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- 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 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 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 ’ 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 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 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 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 . Jeff The Ramblers (24-4, 16-2) will In Uniondale, NY, 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 scored for the third and fi nished 3-3 during a grueling Colin Miller also scored for the straight game. nine-day, six-game stretch. The Fly- team reached the Final Four as a No. rookie Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves Sabres, who are 2-10-1 since a 11 seed. as the Islanders earned their fi fth The Lightning improved to 3-0-1 ers welcomed back about 3,000 fans forced two-week delay in their sea- on their season-long six-game trip to their home arena for the fi rst time Michigan State guard Rocket Watts Keith Clemons added 13 points straight win. son during early February because of for Loyola, which has won six in a and stretched their point streak to a since last March 10. (2) attempts a shot during the sec- The victory was also the Islanders’ COVID-19 protocols. ond half of an NCAA college bas- row and 17 of its last 18. sixth straight over the Sabres this sea- season-high eight games. They took Penguins 5, Rangers 1 ketball game against Michigan, on Tremell Murphy and D.J. Wilkins son. increased the lead Lightning 6, Blackhawks 3 two of three in the series between Central Division contenders. In Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby March 7, in East Lansing, Michigan. scored 20 points each for Drake (25- to 3-0 at 16:56 with his fourth goal. In Chicago, Yanni Gourde, On- capped Pittsburgh’s three-goal out- (AP) 4, 15-3), a bubble team. Cal Clutterbuck, who also scored in drej Palat and Victor Hedman each Mattias Janmark had a goal and an for the Blackhawks. Philipp burst in the fi rst period, and the Pen- Kurashev and Pius Suter also scored. guins cruised to its ninth win in 13 games. Racers blow lead, recover to win over Redhawks Devils 1, Bruins 0 Crosby scored his eighth of the In Boston, Scott Wedgewood season, Kasperi Kapanen netted made 40 saves, Kyle Palmieri scored his sixth and John Marino his fi rst out of a scramble with 4:37 left and as Pittsburgh scored three goals on New Mexico State rallies past Dixie State the Devils snapped a fi ve-game los- six shots in the opening period. Ev- ing streak. geni Malkin and Zach Aston-Reese EL PASO, Texas, March 8, (AP): Jo- Boston’s Tuukka Rask made 24 nah Johnson rushed for two fi rst downs scored in the third period, and Casey to keep a fi nal drive alive and Juwan Mercer ‘tops’ Wofford, saves and remained stuck at 299 ca- DeSmith made 22 saves in his sec- Price scored the winning touchdown claims 3rd SoCon title reer victories. The Bruins have lost ond start since Feb 11. from 13 yards out as New Mexico four of six games. All four games be- Mika Zibanejad scored his third of State won a see-saw battle with Divi- ASHEVILLE, NC, March 8, (AP): tween the teams have been decided the season for the Rangers, who had sion I newcomer Dixie State 35-29. Jaron Dougherty had 19 points, 11 by one goal, including one in over- their season-best three-game win- Price took a handoff straight up the rebounds and six steals, Amoria Neal- time and another by a shootout. ning streak halted. Alexandar Geor- middle, fi nishing with 165 yards on 20 Tysor added 16 points and No. 2 seed Palmieri scored about two min- giev started the game in net for the carries for the Aggies (1-1). Johnson Mercer used a 28-0 run to ease past utes after Wedgewood robbed Craig Rangers, but was pulled after allow- fi nished with 171 yards passing and fourth-seeded Wofford 60-38 to claim Smith’s bid at the end of a Bruins’ the Southern Conference tournament ing three goals on six shots. picked up 28 of his 53-yards rushing power play. Boston pulled Rask and Predators 4, Stars 3, SO on the game-winning drive. title and earn an automatic bid to the had the puck in the Devils’ zone for Kody Winstead threw for a career- NCAA Tournament. nearly all of the fi nal 90 seconds, but In Dallas, Roman Josi scored the high 352 yards with a pair of touchdowns Mercer (19-6) won its third SoCon fi nal shootout goal on a backhander, title in the past four years – with the Wedgewood blocked several good and threw at least one pass to nine differ- chances to preserve his fourth career helping the Nashville Predators win ent receivers. Conley led with 98 yards lone exception last season when Sam- after blowing a 3-0 third-period lead. ford claimed it. shutout. Capitals 3, Flyers 1 Josi and Forsberg scored in the The Bears didn’t have to face the shootout as the Predators ended a FOOTBALL defending champions in the tourna- In Philadelphia, Alex Ovechkin, three-game losing streak. Rookie ment this season – after losing twice in Dmitry Orlov and Nick Jensen the regular season – because the top- Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and an as- scored to lead Washington. sist in regulation, Mikael Granlund on four catches, Jalen Powell had fi ve Mercer guard Amoria Neal-Tysor (1) drives the ball to the basket past Wof- seeded Bulldogs were upset in the fi rst T.J. Oshie had two assists and Ilya ford guard Annabelle Schultz (1) and Wofford forward Lawren Cook (23) in round by ETSU. and Calle Jarnkrok added goals catches for 97 yards. Conley also rushed the fi rst half of an NCAA women’s championship game Samsonov stopped 36 shots for the and Pekka Rinne made 35 saves for for 95 yards and a touchdown. Wofford (13-11) made program for the Southern Conference tournament, on March 7, in Asheville, N.C. history by playing in its fi rst SoCon Capitals, who have won eight of 11. Nashville. Filip Forsberg added two Murray St 24, Missouri St 21 (AP) championship game. assists as the Predators built a 3-0 In Cape Girardeau, Mo., Preston Neal-Tysor was named the tourna- lead through two periods. Rice scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 12-yard slant to Dequan Dallas straight scores in the fourth, dominat- ment’s Most Outstanding Player after Radek Faksa, Joe Pavelski and and Murray State rallied in the fourth down to the 3. Rice carried it over on ing the Tigers with 452 yards of total leading Mercer through the fi rst two rookie Jason Roberson scored in quarter to beat Southeast Missouri the next play. offense to 225. the fi nal eight minutes of the third State. The win ended a string of 12 straight Webb had a touchdown pass of 54 period for Dallas -with Robertson’s Rice’s 3-yard run returned the lead regular-season home wins for 16th- yards to Uriah West, who also ran 5 BASKETBALL score coming with 56.8 seconds left to the Racers (2-0, 2-0 Ohio Valley ranked Southeast Missouri (1-2, 1-1). yards for the Gamecocks’ fi rst score. to send the game into overtime. Conference) with eight minutes re- Jacksonville St 38, Tenn. St 16 UT Martin 28, E. Illinois 15 Senators 4, Flames 3, SO maining after the Redhawks scored rounds, scoring 27 and a career-high In Nashville, Tenn, Zion Webb In Martin, Tenn, John Bachus threw In Calgary, Alberta, Drake Bath- twice earlier in the quarter. 34 points. erson scored the shootout winner to With Southeast Missouri trailing 17- passed for 280 yards and three touch- two of his three touchdown passes to Neal-Tysor struggled in the fi rst downs and Jacksonville State won tight end Rodney Williams, John Ford give the Senators the victory over the 7, the Redhawks’ Al Young caught a half against Wofford, scoring just Flames. shanked punt a yard behind the line of a fi fth straight game, defeating Ten- returned an interception 50 yards for a fi ve points on 2-of-8 shooting, but she scrimmage and returned it 10 yards to nessee State. The STATS FCS 10th- score, and UT Martin never trailed in made four baskets and scored nine Connor Brown, Ryan Dzingel and the Murray State 30. The short fi eld led ranked Gamecocks (5-1, 2-0 Ohio its win over Eastern Illinois. points during an 18-0 run to start the Colin White scored in regulation for to a touchdown plunge by Zion Custis. Valley Conference), have won fi ve in Bachus was 24-of-36 passing for third quarter. the Senators. made 30 A minute later, Shabari Davis re- a row counting three straight wins in 259 yards with a interception and Wil- Dougherty scored six points during saves. turned an interception 33 yards for the October. The are 2-0 in the springtime liams fi nished with eight receptions Mercer’s 8-0 run to close the fi rst half New York Rangers’ Chris Kreider Mark Giordano, Johnny Gaud- lead. A celebration following FCS season. for 95 yards. The 6-foot-4, 235-pound for a 27-18 lead. Wofford had just (20) checks ’ reau, and Noah Hanifi n scored for Davis’ score resulted in Murray State Jacksonville State opened the game redshirt senior went into the game 24 points through three quarters – as Sidney Crosby (87) during the third Calgary, which is 0-1-1 under Dar- starting a drive at the Redhawks’ 49. with consecutive touchdowns in the with career totals of 41 catches for 473 Mercer scored 28 unanswered – going period of an NHL hockey game, on ryl Sutter after he replaced the fi red The Racers converted a fourth-and-5 fi rst quarter and ended it with three yards and no touchdowns. scoreless for 14-plus minutes. March 7, in Pittsburgh. (AP) Geoff Ward last Thursday night.