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EUGENE, Ore. -- Dana Altman called Oregons 93-54 win over Western Oregon on Wednesday a development game.Oregon built an early 18-5 lead and kept the margin in double digits the rest of the way to defeat an in-state Division II opponent.We needed to get out and just move the ball and run some stuff, the Ducks coach said. I thought our activity on defense was pretty good. We needed a development game. We have got to get better and we have to make a step and talk more defensively.The 23rd-ranked Ducks (6-2) may get another development game when Savannah State arrives at Matthew Knight Arena on Saturday. The Tigers are 2-6 with their only wins over Middle Georgia State and Fort Valley State.We have to come in with the same mindset as we did against Western Oregon, Oregon guard Tyler Dorsey said. We have to work on the deficiencies we have and move the ball on the offensive end. We have to get our turnover-to-assist ratio closer to what we had last year and work on the offensive end.The Ducks have won four straight games and do not have to leave the state again until January because their next seven games are in Oregon. After Savannah State, the Ducks have eight days off for finals week.Six-foot-10 senior center Chris Boucher leads the Ducks with 13.8 points to go with 7.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocked shots per game. Junior forward Jordan Bell is averaging career highs of 10.4 points and 8.6 rebounds to go with 2.8 blocks per contest.Junior Dillon Brooks is getting back into shape after sitting out four months and missing three games following offseason foot surgery. The all-Pac-12 forward scored 21 points in 19 minutes on 8-for-13 shooting from the field against Western Oregon after going 1-for-9 in his previous game versus Boise State.It is going to come, we all know that, Altman said. Wed like to get him 20 minutes against Savannah and maybe start moving up in our week off and see how he handled the practice sessions. He has four games to get ready for the start of conference so I hope we can keep moving those minutes up. He feels great and is progressing as we had hoped.Savannah States top two scorers, Dexter McClanahan and Casey Wells, both come off the bench while averaging 14.1 and 13.3 points per game, respectively. Troyce Manassa is scoring 12.4 points per game while Austin Dasent averages 11.3 points with a team-leading 3.9 assists per game.The Tigers have lost three straight games to St. Francis College in Brooklyn, Grambling, and San Diego State.Oregon defeated Savannah State 77-59 last season in Eugene. Pirates Jerseys 2020 . -- Sergey Tolchinksy scored his second goal of the game 3:56 into overtime as the Sault Ste. Pirates Jerseys 2019 . Vokoun departed practice on Saturday morning after discovering swelling in his thigh. 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At a news conference Tuesday where it was thought that the fiery Schallibaum may be shown the door after a dismal finish to the Major League Soccer season, team president Joey Saputo said no decision has been made on whether the Swiss Volcano will be back in 2014. PITTSBURGH -- The Cincinnati Reds picked the wrong time to run into a hot pitcher.Ivan Nova pitched a six-hitter to stay unbeaten with Pittsburgh and Jung Ho Kang hit a two-run double to key a three-run first inning as the Pirates defeated Cincinnati 4-1 on Thursday night, extending the Reds losing streak to five games.Nova (12-6) pitched his second complete game in seven starts since being acquired from the New York Yankees in a trade on Aug. 1. He struck out four, walked none, got 15 of his outs on ground balls and retired the first 12 batters while throwing 94 pitches.Nova improved to 5-0 with a 2.53 ERA in seven starts with the Pirates. He has issued just two walks in 46 2/3 innings.He didnt give us much to get excited about, Reds manager Bryan Price said. He did a really nice job, even during the few times we had runners on base. He gets so many ground balls, hes always a pitch away from getting out of a tough situation with a double play. When we did have some guys on, he was just able to manage the game extremely well.Nova finished off the Reds in 2 hours, 28 minutes.I think my wife and everybody likes it when I get home early, so I try to make it as quick as possible, Nova said with a grin.Kangs double opened the scoring and he came home on a single by Francisco Cervelli as the Pirates took an early 3-0 lead against Dan Straily (11-8).Kang is 7 for 13 with seven RBI in four games since being activated from the disabled list Monday after missing 15 days with a sore left shoulder.That was all the runs Straily gave up during a five-inning stint. He allowed seven hits, struck out six and walked three.I wasnt exactly where I wanted to be -- but they had three hits (in the first) inning that were probably a foot away from a glove. Total, Straily said. So thats just kind of the way it happened.The Reds dropped to 57-82, clinching their third consecutive losing season and 14th in the last 17 years.The Pirates, still on the fringe of the National League wild card race, won their second straight followwing an eight-game losing streak.ddddddddddddThey began a stretch of 15 consecutive games against teams with losing records.Clint Hurdle, in his sixth season, became the sixth manager in Pirates history to win 500 games.Josh Harrison hit two doubles for the Pirates. David Freese and Cervelli had two hits each.Zack Cozart singled in the Reds lone run in the sixth. Andrew McCutchen countered with an RBI single in the bottom of the inning.TRAINERS ROOMReds: CF Billy Hamilton (strained oblique) missed his fourth straight game with a strained oblique and stayed behind in Cincinnati to receive treatment. . RHP Homer Bailey (biceps tendinitis) has not started since Aug. 28 but the Reds hold out hope he will be able to return this season.Pirates: CF Starling Marte (back spasms) missed his third straight game. . RHP A.J. Schugel (sore shoulder) hasnt pitched since Aug. 30 and there is no timetable for the relievers return.PIRATES SHUFFLE ROTATIONRHP Drew Hutchison will make his Pirates debut Saturday night when he starts in place of RHP Chad Kuhl against the Reds. The Pirates acquired Hutchison from the Toronto Blue Jays in a trade Aug. 1 and he was 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA in seven games, including six starts, for Triple-A Indianapolis before being recalled TuesdayFrom 2012-15, Hutchison had a 30-21 record with a 4.92 ERA in 76 games, 73 of which were starts, over four seasons with the Blue Jays.Kuhl and fellow rookie RHP Jameson Taillon are having their next turns in the starting rotation skipped as the Pirates attempt to manage their innings pitched. Taillon has worked 149 1/3 innings between the major and minor leagues and Kuhls total is 134 1/3.UP NEXTReds: RHP Tim Adleman (2-3, 4.02 ERA) will start Friday night and the rookie is 0-2 with a 5.63 ERA in his last three starts.Pirates: LHP Steven Brault (0-2, 3.32), also a rookie, will look for his first win in his fifth career start. ' ' '