I did pretty well, Holiday said of his debut in which he had 10 points and four assists in the fourth quarter. It was really just the initial hit of being out there and in the first four minutes or wha

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Oregon States Tres Tinkle is still learning how to balance basketball and family -- no easy task when his dad is his coach.The sophomore forward has his own apartment now, taking those first steps toward independence. He hasnt quite mastered dinner, however.I still go home most nights for a home cooked meal. Its better than what Im probably going to making for myself, he said, laughing. But its good being close to the gym and the campus. Late nights, Ill walk over here and shoot.The Beavers, embarking on their third season under coach -- and proud dad -- Wayne Tinkle, open at home on Friday night against Prairie View A&M. Oregon State hopes to build on last season when the team went 19-13 overall and got into the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 26 years.But it will be a challenge. The Beavers have just one senior on their roster. Star guard Gary Payton II, who led the team with an average of 16 points a game, is playing in the NBA development league and fellow starter Malcom Duvivier has left the team for personal reasons.Oregon State has a promising group of young sophomores, including the younger Tinkle, Drew Eubanks and Stephen Thompson Jr.Tinkle, the teams co-captain with Eubanks, is the Beavers top returner in average points per game (13.1), rebounds (5.4) and assists (1.1). As a starter, he averaged 15.1 points in 11 games.But he missed the end of last season because of a foot injury which required offseason surgery. He was cleared for full practice three weeks ago and is expected to start Friday.It was tough for sure, missing five of the biggest games of the year is not fun, and especially our past history of not making it for so long, Tres Tinkle said. It stings because you want to be out there, because you worked with them all year and those are your best friends and your brothers competing. You just wish you could be out there helping them.He also said watching from the bench was a valuable learning experience.I think I just learned the game through a coachs eye, I was able to examine the open spots on the court and things like that, he said. It helped to put that into my game, where I saw other people doing things. I was able to learn and understand what the coaches were looking at.Tinkle and his dad arent the only father-son duo on the team. Thompson, who averaged 10.6 points per game last season, is the son of assistant coach Stephen Thompson.And a younger Thompson, Ethan, signed a letter of intent to play for the Beavers on Wednesday. The 6-foot-4 shooting guard is a four-star recruit out of Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, California.Coach Thompson posted a photo on Twitter with the words: I would like to congratulate my son Ethan Thompson on officially becoming a Beaver. This is one of the proudest moments of my life.At Pac-12 media day, Tres Tinkle said that every day it gets easier to differentiate between his dad and coach Tinkle.It was tough for me just to know who Im talking to. Once that got figured out, it made things way easier and weve just been growing from there. Obviously, we have days where some are better than others, the younger Tinkle said. But if we look back and reflect on it, its unique, and its awesome to have him by my side the whole way.Wayne Tinkle said he agrees the experience is precious.By no means is this just a father-son experience. Weve got our whole program, our university and everybody behind us, he said. 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You cant run from it.Charlotte didnt back down when Atlantas Dwight Howard threw an elbow at the head of Hornets center Cody Zeller and was ejected with 5:38 left in Fridays game. The Hawks led by three when Howard was called for the Flagrant-2 foul.The Hornets scored the next nine points, including seven by Kemba Walker, to take control.Zeller, a fourth-year forward, finished with 23 points, making 9 of 10 shots from the field.He gets better every year. He gets better every day, Walker said of Zeller. Skill-wise he gets better and he gets better with his confidence. He works hard each and every day to improve his game. It shows every night.Fridays game started a stretch in which the Hornets play 18 games in 32 days. They wont have consecutive days off until Dec. 17-18.This is a good way to start this stretch, Clifford said. If were a good team, the kind of team that we need to be, then weve got to find a way to play a good game on the road and get a win.ddddddddddddGetting wins against the Pelicans has been easy for most teams this season, but the Hornets havent won in New Orleans in their previous three seasons under Clifford.New Orleans entered Fridays game with the worst record in the NBA, but Davis had 38 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Holiday had 21 points and seven assists off the bench as the Pelicans won their second consecutive home game.Their record is misleading, Clifford said. When you look at them play they have had a lot of injuries and theyve lost a lot of close games.Davis returned from a one-game absence with a bruised quad and Holiday made his season debut after being away from the team to be with his wife Lauren as she gave birth to the couples first child and underwent brain surgery.I think I did pretty well, Holiday said of his debut in which he had 10 points and four assists in the fourth quarter. It was really just the initial hit of being out there and in the first four minutes or whatever when I need to get a feel for the game. From there, I just felt more comfortable toward the end of the game.Holiday played 21 minutes and coach Alvin Gentry said he plans to gradually increase Holidays minutes but doesnt have a timetable for when his point guard will return to the starting lineup.Its tough for anyone to sit out all of training camp and all of the preseason and also the first 12 games of the season, Gentry said. 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