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ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021 SPORTS 15 Hurricanes, Isles notch 5th straight wins Baylor beats Texas Tech Watts, Henry lead Spartans to 70-64 victory over Wolverines EAST LANSING, Michigan, March Garza’s jersey No. 55 would be re- 8, (AP): Rocket Watts scored 21 tired after the season, bringing Garza points and Aaron Henry had 18 to to tears. lead Michigan State to a 70-64 vic- It was the 12th double-double of tory over No. 2 Michigan that seems the season for Garza, who leads the to seal coach Tom Izzo’s 23rd con- Big Ten in scoring and is third in the secutive NCAA Tournament bid. nation. He is Iowa’s all-time leading The Spartans (15-11, 9-11 Big career scorer with 2,201 points. Ten) have won fi ve of their last seven The Hawkeyes (20-7, 14-6) have games, beating No. 4 Ohio State, No. won seven of eight and will be the 5 Illinois and their second-ranked ri- third seed in the Big Ten Tourna- vals during the late-season surge. ment. The Wolverines (19-3, 14-3) Micah Potter shot 9 for 12 and closed the regular season getting scored 23 points for Wisconsin (16- routed at home by the Fighting Illini, 11, 10-10), which has lost fi ve of six. beating Michigan State handily to Houston 67, Memphis 64 seal the Big Ten title and losing the In Houston, Tramon Mark hit a rematch three days later. And, Mich- long 3-pointer as time expired to lift igan might have lost more than that. Houston over Memphis. Senior guard Eli Brooks hurt his After Memphis tied it with 1.7 left ankle early in the game at the seconds left, Marcus Sasser threw Breslin Center and did not return in the ball to midcourt, where Mark what potentially could be a problem picked it up. He dribbled through two going into the Big Ten and NCAA Memphis defenders and launched a tournaments. Brooks ranks fourth on 35-footer off the backboard and in. the team with eight-plus points per Houston mobbed Mark in a hectic game, averages nearly three assists a scene under the basket. game and has started 51 games over DeJon Jarreau had 19 points and two seasons. eight rebounds, Quentin Grimes Baylor 88, Texas Tech 73 added 17 points and eight rebounds, In Waco, Texas, MaCio Teague and Justin Gorham had 10 points and scored 35 points while matching a 12 rebounds for the Cougars (21-3, school record with 10 made 3-point- New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal (13) pulls away from Buffalo Sabres center Curtis Lazar (27) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, on March 7, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP) ers and Baylor fi nished undefeated at BASKETBALL home for the fi rst time in 73 years. The Big 12 champion Bears (21-1, 13-1 Big 12) never trailed, but didn’t 14-3 American), who won their Gourde helps Lightning rally for 6-3 victory over Blackhawks take control for good until a 16-3 run fourth straight game. Mark fi nished in the second half when Teague had with eight points and shot 3 for 12 RALEIGH, N.C., March three 3s while scoring 12 of those from the fi eld. points. He fi nished 10-of-12 from Landers Nolley II scored 14 8, (AP): Vincent Trocheck NHL Results/Standings long range. points, Lester Quinones and DeAn- and James Reimer contin- Jared Butler scored 18 points and dre Williams each added 11 points ued to torment their for- Davion Mitchell 17 as Baylor fi n- for Memphis (15-7, 11-4). ished 10-0 in the Ferrell Center, the mer team, lifting the Car- WASHINGTON, March 8, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Sunday. fi rst time going undefeated at home Texas 76, TCU 64 olina Hurricanes to their NY Islanders 5 Buffalo 2 Washington 3 Philadelphia 1 Tampa Bay 6 Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 5 NY Rangers 1 since going 9-0 in 1947-48. Vital In Fort Worth, Texas, Andrew fi fth straight victory with New Jersey 1 Boston 0 Nashville 4 Dallas SO 3 had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Jones scored 16 points while making a 4-2 win over the Florida Carolina 4 Florida 2 Ottawa 4 Calgary SO 3 Kyler Edwards had 18 points for all four of his 3-pointers, and Texas East Division West Division Panthers. Texas Tech (17-9, 9-8), which was fi nished the regular season with a GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA third consecutive road victory. Trocheck, who was traded to coming off three consecutive wins at NY Islanders 25 15 6 4 34 73 56 Vegas 21 16 4 1 33 70 45 home. Kevin McCullar and Terrence The added week of Big 12 games Carolina just over a year ago, Washington 24 14 6 4 32 79 76 St Louis 25 14 8 3 31 81 79 Shannon Jr. both had 11. to account for COVID-19 and scored for the fourth time this Boston 22 13 6 3 29 65 54 Colorado 22 13 7 2 28 68 55 weather postponements worked out season against the Panthers. Nino Pittsburgh 24 14 9 1 29 77 75 Minnesota 22 13 8 1 27 69 60 Iowa 77, Wisconsin 73 Philadelphia 22 12 7 3 27 71 69 Los Angeles 23 10 8 5 25 68 65 well for the Longhorns (17-7, 11-6 Niederreiter, Sebastian Aho and NY Rangers 23 10 10 3 23 66 63 Arizona 24 11 10 3 25 65 73 In Iowa City, Iowa, Luka Garza Big 12). They also won at Iowa State Warren Foegele also had goals New Jersey 21 8 11 2 18 51 66 Anaheim 25 7 12 6 20 55 76 scored 21 points and had 16 re- and 15th-ranked Oklahoma to reach for the Hurricanes, who have won Buffalo 23 6 14 3 15 52 75 San Jose 22 8 11 3 19 63 86 bounds as defeated Wisconsin. 9-2 away from home and 6-2 in true eight of 10 home games (8-1-1) Central Division North Division Minutes after the game, Iowa ath- GP W L OT Pts GF GA road games. this season. GP W L OT Pts GF GA letic director Gary Barta announced Matt Coleman III scored 14 points Carolina Hurricanes’ Martin Necas Tampa Bay 23 17 4 2 36 83 48 Reimer, who made 21 saves, came Carolina 24 17 6 1 35 85 64 Toronto 26 18 6 2 38 90 63 and Courtney Ramey had 13 points to Carolina less two years in ago in a (88) collides with Florida Panthers’ Florida 24 15 5 4 34 80 70 Winnipeg 24 15 8 1 31 79 69 and six assists for Texas, which Mason Marchment (19) during the Chicago 26 13 8 5 31 82 80 Edmonton 26 15 11 0 30 83 80 moved up to the third seed in the Big fi rst period of an NHL hockey game Columbus 26 10 11 5 25 69 85 Montreal 23 11 6 6 28 78 66 in Raleigh, NC, on March 7. (AP) Nashville 25 11 14 0 22 61 82 Calgary 26 11 12 3 25 71 80 12 tournament and will face No. 18 ICE HOCKEY Dallas 20 7 8 5 19 56 54 Vancouver 28 11 15 2 24 81 93 Texas Tech, the sixth seed, in the Detroit 26 7 16 3 17 54 87 Ottawa 27 9 17 1 19 74 105 Saturday’s 5-2 win over the Sabres, quarterfi nals Thursday. Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division trade from Florida. He’s 3-0-0 since added his third of the season. Nelson will qualify for playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment. L. Chicago 75, Drake 65 then against the Panthers. scored his second of the game and In St. Louis, Cameron Krutwig MacKenzie Weegar and Ma- ninth of the season into an empty net and Braden Norris scored 20 points son Marchment scored for Florida, to complete the scoring. scored a power-play goal in the sec- Washington was without forward apiece to lead Loyola Chicago over which had a fi ve-game points streak Sorokin, the 25-year-old net- ond period, helping Tampa Bay win. Tom Wilson, who served the fi rst snapped. Chris Dreidger made 22 Drake in the Missouri Valley Con- minder, earned his fourth win of the Pat Maroon added his 100th ca- game of a seven-game suspension saves for the Panthers. reer goal in the third period, giving ference championship game for a season as the Islanders improved for Friday’s hit on Boston defense- Tampa Bay a season-high four goals man Brandon Carlo. spot in the NCAA Tournament. Islanders 5, Sabres 2 to 10-0-2 at Nassau Coliseum. Jeff The Ramblers (24-4, 16-2) will In Uniondale, NY, Anders Lee with the man advantage. Gourde fi n- Joel Farabee scored for Philadel- Skinner’s goal at 5:41 of the third ished with two goals and two assists, phia, which lost its second straight be making their seventh NCAAs and Brock Nelson scored 62 seconds period ruined his shutout bid. appearance and fi rst since the 2018 apart early in the second period and and Alex Killorn scored for the third and fi nished 3-3 during a grueling Colin Miller also scored for the straight game.