ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2021 SPORTS 15 Virginia tops Louisville 68-58 to claim ACC title Oklahoma State beats West Virginia without Cunningham MORGANTOWN, W.Va., March 7, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl shot a (AP): Avery Anderson III scored a 3-pointer after a long inbounds pass, career-high 31 points and No. 17 but the shot hit the front of the rim Oklahoma State beat No. 6 West and the buzzer sounded before Virginia 85-80 in their Big 12 regu- Jermaine Samuels tipped it in. lar-season finale. Duke and Nate Watson scored 20 The Cowboys (18-7, 11-7 Big 12) points apiece for Providence (13-12, made up for the loss of two starters 9-10 Big East). by finding holes in the defense for Samuels had 21 points for easy layups and shooting 58% from Villanova (16-5, 11-4). the floor. Arkansas 87, Texas A&M 80 Oklahoma State was without star freshman Cade Cunningham, who In Fayetteville, Ark., Moses injured his left ankle late in a loss to Moody scored 28 points, Jalen Tate No. 3 Baylor on Thursday. Isaac added 22 and Arkansas beat Texas Likekele also sat out for the sixth A&M to match the program’s longest time in seven games with a hand Southeastern Conference winning injury. streak at 11 games. The Razorbacks 21-5, 13-4) also won 11 straight SEC games in 1993-94 BASKETBALL en route to a national championship. Quenton Jackson and Emmanuel Miller each had 23 points for Texas Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe A&M (8-9, 2-8). added 18 points for Oklahoma State. Creighton 93, Butler 73 Taz Sherman led West Virginia In Omaha, Neb., Marcus (18-8, 11-6 Big 12) with 20 points. Zegarowski matched his career high Virginia 68, Louisville 58 with 32 points and Creighton closed In Louisville, Ky., Sam Hauser a difficult week off the court with a scored 24 points, Trey Murphy III victory over Butler. added 17 and Virginia won the The Bluejays (18-7, 14-6 Big East) Atlantic Coast Conference regular- won for the first time in three games, season championship. doing it without head coach Greg Assured of least a No. 2 seed enter- McDermott. He is suspended indefinitely ing the regular-season finale, the for making racially insensitive remarks to Cavaliers (17-6, 13-4) received a his team following a Feb. 27 loss. huge opening for bigger things when Assistant coach Alan Huss served as first-place Florida State lost at Notre interim head coach against the Bulldogs. Dame. Chuck Harris had a career-high 29 Virginia then methodically took points for Butler (9-14, 8-12). care of the Cardinals (13-6, 8-5) to Oklahoma State forward Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe (12) shoots while defended by West Virginia forward Gabe Osabuohien (3) during the first half Purdue 67, Indiana 58 leapfrog the Seminoles. David of an NCAA college basketball game, on March 6, in Morgantown, West Virgina. (AP) Johnson had 14 points for Louisville. In West Lafayette, Ind., Zach Edey scored 20 points, and Jaden Ivey Notre Dame 83, Florida State 73 beat a ranked team for the first since with a concussion and facial injuries Alabama 89, Georgia 79 Sahvir Wheeler led Georgia (14- added 17 and Purdue beat Indiana for In South Bend, Ind., Prentiss Hubb since November 2017. to score 19 points, and Illinois rallied In Athens, Ga., Herbert Jones had 11, 7-11) with 18 points the ninth straight game. scored 22 points and Dane Goodwin Scottie Barnes led Florida State to beat Ohio State. two baskets in a 9-0 run to open the Providence 54, Villanova 52 Purdue (18-8, 13-6 Big Ten) heads had 15 to help Notre Dame beat (15-5, 11-4) with 17 points. Andre Curbelo also had 19 points second half and Alabama beat into next week’s Big Ten Tournament to help Illinois (20-6, 16-4 Big Ten) In Providence, R.I., David Duke Florida State, costing the the Illinois 73, Ohio State 68 Georgia for its school-record 17th with five consecutive wins. Edey Seminles the Atlantic Coast win for the 11th time in 12 games. Southeastern Conference victory. made a tiebreaking tip-in with 2.8 also had nine rebounds. Conference regular-season title In Columbus, Ohio, Ayo Dosunmu E.J. Liddell led Ohio State (18-8, Jahvon Quinerly added 18 points seconds left TO help Providence hold Aljami Durham had 14 points for The Fighting Irish (10-14, 7-11) returned after missing three games 12-8 Big) with 19 points. for Alabama (21-6, 16-2). on after blowing a 20-point lead. Indiana (12-14, 7-12). PVAMU edges Texas Southern No. 3 N. Iowa wins defensive Allmendinger wins Xfinity Series at slugfest against Illinois State Las Vegas for surging Kaulig Racing CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, March 7, seven minutes. (AP): Tyler Hoosman ran for 63 yards Jackson St 33, Grambling 28 and his 13-yard touchdown run with 3:24 left helped seal No. 3-ranked In Grambling, La., Aubrey Miller Hemric finishes 2nd Northern Iowa’s 20-10 win over 15th- Jr. forced a fumble at the 1 with 1:04 ranked Illinois State. left in the game, and Keonte Hampton The Panthers’ (2-1, 2-1 Missouri recovered it to secure Jackson State LAS VEGAS, March 7, Valley Football Conference) four- coach Deion Sanders’ first (AP): AJ Allmendinger play, 24-yard drive was set up when Southwestern Athletic Conference win over Grambling State. raced to the first victory of Jared Brinkman recovered a fumble his comeback season by forced by teammate Spencer Cuvelier Miller had 17 tackles and Hampton on a sack of Illinois State quarterback had 15 for Jackson State (2-0, 1-0), passing Daniel Hemric on Bryce Jefferson. which beat Grambling State (0-1, 0-1) for the first time since 2012 and ended the final restart in the In what was a defensive scrum Xfinity Series race at Las throughout, both defensive units tend- Grambling’s 16-game home winning ed get the better of each others offens- streak that started in 2015. Vegas Motor Speedway. es than the other way around. Grambling State’s late opportunity Allmendinger this year agreed to Under pressure throughout, to go ahead was made possible when it his first fulltime season since 2018 Jefferson finished forced Jackson State’s Tyson in a deal with Kaulig Racing. He’s 13-for-27 passing Alexander to fumble into the end zone resulting in a touchback with 4:52 left. friends with team owner Matt for 69 yards and Kaulig and has slowly been lured ran for 60 yards back into NASCAR as a favor to on 14 carries. FOOTBALL the team. Northern Iowa He was Kaulig’s “Trophy Hunter” quarterback Will last year in 11 races he was entered McElvain was That set up Grambling State’s drive to solely to win for the team. Kaulig then only slightly bet- convinced Allmendinger to run for the ter off at 14 for 33 the goal line only to be undone by the decisive fumble, its first turnover of Xfinity Series championship while for 148 yards and also helping the organization move to running for score the game. Incarnate Word 42, Lamar 20 Cup next season. as well though he Hoosman The victory was the sixth in the threw a pick-6. In Beaumont, Texas, Cameron Xfinity Series for Allmendinger, who McElvain’s Ward passed for 341 yards and four retired at the end of the 2018 season AJ Allmendinger celebrates after winning a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, on 11-yard TD run on the opening drive touchdowns and ran for 24 yards and a rather than drive for an uncompetitive March 6. (AP) ended a brief 35-yard scoring drive set TD to help Incarnate Word beat team. up by Quan Hampton’s 65-yard return Lamar. of the opening kickoff. Matthew Incarnate Word (2-0, 2-0 Southland South Carolina women reach SEC final Cook’s 43-yard field goal made it 10-0 Conference) took a 21-17 lead late in CAR RACING a little more than halfway through the the first half on Ward’s 4-yard TD first period. pass to Darion Chafin and outscored Allmendinger was in tears when he UConn rolls past St. John’s in Big East quarters Following Aidan Bresnahan’s 49-yard Lamar 21-3 in the second half. climbed from his winning Chevrolet. field goal to put the Redbirds (0-2, 0-2) on Kevin Brown ran 13 times for 196 “It’s emotional, hell, you don’t UNCASVILLE, Conn., March 7, Louisville 72, Syracuse 59 longest streak in NCAA women’s the board, Kenton Wilhoit intercepted yards and a touchdown and caught know when you are going to do this (AP): Freshman Paige Bueckers In Greensboro, N.C., Dana Evans Division I history. Baylor has won 13 McElvain and returned it 29-yards for a four passes for 38 yards and a TD for again,” Allmendinger said. “You scored 17 points and top-ranked scored 13 points, Olivia Cochran straight games, and 14 in a row against touchdown to even the score. Incarnate Word. He ran 66 yards for a never know if this is the last one. Matt UConn opened its postseason with a added 10 points and 10 rebounds and the Jayhawks, dating to 2014. Cook’s 44-yard field goal to start score in the first quarter. Kaulig, I love you man.” 77-41 victory over St.