Isles Pip Devils in SO, Take NHL Overall Lead
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ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2021 SPORTS 15 Alabama adds another SEC crown, holding off late fl urry by LSU Illinois tops Ohio State in OT for Big Ten title INDIANAPOLIS, March 15, (AP): Kofi Cockburn and Ayo Dosunmu both scored 16 points, both grabbed nine rebounds and both made key plays in overtime to give No. 3 Illinois a 91-88 victory over No. 9 Ohio State for its fi rst Big Ten Tournament title since 2005. Cockburn made the go-ahead free throw with 1:39 to play, Dosunmu made a 15-footer with 50 seconds to go and the Illini (23-6) sealed it at the free-throw line. Illinois has won seven straight overall, six in a row over top-10 foes and 14 of its last 15 overall to claim the conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid. At times, Illinois appeared to be in complete control, but Ohio State (21- 9) refused to give in to the weariness of playing four games in four days. In- stead, the Buckeyes constantly fought back. Alabama 80, LSU 79 In Nashville, Tenn., Herbert Jones drove for a go-ahead layup with 19.5 seconds remaining and Alabama won the Southeastern Conference Tourna- ment for the fi rst time since 1991, hold- ing off a late fl urry by LSU. BASKETBALL Coach Nate Oats and the Crimson Tide added to their regular-season title with a victory that should help Alabama at least match its highest seed in the NCAA Tournament - it was No. 2 in both 1987 and 2002. Alabama, the reigning national cham- pion in football, won its seventh tourna- ment title overall, second in the SEC only to Kentucky’s 31. The Crimson Tide (24-6) hadn’t even reached this game since 2002.Jones, both the SEC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, fi nished with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Jaden Shackelford led Al- abama with 21 points. Houston 91, Cincinnati 54 In Fort Worth, Texas, Quentin Grimes scored 21 points with fi ve The Illinois team celebrates with the trophy after defeating Ohio State in an NCAA college basketball championship game at the Big Ten Conference tournament, on March 14, in Indianapolis. 3-pointers, Marcus Sasser had 16 points Illinois won in overtime. (AP) and Houston beat Cincinnati in the third consecutive American Athletic Confer- Conference tournament to clinch an au- ence Tournament championship game tomatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. NHL Results/Standings between the two teams. St. Bonaventure (16-4) entered the The Cougars (24-3) were a lock for A-10 tournament as the conference’s their 22nd NCAA Tournament berth top seed after clinching the regular even before leading the entire game to season crown. The Rams (19-7) were Isles pip Devils in SO, win their fi rst conference tournament seeded No. 2 and now will have to await WASHINGTON, March 15, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Sunday. title since 2010, when they were still in its NCAA Tournament fate, hoping for Minnesota 4 Arizona 1 Conference USA. an at-large bid. Carolina 2 Detroit 1 DeJon Jarreau, two days after a triple- Colgate 85, Loyola 72 Dallas 2 Columbus SO 1 double in the quarterfi nal round, hit a Colorado 4 Los Angeles 1 In Hamilton, N.Y., Tucker Richard- NY Islanders 3 New Jersey SO 2 3-pointer for the fi rst basket of the game Ottawa 4 Toronto 3 to put to Cougars ahead to stay. He fi n- son scored 17 points and Jordan Burns take NHL overall lead ished with 10 points. and Jack Ferguson 16 each to lead Col- East Division gate to win over Loyola of Maryland for GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Bonaventure 74, VCU 65 the Patriot League Tournament champi- NY Islanders 29 19 6 4 42 86 64 Washington 27 17 6 4 38 94 87 Hurricanes top Red Wings for 8th straight win In Dayton, Ohio, Kyle Lofton scored onship. Pittsburgh 27 17 9 1 35 89 79 23 points and Osun Osunniyi scored 14 Colgate (14-1) advances to its fourth Boston 25 14 7 4 32 70 60 points with 12 rebounds and St. Bon- NCAA Tournament where it’s never Philadelphia 25 13 9 3 29 83 83 NEWARK, N.J., March eljkovic made 25 saves and Carolina aventure beat VCU in the Atlantic 10 won. Its last appearance came in 2019. NY Rangers 26 11 12 3 25 72 71 beat Detroit for its eighth consecutive New Jersey 25 8 13 4 20 62 82 15, (AP): Anthony Beauvil- victory. Carolina moved into the Central Buffalo 26 6 16 4 16 58 88 lier and Oliver Wahlstrom Division lead at 20-6-1, a point ahead of Central Division scored on New York’s fi nal idle Tampa Bay and Florida. Anthony GP W L OT Pts GF GA Mantha scored his eighth goal of the sea- Carolina 27 20 6 1 41 95 68 two shootout attempts and Tampa Bay 26 19 5 2 40 97 60 son for Detroit with just 9.4 seconds left Florida 27 18 5 4 40 93 78 the Islanders won their ninth in regulation, spoiling Nedeljkovic’s bid Chicago 29 14 10 5 33 89 92 straight game, beating the for his second career shutout. Columbus 30 11 12 7 29 80 99 Niederreiter gave the Hurricanes a Dallas 24 9 9 6 24 69 64 New Jersey Devils 3-2 to take Nashville 28 11 16 1 23 67 96 2-0 lead early in the third period, scor- Detroit 29 8 17 4 20 64 97 the NHL overall lead. ing off a pass from Sebastian Aho. West Division The Devils thought they had won Hamilton opened the scoring with GP W L OT Pts GF GA 27 seconds into overtime on a goal 4:47 left in the second period. Instead Vegas 25 18 6 1 37 83 56 by P.K. Subban, but a lengthy re- of passing to Hurrucanes scoring lead- Minnesota 26 17 8 1 35 83 64 Colorado 26 16 8 2 34 78 60 view showed Jesper Bratt was off- er Aho on a 2 on 1, Hamilton kept the St Louis 28 14 9 5 33 88 92 side. puck and beat goalie Jonathan Bernier Los Angeles 27 11 10 6 28 79 78 Beauvillier beat Scott Wedgewood from the right circle. Arizona 28 12 12 4 28 70 85 San Jose 25 11 11 3 25 75 89 on the Islanders’ third attempt to ex- Wild 4, Coyotes 1 Anaheim 29 8 15 6 22 63 95 tend the shootout, and Wahlstrom Los Angeles Kings right wing Alex In St. Paul, Minn., Nick Bonino and North Division extended New Jersey’s winless run at Iafallo, front, fi ghts for control of Kevin Fiala scored in a three-goal third GP W L OT Pts GF GA home to 0-10-1. Kieffer Bellows and the puck with Colorado Avalanche center Nazem Kadri in the second period and surging Minnesota beat LSU’s Trendon Watford (2) loses the ball as he drives against Alabama Toronto 30 19 9 2 40 102 79 Brock Nelson scored in the fi rst period Arizona. during the second half of the championship game at the NCAA college Winnipeg 27 17 8 2 36 91 78 for the Islanders, who pushed their period of an NHL hockey game on basketball Southeastern Conference Tournament, on March 14, in Nash- Edmonton 30 18 12 0 36 100 87 March 14, in Denver. (AP) Victor Rask and Joel Eriksson Ek Montreal 27 12 8 7 31 86 74 points streak to 11-0-1. Rookie Ilya also scored to help Minnesota move ville, Tenn. (AP) Calgary 28 13 12 3 29 76 82 Sorokin made 29 saves, allowing only Vancouver 31 13 16 2 28 86 100 overtime. within two points of West-leading Ve- Nikita Gusev to score in the shootout. gas. Minnesota is 11-2-1 in its past 14 Ottawa 31 10 20 1 21 83 124 Janne Kuokkanen and Yegor Sha- Note: Two points for a win one point for over- Hurricanes 2, Red Wings 1 games, has won four straight overall time loss. The top four teams in each division will rangovich scored for New Jersey, while and seven in a row at home. Cam Tal- Bradley women bag MVC trophy qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary Wedgewood made 32 saves, including In Detroit, Dougie Hamilton and realignment. bot made 21 saves after shutting out an in-close stop on Casey Cizikas in Nino Niederreiter scored, Alex Ned- the Coyotes 4-0 on Friday night in the Baylor wins Big 12 tourney as opener of the three-game set. Murray State beat Tennessee Tech 36-31 Senators 4, Maple Leafs 3 In Ottawa, Ontario, Drake Bather- FGCU claims A-Sun title again son scored twice in 53 seconds in the second period in Ottawa’s victory over KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 15, (AP): Valley Conference Tournament. Ellis throws 6 TDs in Austin Peay’s win slumping Toronto. Queen Egbo scored 18 points and 11 Lasha Petree and Emily Marsh both North-leading Toronto has lost two rebounds and No. 6 Baylor beat West scored 12 points for Bradley (17-11), CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., March 15, threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to to give Eastern Illinois a 20-18 lead but Virginia 76-50 to win the Big 12 which was in its first MVC tournament (AP): Draylen Ellis threw for 262 yards LaMartez Brooks with 2:35 to play and Isaiah Green completed a 48-yard pass Tournament.