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Tyler Wright can become Australias 20th world surfing champion and the countrys new queen of the wave at the Cascais Pro in Portugal, starting Saturday.Wright has opened up a significant lead at the top of the title race with three events still remaining, meaning a victory will be enough to claim the title if main contender Courtney Conlogue fails to reach the semi-finals.Wright enters the event as the form-competitor, having taken out last weeks event in California,?where she defeated fellow-Australian and six-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore in the final.However its meant she had limited preparation time in Portugal, arriving only late in the week after spending a month in the USA in training for her last event win.Shell also need to turn the tables on the USAs Conlogue, who will enter Portugal with the confidence of knowing she won the final at the same break last year.In contrast, Wright was knocked out in the fourth round, and has never made the final in three visits to Portugal.However Wright has never had a year like this one before.She has already claimed four of the seven events, winning 25 of her 32 heats along the way.Not that its her first real shot at the title.In 2014 she had the opportunity to take Gilmore to a surf-off to determine the title, but she was beaten by Hawaiian Carissa Moore.She can now begin to avenge for that defeat next week in Portugal, when she meets local Teresa Bonvalot and South African Biana Buitendag in the opening round.Conlogue has a tougher opposition in Australian Nikki Van Dijk and Chelsea Tuach of Barbados.Gilmore and Sally Fitzgibbons face off in the first round with USAs Laker Peterson, while Laura Enever and Keely Andrew are the only other two Australians in the field. 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The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Jack Gibbs scored 28 points and Peyton Aldridge contributed 12 points and 11 rebounds to power Davidson past Arizona State 68-60 during the fifth-place game of the Tire Pros Invitational on Sunday.The Wildcats (3-1) were patient throughout and moved the ball around until they found the open man. Gibbs, who also had four assists and two steals, was often that man as he consistently got past the Sun Devil guards for uncontested layups. But Gibbs greatest contribution came at the free throw line where he converted 16 of 21 attempts, including two key free throws with 28.5 seconds remaining to stretch the lead back out to six points. The Sun Devils attempted just 13 free throws as a team.If we are playing one-on-one they might beat us but if we are playing five-on-five I think that was the team thing where we are trying to get better as a team, said Gibbs, whose team had 15 assists off 19 field goals for the game. We made some steps today.In addition to Gibbs and Aldridge, the Wildcats also got double-digit production from Will Magarity (10).Guard Tra Holder led ASU with 18 points before fouling out with 1:45 remaining and his team trailing 62-52. Shannon Evans II also finished with 13 points and seven assists for ASU (3-2).But the Sun Devils, who shot 29 percent from the field in the first half and 32 percent for the game, were hurt by the missed shots of key players like Torian Graham (1 for 12 from the field) and Obinna Oleka (5 for 16).I thought we played as poor of an offensive half as I think we will maybe play all season, said ASU coach Bobby Hurley, whose team pulled within four points late after trailing by as many as 18 in the second half. We are way more capable and better as an offensive team than we showed in the first half. We didnt make shots.Davidson, an Atlantic 10 school, went 2-1 against Power 5 opponents in this weeks tournament.dddddddddddd The Wildcats defeated both Missouri and Arizona State convincingly after losing to Clemson in the opening round.Two very good wins against two very well-coached and very talented teams, said Davidson coach Bob McKillop. To be able to head back to Davidson with two wins against Power 5 teams under our belts is a great statement about us.BIG PICTUREDavidson: The Wildcats proved themselves as a quality team that can play with the big schools. McKillops team beats opponents by being patient, making the extra pass to find the open man. It worked well in wins over Missouri and Arizona State in this tournament. Davidson, however, must take better care of the ball. The Wildcats committed 18 turnovers against ASU.Arizona St: This tournament has to be considered a letdown for the Sun Devils, who suffered double-digit losses to non-Power 5 opponents Northern Iowa and Davidson. Their lone victory in the tournament came against Tulane in a loser bracket game. Holder is the Sun Devils leader but he has to play under control and take better shots.NO CHARITYThere was a huge disparity in free throws for the game with Davidson going 23-30 at from the line, while the Sun Devils had just 13 free throw opportunities and converted seven.The free throw line killed us today, Hurley said. Our inability to get to the free throw line and their ability to get to the line was surprising considering they are a 3-point shooting team.SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHTGibbs, who was on fire for much of the tournament, tied a Tire Pros Invitational record with 71 points over the three days.UP NEXTDavidson: The Wildcats face Charlotte at home on Saturday.Arizona St: The Sun Devils return home to face Citadel on Wednesday. ' ' '