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LAS VEGAS -- St. Marys is used to playing in the Orleans Arena every March, having been there annually since 2009 for the West Coast Conference Tournament.Due to scheduling conflicts, the 15th-ranked Gaels got an early season look at the venue on Sunday, and earned a 76-63 victory over UAB.They werent coming to our place and we werent going there and we decided to play in Vegas -- everybody likes to go to Vegas to play games this time of year, St. Marys coach Randy Bennett said. It was good for us. It was a good basketball game in non-conference and I think itll help us down the road.I think itll help us resume wise, and I think itll help us just as a team, playing against a team that athletic and that big. Theyre used to winning, they dont go away. So, we had to play well and we did play well.Jock Landale scored 20 points to lead No. 15 St. Marys (5-0). He was 9 of 11 from the field.In doing a much better job of not getting beat off the dribble, something Bennett was looking for in the Gaels stopover in Las Vegas, they did a good job of limiting UABs shot selection at key moments. The defensive stops allowed St. Marys to go on significant runs to keep the Blazers well behind.The Gaels outscored UAB (3-3) 30-16 during a 14-minute stretch in the first half to open their largest lead of the game, 40-23.We had some good stretches, and we need more of them, Bennett said. We played 40 minutes tonight, we probably had 25 minutes of what I thought was good defense. Thats got to be closer to 37 or 38 minutes, thats where we need to get. We were closer to that last year and we have to get back there.The Blazers wouldnt go away, however, as they came out of the locker room and used a 16-7 run to cut the lead to seven, at 50-43 with 14:33 left. But the Gaels used a 13-3 run of their own, ignited by three consecutive 3-pointers, to push the lead back to double digits, at 63-46 with 9:29 remaining.Though it is just five games into the season, St. Marys looked in mid-season form for most of the game, with solid ball movement and noticeable chemistry the Blazers are still looking for without junior point guard Nick Norton, who was lost for the season with a torn ACL.We get along so well on and off the court and I think that adds to our trust factor, Landale said. We never really doubt each other to make the shot or an open play. We just get how each one of us operates individually and it makes things a lot easier.Emmett Naar, Stefan Gonzalez and Calvin Hermanson each scored 12 points for the Gaels. They were 27 of 52 (.519) from the field, including 50 percent (13 of 26) from 3-point range. St. Marys also hit all nine of its free throws.Meanwhile, the Blazers continue to struggle without Norton, who came into his third year as a starter but was lost for the season just 15 minutes into the season-opener.The Blazers shot 47 percent from the field, hitting 26 of 55, and were led by Chris Cokley, who had a season-high 20 points. Deion Lavender also had a season high with 12.I was proud of the way we fought back and competed and made it a good game, but weve been doing that and weve shown flashes, UAB coach Rob Ehsan said. Were going to have to figure out how to play consistently at a higher level, and I think were still learning that against the best teams in the country.BIG PICTUREThe undefeated Gaels look to finish the opening month unscathed this week, and then will enjoy five straight home games to start December. Given their competition, and their slate from Dec. 8-22, its conceivable St. Marys can open West Coast Conference play 11-0.RESERVE MINUTESBennett said he plans to utilize his reserves much more starting with the next game, with hopes of giving quality minutes to Tanner Krebs, Jordan Ford, Dane Pineau, Jordan Hunter to get their confidence up in time for conference play.The first five games have been pretty tough, so its been hard to be liberal with the substitutions, he said. We have another tough one with Stanford on Wednesday, but I think we can get some guys that are on the bench in the game.UP NEXTSt. Marys: At Stanford on Wednesday night.UAB: Host Alabama A&M on Tuesday night.Kevin Faulk Patriots Jersey . The Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, and Texas Rangers all won on Sunday meaning the Rangers will host the Rays in a play-in game on Monday. Rob Gronkowski Womens Jersey . 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But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human.NEW YORK -- NBC announcer Al Trautwig said Monday he regrets tweeting that the adoptive mother and father of American gymnastics star Simone Biles were not her parents, a declaration that angered advocates for adoption.Trautwig had been scolded by a woman on Twitter for not referring to Ron and Nellie Biles as the 19-year-old Olympic gymnasts parents. Ron Biles, her maternal grandfather, and his wife Nellie adopted Simone and her sister Adria in 2000 after they spent time in foster care.NBC ordered Trautwig to delete his tweet.To set the record straight, Ron and Nellie are Simones parents, Trautwig said Monday.Carrie Goldman, who lives outside of Chicago and writes a blog, Portrait of an Adoption, said NBC and its personnel should not minimize the role of adoptive parents. She said Trautwig should apologize to Biles; NBC had no comment on whether he would.Its the second public misstep in as many days for an NBC announcer, after swimming commentator Dan Hicks was ripped online for referring to the husband and coach of a Hungarian swimmer as the guy responsible for her strong performance. Trautwigs case involved an athlete NBC expects to be one of the biggest stars of the Rio de Janeiro Games.Simone Biles went to live with her grandparents in Texas while their mother struggled with drugs and alcohol in Ohio, and was adopted when the birth mothers parental rights were terminated. Simone remains in contact with Shanon Biles but is quick to correct anyone who calls Shanon her mother. Shanon Biles is her biological mother, she says. Nellie Biles is mom.Mother and father were also the phrases used by NBC in a profile of Biles that aired Sunday night.Shortly thereafter, Trautwig said on the air that Simone was raised by her granddfather and his wife and she calls them mom and dad.ddddddddddddA woman on Twitter then urged Trautwig to stop calling Ron and Nellie her grandfather and his wife. They are her parents, she wrote. But Trautwig replied in his since-deleted tweet: They may be mom and dad but they are NOT her parents.If shes been adopted, they are her parents -- legally as well as emotionally, advocates said.If they are parenting her -- thats what a parent does -- dont diminish the role by calling them something other than her parents, said Chuck Johnson, president and CEO of the National Council for Adoption. Some of us would find that offensive.Goldman said she hopes NBC uses the opportunity to educate viewers about adoption, given the Olympics big audience and Biles high profile. Trautwigs statement was a good first step, she said.Clearly the tide of public opinion has gotten through to NBC, she said.Judging by some of his other tweets, Trautwig was in a cranky mood Sunday.To one tweeter who complained about losing five years of his life every time Trautwig explained the gymnastics scoring system, the announcer replied: Then you should be done by now. To another who said that hell watch ping pong if he had to listen to Trautwigs voice any longer, he replied: Enjoy what is called table tennis.Someone with the Twitter handle Gym Nerd wrote to Trautwig that you may be in Rio but at least Im passionate about my job, and respected for it.Right, and I dont care, Trautwig replied. Resume treatment.NBC said it had no further comment on Trautwigs social media habits.---AP Summer Games website: http://summergames.ap.org ' ' '