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NBA To report sports scores E-mail [email protected] or call Scorecard the sports desk at 502-582-4361, or toll free Rose returnbuoys at 1-800-765-4011,ext. 4361 COLLEGE 7. Duke22-4 756 5 HIGH SCHOOL AUTO RACING 8. Ohio St. 23-3 709 9 9. Delaware 24-1 655 10 SPORTS Sprint Cup 10. Tennessee 20-7 582 13 Daytona 500 qualifying Men 11. Penn St. 21-5 574 12 Boys’ basketball Sunday at Daytona Bch., Fla. Bulls over Hawks The top 25 teams in The Asso- 12. Green Bay 23-1 562 11 The top teams in the Ken- Daytona Int’l Speedway ciated Press’ college basket- 13. Kentucky 21-5 540 7 tucky high (Car number in parentheses) ball poll, with first-place votes 14. Texas A&M 19-6 486 14 school basketball polls, with 1. (99) Carl Edwards,Ford, 194.738. in parentheses, records 15. Georgetown 21-6 459 15 first-place votes, records, total 2. (16)Greg Biffle,Ford, 194.087. through Feb. 19,total points 16. Louisville 19-7 321 19 points and previous rankings: The lineup for Thursday’sGat- Former Wildcat based on 25 points for afirst- 17. Georgia Tech 20-7 285 20 Rank-School FPV .... Rcd TP Pvs orade Duel 1race at Daytona, place vote through one 18. Georgia 20-7 266 18 1. Trinity (10)...... 26-3 1091 with car number in parenthe- for a25th-place vote and pre- 19. St. Bnavnture 25-2 245 22 2. Madison Central (1) ..... 28-1962 ses, and Sunday’squalifying Rondo banned vious ranking: 20. St. John’s18-8 208 — 3. Moore...... 25-4 75 6 speed (C-Chevrolet; D-Dodge; Rec Pts Prv 21. DePaul 20-7 191 24 4. Scott Co...... 26-4 72 5 F-Ford; T-Toyota): 1. Kentucky (63) 26-11,623 1 22. Purdue 19-8 176 17 5. Ballard ...... 22-7 64 3 1. (99) Carl Edwards,F,194.738. twogames 2. Syracuse (2) 27-11,559 2 23. Nebraska 20-6 147 16 6. PRP ...... 22-6 45 4 2.(88) Dale Earnhardt Jr.,C,194.028. 3. Missouri 25-21,498 3 7. Perry Co.Central ...... 23-4 43 9 24. Rutgers 18-8 82 21 3. (9) Marcos Ambrose,F,193.999. 4. Kansas 22-51,377 4 8. Bullitt East ...... 22-4 42 7 Associated Press 25. Gonzaga 24-4 75 — 4. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., F, 193.665. 5. Duke23-41,359 5 9. Ohio Co...... 28-2 16 10 Othersreceiving votes:West 5. (21) Trevor Bayne,F,193.615. 6. Michigan St. 22-51,317 7 10.Clark Co...... 25-5 6NR 6. (14)Tony Stewart, C, 193.607. 7. North Carolina 23-41,261 8 65, South Carolina 54, Ar- 10.Cov.Holy Cross ...... 28-2 6NR Derrick Rose scored 23 kansas 29, Princeton 28, UTEP 24, 7. (43) Aric Almirola, F, 193.382. 8. Ohio St. 22-51,139 6 Othersreceiving votes:Hop- 8. (27) Paul Menard, C, 193.374. points in his return from 9. Georgetown 20-51,085 10 Fresno St. 23, Vanderbilt 16,BYU 15, kinsville 5. East Jessamine 5. Henry California 14,Middle Tennessee 13, 9. (34) David Ragan, F, 193.249. back spasms, and the Chi- 10. Marquette 22-51,013 12 Clay 5. Harlan County 5. Dixie 10.(22) AJAllmendinger,D,193.121. 11. Michigan 20-7 869 17 North Carolina10,Oklahoma 9, Flor- Heights 3. Knott Co.Central 3. Knox ida Gulf Coast 6. 11.(2) Brad Keselowski,D,192.992. cago Bulls beat the strug- 12. Florida 21-6 860 14 Central 2. Bell Co.2.Marshall Co.1. The NAIA Division Iwomen’s 12.(29) Kevin Harvick, C, 192.914. 13. Baylor 22-5 859 9 gling 90-79 college basketball Top25, with Girls’ basketball 13.(31) Jeff Burton, C, 192.777. 14. Murray St. 26-1 765 16 on Monday. first-place votes in parenthe- The top teams in the Ken- 14.(42) Juan Pablo Montoya, C, 15. Florida St. 19-7 620 20 ses: tucky Associated Press high 192.6. Rose looked sharp af- 16. Wisconsin 20-7 615 15 1, Oklahoma City (12). 2, Union, school basketball polls, with 15.(30) David Stremme,T,191.963. ter missing the previous 17. Louisville 21-6 495 19 Tenn. 3, Freed-Hardeman, Tenn. 4, first-place votes, records, total 16.(1) Jamie McMurray, C, 191.84. 18. New Mexico 22-4 469 — Lee,Tenn. 5, Westmont, Calif. points and previous rankings: 17.(10)Danica Patrick, C, 191.738. five games, and the Bulls 19. Wichita St. 24-4 467 24 6, Lubbock Christian, Texas.7, Rank-School FPV .... Rcd TP Pvs 18.(32) Terry Labonte,F,191.522. played more like champi- 20. NotreDame 19-8 457 23 Shawnee State,Ohio.8, Cumber- 1. Manual (10)...... 28-2 1091 19.(40) Michael Waltrip,T,191.18. 21. UNLV22-6 325 11 lands.9,Langston, Okla. 10,Olivet 2. Marion Co.(1) ...... 26-4 89 2 20. (11) Denny Hamlin, T, 191.127. onship contenders after a 22. Temple 21-5 281 — Nazarene,Ill. 3. Boone Co...... 26-2 75 4 21. (98) Michael McDowell,F,190.99. brutal loss to New Jersey 23. Indiana 20-7 246 18 11,Vanguard, Calif.12, Azusa Pacif- 4. Perry Co.Central...... 25-2 71 5 22. (83) Landon Cassill,T,190.605. 24. San Diego St. 20-6 176 13 ic, Calif.13, Lewis-Clark State,Idaho. 5. Mercy ...... 23-5 67 3 23. (38) David Gilliland, F, 190.046. two days earlier.They led 25. Virginia 20-6 153 22 14,Saint Xavier,Ill.15, Southern 6. Ryle ...... 24-5 50 7 24. (37) MikeWallace,F,189.853. 25. (7) Robby Gordon, D, 188.229. by 18 through the first Othersreceiving votes: Nazarene,Okla. 7. Notre Dame...... 21-5286 Creighton 76, Gonzaga 47, BYU 29, 16,Westminster,Utah. 17, 8. Clay Co...... 25-5 27 9 The lineup for Thursday’sGat- quarter and were up 55-37 Saint Louis 25,Drexel13,Harvard12, Georgetown.18, Belhaven, Miss. 9. Elizabethtown ...... 22-5 13 10 orade Duel 2race at Daytona, Vanderbilt 12,California 11,Saint 19,Xavier,La. 20, Shorter,Ga. 10.Henderson Co...... 23-3 12 8 with car number in parenthe- at halftime, but found Mary’s(Cal) 7,Long Beach St.4,VCU 21, Campbellsville.22, MidA- Othersreceiving votes:Adair ses, and Sunday’squalifying themselves hanging on in 1. merica Nazarene,Kan. 23, Loyola, Co.10. Madison Central 10.Male 9. speed (C-Chevrolet; D-Dodge; The top 25 teams in the La. 24, Columbia, Mo.25, Rogers Walton-Verona 9. Anderson Co.7. F-Ford; T-Toyota): the end after abig push by USA Today-ESPN men’scollege State,Okla. Whitley Co.5.Harlan County 4. 1. (16)Greg Biffle,F,194.498. Atlanta. basketball poll, with first- The NAIA Division II women’s South Oldham 3. Paul Dunbar 3. Sa- 2. (13)Casey Mears,F,193.844. place votes in parentheses, college basketball Top25, with cred Heart 1. Hopkinsville 1. Grayson 3. (24) Jeff Gordon, C, 193.803. The Bulls were cling- Bulls guardDerrick Rose returned from afive-game records through Feb. 19,points first-place votes in parenthe- Co.1.Harlan 1. 4. (56) Martin Truex Jr., T, 193.665. ing to an 85-79 lead after a absence to score23points. DENNIS WIERZBICKI/US PRESSWIRE based on 25 points for afirst- ses: Wrestling 5. (55) Mark Martin, T, 193.503. place vote through one point 1, Indiana Wesleyan (9). 2, Concor- Saturday’sresults in the sev- 6. (48) Jimmie Johnson, C, 193.449. late 3-pointer by Jannero for a25th-place vote and pre- dia, Neb.(5). 3, College of the enth-, fifth-, and third-place 7. (17)Matt Kenseth, F, 193.245. Pargo before »Thunder 101, Hor- »Rockets 97, Grizzlies vious ranking: Ozarks,Mo. 4, Concordia, Mich. 5, matches in the state tourna- 8. (39) Ryan Newman, C, 193.224. Rec Pts Pvs Morningside,Iowa. ment at Alltech Arena, Ken- 9. (20) Joey Logano,T,192.868. nailed athree of his own to nets 93: and 93: Kyle Lowry scored 24 1. Kentucky (31) 26-1 775 1 6, Davenport, Mich. 7, Jamestown, tucky Horse Park in Lexington, 10.(5) Kasey Kahne,C,192.583. make it anine-point game. scored points, Kevin Martin add- 2. Syracuse 27-1 744 2 N.D. 8, Northwestern, Iowa. 9, Grand by weight class: 11.(26) Tony Raines,F,192.534. 3. Missouri 25-2 713 3 View, Iowa. 10,Corban, Ore. 106 -Kyle Edlin (LARU) def Jeri- 12.(18)Kyle Busch, T, 191.873. Rose then buried aturn- 31 points apiece and Okla- ed 22 and hit 4. Duke23-4 662 4 11,Briar Cliff,Iowa.12,Mount Mer- miah Kline (TRIG), Dec 6-4; Brady 13.(09) Kenny Wallace,T,191.567. around jumper to make it homa City got its 10th four key free throws down 5. Kansas 22-5 644 5 cy, Iowa. 13,Tennessee Wesleyan. Emerson (OLDC) def Caleb Austin 14.(36) Dave Blaney, C, 191.506. 6. Michigan State 22-5 613 8 14,Ave Maria, Fla. 15,Cardinal (CHCO), Dec 11-4; Robb Dezember 15.(51) Kurt Busch, C, 191.363. 90-79 with 2:10 remaining straight home win. the stretch as host Hous- 7. North Carolina 23-4 592 7 Stritch, Wis. (UNIO) def Elijah Owens (SK), Dec 16.(33) Elliott Sadler,C,191.27. and prevailed, One night after ahis- ton held off Memphis. 8. Georgetown 20-5 539 9 16,Friends,Kan. 17,Hastings,Neb. 8-1 17.(87) Joe Nemechek, T, 191.16. 9. Ohio State 22-5 504 6 18,Bethel,Ind. 19,St. Thomas,Fla. 113 -Jason Hall (MOOR) def Coty 18.(78) Regan Smith, C, 191.063. 19.(47) Bobby Labonte,T,190.022. sending Atlanta to its sev- toric performance featur- Gay led the Grizzlies 10. Marquette 22-5 485 13 20, College of Idaho. Hunt (FRCO), Dec 6-2; Gus Adams 20. (97) Bill Elliott, T, 189.95. 11. Florida 21-6 454 12 21, Southwestern, Kan. 22, Union. (RYLE) def Chase Boone (OHIO), Def enth loss in 10 games. ing big scoring nights with 23 points and Mike 21. (93) David Reutimann, T, 12. Murray St. 26-1 416 14 23, Saint Mary, Neb.24, Point Park. INJ; John Shirkey (OLDC) def Chris 189.235. Rose also had six as- from All-Stars Durant and Conley had 16. 13. Michigan 20-7 377 19 25, Eastern Oregon. Abernathy (MEAD), M-Dec 17-7 Monday’sgames 120 -John Siler (WHCO) def Jeff 22. (23) Robert Richardson Jr., T, sists and five rebounds. Westbrook and atriple- »Mavericks 89, Celt- 14. Baylor 22-5 374 10 188.438. 15. Wisconsin 20-7 292 17 Kentucky 70, Vanderbilt 61 Wurth (UNIO), Dec 11-7; Keegan »Nets 100, Knicks 92: double from , ics 73: had Kentucky State 52, Miles 44 Duncan (NOLD) def Keegan North 23. (49) J.J. Yeley, T, 187.954. 16. Florida State 19-7 290 21 24. (15)Clint Bowyer,T. Deron Williams scored a the Thunder built a26- 26 points and moved into 17. Louisville 21-6 277 18 Notre Dame 68, Louisville 52 (RYLE), Dec 5-4; Clay Brown (WV) Spalding 69, Greenville 49 NHRA season-high 38 points, out- point lead and then had to the top 20 on the NBA ca- 18. NotreDame 19-8 223 25 def Joey Parrott (SK), Dec 2-0 19. Wichita State 24-4 183 NR AP TOP25 126 -Ian Kahl (TRIN) def Clyde NHRA Arizona Nationals playing and scrap it out at the end. reer scoring list, and host 20. UNLV22-6 174 11 No.11Penn St. 84, No.8Ohio St. 66 Newcommer (MONT), M-Dec 14-4; Sunday at Chandler,Ariz. 21. New Mexico 22-4 142 NR No.13KENTUCKY 70, VANDY61 Anthony Castellano (DIXI) def Jesus Final results leading New Jersey at Jarrett Jack scored 18 Dallas beat struggling VANDERBILT(20-7) -Clarke8-11 22. Temple 21-5 114 NR Rosado (MOOR), Fall 5:07; Sean TopFuel — Antron Brown, 3.793 3-4 19,Holzer 1-20-2 2, Schrann 4-5 seconds,319.82 mph,def.Tony Schu- New York. points to lead New Or- Boston. 23. Saint Mary’s23-5 101 16 Fausz (CACO) def Wade Willen 0-0 8, Foggie 6-13 3-6 16,Lister 3-8 (UHA), Dec 5-0 macher,3.813 seconds,318.17 mph. 24. Indiana 20-7 81 20 Lin began his remark- leans, which had asurpris- The defending champi- 2-2 9, Coleman 0-0 2-2 2, Brown 1-3 132 -David Sahms (FTCA) def La- Funny Car — Robert Hight, Ford 25. San Diego St. 20-6 76 15 able run against the Nets ing three-game winning on Mavericks reached the 3-4 5, Smith 0-10-0 0, Watkins 0-0 zaro Berenguer (SOUT), M-Dec 15-7; Mustang, 4.139, 307.02, def.Mike Othersreceiving votes:Vir- 0-0 0. Totals 23-43 13-20 61. Drew Harris (SK) def Raymundo Pe- Neff,Mustang, 4.168, 309.91. about two weeks ago, but streak after losing 23 of midpoint of their regular ginia 73; Creighton 51; California 21; KENTUCKY (22-5) - Walker 6-14 rez (LARU), Dec 11-4; Corey Ahern ProStock — Jason Line,Pontiac Williams and the Nets 25. season schedule after nev- Gonzaga 13;Saint Louis 11;Harvard 3-615,Evans1-45-6 8, Mathies 3-10 (RYLE) def Tyler Kaelin (OLDC), Dec GXP,6.558, 211.69, def.Greg Ander- 10;Mississippi State 10;Drexel 9; 2-2 9, Goss 4-10 4-5 12,Conwright 4-1 son, GXP,6.570, 211.06. were ready for him this »Magic 93, Bucks 90: er trailing against Boston. Vanderbilt 9; Kansas State 8; Middle 3-6 0-16,Riley 0-0 0-0 0, Snowden 138 -Dominic Lampe (STX) def time. Lin finished with 21 had 28 Former UK star Rajon Tennessee 6;Long Beach State 3;Vir- 4-15 4-4 14,Pinkett 2-2 1-36,Hen- Austin Jackson (DIXI), Fall 3:18; ginia Commonwealth 2; Weber derson 0-0 0-0 0, Bishop 0-10-0 0. Shane White (WOOD) def Reece Me- HOCKEY State 2; IowaState 1; Nevada 1. points, nine assists and points and 16 rebounds, Rondo missed the game Totals 23-62 19-27 70. lotte-Nowland (FAIR), Fall 2:33; Te- NHL The NAIA Division Imen’scol- Halftime—Kentucky 39-23. 3- von Clay (FRCO) def Loren Avera seven rebounds, but Wil- Jameer Nelson added 15 after being suspended two EASTERN CONFERENCE lege basketball Top25, with Point Goals—Vanderbilt 2-6 (List- (NOLD), Dec 10-6 Atlantic Division liams outscored him 36-11 points and visiting Orlan- games without pay by the first-place votes in parenthe- er 1-3, Foggie 1-3), Kentucky 5-21 145 -Jonathan Green (LAFA) def ses: WLOT Pts (Snowden 2-7, Pinkett 1-1, Mathies Jordan Young (JOHN), Dec 4-2 (OT); N.Y. Rangers 38 14 581 through three quarters, do beat Milwaukee. NBA for throwing aball at 1, Oklahoma Baptist (9). 2, Shorter, 1-4, Evans 1-4, Goss 0-5). Fouled Corey McCall (WOOD) def Kegan New Jersey 34 20 472 when the Nets led by 18. The win was Orlando’s an official Sunday. Ga. (3). 3, Robert Morris,Ill.4,Con- Out—Conwright. Rebounds- Agnew (CALD), M-Dec 14-4; Kory Phila. 32 19 771 cordia, Calif.5,Southern Poly, Ga. —Vanderbilt 29 (Clarke8),Kentucky Polley (CHCO) def Quincy Jacobs Pittsburgh 33 21 571 Carmelo Anthony, third over Milwaukee in »Blazers:Oft-injured- 6, Martin Methodist, Tenn. 7, Our 40 (Walker12).Assists—Vanderbilt (SOUT), Dec 5-3 N.Y. Islanders 25 26 858 clearly rusty in his return 10 days and the third center was Lady of the Lake, Texas.8, Lindsey 9(Coleman, Foggie,Schrann 2), Ken- 152 -JakeRisinger (UNIO) def Ko- Northeast Division Wilson.9,Mountain State,W.Va. tucky 8(Goss,Mathies 3). Total dy Wade (BOYL) Forf; Gabe McIlrath WLOT Pts from aseven-game ab- straight time the Magic scheduled to have arthro- 10,Rogers State,Okla. Fouls—Vanderbilt 21, Kentucky 18. (MONT) def Nick Waits (CEHA), Dec Boston 35 20 272 sence with astrained right have overcome afourth- scopic surgery to “re- 11,Texas Wesleyan. 12,Point Loma A—4,624. 4-2; LukeTroxell (WAYN) def Jimmy Ottawa3122870 Nazarene,Calif.13, Georgetown. Tuesday’sgames - Kentucky Preston (JOHN), T-Fall 18-3 Toronto 29 24 664 groin, shot 4of11and quarter deficit to beat the move debris” from his left 14,Montana Western. 15,John Christian at Cincinnati-Clermont, 7; 160 -Brandon Pledger (STX) def Montreal 24 26 10 58 scored 11 points. Bucks. knee on Monday. Brown, Ark. Mid-Continent at McKendree,6;PAC Tyler Simpson (WAYN), Dec 7-3; Buffalo 25 27 757 16,Lee,Tenn. 17,Tougaloo,Miss. Tournament (First round, Grove City Chase Rusch (NOLD) def Wade Southeast Division WLOT Pts 18,Columbia, Mo.19, LSU Shreve- at Thomas More,5:30). Holtzclaw (JOHA), Dec 9-7; Shawn Florida 27 20 11 65 port, La. 20, Campbellsville. Hull (LARU) def Wyatt Courtney 21, Westmont, Calif.22, Montana Winnipeg 29 26 664 (WOOD), Fall 3:33 Washington 29 25 563 State-Northern. 23, Southern Naza- TENNIS 170 -Dylan Marksberry (NOLD) rene,Okla. 24, Azusa Pacific, Calif. Tampa Bay 26 26 658 def Casey Mink (WAYN), Dec 6-3; Carolina 23 26 11 57 25, Xavier,La. ATP STANDINGS &SUMMARIES Caleb Canter (LARU) def Seron Mar- WESTERN CONFERENCE The NAIA Division II men’s Open 13 tin (JEFF), M-Dec 9-1; JakeMaupin Central Division college basketball Top25, with Monday at Marseille,France (FAIR) def Rhodes Bell (DANV), Fall WLOT Pts first-place votes in parenthe- Singles Monday’sgames EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE 5:38 Detroit 41 17 284 ses: First Round 182 -Zac Gnadinger (OLDC) def St. Louis 36 16 779 BULLS 90, HAWKS 79 Atlantic Division Southwest Division 1, Northwood, Fla (12). 2, Dordt, Ivan Ljubicic (7), Croatia, d. Florent Sam Steele (BOON), Fall 1:32; Zach Nashville 34 19 674 ATLANTA(79) -J.Johnson 5-11 2-2 12, WLPct GB L10 Str WLPct GB L10 Str Iowa23). 3, Oregon Tech. 4, Daven- Serra, France,6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3. Fisher (CONN) def Justin McDaniel Chicago 32 21 771 Smith 7-213-5 17,Pachulia 2-5 4-8 8, Phila. 20 12.625 — 4-6 L-3 San Antonio 23 9.719 —10-0w11 port, Mich. 5, McPherson, Kan. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France,d. (MOOR), M-Dec 15-3; Will Tompkins Columbus 17 35 741 1 1 Teague 2-3 0-0 6, Green 3-6 0-0 6, Hinrich New York 16 17.485 4 ⁄2 8-2 L-1 Dallas 21 12.636 2 ⁄2 7-3 W-1 6, Cardinal Stritch, Wis.7,Bellevue, JarkkoNieminen, Finland, 6-2, 7-6 (STX) def Aaron Dyche (MANU), Dec Northwest Division 1 1 2-8 0-2 5, Pargo 7-12 0-0 19,Radmanovic Boston 15 16.484 4 ⁄2 5-5 L-4 Houston 19 14.576 4 ⁄2 6-4 W-2 Neb.8,Jamestown, N.D. 9, North- (4). 4-3 WLOT Pts 1 west, Wash. 10,Indiana Wesleyan. Flavio Cipolla, Italy, d. Andreas Vancouver 38 15 682 0-5 0-0 0, McGrady 2-3 1-46,I.Johnson 0-0 New Jersey 10 24.294 11 2-8 W-1 Memphis 18 15.545 5 ⁄2 6-4 L-1 195 -David Bergman (SK) def Alex 1 11,St. Thomas,Fla. 12,Northwest- Seppi (8), Italy, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Calgary 28 22 965 0-0 0, Dampier 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-74 10- Toronto 923.281 11 2-8 L-4 New Orleans 724.22615 ⁄2 3-7 L-1 Hogan (MEAD),Dec 8-5;Will Conard 21 79. ern, Iowa. 13,Grace,Ind. 14, IU RMK Championships (NOLD) def Matt May (STX), Fall Colorado 29 27 462 Southeast Division Northwest Division Southeast.15(tie), Warner Pacific, Monday at Memphis, Tenn. Minnesota 26 24 961 CHICAGO (90) -Deng 4-15 0-0 10,Boozer WLPct GB L10 Str WLPct GB L10 Str 2:19;BJCarman (LARU) def Thomas Edmonton 22 30 650 7-13 2-2 16,Noah 2-5 1-25,Rose 8-18 5-9 Ore; St. Ambrose,Iowa. Singles Noe (SOUT), Dec 8-5 Miami 25 7.781 — 9-1 W-6 Okla. City 25 7.781 — 7-3 W-3 17,IUEast.18,Indiana Tech.19,Bri- First Round Pacific Division 23, Brewer 4-9 4-4 13,Gibson 3-9 0-0 6, 1 220 -Steve Hollon (PECC) def Orlando 21 12.636 4 ⁄2 8-2 W-1 Portland 17 15.531 84-6 W-1 WLOT Pts James 3-7 0-0 7, Korver 0-4 0-0 0, Asik 0-0 ar Cliff,Iowa.19 (tie),20,Warner,Fla. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, d. Bernard Chris Fitzpatrick (ANCO), M-Dec Atlanta 19 13.594 63-7 L-2 Denver 17 15.531 82-8 L-3 21, Marian, Ind. 22, Saint Mary, Tomic (8), Australia, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (8). San Jose 31 19 769 12-2; Charlie Cornett (DIXI) def Wes- Phoenix 29 21 967 0-0 0, Lucas 3-8 2-2 10. Totals 34-88 14-19 Washington 725.219 18 3-7 L-3 Kan. 23, Cornerstone,Mich. 24, Ten- Donald Young, United States,d. 90. Minnesota 16 16.500 96-4 W-3 ley Morris (WOOD) Forf; Reshawd Los Angeles 27 21 11 65 1 1 nessee Wesleyan. 25, Valley City Grigor Dimitrov,Bulgaria, 7-6 (4), Charlotte 427.129 20 ⁄2 1-9 L-1 Utah 15 16.484 9 ⁄2 3-7 L-2 Wilkins (UNIO) def Brendan Darrow Dallas 29 26 462 Atlanta 17 20 27 15 — 79 State,N.D.. Central Division 4-6, 7-6 (6). (TRIN), Dec 8-6 Anaheim 25 24 10 60 Chicago 35 20 18 17 — 90 Pacific Division Monday’sgames Copa Claro WLPct GB L10 Str 285 -Shayne Smith (STX) def Colin Sunday’sgames WLPct GB L10 Str Greenville 77, Spalding 73 Monday at Buenos Aires 3-Point Goals—Atlanta 9-25 (Pargo 5-8, Chicago 26 8.765 — 8-2 W-1 Patrick (SK), Dec 5-3 (OT); MikeCau- Buffalo 6, Pittsburgh 2 L.A. Clippers 19 10.655 — 6-4 L-1 Kentucky St. 68, Miles 60 Singles Teague 2-2, McGrady 1-1, Hinrich 1-4, Smith 1 dill (OLDC) def Matt Daugherty (CE- Detroit 3, San Jose 2 Indiana 19 12.613 5 ⁄2 4-6 W-2 L.A. Lakers 18 13.581 26-4 L-1 EAST First Round 0-1, Green 0-2, J.Johnson 0-3, Radmanovic 1 HA), Fall 1:31; Shane Speed (GRAV) Cleveland 12 17.414 11 ⁄2 4-6 W-1 Chicago 3, St. Louis 1 Phoenix 14 19.424 75-5 W-2 Fairfield 60, Marist 49 Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, d. Pere def Zack Troxell (WAYN), Dec 8-7 0-4), Chicago 8-20 (Lucas 2-3, Rose 2-4, 1 Minnesota 2, Boston 0 Milwaukee 13 19.406 12 2-8 L-1 Golden State 11 17.393 7 ⁄2 5-5 L-3 St. John’s79, DePaul 72 Riba, Spain, 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-0. Deng 2-6, James 1-1, Brewer 1-2, Korver 1 New Jersey 3, Montreal 1 Detroit 11 22.333 14 ⁄2 7-3 W-3 Sacramento 10 21.323 10 4-6 L-5 UConn 73, Villanova70, OT Victor Hanescu, Romania, d. Pablo 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—At- Anaheim 2, Florida 0 SOUTH Andujar,Spain, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4). ROLL CALL Nashville 3, Dallas 2 lanta 51 (Smith 12), Chicago 63 (Noah 16). Sunday’sgames -New York104, Dallas 97; Miami 90, Orlando 78; Cleveland 93, Sacramento Alabama A&M 81, Alcorn St. 71 Fernando Gonzalez, Chile,d.Albert N.Y. Rangers 3, Columbus 2, OT Assists—Atlanta 19 (Smith 5), Chicago 18 92; Detroit 96, Boston 81; Indiana 108, Charlotte 73; Houston 101, Utah 85; Minnesota 92, Phila. Belmont 88, SC-Upstate 79 Montanes,Spain, 7-5, 1-0retired. BASEBALL Winnipeg 5, Colorado 1 (Rose 6). Total Fouls—Atlanta 17,Chicago 91; Milwaukee 92,New Jersey 85;Phoenix102,L.A.Lakers 90;Oklahoma City124,Denver118,OT. Delaware St. 74, Hampton 68, 2OT Facundo Bagnis,Argentina, d. Leo- TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to Vancouver 5, Edmonton 2 16. Technicals—Atlanta defensive three ETSU 66, Lipscomb 57 nardo Mayer,Argentina, 5-7, 6-4, terms with LHP Neal Cotts to aminor Monday’sgames second. A—22,033. Monday’sgames Tuesday’sgames Wednesday’sgames Florida A&M 83, SC State 82 6-2. league contract. Ottawa6,N.Y.Islanders 0 Chicago 90, Atlanta 79 Detroit at Cleveland, 7 Detroit at Toronto,7 Howard 53, Md.-Eastern Shore 51 KeiNishikori (4),Japan,d.Juan Car- MILWAUKEE BREWERS—A- NETS 100, KNICKS 92 Carolina 5, Washington 0 New Jersey 100, New York 92 New Orleans at Indiana, 7 Sacramento at Washington, 7 Jacksonville 73, Kennesaw St. 71 los Ferrero,Spain, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. greed to terms with RHP TimDillard, NEW JERSEY (100) -Stevenson 4-8 0-011, Tuesday’sgames Dallas 89, Boston 73 Sacramento at Miami,7:30 Indiana at Charlotte,7 MVSU 56, Texas Southern 53 Stanislas Wawrinka (6), Switzer- RHP Marco Estrada, RHP Mike Humphries 5-14 4-714,She.Williams1-40-2 N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo,7 Okla. City 101, New Orl.93 Phila. at Memphis,8 New Orleans at Cleveland, 7 Norfolk St. 66, Longwood 52 land, d. Horacio Zeballos,Argentina, McClendon, RHP Mark Rogers and C 2, D.Williams 10-22 10-12 38, Brooks 7-15 New Jersey at Toronto,7 Orlando 93, Milwaukee 90 San Antonio at Portland, 10 Boston at Oklahoma City, 7 North Florida 75, Mercer 66 6-3, 6-4. Martin Maldonado on one-year con- N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 2-2 18,Morrow 2-8 4-4 9, Petro 0-3 0-0 0, Houston 97, Memphis 93 Orlando at New Jersey, 7:30 Savannah St. 67, Beth.-Cookman 44 tracts. WTA San Jose at Columbus,7 Gaines 3-8 1-28,Emmett 0-0 0-0 0. Totals Phoenix 104, Washington 88 Atlanta at New York, 7:30 Southern U. 55, Alabama St. 53 PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Placed Dubai Duty Free Champ. Phila. at Winnipeg, 7 32-82 21-29 100. SOUTHWEST INF Gustavo Nunez on the 60-day San Antonio 106, Utah 102 Milwaukee at Chicago,8 Monday at Dubai, U.A.E. Dallas at Montreal,7:30 NEW YORK (92) -Anthony 4-11 3-6 11, Ark.-Pine Bluff 61, Prairie View 58 DL. Minnesota at Denver Phila. at Houston, 8 Singles Anaheim at Tampa Bay, 7:30 Stoudemire 7-17 3-3 17,Chandler 4-5 6-6 Baylor 77, Texas 72 SOCCER L.A. Clippers at Golden St. Utah at Minnesota, 8 First Round Vancouver at Nashville,8 14,Lin 7-18 5-6 21, Fields 5-10 0-110,Jeffries BIG EAST Major League Soccer Portland at L.A. Lakers Golden St. at Phoenix, 9 Maria Kirilenko, Russia, d. Monica Detroit at Chicago,8 1-42-4 4,Novak 3-10 0-0 8,Smith 2-8 0-0 4, UCONN 73, VILLANOVA 70, OT DC UNITED—Signed MF Dwayne L.A. Lakers at Dallas,9:30 Niculescu, Romania, 6-3, 6-0. Edmonton at Calgary, 9 Davis 1-20-0 3. Totals 34-85 19-26 92. UCONN (17-10) -Smith 3-6 0-0 7, De Rosario. Denver at L.A. Clippers,10:30 Shahar Peer,Israel,d.Fatma al- Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 New Jersey 18 32 32 18 — 100 Oriakhi 3-41-27,Drummond 4-7 0-3 COLLEGE Nabhani,Oman, 6-3, 6-1. Wednesday’sgames 8, Lamb 11-218-1132, Boatright 3-11 APPALACHIAN ATHLETIC CON- New York 21 21 22 28 — 92 Flavia Pannetta, Italy, d. Anabel Washington at Ottawa, 7 1-48,Daniels 1-30-0 3, Olander 1-6 FERENCE—Named Lindsey Waters Medina Garrigues,Spain, 6-3, 6-3. Boston at St. Louis,8 3-Point Goals—New Jersey 15-31(D.Wil- 0-0 2,Napier 2-7 0-16.Totals 28-65 of Union women’sbasketball player Julia Goerges,Germany, d. Svetla- Los Angeles at Colorado,9 liams 8-14,Stevenson 3-7, Brooks 2-5, ley 7-13 0-0 16,Allen 5-11 0-110, Mayo 3-12 (Durant 3-7, Westbrook 2-3, Ivey 2-6, Cook 10-2173. of the week. Gaines1-1, Morrow1-4), New York 5-21(Lin 0-2 6, Cunningham 2-2 2-2 6, Pargo 0-0 0-0 1-9, Jackson 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Re- na Kuznetsova, Russia, 2-6, 7-6 (2), VILLANOVA (11-16) -Yarou 3-6 6-4. KENTUCKY INTERCOLLEGIATE 2-4, Novak 2-8, Davis 1-1, Stoudemire 0-1, 0, Pondexter 3-3 2-2 9. Totals 38-79 14-18 bounds—New Orleans 56 (Kaman, Thom- 5-5 11,Pinkston 5-17 2-3 13,Sutton ATHLETIC CONFERENCE- THE LINE Fields 0-2, Smith 0-5). Fouled Out—D.Wil- Jelena Jankovic (8), Serbia, d. Petra 93. as 8), Oklahoma City 52 (Ibaka, Perkins 13). 2-91-25,Johnson 4-11 6-614,Cheek Cetkovska, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2. —Named Laura Carroll of Asbury liams,Lin. Rebounds—New Jersey 62 HOUSTON (97) -Parsons 4-11 0-0 9, Scola Assists—New Orleans 17 (Ariza, Jack 5), 9-13 3-3 23,Hilliard1-1 0-0 2,Kenne- women’sbasketball player of the Glantz-Culver Memphis International NCAA Basketball (Humphries14),New York 54 (Fields11).As- 5-7 0-0 10,Dalembert 4-4 1-29,Lowry 7-17 Oklahoma City 15 (Durant, Jackson, West- dy 0-4 0-0 0, Yacoubou1-1 0-0 2. To- At Memphis, Tenn. week and WesCox of IU Southeast Favorite...... Line...... Underdog men’sbasketball player of the week. sists—New Jersey 19 (D.Williams 6), New 7-7 24, Martin 8-13 4-6 22, Lee 1-66-6 9, brook 4). Total Fouls—New Orleans 17, tals 25-62 17-19 70. Singles at UMass ...... Pk...... Xavier York 23 (Lin 9). Total Fouls—New Jersey Halftime—Tied 30-30. End Of Reg- MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE- 1 Patterson 4-10 0-0 8,Dragic 2-6 2-4 6,Smith Oklahoma City 19. Technicals—New Or- Sunday’sFirst Round Clemson...... 2 ⁄2..at Georgia Tech ulation—Tied 60. 3-Point Goal- —Named Cedric Henderson of 25, New York 25. Technicals—New Jersey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-74 20-25 97. leans defensive three second, Perkins. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, d. Irina at Missouri...... 11...... Kansas St. s—UConn 7-23 (Napier 2-4, Lamb Campbellsville men’sbasketball defensive three second, Anthony, Chandler, Memphis 28 26 22 17 — 93 A—18,203. Falconi,United States,6-1, 6-3. Georgetown...... 1...... at Seton Hall 2-9, Daniels 1-1, Smith 1-2, Boatright player of the week and Conor Young New York defensive three second. Houston 31 27 18 21 — 97 Alberta Brianti,Italy, d. Mirjana at Ohio St...... 15...... Illinois A—19,763. MAGIC 93, BUCKS 90 1-4, Drummond 0-1, Olander 0-2), of Campbellsville wrestler of the 3-Point Goals—Memphis 3-13 (Conley ORLANDO (93) -Turkoglu 5-10 0-0 13, Lucic, Croatia, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-1. at Nrthwstern .. Pk...... Michigan Villanova3-9 (Cheek 2-5, Pinkston Olga Govortsova, Belarus,d.Vesna week. MAVERICKS 89, CELTICS 73 2-4, Pondexter 1-1, Gay 0-2, Mayo 0-6), Anderson 3-7 1-29,Howard 9-20 10-14 28, 1-3, Johnson 0-1). Fouled Out- OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE- at Butler...... 13...... Ill.-Chicago Dolonts,Russia, 6-1, 7-5. 1 BOSTON (73) -Pierce 7-13 5-7 20, Wilcox Kent St...... 2 ⁄2.atMiami (Ohio) Houston 7-22 (Lowry 3-7, Martin 2-3, Par- Nelson 6-11 2-2 15,Redick 4-9 1-1 11,Davis —None. Rebounds—UConn 37 Johanna Larsson (7), Sweden, d. —Named Cameron Finch of Murray 1-30-0 2, O’Neal 0-10-0 0, Bradley 6-11 0-0 sons 1-4, Lee 1-5, Patterson 0-1, Dragic 0-2). 5-9 2-2 12,Duhon 0-2 0-0 0, Q.Richardson (Drummond 11), Villanova44(Pink- State baseball pitcher of the week at Florida ...... 18...... Auburn Irena Pavlovic, France,4-6, 6-4, 7-5. 1 at Creighton..10 ⁄2...... Evansville 12,Allen 6-15 2-2 15,Stiemsma 0-2 1-21, Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Mem- 0-2 0-0 0, Wafer1-60-0 2, Liggins 0-0 3-4 3. ston 10). Assists—UConn 12 (Boa- Jamie Hampton,U.S.,d.Magdalena and Shaylon Robb of Eastern Ken- Pietrus 2-8 0-0 6,Dooling1-30-0 3,Johnson phis 45 (Gay,Gasol,Speights 7),Houston 44 tright, Napier 4), Villanova11(John- tucky softball pitcher of the week. Cleveland St...... 1...... at Green Bay Totals 33-76 19-25 93. Rybarikova(8), Slovakia, 7-6 (7), 6-0. 1 4-7 0-0 8,Daniels 0-2 0-0 0,Pavlovic 0-4 0-0 (Patterson 9). Assists—Memphis 17 (Gasol son 6).Total Fouls—UConn16,Vil- ALABAMA—Suspended junior at Valparaiso.12 ⁄2.....Loyola of Chi. MILWAUKEE (90) -Delfino 3-12 0-0 8, Monday’sFirst Round 1 0, Moore 2-5 0-0 6. Totals 29-74 8-11 73. lanova17. A—13,832. basketball FTony Mitchell for the Miami ...... 1 ⁄2...... at Maryland 5), Houston 21 (Lowry 9). Total Fouls- Ilyasova6-15 3-3 15,Leuer 5-11 0-110, Jen- Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, d. Heath- 1 N. Carolina ...... 4 ⁄2...... at NC State DALLAS (89) - Marion 5-10 1-211, No- —Memphis 24, Houston 20. Technicals- Tuesday’sgames - Kentucky at rest of the season. Reinstated senior nings 9-19 3-3 22, Livingston 1-72-2 4, er Watson, Britain, 6-2, 6-3. Virginia ...... 1.. at Virginia Tech witzki 10-24 5-5 26, Haywood 2-5 1-25, —Memphis defensive three second, Hous- Sanders 6-12 1-1 13,Dunleavy 7-13 2-3 18, Mississippi State,9;AAC Tourna- Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands,d. basketball FJaMychal Green. ment (First round, Union at Tennes- Kentucky ...... 10 at Mississippi St. Kidd 2-5 0-0 6, Carter 2-7 0-0 4, Terry 6-11 ton defensive three second. A—12,525. Mbah aMoute 0-2 0-0 0, Udrih 0-0 0-0 0. Elena Baltacha (6), Britain, 6-2, 6-1. 1 see Wesleyan, 7); PACTournament COLLEGE New Mexico....5 ⁄2...at Colorado St. 0-0 16,Jones 3-8 1-1 7, Mahinmi 0-11-2 1, Totals 37-9111-13 90. Varvara Lepchenko, U.S.,d.Lauren 1 THUNDER 101, HORNETS 93 (Quarterfinal,GenevaatThomas Wofford...... 3 ⁄2.atUNC Grnsbro Odom 2-8 0-0 4, Wright 4-7 1-29,Cardinal Orlando 27 22 18 26 — 93 Davis,U.S., 7-5, 6-3. NEW ORLEANS (93) -Ayon 2-5 0-0 4, Ar- More,7:30). SPORTS 0-10-0 0, Yi 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 36-89 10-14 Vera Dushevina, Russia, d. Madi- Copyright 2012 World Fea- iza 2-7 3-4 7, Kaman 4-17 4-4 12,Vasquez Milwaukee 29 19 22 20 — 90 tures Syndicate,Inc. 89. Women son Keys,United States,6-2, 7-5. Baseball Boston 15 19 19 20 — 73 5-9 3-315,Belinelli 4-8 0-010,Jack 6-15 4-6 3-Point Goals—Orlando 8-22 (Turkoglu The top 25 teams in the The Lucie Hradecka (3), Czech Rep., d. Kentucky ... 130010 100-613 0 18,Thomas 2-7 1-1 5, Aminu 6-10 1-1 14, 3-4, Anderson 2-4, Redick 2-5, Nelson 1-4, Associated Press’ women’scol- Anna Tatishvili,Georgia, 6-3, 6-1. Dallas 20 24 26 19 — 89 USC Upstate 000 000 000 -023 Henry 1-64-4 6, Jones 1-70-0 2. Totals 33- Q.Richardson 0-1, Howard 0-1, Davis 0-1, lege basketball poll, with first- Marina Erakovic (4), N.Zealand, d. WP -Corey Littrell (1-0). LP -Bran- SOCCER 3-Point Goals—Boston 7-24 (Moore 2-4, 91 20-23 93. Wafer 0-2), Milwaukee 5-22 (Dunleavy 2-4, place votes in parentheses, Sloane Stephens,U.S., 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. don Lee (0-1).2B-Austin Cousino 2 PASL Pietrus 2-6, Dooling 1-2, Pierce 1-3, Allen records through Feb. 19,total Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine,d.Alexa OKLAHOMA CITY (101) -Durant 10-19 Delfino 2-7,Jennings1-6,Leuer 0-1, Ilyasova (K), Thomas McCarthy (K), Michael Friday’sgames 1-5, Pavlovic 0-4), Dallas 7-25 (Terry 4-7, points based on 25 points for a Glatch, U.S.,2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2. 8-9 31, Ibaka 4-9 1-1 9, Perkins 2-3 1-25, 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Or- Williams (K), A.J. Reed (K). Records - Detroit at Louisville,7:30 Kidd 2-5, Nowitzki 1-3, Yi 0-1, Cardinal 0-1, Westbrook 10-20 9-10 31, Cook 3-13 0-0 7, lando 58 (Howard 16), Milwaukee 47 (Ilya- first-place vote through one Whirlpool Monterrey Open Kentucky 3-0, South Carolina-Up- Carter 0-3,Odom 0-5).Fouled Out—None. Ivey 2-6 0-0 6, Mohammed 1-20-0 2, Al- sova15). Assists—Orlando 18 (Nelson 5), point for a25th-place vote and Monday at Monterrey, Mexico state 2-1. European Rebounds—Boston 48 (Pietrus 12), Dallas drich 2-3 0-0 4, Jackson 2-5 2-2 6. Totals Milwaukee17 (Delfino 8).Total Fouls—Or- previous ranking: Singles The St. Louis Intercollegiate Champions League 57 (Nowitzki 16). Assists—Boston 17 (Pie- 36-80 21-24 101. lando 18,Milwaukee 19. Technicals—Mil- Rec Pts Prv First Round Athletic Conference preseason Home teams listed first trus 4), Dallas 26 (Kidd 8). Total Fouls- New Orleans 18 20 31 24 — 93 waukee defensive three second.A—13,143. 1. Baylor (40) 27-01,000 1 Nina Bratchikova, Russia, d. Ana- coaches poll, with first-place Tuesday’sgames 2. Stanford 24-1 945 3 stasia Pivovarova, Russia, 6-3, 6-1. —Boston 18,Dallas 15. A—20,364. Oklahoma City 31 29 24 17 — 101 votes in parentheses: CSKA Moscow (Russia) vs.Real 3. NotreDame 25-2 919 4 Alexandra Cadantu, Romania, d. 1, Webster (5). 2, Spalding (3). 3, Madrid (Spain), Noon ROCKETS 97, GRIZZLIES 93 3-Point Goals—New Orleans 7-14 (Beli- 4. UConn 24-3 885 2 Jelena Dokic, Australia, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5. Greenville.4,Fontbonne.5,West- Napoli (Italy) vs.Chelsea (England), MEMPHIS (93) -Gay 9-22 5-5 23, nelli 2-2, Vasquez 2-3, Jack 2-4, Aminu 1-3, 5. Miami 24-3 845 6 Roberta Vinci (1),Italy, d. CoCo minster.6,MacMurray. 7, Blackburn. 2:45 p.m. Speights 6-8 0-0 12,Gasol 3-8 5-6 11,Con- Ayon 0-1, Ariza 0-1),Oklahoma City 8-26 6. Maryland 23-4 781 8 Vandeweghe,U.S., 7-5, 7-5. 8, Principia. 9, Eureka.