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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Blake Hamilton scored 29 of his 36 points in the second half, Nick Perkins had 14 points and seven rebounds, and Buffalo beat Alaska Anchorage 85-79 on Wednesday night in the opener of the Great Alaska Shootout.Perkins missed the second of two free throws with 1:07 left but he grabbed the rebound. After a timeout, Buffalo turned it over and Augustus Simmers made two free throws to pull to 76-73.Hamilton went 1 of 2 at the line with 43.2 seconds left, Alaska turned it over and Hamilton made two more free throws for a five-point lead.Willie Conner added 12 points for Buffalo (3-1), which played its first game in the state of Alaska. The Bulls will play their next five games away from home.Hamilton was 3 of 9 from the field in the first half and 9 of 15 in the second.Diante Mitchell had 17 points and seven assists for Alaska Anchorage. Jay Jackson Jersey . Scott won the Australian PGA last week in his first event in Australia since winning the U.S. Masters in April. American Matt Kuchar, ahead by two strokes with four to play and even with Scott with one to go, double-bogeyed the 18th after taking two shots to get out of a bunker. Drew Pomeranz Brewers Jersey . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. https://www.cheapbrewers.com/1659y-rob-deer-jersey-brewers.html . -- Jimmy Walkers first PGA Tour trophy came with a special gift tucked inside. Ryan Braun Brewers Jersey . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. Bud Selig Brewers Jersey .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. TORONTO -- Canada, as expected, is in the World Cup of Hockey finals.Team Europe, an unexpected contender, also is in the best-of-three series.Nobody would guess we could be in the final, Marian Hossa said after helping Europe beat Sweden 3-2 Sunday in the semifinals. It was 33-to-1 odds against us.The host Canadians, heavy favorites, will play a team made up of eight European countries playing with a tremendous amount of collective pride and a unique sense of community in Game 1 on Tuesday night.Here are some things to watch when the puck drops:THEYRE STREAKING: Canada had won 14 straight games in best-on-best tournaments since losing to the U.S. in the preliminary round of the 2010 Olympics. With superstar Sidney Crosby, who has a World Cup-best seven points, it is difficult to envision any team beating them. Even if Europe can win a game to stop the impressive streak, which is like the Americans run in Olympic basketball, that wont be enough because the Canadians will have to be beaten twice to prevent them from winning the World Cup.BETWEEN THE PIPES: Both teams have a standout goaltender they can lean on in must-win situations. Canadas Carey Price has quieted questions about his health, overcoming a right knee injury that kept him of the Montreal Canadiens lineup for much of last season. He helped the Canadians win gold two years ago and is two wins away from adding to his legacy. Team Europe is among the last two playing in the eight-team field in large part because it has goalie Jaroslav HHalak.dddddddddddd The Slovak made 37 saves against Sweden.MIGHTY MARCHAND: Canadas Brad Marchand, taking advantage of playing on Sidney Crosbys line, has three goals and five points in four games. Crosby and teammate Jonathan Toews are the two players in the star-studded field with as many goals and only Crosby has more points.KOPITAR WATCH: Team Europes best skater, Slovenias Anze Kopitar, has not scored a goal in the tournament. He did, however, have two assists in the semifinals to increase his point total to three. If the Europeans are going to stun Canada with at least one win, the Los Angeles Kings star will likely have to score.COACHING CONNECTIONS: Europes coach, Ralph Krueger, got a much-needed call from Canada coach Mike Babcock shortly after being let go by the Edmonton Oilers after leading them to a 19-22-7 mark during the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season. When I was fired in Edmonton sitting on my daughters bed on Skype, Mike called me 12 hours later to ask me to come to the Olympic Games with Canada, so thats Mike Babcock, Krueger recalled.DEPTH OF FIELD: The one advantage Canada will have in the finals, without a doubt, is their depth. Canada can and will roll four lines of forwards and three pairs of defensemen without a discernible dropoff.---Follow Larry Lage at www.twitter.com/larrylage and follow his work at www.bigstory.ap.org/content/larry-lage . ' ' '