OU women's basketball: Taylor Robertson, Madi Williams lead Sooners past Minnesota

Robertson, Williams lead OU to another win

Taylor Robertson and Madi Williams are becoming quite a duo for the Oklahoma women's basketball team.

Robertson scored 19 points, and Williams added 12 points and 11 rebounds Monday, leading the Sooners to an 88-69 victory over Minnesota at the Battle for Atlantis Tournament in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

The Sooners improved to 5-1 with the victory — and a day after Robertson and Williams keyed a 93-72 rout over Buffalo. Robertson had 27 points in that game, and Williams collected 19 points and 12 boards.

OU next plays 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at SMU in Dallas.

Robertson joined the Sooners' 1,500-point club.

"I'm so proud of this team and what we accomplished this week," OU coach Jennie Baranczyk said after the win. "I think what we learned this week is that whenever we play our game and play for each other, we are a really, really good basketball team."

SOUTH CAROLINA 73, UConn 57: Aliyah Boston had 22 points and 15 rebounds to help No. 1 South Carolina beat second-ranked UConn on Monday to win the inaugural Battle 4 Atlantis tournament championship.

Frustrated Mayfield skips media session

Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said frustration with his own performance — not being booed by Cleveland fans — caused him to head straight to the locker room following the game and not speak to the media.

Mayfield threw two interceptions in Sunday's 13-10 victory over the winless Detroit Lions, a sloppy, penalty-filled affair for the Browns (6-5), who survived and kept their playoff hopes intact.

After the final snap, Mayfield took off his helmet and didn't acknowledge teammates or the Lions as he gloomily walked off the field. He declined doing postgame interviews, which are required by the NFL unless a player is getting medical treatment.

RAIDERS: Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III received a stern talking-to from a Las Vegas judge but was allowed to remain on house arrest with a continuous alcohol monitor on one ankle and a GPS monitor on the other following a fatal crash he’s accused of causing by driving drunk.

Justice of the Peace Suzan Baucum told Ruggs and his lawyers she was “comfortable with a higher level of monitoring” after a hearing about a delay in Ruggs providing a remote breath-alcohol test with a hand-held device on Nov. 13.

“But if there are any misses, if there are any problems, if there is any alcohol detected in your system, you need to know that’s going to be problematic for this court going forward,” she said.

Since his Nov. 3 release from jail on $150,000 bail, Ruggs has passed more than 77 breath-alcohol tests, his lawyer told the judge.

CHARGERS 41, STEELERS 37: Justin Herbert threw a 53-yard touchdown pass to Mike Williams with 2:17 remaining as the Chargers rallied to hold off the Pittsburgh Steelers despite blowing a 17-point lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Five of the Chargers' six wins this season have been fourth-quarter comebacks. Last season, they lost five times when leading in the fourth.

OBITUARY: Former Raiders fullback Steve Smith has died after a long battle with Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was 57. Smith was the lead blocker during his nine-year NFL career for stars such as Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson. He also ran for 1,627 yards and nine TDs in seven seasons for the Raiders and two in Seattle.

A-Rod, Ortiz on Hall of Fame ballot

David Ortiz, Ryan Howard, Tim Lincecum and Alex Rodriguez are among 13 first-time candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, joining 17 holdovers.

Steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens make their 10th and final appearance on the BBWAA ballot along with Curt Schilling, who fell 16 votes shy of the necessary 75% in last year’s balloting. Schilling appeared on 71.1% of ballots, Bonds 61.8% and Clemens 61.6%.

Justin Morneau, Jimmy Rollins and Jake Peavy also are new to the ballot along with Carl Crawford, Prince Fielder, Joe Nathan, Jonathan Papelbon, A.J. Pierzynski and Mark Teixeira, the Hall and BBWAA said Monday.

RED SOX: The Boston Red Sox have picked up Alex Cora’s option for two more seasons, rewarding their manager for taking them to the AL Championship Series in his first year back after serving his one-year sign-stealing suspension.

YANKEES: Speedy utility player Tyler Wade was traded from the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Angels on Monday for a player to be named or cash. Wade hit .268 (34 for 127) with five doubles, one triple, five RBIs and 17 stolen bases in 103 games last season.

OBITUARY: Former All-Star closer Doug Jones died at the age of 64, the Cleveland Guardians announced on social media on Monday. Jones pitched for Cleveland across seven seasons between 1986-1991 and then again in 1998. All told, Jones saved 129 games for Cleveland, the third most in franchise history behind only Cody Allen (149) and Bob Wickman (139).

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez will miss the Cornhuskers' season finale against Iowa because of a shoulder injury, coach Scott Frost announced Monday. Frost said redshirt freshman Logan Smothers would start Friday against the 17th-ranked Hawkeyes (9-2, 6-2 Big Ten).

AUTO RACING: Longtime racing enthusiast Ernie Messmer has died from cancer. The Oklahoma City resident was 66. Messmer raced open-wheel cars at old State Fair Speedway in OKC and also owned a sprinter driven by the legendary Mike Peters. Messmer was a founder of the Sprint Series of Oklahoma, which continues to operate around the state each summer. Messmer's services are 11 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 1, at the Westmoore Community Church

Staff and wire reports

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