high school basketball
Boys districts
Divison I
At University of Toledo
Rogers vs. St. John's, Thursday, 6:15
Whitmer vs. Central Catholic, Thursday, 8
Final: Saturday, 7
Bowling Green District
Perrysburg vs. Anthony Wayne, Thursday, 7 at Liberty-Benton
Norwalk vs. Mansfield Senior, Thursday, 7 at Galion
Final: Saturday, 8 at Bowling Green State University
Division II
At Bowling Green State
Otsego vs. Scott, today, 6:15
Sandusky Perkins vs. Bowling Green, today, 8
Final: Saturday, 5
Division III
At Lima Senior
Liberty-Benton vs. Spencerville, Thursday, 6:15
Lima Central Catholic vs. Carey, Thursday, 8
Final: Saturday, 7
At Napoleon
Ottawa-Glandorf vs. Evergreen, Thursday, 6:15
Archbold vs. Tinora, Thursday, 8
Final: Saturday, 7
Division IV
At Napoleon
Fayette 25, Antwerp 20
Edgerton vs. Pettisville, Tuesday, 8
Winners, Friday 7
At Lakota
Ottawa Hills 61, Old Fort 59
Toledo Christian 50, New Riegel 48
Final: Friday, 7
Old Fort 12 11 15 18 3 – 59
Ottawa Hills 17 13 13 13 5 – 61
OLD FORT: D. Perry 3-0-6, H. Perry 7-2-3-23, Davidson 2-3-5-18, Bannister 0-2-2, Hill 5-0-10. Totals: 17-5-10-59.
OTTAWA HILLS: Pappas 2-0-4, Beans 4-2-0-14, Silverman 1-3-1-12, Janowicz 7-4-18, Coil 6-1-13. Totals: 20-5-6-61.
Toledo Christian 12 13 15 10 - 50
New Riegel 12 14 10 12 - 48
TOLEDO CHRISTIAN: Pittman 4-2-8, Cellier 4-0-8, Winzeler 1-1-2-7,
Miller 3-0-6, White 1-0-2, Thomas 4-5-13. Totals: 20-1-7-50.
NEW RIEGEL: Williams 1-2-3-11, Reinhart 14-1-29, Wank 1-0-2, Dryfuse
3-0-6. Totals: 19-2-4-48.
Antwerp 2 7 4 7 – 20
Fayette 2 5 9 9 – 25
ANTWERP: Smalley 0-1-0-3, Hormann 1-1-0-5, Coleman 1-0-2, Copsey 1-2-4, Gangor 2-2-6. Totals: 5-2-4-20.
FAYETTE: Franks 1-0-2, Colegrove 1-2-4, Sanford 0-2-2-8, Cox 2-0-4, Burkholder 3-1-7. Totals: 7-2-5-25.
Pettisville 13 11 13 22 – 59
Edgerton 18 10 14 26 – 68
PETTISVILLE: King 1-0-2, Frey 1-3-2-13, Rufenacht 1-3-2-13, Reyes 4-3-1-18, Siegel 4-3-11, Dykstra 1-0-2. Totals: 12-9-8-59.
EDGERTON: Nihart 1-4-6, Riehle 5-3-9-28, Wright 3-2-0-12, Miller 3-7-13, Adams 2-2-6, McNalley 1-0-2, Cercane 0-1-1. Totals: 15-5-23-68.
Girls regionals
Division I
Norwalk Regional
Notre Dame 41, Perrysburg 30
Wadsworth 46, Rocky River Magnificat 27
Final: Saturday, 1:30 at Norwalk
Division II
Ontario Regional
Rogers 58, Lima Bath 46
Clyde 65, Norton 55
Final: Friday, 7:30 at Ontario
Division III
Lexington Regional
Archbold vs. Liberty-Benton, ppd. to today, 7 p.m at Central Catholic
Columbus Africentric vs. Bucyrus Wynford, today, 7 at Lexington
Final: Saturday, 1:30 at Lexington
Division IV
At Elida
Pettisville vs. Arcadia, Thursday, 6:15
Ottoville vs. Leipsic, Thursday, 8
Final: Saturday, 7:30
State
Division I
Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 63, Gahanna Lincoln 52
Solon 61, Mentor 55
Twinsburg 68, Middleburg Hts. Midpark 37
Division II
Canfield 52, Parma Hts. Holy Name 30
Day. Carroll 43, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 31
Chaminade-Julienne 54, Eastmoor 36
Lancaster Fairfield Union 42, Athens 37
Millersburg W. Holmes 59, Cols. Hartley 49
Shaker Hts. Hathaway Brown 49, Chagrin Falls 33
Rogers 17 13 10 18 - 58
Lima Bath 13 11 5 17 - 46
Rogers: Easley 3-2-8, Johnson 2-1-5, Williams 5-10, Dailey 7-1-15, Sweeney 4-9-17, Austin 0-3-3. Totals 21-16-58.
Lima Bath: M. Dackin 1-2, Ruhe 5-5-15, Manley 2-1-5, T. Dackin 3-1-1-10, Brandon 3-5-11, Best 0-1-3. Totals 13-3-11-46
Notre Dame 12 6 9 14 - 41
Perrysburg 9 2 13 6 - 30
NOTRE DAME: McIntyre 4-0-8, Worthy 5-2-12, Jefferson 1-5-7, Floyd 1-3-3-14. Totals: 11-3-10-41.
PERRYSBURG: Sattler 2-1-5, Williams 1-1-0-5, Perry 2-0-4, DeLong 0-2-0-6, Baer 3-1-7, Brown 1-1-3. Totals: 9-3-3-30.
BASEBALL
Exhibition
American League
W L Pct
Kansas City 10 0 1.000
Seattle 10 1 .909
Baltimore 7 2 .778
Tampa Bay 8 4 .667
Chicago 5 3 .625
Cleveland 8 5 .615
Boston 6 5 .545
Minnesota 6 5 .545
Houston 5 5 .500
Toronto 5 5 .500
Detroit 5 6 .455
Oakland 5 6 .455
New York 3 7 .300
Texas 3 7 .300
Los Angeles 2 8 .200
National League
W L Pct
Washington 5 3 .625
Miami 4 3 .571
Colorado 6 5 .545
San Diego 7 6 .538
Arizona 5 5 .500
Philadelphia 5 5 .500
Atlanta 5 6 .455
Los Angeles 4 5 .444
San Francisco 4 5 .444
St. Louis 4 5 .444
Chicago 5 7 .417
Milwaukee 4 6 .400
Pittsburgh 3 7 .300
New York 2 5 .286
Cincinnati 2 11 .154
Note: Split-squad games count in the standings games against non-major league teams do not.
TUESDAY
Toronto 6, Baltimore 6, tie, 10 innings
Washington 7, Houston 1
Tampa Bay 8, Minnesota 5
Cleveland 4, San Francisco 3
San Diego 7, L.A. Dodgers 3
L.A. Angels 6, Cincinnati 4
Kansas City 8, Oakland 2
Colorado 6, Chicago Cubs 3
Atlanta vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla.
MONDAY
Detroit 8, Houston 5
Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 0
Minnesota 7, St. Louis 0
Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 2
Boston 5, Tampa Bay 1
Texas 5, San Diego 4
Chicago White Sox 6, San Francisco 2
Seattle 16, Colorado 6
Cleveland 13, Chicago Cubs 5
Oakland 13, L.A. Angels 5
Arizona 7, Cincinnati 2
TODAY
Toronto vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Washington vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:35 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.
THURSDAY
Toronto vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Washington vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota (ss) vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Boston vs. Minnesota (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Miami vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
Seattle (ss) vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.
Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Arizona vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Seattle (ss) vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland 010?110?001– 4 8 0
San Francisco 000?201?000– 3 10 1
Matsuzaka, J.Smith (4), Huff (5), Shaw (8), Jo.Martinez (9) and Marson, R.Perez; Bumgarner, B.Bochy (3), R.Ramirez (4), J.Dunning (5), Proctor (6), S.Rosario (7), Runzler (8), Otero (9) and Posey, J.Williams. W–Shaw. L–Otero. Sv–Jo.Martinez. HRs–Cleveland, R.Perez (1), Swisher (2), J.Diaz (1). San Francisco, Belt (3), B.Crawford (1).
TENNIS
ATP Money Leaders
Through March 5
Name Money
1. Novak Djokovic $2,992,469
2. Andy Murray $1,358,559
3. David Ferrer $872,540
4. Roger Federer $660,406
5. Juan Martin del Potro $594,751
6. Tomas Berdych $535,387
7. Kei Nishikori $453,802
8. Richard Gasquet $448,028
9. Rafael Nadal $420,210
10. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga $414,902
11. Nicolas Almagro $363,140
12. Julien Benneteau $341,781
13. Jeremy Chardy $331,362
14. Bob Bryan $307,678
15. Mike Bryan $307,678
16. Gilles Simon $291,091
17. Milos Raonic $248,297
18. Janko Tipsarevic $238,807
19. Nikolay Davydenko $237,153
20. Fabio Fognini $229,875
21. Andreas Seppi $224,985
22. Marin Cilic $222,978
23. Igor Sijsling $222,100
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New York 36 21 .632 —
Brooklyn 34 26 .567 31/2
Boston 31 27 .534 51/2
Philadelphia 23 35 .397 131/2
Toronto 23 38 .377 15
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 44 14 .759 —
Atlanta 33 26 .559 111/2
Washington 19 39 .328 25
Orlando 17 44 .279 281/2
Charlotte 13 47 .217 32
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Indiana 38 22 .633 —
Chicago 34 26 .567 4
Milwaukee 30 28 .517 7
Detroit 23 39 .371 16
Cleveland 20 40 .333 18
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 47 14 .770 —
Memphis 39 19 .672 61/2
Houston 33 28 .541 14
Dallas 26 33 .441 20
New Orleans 21 40 .344 26
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 43 16 .729 —
Denver 39 22 .639 5
Utah 32 28 .533 111/2
Portland 28 31 .475 15
Minnesota 20 37 .351 22
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 43 19 .694 —
Golden State 34 27 .557 81/2
L.A. Lakers 30 30 .500 12
Phoenix 21 39 .350 21
Sacramento 21 40 .344 211/2
Tuesday
Boston at Philadelphia, 7
L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30
Denver at Sacramento, 10
Monday
New York 102, Cleveland 97
Milwaukee 109, Utah 108, OT
Miami 97, Minnesota 81
Orlando 105, New Orleans 102
Denver 104, Atlanta 88
Portland 122, Charlotte 105
Golden State 125, Toronto 118
Today
Utah at Cleveland, 7
Boston at Indiana, 7
Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7
New York at Detroit, 7:30
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:30
Orlando at Miami, 7:30
Washington at Minnesota, 8
Portland at Memphis, 8
L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8
Houston at Dallas, 8:30
Toronto at Phoenix, 9
Chicago at San Antonio, 9
Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, 10:30
Sacramento at Golden State, 10:30
Thursday
Oklahoma City at New York, 8
L.A. Clippers at Denver, 10:30
Leaders
THROUGH MONDAY
Scoring
G FG FT PTS AVG
Durant, OKC 59 541 495 1688 28.6
Anthony, NYK 50 480 323 1409 28.2
Bryant, LAL 60 585 367 1639 27.3
James, MIA 58 596 293 1566 27.0
Harden, HOU 59 463 498 1548 26.2
Westbrook, OKC 59 482 341 1381 23.4
Irving, CLE 46 394 195 1071 23.3
Curry, GOL 57 442 197 1266 22.2
Wade, MIA 54 455 245 1171 21.7
Parker, SAN 56 462 228 1174 21.0
Aldridge, POR 57 483 216 1183 20.8
Holiday, PHX 54 420 132 1033 19.1
Lee, GOL 59 460 198 1118 18.9
Lopez, BRO 53 397 204 998 18.8
Ellis, MIL 58 415 213 1090 18.8
Pierce, BOS 58 361 252 1079 18.6
Griffin, LAC 60 447 216 1113 18.6
Lillard, POR 59 390 185 1094 18.5
Jennings, MIL 58 385 176 1068 18.4
West, IND 59 420 199 1043 17.7
FG Percentage
FG FGA PCT
Chandler, NYK 236 363 .650
Jordan, LAC 231 376 .614
Splitter, SAN 238 404 .589
Hickson, POR 311 535 .581
Howard, LAL 319 551 .579
McGee, DEN 234 408 .574
Johnson, TOR 247 433 .570
Ibaka, OKC 327 581 .563
James, MIA 596 1059 .563
Horford, ATL 433 778 .557
Rebounds
G OFF DEF TOT AVG
Howard, LAL 54 179 469 648 12.0
Randolph, MEM 55 233 407 640 11.6
Asik, HOU 61 205 504 709 11.6
Noah, CHI 56 220 417 637 11.4
Lee, GOL 59 173 492 665 11.3
Chandler, NYK 57 254 388 642 11.3
Vucevic, ORL 61 205 480 685 11.2
Hickson, POR 58 205 404 609 10.5
Horford, ATL 56 145 414 559 10.0
Cousins, SAC 56 180 376 556 9.9
Assists
G AST AVG
Rondo, BOS 38 420 11.1
Paul, LAC 50 476 9.5
Vasquez, NOR 61 572 9.4
Holiday, PHX 54 460 8.5
Westbrook, OKC 59 465 7.9
Parker, SAN 56 426 7.6
Williams, BRO 57 429 7.5
Nelson, ORL 44 324 7.4
James, MIA 58 420 7.2
Lawson, DEN 60 426 7.1
SOCCER
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA Columbus 1 0 0 3 3 0
Sporting KC 1 0 0 3 3 1
Houston 1 0 0 3 2 0
Montreal 1 0 0 3 1 0
New York 0 0 1 1 3 3
New England 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto FC 0 1 0 0 0 1
Philadelphia 0 1 0 0 1 3
D.C. 0 1 0 0 0 2
Chicago 0 1 0 0 0 4
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles 1 0 0 3 4 0
Real Salt Lake 1 0 0 3 2 0
Vancouver 1 0 0 3 1 0
FC Dallas 1 0 0 3 1 0
Portland 0 0 1 1 3 3
Colorado 0 1 0 0 0 1
Seattle 0 1 0 0 0 1
San Jose 0 1 0 0 0 2
Chivas USA 0 1 0 0 0 3
Saturday
Sporting Kansas City at Toronto FC, 1:30
Philadelphia at Colorado, 6
Real Salt Lake at D.C. United, 7
New England at Chicago, 7:30
Columbus at Vancouver, 7:30
ECHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Reading 37 17 3 3 80 205 165
Elmira 32 20 3 4 71 205 181
Wheeling 25 23 3 7 60 153 174
Trenton 24 28 4 4 56 177 208
North Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Cincinnati 38 17 4 2 82 196 161
Toledo 31 20 5 4 71 191 163
Kalamazoo 28 26 4 1 61 168 172
Fort Wayne 29 28 1 2 61 167 197
Evansville 22 33 2 3 49 173 223
South Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Gwinnett 35 24 2 1 73 178 168
Greenville 32 22 2 4 70 195 181
S. Carolina 31 24 4 3 69 167 154
Florida 29 20 4 6 68 205 207
Orlando 26 28 2 3 57 166 199
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Mountain Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Alaska 43 12 2 4 92 197 144
Idaho 37 15 1 6 81 228 169
Colorado 28 25 2 3 61 200 183
Utah 23 28 3 5 54 172 232
Pacific Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Ontario 40 14 3 3 86 215 166
Stockton 30 23 5 4 69 194 190
Las Vegas 30 24 2 3 65 169 161
San Francisco 21 31 1 6 49 159 212
Bakersfield 18 39 2 3 41 151 221
Note: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.
Tuesday
Colorado at Idaho, 9:10
Today
Elmira at Wheeling, 7
Florida at Cincinnati, 7:35
Gwinnett at Utah, 9:05
Colorado at Idaho, 9:10
Las Vegas at Ontario, 10
Alaska at San Francisco, 10:15
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 15 8 0 30 81 67
New Jersey 10 8 5 25 56 65
Philadelphia 11 11 1 23 66 68
N.Y. Islanders 10 11 2 22 70 78
N.Y. Rangers 10 8 2 22 51 51
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 14 5 4 32 71 59
Boston 14 3 3 31 60 46
Ottawa 12 7 4 28 52 44
Toronto 14 9 0 28 68 57
Buffalo 9 13 2 20 63 77
Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina 13 8 1 27 67 62
Tampa Bay 10 12 1 21 81 73
Winnipeg 10 11 1 21 56 68
Florida 7 11 5 19 59 83
Washington 9 11 1 19 59 62
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 19 0 3 41 70 41
Detroit 11 8 4 26 63 60
St. Louis 11 8 2 24 60 61
Nashville 9 9 5 23 47 59
Columbus 7 12 4 18 53 69
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 11 6 4 26 61 58
Minnesota 11 8 2 24 49 51
Edmonton 8 9 5 21 54 62
Calgary 8 8 4 20 57 68
Colorado 8 9 4 20 51 62
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 15 3 3 33 75 60
Phoenix 11 8 3 25 67 63
Dallas 11 9 2 24 61 63
Los Angeles 11 7 2 24 54 48
San Jose 10 6 4 24 47 44
Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
TUESDAY
Columbus 4, Edmonton 3, SO
Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 2
N.Y. Islanders 6, Montreal 3
Washington 4, Boston 3, OT
Carolina 4, Buffalo 3
Florida 4, Winnipeg 1
Detroit 2, Colorado 1
Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30
Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30
San Jose at Vancouver, 10
St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30
MONDAY
Phoenix 5, Anaheim 4, SO
Toronto 4, New Jersey 2
Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 3
Los Angeles 5, Nashville 1
TODAY
Ottawa at Toronto, 7
Colorado at Chicago, 8
San Jose at Calgary, 9:30
Phoenix at Anaheim, 10
THURSDAY
Toronto at Boston, 7
Buffalo at New Jersey, 7
N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7
Florida at Washington, 7
Montreal at Carolina, 7
Vancouver at Columbus, 7
Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 7:30
Edmonton at Detroit, 7:30
St. Louis at Phoenix, 9
Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Colorado 0 0 1 – 1
Detroit 0 2 0 – 2
First Period – None.
Penalties – None.
Second Period – 1, Detroit, Franzen 4 (Brunner), 7:00. 2, Detroit, Kronwall 3 (Ericsson, Datsyuk), 17:32.
Penalties – Zetterberg, Det (holding), 12:45.
Third Period – 3, Colorado, Stastny 6 (Parenteau, Hunwick), 18:30.
Penalties – Parenteau, Col (interference), 2:56 Kobasew, Col (boarding), 3:53.
Shots on goal – Colorado 11-10-16–37. Detroit 12-11-10–33.
Power-play opportunities–Colorado 0 of 1 Detroit 0 of 2.
Goalies – Colorado, Giguere 2-1-1 (33 shots-31 saves). Detroit, Howard 9-7-3 (37-36).
A – 20,066 (20,066). T–2:17.
GOLF
World Rankings
Through March 5
1. Rory McIlroy 11.45
2. Tiger Woods 8.75
3. Luke Donald 7.20
4. Brandt Snedeker 6.65
5. Justin Rose 6.44
college basketball
Men
Mid-American Conference
East
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Akron 14 1 .933 24 5 .828
Ohio 13 2 .867 22 8 .733
Kent St. 8 7 .533 18 12 .600
Buffalo 7 8 .467 12 18 .400
BGSU 6 9 .400 12 18 .400
Miami 3 12 .200 8 20 .286
West
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
W. Michigan 9 6 .600 18 11 .621
Toledo 9 6 .600 14 13 .519
E. Michigan 7 7 .500 14 15 .483
Ball St. 7 8 .467 14 14 .500
C. Michigan 3 11 .214 10 18 .357
N. Illinois 3 12 .200 5 23 .179
TUESDAY
Toledo 70, Northern Illinois 46
Kent State 69, Bowling Green 61
Akron 72, Miami 58
Ohio 72, Buffalo 69
Central Michigan 61, Eastern Michigan 59
Ball State 89, Western Michigan 85
Big Ten Conference
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Indiana 13 4 .765 25 5 .833
Ohio St. 12 5 .706 22 7 .759
Michigan 11 5 .688 24 5 .828
Michigan St. 11 5 .688 22 7 .759
Wisconsin 11 5 .688 20 9 .690
Minnesota 8 8 .500 20 9 .690
Illinois 8 9 .471 21 10 .677
Iowa 8 9 .471 19 11 .633
Purdue 7 9 .438 14 15 .483
Nebraska 4 12 .250 13 16 .448
Northwestern 4 12 .250 13 16 .448
Penn St. 1 15 .063 9 19 .321
TUESDAY
Ohio State 67, Indiana 58
Iowa 63, Illinois 55
TODAY
Michigan at Purdue, 7
Minnesota at Nebraska, 9
THURSDAY
Penn State at Northwestern, 7
Wisconsin at Michigan State, 9
NATIONAL
EAST
Indiana (Pa.) 89, Edinboro 87, OT
Marquette 60, Rutgers 54
SOUTH
Boston College 68, Clemson 61
Duke 85, Virginia Tech 57
Marshall 88, Southern Miss. 84
MIDWEST
Missouri 93, Arkansas 63
Notre Dame 66, St. John's 40
TOURNAMENT
Big South Conference
First Round
Campbell 81, Presbyterian 73, OT
Longwood 87, UNC Asheville 72
Winthrop 60, Radford 58, OT
Horizon League
First Round
Green Bay 62, Milwaukee 46
Ill.-Chicago 82, Cleveland St. 59
Youngstown St. 62, Loyola of Chicago 60
Women
Mid-American Conference
East
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Akron 11 4 .733 20 8 .714
BGSU 10 5 .667 19 9 .679
Miami 9 6 .600 17 11 .607
Buffalo 8 7 .533 10 18 .357
Ohio 1 14 .067 6 21 .222
Kent St. 1 14 .067 3 25 .107
West
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Toledo 14 1 .933 26 2 .929
Ball St. 12 3 .800 15 13 .536
C. Michigan 11 4 .733 17 11 .607
E. Michigan 6 9 .400 8 20 .286
W. Michigan 5 10 .333 9 19 .321
N. Illinois 2 13 .133 7 21 .250
TODAY
Ball State at Toledo, 7
Bowling Green at Kent State, 7
Akron at Buffalo, 7
Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan, 7
Miami at Ohio, 7
Northern Illinois at Western Michigan, 7
NATIONAL
EAST
Bloomsburg 81, Kutztown 52
Cornell 53, Dartmouth 45
Cornell 53, Dartmouth 45
Edinboro 75, Indiana (Pa.) 71
Gannon 77, California (Pa.) 50
MIDWEST
Kansas 74, TCU 67
TOURNAMENT
Conference Carolinas
Quarterfinals
Barton 56, Belmont Abbey 37
Conference Carolinas Tournament
First Round
Limestone 67, King (Tenn.) 61
SPORTLIGHT
March 6
1920–Mickey Roach of Toronto scores five goals to lead the St. Patricks to an 11-2 rout of the Quebec Bulldogs.
1976–Dorothy Hamill wins the World Figure Skating Championships in Goteberg, Sweden.
1977–Montclair State's Carol Blazejowski scores 52 points against Queens College, setting a new collegiate scoring record (for men or women) in the current Madison Square Garden in New York.
1983–The 12-team United States Football League begins its first season with five games.
1984–Dale Hawerchuck of the Winnipeg Jets sets the NHL record for most assists in one period, with five in the second period of a 7-3 triumph over the Los Angeles Kings.
1988–Julie Krone becomes the winningest female jockey in history with her 1,205th career victory. Krone rides a filly named Squawter to victory in the ninth race at Aqueduct Racetrack.
1994–Jay Sigel stages the biggest comeback in PGA and Senior tour history, rallying from 10 strokes behind to win the GTE West Seniors Classic in a four-hole playoff with Jim Colbert.
1996–Detroit's Chris Osgood becomes the third goalie in NHL history to score a goal, firing the puck into an empty net with 11 seconds remaining in the Red Wings' 4-2 victory over Hartford.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Men
Lourdes d. Erskine, 14-25, 25-21, 25-17, 27-25
Transactions
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MLB–Suspended Miami OF Kolby Copeland (Batavia-NYP) 50 games under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for refusing to take an offseason drug test.
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX–Optioned LHP Charlie Leesman to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned C Michael Blanke, RHP Jacob Petricka, INF Tyler Saladino, C Kevan Smith and INF Andy Wilkins to their minor-league camp.
National League
COLORADO ROCKIES–Agreed to terms with RHP Tyler Chatwood, LHP Rex Brothers, C Jordan Pacheco, INF Cristhian Adames, OF Charlie Blackmon, RHP Edgmer Escalona, LHP Edwar Cabrera, C Wilin Rosario, INF Reid Brignac, OF Rafael Ortega, RHP Joe Gardner, LHP Christian Friedrich, INF Charlie Culberson, OF Tim Wheeler, RHP Will Harris, LHP Drew Pomeranz, INF DJ LeMahieu, OF Eric Young Jr., RHP Juan Nicasio, LHP Danny Rosenbaum, INF Chris Nelson, RHP Adam Ottavino, INF Josh Rutledge, RHP Rob Scahill, INF Ryan Wheeler and RHP Josh Sullivan to one-year contracts.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS–Optioned LHP Matt Purke to Hagerstown (SAL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA–Fined Oklahoma City F Serge Ibaka $25,000 for striking Los Angeles Clippers F Blake Griffin in the groin area during a March 3 game.
HOUSTON ROCKETS–Signed G Aaron Brooks. Waived F Tyler Honeycutt.
NEW YORK KNICKS–Signed F Kenyon Martin to a second 10-day contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS–Signed RB Antone Smith to a two-year contract extension.
CLEVELAND BROWNS–Named Ray Farmer assistant general manager.
DETROIT LIONS–Signed P Blake Clingan.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS–Terminated the contract of WR Michael Jenkins.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES–Signed QB G.J. Kinne to a two-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
FLORIDA PANTHERS–Recalled RW Jon Rheault from San Antonio (AHL).
PHOENIX COYOTES–Assigned F Chris Brown to Portland (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING–Recalled G Cedrick Desjardins from Syracuse (AHL).
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS–Signed D Korbinian Holzer to a two-year contract extension through 2014-15 season.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS–Waived D Roman Hamrlik.
ECHL
ECHL–Suspended Greenville's Marc-Olivier Vallerand two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in a March 3 game against Elmira.
GLANTZ-CULVER LINE
NCAA Basketball
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
at Syracuse 21 DePaul
Michigan 6½ at Purdue
at Villanova Pk Georgetown
at Iowa St. 2 Oklahoma St.
at UAB 4 UCF
at Maryland Pk North Carolina
at La Salle 10 George Washington
Temple 10 at Fordham
at Dayton 7 St. Bonaventure
at Saint Joseph's 10½ Rhode Island
at South Carolina 10 Mississippi St.
Charlotte 2½ at Duquesne
at East Carolina 3½ Tulane
at Florida 20 Vanderbilt
at Texas A&M 4½ LSU
at Houston 13 Rice
at Tulsa 4½ SMU
at VCU 13 Richmond
at NC State 14 Wake Forest
at Miami 14 Georgia Tech
at Oklahoma 10 West Virginia
UConn 4 at South Florida
Minnesota 7½ at Nebraska
Tennessee 6 at Auburn
Saint Louis 3½ at Xavier
UCLA 4 at Washington St.
New Mexico 6½ at Nevada
Colorado St. 4 at Wyoming
at California 4 Stanford
at Washington 5 Southern Cal
at San Diego St. 11 Air Force
West Coast Conference
At Las Vegas
First Round
Loyola Marymount 1 Portland
Ohio Valley Conference
At Nashville, Tenn.
First Round
Morehead St. 11 UT-Martin
SE Missouri 4 E. Illinois
Atlantic Sun Conference
At Macon, Ga.
First Round
Fla. Gulf Coast 5½ North Florida
Mercer 14 Lipscomb
Northeast Conference
Quarterfinals
at Robert Morris 10½ St. Francis (NY)
at Wagner 11½ CCSU
at LIU 4½ Quinnipiac
at Bryant 4 Mount St. Mary's
Patriot League
Quarterfinals
at Bucknell 22 Navy
at Army 10 American U.
at Lafayette 9½ Holy Cross
at Lehigh 14 Colgate
NBA
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
at Indiana 8½ Boston
Brooklyn 8½ at Charlotte
at Cleveland Pk Utah
New York 4 at Detroit
at Atlanta 8 Philadelphia
at Miami 16 Orlando
Washington 2½ at Minnesota
at Memphis 7½ Portland
L.A. Lakers 1½ at New Orleans
at Dallas 2 Houston
at Phoenix 1 Toronto
at San Antonio 8 Chicago
at L.A. Clippers 9 Milwaukee
at Golden State 11 Sacramento
SPORTS NOTE
Tickets for the boys' Division I District semi finals at UT are on sale at Central Catholic from 7:30 to 3:30 through Thursday. St. John's plays Rogers at 6:15 and Central Catholic meets Whitmer at 8 p.m. Students are $4; adults $6. All tickets at the door are $6.
NOTRE DAME TICKETS: Presale tickets for the Regional Final basketball game featuring Notre Dame v. Wadsworth at Norwalk this Saturday at 1:30 will be available at Notre Dame Academy on Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 4 pm. All presale tickets are $6 with all tickets $8 at the door.