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6 CHICAGO TRIBUNE SECTION 4 ~ MONDAY DECEMBER 18, 2006SPORTS
Tiger Woods wrapped up a remarkable season Sunday at the Tar-
get World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif., seizing the lead
from U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy in just three holes and
coasting to a 6-under 66 for a four-shot victory in the last tourna-
ment of the year.
Woods began the year with a playoff victory in the Buick Invita-
tional and ended it by beating an elite16-man field to win this tour-
nament for the third time in its eight years.
Woods finished at 16-under 272 with a birdie on the last hole.
“It’s been a year of two halves,’’ said Woods, who lost his father
Earl in May. “Obviously, on the golf course it’s been something else
to have things coming together, especially winning two majors.’’
The Target World Challenge was his 11th trophy of the year.
While it doesn’t count in the record books, it came with a $1.35 mil-
lion prize, which Woods donated to his Tiger Woods Foundation.
He won 53 percent of his PGA Tour events this year, eight of 15,
including the final two majors. Since missing the cut at the U.S.
Open, Woods hasn’t finished worse than second in stroke play, win-
ning his final six PGA Tour events of the year.
“To play four rounds against a quality field like this and come
out on top, it always gives you a shot of confidence going into next
year,’’ Woods said.
Í South Korea’s Seon Hwa Lee, 20, held off ADT Championship
winner Julieta Granada 2 and 1 in rainy conditions in Singapore to
give Asia a 121
⁄2-111
⁄2 victory over Annika Sorenstam’s International
team in the Lexus Cup. Ahead 7-5 after winning four of the six best-
ball matches Saturday, Asia took 51
⁄2 of 12 points Sunday in singles
play. Last year the International team won the inaugural event16-8.
PRESS BOX
Tribune news services
AP photo by Mark J. Terrill
Tiger Woods admires his trophy Sunday after winning
the Target World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
GOLF
Woods finishes year like
he started—with a victory
Georgia offensive coordinator Neil Callawaywas hired Sunday as
head football coach at UAB, which went 3-9 this fall under Watson
Brown. Callaway, only UAB’s third head coach, received a five-year
contract. He will stay with Georgia through the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
Í Outfielder J.D. Drew, who reached preliminary agreement on a
five-year, $70 million contract with the Red Sox, is scheduled to
have a second opinion Monday on a shoulder issue that came up in
Drew’s first exam, a source told the Boston Globe. It’s unknown
whether the issue could void Drew’s deal with the Red Sox, the
Globe said.
Í Substitute Adriano scored late in the second half and South
American champion Internacional of Brazil upset Spanish power-
house Barcelona 1-0 to win soccer’s Club World Cup in Yokohama,
Japan. … Colombia will formally join the race to host the 2014 FIFA
World Cup.
Í Finland’s Kalle Palander defeated Bode Miller by a half-second to
win a giant slalom in Alta Badia, Italy, for his13th World Cup victo-
ry. Miller, who won a World Cup super-giant slalom Friday, moved
up from seventh after the first run.
IN BRIEF
Gilbert Arenas set a franchise
record with 60 points,16 of them
in overtime, to lead the visiting
Wizards to a 147-141 victory over
Kobe Bryant and the Lakers on
Sunday night.
In a Kobe-like performance,
Arenas outscored the Lakers’
Bryant by 15 points.
The Wizards’ guard went 17 of
32 from the floor, including 5 of
12 from three-point range. He
made 21 of 27 free throws and
had eight assists and eight re-
bounds.
He scored 14 points in a row,
including a pair of three-point-
ers, in one stretch of the five-
minute overtime.
Bryant, coming off a 53-point
performance, had 45 points on
15-of-24 shooting but had just
four points in overtime.
Í 76ers team President Billy
King told the Associated Press
he would not rush to deal Allen
Iverson, the disgruntled former
MVP who has drawn heavy
trade interest from around the
league.
NBA
Arenas bags 60
in Wizards’ win
Kimmo Timonen scored a pow-
er-play goal with1minute 49 sec-
onds left in overtime, giving the
visiting Predators a 2-1 victory
over the sagging Blues on Sun-
day night.
Lee Stempniak ended a 15-
game goal drought with a first-
period power-play goal for the
Blues, who have lost 11 in a row.
St. Louis is 0-4 under new coach
Andy Murray.
Timonen’s seventh goal, a
slap shot from the high slot that
beat Manny Legace, came with
the Predators holding a 4-3 man
advantage.
The Blues have not won since
beating Detroit on Nov. 24 and
have been outscored 40-18 dur-
ing the slump that cost coach
Mike Kitchen his job.
Í Patrik Elias and Sergei Brylin
each scored two goals and Mar-
tin Brodeur made 35 saves to
lead the Devils to a 6-1 victory
over the Rangers.
Jamie Langenbrunner and
Zach Parise also scored for New
Jersey.
NHL
Blues continue
for St. Louis
Lee Humphrey scored 15
points and Walter Hodge and
Taurean Green had 11 apiece
Sunday night, helping coach Bil-
ly Donovan tie Norm Sloan as
Florida’s career victory leader
with a 72-57 win over Florida
A&M at Tampa.
Sloan won 235 games in15 sea-
sons served over two stints. Do-
novan is 235-100 in his 11th sea-
son with the Gators.
No. 5 Florida (9-2) played with-
out leading scorer and reboun-
der Al Horford, who sat out be-
cause of a high ankle sprain.
Í P.J. Couisnard was perfect
from the field (8-for-8) and
scored 21 points, leading No. 8
Wichita State (8-0) to a 102-46
rout of visiting Maryland-East-
ern Shore, the third-most lop-
sided victory in Shockers histo-
ry. … Glen Davis had 22 points
and 13 rebounds and No. 12 LSU
(6-2) fought off a late rally by
host Oregon State for a 60-53 vic-
tory. … Jerome Dyson had 19
points and Jeff Adrien added 15
as No. 14 Connecticut (9-0) beat
St. Mary’s 89-73 to stretch its
home winning streak to 28
games. … Malik Hairston had 21
points and 12 rebounds to lift
No. 22 Oregon (10-0) to an 84-55
victory over Idaho State.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Donovan ties Florida wins mark
By Reid Hanley
Tribune staff reporter
SAN DIEGO — Dan Nichol-
son is very competitive, even
when it comes to Go-Karts in
the Poinsettia Bowl Grand Prix
at Miramar Speed Circuit.
The Northern Illinois sopho-
more quarterback could hardly
wait to get into his cart to com-
pete Sunday with the quarter-
backs, kickers and punters in
the team activity of the day. Af-
ter a morning practice, the
Huskies were ready to let off a
little steam.
“This is awesome,” said Ni-
cholson, who is replacing in-
jured senior Phil Horvath as the
Huskies’ starter.
“Coach [Joe] Novak and eve-
rybody have done a pretty good
job of getting us fun stuff to do,
but we know why we’re out
here. We’re
here to win a
football game.
At the same
time, doing
stuff like this is
a nice reward.”
Nicholson, a
Brother Rice
graduate, had
to put his com-
petitive side on
hold for much of the season as
he backed up Horvath. He start-
ed the three final games the pre-
vious season when Horvath was
hurt.
The two battled closely in pre-
season practice, but Novak gave
the starting spot to Horvath, a
senior. However, when the Na-
perville Central graduate in-
jured his knee in the 11th game,
Nicholson took over. He helped
the Huskies to victories in their
last two games and a spot
against TCU in Tuesday night’s
Poinsettia Bowl.
“[Horvath’s] a competitor
and, I’ll be honest, he tensed up
and didn’t like it,” said Novak of
the decision to promote Nichol-
son.
“But he dealt with it the right
way. I couldn’t have asked for
more from him.”
Nicholson, who is 4-1 as a
starter, took over for Horvath at
halftime of the upset of Central
Michigan. He completed 11 of 18
passes for 116 yards and a touch-
down in a 31-10 NIU victory. He
then completed 24 of 37 passes
for 261 yards and two touch-
downs in the season-ending 27-0
victory over Eastern Michigan.
His team believes in him.
“Our confidence in him is tre-
mendous because of the success
that he had last year and how
well he’s done this year,” All-
America tailback Garrett Wolfe
said.
“He throws the ball very well.
Surprisingly enough, he con-
trols the game almost as good as
Phil does.”
Being on the sidelines wasn’t
much fun, but Nicholson was
able to observe the game. He
thinks he has improved since
his freshman year.
“I think you learn more get-
ting reps, but I definitely
learned a lot during the season,”
he said. “Obviously, I was disap-
pointed when I learned I wasn’t
going to start, but there wasn’t
anything I could do but work
hard and prepare myself if I ever
got an opportunity.
“I definitely think I’m a better
quarterback this year. I have a
better understanding of the
game and the offense now.”
On Tuesday, the Northern of-
fense will face the No. 4-ranked
defense in the country. The
Horned Frogs also have the No.
4 defense against the run and
will try to stop Wolfe, the coun-
try’s leading rusher. Nicholson
will have to perform well if the
underdog Huskies are to win.
“They have an excellent de-
fense,” Nicholson said. “Hope-
fully we’ll have a good game
against them. But we anticipate
being prepared.”
Nicholson didn’t fare too well
in his Go-Kart heat, which Hor-
vath won. But that was OK with
Nicholson. He came to San Die-
go to play football.
rhanley@tribune.com
Poinsettia Bowl | Northern Illinois vs. TCU
7 p.m. Tuesday, ESPN2
He’s got offense on track
Former 2nd-stringer
Nicholson doing
1st-rate job for NIU
straight victory over a Horizon
League foe. The Blue Demons
are 5-0 against in-state opposi-
tion and face Loyola on Wednes-
day in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
But DePaul had a series of
shaky moments in the non-con-
ference game with the Flames,
who were propelled by senior
guard Krystal Hugelier. The ex-
York standout hit 6 of 8 three-
pointers and had a game-high 24
points.
“We’re still trying to figure
ourselves out,” Blue Demons
coach Doug Bruno said. “We’re
still very much a work in pro-
gress. And more than that, we
lost Erin Carney, and she’s the
cement. To lose her (just before
a game with a stress fracture),
now we have people playing in
different spots.”
Carney, a junior forward who
was averaging seven points per
game, could be out up to 10
games.
DePaul led through much of
the opening half, but UIC stayed
close as Hugelier hit five three-
pointers. The Flames trailed 34-
33 after LaShonda Grant’s layup
with 1:03 left. But the Blue De-
mons replied with seven unan-
swered points to boost their
halftime edge to 41-33.
The Demons led by as many as
By Jack McCarthy
Special to the Tribune
DePaul’s women continued
their unbeaten run through in-
state opponents, using a late
surge to outdistance Illinois-
Chicago on Sunday.
Junior guard Allie Quigley
scored 12 of her team-high 23
points in the final 8 minutes 57
seconds as the 17th-ranked Blue
Demons beat the Flames 74-65 at
the UIC Pavilion for their ninth
straight win.
“Good teams take advantage
of lapses,” said Flames coach Li-
sa Ryckbosch, whose team fell
to 5-6. “And the lapses that we
had were very costly. That’s why
they’re the 17th-best team in the
country.”
DePaul (9-1) improved to 33-6
against UIC and claimed its 25th
10 early in the second half, but
another Flames surge sliced the
margin to 53-50 after a pair of
Hugelier free throws.
That’s when Quigley went to
work. She hit a three-pointer
and followed with two more bas-
kets and four free throws as the
lead ballooned to 72-56 with 2:15
to play.
DePaul had four players in
double figures and three with
double-doubles. Junior forward
Caprice Smith collected 16
points and 11 rebounds, and
guard Jenna Rubino had 11
points and 15 rebounds. Quigley
pulled down 12 boards, and
guard Missy Mitidiero added 12
points.
Grant added 14 points for the
Flames, who play host to North-
ern Illinois on Wednesday.
WOMEN DePAUL 74, UIC 65
Blue Demons appear in right state of mind
DEP FG FT PT UIC FG FT PT
C.Smith 7-13 2-2 16 Holmes 4-14 1-2 9
Cattell 1-3 1-2 3 Grbbcker 0-6 1-4 1
A.Quigley 7-18 7-8 23 Grant 4-13 5-7 14
Mitidiero 4-13 0-1 12 Miller 1-5 2-2 4
Rubino 5-13 0-1 11 Hugelier 7-11 4-4 24
S.Quigley 0-2 0-0 0 Johnson 1-4 1-4 3
Threatt 4-6 1-2 9 True 2-6 0-0 4
Medley 0-1 0-0 0 Parker 2-3 0-2 4
Hluska 1-3 0-0 2
Hutchns 0-1 0-0 0
TOTALS 28-69 11-16 TOTALS 22-66 14-23
Halftime: DePaul 41-33. 3-pointers: DePaul 7-20 (Miti-
diero 4-9, A.Quigley 2-4, Rubino 1-4, C.Smith 0-1, S.Qui-
gley 0-2), Ill.-Chicago 7-20 (Hugelier 6-8, Grant 1-7,
Holmes 0-1, Miller 0-1, Parker 0-1, True 0-2). Rebounds:
DePaul 60 (Rubino 15), Ill.-Chicago 34 (Holmes 7). As-
sists: DePaul 17 (A.Quigley 7), Ill.-Chicago 17 (Grant 6).
Total fouls: DePaul 19, Ill.-Chicago 15. A: 600.
By Mike Pankow
Tribune staff reporter
When Northern Illinois
plays Texas Christian in the
Poinsettia Bowl on Tuesday
night in San Diego, two very
interested observers will be
checking out their alma ma-
ters.
San Diego Chargers run-
ning back LaDainian Tomlin-
son, a TCU alumnus, will be in
the house along with under-
study Michael Turner, who set
numerous records at NIU.
Turner and Tomlinson have
a friendly wager going.
“We’ve been talking about
the game ever since the an-
nouncement was made,”
Turner said. “The loser has to
wear the other guy’s jersey
from his college days.”
Turner held the Huskies’ re-
cord for rushing yards until
last month, when senior Gar-
rett Wolfe passed him with a
203-yard performance in a 31-
10 victory over Central Michi-
gan. After Wolfe rushed for164
yards in a 27-0 victory over
Eastern Michigan on Nov. 24,
he stands at 5,136 yards to
Turner’s 4,941.
“Garrett’s an impact play-
er,” said Turner, who spent
two years with Wolfe in De-
Kalb. “We still talk every now
and then. I’m happy for him,
because it’s a great accom-
plishment. Records are made
to be broken.”
For Turner to get the better
of Tomlinson, he’ll be pulling
for Wolfe to counteract the
Horned Frogs’ No. 4 rushing
defense.
Turner was a standout at
North Chicago, helping the
Warhawks to their first state
playoff berth in almost a dec-
ade during his senior season
in 1999.
He received just one scholar-
ship offer—from Huskies
coach Joe Novak—and made
the most of it, excelling
enough to be selected by the
Chargers in the fifth round of
the 2004 draft.
“Coach Novak’s program is
moving on up in the right di-
rection,” Turner said.
Turner is San Diego’s sec-
ond-leading rusher behind
Tomlinson and is the Char-
gers’ primary kickoff return-
er.
Turner’s most memorable
carry came last season when
he lived up to his nickname
“the Burner” by breaking free
on a game-clinching 83-yard
touchdown sprint that gave
San Diego a 26-17 victory at In-
dianapolis and ended the
Colts’ undefeated run at 13
games.
As a youth he admired Neal
Anderson and Walter Payton.
He bubbled over at the pros-
pect of a Bears-Chargers Su-
per Bowl.
“It would be a great game,”
Turner said. “I grew up watch-
ing every Bears game.”
mpankow@tribune.com
Getty Images photo by Donald Mirelle
LaDainian Tomlinson (left) and his backup, Michael Turner, will be at the Poinsettia Bowl.
NIU, TCU alums charged up
Turner, Tomlinson
have friendly bet
on Poinsettia Bowl
Photo for the Tribune by Peter Thompson (left); AP photo by Sharon M. Steinman (right)
Michael Turner was nicknamed “the Burner” at NIU, and La-
Dainian Tomlinson had an equally stellar career at TCU.
‘Coach Novak’s [NIU] program is moving
on up in the right direction.’
—Chargers running back and Northern Illinois alum Michael Turner
Nicholson