Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Announced RHP Steve Johnson, a Rule 5 draft pick, has been returned to San Francisco, who assigned him to Bowie (EL).
BOSTON RED SOX—Sent LHP Armando Zerpa outright to Pawtucket (IL).
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Optioned RHP Freddy Dolsi, RHP Lucas Harrell, RHP Jhonny Nunez, RHP Brian Omogrosso and RHP Clevelan Santeliz to Charlotte (IL). Sent RHP Brandon Hynick outright to Charlotte. Optioned RHP Santo Luis to Birmingham (SL). Reassigned C Cole Armstrong to their minor league camp.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Acquired RHP Omar Aguilar from Milwaukee for LHP Chuck Lofgren.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Optioned RHP Carlos Rosa, RHP Victor Marte and OF Jordan Parraz to Omaha (PCL). Optioned C Manny Pina to Northwest Arkansas (Texas). Reassigned LHP Nelson Payano, LHP Adam Bostick and OF Buck Coats to their minor league camp.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Named Kevin Towers special assignment scout.
SEATTLE MARINERS—Optioned OF Ezequiel Carrera to Tacoma (PCL) and 1B Dustin Ackley to West Tennessee (SL).
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Optioned RHP Rafael Dolis to Tennessee (SL).
COLORADO ROCKIES—Optioned RHP Alberto Alburquerque, RHP Juan Nicasio, RHP Edgmer Escalona, RHP Chaz Roe, RHP Shane Lindsay, C Michael McKenry and INF Hector Gomez to their minor league camp. Reassigned RHP Craig Baker, RHP Andrew Johnston, RHP Andrew Graham, LHP Christian Friedrich, C Jordan Pacheco, C Wilin Rosario, OF Chris Frey, INF Darin Holcomb and INF Jeff Kindel to their minor league camp.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Sent LHP Chuck Lofgren outright to Nashville (PCL). Released LHP John Halama.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MIAMI HEAT—Signed G Kenny Hasbrouck to a 10-day contract.
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER—Signed G Mustafa Shakur to a 10-day contract.
Women's National Basketball Association
WASHINGTON MYSTICS—Signed G Katie Smith.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS—Signed LB Andra Davis.
CHICAGO BEARS—Signed CB Tim Jennings to a two-year contract. Released FB Jason McKie.
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Re-signed TE Greg Estandia and DB Ray Ventrone.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed G Ryan Lilja.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed DE Rodrique Wright. Agreed to terms with FB Tony Richardson on a one-year contract.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Traded DE Darryl Tapp to Philadelphia for DE Chris Clemons and a 2010 fourth-round draft pick.
COLLEGE
GREAT LAKES VALLEY CONFERENCE—Named Kentucky Wesleyan sophomore 2B Luke Garmon of Bowling Green (Warren Central) baseball Player of the Week.
KENTUCKY WESLEYAN—Announced women's basketball coach Stephanie Evans will not return for the 2010-11 season.
GEORGE MASON—Announced freshman basketball F Kevin Foster will transfer.
OHIO STATE—Signed football coach Jim Tressel to a two-year contract extension through the 2014 season. Fired men's hockey coach John Markell.
OREGON—Fired men's basketball coach Ernie Kent.
Baseball
major league
Tuesday's games
Baltimore 3, Minnesota 1
Washington (ss) 4, St. Louis 2
Philadelphia 6, Detroit 1
Houston (ss) 3, Boston (ss) 0
Atlanta 6, Florida (ss) 3
Washington (ss) 12, Florida (ss) 3
Chicago Cubs 4, Texas 1
Chicago White Sox 6, Colorado 1
Cleveland 7, San Francisco 1
Cincinnati 13, Arizona 7
Milwaukee 2, Kansas City 0
L.A. Angels 4, San Diego 3
Houston (ss) vs N.Y. Yankees (n)
Boston (ss) vs Tampa Bay (n)
Wednesday's games
Cleveland vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.
At Tucson, Ariz.
Cincinnati 232 012 003—13 14 0
Arizona 002 030 002— 7 14 2
Cueto, P.Valiquette (4), L.Ondrusek (5), J.Smith (7), Adkins (8) and Miller, Hanigan; E.Jackson, Boyer (3), Qualls (5), Howry (6), Augenstein (7), B.Spottiswood (9) and Montero, Corporan. W—Cueto. L—E.Jackson. HRs—Cincinnati, Janish (2), Bruce (2).
college
tuesday's scores
Eastern Ky. 5 Purdue 2
Louisville 7 Xavier 4
Thomas More 11 Hanover 7
Transylvania 10-8 Clarkson 6-3
Union 12 Campbellsville 6
At Winter Haven, Fla.
Transylvania 221 131 0—10 8 3
Clarkson 000 041 1— 6 10 5
Besecker, Hatfield (5), Emery (5), Bugh (7) and Derringer; Coleman, Giovannone (5) and Grainger, Ostroff. W—Besecker (1-0). L—Coleman (0-1). 2B—Kuebbing (T), Curry (C), Peplowski (C). 3B—Peplowski (C).
Clarkson 010 000 2—3 8 1
Transylvania 150 002 x—8 10 0
Pesarchick, Goerold (3), Lajeunesse (4), Moldoff (5), Baldwin (6), Zona (6) and Coleman; Hammons, Herbstreit (6), Cripe (7), Snyder (7) and Zuckerman. W—Pesarchick (1-0). L—Hammons (1-0). 2B—Coleman (C), Torbitt (C), Kuebbing (T), Riley (T). 3B—Desilets (T).
Records—Transylvania 8-3, Clarckson 1-6.
Purdue 010 100 000—2 5 0
Eastern Ky. 203 000 00x—5 9 0
Schreiber, Mascarello (3) and Plawecki; Rexroat, Harris (5), Purcell (9) and Shrimpton. W—Rexroat (1-0). L—Schreiber (0-1). 2B—Arthur (P). HR—Langfels (E), Faidley (E).
Records—Eastern Ky. 7-6, Purdue 3-8.
Xavier 020 010 100—4 8 0
Louisville 004 021 00x—7 14 2
Kuykendoll, Deeg (6), Murphy (8) and Bellamy; Self, Lea (6), Flett (7), Revesz (8), Shaw (9) and Ethel. W—Self (3-0). L—Kuykendoll (0-2). 2B—Freking (X), Bellamy (X), Duvall (L), Arnold (L), Stallings (L). HR—Duvall 2 (L).
Records—Louisville 15-1, Xavier 2-13.
Basketball
nba
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 42 24 .636 —
Toronto 32 33 .492 9½
New York 24 43 .358 18½
Philadelphia 23 44 .343 19½
New Jersey 7 60 .104 35½
Southeast Division
Orlando 47 21 .691 —
Atlanta 43 23 .652 3
Charlotte 34 32 .515 12
Miami 35 33 .515 12
Washington 21 44 .323 24½
Central Division
x-Cleveland 53 15 .779 —
Milwaukee 36 29 .554 15½
Chicago 31 35 .470 21
Detroit 23 45 .338 30
Indiana 22 45 .328 30½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Dallas 45 22 .672 —
San Antonio 40 25 .615 4
Memphis 36 32 .529 9½
Houston 34 31 .523 10
New Orleans 33 35 .485 12½
Northwest Division
Denver 45 22 .672 —
Utah 43 24 .642 2
Oklahoma City 41 24 .631 3
Portland 41 28 .594 5
Minnesota 14 53 .209 31
Pacific Division
L.A. Lakers 49 18 .731 —
Phoenix 41 26 .612 8
L.A. Clippers 25 43 .368 24½
Sacramento 23 44 .343 26
Golden State 18 48 .273 30½
x-clinched playoff spot
Tuesday's games
Indiana 99, Charlotte 94
Cleveland 113, Detroit 101
Atlanta 108, New Jersey 84
San Antonio 88, Miami 76
Memphis 104, Chicago 97
Washington at Denver (n)
L.A. Lakers at Sacramento (n)
Minnesota at Phoenix (n)
Wednesday's games
Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Toronto, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Orlando, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Memphis at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m.
New Orleans at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Pacers 99, Bobcats 94
CHARLOTTE (94) — Jackson 8-22 3-4 20, Diaw 7-10 5-6 20, Ratliff 1-5 4-4 6, Felton 3-9 1-3 7, Graham 8-10 2-4 19, Chandler 1-4 0-0 2, Thomas 5-9 4-7 14, Henderson 0-1 3-4 3, Augustin 0-1 3-4 3. Totals 33-71 25-36 94.
INDIANA (99) — Granger 9-25 5-6 26, Murphy 6-10 3-4 16, Hibbert 4-9 1-1 9, Watson 1-4 4-4 6, Rush 2-7 0-0 4, S.Jones 1-7 1-2 3, Dunleavy 4-10 4-4 15, D.Jones 3-4 3-5 9, Price 4-7 2-2 11. Totals 34-83 23-28 99.
Charlotte 24 19 24 27—94
Indiana 20 32 26 21—99
Three-point goals—Charlotte 3-13 (Graham 1-2, Diaw 1-3, Jackson 1-6, Felton 0-2), Indiana 8-23 (Dunleavy 3-6, Granger 3-9, Price 1-2, Murphy 1-2, Watson 0-1, S.Jones 0-1, Rush 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Charlotte 53 (Jackson 9), Indiana 50 (Murphy 13). Assists—Charlotte 19 (Felton, Jackson 6), Indiana 17 (Murphy 5). Total fouls—Charlotte 24, Indiana 26. Technicals—Jackson, Charlotte defensive three-second, Indiana defensive three-second. A—10,850 (18,165).
Hawks 108, Nets 84
ATLANTA (108) — M.Williams 6-10 1-2 15, Jos.Smith 4-11 1-2 9, Horford 6-9 3-4 15, Bibby 3-7 2-2 10, Teague 2-7 1-2 5, Crawford 11-18 1-2 25, Pachulia 2-3 0-0 4, Evans 3-10 4-6 12, J. Smith 3-6 2-2 8, West 1-2 0-0 2, Morris 1-2 1-2 3, Collins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-85 16-24 108.
NEW JERSEY (84) — Hassell 0-3 0-0 0, Boone 5-7 3-5 13, Lopez 8-15 5-8 21, Dooling 3-7 0-0 8, Lee 2-6 0-0 5, T.Williams 5-16 5-6 15, Humphries 1-7 3-4 5, Hayes 2-8 1-2 6, Douglas-Roberts 2-4 2-2 6, Quinn 2-5 1-1 5. Totals 30-78 20-28 84.
Atlanta 22 33 23 30—108
New Jersey 22 17 19 26— 84
Three-point goals—Atlanta 8-15 (Evans 2-2, Crawford 2-3, M.Williams 2-4, Bibby 2-4, Teague 0-2), New Jersey 4-14 (Dooling 2-2, Lee 1-2, Hayes 1-6, Hassell 0-1, Quinn 0-3). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Atlanta 56 (Horford 11), New Jersey 51 (Boone 20). Assists—Atlanta 24 (Horford 7), New Jersey 19 (Dooling 6). Total fouls—Atlanta 21, New Jersey 18. Flagrant fouls—T.Williams. A—11,128 (18,974).
Spurs 88, Heat 76
SAN ANTONIO (88) — Jefferson 5-8 4-4 15, Duncan 5-15 2-2 12, McDyess 4-9 0-0 8, Hill 7-12 0-1 16, Ginobili 7-14 6-6 22, Bogans 3-7 0-0 8, Bonner 1-4 0-0 2, Blair 1-3 0-0 2, Hairston 0-0 0-0 0, Mason 1-3 0-0 3, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0, Mahinmi 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-76 12-13 88.
MIAMI (76) — Richardson 0-3 0-0 0, Beasley 3-10 0-0 6, O'Neal 6-11 1-2 13, Arroyo 3-5 2-2 8, Wade 11-26 5-8 28, Magloire 0-1 0-0 0, Haslem 4-9 2-3 10, Chalmers 0-4 0-0 0, Jones 2-5 0-0 6, Anthony 0-0 1-2 1, Wright 1-4 2-2 4. Totals 30-78 13-19 76.
San Antonio 29 26 16 17—88
Miami 14 23 17 22—76
Three-point goals—San Antonio 8-17 (Hill 2-3, Bogans 2-4, Ginobili 2-5, Jefferson 1-1, Mason 1-2, Duncan 0-1, Bonner 0-1), Miami 3-16 (Jones 2-5, Wade 1-4, Beasley 0-1, Wright 0-2, Chalmers 0-2, Richardson 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—San Antonio 52 (Duncan 11), Miami 45 (Haslem 12). Assists—San Antonio 19 (McDyess, Hill 4), Miami 11 (Wade 5). Total fouls—San Antonio 19, Miami 20. Technicals—San Antonio defensive three-second. A—18,925 (19,600).Cavaliers 113, Pistons 101
CLEVELAND (113) — James 10-22 8-11 29, Jamison 7-14 1-2 15, Hickson 4-10 0-0 8, M.Williams 6-11 3-4 20, Parker 3-7 0-0 7, Varejao 4-5 1-2 9, Gibson 2-3 0-0 5, Moon 1-2 1-2 3, Powe 1-3 5-8 7, J.Williams 3-6 3-4 10. Totals 41-83 22-33 113.
DETROIT (101) — Prince 5-12 5-5 15, Jerebko 4-6 2-2 10, Maxiell 5-11 0-4 10, Bynum 6-17 0-0 12, Hamilton 7-15 6-7 24, Villanueva 5-8 3-3 16, Gordon 1-6 2-2 4, Brown 1-1 2-2 4, Daye 2-2 0-0 6. Totals 36-78 20-25 101.
Cleveland 28 26 21 38—113
Detroit 28 28 20 25—101
Three-point goals—Cleveland 9-22 (M.Williams 5-9, Gibson 1-1, J.Williams 1-3, James 1-3, Parker 1-4, Moon 0-1, Jamison 0-1), Detroit 9-14 (Hamilton 4-5, Villanueva 3-3, Daye 2-2, Bynum 0-1, Prince 0-3). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Cleveland 56 (James 12), Detroit 44 (Maxiell 15). Assists—Cleveland 26 (James 12), Detroit 24 (Prince 8). Total fouls—Cleveland 17, Detroit 24. Technicals—Parker, Cleveland defensive three-second. A—22,076 (22,076).
Grizzlies 104, Bulls 97
CHICAGO (97) — Murray 9-19 3-4 25, Gibson 1-2 0-0 2, Miller 4-10 0-0 10, Pargo 4-15 4-5 12, Law 6-11 5-6 18, Richard 2-3 0-0 4, Johnson 1-4 2-4 4, Warrick 7-12 8-8 22, Brown 0-2 0-0 0, Alexander 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-78 22-27 97.
MEMPHIS (104) — Gay 5-13 1-2 12, Randolph 7-15 4-6 18, Thabeet 4-6 2-5 10, Conley 6-9 5-7 19, Mayo 8-12 4-4 24, Young 1-4 2-2 4, Haddadi 1-3 0-0 2, Arthur 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 3-7 3-4 10, Brewer 1-3 3-4 5, Carroll 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 36-76 24-34 104.
Chicago 26 18 23 30— 97
Memphis 25 30 30 19—104
Three-point goals—Chicago 7-27 (Murray 4-11, Miller 2-6, Law 1-3, Brown 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Pargo 0-4), Memphis 8-15 (Mayo 4-5, Conley 2-3, Williams 1-3, Gay 1-3, Randolph 0-1). Fouled out—Johnson, Gibson. Rebounds—Chicago 43 (Miller 11), Memphis 56 (Randolph 12). Assists—Chicago 18 (Pargo 8), Memphis 22 (Conley 10). Total fouls—Chicago 28, Memphis 23. Technicals—Memphis Bench. A—15,413 (18,119).
college men
ncaa tournament
Tuesday's play-in game
Ark.-Pine Bluff 61 Winthrop 44
nIT
(All times p.m.)
first round
Tuesday's games
Connecticut 59 Northeastern 57
N.C. State 58 South Florida 57
UAB 65 Coastal Carolina 49
Texas Tech 87 Seton Hall 69
North Carolina 80William & Mary 72
Jackson St. Mississippi St. (n)
Jacksonville Arizona St. (n)
Wednesday's games
Tulsa (23-11) at Kent St. (23-9), 7; Illinois St. (22-10) at Dayton (20-12), 7; Weber St. (20-10) at Cincinnati (18-15), 7; Quinnipiac (23-9) at Virginia Tech (23-8), 7
Northwestern (20-13) at Rhode Island (23-9), 7; Troy (20-12) at Mississippi (21-10), 8; Nevada (20-12) at Wichita St. (25-9), 8:05; Illinois (19-14) at Stony Brook (22-9), 9; St. John's (17-15) at Memphis (23-9), 9
Second round
March 18-22
Quarterfinals
March 23-24
At New York
Semifinals
Quarterfinals winners, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 30
Championship
Thursday, April 1
Semifinals winners, 7 p.m.
CBI
(All times p.m.)
First Round
Tuesday's games
Va. Commonwealth 79 Geo. Washington 73
Saint Louis 63 Indiana St. 54
Wednesday's games
Duquesne (16-15) at Princeton (20-8), 7; IUPUI (24-10) at Hofstra (19-14), 7; Wisconsin-Green Bay (21-12) at Akron (24-10), 7; College of Charleston (21-11) at Eastern Ky. (20-12), 7; Colorado St. (16-15) at Morehead St. (23-10), 9; Boston U. (19-13) at Oregon St. (14-17), 10
Quarterfinals
Monday, March 22
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 24
Finals
(Best-of-3)
March 29, March 31, April 2
college insider.com tournament
(All times p.m.)
FIRST ROUND
Tuesday's games
Fairfield 101 George Mason 96 (OT)
Marshall 90 Western Carolina 88
Creighton 89 South Dakota 78
Wednesday's games
Harvard (21-7) at Appalachian St. (22-10) 7; Middle Tennessee St. (19-13) at Missouri St. (20-12), 8:05; Portland (21-10) at Northern Colorado (24-7) 9:05; Pacific (20-11) at Loyola Marymount (18-14) 10:35
Thursday's game
Southern Mississippi (20-13) at Louisiana Tech (23-10) 8
QUARTERFINALS
(Pairings TBD)
MARSHALL 90, W. CAROLINA 88
CIT first round
W. CAROLINA (22-12) — Giles 5-14 2-2 13, Robinson 6-11 3-3 21, Mutombo 5-13 0-0 10, Waginger 1-4 2-2 5, Gordon 6-14 1-3 13, Phillip 3-4 1-2 9, Gailliard 2-4 0-0 4, Cole 1-4 0-0 3, Williams 5-9 0-0 10. Totals 34-77 9-12 88.
MARSHALL (24-9) — Baines 4-6 3-5 11, Johnson 1-2 6-7 8, Pena 6-7 1-3 18, Pitts 4-8 15-16 24, Wilkerson 3-6 2-5 8, Lutz 1-5 0-0 2, Whiteside 1-1 1-4 3, Haymon 1-1 0-0 2, Merthie 4-7 6-8 14, Miller 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-44 34-48 90.
Halftime—Tied 37-37. Three-point goals—W. Carolina 11-28 (Robinson 6-11, Phillip 2-2, Waginger 1-3, Cole 1-3, Giles 1-6, Mutombo 0-3), Marshall 6-13 (Pena 5-6, Pitts 1-3, Merthie 0-1, Miller 0-1, Lutz 0-2). Fouled out—Gailliard, Gordon. Rebounds—W. Carolina 34 (Giles 8), Marshall 39 (Wilkerson 10). Assists—W. Carolina 15 (Waginger 6), Marshall 15 (Pitts 4). Total fouls—W. Carolina 29, Marshall 12. A—5,003.
Hockey
nhl
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 41 23 5 87 217 197
New Jersey 41 24 3 85 183 164
Philadelphia 36 28 4 76 203 185
N.Y. Rangers 31 30 9 71 182 191
N.Y. Islanders 28 32 9 65 180 214
Northeast Division
Buffalo 36 22 10 82 186 174
Ottawa 37 28 5 79 187 201
Montreal 36 29 6 78 194 195
Boston 31 26 12 74 174 177
Toronto 24 34 12 60 187 235
Southeast Division
y-Washington 47 14 9 103 277 198
Atlanta 29 29 11 69 204 224
Tampa Bay 28 29 12 68 183 211
Florida 28 30 10 66 177 200
Carolina 28 33 8 64 191 216
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 44 18 6 94 225 170
Nashville 38 26 5 81 193 198
Detroit 34 23 12 80 187 186
St. Louis 32 28 9 73 189 193
Columbus 28 31 11 67 183 226
Northwest Division
Vancouver 43 23 3 89 228 176
Colorado 40 23 6 86 209 182
Calgary 34 26 9 77 174 172
Minnesota 34 29 6 74 192 199
Edmonton 21 42 7 49 176 245
Pacific Division
San Jose 43 15 10 96 224 172
Phoenix 43 22 5 91 189 170
Los Angeles 40 23 5 85 206 182
Dallas 29 26 13 71 191 218
Anaheim 31 29 8 70 189 209
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
y-clinched division
Monday's games
New Jersey 3, Boston 2
Columbus 5, Edmonton 3
Detroit 2, Calgary 1
Tuesday's games
Boston 5, Carolina 2
Atlanta 4, Buffalo 3
Montreal 3, N.Y. Rangers 1
Toronto 4, Ottawa 1
Phoenix 2, Tampa Bay 1
Washington 7, Florida 3
Colorado 5, St. Louis 3
Minnesota 4, Edmonton 2
Philadelphia at Nashville (n)
San Jose at Dallas (n)
N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver (n)
Wednesday's games
Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Chicago at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Softball
college
tuesday's scores
Alabama 7-4 Kentucky 2-5
Western Ky. 6-7 E. Illinois 4-1
Alabama 004 003 0—7 8 1
Kentucky 200 000 0—2 5 0
Dunne and Dawson; Bell and Yocke. W—Dunne (8-4). L—Bell (9-5). 2B—Morgan (A), Aull (K). 3B—Larsen (A). HR—Reilly-Boccia (A), Morgan (A).
Alabama 001 100 2—4 5 2
Kentucky 000 005 x—5 7 1
Morgan, Sewell (6) and Gibson; Riley and Yocke. W—Riley (5-2). L—Morgan (2-2). HR—Morgan (A), Yocke (A), Cervantes (K).
Records—Alabama 18-7 (3-2 SEC), Kentucky 16-9 (2-3).
E. Illinois 000 022 0—4 5 1
Western Ky. 110 014 x—7 8 1
May and Wood; Nathanson, Sulaski (3) and Dew. W—Nathanson (3-3). L—May (3-6). 2B—Menzione (E), Garcia 2 (W), Reed (W). 3B—Contreras (W), Sulaski (W). HR—Hanna (E).E. Illinois 000 010 0—1 3 2
Western Ky. 110 301 x—6 12 0
Wunderlich, Ray (4) and Wood; Wagner and Williams. W—Wagner (7-3). L—Wunderlich (2-2). 2B—Hennis 2 (W), Reed (W). 3B—Antone (W). HR—Menzione (W).
Records—Western Ky. 13-9, E. Illinois 6-9.
Tennis
professional
BNP Paribas Open
At Indian Wells, Calif.
Surface: hard-outdoor
Singles
Men
Third round
Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Michael Russell, United States, 6-3, 7-5; Robin Soderling (6), Sweden, def. Feliciano Lopez (28), Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-4; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, def. Albert Montanes (24), Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Tommy Robredo (18), Spain, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-3, 6-0.
Women
Fourth round
Agnieszka Radwanska (5), Poland, def. Marion Bartoli (11), France, 6-3, 6-2; Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Aravane Rezai (19), France, 6-3, 6-3; Zheng Jie (18), China, def. Alicia Molik, Australia, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (1); Sam Stosur (8), Australia, def. Vera Zvonareva (12), Russia, 6-2, 7-5.
Caroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, def. Nadia Petrova (16), Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0; Jelena Jankovic (6), Serbia, def. Shahar Peer (17), Israel, 6-2, 6-2; Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (28), Spain, def. Yanina Wickmayer (13), Belgium, 6-4, 6-4.
Odds
glantz-culver line
NCAA basketball
WEDNESDAY
NIT
First round
at Dayton 7½ Illinois St.
at Cincinnati 10 Weber St.
at Rhode Island 5 Northwestern
at Virginia Tech 14 Quinnipiac
at Kent St. 3½ Tulsa
at Wichita St. 7½ Nevada
at Mississippi 14 Troy
at Memphis 7 St. John's
Illinois 6½ at Stony Brook
CBI
First round
at Princeton 4½ Duquesne
at Akron 7 Wis.-Green Bay
at Hofstra 4 IUPUI
at Eastern Ky. 2½ Coll. of Charleston
at Morehead St. 8 Colorado St.
at Oregon St. 7½ Boston U.
College Insider Tournament
First round
at Appalachian St. 2½ Harvard
at Missouri St. 9 Middle Tenn.
Portland 1 at N. Colorado
at Loyola Marym'nt pk Pacific
Thursday
NCAA Tournament
First round
At Providence, R.I.
Favorite Line Underdog
Georgetown 13½ Ohio
Tennessee 3 San Diego St.
Villanova 18½ Robert Morris
Richmond 2 Saint Mary's
At New Orleans
Kentucky 20 ETSU
Texas 4½ Wake Forest
Baylor 11 Sam Houston St.
Notre Dame 2 Old Dominion
At Oklahoma City
Kansas 26 Lehigh
UNLV 1 N. Iowa
Kansas St. 16 North Texas
BYU 5 Florida
At San Jose, Calif.
Butler 2½ UTEP
Vanderbilt 3 Murray St.
New Mexico 9 Montana
Marquette 1½ Washington
Friday
At Buffalo, N.Y.
Syracuse 17½ Vermont
Florida St. 1½ Gonzaga
West Virginia 17½ Morgan St.
Clemson 1½ Missouri
At Jacksonville, Fla.
Temple 4 Cornell
Wisconsin 10 Wofford
Duke off Winthrop
or
Duke off Ark.-Pine Bluff
California pk Louisville
At Milwaukee
Ohio St. 17 UC Santa Barbara
Oklahoma St. 1½ Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh 10 Oakland
Minnesota 1 Xavier
At Spokane, Wash.
Michigan St. 13 New Mexico St.
Maryland 9 Houston
Texas A&M 3 Utah St.
Purdue 4 Siena
College Insider Tournament
First round
at Louisiana Tech 2 Southern Miss.
NBA
Favorite Line Underdog
at Philadelphia 8 New Jersey
at Toronto 2 Atlanta
at Cleveland 13½ Indiana
Oklahoma City 1 at Charlotte
at Boston 10½ New York
at Orlando 6½ San Antonio
at Houston 5½ Memphis
at Dallas 13 Chicago
at Utah 14 Minnesota
at Golden State 3 New Orleans
Milwaukee 4 at L.A. Clippers
