The State from Columbia, South Carolina • C6

C6 SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015 WWW.THESTATE.COM THE STATE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA SPORTS Auto Headliners We Come to You! All Work Guaranteed! 803-521-5004 Visit us Sat. Sun. Barnyard Flea Market APPLIANCE TECH Residential Repair Service Installation All Brands, Same Day Response No trip charge if repairs completed. Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Freezer, Stove-Oven, Washer, Dryer, Water Heater, Disposal Licensed and Insured Call 803-530-4973 WORK WARRANTIED IN Are Your Steps Safe? Artistic Exterior Railings, Gates, Mailboxes, Window Guards. Free Estimates Senior Discounts 117 Park Rd.

Lexington 957-6040 or 513-1652 FLOORING Installations Certified Installer Carpet, Vinyl, Hardwood, Laminate and Ceramic. 30 yrs. Exp. (803) 622-2783 or 532-8288 Olde South Roofing and Construction Co. LLC FREE Estimates Complete Roof Replacements Roof Leaks As Low As $49.95.

803-796-2366 Prices are better going South! Columbia Tile Grout GROUT TILE RESTORATION $50 Off Any Shower Regrout $25 Off Any Bath Regrout Call 803-608-0946 for a FREE ESTIMATE Serving the Midlands since 2003 Construction Custom Kitchens Bathrooms Renovations-Additions Int. -Ext. Painting Storm Fire Damage Roof Plumbing Repairs Attic Floor Insulation 803-776-6360 Owner-35 years Exp. Rochester, are the closest franchise to her Welland, Ontario, hometown. almost like go- ing she said.

so excited for the people who able to see me play in South Carolina to now get to see me play for Western New The 5-foot-8 was named All-SEC all four seasons, three times to the first team and once to the second team, and she earned SEC Defensive Player of the Year twice. She led a defense that helped the Gamecocks make three NCAA tourna- ment appearances in her time here on the way to a 54-27-11 record as well as an SEC championship in 2011 and an Elite Eight ap- pearance last season. She ranks second in USC history in goals- against average (0.76), shutouts (29) and saves (241). The Flash, who have U.S. national team star Ab- by Wambach on their team, restocked their 20-player roster with six players in the draft.

Flash technical director Charlie Naimo liked this draft class, which included four first-round picks. be more pleased with the players and diversity that we are bringing Naimo said in a statement. are all great young professionals. Every player we picked has a legitimate shot to win a starting role on this team, and way more than you can hope for in a The nine teams begin play in April and fin- ish in August, although some of the top players will miss part of the 20-game schedule due to obliga- tions with their national teams participating in the World Cup. just one course and one internship shy of graduating with a degree in exercise science, said the team will update her on a report date in the near future.

USC center back Taylor Leach, a two-time All-SEC performer, did not hear her name called in the draft. She is exploring playing options overseas. DRAFT FROM PAGE C1 about is the people who lost their the 36-year-old said. very first I thought of was Teddy (Heffner), who was such a mainstay for so long in that market. I used to wake up with his show and listen on my drive to work it was such a part of the The Matt Tim Show came about because Heffner reached out to Hill for fill-in duty.

Hill asked, mind if I bring in my buddy and over the next two years, they enjoyed a never-dull ride. gave us a lot of freedom, which was awe- Hill said. I liked most was being surprised every day. I never knew what hear from the callers. Almost every time, what became the topic was not what we had There was, for instance, the McGriddles two and a half hours of pros and cons about a breakfast sand- wich.

Said Hill, knew (listeners) had such strong opinions about have a random conversation, and the phones lit up and drove the Barrie said. thought, these people as twisted as And the answer was: He laughed. guess the market was ready for two bozos to talk about every- thing and Hill says Barrie usually drove the dialogue. be on the phone the night before, coming up with three poll questions (for the next show), and Matt typically had, if not all three, then two of In the studio, see him smile like, got And every single time, I got that same feeling of antici- pation; I wait to hear what he had to say. guess why he is where he is Barrie left Columbia in 2008 for KXAS-TV, an NBC affiliate where he hosted weekend sport- scasts and covered the Cowboys, Rangers and Mavericks.

Then in 2011, Barrie witnessed launch of the Longhorn Network, and in 2013, when his Dallas contract was up, he was hired to do SportsCenter or, as he puts it, first I just wanted to keep my head down, learn how to do TV there and eventually get an opportu- nity to major in college a goal he says comes from his Columbia days. got there when Spurrier was going into his first season (at he said, I was in on the ground floor of what he was doing, and forever connected to Last fall, he hosted on ESPN Radio with co-hosts Trevor Matich and Brad Edwards, in addition to his SportsCenter duties. Barrie also did a football podcast with veteran col- lege reporter Ivan Maisel and, most recently, co- hosted ESPN remote coverage at the Sugar Bowl. took me back to SEC Saturdays with (WLTX sports director) Reggie Anderson and (former director) Bob he said. I do remotes from the biggest games in the country.

sort of a pinch-yourself Not just for him, either. absolutely surreal to me to pop on SportsCen- ter and hear my voice and see his face and I mean that in the most amazingly positive Hill said. hit me during last World Cup from Brazil when host Bob Ley would wrap up coverage from the biggest event in the world, and then toss it to my Hill says ego, though, remains in check. I bring up his name to people, not quite sure who talking he said. compliment is that he did his job and nothing stood out to them, no undue attention.

To me, the highest mark of a But then, Barrie obvi- ously had to stand out to get to ESPN. One help thinking some of that personality was fashioned back when he and Hill shared a radio studio three hours a day, five days a week, winging it about whatever struck them as interesting or funny, or both. Such as Barnyard: and I had a Williams-Brice contest, and decided Barnyard was a raucous Barrie said. girlfriend (now wife), Ashley, and I met a listen- er who brought it up, and later Tim and I told listen- ers, If you see either of us and say know we know, and vice versa. people were calling in saying like it was hello or goodbye, a salutation.

And it just took Bar- rie laughed. course, it made no Except, that is, to those in on the gag: a fun-loving radio fraternity, with two young buddies in charge. BARRIE FROM PAGE C1 TORONTO Al Horford scored 22 points, and Paul Millsap had 16 as the Atlan- ta Hawks extended their winning streak to 11 games, beating the Toronto Raptors 110-89 on Friday night. Jeff Teague and De- Marre Carroll each scored 13 points, and Kyle Korver had 11 for the Hawks, who matched their longest win- ning streak since posting 11 consecutive victories to be- gin the 1997-98 season. The Hawks extended their franchise-record road winning streak to 11 games.

PISTONS 98, PACERS 96: At Indianapolis, Brandon Jen- nings scored a season- high 37 points, and Andre Drummond tipped in the last-second winning shot to lead the Pistons. GRIZZLIES 106, MAGIC 96: At Orlando, Jeff Green had 12 of his 21points in the fourth quarter to lead Memphis. 76ERS 96, PELICANS 81: At Philadelphia, Nerlens Noel had 17 points and 11 re- bounds, and Michael Car- ter-Williams scored 22 points to lead Philadelphia. NETS 102, WIZARDS 80: At Washington, Brook Lopez and Jarrett Jack each scored 26 points as the Brooklyn Nets broke a se- ven-game losing streak. BULLS 119, CELTICS 103: At Boston, Derrick Rose scored 20 of his 29 points in the second half to lead the Bulls.

SUNS 110, TIMBERWOLVES 99: At Phoenix, Goran Dragic scored 21 points, Gerald Green added 19 to lead the Suns. MAVERICKS 97, NUGGETS 89: At Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points to lead Dallas. THUNDER 127, WARRIORS 115: At Oklahoma City, Russell Westbrook scored 17 points to pace the Thunder. SPURS 110, TRAIL BLAZERS 96: At San Antonio, Kawhi Leonard scored 20 points to pace the Spurs. NBA ROUNDUP Atlanta wins 11th straight Streaking Hawks bury Raptors on road The Associated Press Eastern Conference Atlantic Pct GB Toronto 26 13 .667 Brooklyn 17 23 .425 Boston 13 25 .342 Philadelphia 8 31 .205 18 New York 5 36 .122 22 Southeast Pct GB Atlanta 32 8 .800 Washington 27 13 .675 5 Miami 17 22 .436 Charlotte 15 25 .375 17 Orlando 15 28 .349 Central Pct GB Chicago 27 14 .659 Milwaukee 21 19 .525 Cleveland 20 20 .500 Detroit 15 25 .375 Indiana 15 26 .366 12 Western Conference Southwest Pct GB Memphis 28 11 .718 Houston 28 12 .700 Dallas 28 13 .683 1 San Antonio 25 16 .610 4 New Orleans 19 20 .487 9 Northwest Pct GB Portland 30 10 .750 Oklahoma City 19 20 .487 Denver 18 21 .462 Utah 14 26 .350 16 Minnesota 6 32 .158 23 Pacific Pct GB Golden State 31 6 .838 L.A.

Clippers 26 13 .667 6 Phoenix 24 18 .571 Sacramento 16 22 .421 L.A. Lakers 12 29 .293 21 Games Philadelphia 96, New Orleans 81 Brooklyn 102, Washington 80 Memphis 106, Orlando 96 Detroit 98, Indiana 96 Atlanta 110, Toronto 89 Chicago 119, Boston 103 Oklahoma City 127, Golden State 115 Dallas 97, Denver 89 San Antonio 110, Portland 96 Phoenix 110, Minnesota 99 Utah 94, L.A. Lakers 85 Miami at Sacramento, late Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, late Games Indiana at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m. Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m. Washington at Brooklyn, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m. Portland at Memphis, 9 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Greivis Vasquez, right, and Dennis Schroder battle for a loose ball on Friday in Toronto. The Hawks have won a team-record 11 straight road games. FRANK ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates Rory McIlroy made his first competitive hole-in-one as a profes- sional and shot a 6-under 66 to move into third place in the Abu Dhabi Cham- pionship, two strokes be- hind second-round leader Martin Kaymer.

The top-ranked McIlroy threw his hands in the air and high-fived playing partner Rickie Fowler after his 9-iron from 177 yards on the 15th hole landed a yard from the hole, hopped right and trickled in. Kaymer the U.S. Open champion who won the Abu Dhabi event in 2008, 2010 and 2011, had a 67 to reach 13 under. Two share Sony lead: At Ho- nolulu, co-leaders Webb Simpson and Matt Kuchar made enough birdies on the back nine to put a little space between themselves and the nearest competi- tors at the PGA Tour Sony Open. Kuchar and Simpson finished at 12-under 128.

Tim Clark (65) and Troy Merritt (64) played in the morning and were at 10 un- der. Defending champion Jimmy Walker had his 15th straight round in the 60s in Hawaii. He had a 66 and was four shots behind. GOLF ROUNDUP McIlroy scores first pro ace The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Former San Francisco 49ers defen- sive coordinator Vic Fangio reportedly will interview Saturday with the Wash- ington Redskins for their vacancy in the same posi- tion on coach Jay staff. Fangio had one inter- view for the head coaching job with the 49ers, which instead went to defensive line coach Jim Tomsula on Wednesday.

San Francis- front office initially de- nied the Redskins permis- sion to interview the 56-year-old Fangio while the Niners were going through the inter- view process. Fangio just finished his fourth season as 49ers de- fensive coordinator after coming from Stanford with former coach Jim Har- baugh before the 2011 sea- son. San Francisco, which missed the playoffs at 8-8 last year following three straight NFC champion- ship games, had one of the top defenses during his tenure. Seattle tackle on the mend: Seattle Seahawks starting right tackle Justin Britt is questionable for NFC championship game against Green Bay with a sore knee. Raiders close to stadium deal: The Oakland Raiders are close to signing a one-year extension to remain at the Coliseum for the 2015 season.

Dolphins to keep DC: Miami coach Joe Philbin has de- cided to retain defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle for a fourth season, despite a late-season collapse by the unit that saw it fall to No. 20 in the NFL. Stadium delay for the At Minneapolis, adding bird-safe glass to the Min- nesota new stadi- um dome could add as much as $60 million in ex- tra costs and delay con- struction by six months, the chairwoman of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority. The $1 billion stadium is set to open in mid-August, 2016. NFL NOTES CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Green Bay at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.

(FOX) Indianapolis at New England, 6:40 p.m. (CBS) Redskins to meet with Fangio The Associated Press PGA TOUR Sony Open Matt Kuchar -12 Webb Simpson -12 Justin Thomas -12 Tim Clark -10 Troy Merritt -10 Russell -9 Rory -9 Robert Streb -8 Jimmy -8 Ryan Palmer -8 J.J. Henry -8 Paul Casey -8 Marc -8 Also Lucas Glover -4 Russell Henley -4 William McGirt -4 Kevin Kisner -3 Ben -2 Failed to make the cut Scott Brown -1 Sam Saunders PGA EUROPE Abu Dhabi Championship Martin Kaymer, Thomas Pieters, Belgium Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland James Morrison, Peter Uihlein, United States Alexander Levy, Richard Green, Australia Gary Stal, Tyrrell Hatton, England MMadsen, Bernd Wiesberger, Robert Karlsson, Sweden Eddie Pepperell, England Soren Hansen, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, SCORES S.C. TIES IN BOLD.