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Parker is expected to miss about a week, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told the San Antonio Express-News on Friday.Parker hurt his knee against Golden State (in the season opener on Oct. 25), Popovich said. He hyperextended it and its just bruised basically, so we are giving him time to heal.Parker, who missed an earlier game at home against New Orleans, is averaging 5.5 points and 4.0 assists per game in his four appearances with the Spurs this season. Patty Mills started at the point on Friday at Utah and scored 16 points, hitting six of his first seven shots from the field.Leonard led San Antonio in scoring with 29 points. He has been the Spursscoring leader in all six of their games.In Fridays win over Memphis, Paul tied a season high with 27 points and led the team in scoring for the fourth time in five games. 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While the month between the final regular-season game and a bowl game can affect teams, the plus side of it is getting injured players back.Thats what will happen for Middle Tennessee on Saturday at the Hawaii Bowl, where it expects to get the services of redshirt sophomore quarterback Brent Stockstill back as it takes on the host Rainbow Warriors at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu.Stockstill, who missed the final three games of the regular season with a broken collarbone suffered in a Nov. 5 loss to Texas-San Antonio, threw for 2,801 yards and 27 touchdowns in nine games. He completed nearly 64 percent of his passes and tossed only five interceptions in 363 attempts.Brent has had a good week of practice, said his father, Blue Raiders coach Rick Stockstill. He has had a couple of positive checkups and we are preparing like he will be under center for us come Saturday.The return of Stockstill should only provide more juice to an offense that averaged just over 40 points per game in an 8-4 season, topping it off with a 77-point explosion in the regular-season finale, a win over Florida Atlantic.Ole Miss transfer ITavius Mathers is one of the top dual-threat running backs in college football. Mathers rushed for 1,504 yards and 16 touchdowns this year while catching 62 passes for 589 yards and three more scores.Wide receiver Richie James latched on to 97 passes for 1,463 yards and 11 touchdowns, and Ty Lee added 53 catches for 599 yards and seven scores.ddddddddddddWith all those skilled players to choose from, its no wonder Middle Tennessee averaged 515.7 yards per game and scored 62 touchdowns.On paper, its matchup with the Hawaii defense looks good, as the Warriors are permitting 37.5 points and 455.4 yards per game. But Blue Raiders offensive lineman Chandler Brewer says the Hawaii defense poses problems.They get to the ball pretty fast, he said. We just have to keep our eyes in the right places and we should be able to take care of it.The Rainbows wouldnt have made a bowl game had enough teams finished with winning records. But their 6-7 record was good enough because they had the advantage of a 13th regular-season game, which they used to edge Massachusetts 46-40 on Nov. 26.Quarterback Dru Brown completed 62 percent of his passes for 2,214 yards and 15 touchdowns. The top receiver is Marcus Kemp, who caught 70 balls for 1,036 yards and seven scores.It will be Hawaiis seventh appearance in the Hawaii Bowl but its first since 2010.I cant tell you how proud I am of this team and especially these seniors wholl be able to say they played in a bowl game, first-year Warriors coach Nick Rolovich said. ' ' '