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HOUSTON -- The Houston Texans are in control of the AFC South at the moment.But they know they cant let up with Tennessee and Indianapolis still in the hunt with three regular-season games remaining.The Texans and the Titans are both 7-6, but Houston holds the tiebreaker with a perfect 4-0 mark in division play.The Texans completed a season sweep of the Colts for the first time in franchise history on Sunday to leave Indianapolis one game back.With everything on the line down the stretch, coach Bill OBrien wants to make sure that his team is focused on just one thing this week.Jacksonville, he said. Thats it. Jacksonville. Everything that were doing when they come into the meeting on Wednesday will be about the Jacksonville Jaguars.OBrien also knows that his team cant take the Jaguars lightly despite their 2-11 record and eight-game skid.Jacksonville is not easy. I dont care what their record is, OBrien said. I just got done watching a few hours of tape. Theyve got a lot of good players, guys that can run. Its going to be a very tough game.Two of Houstons three remaining games are within the division, which could be a good thing for the Texans who look to win the AFC South for the second straight season.Theyve won nine straight in the AFC South, which is the second-longest division winning streak in the NFL. Theyll host the Bengals on Christmas Eve before wrapping up the season at Tennessee.These divisional games are very difficult, OBrien said. Give our players a lot of credit, theyve played well in the division lately, but it needs to continue on Sunday.Houston beat the Colts on Sunday with a big day by running back Lamar Miller and strong defensive play. Miller ran for 107 yards and a touchdown to reach 1,000 yards for the second time in his career and the defense forced three turnovers.But the game wasnt without problems. The Texans came away with just one touchdown in five trips into the red zone, settling for field goals four other times.Theres just some things as a team and as an offense that we need to do better, and everybodys involved, its 11 guys and the coaching staff, OBrien said.Whether its a scheme or the execution or whatever it is weve all got to do a better job. Weve got to improve in that area if we really want to be where we want to end up being. We cant be 1 for 5 in the red area. I think everybody understands that.Perhaps the biggest bright spot of Sundays win was the play of Jadeveon Clowney , who returned after sitting out last week with wrist and elbow injuries.The top overall pick in the 2014 draft had a strip-sack of Andrew Luck late in the third quarter and helped cause an interception earlier in the quarter when Luck threw under heavy pressure from the defensive end.He plays very hard. Hes been disruptive, OBrien said. I know a lot of people talk about that that was the best game and the most important play -- and it was a great play that he made on the strip-sack, but there were so many other plays that he made in the game that were good, too.The Texans have finished 9-7 in each of OBriens first two seasons and he believes that the experience of being in the playoff race in the past will help his team this season.He also wants his players to know that hes there to help them improve each week.My role is to make sure that these guys know that ... were all in it together and were all working very hard for the same common goal, he said.Were 4-0 in the division and weve got a great opportunity in front of us, so its my job to make sure ... that I show up with energy every day and try to do as good a job as I can of pointing them in the right direction.---For more NFL coverage: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Adidas Prophere Schoenen . 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That gave fans outside Joe Louis Arena another chance to ask for autographs from the 19-year-old whose stardom in the NHL has arrived earlier than most expected. PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Corey Sanders expression is a dead giveaway.Mention the name of freshman Issa Thiam and Sanders grins widely, his eyes lighting up. Sanders, Rutgers leading scorer last year, needs help, and Thiam may be the shooter the team needs. After all, the Scarlet Knights shot just 41.8 percent last year.He takes a lot of pressure off everybody, and that makes him very valuable, said Sanders, who averaged 15.9 points as a freshman. When were not having a good night, were going to look for Issa to hit those big-time shots and hes shown he can. We had a scrimmage against Monmouth and he was like, five-for-seven-from three. He shows it every day at practice. Hes a pure shooter.Rutgers fans get their first look at Thiam on Friday when the Knights begin anew with coach Steve Pikiell by hosting Molloy.The 6-foot-9 wing player can hit 3-pointers and make defenses have to respect Rutgers on the perimeter for a change.The Scarlet Knights are coming off a 7-25 season in which it was last in the Big Ten in 3-pointers, 13th in scoring (67.7 points) and 12th in 3-point percentage at 32 percent (161 of 503).A native of Senegal, Thiam was first seen by Rutgers assistant Greg Vetrone at the Canarias Basketball Academy in Spain. He averaged 14 points and eight rebounds at Arlington Country Day in Jacksonville, Florida, last season, and gave a commitment to Eddie Jordan in February. When Jordan was fired but Vetrone retained, Pikiell officially signed Thiam in May.If you saw Issa in the first scrimmage, you would say hes the best shooter in the gym, Pikiell said. Hes another worker who can shoot the ball. Thats been an area of concern here. Any time you get a 6-9 guy that can really shoot the ball, it just brings a different dimension. And hes high energy.dddddddddddd. Hes in the gym all the time and hes helped build a little bit of in-the-gym culture.Thiam, who speaks five languages and is still honing his English, prides himself on being a gym rat. He credits his father, Assane, for instilling that work ethic.My father tells me `Youre going work hard every single day, Thiam said. When I was a little kid I was working hard every single day. Id wake up at 5 a.m., go to the gym and work hard.Basketball is my life. Everything I do in my life, I only know how to work hard. I know working hard is what makes you better.What he did not learn from Assane, he picked up from watching Golden States newest superstar.I like Kevin Durant, hes doing all that stuff, working hard, Thiam said. I watch every move and he does everything over and over again. Kevins always played hard. I take that play-hard (attitude) from him, and keep trying to do even more.Thiams propensity for practice has not been lost on Pikiell, who sees the freshman in the gym on weekends, early in the morning, and late at night.I shoot every day, Thiam said. Im in the gym, shooting a lot of shots before I go home. And 5 a.m. comes, and I come here (to the gym) and shoot first because then I have to go to class.Thiam, however, does not wish to be known as a one-dimensional player who can just hit a jumper. He says he works equally hard on his defense and rebounding.A week ago I went baseline and shot a dunk on him and he blocked it, so that kind of stood out to me, Sanders said. He can block shots, rebound the ball. Hes got long arms and can play defense so well try to use him every way we can. ' ' '