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2S I WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017 I THE RECORD SPORTS WATCH SETON HALL A LOOK AT THE NEXT THREE GAMES FOR LOCAL TEAMS Seton Hall soars into Indiana matchup Jerry Carino Asbury Park Press USA TODAY NETWORK NEW JERSEY SUN THU 1123 SUN 123 Chiefs Redskins Raiders lp.m. 8:30 p.m. 4:25 p.m. CBS NBC FOX 101.9 FM 101.9 FM 101.9 FM SUN 1126 SUN 123 SUN 1210 Panthers Chiefs Broncos lp.m. lp.m.

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6 p.m. 7 p.m. YES YES YES 101.9 FM 880 AM 880 AM Seton Hall Pirates guard Myles Cale played like a veteran in his debut. VINCENT CARCHI ETTAUSA TODAY SPORTS with them is an honor," he said. "Them looking for me, me looking for them, it's crazy.

Not a lot of freshmen get to do that. I'm lucky to have four seniors like them." Seton Hall-Indiana: 3 things to know These teams have met just three times, all at neutral sites, but two were classics. In 1989, the Final Four-bound Pirates prevailed 78-65 in the West Regional semifinal. In 1992, in front of a buzzing Madison Square Garden crowd on Black Friday, the Hoosiers captured the Preseason NIT title with a 78-74 verdict. Aside from local rival Rutgers, this is the first Big Ten team to visit the Hall since Penn State in 2006.

2. Indiana is not vintage Indiana. This brand-name program is starting over under former Dayton skipper Archie Miller, who is trying to install a defense-first mindset after Tom Crean's run-and-gun regime got run out of town. They got throttled at home by Indiana State Friday and squeaked by low-major Howard Sunday. They've struggled on the glass an area where Seton Hall eats teams alive.

3. The Gavitt Games are a nice November appetizer. The event pits the Big East against the Big Ten, and the Pirates debuted last fall with a win at Iowa. Through two seasons the series was deadlocked at 8-8 before No. 14 Minnesota won at Providence 86-74 Monday night.

Other interesting matchups: Creighton at Northwestern, Butler at Maryland and Xavier at Wisconsin. In his college basketball debut Friday, Seton Hall freshman Myles Cale looked like a savvy veteran. He scored efficiently (12 points on eight shots), shared the ball (four assists, no turnovers) and hustled (five rebounds, two steals) to help the Pirates pull away from Fairleigh Dickinson. Only afterward, as a dozen reporters surrounded him in the locker room, did the guard from Delaware seem a little overwhelmed. He'd never been interviewed by that many people at once.

It'll happen again, and maybe soon. Perhaps Wednesday as the 22nd-ranked Hall (2-0) plays host to Indiana (1-1) in the Gavitt Tipoff Games (6:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1). If the first weekend was any indication, Cale will be a key part of the Pirates' weaponry this winter. "He played really well, but I've been seeing that since he got on campus," senior guard Khadeen Carrington said. "He always plays hard; he's all over the place.

Once he finds his game more, he's going to be great for us." His quick start is somewhat of a surprise. Although the 6-foot-5 Cale was the highest-ranked prospect in Seton Hall's 2017 recruiting class, his offseason was sidetracked by a torn la-brum in his left shoulder. "For a kid who had surgery in April and did not start practicing until Oct. 7, he's worked hard to get his game back," Hall coach Kevin Willard said. "I don't think it's where it was before he got hurt, but as he gets more comfortable you'll see a really good player." Two games is a small sample, but Cale is the team's top freshman scorer (8.5 ppg) and the only member of the 10-man rotation who has not committed a turnover.

He's shooting .538 from the field, highest of any Pirate who has taken 10-plus shots. And his high-end athleticism is obvious. Senior center Angel Delgado said he thinks Cale could be Big East Freshman of the Year. That's down the road. For now, Cale is taking his cues from the Hall's upper-classmen and fitting right in.

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The sophomore forward drove the lane for a layup. 2. Corey Sanders was a solid floor general. The junior guard compiled 13 points, a career-high 10 rebounds and six assists. Although his shot wasn't falling, Sanders' hustle and court awareness remained strong.

He authored Rutgers' best play of the night a sweet entry bounce pass feeding Baker for a two-handed jam. The sequence was a promising sign of chemistry between the two. 3. Rutgers needs more of this from Issa Thiam. The lanky sophomore wing made four of his first five 3-pointers and finished with 14 points and seven boards.

Thiam showed his potential to stretch defenses, which is crucial. 4. Freshman center Mamadou Dou-coure, who had struggled mightily, took a step forward with six points, four rebounds and just three fouls in 24 minutes. He even showed some range, banging down a 17-foot jumper. 5.

The Scarlet Knights' defense, awful on Sunday, came around. Cleveland State (0-2) shot just 30 percent, including 3-of-22 from 3-point range. Better transition defense was the key. jcarinogannettnj.com. PISCATAWAY The most telling moment for Rutgers basketball Tuesday wasn't a shot, stop or rebound.

It was a glance toward the heavens. Freshman guard Geo Baker, after rattling in his first collegiate 3-pointer, looked up and nodded his head as if to say, "Thank goodness." He had missed his initial nine attempts from beyond the arc in this young season. "It felt really good just to see it go in," Baker said. Jitters out, Baker proceeded to lead the Scarlet Knights to a 70-38 romp of Cleveland State before an appreciative RAC crowd of 3,282. The New Eng-lander tallied 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting and handed out seven assists while committing no turnovers in 29 minutes.

There was a collective sigh of relief as Rutgers (3-0) rebounded from Sunday's shaky win over abysmal Central Connecticut State. "That's more like how I want to play," head coach Steve Pikiell said. Rutgers guard Geo Baker brings up the ball vs. CCNY. rich schultz 5 takeaways Baker didn't just shoot well.

He did everything well. If his teammates finished better, he would have loggedlO-plus assists. Perhaps his best play, though, was saving a loose ball from going out of bounds in the second half. In one smooth motion, he rescued the rock and shot it to teammate Eugene Omo- COLLEGE BASKETBALL UCLA players home, facing punishment TODAY IN SPORTS 1879 Princeton beats Harvard 1-0 in a college football game in New Jersey. The Tigers unveil the concept of using blockers to help advance the ball.

1890 Minnesota and Wisconsin square off for the first time in what has become the most-played series in college football history. The Gophers beat the Badgers 63-0 in Minneapolis. 1952 An NBA-record 13 players, five Baltimore Bullets and eight Syracuse Nationals, foul out in an overtime game. The Bullets win 97-91. So many Syracuse players fouled out that the officials let some of the players back into the game so the Nationals could keep five men on the court.

Whenever those players fouled, Baltimore was given a technical foul shot in addition to the free throws. 1960 Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 71 points in a 123-108 victory over the New York Knicks. 1969 The New York Knicks run their record to 17-1, the best start in NBA history, by beating the Boston Celtics 113-98. 1998 Green Bay's Brett Favre becomes the second-fastest behind Dan Marino to reach 200 career touchdown passes and 25,000 yards. Favre completes 21 of 33 passes for 267 yards and two touchdowns in a 37-3 rout of the New York Giants.

2015 Matthew Stafford throws for two touchdowns, and the Detroit Lions ends a 24-game road losing streak against the Green Bay Packers with an 18-16 victory. It's Detroit's first win at Green Bay since a 21-17 victory on Dec. 15, 1991. ics and the Office of Student Conduct will review this incident and guide any action with respect to the involved students. Such proceedings are confidential, which limits the specific information that can be shared." There was no immediate word on the trio's status for the team's home opener Wednesday night against Central Arkansas.

The school said the three players, along with coach Steve Alford and athletic director Dan Guerrero, will make their first public comments about the matter at a campus news conference Wednesday, but won't take questions. Scott thanked President Donald Trump, the White House and the State Department for their efforts in resolving what he called "the incident with authorities in Hangzhou, China." He indicated that UCLA made "significant efforts" on behalf of its athletes. It wasn't clear under what terms the players were freed to return to the U.S. Trump said Tuesday he had a long conversation about the three players' status with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Ball, Hill and Riley were expected to have an immediate impact as part of UCLA's highly touted recruiting class.

Instead, they are being talked about solely for their actions off the court. Beth Harris AP SPORTS WRITER LOS ANGELES Three UCLA basketball players detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting returned home, where they may be disciplined by the school as a result of the international scandal. Freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley arrived at Los Angeles International Airport late Tuesday afternoon after a 12-hour flight from Shanghai. They ignored reporters' shouted questions while making their way through a horde of media outside and getting into a van that took off from the departure level. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said the matter "has been resolved to the satisfaction of the Chinese authorities." The players were detained in Hangzhou for questioning following allegations of shoplifting last week before the 23rd-ranked Bruins beat Georgia Tech in their season-opening game in Shanghai as part of the Pac-12 China game.

The rest of the UCLA team returned home last Saturday. A person with knowledge of the Pac-12's decision said any discipline involving the trio would be up to UCLA. The person spoke to The Asso- UCLA basketball player LiAngelo Ball, along with teammates Jalen Hill and Cody Riley, boarded a plane home Tuesday after being detained in China on suspicion of shoplifting. GARY A. VASQUEZUSA TODAY SPORTS ciated Press on condition of anonymity because the conference doesn't plan any sanctions.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said the school is weighing its options. "I want to be clear that we take seriously any violations of the law," he said in a statement. "In this particular case, both Athlet.