Scoreboard: 3/7
3/7/2013
BASEBALL
Exhibition
American League
W L Pct
Kansas City 11 0 1.000
Seattle 10 2 .833
Baltimore 7 2 .778
Tampa Bay 8 4 .667
Cleveland 9 5 .643
Chicago 5 3 .625
Minnesota 6 5 .545
Boston 6 6 .500
Detroit 6 6 .500
Houston 5 5 .500
Oakland 5 6 .455
Toronto 5 6 .455
Texas 4 7 .364
New York 3 8 .273
Los Angeles 2 8 .200
National League
W L Pct
Washington 5 4 .556
Colorado 6 5 .545
Philadelphia 6 5 .545
San Diego 7 6 .538
Atlanta 6 6 .500
Miami 4 4 .500
St. Louis 5 5 .500
Arizona 5 6 .455
Milwaukee 5 6 .455
San Francisco 4 5 .444
Los Angeles 4 6 .400
Chicago 5 8 .385
Pittsburgh 4 7 .364
New York 2 5 .286
Cincinnati 2 11 .154
WEDNESDAY
Detroit 4, Toronto 1
St. Louis 7, Miami 2
Philadelphia 6, Washington 3
Pittsburgh 9, Boston 3
Milwaukee 7, Seattle 6
Cleveland 4, L.A. Dodgers 0
Texas 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Kansas City 8, Arizona 1
TUESDAY
Tampa Bay 8, Minnesota 5
Toronto 6, Baltimore 6, tie, 10 innings
Washington 7, Houston 1
San Diego 7, L.A. Dodgers 3
Cleveland 4, San Francisco 3
Kansas City 8, Oakland 2
L.A. Angels 6, Cincinnati 4
Colorado 6, Chicago Cubs 3
Atlanta 2, N.Y. Yankees 0
TODAY
Boston vs. Minnesota (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
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.
Miami vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.
Arizona vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 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.
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.
Seattle (ss) vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.
Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 6:05 p.m.
FRIDAY
Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Atlanta (ss) vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Toronto vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Arizona vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Kansas City (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
San Diego vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Oakland vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Texas vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.
Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 7:05 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (ss) vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.
Kansas City (ss) vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 9:10 p.m.
Toronto 000?000?001–1 6 2
Detroit 100?210?00x–4 7 1
Morrow, Cecil (3), Schwimer (5), Hottovy (6), Loup (7), Ortiz (8) and Thole, J.Murphy. Verlander, D.Downs (5), Crosby (6), Coke (7), Alburquerque (8), L.Marte (9), J.Alvarez (9) and Holaday, B.Davis. W–Verlander. L–Morrow. Sv–J.Alvarez. HRs–Toronto, J.Negrych (1). Detroit, Tor.Hunter (1).
Los Angeles (N) 000?000?000– 0 5 4
Cleveland 000?220?00x– 4 8 0
Ryu, Palmer (4), Abreu (6), C.Reed (8) and A.Ellis, M.Wallach. Masterson, R.Hill (5), Hagadone (6), S.Barnes (7), P.Guilmet (8), M.Langwell (9) and Y.Gomes, O.Santos. W–Masterson. L–Ryu.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Valparaiso 200 001 104 -- 8 9 3
Toledo 030 040 110 -- 9 15 2
WP--Schmenk. LP--Haas. North (UT), 2-3, 2 RBI, 2B.
Toledo 000 002 110 4-9-0
Georgetown 000 301 01x 5-11-2
LP-Locke (0-2).
Bowling Green 000 000 000 -- 0 4 4
FGCU 102 000 04x --7 9 1
WP--Knobluach. LP--Blaylock.
NFL
Calendar
March 9-11 — Clubs may enter negotiations with certified agents of players who will be unrestricted free agents at end of league year.
March 12 — Before 4 p.m. EDT, clubs must exercise options for 2013 on all players who have option clauses in their 2012 contracts; clubs must submit qualifying offers to their restricted free agents with expiring contracts and to whom they desire to retain a right of first refusal/compensation; clubs must submit a minimum salary offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights to players with expiring 2012 contracts and who have fewer than three seasons of free agency credit; all 2012 player contracts expire. All clubs must be under the salary cap. The 2013 league year, free agency and trading period begins at 4 p.m. EDT.
March 17-20 — Annual league meeting, Phoenix
April 25-27 — NFL draft, New York
May 20-22 — NFL spring league Meeting, Boston
Sept. 5, 8-9 — 2013 NFL season begins.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New York 37 21 .638 —
Brooklyn 35 26 .574 31/2
Boston 33 27 .550 5
Philadelphia 23 37 .383 15
Toronto 23 38 .377 151/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 45 14 .763 —
Atlanta 34 26 .567 111/2
Washington 19 39 .328 251/2
Orlando 17 45 .274 291/2
Charlotte 13 48 .213 33
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Indiana 38 23 .623 —
Chicago 34 26 .567 31/2
Milwaukee 30 28 .517 61/2
Detroit 23 40 .365 16
Cleveland 21 40 .344 17
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 44 16 .733 —
Denver 40 22 .645 5
Utah 32 29 .525 121/2
Portland 28 31 .475 151/2
Minnesota 20 37 .351 221/2
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 43 19 .694 —
Golden State 34 27 .557 81/2
L.A. Lakers 30 31 .492 121/2
Phoenix 21 39 .350 21
Sacramento 21 41 .339 22
Wednesday
Cleveland 104, Utah 101
Boston 83, Indiana 81
Brooklyn 99, Charlotte 78
New York 87, Detroit 77
Atlanta 107, Philadelphia 96
Miami 97, Orlando 96
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
Tuesday
Boston 109, Philadelphia 101
Oklahoma City 122, L.A. Lakers 105
Denver 120, Sacramento 113
Today
Oklahoma City at New York, 8
L.A. Clippers at Denver, 10:30
Friday
Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7
Indiana at Orlando, 7
Memphis at Cleveland, 7:30
Dallas at Detroit, 7:30
Washington at Brooklyn, 7:30
Utah at Chicago, 8
Atlanta at Boston, 8
Philadelphia at Miami, 8
Portland at San Antonio, 8:30
Phoenix at Sacramento, 10
Toronto at L.A. Lakers, 10:30
Houston at Golden State, 10:30
Utah 19 32 25 25 – 101
Cleveland 23 26 19 36 – 104
Utah: Millsap 5-10 6-6 16, Carroll 2-6 0-0 4, Favors 2-6 2-2 6, Foye 4-11 0-0 11, M. Williams 3-12 0-0 8, Hayward 8-17 6-8 25, Burks 6-12 1-1 14, Kanter 8-11 1-2 17, M. Williams 0-2 0-0 0, Watson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-87 16-19 101.
Cleveland: Gee 6-16 2-2 15, Thompson 6-12 4-6 16, Zeller 1-5 1-2 3, Ellington 4-12 6-6 16, Irving 7-20 4-5 20, Walton 1-3 0-0 2, Livingston 3-5 0-0 6, Miles 4-7 2-2 12, Speights 5-10 4-6 14. Totals 37-90 23-29 104.
Note: 3-points Goal – Utah 9-19 (Foye 3-6, Hayward 3-5, Williams 2-4, Burks 1-2, Carroll 0-2), Cleveland 7-16 (Ellington 2-5, Irving 2-4, Gee 1-4, Miles 2-3). Fouled Out – None. Rebounds – Utah 38 (Favors 12), Cleveland 49 (Thompson 12). Assists – Utah 26 (Hayward 7), Cleveland 23 (Irving 10). Total Fouls – Utah 23, Cleveland 18. Technicals – None.A – 12,124.
New York 24 20 21 22 – 87
Detroit 19 19 27 12 – 77
New York: White 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Chandler 1-3 0-2 2, Felton 10-15 2-2 26, Shumpert 3-6 0-0 9, Smith 7-22 2-2 20, Kidd 2-7 0-0 6, Stoudemire 8-12 6-7 22, Prigioni 0-3 0-0 0, Novak 0-5 0-0 0, Camby 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 31-75 12-15 87.
Detroit: Singler 6-12 0-0 13, Jerebko 5-8 1-3 12, Maxiell 7-12 0-0 14, Calderon 4-10 1-1 10, Knight 6-17 1-2 17, Stuckey 0-5 3-4 3, Bynum 2-8 0-0 4, Kravtsov 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 32-74 6-10 77.
Note: 3-points Goal – New York 13-35 (Smith 4-11, Kidd 2-7, Felton 4-5, Novak 0-5, Shumpert 3-4, Prigioni 0-3), Detroit 7-20 (Knight 4-8, Calderon 1-4, Singler 1-3, Stuckey 0-3, Jerebko 1-1, Bynum 0-1). Fouled Out – None. Rebounds – New York 48 (Chandler 11), Detroit 36 (Maxiell 9). Assists – New York 23 (Kidd 6), Detroit 23 (Calderon 16). Total Fouls – New York 15, Detroit 14. Technicals – None.A – 16,181.
Leaders
THROUGH Wednesday
Scoring
G FG FT PTS AVG
Durant, OKC 60 550 502 1714 28.6
Anthony, NYK 50 480 323 1409 28.2
Bryant, LAL 61 593 378 1669 27.4
James, MIA 58 596 293 1566 27.0
Harden, HOU 59 463 498 1548 26.2
Westbrook, OKC 60 497 348 1418 23.6
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 55 426 138 1051 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 59 367 254 1097 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
McGee, DEN 238 415 .573
Howard, LAL 320 558 .573
Johnson, TOR 247 433 .570
Ibaka, OKC 333 589 .565
James, MIA 596 1059 .563
Horford, ATL 433 778 .557
Rebounds
G OFF DEF TOT AVG
Howard, LAL 55 184 480 664 12.1
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
Cousins, SAC 57 183 386 569 10.0
Horford, ATL 56 145 414 559 10.0
Assists
G AST AVG
Rondo, BOS 38 420 11.1
Paul, LAC 50 476 9.5
Vasquez, NOR 61 572 9.4
Holiday, PHX 55 470 8.5
Westbrook, OKC 60 470 7.8
Parker, SAN 56 426 7.6
Williams, BRO 57 429 7.5
Nelson, ORL 44 324 7.4
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
FRIDAY
Buffalo at Bowling Green, 6
Kent State at Akron, 7
SATURDAY
Central Michigan at Western Michigan, noon
Toledo at Eastern Michigan, noon
Northern Illinois at Ball State, 2
Miami at Ohio, 4
Big Ten Conference
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Indiana 13 4 .765 25 5 .833
Michigan 12 5 .706 25 5 .833
Ohio St. 12 5 .706 22 7 .759
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 10 .412 14 16 .467
Nebraska 4 12 .250 13 16 .448
Northwestern 4 12 .250 13 16 .448
Penn St. 1 15 .063 9 19 .321
WEDNESDAY
Michigan 80, Purdue 75
Minnesota at Nebraska, 9
TUESDAY
Ohio State 67, Indiana 58
Iowa 63, Illinois 55
TODAY
Penn State at Northwestern, 7
Wisconsin at Michigan State, 9
NATIONAL
EAST
Charlotte 89, Duquesne 87, OT
La Salle 84, George Washington 70
Saint Joseph's 81, Rhode Island 44
Syracuse 78, DePaul 57
Temple 74, Fordham 55
Villanova 67, Georgetown 57
SOUTH
Carson-Newman 58, Lenoir-Rhyne 54
East Carolina 88, Tulane 85
North Carolina 79, Maryland 68
South Carolina 79, Mississippi St. 72
UCF 74, UAB 70
MIDWEST
Dayton 75, St. Bonaventure 63
Iowa St. 87, Oklahoma St. 76
TOURNAMENT
Atlantic Sun Conference
First Round
Florida Gulf Coast 73, North Florida 63
GLIAC Conference Tournament
Quarterfinals
Findlay 62, Ferris St. 55
Grand Valley St. 73, Hillsdale 57
Lake Superior St. 70, Wayne (Mich.) 68
Michigan Tech 90, Northwood (Mich.) 80, OT
Northeast Conference
First Round
LIU Brooklyn 91, Quinnipiac 83
Mount St. Mary's 75, Bryant 69
Robert Morris 75, St. Francis (NY) 57
Wagner 72, CCSU 50
Ohio Valley Conference
First Round
Morehead St. 73, UT-Martin 66
Patriot League
First Round
Army 65, American U. 44
Bucknell 58, Navy 42
Lafayette 77, Holy Cross 54
Lehigh 71, Colgate 64
Women
Mid-American Conference
WEDNESDAY
Toledo 63, Ball St. 38
Bowling Green 51, Kent St. 43
Cent. Michigan 63, E. Michigan 56
Miami 66, Ohio 61
W. Michigan 58, N. Illinois 50
Akron 77, Buffalo 60
NATIONAL
TOURNAMENT
Ohio Valley Conference
First Round
E. Kentucky 62, Murray St. 51
SIU-Edwardsville 73, Tennessee St. 61
Southeastern Conference
First Round
Alabama 63, Mississippi St. 36
West Coast Conference
First Round
San Francisco 80, Pepperdine 48
ECHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Reading 37 17 3 3 80 205 165
Elmira 33 20 3 4 73 207 182
Wheeling 25 23 3 8 61 154 176
Trenton 24 28 4 4 56 177 208
North Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Cincinnati 38 17 5 2 83 200 166
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
Florida 30 20 4 6 70 210 211
S. Carolina 31 24 4 3 69 167 154
Orlando 26 28 2 3 57 166 199
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Mountain Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
x-Alaska 43 12 2 4 92 197 144
x-Idaho 38 15 1 6 83 232 171
x-Colorado 28 26 2 3 61 202 187
Utah 23 28 3 5 54 172 232
Pacific Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
x-Ontario 40 14 3 3 86 215 166
x-Stockton 30 23 5 4 69 194 190
x-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
x-clinched Playoff Berth
Note: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.
WEDNESDAY
Elmira 2, Wheeling 1, SO
Florida 5, Cincinnati 4, OT
Gwinnett at Utah, 9:05
Colorado at Idaho, 9:10
Las Vegas at Ontario, 10
Alaska at San Francisco, 10:15
TODAY
Elmira at Trenton, 7:05
Transactions
BASEBALL
National League
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS–Named Willie McGee special assistant to the general manager.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS–Agreed to terms with OF Corey Brown, RHP Erik Davis, INF Danny Espinosa, RHP Christian Garcia, RHP Nathan Karns, RHP Cole Kimball, C Sandy Leon, INF Steve Lombardozzi, 1B Chris Marrero, RHP Ryan Mattheus, 1B/OF Tyler Moore, OF Eury Perez, RHP Ryan Perry, C Wilson Ramos, INF Carlos Rivero, RHP Henry Rodriguez, C Jhonatan Solano and RHP Stephen Strasburg on one-year contracts.
American Association
AMARILLO SOX–Signed RHP Paul Koss.
EL PASO DIABLOS–Signed INF Aritz Garcia.
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS–Signed RHP Alex Caldera.
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS–Signed OF Cristian Guerrero and RHP Michael Oros.
KANSAS CITY T-BONES–Released 1B Kris Sanchez.
LINCOLN SALTDOGS–Signed OF Stephen Douglas and LHP Tony Butler.
SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS–Signed C Adrian Martinez and RHP Andy Noga.
SIOUX FALLS PHEASANTS–Claimed RHP Dexter Carter off waivers from Gary.
Atlantic League
LONG ISLAND DUCKS–Signed INF Josh Barfield.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS–Tendered an offer to TE Dorin Dickerson.
GREEN BAY PACKERS–Named Alonzo Dotson college scout.
SAN FRANCISCO 49EWRS–Released K David Akers.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS–Signed TE Darren Fells.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS–Hired A.J. Smith as a senior executive.
Canadian Football League
CFL–Fined the Edmonton Eskimos $10,000 for violating its tampering rules when signing free agent DL Odell Willis.
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS–Signed P Brett Cameron.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS–Assigned F Brandon Bollig to Rockford (AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS–Assigned C Nick Drazenovic to Springfield (AHL).
DALLAS STARS–Recalled F Francis Wathier from Texas (AHL).
NASHVILLE PREDATORS–Recalled D Victor Bartley from Milwaukee (AHL).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS–Claimed RW Tom Kostopoulos off waivers from Pittsburgh. Assigned RW Cam Janssen and G Keith Kinkaid to Albany (AHL). Recalled G Jeff Frazee from Albany (AHL).
NEW YORK RANGERS–Claimed D Roman Hamrlik off waivers from Washington.
PHOENIX COYOTES–Signed D Mathieu Brisebois to a three-year entry-level contract.
ST. LOUIS BLUES–Recalled G Jake Allen from Peoria (AHL). Signed D Joel Edmundson and F Yannick Veilleux to three-year entry level contracts.
American Hockey League
AHL–Suspended Oklahoma C Tanner House two games for an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a March 2 game at Texas.
NORFOLK ADMIRALS–Reassigned F Jack MacLellan to Cincinnati (ECHL).
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS–Recalled G Paul Dainton from Evansville (ECHL).
ECHL
FLORIDA EVERBLADES–Agreed to the terms with G Jesse Deckert.
READING ROYALS–Signed D Dominic Jalbert. Announced F David Marshall was loaned to Charlotte (AHL).
LUGE
USA LUGE–Announced the resignation of executive director and chief executive officer Ron Rossi.
SOCCER
National Women's Soccer League
SKY BLUE FC–Signed D Caitlin Foord.
COLLEGE
EAST CAROLINA–Named Jeff Compher athletic director.
INDIANA–Named William Inge co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.
PACE–Fired men's basketball coach Jim Harter.
ST. MARY (NEB.)–Named Ben Porter swimming coach.
GLANTZ-CULVER LINE
NCAA Basketball
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
at Northwestern 4½ Penn St.
Virginia 3½ at Florida St.
Kentucky 3½ at Georgia
at UMass Pk Butler
at New Mexico St. 2½ Louisiana Tech
at Utah St. 14 Texas St.
at Denver 11 Texas-Arlington
at Michigan St. 5 Wisconsin
at Pacific 5 UC Irvine
at UC Davis Pk Long Beach St.
at Cal Poly 15 UC Riverside
at UC Santa Barbara 1½ Cal St. Fullerton
at San Jose St. 1 UTSA
at CS Northridge 3 Hawaii
at N. Colorado 7½ S. Utah
at Montana 9½ Sacramento St.
at Weber St. 16 Portland St.
at Idaho St. 2 E. Washington
at Montana St. 4 N. Arizona
Missouri Valley Conference
At St. Louis
First Round
Bradley Pk Drake
S. Illinois 2½ Missouri St.
West Coast Conference
At Las Vegas
Second Round
San Francisco 5 Loyola Marymount
OR San Francisco 5½ Portland
San Diego 4 Pepperdine
Ohio Valley Conference
At Nashville, Tenn.
Quarterfinals
Tennessee St. 12½ UT-Martin
OR Tennessee St. 1½ Morehead St.
E. Kentucky 10½ E. Illinois
OR E. Kentucky 6 SE Missouri
Big South Conference
At Conway, S.C.
Quarterfinals
Charleston Southern 8 Winthrop
VMI 9 Longwood
Gardner-Webb 8 Campbell
High Point 3½ Liberty
NBA
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
Oklahoma City 7 at New York
at Denver 3½ L.A. Clippers
NHL
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
Vancouver -180 at Columbus +160
at Washington -160 Florida +140
at Carolina -125 Montreal +105
at New Jersey -130 Buffalo +110
N.Y. Rangers -120 at N.Y. Islndrs +100
Pittsburgh -115 at Philadelphia -105
at Boston -200 Toronto +170
at Tampa Bay -150 Winnipeg +130
at Detroit -165 Edmonton +145
St. Louis -125 at Phoenix +105
at Los Angeles -170 Dallas +150
high school basketball
Boys districts
Divison I
At University of Toledo
Rogers vs. St. John's, today, 6:15
Whitmer vs. Central Catholic, today, 8
Final: Saturday, 7
Bowling Green District
Perrysburg vs. Anthony Wayne, today, 7 at Liberty-Benton
Norwalk vs. Mansfield Senior, today, 7 at Galion
Final: Saturday, 8 at Bowling Green State University
Division II
At Bowling Green State
Scott 67, Otsego 40
Perkins 60, Bowling Green 51
Final: Saturday, 5
Division III
At Lima Senior
Liberty-Benton vs. Spencerville, today, 6:15
Lima Central Catholic vs. Carey, today, 8
Final: Saturday, 7
At Napoleon
Ottawa-Glandorf vs. Evergreen, today, 6:15
Archbold vs. Tinora, today, 8
Final: Saturday, 7
Division IV
At Napoleon
Fayette 25, Antwerp 20
Edgerton 68, Pettisville 59
Winners, Friday 7
At Lakota
Ottawa Hills 61, Old Fort 59
Toledo Christian 50, New Riegel 48
Final: Friday, 7
Scott 15 18 11 23 – 67
Otsego 7 14 10 9 – 40
SCOTT: Richardson 2-3-7, Collins 8-2-0-18, Brown 1-0-2, Harris 9-2-8-28, Darrington 3-3-9, Green 0-1-1, Bogan 1-0-2. Totals 24-4-15-67
OTSEGO: Smoyer 2-1-0-5, Thomas 3-2-11, Limes 6-1-13, Rodgers 1-0-2, Griffin 4-1-9, Myers 1-1-3. Totals 17-3-3-40
Bowling Green 18 10 14 9 – 51
Sandusky Perkins 16 11 14 19 – 60
BOWLING GREEN: Gardner 1-0-2, Dill 3-0-6, Brown 8-1-1-18, Stone 6-0-12, Herringshaw 4-3-0-11, Gardner 1-0-2. Totals 23-4-1-51
SANDUSKY PERKINS: Smith 7-2-2-18, Williams 9-2-5-25, Dooten 1-1-3, Benkey 5-0-10, Lewis 2-0-4. Totals 24-4-8-60
State scores
Division I
Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 63, Lorain 60
Can. Timken 54, Massillon Jackson 49
Cle. E. Tech 69, Lyndhurst Brush 60
Cle. St. Ignatius 71, Cle. Hts. 61
Cols. Northland 79, Cols. Walnut Ridge 43
Lakewood St. Edward 67, Solon 36
Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 46, New Albany 45, OT
Macedonia Nordonia 41, Brunswick 40, OT
N. Royalton 58, Berea 53
Newark 59, Westerville N. 55
Pickerington Cent. 73, Dublin Coffman 54
Powell Olentangy Liberty 61, Galloway Westland 43
Uniontown Lake 59, Youngs. East 42
Division II
Akr. Buchtel 67, Chardon NDCL 57
Akr. SVSM 58, Massillon Tuslaw 35
Alliance 57, Alliance Marlington 47
Cle. Cent. Cath. 65, Bay Village Bay 55
Cols. Marion-Franklin 61, Cols. Beechcroft 60
Cols. Watterson 56, Cols. Eastmoor 41
Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 67, Akr. East 52
Elida 64, Lexington 51
Lima Bath 84, Willard 60
New Philadelphia 67, Millersburg W. Holmes 56
Salem 54, Ravenna SE 52
Division IV
Fairfield Christian 59, Newark Cath. 55
New Madison Tri-Village 71, Cin. Seven Hills 33
Troy Christian 65, Ft. Loramie 56
Michigan
Bedford 16 12 15 17 – 60
Yipsilanti Lincoln 17 9 17 15 – 58
BEDFORD: Lamb 9-4-22, Harris 3-2-8, Guss 1-0-2, Boss 3-1-7-16, Swisher 3-4-10, Barr 0-2-2, Totals 19-1-19-60
LINCOLN: Motley-Dismuke 2-3-2-15, Hicks 4-0-8, Russell 0-1-0-3, Mabry 5-1-1-14, McMullan 0-3-0-9, Haygood 2-2-6, Etchison 0-1-0-3, Totals 13-9-5-58
Girls regionals
Division I
Norwalk Regional
Tuesday
Notre Dame 41, Perrysburg 30
Wadsworth 46, Rocky River Magnificat 27
Final: Saturday, 1:30 at Norwalk
Division II
Ontario Regional
Tuesday
Rogers 58, Lima Bath 46
Clyde 65, Norton 55
Final: Friday, 7:30 at Ontario
Division III
Lexington Regional
Archbold 47, Liberty-Benton 36
Columbus Africentric vs. Bucyrus Wynford, today at Lexington
Final: Saturday, 1:30 at Lexington
Division IV
At Elida
Pettisville vs. Arcadia, today, 6:15
Ottoville vs. Leipsic, today, 8
Final: Saturday, 7:30
Liberty-Benton 9 2 7 18 – 36
Archbold 8 10 11 18 – 47
LIBERTY-BENTON: trevino 0-2-2, Myers 3-4-10, DeVincentis 2-0-4, Simon 5-1-7-20. Totals: 10-1-13-36.
ARCHBOLD: Williams 1-4-6, Taylor Coressel 0-6-6, Wyse 5-8-18, Oberlin 0-3-3, Hesteman 1-2-4, Fidler 4-2-10. Totals: 11-25-47.
SPORTLIGHT
March 7
1921–Cy Denneny of the Ottawa Senators scores six goals in a 12-5 victory over the Hamilton Tigers.
1951–Ezzard Charles wins a unanimous 15-round decision over Jersey Joe Walcott to retain the world heavyweight title in Detroit.
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
N.Y. Rangers 11 8 2 24 55 53
Philadelphia 11 12 1 23 68 72
N.Y. Islanders 10 11 2 22 70 78
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 14 5 4 32 71 59
Boston 14 3 3 31 60 46
Toronto 15 9 0 30 73 61
Ottawa 12 8 4 28 56 49
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 21 0 3 45 78 46
Detroit 11 8 4 26 63 60
St. Louis 11 9 2 24 64 67
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 5 27 63 61
Minnesota 11 9 2 24 52 56
Edmonton 8 9 5 21 54 62
Calgary 8 8 4 20 57 68
Colorado 8 10 4 20 53 65
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 15 3 3 33 75 60
Los Angeles 12 7 2 26 60 52
San Jose 11 6 4 26 50 46
Phoenix 11 8 3 25 67 63
Dallas 11 9 2 24 61 63
WEDNESDAY
Toronto 5, Ottawa 4
Chicago 3, Colorado 2
San Jose at Calgary, 9:30
Phoenix at Anaheim, 10
TODAY
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
TENNIS
BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, United States
WTA
Singles
First Round
Olga Govortsova, Belarus, d. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
Ksenia Pervak, Kazakhstan, d. Jie Zheng, China, 6-1, 6-2.
Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, d. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-4, 6-1.
Johanna Larsson, Sweden, d. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-0.
Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, d. Vania King, United States, 6-7 (7-9), 6-2, 6-1.
Simona Halep, Romania, d. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-2, 6-0.
Mallory Burdette, United States, d. Jill Craybas, United States, 6-3, 6-1.
SPORTS NOTE
Tickets for Saturday's Scott vs. Sandusky Perkins D-II district championship game at 5 p.m. at BGSU will be sold in the Scott main office today and Friday from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Pre-sale tickets cost $4 for students and $6 for adults. All tickets cost $6 at the door.
Toledo Battle Kings: 8th grade tryouts, Monday, March 11. Registration: 5:45 p.m./tryouts: 6 p.m. at St. Francis High School. $10 non-refundable fee. Contact: Christian Battle at 419-787-1991 or Jimmy King at 419-508-9092.
Port Clinton High School is hosting a boys basketball JV shootout on Friday June 14, starting at 4 p.m. Cost is $125 per team. For more information contact Rick Dominick at 419.734.2147or email at rdominick@pccsd.net
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Owens 004 004 4 --12 15 6
Catonsville 000 022 4 --8 7 4
WP--Turski. LP--Samantha. Wilson (O) HR.
Delta 000 700 1 -- 8 15 0
Owens 041 031 x --9 13 0
WP--Turski. LP--Schook. Reeder (O) 4-4, RBI.
GOLF
World Rankings
Through March 6
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
6. Louis Oosthuizen 6.27
7. Adam Scott 5.60
8. Matt Kuchar 5.47
9. Lee Westwood 5.40
10. Ian Poulter 5.25
11. Bubba Watson 5.19
12. Phil Mickelson 5.17
13. Steve Stricker 4.92
14. Charl Schwartzel 4.91
15. Keegan Bradley 4.89
16. Jason Dufner 4.77
17. Webb Simpson 4.70
18. Sergio Garcia 4.70
19. Graeme McDowell 4.65
20. Dustin Johnson 4.50
21. Hunter Mahan 4.45
22. Peter Hanson 4.35
23. Nick Watney 4.18
24. Ernie Els 4.07
25. Bo Van Pelt 3.95
26. Zach Johnson 3.67
27. Jim Furyk 3.60
28. Martin Kaymer 3.51
29. Branden Grace 3.35
30. Bill Haas 3.34
31. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 3.32
32. Jamie Donaldson 3.26
33. Rickie Fowler 3.22
34. Paul Lawrie 3.20
35. Jason Day 3.19