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C2 THE MESSENGER, Saturday, March 10, 2012 GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD Marion crushes Alexander, 7.081, 87.23. Pro Stock 1. Jason Line, Pontiac GXP, 6.545, 211.46. ODDS 2. Allen Johnson, Dodge Avenger, 6.545, 210.77. 3. Erica Enders, Chevy Cobalt, Hopkinsville GLANTZ-CULVER LINE 6.555, 210.54. 4. Mike Edwards, GXP, 6.556, FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG 210.87. 5. Greg Anderson, GXP, 6.571, Today’s Calendar at Memphis 11 ½ Marshall 210.28. 6. Ron Krisher, GXP, 6.578, 210.64. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS semifinals. Atlantic Coast Conference 7. Larry Morgan, Ford Mustang, 6.578, At Atlanta 210.41. 8. Vincent Nobile, Avenger, 6.578, Semifinals 210.31. 9. Rickie Jones, GXP, 6.596, 209.43. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR 70, North Carolina 12 NC State 10. Shane Gray, GXP, 6.597, 208.65. 11. Jeg On television BOWLING GREEN — Duke 5 Miami Coughlin, Avenger, 6.598, 209.82. 12. BUTLER 52 or Ronnie Humphrey, GXP, 6.599, 210.64. Not Auto racing Makayla Epps and Patrice Morgan McEldowney or Qualified: 13. Rodger Brogdon, 6.599, Tonge scored 18 points Duke 2 ½ Florida St. 209.33. 14. Steve Kent, 6.604, 208.71. 15. • NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Kobalt Tools 400, at Las Vegas, Speed, scored 16 of her game-high Atlantic 10 Conference Greg Stanfield, 6.610, 207.69. 16. V. Gaines, apiece, and Bre Elder added At Atlantic City, N.J. 6.626, 209.14. 17. Warren Johnson, 6.627, 11:30 a.m. 21 points in the first half Semifinals 208.65. 18. Chris McGaha, 6.639, 208.26. 19. • NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Sam’s Town 300, at Las 12 in Marion County’s 67-30 St. Bonaventure 3 UMass Mark Martino, 6.639, 207.78. 20. Grace Friday, and Paul Laurence Saint Louis 8 Dayton Howell, 6.649, 206.89. 21. Kurt Johnson, Vegas, Speed, 12:30 p.m. win over Hopkinsville Fri- or 6.654, 207.94. 22. Gary Gregory, 6.726, Dunbar cruised to the girls’ 206.26. • NASCAR, Sprint Cup, “Happy Hour Series,” final practice for Kobalt Tools Xavier 5 ½ Saint Louis day night in the girls state state tournament semifinals Southeastern Conference Pro Stock Motorcycle 400, at Las Vegas, Speed, 2 p.m. tournament quarterfinals. At New Orleans 1. Eddie Krawiec, Harley-Davidson, 6.824, with a 70-52 win over But- Semifinals 197.54. 2. Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, • NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Sam’s Town 300, at Las Vegas, Speed, 4 p.m. The Lady Knights (33-4) Kentucky 9 Florida 6.843, 195.14. 3. LE Tonglet, Suzuki, 6.894, ler. Mississippi Pk Georgia 192.93. 4. Matt Smith, Buell, 6.927, 192.99. Pro boxing finished the first half on a or 5. Steve Johnson, Suzuki, 6.939, 191.57. 6. The Lady Bulldogs (30-6) Vanderbilt 7 ½ Mississippi Karen Stoffer, Suzuki, 6.969, 192.19. 7. • , (27-0-0) vs. Bernabe Concepcion (29-5-1); 10-0 run, and from there the or Hector Arana, Buell, 7.004, 188.44. 8. stymied every attempt at a Shawn Gann, Buell, 7.009, 190.89. 9. John rout was on. They led by as Big Ten Conference champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2) vs. Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1-0), for WBO Bearettes rally, eventually At Indianapolis Hall, Buell, 7.012, 188.89. 10. Hector Arana many as 40 points, doubling Semifinals Jr, Buell, 7.025, 189.12. 11. Joey Gladstone, title, at San Juan, , SHO, 9 p.m. breaking out to a 20-point Michigan St. 4 ½ Wisconsin Buell, 7.035, 188.41. 12. Michael Ray, Buell, Hopkinsville’s score with or 7.035, 186.85. Not Qualified: 13. Scotty Cycling lead in the final minute Michigan 1 Purdue Pollacheck, 7.038, 185.54. 14. Jim more than seven minutes or Underdahl, 7.043, 190.00. 15. Michael • Paris-Nice, stage 7, Sisteron to Nice, France (same-day tape), NBCSN, 2 p.m. despite committing 24 turn- Ohio St. 7 Michigan Phillips, 7.044, 189.02. 16. James Surber, left in the fourth quarter. overs for the game. Kierra Pac-12 Conference 7.096, 185.49. 17. Anne Hansen, 7.110, Pro golf Hopkinsville (32-5) went At Los Angeles 187.47. 18. Redell Harris, 7.127, 186.64. 19. Muhammad added 18 points Championship Wesley Wells, 7.150, 187.36. 20. Mike • PGA Tour-WGC, Cadillac Championship, third round, at Doral, Fla., TGC, 11 a.m. scoreless for the fourth Oregon St. 1 Colorado Berry, 7.246, 186.00. 21. Justin Finley, • PGA Tour-WGC, Cadillac Championship, third round, at Doral, Fla., NBC, 1 p.m. and Brooke Todd chipped or 7.658, 157.43. 22. Jerry Savoie, 8.289, quarter’s opening six min- California 5 Oregon St. 111.75. 23. Charles Sulivan, 16.949, 42.04. • PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open, third round, at Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (same- in 14 to round out Dunbar’s or utes and shot 11 of 54 (20.4 Arizona 3 Colorado day tape), TGC, 5:30 p.m. double-figure scorers. or percent) for the game — no California 3 Arizona Pro baseball Big 12 Conference PRO GOLF match for Marion County’s LINCOLN COUNTY 73, At Kansas City, Mo. • Preseason, Cubs vs. Milwaukee, at Phoenix, WGN, 2 p.m. 26 of 48 (54.2 percent) clip. MAGOFFIN COUNTY 59 Championship CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP Emily Fox scored 23 Baylor 1 ½ Texas SCORES Men’s college basketball or FRIDAY DUPONT MANUAL 71, points, Sydney Harris added Missouri 3 ½ Baylor AT TPC BLUE MONSTER AT DORAL • America East Conference, championship game, Vermont at Stony Brook, MONTGOMERY COUNTY 33 Mid-American Conference DORAL, FLA. ESPN2, 10:30 a.m. 14 and Ciara Taylor chipped At Cleveland PURSE: $8.5 MILLION Three DuPont Manual Championship YARDAGE: 7,334; PAR: 72 • Conference USA, championship game, Marshall vs. Memphis, at Memphis, in 11 as Lincoln County ran Ohio 2 Akron SECOND ROUND players scored in double fig- or Bubba Watson 70-62—132 Tenn., CBS, 10:30 a.m. away late to a 73-59 win over Akron 2 Buffalo Justin Rose 69-64—133 ures led by Kara Wright’s Magoffin County Friday Mountain West Conference Adam Scott 66-68—134 • Southeastern Conference, semifinal, Kentucky vs. Florida, at New Orleans, At Las Vegas Peter Hanson 70-65—135 ABC, noon. game-high 13 points as night in the girls state tour- Championship Thomas Bjorn 68-68—136 at UNLV 10 ½ Colorado St. Keegan Bradley 69-67—136 • Atlantic Coast Conference, semifinal, North Carolina vs. North Carolina State, the Lady Crimsons eas- nament quarterfinals. or Charl Schwartzel 68-69—137 ily defeated Montgomery New Mexico 6 ½ Colorado St. Martin Kaymer 73-64—137 at Atlanta, ESPN, noon. The Lady Patriots (26- or Charles Howell III 70-67—137 • Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, championship game, Bethune-Cookman County 71-33 Friday in the 9) built their cushion with at UNLV 8 San Diego St. Jason Dufner 66-72—138 or Zach Johnson 70-68—138 vs. Norfolk State, at Winston-Salem, N.C., ESPN2, noon. Kentucky girl’s state tourna- Magoffin County’s top scor- New Mexico 4 San Diego St. Bo Van Pelt 73-65—138 Big East Conference Kyle Stanley 69-69—138 • Big Ten Conference, semifinal, Michigan State vs. Wisconsin, at Indianapolis, ment. er, Jamie Castle, hampered At New York Luke Donald 70-68—138 CBS, 12:40 p.m. Championship Y.E. Yang 72-67—139 Leasia Wright added 12 by an ankle injury suffered Louisville 2 Cincinnati Hennie Otto 73-66—139 • Southeastern Conference, semifinal, Mississippi vs. Vanderbilt or Georgia, at or Steve Stricker 69-70—139 points and April Wilson had in the third quarter. Castle Cincinnati 1 Notre Dame Tiger Woods 72-67—139 New Orleans, ABC, 2 p.m. 10 for DuPont Manual (35- returned to the game but Big West Conference Matt Kuchar 72-67—139 • Atlantic Coast Conference, semifinal, Florida State vs. Duke, at Atlanta, At Anaheim, Calif. Johnson Wagner 70-69—139 2), which will play Paul Lau- didn’t score again, finishing Championship Juvic Pagunsan 69-71—140 ESPN, 2 p.m. Cal Poly 5 ½ UC Irvine Jason Day 73-67—140 rence Dunbar in Saturday’s with 18 points. or Miguel A. Jimenez 69-71—140 • Southland Conference, championship game, McNeese State vs. Lamar, at UC Santa Barbara 10 UC Irvine Webb Simpson 75-66—141 or Greg Chalmers 71-70—141 Katy, Texas, ESPN2, 2 p.m. Long Beach St. 8 ½ Cal Poly Gary Woodland 71-70—141 • National coverage, Big Ten Conference, semifinal, Ohio State vs. Michigan, or K.J. Choi 74-67—141 Long Beach St. 4 UC Santa Barbara Mark Wilson 72-70—142 at Indianapolis, CBS, 3 p.m. Western Athletic Conference Anders Hansen 70-72—142 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL At Las Vegas David Toms 72-70—142 • Big 12 Conference, championship game, Baylor vs. Missouri-Texas winner, Championship Graeme McDowell 75-67—142 at Kansas City, Mo., ESPN, 4:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech 2 Hawaii Rory McIlroy 73-69—142 or Jonathan Byrd 72-70—142 • National coverage, Pac-12 Conference, championship game, Arizona vs. Nevada 8 Hawaii Jbe’ Kruger 72-71—143 or Francesco Molinari 75-68—143 California-Colorado winner, at Los Angeles, CBS, 5 p.m. New Mexico St. 7 ½ Louisiana Tech Dustin Johnson 75-68—143 or • Mountain West Conference, championship game, San Diego State vs. New Louisville routs Alvaro Quiros 69-74—143 New Mexico St. 1 ½ Nevada Robert Karlsson 75-68—143 Mexico-UNLV winner, at Las Vegas, NBCSN, 6 p.m. America East Conference Hunter Mahan 71-72—143 Championship Phil Mickelson 72-71—143 • Mid-American Conference, championship game, Ohio vs. Akron, at at Stony Brook 3 ½ Vermont Nicolas Colsaerts 73-70—143 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference John Senden 76-67—143 Cleveland, ESPN2, 7 p.m. At Winston-Salem, N.C. Notre Dame, 64-50 Lee Westwood 76-67—143 • Big East Conference, championship game, Louisville vs. Notre Dame, at New Championship Aaron Baddeley 69-74—143 or Marcus Fraser 76-68—144 York, ESPN, 8 p.m. Bethune-Cookman 4 ½ Florida A&M Paul Lawrie 70-74—144 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS three-point play and survived or Nick Watney 71-73—144 • Big West Conference, championship game, Long Beach State vs. Cal Santa Norfolk St. 6 Bethune-Cookman Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 74-70—144 Barbara-Cal Poly winner, at Anaheim, Calif., ESPN2, 9 p.m. an ugly performance against Southland Conference Garth Mulroy 73-71—144 At Katy, Texas Ben Crane 73-71—144 • Western Athletic Conference, championship game, New Mexico State vs. Peyton Siva played anoth- cold-shooting Virginia Tech, Championship Brandt Snedeker 75-69—144 Lamar 6 ½ McNeese St. Bill Haas 74-70—144 Nevada-Louisiana Tech winner, at Las Vegas, ESPN2, 11 p.m. er near-flawless floor game, beating the Hokies in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Rickie Fowler 74-70—144 scored 16 Atlantic Coast Conference At Garland, Texas Martin Laird 72-73—145 Motorsports Championship Robert Rock 75-70—145 points and Louisville domi- tournament in Atlanta. or Rafael Cabrera Bello 75-70—145 • Supercross, at Daytona, Beach, Fla. (same-day tape), Speed, 6:30 p.m. Texas Southern 7 ½ Ark.-Pine Bluff Retief Goosen 74-71—145 nated No. 23 Notre Dame Seeking their fourth or Chez Reavie 78-68—146 Pro basketball MVSU 2 Texas Southern Geoff Ogilvy 73-73—146 64-50 on Friday night to straight tournament title, the NBA K.T. Kim 74-72—146 • Utah at Chicago, WGN, 7 p.m. FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Simon Dyson 74-72—146 reach the Big East tourna- Blue Devils (27-5) advanced Portland 3 ½ at Washington Paul Casey 76-71—147 Rodeo ment championship game to the semifinals against at Detroit 4 ½ Toronto Tadahiro Takayama 74-73—147 at Miami 10 Indiana Louis Oosthuizen 77-70—147 • PBR, Last Cowboy Standing, at Detroit, NBCSN, 8 p.m. for the third time in four either No. 17 Florida State at Minnesota 9 New Orleans Darren Clarke 74-74—148 Houston 3 ½ at New Jersey Vijay Singh 75-73—148 Soccer years in New York. or Miami. at Chicago 9 ½ Utah Fredrik Jacobson 72-76—148 at Oklahoma City 14 ½ Charlotte Sergio Garcia 75-74—149 • Premier League, Queens Park at Bolton, ESPN2, 6:30 a.m. The cat-quick Cardinals Memphis 1 at Phoenix Alexander Noren 74-75—149 held the Fighting Irish with- NO. 7 OHIO STATE 88, at Golden State 3 Dallas Pablo Larrazabal 76-73—149 Women’s college basketball PURDUE 71 Branden Grace 78-72—150 out a for the final Tetsuji Hiratsuka 78-73—151 • Pac-12 Conference, championship game, California vs. Stanford at Los Jared Sullinger had a 121⁄2 minutes in the first half Angeles, FSN, 1:30 p.m. and advanced to play Cin- season-high 30 points and ON DECK COLLEGE • Mountain West Conference, championship game, New Mexico vs. San Diego cinnati on Saturday night grabbed 12 rebounds to PREP SCHEDULE State, at Las Vegas, NBCSN, 3 p.m. help Ohio State beat Purdue Today at . Baseball, Webster at Trigg, 11 a.m. in the Big Ten tournament Tuesday BASKETBALL On radio The fourth-seeded Bearcats, Baseball, Central at Webster, 5:30 p.m. Men’s college basketball, Kentucky vs. TBD, WOMI-AM 1490, WBKR-FM, a first-time finalist, upset No. quarterfinals in Indianapo- CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS lis. AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE 92.5, and WKTG-FM, 93.9, 1 p.m. 2 Syracuse 71-68 in the first AT CHASE FAMILY ARENA had 22 WEST HARTFORD, CONN. semifinal, handing the top- CHAMPIONSHIP points and seven rebounds, MOTORSPORTS SATURDAY, MARCH 10 seeded Orange their second Vermont at Stony Brook, 10:02 a.m. Chicago 33 9 .786 — and William Buford scored 1 loss of the season. NASCAR-SPRINT CUP MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Indiana 23 14 .622 7 ⁄2 nine of his 11 points in the KOBALT TOOLS 400 LINEUP ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE AT LAWRENCE JOEL VETERANS Milwaukee 16 24 .400 16 AT PHILIPS ARENA MEMORIAL COLISEUM Cleveland 15 23 .395 16 AFTER FRIDAY QUALIFYING; ATLANTA CINCINNATI 71, second half for the third- RACE SUNDAY WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Detroit 14 26 .350 18 QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS WESTERN CONFERENCE NO. 2 SYRACUSE 68 seeded Buckeyes (26-6). AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FRIDAY, MARCH 9 LAS VEGAS, NEV. FRIDAY, MARCH 9 SOUTHWEST DIVISION North Carolina 85, Maryland 69 Bethune-Cookman 81, Hampton 72 W L PCT GB Sean Kilpatrick keyed Ohio State shot 61 percent LAP LENGTH: 1.5 MILES N.C. State 67, Virginia 64 (CAR NUMBER IN PARENTHESES) Norfolk State 58, Florida A&M 46 San Antonio 26 13 .667 — Duke 60, Virginia Tech 56 CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Cincinnati’s early 3-point bar- to post its second-best scor- 1. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 190.456 Memphis 23 15 .605 2 ⁄2 Florida State 82, Miami 71. TODAY mph. Dallas 23 18 .561 4 Bethune-Cookman vs. Norfolk State, 1 rage and scored 18 points as ing output of the season and 2. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 190.04. SEMIFINALS Houston 21 19 .525 5 ⁄2 noon. 1 3. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 190.014. TODAY New Orleans 9 31 .225 17 ⁄2 the Bearcats held on for a outrebounded Purdue 39-28. 4. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, North Carolina vs. N.C. State, noon NORTHWEST DIVISION Duke vs. Florida State, 2:30 p.m. MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE W L PCT GB victory over Syracuse in the 189.873. AT THE THOMAS & MACK CENTER 5. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 189.807. CHAMPIONSHIP Oklahoma City 31 9 .775 — NO. 8 MICHIGAN STATE 92, SUNDAY, MARCH 11 LAS VEGAS Denver 23 18 .561 81⁄2 semifinals of the Big East 6. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, SEMIFINALS 1 189.773. Semifinal winners, noon. Minnesota 21 20 .512 10 ⁄2 IOWA 75 FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Utah 19 20 .487 111⁄2 tournament in New York. 7. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 189.667. San Diego State vs. Colorado State, n. Draymond Green had 8. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 189.62. ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE Portland 19 21 .475 12 T h e f o u r t h - s e e d e d AT BOARDWALK HALL New Mexico vs. UNLV, n. PACIFIC DIVISION 9. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 189.5. CHAMPIONSHIP 21 points and 10 rebounds ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. W L PCT GB 10. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 189.421. TODAY Bearcats (24-9) will meet 11. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 189.208. QUARTERFINALS L.A. Clippers 23 15 .605 — Semifinal winners, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers 24 16 .600 — the Louisville-Notre Dame to lead Michigan State over 12. (51) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 189.148. FRIDAY, MARCH 9 1 13. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 188.97. UMass 77, Temple 71 Phoenix 18 21 .462 5 ⁄2 Iowa in the Big Ten tourna- PACIFIC-12 CONFERENCE Golden State 15 21 .417 7 winner in Saturday night’s 14. (22) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 188.937. Saint Bonaventure 71, Saint Joseph’s 68 AT THE STAPLES CENTER 1 15. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 188.91. Saint Louis 78, La Salle 71 Sacramento 13 26 .333 10 ⁄2 ment quarterfinals in India- LOS ANGELES THURSDAY’S GAMES championship game at Madi- 16. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 188.758. Xavier 70, Dayton 69 SEMIFINALS 17. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 188.712. Orlando 99, Chicago 94 napolis. SEMIFINALS FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Phoenix 96, Dallas 94 son Square Garden. 18. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, TODAY Oregon State vs. Arizona, n. 188.436. FRIDAY’S GAMES Adreian Payne added a UMass vs. Saint Bonaventure, noon California vs. Colorado, n. New Jersey 83, Charlotte 74 19. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, Saint Louis vs. Xavier, 2:30 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP NO. 12 BAYLOR 81, career-high 16 points, Keith 188.16. Philadelphia 104, Utah 91 CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY Boston 104, Portland 86 NO. 3 KANSAS 72 20. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 188.134. SUNDAY, MARCH 11 Semifinal winners, 5:10 p.m. Appling had 12 points and 21. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 188.088. Detroit 86, Atlanta 85 Semifinal winners, noon Cleveland 96, Oklahoma City 90 Baylor sharpshooter Brady 22. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 187.754. BIG EAST CONFERENCE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE six assists and Brandon 23. (33) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, L.A. Lakers 105, Minnesota 102 Heslip hit a pair of 3-pointers AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AT NEW ORLEANS ARENA L.A. Clippers 120, San Antonio 108 Wood had 10 points for the 187.669. NEW YORK FIRST ROUND 24. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 187.663. Milwaukee 119, New York 114 to keep Kansas at bay, and SEMIFINALS THURSDAY, MARCH 8 25. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 187.363. Denver 110, New Orleans 97 top-seeded Spartans (25-7). FRIDAY, MARCH 9 LSU 70, Arkansas 54 Dallas at Sacramento, n. Perry Jones III finished with 26. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 187.305. Alabama 63, South Carolina 57 27. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 186.987. Cincinnati 71, Syracuse 68 TODAY’S GAMES The Spartans shot 58 per- Louisville 64, Notre Dame, 50 Mississippi 68, Auburn 54 Portland at Washington, 6 p.m. 18 points as the Bears beat the 28. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 186.987. Georgia 71, Mississippi State 61 cent from the field. 29. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, CHAMPIONSHIP Toronto at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. TODAY QUARTERFINALS Indiana at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Jayhawks to reach the Big 12 186.78. FRIDAY, MARCH 9 30. (83) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 185.65. Cincinnati vs. Louisville, 8 p.m. Utah at Chicago, 7 p.m. tournament title game on Kan- Kentucky 60, LSU 51 Charlotte at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. NO. 10 MICHIGAN 73, 31. (10) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, Florida 66, Alabama 63 185.644. BIG TEN CONFERENCE New Orleans at Minnesota, 7 p.m. sas City, Mo. MINNESOTA 69 AT BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE Mississippi 77, Tennessee 72, OT. Houston at New Jersey, 7 p.m. 32. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 185.274. Vanderbilt vs. Georgia, n. Quincy Miller added 13 33. (26) Josh Wise, Ford, 184.837. INDIANAPOLIS Memphis at Phoenix, 8 p.m. scored a QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS Dallas at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. 34. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 184.685. TODAY points and eight rebounds, 35. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 184.388. FRIDAY, MARCH 9 Kentucky vs. Florida, noon career-high 30 points to 36. (49) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 184.37. Michigan State 92, Iowa 75 Mississippi vs. Vanderbilt-Georgia win- and had 11 37. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 184.175. Wisconsin 79, Indiana 71 ner, 2:30 p.m. help No. 10 Michigan rally 38. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 183.949. Michigan 73, Minnesota 69, OT CHAMPIONSHIP DEALS points and seven assists for past 10th-seeded Minnesota 39. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 183.861. Ohio State vs. Purdue, n. SUNDAY, MARCH 11 40. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 183.542. SEMIFINALS Semifinal winners, noon FRIDAY’S SPORTS the Bears (27-6), who will in overtime in the Big Ten 41. (32) Ken Schrader, Ford, 183.306. TODAY TRANSACTIONS play No. 5 Missouri or Texas 42. (37) Timmy Hill, Ford, 182.877. Michigan State vs. Wisconsin, 12:40 p.m. SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE tournament quarterfinals in Michigan vs. Ohio State-Purdue winner, AT THE LEONARD E. MERRELL CENTER BASEBALL 43. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 182.704. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL for the championship. FAILED TO QUALIFY 3:05 p.m. KATY, TEXAS Indianapolis. CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIP MLB_Suspended Toronto LHP Mitchell 44. (23) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 182.426. Taylor (Bluefield-Appalachian) and free 45. (7) Robby Gordon, Dodge, 182.285. SUNDAY, MARCH 11 TODAY NO. 4 NORTH CAROLINA 85, Semifinal winners, 2:30 p.m. Lamar vs. McNeese State, 3 p.m. agent RHP Matthew Rusch 50 games NO. 14 WISCONSIN 79, BIG 12 CONFERENCE each for second violations for a drug of MARYLAND 69 NO. 15 INDIANA 71 NHRA QUALIFYING AT THE SPRINT CENTER SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE abuse under the minor league drug North Carolina shook off Friday KANSAS CITY, MO. AT THE SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER prevention and treatment program. Rob Wilson scored a At Auto-Plus Raceway SEMIFINALS GARLAND, TEXAS AMERICAN LEAGUE an injury to John Henson Gainesville, Fla. FRIDAY, MARCH 9 SEMIFINALS BOSTON RED SOX_Agreed to terms with career-high 30 points and Qualifying will continue Saturday for Baylor 81, Kansas 72 FRIDAY, MARCH 9 RHP Michael Bowden, LHP Drake and pulled away from Mary- Sunday’s final eliminations. Missouri vs. Texas, n. Texas Southern 60, Alcorn State 55 Britton, RHP Chris Carpenter, LHP Felix Wisconsin tied the Big Ten Top Fuel CHAMPIONSHIP MVSU vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 9 p.m. Doubront, RHP Mark Melancon, RHP land in the quarterfinals of 1. Shawn Langdon, 3.800 seconds, 322.65 CHAMPIONSHIP Clayton Mortensen, RHP Stolmy tournament record with 13 SATURDAY, MARCH 10 TODAY mph. 2. Morgan Lucas, 3.825, 320.28. 3. Semifinal winners, 5 p.m. Pimentel, RHP Junichi Tazawa, C Luis the Atlantic Coast Confer- Steve Torrence, 3.835, 320.20. 4. Tony Texas Southern vs. MVSU-Arkansas-Pine 3-pointers to get past Indiana Bluff winner, 7 p.m. Exposito, C Ryan Lavarnway, INF Lars ence tournament in Atlanta, Schumacher, 3.838, 320.36. 5. Hillary Will, Anderson, INF Will Middlebrooks, INF 3.847, 312.50. 6. Brandon Bernstein, 3.850, BIG WEST CONFERENCE in the Big Ten tournament AT THE WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Oscar Tejeda, OF Ryan Kalish, OF Che- winning behind Kendall Mar- 316.90. 7. Khalid alBalooshi, 3.855, 315.64. Hsuan Lin and OF Darnell McDonald on quarterfinals in Indianapolis. 8. Antron Brown, 3.861, 314.97. 9. Bob ANAHEIM, CALIF. AT ORLEANS ARENA one-year contracts. shall and contributions from Vandergriff, 3.890, 318.69. 10. Clay SEMIFINALS LAS VEGAS CLEVELAND INDIANS_Agreed to terms Millican, 3.913, 302.14. 11. Dom Lagana, FRIDAY, MARCH 9 SEMIFINALS everyone else. Long Beach State vs. UC Irvine, 8:30 p.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 9 with 2B Jason Kipnis, C Lou Marson, OF MASSACHUSETTS 77, 3.935, 309.56. 12. Doug Kalitta, 3.938, Hawaii vs. New Mexico State, n. 303.50. Not Qualified: 13. Terry McMillen, UC Santa Barbara vs. Cal Poly, 11 p.m. Shelley Duncan, RHP Vinnie Pestano, hit back- NO. 21 TEMPLE 71 CHAMPIONSHIP Nevada vs. Louisiana Tech, n. RHP Frank Herrmann, RHP Zach 3.959, 288.77. 14. T.J. Zizzo, 3.961, 307.86. CHAMPIONSHIP 15. Keith Murt, 3.978, 257.97. 16. Cory SATURDAY, MARCH 10 McAllister, LHP Nick Hagadone, LHP to-back 3-pointers to start the Jesse Morgan scored 21 SATURDAY, MARCH 10 Scott Barnes, OF Ezequiel Carrera, INF McClenathan, 4.054, 290.82. 17. Ike Maier, Semifinal winners, 9 p.m. Semifinal winners, 11 p.m. second half, quickly extend- points and Chaz Williams 4.083, 242.80. 18. Chris Karamesines, Lonnie Chisenhall, INF Russ Canzler 4.205, 277.49. 19. Pat Dakin, 4.856, 149.38. CONFERENCE USA and INF Juan Diaz on one-year con- ing a 10-point halftime lead had 20 to lead Massachu- 20. David Grubnic, 5.543, 117.61. 21. AT FEDEX FORUM tracts. Spencer Massey, 6.578, 86.03. 22. Brady MEMPHIS, TENN. OAKLAND ATHLETICS_Released C to 42-26. Behind 30 points setts to a win over Temple Kalivoda, 8.365, 80.73. SEMIFINALS PRO BASKETBALL Landon Powell. Funny Car FRIDAY, MARCH 9 NATIONAL LEAGUE from Terrell Stoglin, the Ter- and advance to the Atlantic 1. Mike Neff, Ford Mustang, 4.080, 309.06. Marshall 73, Southern Mississippi 62 CHICAGO CUBS_Assigned RHP Marco rapins sliced the deficit down 2. Robert Hight, Mustang, 4.082, 312.78. 3. NBA Carrillo, RHP Trey McNutt, INF Jonathan 10 tournament semifinals in Memphis 83, UCF 52 EASTERN CONFERENCE Bob Tasca III, Mustang, 4.083, 309.06. 4. CHAMPIONSHIP Mota and OF Jae-Hoon Ha to their to seven points a couple of Atlantic City, N.J. Jack Beckman, Dodge Charger, 4.102, ATLANTIC DIVISION minor league camp. TODAY W L PCT GB 299.26. 5.Cruz Pedregon, Toyota Solara, Marshall vs. Memphis, 10:35 a.m. NEW JERSEY JACKALS_Released C times before the fourth- Philadelphia 24 17 .585 — Myron Leslie 4.105, 311.77. 6. John Force, Mustang, Boston 21 18 .538 2 ranked Tar Heels pulled NO. 22 FLORIDA 66, 4.121, 299.80. 7. Ron Capps, Charger, MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE 1 QUEBEC CAPITALES_Sold the contract of New York 18 22 .450 5 ⁄2 RHP John Mariotti to Philadelphia (NL). ALABAMA 63 4.140, 287.11. 8. Matt Hagan, Charger, AT QUICKEN LOANS ARENA New Jersey 14 27 .341 10 WORCESTER TORNADOES_Signed C away again. 4.142, 304.46. 9. Jeff Arend, Solara, 4.154, CLEVELAND Toronto 13 26 .333 10 Bradley Beal scored 16, 305.08. 10. Johnny Gray, Charger, 4.170, SOUTHEAST DIVISION Alex Trezza. 283.55. 11. Alexis DeJoria, Toyota Camary, SECOND ROUND BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS W L PCT GB NO. 6 DUKE 60, added 15 and 4.173, 302.35. 12. Courtney Force, Miami 30 9 .769 — NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Mustang, 4.188, 290.19. Not Qualified: 13. FRIDAY, MARCH 9 NBA_Suspended ’s Hedo VIRGINIA TECH 56 Florida beat Alabama in the Akron 78, Kent State 71 Orlando 26 15 .634 5 Tony Pedregon, 4.196, 291.51. 14. Bob Atlanta 23 17 .575 71⁄2 Turkoglu one game without pay for Buffalo vs. Ohio, n. Bode, 4.222, 292.39. 15. Jim Head, 4.279, Washington 9 29 .237 201⁄2 making contact with a game official. Tyler Thornton scored a Southeastern Conference CHAMPIONSHIP 248.71. 16. Todd Lesenko, 4.726, 186.74. 17. Charlotte 5 33 .132 241⁄2 LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS_Signed F career-high 13 points, Austin tournament quarterfinals in Tim Wilkerson, 4.945, 167.55. 18. Dale SATURDAY, MARCH 10 CENTRAL DIVISION Bobby Simmons to a second 10-day Creasy Jr., 5.326, 145.93. 19. Blake Akron vs. Buffalo-Ohio winner, 7 p.m. W L PCT GB contract. Rivers hustled for a clinching New Orleans.