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Wolfpack women hold off Syracuse for 5th consecutive win Texas A&M tops South Carolina for first SEC crown COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March Southeastern Conference tournament. 1, (AP): Aaliyah Wilson scored 17 Floor Toonders, Jordyn Merritt and points and N’dea Jones added 16 to Kiara Smith all scored 16 for the lead No. 3 Texas A&M to a 65-57 win Gators (10-12, 3-11) and Nina over fifth-ranked South Carolina to Rickards added 14. give the Aggies their first regular-sea- Mississippi 73, Kentucky 69 son Southeastern Conference title. It’s the 10th straight victory for the In Lexington, Kentucky, Shakira Aggies and their ninth win over a Austin had 22 points and 12 rebounds, ranked opponent this season, which Madison Scott also had a double-dou- leads the nation. Texas A&M (22-1, ble and Mississippi upended Kentucky 13-1 SEC) finished the season 13-0 at for the second time this season. home. Two subpar offensive performances The Gamecocks trailed by as many against the Rebels, who won just four as 14 in the fourth quarter but cut the conference games, dropped the lead to 3 on a 3-pointer by Aliyah Wildcats to the fifth-seed — with only Boston with about three minutes to go. one bye - for the Southeastern Wilson pushed Texas A&M’s lead Conference tournament next week. to 62-57 on a basket with less than 90 Donnetta Johnson scored 14 points seconds remaining and Kayla Wells for Ole Miss (10-10, 4-10 SEC), Scott added two free throws with 12 seconds and Snudda Collins both had 12. Scott left to secure the victory. had 10 rebounds and Collins four 3-pointers, including a clutch shot from the left corner with 1:07 to play BASKETBALL that made it 64-58. Tennessee 88, Auburn 54 In Knoxville, Tennessee, Rennia The Aggies outscored South Davis scored 23 points and grabbed 11 Carolina (19-4, 14-2) 19-8 in the third rebounds and Tennessee rolled to a quarter to take a commanding lead win over Auburn, clinching the third- before the Gamecocks get back in it seed in the Southeastern Conference late. tournament next week. N.C. State 68, Syracuse 61 Fellow senior Kasiyahna Kushkituah In Syracuse, N.Y., Elissa Cunane added a career-high 19 points for the had 17 points and nine rebounds, Jada Lady Vols (15-6, 9-4). Boyd added 16 points and North Rae Burrell scored 14 points, Jordan Carolina State held off Syracuse for its Horston added 12 and nine assists and Tamari Key 10 points and 10 rebounds fifth consecutive win. for Tennessee, which will have its best The Wolfpack (17-2, 12-2 Atlantic seeding since being No. 2 in 2015. Coast Conference) have won their last four games against the Orange and Missouri St 59, L. Chicago 45 handed Syracuse (12-7, 9-7) its first In Springfield, Missouri, Jasmine loss of the season in the Carrier Dome. Members of the Texas A&M Aggies women’s basketball team pose for photos with the South Eastern Conference regular season trophy after beating South Carolina in an NCAA college basketball game, on Feb 28, in College Station, Texas. (AP) Franklin scored 12 points and grabbed The game had special meeting for a career-high 17 rebounds off the both teams because it was part of the bench and Missouri State fought off a Play4Kay campaign. Louisville 78, Notre Dame 61 points for the Irish (10-9, 8-7). and 13 rebounds for the Sun Devils Arkansas 94, Alabama 76 sluggish start to beat Loyola Chicago. In South Bend, Indiana, Dana Evans Maryland 62, Northwestern 50 (11-9, 6-9), who lost 65-37 at Arizona In Fayetteville, Arkansas, Amber Franklin came off a career-high 25 Stanford 72, California 33 on Dec. 10. and Louisville took care of business In Evanston, Ill., Mimi Collins had Ramirez scored a career-high 35 points points set in a win against the Ramblers In Stanford, California, Tara quickly and wrapped up their fourth Aari McDonald scored 30 points and with eight 3-pointers and Arkansas on Saturday. VanDerveer presented flowers to each 18 points and 10 rebounds to help Bendu Yeaney had 14 points for the straight regular-season Atlantic Coast Maryland beat Northwestern. beat Alabama. The Bears (18-2, 14-0 Missouri of her Stanford three seniors and told Conference title with a victory at mis- Wildcats (15-4, 13-4), who have their first In building a 52-39 halftime lead, Valley Conference) extended their win them sorry their parents or family mem- Diamond Miller also finished with a take-prone Notre Dame. two-game losing streak of the season. Arkansas (19-7, 9-6 Southeastern streak to 17 straight in conference and bers couldn’t be at Maples Pavilion for double-double, scoring 17 points and Conference) scored 48 outside the Evans, a senior point guard and the adding 10 rebounds for the Terrapins Oregon State 88, Oregon 77 14 overall, the eighth-best overall senior day as is usual custom. paint. streak in school history and longest Kiana Williams scored 12 points in reigning ACC Player of the Year, had (19-2, 15-1 Big Ten) In Eugene, Oregon, Aleah Goodman 26 points and five assists for coach scored 20 points, leading six into dou- The Razorbacks set a team record since the 2018-19 team won 13 straight. her final home game and defensive Veronica Burton scored 15 points with 19 3s in 39 attempts. stopper fifth-year senior Anna Wilson Jeff Walz’s Cardinals (21-2, 14-2 and Lindsey Pulliam added 13 for ble figures as a deep and balanced Rutgers 60, Penn State 55 added three steals playing for the final ACC), who prevented No. 2 North Northwestern (13-6, 11-6). Oregon State offense knocked off Georgia 95, Florida 80 In University, Pa., Tyia Singleton Carolina State from overtaking them Oregon in the annual rivalry game. time on The Farm, and the fourth- Ariz. State 66, Arizona 64, OT In Gainsville, Florida, Jenna Staiti and Tekia Mack led a fourth-quarter ranked Cardinal used a big second half for first place in the league. N.C. State The game was a regular-season scored 30 points, Maya Caldwell rally as No. 25 Rutgers overcame Penn to beat California. won 68-61 at Syracuse earlier Sunday. In Tempe, Arizona, Taya Hanson finale for both teams, who await seed- added 27, both career highs, and State for the Scarlet Knights’ seventh Hannah Jump added 14 points with Sam Brunelle came off the bench to scored 19 points, including hitting five ing into the conference tournament Georgia pulled away from Florida. straight win. four 3-pointers for Stanford (22-2, score 13 points and reserve Olivia 3-pointers, and Jaddan Simmons March 3-7 in Las Vegas. Combined with No. 19 Kentucky’s Singleton had a pair of baskets and 19-2 Pac-12), which won its 11th Miles, playing in her fifth game after added 15 points to lead Arizona State Sasha Goforth added 17 points for loss to Ole Miss, Georgia (18-5, 10-5 Mack two 3-pointers in a 10-0 run that straight game since a rare two-game skipping her senior season at Blair to an overtime victory over Arizona. Oregon State (9-6, 7-6 Pacific-12 SEC) secured a top-four seed and a gave Rutgers (12-3, 8-3 Big Ten) a skid in January. Academy (New Jersey), added 11 Maggie Besselink had seven points Conference), making 9 of 9 free throws. double-bye in next week’s 52-45 lead with four minutes remaining. Butler rallies past Villanova No. 9 Iowa bounces back to Ovechkin, Caps edge Devils; take down No. 4 Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 1, (AP): 15 to lead Butler past Villanova. Luka Garza had 24 points and 11 The Bulldogs (9-13, 8-11 Big East) rebounds as No. 9 Iowa bounced back have won two straight since snapping Flyers shutout Sabres again from a midweek loss to take down No. a three-game losing streak and have 4 Ohio State 73-57. beaten the Wildcats in four of the last Dominated by No. 3 Michigan five meetings in Indianapolis. 79-57 on Thursday, the Hawkeyes Jeremiah Robinson-Earl finished with Kane scores 400th goal as Blackhawks thrash Red Wings 7-2 pulled away in the second half. 16 points and 16 rebounds to lead Joe Weiskamp added 19, including Villanova (15-4, 10-3), which had won 5-for-9 shooting from 3-point range, for 13 of its previous 15 and was favored by NEWARK, New Jersey, Iowa (18-7, 12-6 Big Ten). The 10 1/2 points. Collin Gillespie had 14 March 1, (AP): Alex Hawkeyes have won five of six with two points for the Wildcats, who were one of games remaining in their regular season. seven top-15 teams to lose this weekend. Ovechkin broke a second- E.J. Liddell had 15 points and Houston 98, S. Florida 52 period tie and the streak- Justice Sueing added 10 for the In Houston, Quentin Grimes scored ing Washington Capitals Buckeyes (18-7, 12-7). Recently being 22 points, all in the first half, to lead welcomed back top goal- projected as a No. 1 NCAA Houston past South Florida. Tournament seed, they’ve lost three tender Ilya Samsonov with games in eight days. a 3-2 victory over the skid- Butler 73, Villanova 61 BASKETBALL ding New Jersey Devils. In Indianapolis, Chuck Harris Samsonov made 19 saves and scored 20 points and Jair Bolden added Grimes scored 16 straight points at looked shaky at times in helping one point as the Cougars (20-3, 13-3 Washington win its third straight American Athletic Conference) put the game and sixth of eight (6-1-1). game away with a huge first-half run. Nicklas Backstrom and Jakub DeJon Jarreau added 16 points, Vrana also scored as the Caps eight rebounds and six assists, and swept a weekend series at the Justin Gorham and Fabian White Jr. Prudential Center. had 10 points apiece for Houston, which won its third straight and reached 20 wins for the sixth consecu- ICE HOCKEY tive season. Xavier Castaneda scored 11 points for the Bulls (8-10, 4-8). Rookies Mikhail Maltsev and Yegor Utah State 87, Nevada 66 Sharangovich scored for New Jersey, In Logan, Utah, Neemias Queta which has lost five of six. Mackenzie scored 26 points with 13 rebounds and Blackwood had 20 saves. Justin Bean scored 17 with 13 boards Ovechkin, who had only one goal in Washington Capitals defenseman Nick Jensen (3) swats the puck away from New Jersey Devils left wing Miles his past eight games, snapped a 2-all Wood (44) as they battle in front of Capitals goalie Ilya Samsonov (30) during the second period of an NHL and Utah State bounced Nevada. hockey game, on Feb 28, in Newark, NJ. (AP) Queta and Bean alone had more tie at 13:37. It was his seventh of the than Nevada’s 24 total rebounds. Utah season and 362nd on the road, tying State collected 47 boards total. him for second all time in the NHL seconds apart early in the second peri- Buffalo dropped to 2-7-1 in its past Coliseum. Utah State center Neemias Queta 10 games. The 25-year-old Sorokin made his (23) dunks the ball as Nevada for- The Aggies’ (16-7, 13-4 Mountain with Steve Yzerman. Wayne Gretzky od. James van Riemsdyk also scored in ward Tre Coleman defends during West Conference) Trevin Dorius is No. 1 with 402. the second by creatively tipping in Joel Blackhawks 7, Red Wings 2 fifth start for the Islanders and recorded his second win, both shut- the first half of an NCAA college threw down a dunk with 14:32 before Flyers 3, Sabres 0 Farabee’s pass from the blue line, and In Chicago, Patrick Kane scored his basketball game, on Feb 28, in halftime sparking a 17-2 run from the Flyers won their third straight fol- outs. His first victory was Feb. 16 at In Buffalo, New York, Carter Hart 400th career goal, Kevin Lankinen Buffalo. It was the first time the Logan, Utah. (AP) which Nevada never recovered. stopped 28 shots and Philadelphia shut lowing a 1-2-2 skid. made a career-high 44 saves and Hart followed Brian Elliott’s Penguins were shut out in 20 games out Buffalo for the second consecutive Chicago split a two-game set with this season. day. 23-save shutout in a 3-0 win at Buffalo Detroit. NHL Results/Standings Sean Couturier and Michael Raffl on Saturday. It the second shutout of Kane became the 100th NHL player Bruins 4, Rangers 1 broke the game open by scoring 75 Hart’s career. to reach 400 goals. He is the fourth In New York, Charlie McAvoy had player in franchise history to reach the a goal and an assist to lead Boston past milestone, joining Hall of Famers New York. WASHINGTON, March 1, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita and long- Tuukka Rask made 20 saves and Sunday. time star Steve Larmer. earned his 299th NHL victory. Boston 4 NY Rangers 1 Washington 3 New Jersey 2 Philadelphia 3 Buffalo 0 NY Islanders 2 Pittsburgh 0 Ryan Carpenter scored twice, Pius Charlie Coyle scored twice and Nashville 3 Columbus 1 Chicago 7 Detroit 2 Suter, Dominik Kubalik, Nikita David Pastrnak added two assists as East Division West Division Zadorov and Alex DeBrincat (three the Bruins snapped a two-game skid. GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA assists) also scored for Chicago. Trent Frederic also scored for Washington 21 12 5 4 28 73 69 Vegas 17 12 4 1 25 51 36 Evgeny Svechnikov and Sam Boston. Boston 19 12 5 2 26 59 50 Minnesota 18 12 6 0 24 57 44 NY Islanders 21 11 6 4 26 56 49 St Louis 21 11 8 2 24 67 67 Gagner scored for Detroit. Alexandar Georgiev made 31 saves, Philadelphia 18 11 4 3 25 61 54 Colorado 18 11 6 1 23 55 42 Islanders 2, Penguins 0 but the Rangers fell for the second Pittsburgh 20 11 8 1 23 60 65 Los Angeles 20 9 7 4 22 60 56 time in three games. Colin Blackwell NY Rangers 19 7 9 3 17 50 52 Arizona 21 9 9 3 21 56 64 In Uniondale, New York, Oliver scored for New York. New Jersey 17 7 8 2 16 45 52 Anaheim 21 6 10 5 17 42 61 Buffalo 19 6 10 3 15 44 57 Wahlstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau San Jose 18 7 9 2 16 53 71 each scored power-play goals and Predators 3, Blue Jackets 1 Central Division North Division rookie Ilya Sorokin made 20 saves as In Nashville, Tennessee, Nick GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 19 14 4 1 29 69 39 GP W L OT Pts GF GA New York beat Pittsburgh to finish a Cousins, Eeli Tolvanen and Erik Haula Florida 20 13 4 3 29 65 57 Toronto 22 16 4 2 34 78 55 strong February. scored, and Juuse Saros made 28 saves Chicago 23 12 7 4 28 73 68 Edmonton 23 14 9 0 28 79 69 The Islanders went 8-2-2 in the to lead Nashville past Columbus. Carolina 20 13 6 1 27 69 56 Winnipeg 20 13 6 1 27 69 53 Columbus 23 8 10 5 21 62 77 Montreal 20 9 6 5 23 65 60 month, with all four losses coming Roman Josi had two assists for the Nashville 21 10 11 0 20 49 64 Calgary 22 10 10 2 22 58 65 against the Penguins - who they were Predators, who have won four of five. Detroit 24 7 14 3 17 51 78 Vancouver 24 8 14 2 18 68 85 playing for sixth time in February. The Kevin Stenlund scored and Joonas Dallas 16 6 6 4 16 46 45 Ottawa 23 7 15 1 15 61 91 Detroit Red Wings’ Darren Helm, (left), and Chicago Blackhawks’ Calvin Islanders remained the only team in Korpisalo made 26 saves for the slid- Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. de Haan battle for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey the league without a regulation loss at ing Blue Jackets, who have lost five game in Chicago, on Feb 28. (AP) home, with a 7-0-2 mark at Nassau straight.