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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Heather OReilly scored in her final international game and Carli Lloyd had a hat trick to lead the U.S. womens national team to a 9-0 victory over Thailand on Thursday night.Three of the U.S. teams goals, including OReillys, came within the opening five minutes. OReilly previously announced that she is retiring following a 15-year run with the national team.The match drew attention at the start when midfielder Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem in solidarity with NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who is refusing to stand in protest of racial inequality in the United States. Rapinoe came in as a sub to start the second half.The game was also notable because it was the teams first since goalkeeper Hope Solo was suspended for six months. And it was the first game for the U.S. team since it was ousted from the Rio Olympics in the quarterfinals last month.The three-time defending champion Americans were eliminated by Sweden, which advanced on penalty kicks. Afterward, Solo called the Swedes a bunch of cowards for their defensive tactic.Solo was suspended and her contract with the U.S. team terminated shortly after the games. U.S. Soccer made it clear the suspension was the result for a culmination of incidents with Solo, who was also suspended from the team for 30 days early last year.Ashlyn Harris started in goal in her place.Carli Lloyd headed home a pass from OReilly in the first minute and scored again off a feed off her in the 60th. Her third came in the 8st minute. It was her seventh career hat trick -- she also scored three goals in the World Cup final last year.Alex Morgan scored a pair of goals, while Christen Press, Tobin Heath and Crystal Dunn also scored for the United States.OReillys goal was the 47th of her career. When she was subbed out in the 87th minute, the crowd gave her a standing ovation. OReilly cried as she hugged her teammates.OReilly, who wore the captains band against Thailand, finishes her international career with 231 international appearances, ranking her seventh in national team history.The 31-year-old has three Olympic gold medals with the team, as well as last years World Cup title.At the 2004 Athens Olympics, OReilly scored the winning goal in overtime for a 2-1 U.S. semifinal victory over Germany. She was the youngest player on the team.OReilly subbed in for Mia Hamm in her final match in 2004 and wore Hamms No. 9 jersey for the rest of her career.At the 2008 Beijing Games, she scored 40 seconds into a group-stage match against New Zealand. She scored again in the 4-1 semifinal victory over Japan.Probably her most memorable goal came at the 2011 World Cup in Germany against Colombia. Struck at distance, it was a finalist for goal of the year.OReilly was an alternate on the U.S. team that played at the Rio Games. Air Force 1 Uomo Saldi . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Air Force 1 Alte 07 . -- Devin Hester is done returning kicks in Chicago. http://www.airforce1outletitalia.it/scontate-air-force-1-alte-supreme.html .Y. -- Leading 3-0 with only 11:25 left, the Colorado Avalanche committed a seemingly meaningless penalty to give the New York Islanders a power play. Air Force 1 Alte Victorious Minotaur . But now that hes in the NHL, the Calgary Flames centre showed big improvement in that department by scoring the winner in the eighth round of a 5-4 shootout victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday. Air Force 1 Alte Hand Wash Cold . -- Playing time has been limited for Maxim Tissot this season, so the Montreal Impact defender made the most of his first scoring opportunity on Saturday. WACO, Texas -- After posting three straight comebacks to win the Battle 4 Atlantis championship last week in the Bahamas, No. 9 Baylor came home hoping to avoid an emotional letdown.Thanks to a smothering defense, the Bears had nothing to worry about Wednesday night.Reserve King McClure scored 14 points and Baylor remained unbeaten with a 79-45 victory over Sam Houston State.This is one of those games everybody thought would be a trap game, Baylor coach Scott Drew said. Coaches get worried about every game, but I was really concerned from the standpoint that several teams that came back off the islands yesterday Michigan State lost, St. Johns lost, VCU was down 16-0 to Princeton, so youre always worried about that hangover.Baylor shot 46.4 percent from the field, including 13 for 31 from 3-point range. On the other end, Sam Houston State missed its first 13 shots while Baylor opened the game on a 10-0 run. The Bears (7-0) limited the Bearkats to 28.6 percent shooting, blocked 11 shots and altered countless others.McClure struggled early in the season with his shot, but that changed with a 15-point second half against Louisville in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.After the Louisville game I feel like I gained my confidence back, McClure said. Once I saw the ball go through the basket one time, I just continued to see it. I just put my head down and continued to grind it out.Al Freeman had 13 points for the Bears, and Ishmail Wainright added 12. Their big front line players, Jo Lual-Acuil and Johnathan Motley, dominated the boards with 14 rebounds apiece.I could sit up here and talk about our team tonight, but that wouldnt be fair to Baylor, Sam Houston State coach Jason Hooten said. I think Coach (Drew) has a really good team. It seems it could be one of the best teams hes ever had because he has a bunch of good kids that like playing together. They share the ball and they seem to play harder defensively than tthey ever have in the past.ddddddddddddSam Houston State (4-3) came in averaging 81.7 points per game, but never got into a rhythm. Aurimas Majauskas led the Bearkats with 13 points.Im totally disappointed in our team, Hooten said. Were way better than that. Were picked to win our league, and I know weve played a brutal schedule but we just werent very good tonight.BIG PICTURESam Houston State: There werent many positives to take from this game. The Bearkats were selected as the Southland Conference favorite in the preseason, thanks to an experienced roster. But they were overwhelmed by Baylors size on the inside and shooting on the perimeter.Baylor: This had every opportunity to be a sandwich game for the Bears. They defeated two ranked teams in No. 24 Michigan State and No. 10 Louisville to win the Battle 4 Atlantis last week and will host No. 7 Xavier on Saturday. They avoided that trap with a defense that contested nearly every shot without fouling. Sam Houston State had one free throw attempt.UP NEXTSam Houston State returns home for four of its next five games, starting with LSU-Shreveport on Saturday. The Bearkats have one more road test against a Power Five team before opening conference play. That comes Dec. 22 against Arkansas.Baylor has knocked off three ranked teams and gets another shot Saturday, when it welcomes No. 7 Xavier. That figures to be the last difficult hurdle between the Bears and an undefeated nonconference run.POLL IMPLICATIONSBaylor has had a meteoric rise from not receiving a vote in the preseason to No. 9 this week. With losses from teams in front of the Bears already, combined with hosting No. 7 Xavier on Saturday, they have a chance to move even higher in the Top Ten.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. ' ' '