1) 11:30 a.m. — Men’s soccer: FA Cup, Manchester United vs. Swansea (FS1) Noon — Men’s college basketball: Northwestern at Michigan (BTN) 1 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Jasper at Paoli (taped, WJTS-Digital 18) 1 p.m. — NFL playoffs: San Diego Chargers at Cincinnati Bengals (CBS) 2 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Northern Iowa at Wichita State (FOXSMW) 2:30 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Purdue at Minnesota (BTN) 3 p.m. — PGA golf: Hyundai Tournament of Champions, third round (NBC) 3 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Southern California at UCLA (FS1) 4:30 p.m. — NFL playoffs: San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers (FOX) 5 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Oregon at Colorado (FS1) 5 p.m. — Women’s college basketball: Michigan at Ohio State (BTN) 6 p.m. — NBA basketball: Indiana Pacers at Cleveland Cavaliers (FOXSMW) 7 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Providence at Villanova (FS1) 8 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Iowa at Wisconsin (BTN) 9 p.m. — College football: GoDaddy.com Bowl, Arkansas State vs. Ball State (ESPN) 9 p.m. — Prep football: Semper Fidelis All American Bowl (FS1) RADIO 1:30 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Purdue at Minnesota (WBDC 100.9 FM) 5:30 p.m. — NBA basketball: Indiana Pacers at Cleveland Cavaliers (WAXL 103.3 FM)

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