Golf, bowling, college basketball

2/20/2010

GOLF

Match Play

Marana, Ariz., par 72

Seeds in Parentheses

Sergio Garcia (13), Spain, def. Tim Clark (36), South Africa, 2 and 1.

Oliver Wilson (37), England, def. Luke Donald (21), England, 20 holes.

Stewart Cink (19), United States, def. Charl Schwartzel (35), South Africa, 19 holes.

Paul Casey (6), England, def. Brian Gay (54), United States, 5 and 4.

Thongchai Jaidee (57), Thailand, def. Ryo Ishikawa (32), Japan, 5 and 4.

Ian Poulter (9), England, def. Jeev Milkha Singh (57), India, 5 and 4.

Retief Goosen (18), South Africa, def. Nick Watney (31), United States, 1 up.

Camilo Villegas (23), Colombia, def. Ben Crane (58), United States, 3 and 2.

Honda PTT

LPGA Tour

Pattaya, Thailand, par 72

Suzann Pettersen 66-64–130

Hee Young Park 67-66–133

Ai Miyazato 67-67–134

Momoko Ueda 70-65–135

Maria Hjorth 69-66–135

Song-Hee Kim 67-68–135

Yani Tseng 68-68–136

Catriona Matthew 70-68–138

Nontaya Srisawang 69-69–138

Karrie Webb 69-69–138

Kyeong Bae 69-70–139

Cristie Kerr 68-71–139

Stacy Prammanasudh 72-68–140

Michelle Wie 72-68–140

Seon Hwa Lee 70-70–140

Angela Stanford 68-72–140

M.J. Hur 66-74–140

Morgan Pressel 73-68–141

Katherine Hull 70-71–141

Laura Davies 70-71–141

In-Kyung Kim 70-71–141

Se Ri Pak 70-71–141

Lorena Ochoa 69-72–141

Na Yeon Choi 71-71–142

Anna Nordqvist 71-71–142

Amy Yang 70-72–142

Brittany Lincicome 68-74–142

Sun Young Yoo 70-73–143

Pat Hurst 70-73–143

Stacy Lewis 68-75–143

Brittany Lang 73-71–144

Eunjung Yi 74-71–145

Hee-Won Han 72-73–145

Amanda Blumenherst 71-74–145

Jiyai Shin 71-74–145

Natalie Gulbis 74-72–146

a-Ariya Jutanugarn 72-74–146

Shinobu Moromizato 72-74–146

Meena Lee 71-75–146

Kristy McPherson 75-72–147

Eun-Hee Ji 73-74–147

Jee Young Lee 78-70–148

Christina Kim 76-72–148

Virada Nirapathpongporn 75-73–148

Helen Alfredsson 74-74–148

Mika Miyazato 74-74–148

Maria Verchenova 73-75–148

Inbee Park 71-77–148

a-Thidapa Suwannapura 77-72–149

Ji Young Oh 75-74–149

Sandra Gal 74-75–149

Russy Gulyanamitta 74-75–149

Lindsey Wright 72-77–149

Candie Kung 72-77–149

Juli Inkster 72-77–149

Meaghan Francella 74-76–150

Wendy Ward 76-76–152

Sophie Gustafson 74-78–152

Vicky Hurst 78-75–153

Paula Creamer 69-WD

Allianz Championship

Champions Tour

Boca Raton, Fla., par 72

Tom Jenkins 33-31–64

Jay Haas 31-33–64

Corey Pavin 34-31–65

Mike Reid 34-31–65

Jim Roy 32-34–66

Tim Simpson 34-32–66

Loren Roberts 32-34–66

John Cook 35-31–66

Tom Lehman 34-32–66

Scott Simpson 35-32–67

Tommy Armour III 32-35–67

Bernhard Langer 35-32–67

Mark McNulty 34-33–67

Jay Don Blake 34-34–68

Joey Sindelar 35-33–68

Olin Browne 34-34–68

Gene Jones 33-35–68

Dan Forsman 33-35–68

Nick Price 35-33–68

Chien Soon Lu 36-33–69

Rod Spittle 35-34–69

Ronnie Black 35-34–69

Morris Hatalsky 35-34–69

Fuzzy Zoeller 37-32–69

Joe Ozaki 34-35–69

Bob Tway 35-34–69

Bob Gilder 33-36–69

Fred Funk 35-34–69

Michael Allen 35-34–69

Wayne Levi 35-35–70

Larry Mize 36-34–70

Russ Cochran 37-33–70

Keith Fergus 34-36–70

Jay Sigel 38-32–70

Jeff Sluman 34-36–70

Brad Bryant 36-34–70

Larry Nelson 33-37–70

Craig Stadler 37-33–70

Mark O'Meara 36-34–70

Ian Woosnam 34-37–71

Bruce Fleisher 35-36–71

Don Pooley 36-35–71

Mike Goodes 35-36–71

Curtis Strange 35-36–71

Jerry Pate 35-36–71

Peter Senior 36-36–72

Dana Quigley 36-36–72

Mark James 36-36–72

Hale Irwin 36-36–72

Jim Rutledge 35-38–73

David Frost 36-37–73

Jim Colbert 38-35–73

Blaine McCallister 34-39–73

Bruce Lietzke 36-37–73

David Eger 38-35–73

Mike Hulbert 37-36–73

Eduardo Romero 34-39–73

Andy Bean 35-38–73

Mark Wiebe 39-34–73

Allen Doyle 36-37–73

Phil Blackmar 34-39–73

Tom Wargo 36-38–74

D.A. Weibring 38-36–74

Peter Jacobsen 39-35–74

Lanny Wadkins 40-34–74

Steve Haskins 39-36–75

Michael Podolak 36-39–75

Dave Stockton 37-38–75

John Harris 41-34–75

Isao Aoki 37-38–75

Ben Crenshaw 36-39–75

Tom Purtzer 39-36–75

Bobby Wadkins 39-36–75

Jim Dent 37-39–76

Graham Marsh 40-36–76

Gary Player 36-40–76

Gil Morgan 38-38–76

Fulton Allem 37-39–76

Gary Hallberg 40-37–77

J.C. Snead WD

Scott Hoch DNS

PGA Mayakoba Classic

Riviera Maya, Mexico, par 70

Joe Durant 64-66–130

J.P. Hayes 65-67–132

Cameron Beckman 65-68–133

Tom Pernice, Jr. 66-68–134

Brian Stuard 67-67–134

Mark Hensby 67-68–135

Chad Collins 67-68–135

Briny Baird 65-70–135

Shaun Micheel 68-68–136

Jeff Maggert 66-70–136

Charles Warren 67-69–136

Matt Weibring 69-67–136

Thomas Levet 66-70–136

Kevin Stadler 69-67–136

Chris Riley 68-68–136

Chris Tidland 67-69–136

Billy Mayfair 72-65–137

K.J. Choi 67-70–137

Steve Wheatcroft 67-70–137

Vance Veazey 71-66–137

Michael Connell 70-67–137

Shigeki Maruyama 66-71–137

Heath Slocum 68-69–137

Jason Gore 66-71–137

John Daly 68-69–137

Jarrod Lyle 65-72–137

Dean Wilson 67-71–138

Glen Day 70-68–138

Spencer Levin 69-69–138

Jay Williamson 67-71–138

Ted Purdy 69-69–138

Garrett Willis 69-69–138

Brendon de Jonge 70-68–138

Alejandro Canizares 69-69–138

John Morse 70-68–138

Craig Bowden 68-70–138

Todd Hamilton 71-68–139

Matt Bettencourt 71-68–139

Mark Brooks 69-70–139

Boo Weekley 67-72–139

Charles Howell III 68-71–139

J.J. Henry 70-69–139

Brad Faxon 71-68–139

Skip Kendall 70-69–139

Paul Stankowski 71-68–139

Erik Compton 67-72–139

Greg Kraft 69-70–139

Richard S. Johnson 68-71–139

Craig Barlow 70-69–139

Joe Ogilvie 69-70–139

Roger Tambellini 70-69–139

Fran Quinn 72-67–139

Chris Stroud 69-71–140

Marco Dawson 69-71–140

Jonathan Kaye 70-70–140

Frank Lickliter II 72-68–140

J.L. Lewis 71-69–140

David Lutterus 72-68–140

Jerod Turner 70-70–140

Chris Wilson 70-70–140

Spike McRoy 73-67–140

Jim Carter 70-70–140

Michael Clark II 70-70–140

John Merrick 68-72–140

Jerry Kelly 68-72–140

Mark Wilson 71-69–140

Mark Calcavecchia 68-72–140

Kirk Triplett 71-69–140

Matt Every 69-71–140

Carl Pettersson 70-71–141

Robin Freeman 70-71–141

Santiago Luna 71-70–141

Tim Herron 70-71–141

Justin Bolli 73-68–141

Kris Blanks 72-69–141

Mike Small 73-68–141

Failed to qualify

Robert Damron 71-71–142

Steve Elkington 72-70–142

Andrew McLardy 71-71–142

Cameron Tringale 70-72–142

Nick Dougherty 73-69–142

Jim McGovern 71-71–142

Omar Uresti 71-71–142

Chris Smith 71-71–142

Dicky Pride 72-70–142

Kyle Stanley 70-72–142

Mathias Gronberg 67-76–143

Kevin Johnson 73-70–143

Brent Delahoussaye 74-69–143

Josh Teater 72-71–143

Graham DeLaet 73-70–143

Cliff Kresge 68-75–143

Kent Jones 71-72–143

Blake Adams 72-71–143

Robert Gamez 72-72–144

Jeff Gove 72-72–144

Jose Trauwitz 72-72–144

Grant Waite 74-70–144

Carlos Franco 71-73–144

Henrik Bjornstad 68-76–144

Pablo Martin 75-70–145

Ben Fox 73-72–145

Rich Barcelo 71-74–145

Esteban Toledo 74-72–146

Robert Garrigus 76-70–146

Pedro Oriol 76-70–146

Derek Lamely 73-73–146

Jorge Campillo 70-76–146

Bobby Clampett 74-73–147

Tim Wilkinson 74-73–147

Phil Tataurangi 71-76–147

Stuart Appleby 72-75–147

Brenden Pappas 76-71–147

Brian Bateman 76-71–147

Chris Baryla 77-70–147

Troy Merritt 74-73–147

Len Mattiace 71-77–148

Guy Boros 73-75–148

Tom Byrum 71-77–148

Harrison Frazar 74-74–148

James Nitties 75-75–150

David Duval 71-79–150

Aron Price 76-74–150

Jay Delsing 78-73–151

Garth Mulroy 74-77–151

Eric Axley 78-76–154

Alejandro Quiroz 78-76–154

Guillermo Davila 84-82–166

Cameron Percy 75–WD

BOWLING

300 games

Tim Davis, Spts. Cen. 300-289-219--803

Jonathan Reitz, Spts. Cen. 300-225-235--760

Men 750+

Gary Zaleski, Southwyck 803

Rich Wandtke, Bowlero 788

Bob Graham, Sports Center 772

Ryan Desimpelaere, Lido 769

David Merritt, Southwyck 767

Gary Zaleski, Lido 766

Bopper Richardson, Lido 763

Jonathan Reitz, sports Center 760

Scott Christy, Interstate 758

Brady Woessner, Lido 752

Chad Koepfler, Lido 750

Women 650+

Amy Bird, Sports Center 707

Penny Keeler, Eastern 679

Debra Baum, Southwyck 665

Dawn Wagner, Sports Center 655

Cheri Nopper-Hahn, Bowlero 650

SPORTS NOTE

The boys varsity basketball game between Central Catholic and Bowling Green High School that originally was set for Tues. Feb. 16 has been rescheduled for Sat. Feb. 27 at the Sullivan Center. JV game time is 1 p.m and varsity at 2:30.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Men

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Akron 10 3 .769 20 7 .741

Kent St. 10 3 .769 19 8 .704

Buffalo 8 5 .615 15 9 .625

Miami 8 5 .615 11 15 .423

BGSU 6 7 .462 13 12 .520

Ohio 5 8 .385 14 13 .519

West

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Ball St. 8 5 .615 14 11 .560

C. Michigan 7 6 .538 12 13 .480

E. Michigan 6 7 .462 14 12 .538

W. Michigan 6 7 .462 14 12 .538

N. Illinois 4 9 .308 8 17 .320

Toledo 0 13 .000 3 24 .111

TODAY

Valparaiso at Bowling Green, 2 p.m.

Buffalo at St. Peter's, 2 p.m.

Tennessee-Martin at Ball St., 2 p.m.

S.E. Missouri at Miami, 2:30 p.m.

W. Michigan at Southern Illinois, 3 p.m.

Eastern Michigan at Detroit, 3:30 p.m.

Akron at VCU, 4 p.m.

Wright St. at Ohio, 4 p.m.

Toledo at Cleveland St., 6 p.m.

Tennessee St. at C. Michigan, 6:30 p.m.

Northern Illinois at Eastern Illinois, 7 p.m.

Western Carolina at Kent St., 8 p.m.

BIG TEN CONFERENCE

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Michigan St. 11 3 .786 21 6 .778

Purdue 10 3 .769 22 3 .880

Ohio St. 10 4 .714 20 7 .741

Illinois 9 4 .692 17 9 .654

Wisconsin 9 5 .643 19 7 .769

Minnesota 6 7 .462 15 10 .600

Michigan 6 7 .462 13 12 .520

Northwestern 6 8 .429 17 9 .654

Indiana 3 10 .231 9 16 .360

Iowa 3 11 .214 9 18 .333

Penn St. 1 12 .077 9 16 .360

THURSDAY

Minnesota 68, Wisconsin 52

TODAY

Illinois at Purdue, 4 p.m.

Penn St. at Michigan, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

SUNDAY

Ohio State at Michigan St., Noon

Northwestern at Wisconsin, 2 p.m.

National

YESTERDAY

EAST

Brown 80, Penn 73

Cornell 79, Harvard 70

Dartmouth 48, Columbia 44

Princeton 82, Yale 58

SOUTH

Apprentice 57, Bluefield 53

Campbell 79, ETSU 57

St. Augustine's 71, Livingstone 52

MIDWEST

N. Iowa 71, Old Dominion 62

TODAY

EAST

North Carolina at Boston College, Noon

Temple at Saint Joseph's, Noon

Seton Hall at West Virginia, Noon

New Hampshire at Loyola, Md., 1

Louisiana Tech at Northeastern, 1

Navy at Army, 2

Boston U. at Delaware, 2

Towson at Manhattan, 2

Fairfield at Vermont, 2

Rider at Hofstra, 4

Fordham at Rhode Island, 4

Connecticut at Rutgers, 4

Sacred Heart at St. Francis, Pa., 4

Monmouth, N.J. at Long Island U., 4:30

Fairleigh Dickinson at St. Francis, NY, 4:30

Brown at Princeton, 6

James Madison at Canisius, 7

Cornell at Dartmouth, 7

Columbia at Harvard, 7

Yale at Penn, 7

Quinnipiac at Robert Morris, 7

Cent. Connecticut St. at Wagner, 7

SOUTH

Florida at Mississippi, Noon

Morgan St. at Murray St., Noon

St. John's at South Florida, Noon

UNC Greensboro at The Citadel, 1

Tennessee at South Carolina, 1:30

Xavier at Charlotte, 2

Charleston Southern at Coastal Carolina, 2

Furman at Davidson, 2

Georgia Tech at Maryland, 2

Wake Forest at N.C. State, 2

Chattanooga at Samford, 3

Jacksonville at Mercer, 3:30

Hampton at Bethune-Cookman, 4

Virginia at Clemson, 4

Alabama at Georgia, 4

Mississippi St. at LSU, 4

Jackson St. at Grambling St., 5

Belmont at Florida Gulf Coast, 5:15

Texas Southern at MVSU, 5:30

Alcorn St. at Alabama St., 6

S. Carolina St. at Georgia St., 6

Winston-Salem at Norfolk St., 6

Kentucky at Vanderbilt, 6

Arkansas at Auburn, 7

Winthrop at E. Kentucky, 7

George Washington at Richmond, 7

Coll. of Charleston at George Mason, 8

SMU at Memphis, 8

South Alabama at Middle Tennessee, 8

Denver at New Orleans, 8

UCF at Southern Miss., 8

Marshall at Tulane, 8

Houston at UAB, 8

La-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette, 8:05

Oral Roberts at Austin Peay, 8:30

Florida Atlantic at Troy, 8:30

MIDWEST

Siena at Butler, 11 a.m.

Louisville at DePaul, 2

Nevada at Missouri St., 3

Texas A&M at Iowa St., 4

Colorado at Kansas, 4

Morehead St. at Illinois St., 5:05

Missouri at Nebraska, 6

N. Dakota St. at Oakland, Mich., 6

UMKC at W. Illinois, 8

Indiana St. at Wis.-Green Bay, 8

Niagara at Wis.-Milwaukee, 8

Drexel at Bradley, 8:05

Ill.-Chicago at Evansville, 8:05

Loyola of Chicago at Creighton, 9:35

SOUTHWEST

Baylor at Oklahoma St., 1:30

Texas at Texas Tech, 2

East Carolina at Rice, 3

UTEP at Tulsa, 4

Kansas St. at Oklahoma, 6

Sam Houston St. at UTSA, 8

W. Kentucky at Arkansas St., 8:05

Prairie View at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 8:30

FAR WEST

UC Davis at Boise St., TBA

Stanford at Oregon St., 3

Air Force at New Mexico, 3:30

Southern Cal at Washington St., 5

Sacramento St. at Montana, 6

California at Oregon, 6

Colorado St. at UNLV, 6

BYU at Wyoming, 6

Marist at UC Irvine, 7

SIU-Edwardsville at Cal St.-Fullerton, 7:05

Long Beach St. at Idaho, 8:30

Gonzaga at Pepperdine, 9

Utah at San Diego St., 9

Youngstown St. at UC Riverside, 9

UCLA at Washington, 9

Idaho St. at Weber St., 9

San Jose St. at Montana St., 9:05

New Mexico St. at Pacific, 10

San Francisco at Santa Clara, 10

Portland at Loyola Marymount, 10:05

UC Santa Barbara at Fresno St., 10:30

Wichita St. at Utah St., Mid

Women

Mid-American Conference

East

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

BGSU 10 2 .833 20 6 .769

Akron 9 3 .750 15 10 .600

Kent St. 9 4 .692 16 8 .667

Miami 5 7 .417 7 18 .280

Buffalo 3 9 .250 7 18 .280

Ohio 2 10 .167 6 19 .240

West

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Toledo 10 2 .833 20 5 .800

E. Michigan 8 4 .667 18 6 .750

C. Michigan 7 5 .583 10 14 .417

Ball St. 4 8 .333 10 15 .400

N. Illinois 3 9 .250 9 14 .391

W. Michigan 2 10 .167 7 18 .280

TODAY

Kent St. at Ohio, Noon

Bowling Green at Akron, 2 p.m.

Buffalo at Miami, 2 p.m.

Ball St. at Western Michigan, 2 p.m.

Eastern Michigan at Central Mich., 4 p.m.

Toledo at Northern Illinois, 4 p.m.

AUTO RACING

Auto Club 500 Lineup

NASCAR-Sprint Cup

Race Sunday

Fontana, Calif.

1. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 183.744 mph. 2. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 183.477. 3. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 183.127. 4. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 182.913. 5. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 182.908.

6. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 182.899. 7. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 182.89. 8. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 182.811. 9. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 182.788. 10. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 182.741.

11. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 182.597. 12. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 182.292. 13. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 182.195. 14. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 182.085. 15. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 181.974.

16. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 181.882. 17. (36) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 181.749. 18. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 181.726. 19. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 181.671. 20. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 181.502.

21. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 181.333. 22. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 181.324. 23. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 181.315. 24. (09) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, 181.315. 25. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 181.301.

26. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 181.228. 27. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 181.109. 28. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 181.055. 29. (43) AJ Allmendinger, Ford, 181.041. 30. (55) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 180.895.

31. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 180.768. 32. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 180.755. 33. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 180.587. 34. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 180.524. 35. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 180.325.

36. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 180.081. 37. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 179.919. 38. (37) Kevin Conway, Ford, 179.292. 39. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 178.975. 40. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, Owner Points.

41. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, Owner Points. 42. (26) Boris Said, Ford, Owner Points. 43. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, 180.501.

Failed to Qualify

44. (90) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 179.915. 45. (35) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 178.94.

46. (46) Terry Cook, Dodge, 178.064.

ECHL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East Division

W L OL SL Pts GF GA

Elmira 28 18 3 2 61 208 159

Reading 25 22 1 3 54 167 190

Trenton 20 23 4 5 49 153 181

Johnstown 14 30 5 3 36 154 216

North Division

W L OL SL Pts GF GA

Cincinnati 35 17 1 1 72 179 143

Kalamazoo 27 17 4 2 60 179 170

Toledo 28 21 1 3 60 190 194

Wheeling 26 24 2 2 56 182 184

South Division

W L OL SL Pts GF GA

S. Carolina 33 15 4 5 75 195 181

Florida 27 19 4 5 63 176 166

Charlotte 28 17 3 3 62 181 167

Gwinnett 25 22 3 2 55 181 194

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Pacific Division

W L OL SL Pts GF GA

Bakersfield 27 16 4 1 59 158 150

Stockton 23 18 2 5 53 149 144

Las Vegas 21 23 3 2 47 145 173

Ontario 18 25 3 4 43 130 158

West Division

W L OL SL Pts GF GA

Idaho 34 11 0 4 72 168 133

Victoria 29 18 4 2 64 182 170

Utah 23 20 2 5 53 171 168

Alaska 24 23 2 2 52 167 174

LAST NIGHT

Trenton 3, Johnstown 1

South Carolina 4, Gwinnett 0

Cincinnati 3, Wheeling 1

Kalamazoo 4, Florida 3, OT

Elmira 8, Reading 3

Victoria at Utah, late

Stockton at Bakersfield, late

Idaho at Ontario, late

Las Vegas at Alaska, late

TONIGHT

Toledo at South Carolina, 7:05

Trenton at Johnstown, 7:05

Wheeling at Cincinnati, 7:30

Kalamazoo at Florida, 7:30

Reading at Elmira, 7:35

Idaho at Ontario, 9

Victoria at Utah, 9:05

Stockton at Bakersfield, 10

Las Vegas at Alaska, 11:15

SPORTLIGHT

Feb. 20

1887–The International Association, the first minor league baseball association, is organized in Pittsburgh.

1971–En route to a record 76-goal season, Boston's Phil Esposito becomes the first player to score his 50th goal in February, but the Bruins lose to the Los Angeles Kings 5-4.

1972–Larry Brown of the Denver Rockets set ABA records for assists in a game (23), half (18) and quarter (10) during a 146-123 win over the Pittsburgh Condors at Denver.

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 34 18 .654 –

Toronto 30 24 .556 5

Philadelphia 21 33 .389 14

New York 19 34 .358 151/2

New Jersey 5 50 .091 301/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Orlando 37 19 .661 –

Atlanta 34 19 .642 11/2

Miami 29 27 .518 8

Charlotte 27 26 .509 81/2

Washington 19 33 .365 16

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 43 13 .768 –

Chicago 28 26 .519 14

Milwaukee 25 28 .472 161/2

Detroit 19 35 .352 23

Indiana 18 36 .333 24

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

Dallas 34 21 .618 –

San Antonio 31 22 .585 2

Houston 28 25 .528 5

New Orleans 29 26 .527 5

Memphis 27 27 .500 61/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Denver 36 19 .655 –

Utah 34 19 .642 1

Oklahoma City 31 21 .596 31/2

Portland 32 24 .571 41/2

Minnesota 13 43 .232 231/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Lakers 42 14 .750 –

Phoenix 33 23 .589 9

L.A. Clippers 21 33 .389 20

Sacramento 18 36 .333 23

Golden State 15 38 .283 251/2

LAST NIGHT

Charlotte 110, Cleveland 93

Washington 107, Denver 97

Philadelphia 106, San Antonio 94

Miami 100, Memphis 87,2OT

Chicago 100, Minnesota 94

New Orleans 107, Indiana 101

Milwaukee 91, Detroit 85

Toronto 106, New Jersey 89

Dallas 95, Orlando 85

Phoenix 88, Atlanta 80

Utah at Golden State, late

Boston at Portland, late

THURSDAY

Denver 118, Cleveland 116, OT

Boston 87, L.A. Lakers 86

TONIGHT

Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Miami at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Indiana at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Cleveland 32 18 18 25 – 93

Charlotte 27 23 32 28 – 110

CLEVELAND: James 6-14 8-10 22, Hickson 3-4 0-0 6, O'Neal 4-9 2-6 10, M.Williams 4-10 0-1 12, Parker 3-4 2-3 11, Jamison 0-12 2-2 2, West 5-10 2-2 13, Moon 2-5 0-0 5, Varejao 2-9 1-1 5, Gibson 3-4 0-0 7, J.Williams 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-82 17-25 93.

CHARLOTTE: Wallace 7-11 2-2 17, Diaw 8-13 1-2 18, Mohammed 1-3 1-2 3, Felton 7-10 1-1 16, S.Jackson 9-17 8-10 29, Ratliff 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 3-9 3-4 9, Graham 2-4 0-0 5, Augustin 4-6 2-2 12, Henderson 0-1 1-2 1, Brown 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 41-75 19-25 110.

Rebounds — Cleveland 46 (Hickson, Jamison, O'Neal 7), Charlotte 52 (Thomas 12). Assists — Cleveland 15 (James 9), Charlotte 27 (Diaw 9). A — 19,568 (19,077).

Milwaukee 23 27 22 19 – 91

Detroit 29 17 19 20 – 85

MILWAUKEE: Delfino 6-10 0-0 16, Mbah a Moute 0-2 0-0 0, Bogut 6-14 0-0 12, Jennings 1-13 8-9 10, Bell 0-3 0-0 0, Ilyasova 6-6 3-6 16, Salmons 6-16 4-5 19, Thomas 0-3 0-0 0, Ridnour 2-6 2-2 6, Stackhouse 4-8 3-4 12. Totals 31-81 20-26 91.

DETROIT: Prince 6-10 0-0 12, Jerebko 6-7 0-0 12, Wallace 1-3 1-2 3, Stuckey 5-10 3-4 13, Hamilton 9-20 10-10 29, Bynum 2-4 2-2 6, Maxiell 2-4 0-0 4, Gordon 1-6 2-2 4, Villanueva 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 33-68 18-20 85.

3-point goals — Milwaukee 9-24 (Delfino 4-7, Salmons 3-6, Ilyasova 1-1, Stackhouse 1-3, Bell 0-1, Jennings 0-3, Ridnour 0-3), Detroit 1-6 (Hamilton 1-1, Jerebko 0-1, Villanueva 0-2, Gordon 0-2). Fouled Out – None. Rebounds — Milwaukee 50 (Bogut, Ilyasova 12), Detroit 43 (Wallace 12). Assists — Milwaukee 19 (Delfino 6), Detroit 23 (Prince 7). Total Fouls – Milwaukee 17, Detroit 21. Technicals — Mbah a Moute, Milwaukee defensive three second, Hamilton, Detroit defensive three second. A — 18,701 (22,076).

TENNIS

Dubai Championships

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Singles

Semifinals

Venus Williams (3) d. Shahar Peer 6-1, 6-4.

Victoria Azarenka (4) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (7) 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles

Semifinals

Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (2) d. Nadia Petrova and Sam Stosur (4) 6-2, 6-4.

Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik d. Cara Black and Liezel Huber (1) 6-4, 2-6, 11-9 tiebreak.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

American League

TORONTO BLUE JAYS–Agreed to terms with C Jose Molina on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Jesse Litch on the 60-day DL.

National League

HOUSTON ASTROS–Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Nevarez, INF Jose Vallejo and RHP Henry Villar on one-year contracts.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS–Agreed to terms with RHP Eric Gagne on a minor league contract.

SAN DIEGO PADRES–Agreed to terms with INF Josh Barfield on a minor league contract.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS–Agreed to terms with RHP Chien-Ming Wang on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Jordan Zimmermann on the 60-day DL.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

HOUSTON ROCKETS–Re-assigned G Jermaine Taylor to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES–Assigned F Nathan Jawai to Sioux Falls (NBADL).

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS–Named Daryl Daye assistant coach.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ATLANTA THRASHERS–Re-assigned LW Michael Forney from the Gwinnett (ECHL) to Chicago (AHL).

ECHL

ECHL–Fined Toledo F Adam Keefe an undisclosed amount as a result of his actions in a Feb. 18 game at Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE CHECKERS–Announced D Ethan Graham was loaned to Texas (AHL).

VICTORIA SALMON KINGS–Acquired D Bobby Davey from Bakersfield for future considerations. Announced D Jimmy Sharrow was loaned to San Antonio (AHL) and F Bryan Leitch was assigned to the team from Milwaukee (AHL).

COLLEGE

AUGUSTANA, S.D.–Announced the resignation of football coach Brad Salem to become running back coach at Michigan State. Named Mike Aldrich football coach.

CALIFORNIA–Named Clancy Pendergast defensive coordinator.

FLORIDA–Dismissed freshman DT Gary Brown from the football team following his arrest last weekend.

LATEST LINE

NBA

TORONTO Off (OFF) Washington

Oklahoma City 51/2 (202) NEW YORK

CHICAGO 5 (193) Philadelphia

DALLAS Off (OFF) Miami

HOUSTON 71/2 (205) Indiana

MILWAUKEE 21/2 (189) Charlotte

LA CLIPPERS 4 (203) Sacramento

College Basketball

BOSTON COLLEGE 4 North Carolina

Temple 9 ST. JOSEPH'S

MISSISSIPPI 5 Florida

MINNESOTA 16 Indiana

PURDUE 101/2 Illinois

WEST VIRGINIA 12 Seton Hall

SOUTH FLORIDA 5 St. John's

S. CAROLINA 1 Tennessee

OKLAHOMA ST 2 Baylor

Texas 7 TEXAS TECH

MARYLAND 8 Georgia Tech

Xavier 4 CHARLOTTE U

Wake Forest 3 N. CAROLINA ST

Louisville 101/2 DEPAUL

RICE 5 East Carolina

OREGON ST 4 Stanford

NEW MEXICO 22 Air Force

GEORGIA 21/2 Alabama

Mississippi St 6 LSU

NORTH TEXAS 10 Ark Little Rock

TULSA 1 Texas El Paso

CLEMSON 91/2 Virginia

Texas A&M 21/2 IOWA ST

KANSAS 20 Colorado

Connecticut 51/2 RUTGERS

RHODE ISLAND 23 Fordham

WASH. ST 1 Southern Cal

California 81/2 OREGON

Kentucky 1 VANDERBILT

UNLV 14 Colorado St

Byu 16 WYOMING

PRINCETON No Line Brown

Kansas St 5 OKLAHOMA

Missouri 4 NEBRASKA

MICHIGAN 9 Penn St

RICHMOND 10 Geo. Washington

DARTMOUTH No Line Cornell

HARVARD No Line Columbia

PENNSYLVANIA No Line Yale

AUBURN 31/2 Arkansas

Western Kentucky 2 ARKANSAS ST

MIDDLE TENN ST 91/2 S. Alabama

Denver 7 NEW ORLEANS

MEMPHIS 13 Smu

ALA-BIRMINGHAM 61/2 Houston

Marshall 71/2 TULANE

SOUTHERN MISS 6 Central Florida

TROY 5 Florida Atlantic

SAN DIEGO ST 12 Utah

Gonzaga 17 PEPPERDINE

WASHINGTON 11 Ucla

Portland 31/2 LOYOLA MARYMNT

SANTA CLARA 11/2 San Francisco

BUTLER 71/2 Siena

MURRAY ST 12 Morgan St

LOYOLA MARYLAND 10 New Hampshire

BALL ST 15 Tennessee Martin

BOWLING GREEN 1 Valparaiso

VERMONT 31/2 Fairfield

Boston U 1 DELAWARE

ST. PETER'S 2 Buffalo

MIAMI-OHIO 17 SE Missouri St

MISSOURI ST 5 Nevada

SO. ILLINOIS 10 Western Michigan

DETROIT 81/2 Eastern Mich.

Wright St 21/2 OHIO

VA COMMONWEALTH 9 Akron

ILLINOIS ST 7 Morehead St

CLEVELAND ST 17 Toledo

CEN. MICH. 111/2 Tennessee St

E. ILLINOIS 6 N. Illinois

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