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COLLEGE n SCOREBOARD n NFL SPORTS FORECAST Playoff Glance All Times CST No. 12 TUESDAY Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 22 High School Basketball New England 23, Baltimore 20 Todd Co. Central at Hopkinsville (G/B) N.Y. Giants 20, San Francisco 17, OT Marshall Co. at Christian Co. (G) Russellville at UHA (G) Murray Sunday, Jan. 29 Fort Campbell at Community Christian (B) At Honolulu Trigg Co. at Webster Co. (B) NFC vs. AFC, 6 p.m. Victory Christian at HCA (G/B) Sunday, Feb. 5 at Georgia, 8 p.m. At Indianapolis races on New England vs. N.Y. Giants, 5:20 p.m. Manhattan 71, Niagara 64 BOYS BASKETBALL New Hampshire 64, Binghamton 49 Bell Co. 74, Scott County, Tenn. 47 College Football FBS Bowl Glance Rider 89, Canisius 65 Betsy Layne 67, South Floyd 57 Racers remain Subject to Change Vermont 90, UMBC 62 Bourbon Co. 60, Garrard Co. 49 All Times CST SOUTH Bowling Green 72, Hopkinsville 69 Saturday, Jan. 21 E. Kentucky 78, Longwood 71 Boyle Co. 76, Lex. Paul Dunbar 71 East-West Shrine Classic NC State 78, Miami 73 Breckinridge Co. 62, Edmonson Co. 41 only unbeaten At St. Petersburg, Fla. UNC Greensboro 61, Samford 60 Deming 55, Menifee Co. 49 West 24, East 17 Virginia Tech 47, Virginia 45 Fort Knox 76, Metcalfe Co. 66 Saturday, Jan. 28 MIDWEST Indiana Deaf, Ind. 76, Ky. School for the Deaf 38 Division-I team Senior Bowl Cleveland St. 83, Milwaukee 57 Jackson Co. 66, Clinton Co. 65 At Mobile, Ala. Indiana 73, Penn St. 54 Johnson Central 74, Lawrence Co. 46 FROM NEW ERA STAFF North vs. South, 3 p.m.(NFLN) Minnesota 75, Northwestern 52 LaRue Co. 66, North Bullitt 43 AND ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS Saturday, Feb. 5 N. Iowa 66, Drake 52 Lex. Henry Clay 47, Lex. Tates Creek 39 Texas vs. Nation South Florida 75, DePaul 59 Lou. Portland Christian 77, Frederick Fraize 40 At San Antonio Wisconsin 67, 63 Lou. St. Francis 41, Lou. Walden 36 Texas vs. Nation, 1 p.m.(CBSSN) Saturday’s Major College Basketball Scores Lyon Co. 64, Caldwell Co. 40 EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. EAST Magoffin Co. 91, Riverside Christian 63 (AP) — Murray State NBA American U. 67, Army 55 Muhlenberg County 81, Meade Co. 73 guard Jewuan Long did a At A Glance Colgate 65, Navy 54, OT Oneida Baptist 62, Lynn Camp 52 By The Associated Press Georgetown 52, Rutgers 50 Pikeville 58, Greenup Co. 38 little scoreboard watch- All Times CST Louisville 73, Pittsburgh 62 Russell 74, East Carter 72 ing on Saturday night. EASTERN CONFERENCE Marquette 79, Providence 72 Shelby Valley 58, Boyd Co. 53 Long and his team- Atlantic W L Pct GB Penn 84, Saint Joseph’s 80 Sheldon Clark 66, East Ridge 49 Philadelphia 11 5 .688 — Temple 73, Maryland 60 Union Co. 49, Hancock Co. 30 mates were well aware Boston 69 .400 4 1/2 Villanova 79, St. John’s 76, OT 2nd Region All ``A’’ Classic that top-ranked and pre- New York 6 10 .375 5 Wake Forest 71, Boston College 56 Webster Co. 62, University Heights 57, 2OT New Jersey 5 12 .294 6 1/2 West Virginia 77, Cincinnati 74, OT 8th Region All ``A’’ Classic viously unbeaten Syra- Toronto 4 13 .235 7 1/2 SOUTH Owen Co. 65, Walton-Verona 58 cuse lost to Notre Dame Southeast W L Pct GB Auburn 63, South Carolina 52 9th Region All ``A’’ Classic Orlando 11 4 .733 — Clemson 64, Georgia Tech 62 Cov. Holy Cross 63, Newport Central just minutes before the Atlanta 12 5 .706 — Florida 76, LSU 64 Catholic 46 undefeated Racers were Miami 11 5 .688 1/2 Florida St. 76, Duke 73 10th Region All ``A’’ Classic Charlotte 3 14 .176 9 George Mason 72, Towson 60 Bishop Brossart 82, St. Patrick 60 set to take the court at Washington 2 14 .125 9 1/2 Kentucky 77, Alabama 71 11th Region All ``A’’ Classic Southern Illinois Uni- Central W L Pct GB Lipscomb 73, ETSU 65 Lex. Christian 68, Model 65 Memphis 63, SMU 45 14th Region All ``A’’ Classic versity-Edwardsville. ASSOCIATED PRESS 15 3 .833 — Indiana 10 4 .714 3 Middle Tennessee 68, South Alabama 47 Buckhorn 41, Hazard 38 “We saw what happened Kentucky's Anthony Davis () dunks between Alabama's Milwaukee 69 .400 7 1/2 Mississippi 66, Georgia 63 East Jessamine Tournament to them and we focused Moussa Gueye (14) and JaMychal Green during the first half Cleveland 69 .400 7 1/2 Mississippi St. 78, Vanderbilt 77, OT East Jessamine 89, Rockcastle Co. 63 Detroit 4 13 .235 10 1/2 Morehead St. 62, UT-Martin 56 Mercer Co. 71, Madison Southern 60 h a r d , ” of their game Saturday in Lexington. Kentucky won 77-71. WESTERN CONFERENCE SC-Upstate 79, Belmont 78 West Jessamine 76, South Oldham 68 L o n g Southwest W L Pct GB Savannah St. 83, SC State 53 Hatfield-McCoy Shootout Memphis 96 .600 — Southern Miss. 67, Marshall 63 Belfry 67, Hurricane, W.Va. 66 said. “We San Antonio 10 7 .588 — Tennessee 60, UConn 57 Phelps 54, Hannan, W.Va. 41 want to Dallas 10 7 .588 — Tennessee Tech 77, SE Missouri 62 Tolsia, W.Va. 67, Pike Co. Central 42 No. 2 Wildcats Houston 9 7 .563 1/2 Troy 91, Louisiana-Monroe 63 Henry Clay Tournament m a k e New Orleans 3 13 .188 6 1/2 Tulane 66, UTEP 58 Breathitt Co. 61, Lex. Bryan Station 60 sure that Northwest W L Pct GB UCF 48, UAB 41 Lexington Catholic 72, Henderson Co. 55 UMass 79, Richmond 68 North Laurel 69, Shelby Co. 52 s o m e - Oklahoma City 13 3 .813 — Denver 12 5 .706 1 1/2 VCU 61, Old Dominion 48 Marshall County Tournament thing like Utah 10 5 .667 2 1/2 W. Kentucky 65, UALR 53 Marshall Co. 64, Madisonville-North Hopkins 59 t h a t hold on to beat Portland 97 .563 4 MIDWEST Massac County Superman Classic Minnesota 79 .438 6 Akron 84, Kent St. 75 Calloway Co. 54, Vienna, Ill. 36 Long d i d n ’ t Pacific W L Pct GB Austin Peay 76, E. Illinois 64 Carbondale, Ill. 66, Paducah Tilghman 58 happen to L.A. Clippers 95 .643 — Ball St. 75, N. Illinois 65 Montgomery County Tournament L.A. Lakers 10 7 .588 1/2 Buffalo 68, Bowling Green 66 Bullitt East 61, Rowan Co. 59 us.” Phoenix 69 .400 3 1/2 Butler 63, Loyola of Chicago 57 Madison Central 78, Lou. Trinity 77 Sacramento 6 11 .353 4 1/2 Creighton 75, Indiana St. 49 Mason Co. 71, Pulaski Co. 65 Long made sure it did- Crimson Tide Dayton 87, Xavier 72 Perry Co. Central 69, Ashland Blazer 54 Golden State 5 10 .333 4 1/2 n’t with a season-high 17 Saturday Detroit 69, Wright St. 53 Panther Classic points that helped leave BY COLIN FLY Atlanta 121, Cleveland 94 E. Michigan 41, Toledo 38 Lou. Butler 67, Fleming Co. 39 Evansville 79, Illinois St. 71 Lou. Jeffersontown 77, Southwestern 68 AP SPORTS WRITER Detroit 94, Portland 91 No. 12 Murray State as Miami 113, Philadelphia 92 Michigan St. 83, Purdue 58 Lou. Pleasure Ridge Park 103, Lou. the only unbeaten team Denver 119, New York 114,2OT Murray St. 82, SIU-Edwardsville 65 Waggener 74 in Division I after an 82- LEXINGTON, Ky. — Alabama’s plan to beat Chicago 95, Charlotte 89 Notre Dame 67, Syracuse 58 Toyota Classic Houston 105, San Antonio 102 Ohio 69, Miami (Ohio) 65 Cov. Catholic 65, Lex. Lafayette 59 65 victory. Kentucky involved swarming freshman An- Dallas 83, New Orleans 81 Ohio St. 79, Nebraska 45 Lou. Western 76, Christian Co. 71 Isaiah Canaan led the thony Davis. Memphis 128, Sacramento 95 Saint Louis 68, Duquesne 41 POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS Oklahoma City 84, New Jersey 74 UMKC 64, IUPUI 62 Highlands vs. Boone Co., ccd. Racers with 21 points, The only place he and the rest of the Wildcats Utah 108, Minnesota 98 Valparaiso 60, Ill.-Chicago 55 GIRLS BASKETBALL found some elbow room was at the free-throw line. Sunday W. Illinois 47, South Dakota 45 Allen Central 66, Elliott Co. 56 Donte Poole added 14 and W. Michigan 64, Cent. Michigan 61 Ashland Blazer 81, Russell 56 Terrence Jones scored 15 points and No. 2 Boston 100, Washington 94 Ed Daniel chipped in with L.A. Clippers 103, Toronto 91 Wichita St. 85, S. Illinois 42 Cin. Sycamore, Ohio 64, Notre Dame 50 10. Latreze Mushatt had a Kentucky hit all eight of its free throws in the New Jersey 97, Charlotte 87 SOUTHWEST George Rogers Clark 60, Bourbon Co. 43 final minute to hold on to beat Alabama 77-71 on Milwaukee 91, Miami 82 Arkansas 66, Michigan 64 Greenwood 61, Ohio Co. 46 team-high eight rebounds Indiana at L.A. Lakers, Late Arkansas St. 79, Louisiana-Lafayette 74 Hopkinsville 49, Christian Co. 41 Houston 82, East Carolina 76 Lou. Holy Cross 66, Cin. Western Hills, Ohio 55 for Murray State (20-0, 8-0 Saturday for the Wildcats’ 47th straight home Today Iowa St. 76, Texas Tech 52 Metcalfe Co. 63, Fort Knox 38 Washington at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Ohio Valley Conference). victory. Kansas 69, Texas 66 Muhlenberg County 63, Meade Co. 57 Murray State also “That’s one of the more physical games I’ve Orlando at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Kansas St. 66, Oklahoma St. 58 Russellville 54, Springfield, Tenn. 44 New Jersey at Chicago, 7 p.m. Missouri 89, Baylor 88 Shelby Valley 77, Jenkins 42 picked up its NCAA- played. It’s going to get worse. I’ve just got to fight Detroit at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Oral Roberts 93, Oakland 86 Todd Co. Central 42, Logan Co. 36 leading ninth road win through it,” said Davis, who finished 2 of 10 from San Antonio at New Orleans, 7 p.m. TCU 54, Boise St. 52 1st Region All ``A’’ Classic the field and 7 of 9 from the free-throw line for 11 Houston at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Texas A&M 81, Oklahoma 75, OT Murray 56, St. Mary 50 of the season. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Tulsa 70, Rice 46 2nd Region All ``A’’ Classic Mark Yelovich led the points. “There’s going to be other teams just like Phoenix at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. FAR WEST University Heights 61, Webster Co. 57, OT Cougars (5-12, 3-5) with that. There’s Sacramento at Portland, 9 p.m. BYU 77, Pepperdine 64 7th Region All ``A’’ Classic Memphis at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. Colorado 64, Arizona 63 Lou. Ky. Country Day 44, Lou. Collegiate 40 17 points. Kris Davis not going to Gonzaga 77, San Diego 60 14th Region All ``A’’ Classic added 15 points and De- be any Kentucky COLLEGE BASKETBALL Hawaii 91, New Mexico St. 87 Owsley Co. 71, Leslie Co. 60 Idaho 57, Utah St. 54 East Jessamine Tournament College Basketball Schedule rian Shaffer had 12. Ed- games off — Long Beach St. 71, UC Santa Barbara 48 Anderson Co. 56, Lex. Tates Creek 45 All Times CST wardsville was facing Vanderbilt, Nevada 74, Fresno St. 61 Shelby Co. 52, East Jessamine 43 Today Oregon 75, UCLA 68 Woodford Co. 65, Lex. Lafayette 41 its third ranked oppo- F l o r i d a , at Georgia SOUTH Oregon St. 78, Southern Cal 59 Marshall County Tournament nent since moving to Di- G e o r g i a . Belmont at ETSU, 6 p.m. Saint Mary’s (Cal) 93, Santa Clara 77 Henderson Co. 64, Marshall Co. 54 When:Tuesday Lipscomb at SC-Upstate, 6 p.m. Raatz Fence/O’Shea’s Classic vision I in 2008-09. They’re all San Diego St. 57, Air Force 44 Where: Athens, Ga. UNC Wilmington at George Mason, 8 p.m. San Francisco 72, Portland 71 Lexington Catholic 54, Mt. Notre Dame, Ohio 46 The Racers used a 16-0 going to be MIDWEST UNLV 80, New Mexico 63 Lou. DuPont Manual 51, Twinsburg, Ohio 46 Time: 8 p.m. run in the first half to g a m e s Syracuse at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. Utah 64, Arizona St. 43 Lou. Mercy 71, Perry Co. Central 61 On the air:TV: ESPN, 8 p.m.; Radio: Texas A&M at Kansas, 8 p.m. Washington 76, Stanford 63 Marion Co. 42, Cin. Withrow, Ohio 36 erase a two-point deficit where we Washington St. 77, California 75 Owensboro Catholic 46, Bullitt East 44 WHOP-FM (98.7)/WKDZ-FM (106.5), Sunday’s College Basketball and take control 26-12. have to come Major Scores Wyoming 70, Colorado St. 51 Ryle 53, Lou. Sacred Heart 49 out and be 9:30 a.m. EAST Saint Joseph Central, W.Va. 52, Lou. Butler 47 Poole hit back-to-back 3- Boston U. 65, Hartford 46 PREP Toyota Classic pointers in 24 seconds to physical.” Lehigh 90, Lafayette 76 Saturday’s Scores Boone Co. 57, Scott Co. 38 complete the run. Kentucky Loyola (Md.) 65, St. Peter’s 54 The Associated Press Clay Co. 47, Franklin Co. 29 Canaan also added a trey (19-1, 5-0 and Mushatt chipped in Southeast- NFL with a key basket. ern Confer- n Murray State, which ence) took led 49-35 at the half, the lead for pushed the lead to 22 in good early in the first half, but Alabama’s Trevor Patriots, Giants to face off the second half and now Releford scored all 17 of his points in the second sits alone atop the col- half to keep the Crimson Tide (13-6, 2-3) close until lege hoops landscape. the end. “It’s a great feeling “We came into the game and we knew we had knowing you’ve hit a to be physical and hit them because they’re ath- in Super Bowl, again plateau that you’ve letic and long in the front court,” Alabama’s worked so hard for,” JaMychal Green said. “Our focus mainly was FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Poole said. “We’re there hitting them, being physical and rebounding.” Brady got all the help he needed to get the all alone.” All of Alabama’s hitting turned into foul shots into the Super Bowl. Murray State coach and the teams combined for 45 fouls called. Thank you, . Steve Prohm, in his first Jones made Kentucky’s final with The kicker shanked a season at the helm, is not 6:57 left, but the Wildcats hit 23 of 29 second-half 32-yard field goal with 11 seconds left and ready to celebrate just yet. free-throw attempts and scored their final 15 the Patriots escaped with a 23-20 victory in “This means a lot to points from the free-throw line. the AFC championship game on Sunday. our community and our Green had 22 points and 12 rebounds and Usually, vintage Brady doesn’t need school and I think we re- Trevor Lacey added 10 points for Alabama, much assistance in championship set- alize that,” Prohm said. which lost its third in a row, but may have pro- tings, but the Patriots much-maligned de- “We’ve got a great group vided a blueprint for how to slow the Wildcats. fense came through, and Brady’s 1-yard of kids and they are “I always kept a body on Davis if he rolled to the dive with 11:29 left proved to be tremendously humble. goal because we watched him play,” Green said. the winning points. I’m proud of each and “We saw a lot of lobs and dunks, so we knew that’s “Well, I sucked pretty bad today, but our every one of them. But how he scored. We just kept him off the boards.” defense saved us,” Brady said after throw- we know there’s a lot ing for 239 yards, with two more work to be done.” and, for the first time in 36 games, no TD nAustin Peay 76, passes. “I’m going to try to go out and do a ASSOCIATED PRESS New England Patriots quarterback (left) Eastern Illinois 64: In better job in a couple of weeks, but I’m shakes hands with New England Patriots owner Charleston, Ill., Former proud of this team, my teammates.” Robert Kraft after their win over the Baltimore University Heights Acad- Brady waited out the final tense minutes No. 23 Cardinals Ravens in the AFC championship game Sunday in emy standout TyShwan on the sideline, and then celebrated with Foxborough, Mass. Edmondson scored 24 the rest of his team when Cundiff ’s at- points and Austin Peay tempt went wide left. The Ravens looked back , who earlier was vic- won its season-best fifth drop Pittsburgh on in stunned horror. timized for a touchdown that gave Balti- in a row by defeating Cundiff had no excuse. more (13-5) the lead 17-16. Eastern Illinois 76-64 on BY WILL GRAVES ing two games with a “It’s a kick I’ve kicked probably a thou- nGiants 20, 49ers 17, OT: In San Fran- Saturday night. AP SPORTS WRITER high ankle sprain, sand times in my career,” Cundiff said. “I cisco, booted the Giants Edmondson converted only occasionally fa- went out there and didn’t convert. That’s into the Super Bowl again. four of his team’s five 3- PITTSBURGH (AP) voring his injured leg. the way things go.” Tynes kicked a winning 31-yard field pointers and Jerome — Kyle Kuric won’t be “I didn’t want to just Next up as the Patriots chase their fourth goal in sudden-death overtime and New Clyburn sank 12 of 14 free able to shed the walking get there and make ex- Super Bowl trophy in Brady and coach Bill York beat the 20-17 in throws and scored 18 boot protecting his bum cuses, ‘Oh, my ankle’s Belichick’s tenure in New England is the the NFC championship game Sunday points for the Governors left ankle for at least one sore,’” Kuric said. “So , who beat the San Fran- night to reach its second Super Bowl in (8-13, 5-3 Ohio Valley). Josh or two more weeks. I just put it outside of cisco 49ers 20-17 in overtime Sunday night. five seasons. Terry added 11 points and The Louisville senior my mind.” The Patriots were installed as 3-point fa- and the Giants (12-7) will Melvin Baker 10. forward can deal with Chane Behanan vorites for the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 in In- face the New England Patriots in the nWestern Kentucky the cumbersome shoe added a career-high 19 dianapolis. Super Bowl on Feb. 5 in Indianapolis, just 65, Arkansas-Little so long as it helps him points, while Gorgui In their last trip to the big game, the Patri- as they did when they won it in 2008. Rock 53. In Bowling play with the confidence Dieng had 13 points and ots had an 18-0 record when they were Tynes also kicked the game-winning Green, Ky., Derrick Gor- he showed in the 23rd- 14 rebounds for the Car- stunned by the Giants four years ago. They field goal in overtime at Green Bay in the don and Jamal Crook ranked Cardinals’ sur- dinals (15-5, 3-4 Big won the NFL championship for the 2001, 2003 2008 NFC title game that put the Giants in scored 13 points apiece prisingly easy 73-62 win East), who took control and 2004 seasons. This time, they head to the the Super Bowl. as Western Kentucky over reeling Pittsburgh during an 11-2 run mid- Super Bowl with a 10-game winning streak. Devon Thomas put the Giants in posi- beat Arkansas-Little on Saturday night. way through the second Before Cundiff missed, the Ravens had tion. He recovered his second of Rock 65-53 on Saturday, Kuric scored a sea- half to send the Pan- a chance to go ahead two plays earlier, but the game after Jacquian Williams stripped snapping a five-game son-high 21 points in thers (11-9, 0-7) to their Lee Evans was stripped of the ball from fill-in return man Kyle losing streak. his return after miss- eighth straight loss. the ball in the end zone by backup corner- Williams.