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Sasser scores 26, carries Houston past Tulsa 86-59 Providence beats Creighton; Ga. Tech topples Clemson OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan 21, (AP): Nate Watson scored a career-high 29 points MLB Roundup and Providence turned back Creighton each time it pulled close, beating the 11th-ranked Bluejays 74-70. Providence (8-6, 4-4 Big East) won Ex-Giants Sadek dies for the fi rst time in four games and avenged a crushing loss to the Bluejays three weeks ago. Creighton (10-4, 6-3) Happ, Twins agree lost its second straight after one of its worst offensive games of the season. to $8 mn, 1-yr deal Alyn Breed had 15 points, David Duke added 12 and Jimmy Nichols MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 21, (AP): Jr scored 10 for the Friars, who were The Minnesota Twins and vet- playing the third of four straight road eran starting pitcher J.A. Happ agreed to an $8 million, one-year games. contract, according to a person Damien Jefferson scored a career- with knowledge of the deal. best 26 points for the Bluejays. Marcus The person confi rmed the Zegarowski, who missed the previous agreement to The Associated two games with a left hamstring inju- Press, speaking on condition of ry, had 17 points and Christian Bishop anonymity because the team had added 12. not announced it. Ga Tech 83, Clemson 65 The 38-year-old Happ spent In Atlanta, Georgia Tech returned the past 2 1/3 seasons with the from a 17-day layoff with one of its New York Yankees. Acquired most impressive showings of the sea- from Toronto at the 2018 trade son, getting more than 20 points from deadline, the left-hander went three players and routing Clemson. 7-0 with a 2.69 ERA in 11 starts Michael Devoe led the way with 22 down the stretch to fi nish 17-6. points, while Moses Wright and Jor- The Yankees dan Usher chipped in with 21 apiece. then reward- The Yellow Jackets (7-3, 3-1 At- ed him with a lantic Coast Conference) built a nine- $34 million, point halftime lead and handed the Ti- two-year gers their second straight blowout loss. contract. Aamir Simms scored 19 points to Happ will lead the Tigers (9-3, 3-3). Clemson be just the shot 52% from the fi eld and was hurt second off- by 20 turnovers. season addi- Houston 86, Tulsa 59 tion by the In Houston, Marcus Sasser scored 26 points, Quentin Grimes added 18 Happ Twins, who also added points and seven rebounds as Houston relief pitcher Hansel Robles to the avenged its only loss of the season. team that has won the AL Central Sasser, who scored 18 points in the division in each of the last two fi rst half, fi nished 8 of 15 from the years. Jake Odorizzi and Rich Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen (31) makes a save against Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) during the fi rst period of an fi eld, including 6 of 12 on 3-pointers. Tramon Mark had 11 points and six Hill became free agents, creating NHL hockey game on Jan 20, in Toronto. (AP) openings in the rotation behind rebounds for the Cougars. José Berríos, Kenta Maeda and Houston (12-1, 7-1 American) shot Michael Pineda. Minnesota was 43%, including 13 of 32 on 3-point- third in the AL in 2020 with a ers. The Cougars outrebounded Tulsa team ERA of 3.58. 52-24, and had a 26-7 advantage in Happ went 12-8 in 2019 Theodore scores two goals as second-chance points. and struggled at the start of the The Cougars won their fi fth straight pandemic-delayed 2020 season, since falling to the Golden Hurricane prompting the Yankees to skip his 65-64 in Tulsa on Dec. 29. turn. Happ gained strength as the Wisconsin 68, Northwestern 52 year went on and fi nished with a In Madison, Wisconsin, Tyler Wahl 2-2 record and 3.47 ERA in nine Golden Knights beat Coyotes paced a balanced attack with 14 points starts. His $17 million option and Wisconsin pulled away in the sec- originally would have become ond half in a win over Northwestern. guaranteed with 27 starts or 165 innings, but the threshold was re- Horvat’s shootout goal sends Canucks past Canadiens 6-5 BASKETBALL duced to 10 starts with the short- ened season. He fell one short. Happ followed Deivi García as LAS VEGAS, Jan 21, (AP): Shea The- D’Mitrik Trice added 12 points, an opener in Game 2 of the AL odore scored two goals, Marc-Andre NHL Results/Standings Brad Davison 11 and Potter 10 for Division Series for New York and Fleury made 21 saves and the Vegas Wisconsin (12-3, 6-2 Big Ten). gave up two-run homers to Mike Chase Audige had 16 points and Zunino in the second inning and Golden Knights defeated the Arizona Miller Kopp 10 for Northwestern (6-7, WASHINGTON, Jan 21, (AP): Results and standings 3-6), which has lost six straight. Manuel Margot in the third of Coyotes 5-2. from the NHL games on Wednesday. the 7-5 loss to Tampa Bay. Happ It marks the fi rst time the Golden Knights Edmonton 3 Toronto 1 Boise St. 73, Fresno St. 51 said after the game he would have have started 4-0-0 in their four-year existence. San Jose 2 St Louis SO 1 In Boise, Idaho, Derrick Alston Jr. been more comfortable starting. Minnesota 3 Anaheim 2 had 21 points as Boise State won its They’re the fi rst team in the NHL to reach four Vegas 5 Arizona 2 13th consecutive game, easily defeat- ❑ ❑ ❑ wins this season. Vancouver 6 Montreal SO 5 East Division ing Fresno State 73-51. Mike Sadek, a popular backup Alex Tuch added a goal and two assists, Mark GP W L OT Pts GF GA Marcus Shaver Jr had 17 points and catcher who played all eight of Stone had a goal and an assist, and Alex Pietran- Philadelphia 4 3 1 0 6 15 11 six rebounds for Boise State (13-1, 9-0 his major league seasons with the gelo scored his fi rst goal with Vegas. Washington 4 2 0 2 6 15 14 Mountain West Conference). Abu Ki- San Francisco Giants New Jersey 3 2 0 1 5 8 7 , has died. Nick Schmaltz and Phil Kessel scored for the NY Islanders 3 2 1 0 4 5 5 gab added 15 points and 11 rebounds. He was 74. Coyotes (1-2-1). Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves. Pittsburgh 4 2 2 0 4 14 18 Mladen Armus had eight rebounds. The team announced Sadek Sharks 2, Blues 1, SO Boston 3 1 1 1 3 4 5 Arkansas 75, Auburn 73 died in San Andreas, California, NY Rangers 3 1 2 0 2 8 8 In St. Louis, Tomas Hertl scored the only goal in Buffalo 4 1 3 0 2 11 12 In Fayetteville, Arkansas, Desi Sills following a short illness. a four-round shootout to lift San Jose over St. Louis. Central Division scored 14 of his 22 points in the sec- Sadek was a .226 career hitter Marcus Sorensen scored the tying goal late in GP W L OT Pts GF GA ond half to help Arkansas rally from a with fi ve home runs and 74 RBIs Tampa Bay 2 2 0 0 4 10 3 the second period and Martin Jones made 22 saves 12-point halftime defi cit, and then hold in 383 big league games from Florida 2 2 0 0 4 10 6 on to beat Auburn 75-73. 1973-81. for the Sharks, who snapped a six-game losing Nashville 3 2 1 0 4 10 7 streak to St. Louis that started in the 2019 playoffs. Carolina 3 2 1 0 4 9 6 Sills scored four straight points San Francisco selected Sadek Detroit 4 2 2 0 4 9 10 during an 18-10 run to give Arkansas in the 12th round of the 1966 am- Jones denied all four Blues shooters in the tie- Columbus 4 1 2 1 3 8 13 a 74-66 lead, its largest of the game ateur draft but he opted to return breaker. Chicago 4 0 3 1 1 9 20 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 coming with 2:40 to play. The Razor- to the University of Minnesota. West Division backs trailed the entire fi rst half and by The Twins then chose him in the ICE HOCKEY Vancouver Canucks center Jay Beagle (83) GP W L OT Pts GF GA 10 points early in the second. fi fth round the following year be- fi ghts for control of the puck with Montreal Ca- Vegas 4 4 0 0 8 16 7 Minnesota 4 3 1 0 6 11 9 Washington 84, Colorado 80 fore the Giants picked him in the nadiens defenseman Brett Kulak (77) during the St Louis 4 2 1 1 5 10 15 In Seattle, Marcus Tsohonis scored December 1969 Rule 5 Draft. Brayden Schenn scored in his second consecu- second period of an NHL hockey game, on Jan Colorado 3 2 1 0 4 12 6 a career-high 27 off the bench, Erik ❑ ❑ ❑ tive game and Jordan Binnington made 37 saves 20, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP) San Jose 4 2 2 0 4 13 14 Stevenson added 17 points before foul- Arizona 4 1 2 1 3 12 16 Outfi elder Michael Brantley for the Blues. Trophy winner, ended the Oilers’ 0-for-12 power- Anaheim 4 1 2 1 3 6 10 ing out, and Washington picked up its San Jose appeared to get the game-winner with Los Angeles 3 0 1 2 2 8 11 fi rst conference win of the season beat- has agreed to a $32 million, two- play drought. North Division year contract with the Houston 11 seconds left in overtime, but the offi cials quick- ing Colorado 84-80. Kailer Yamamoto was credited with the opening GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tsohonis was brilliant providing the Astros, a person familiar with the ly waved it off for goaltender interference on Ryan goal for Edmonton after the Maple Leafs fumbled Montreal 4 2 0 2 6 17 13 Donato. After a replay review, the call was upheld. Toronto 5 3 2 0 6 15 15 Huskies (2-11, 1-7 Pac-12). deal told The Associated Press. the puck into their own net in the fi rst. Mikko Ko- The person spoke to the AP on Wild 3, Ducks 2 Calgary 3 2 0 1 5 11 6 Radford 67, Campbell 61 skinen made 25 saves, and Josh Archibald scored Winnipeg 3 2 1 0 4 9 9 In Buies Creek, N.C., Dravon condition of anonymity because In Anaheim, Calif., Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal Edmonton 5 2 3 0 4 13 16 the contract, which is pending a into an empty net with 1:06 left. Vancouver 5 2 3 0 4 15 21 Mangum had 16 points and nine re- and an assist, including the game-winning score bounds as Radford topped Campbell successful physical, had not been early in the third period, and Minnesota capped Auston Matthews scored for Toronto, and Fred- Ottawa 3 1 1 1 3 10 10 announced. erik Andersen made 19 saves. Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime 67-61. a successful season-opening road trip with a win loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify Chyree Walker had 11 points and Brantley spent the last two sea- over Anaheim. Canucks 6, Canadiens 5, SO for playoffs under this season’s temporary realign- sons in Houston after playing for In Vancouver, British Columbia, Bo Horvat ment. seven rebounds for Radford (10-6, 9-1 Ryan Hartman and Nick Bonino also scored for Big South Conference), which won its Cleveland for his fi rst 10 MLB scored the shootout winner and Vancouver over- seasons. Brantley hit .300 with the Wild, who have won three of their fi rst four sixth straight game. Lewis Djonkam games. Kaapo Kahkonen made 22 saves. came Tyler Toffoli’s hat trick to beat Montreal. Braden Holtby stopped 31 shots in regulation added 10 points and nine rebounds. fi ve homers and 22 RBIs in 46 Horvat, the Vancouver captain, put a shot be- games in last year’s pandemic- Nicolas Deslauriers and Cam Fowler scored for and overtime. VMI 74, Furman 73 shortened season. He had three the Ducks, and Ryan Miller stopped 29 shots. tween the legs of goalie Carey Price to make the Price made 23 saves for the Canadiens, unbeat- In Lexington, Va., Greg Parham had home runs and 11 RBIs in 13 Oilers 3, Maple Leafs 1 Canucks winners in their home opener. en in regulation this season. Jesper Kotkaniemi 24 points as VMI narrowly defeated playoff games last year as the As- In Toronto, Leon Draisaitl broke a tie on a Horvat and Brock Boeser each fi nished with two had a goal and an assist, and Brendan Gallagher Furman 74-73. tros came a win shy of reaching power play midway through the third period in goals and an assist for Vancouver in regulation. scored his fi rst of the season. Jake Stephens had 15 points and 14 the World Series for the second Edmonton’s victory over Toronto. Tyler Motte also scored and J.T. Miller had three Boeser forced overtime 16:51 into the third pe- rebounds for VMI (8-7, 3-3 Southern straight season. Draisaitl, the reigning NHL MVP and Art Ross assists. riod. Conference). Trey Bonham added 13 ❑ ❑ ❑ points. Sean Conway had 12 points. The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to contracts with free No. 9 Baylor dominates Oklahoma State 77-58 agent pitchers Kirby Yates and Tyler Chatwood, a person famil- STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Jan 21, of them would bail out on you after one iar with the negotiations told The (AP): Baylor returned to its typical or two years, but Moon - she’s going to Associated Press. dominance against Oklahoma State. go down in the history of our program as The person spoke on the con- Moon Ursin scored 20 points and the one of the all-time favorite kids.” dition of anonymitybecause the ninth-ranked Lady Bears recovered from The Lady Bears held the Cowgirls to club had not yet announced the a rare loss to beat the Cowgirls 77-58. 33% shooting and a season-low point moves. Baylor had won 61 straight at home total. Part of the poor shooting was Yates agreed to a $5.5 million, before falling to Iowa State on Satur- Baylor’s defense, and part of it was the one-year deal with $4.5 million in day. That was Baylor’s fi rst game in Cowgirls just missing shots. potential performance bonuses. two weeks because of a pause in the “We’ve just got to have a better belief Chatwood agreed to a $3 million, program after coach Kim Mulkey tested in ourselves and play with more poise, one-year contract with incentives positive for COVID-19. hit little shots,” Oklahoma State coach that could take it to $5.5 million. The Lady Bears (9-2, 4-1 Big 12) Jim Littell said. “It’s hard to get open ❑ ❑ ❑ bounced back and avoided their fi rst shots against them, and when you do, back-to-back losses since the 2014-15 you’ve got to hit your two-footers.” Reliever Wade Davis is return- season. ing to the Kansas City Royals, “That was crazy,” Ursin said about the the team he helped pitch to the loss to Iowa State. “We have to be moti- Oklahoma State forward Abbie BASKETBALL 2015 World Series title. vated this entire season. Whether we do Winchester (25) and Baylor forward Davis and the Royals agreed to it ourselves as a team, with our coaches NaLyssa Smith (1) reach for a re- Natasha Mack scored 21 points, and a minor league contract, and the - we have to fi nd a way to keep winning bound during the fi rst half of NCAA Ja’Mee Asberry added 17 for Oklahoma 35-year-old right-hander will go ballgames doing the best we can. We’re college basketball game, on Jan 20, State (9-5, 5-3), but Mack made 9 of 22 to spring training trying to earn not trying to break another streak. We’re in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (AP) shots and Asberry made 5 of 16. a spot on the major league roster. “I’ll take that any day,” Mulkey said. trying to defend our territory and defend of 14 shots and had eight rebounds. She If added to the 40-man ros- our Big 12 championship.” Baylor held Oklahoma State to 30% ter, Davis would get a one-year Nalyssa Smith had 18 points and 12 worked her way through the program, shooting in the fi rst half to take a 37-23 contract paying at a rate of rebounds, and DiDi Richards added 11 biding her time behind stars before lead. Ursin scored 16 points in the half on $1.25 million while in the major points, six rebounds and seven assists emerging this season. 5-for-8 shooting, and made all fi ve of her leagues and $200,000 while in for Baylor. “This is an example of the type of ath- free throws. Baylor remained in control Creighton guard Marcus Zegarowski (11) makes a layup next to Provi- the minors. Ursin, a senior guard who entered lete and the type of student athlete you throughout the second half, extending its dence forward Jimmy Nichols Jr. (5) during the fi rst half of an NCAA college the game averaging 9.4 points, made 7 need more of today,” Mulkey said. “Most lead to 24 points several times. basketball game, on Jan. 20, in Omaha, Nebraska. (AP)