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Cameron Williams, No. 33, finishes at the rim over the defense as teammate Xavier Hall, No. 20, watches, anticipating a rebound attempt. Brandt Young|Sampson Independent Dontavious Smith, No. 12, finishes the play through contact while Cameron Williams, No. 33, crashes the boards. Brandt Young|Sampson Independent Nakai Owens brings the ball up the court for the Leopards. Brandt Young|Sampson Independent Xavier Hall, No. 20, swats an early shot attempt from the Devil Pups away over top a crowd of teammates and opponents. Brandt Young|Sampson Independent Lakewood boys’ basketball team hosted their first home game of the season Friday night, after going 2-1 through their first three games on the road this season. The visiting Lejeune Devil Pups looked to take down the Leopards, but it was Lakewood’s game through most of it, as the Leopards took the 69-60 victory. The teams came out battling defensively, and not a point was scored through the first minute. The scoring opened with a three-pointer by Lejeune with 6:47 to go in the first quarter. Lakewood’s first points came on a Dontavius Smith triple, assisted by Dashaun Carr shortly after the opening three from the Devil Pups, tying the game at 3. Carr doubled up on the assists when he sent a rocket of a pass deep in the key to Cameron Williams, who tossed up the layup and gave Lakewood their first lead of the night at 5-3. The Leopard defense started giving the Pups fits early, as the lengthy duo of Xavier Hall and Cameron Williams shut down the paint while Carr, Smith, and Nakai Owens filled out the guards and forwards positions. Lakewood had the slim 7-6 advantage before a Hall defensive rebound led to Carr handing him an assist at the other end on a fingertip layup for the big man, which opened the lead up to 9-6 with 3:03 to go in the first period. Jaziah Brunson went for a floater through the lane before quickly passing it to Owens, who sank a baseline jumper and gave them the 11-6 lead, forcing a Lejeune timeout with 2:40 to play in the opening quarter. Carr pickpocketed a steal and took it to the other end for a score after the break, and a Williams block sent Brunson to the other end on a breakaway layup, which he sank, but was fouled on. He hit the ensuing free throw, and Lakewood had the 16-6 lead with under two minutes to play. The Devil Pups made a run at the end of the quarter, tightening the score back at 16-13 before Williams sank a long jumper to stop the run. Lejeune responded with a deep three at the end of the quarter, making it an 18-16 lead for Lakewood on the heels of a 10-2 run by the Pups to end the opening period. Brunson made Lakewood’s first basket of the second quarter when he went 2-for-2 on free throws with just under seven minutes to play. Two more baskets went through for the home team, and they started a run of their own with the 22-16 lead in the second quarter. Williams hit back-to-back jumpers from the left elbow and propelled his team to the 26-16 lead with 5:13 left in the second quarter before they forced another Lejeune timeout. The Devil Pups were able to stop the bleed a bit, but not much, as the score moved to 29-19 with three minutes left in the half. A Hall block led to him being assisted another layup at the other end, and Lakewood moved to a 31-19 lead. Things were clicking for the Leopards all around, with a stifling defense, rebounding skills that couldn’t be matched, and nearly every shot falling for them. They held the 34-24 advantage at halftime. Scoring in the second half was opened again by Hall, who hit a put-back layup in the low key to give the Leopards the 36-24 lead. He added two more on a similar play a minute later. Things continued moving in Lakewood’s favor when Smith hit a floater up the middle, Williams finished a drive with a turn around jumper in the low block, and Brunson took a fast break for an easy score. Quickly the Leopards moved to a 44-26 lead with 3:59 to play in the third. Since the Pups’ 10-2 run to close out the first quarter, they were outscored 28-10 to this point. As the clock showed 1:48 left in the third, the score stood at 46-32, with Lakewood in full control. While they had the lead, the Leopards still found themselves in serious foul trouble late in the quarter — they had tallied five after just six minutes of play. A deep layup by Williams stretched the lead out to 48-34 with under half a minute to go in the period. Scoring opened for both teams in the fourth quarter. With under five minutes to go in the game, Lakewood jumped out to a 57-44 advantage on plays from Hall, Williams, and company. Williams sent another basket home on a drive down the baseline, giving them the 59-46 lead before the Devil Pups took the ball down the court and returned the favor. The points kept falling for the Leopards, but the Devil Pups made a valiant attempt at comeback. It was too-little-too-late though, and Lakewood took the 69-60 victory in front of their hometown crowd. “It feels really good,” Leopard head coach Brandon Powell said after the game. “The guys are really growing. They’re starting to get a little bit of cohesiveness and work together better. Communication is a little better, which is why the defense is better tonight.” The Leopards moved to 3-1 on the season. They will host East Columbus on Thursday in the Chasity Melvin Holiday Tournament. 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NADRA to launch facial recognition feature in JanDuring the third quarter of the 89th edition of the Iron Bowl , Auburn called a bubble screen to the left side of the formation. Tigers quarterback Payton Thorne threw it out to the left, but the pass was dropped. That was just the beginning of the action. Alabama safety Malachi Moore, who was being blocked on the play by an Auburn wide receiver, tussled with the receiver into the Tigers' sideline. Multiple Auburn players ran over, and a scuffle occurred. Malachi Moore and DeVonta Smith both called for unsportsmanlike conduct penalties pic.twitter.com/NlZKplvpy8 A plethora of Alabama players ran to the defense of their safety with Devonta Smith, Zabien Brown, and Jihaad Campbell all involved. Smith and Moore were assessed unsportsmanlike penalty calls from the incident. This wasn't the only scuffle of the college football Saturday as Michigan and Ohio State battled each other post game after the Wolverine attempted to plant their flag on the the Buckeyes logo. Rivalries are one of the best aspects of college football with some of the most notorious moments coming on rivalry weekend, but fights are one of the most dangerous aspects of rivalry games. Luckily, nothing serious seemed to breakout and no one emerged with an injury from the Alabama versus Auburn event that took place during the third quarter. Alabama is fighting for its playoff lives in the Iron Bowl as a win would move them to 9-3 and give them a shot to make the 12-team field. Auburn is hoping to just make a bowl game as they entered Saturday's contest at just 5-6. Related: Nick Saban Didn't Hesitate When Making His Iron Bowl Pick
Saturday's disastrous loss to Michigan has left Ohio State's playoff status very much in the air. But at this point should the Buckeyes even be considered? As strong as OSU's record is at 10-2, it's worth asking. Ryan Day 's team has lost to Oregon and unranked Michigan and right now they're currently on the outside looking in of the Big Ten Championship game. Ohio State will need both Penn State and Indiana to lose on Saturday for a chance at a rematch with the Ducks in Indianapolis (which doesn't look very likely). And that doesn't take away from the fact that it got punked by its most-hated rival for the fourth time in a row — this time without two of the Wolverines' best players, and previously, without UM even having its head coach. MICHIGAN BEATS NO. 2 OHIO STATE FOR THE FOURTH-STRAIGHT TIME !!️ pic.twitter.com/zW0rVUrZRq The most likely scenario is that OSU slips down the rankings into one of the at-large spots and has to go on the road in the first round of the CFP. But you could make credible arguments for 9-3 South Carolina, 10-win Indiana or Alabama/Georgia to grab one of those final seeds in the 12-team bracket over the Bucks. Ohio State put together the most talented team money could buy this season, only to lose as a 20-point favorite at home in its most important game of the year. As exciting as the prospect of the expanded Playoff is, the downside is that its made losses like today's significantly less punitive than they would've been in the past. Realistically, no team that loses to a five-loss opponent this late in the season — with no conference championship to show for it — should have a shot at competing for a national title. Jason Mowry/Getty Images But as the CFP Committee has shown us year after year: brand recognition, preseason polls and television ratings play a major role in who gets in and who doesn't. And the Buckeyes have all three. We'll see what the powers that be ultimately decide. Unfortunately though, it's more likely than not that one of the great upsets in the history of college football's most storied rivalry has no consequences beyond the last week of November. Related: Ryan Day Has To Be Fired If Ohio States Loses To Michigan As Double-Digit FavoritesOliver Glasner declared Crystal Palace are on the right path after they finally broke their away duck with a 1-0 win at Ipswich. Jean-Philippe Mateta struck in the second half with the only real piece of quality in a nervy encounter between two struggling teams. It is now two wins and three draws from the last six matches for Glasner’s side, whose winter revival is gathering pace nicely following a sticky start to the campaign. “I feel very happy, we’re all very pleased with the result, it was not the best performance but the result was more important,” said the Eagles boss. “Most of the time we controlled the game and we scored an amazing goal, a fantastic finish from JP. “We had more chances to decide the game but we couldn’t, but I think the win was well deserved. “We didn’t give them any chances from open play and with a clean sheet you can always take the win. “It’s a big win. Now it’s not time to sit back and relax but to keep going. In four days we face Manchester City. We stay humble. There are still many things to improve but we are on the right path.” Ipswich looked the likelier to score as a low-key first half drew to a close and were denied by a point-blank save by Dean Henderson from Harry Clarke’s near-post header. Shortly after the interval Wes Burns got clear down the right and lifted an inviting cross towards Liam Delap, whose header was straight at Henderson. However, from out of nowhere Palace conjured up a lightning counter-attack to go ahead on the hour. Eberechi Eze led the charge before feeding Mateta, who surged forward with a couple of stepovers before brushing off the attention of Jacob Greaves and finishing superbly past Arijanet Muric. It was the French forward’s sixth goal of the season, and his first away from Selhurst Park. Back came Ipswich with Leif Davis fizzing in another cross for Delap, who somehow mistimed his jump and completely missed the ball from six yards. As time ticked down Greaves looped a header against the far post, with the rebound just eluding substitute Ali-Al Hamadi. “Frustrating night,” said Town boss Kieran McKenna. “It was a tight first half, we weren’t fantastic in terms of the flow of the game and didn’t create as many opportunities as we wanted. But having said that neither did our opponents. “In the second half we conceded a really poor goal and that proved decisive. We can do better than we did tonight.”