PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gabe Taylor and Jazz Johnson scored 13 points apiece and Portland cruised to a 96-58 win over NAIA Walla Walla last night. D’Marques Tyson and Xavier Hallinan each scored 12 points and Philipp Hartwich added eight with 12 rebounds for Portland (10-19), which snapped a 14-game skid. A jumper by Ethan Osias gave Walla Walla a 5-4 lead before a dunk by Hartwich gave the Pilots the lead for good.
UNDATED (AP) — For the third straight week, Gonzaga, Villanova and Kansas are the top three teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll. It is the fourth week at No. 1 for Gonzaga (28-0), the only unbeaten team in Division I. The Zags received 59 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday. Villanova (26-2) received five first-place votes and Kansas (24-3), which beat West Virginia and Baylor last week, got the other No. 1 vote. The three teams from the Pac-12 — Arizona, UCLA and Oregon — are fourth through sixth.
PEORIA, Arizona (AP) — Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais said at the Peoria Sports Complex that starting pitcher James Paxton cleared a bar last season, and the Mariners are expecting the 28-year-old left-hander to be a major contributor in 2017. The team looks to end Major League Baseball’s longest current postseason drought.
UNDATED (AP) — Oregon tourism officials are courting a trade show for outdoor retailers that left Utah after the state’s stance on public lands sparked some brands to boycott the biannual event. The Statesman Journal reports Outdoor Retailer organizers made the decision after Utah Gov. Gary Herbert refused to rescind his call for the reversal of a new national monument designation. Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario said the industry is all about defending public lands and cannot stand by this decision.
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