Time: 02-20-2012 23:57 User: rtaylor2 PubDate: 02-21-2012 Zone: MT Edition: 1 Page Name: C2 Color: CyanMagentaYellowBlack C2 | TUESDAY,FEBRUARY21, 2012 | THE COURIER-JOURNAL SPORTS | courier-journal.com/sports MT 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 BASKETBALL 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 Associated Press 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 point 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 Virginia 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 Atlanta Hawks 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; <EN> 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 Luol Deng »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: Kevin Durant 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. Russell Westbrook 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 Courtney Lee 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.