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Maui, HI (SportsNetwork.com) - Another nip-and-tuck affair went to Arizona. Stanley Johnson had 18 points and nine rebounds as the No. 3 Wildcats defeated 15th-ranked San Diego State 61-59 in the Maui Invitational championship game. Trey Kells four-point play pulled the Aztecs within 57-55 with 17 seconds left, but Johnson knocked down a pair of foul shots at the other end. J.J. OBrien split two free throws with five ticks left at the other end and T.J. McConnell drained two bonus shots to seal the outcome. These two non-conference opponents met for the fifth time in the last four seasons and the Wildcats (6-0) have won the last four by a combined 18 points. San Diego State (5-1) has won 32 of its last 37 against non-conference foes, with four of those five losses coming against Arizona. Neither team led by more than six points in this one. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson posted 14 points and six rebounds, while McConnell added 11 points for Arizona, which became the sixth team to win the Maui Invitational multiple times. The Wildcats last won the tournament in 2000. Winston Shepard tallied 14 points and six rebounds and Kell also provided 14 points for the Aztecs. Arizona didnt lead by more than four until the final minute. Angelo Chols layup staked the Aztecs to a 48-47 edge with 9:15 left before Arizona seized control with a 10-3 run and held SDSU without a point for 5:42 following the Chol bucket. McConnell jump-started the surge with a deep left wing 3-pointer and two Johnson free throws capped it to give Arizona a 57-51 lead with 34 seconds to go. Earlier, the Aztecs raced out to a 10-4 start less than five minutes in, but Arizona closed the opening half on an 8-2 spurt and took a 32-31 edge into the locker room. Game Notes Duke has the most Maui Invitational Tournament titles with five ... 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Chris Heisey followed with a two-run triple and Billy Hamilton added an RBI double, all but sealing Cincinnatis fourth straight victory and seventh in eight games. Brandon Phillips, celebrating his 33rd birthday, hit a go-ahead homer in the ninth for the Reds before pinch-hitter Buster Posey tied it with an RBI double off hard-throwing closer Aroldis Chapman in the bottom half.Any mention of golf during the week of Thanksgiving used to be about the Skins Game.Now its hard not to think about Tiger Woods.It was five years ago this week when his private life began to unravel. It still seems surreal to recall the breaking news scrolling along the bottom of the television that Woods had been seriously injured in a car accident outside his home. The injury wasnt that serious. He was treated and released.And while the tree his SUV struck did far more damage, it was the fire hydrant he first ran over that became a symbol of the before-and-after nature of his career.There is a fascination with anniversaries. Is five years any more meaningful than four or six? Still, it seems appropriate to raise one question as Woods prepares to return to competition next week after another long layoff.Is this where you thought he would be five years later?He has gone through two swing coaches. He has changed caddies. He has gone from married with children to being a single dad. He still has 14 majors. And next week at the Hero World Challenge will his fifth comeback from injury.So much has changed, except for the expectations.Theyre just as high.And thats why the last five years — particularly the last one — would seem to be a lost cause.About this time a year ago, Woods was on the cusp of winning his World Challenge until Zach Johnson holed out from the drop zone for par on the 18th hole and went on to beat him in a playoff. That stuff used to only happen to Greg Norman.No problem. Woods was coming off another five-win season on the PGA Tour that only he can make look routine. He was PGA Tour player of the year for the 11th time, won the money title for the 10th time and captured the Vardon Trophy for the ninth time.But when he began this year as the defending champion at Torrey Pines, no one could have imagined what would follow.Woods has started only eight tournaments this year and finished only three of them. For the first time in his career, he did not register a top 10. There were two WDs (withdraws), two MCs (missed cuts) and one MDF (54-hole cut).He effectively was MIA.Recurring back pain led to surgery in March, which forced him to sit out three months and miss two majors. When he returned (earlier than he should have), he looked more like an old Woods than the Woods of oold.dddddddddddd And then he shut it down after the PGA Championship to get stronger.Is he as good as 25-year-old Rory McIlroy? No. For starters, Woods turns 39 next month.Can he challenge him?Considering the last five years as a whole, it might be too early to rule him out.—McIlroy with 13 wins worldwide is the only player to have won more than Woods (nine) over the last five years. Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Luke Donald and Lee Westwood also have nine wins around the world.—Woods still has the highest winning percentage (12 per cent) of anyone in the last five years.—In the last five years, Woods has been at No. 1 in the world longer (60 weeks) than the other five players who have taken turns at the top of the ranking, and he is the only player to be No. 1 for a continuous year.Its not all that dire.Far more difficult to measure is how much Woods has been affected physically and emotionally since the crisis in his personal life unfolded Thanksgiving weekend in 2009.He doesnt seem to make as many big putts. But that started before he hit the fire hydrant. Otherwise, he would have won the PGA Championship at Hazeltine.He has lost precious time because of his Achilles tendon and his left knee, and more recently his back. Those injuries were a matter of time.The biggest change involves his corporate deals. Woods lost or did not renew sponsorship deals with Accenture, AT&T, Gillette, Gatorade, Tag Heuer and EA Sports. He has replaced them with Rolex, a Japanese heat rub, FUSE and and now Muscle Pharm. Nike remains his biggest sponsor, and Woods has made appearances in commercials and TV shows with McIlroy. There was a time when Woods didnt share his Nike stage with anyone.His performance in the majors is the most glaring difference, mainly because that always has been his ultimate measure.In the 16 majors he has played since 2010, Woods has only five top-five finishes, and he has not been a serious factor in the final hour of any of them. He has not broken 70 in the final round of a major since the Masters in 2011.He remains stuck on 14 majors dating to the 2008 U.S. Open. He is still four short of catching Jack Nicklaus.The week after Thanksgiving, Woods gets back to work. And that leads to another relevant question.Where will he be five years from now? ' ' '