MORNING ROUNDUP
Robertson scores game-high 21 points as OU routs Eastern Michigan
Taylor Robertson scored a game-high 21 points and the OU women’s basketball team routed Eastern Michigan 94-68 on Tuesday night at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman.
Robertson scored 15 of her points off 3-pointers, and the other six came on free throws. She was 50% from 3-point range and was 6 of 7 from the line.
Ana Llanusa, who was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday, added 17 points. Kelbie Washington and Madi Williams chipped in 16 points. Williams led the Sooners (8-1) with 10 rebounds.
Areanna Combs, a former Putnam City West standout, led Eastern Michigan (2-4) with 14 points.
CONNECTICUT: Huskies women’s basketball will be without reigning National Player of the Year Paige Bueckers for up to two months. MRI and CT scans showed the sophomore guard suffered a fractured tibial plateau against Notre Dame on Sunday, according to the team. The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons defines a fractured tibial plateau as “a fracture, or break, in the shinbone just below the knee.”
Oklahoma native Patterson named Abilene Christian coach
Marlow native Keith Patterson was named head football coach for the Division I Abilene Christian University Wildcats.
Patterson, who was Texas Tech’s defensive coordinator, replaces Adam Dorrel, who was recently named head coach at Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Patterson has experience in his home state; he was a University of Tulsa defensive assistant coach over the 2003-10 seasons; and a head or assistant high school coach at Edmond Santa Fe, Ardmore and Altus.
OREGON: Defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux made it official on Monday night and announced that he would not return to the Ducks for his senior year. Thibodeaux is expected to be one of the top picks in the 2022 NFL Draft, and the move to go pro was widely anticipated. Thibodeaux will not play for the No. 15ranked Ducks in the Alamo Bowl against No. 14 Oklahoma on Dec. 29.
No vaccine? No play in Canada
NBA players who are not fully vaccinated will not be able to play games in Toronto beginning Jan. 15, per a mandate by the Canadian government, and teams were informed in a memo sent on Tuesday.
Canada had an exemption for non-fully vaccinated athletes allowing them to play in the country, but Canada’s minister of public safety announced the updated mandate on Nov. 19.
The league said 97% of its players are vaccinated (about 15 players are not). Of that number, 60% have received a booster, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Any non-fully vaccinated player who fails to provide his services for a game in Canada is subject to reduction of compensation, a fine, suspension or other appropriate action, according to the NBA memo.
Extra points
OBITUARY: Former Brigham Young All-American and John Marshall High wrestler Mike McAdams died at age 76. He was a two-time state champ at John Marshall, then went on to a decorated career at 130 pounds for BYU. McAdams lost one match in 1968, that coming to Iowa State great Dan Gable.
HIGH SCHOOLS: Bixby is No. 19 in the USA Today Sports Super 25 High School Football Rankings. The Spartans finished the season 13-0 Thursday after its 63-14 victory over Deer Creek in the Class 6A-II state championship game.