Transactions

BASEBALL

MLB — Announced the retirements of umpires Ed Rapuano, Tim Tschida and Derryl Cousins. Promoted umpires Jim Joyce, Ted Barrett and Fieldin Culbreth to crew chiefs. Named Vic Carapazza, Manny Gonzalez and Alan Porter full-time umpires.

American League

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed 1B Lars Anderson off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Signed G Derek Fisher.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released DT Cullen Jenkins.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL — Suspended San Jose F Ryane Clowe two games for leaving the bench on a legal line change and starting an altercation during Friday's game against Chicago.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Assigned F Sean Collins to Springfield (AHL). Recalled C Cody Goloubef from Springfield.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Re-signed D Brian Lashoff to a three-year contract.

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Reassigned G Jacob Markstrom to San Antonio (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Reassigned LW Jean-Sebastien Berube from Trenton (ECHL) to Albany (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned G Scott Stajcer from Connecticut (AHL) to Greenville (ECHL). Assigned F Christian Thomas to Connecticut.

PHOENIX COYOTES — Signed D David Schlemko to a two-year contract.

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Reassigned G Paul Karpowich from Peoria (AHL) to Evansville (ECHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-signed D John Erskine and G Braden Holtby to two-year contract extensions.

COLLEGE

Southeastern conference — Named Kentucky's Willie Cauley-Stein men's basketball freshman of the week.

President's athletic conference — Named Thomas More junior D'Carlo Hayes men's basketball player of the year. Named Thomas More head coach Jeff Rogers men's basketball coach of the year.

Sun Belt conference — Named Western Kentucky junior Emily Rousseau softball pitcher of the week.

Mid-south conference — Named Georgetown senior Allan Thomas men's basketball player of the week. Named Georgetown junior Kourtney Tyra women's basketball player of the week.

Big east — Named Louisville junior Adam Engel baseball player of the week.

Ohio Valley conference — Named Eastern Kentucky freshman Sarah Fobbs co-softball player of the week. Named Eastern Kentucky redshirt sophomore Corey Walden men's basketball co-newcomer of the week.

Kentucky intercollegiate athletic conference — Named Asbury senior Trenia Barbee women's basketball player of the week. Named Asbury freshman C.J. Penny men's basketball player of the week.

Baseball

major league

rEDS 5, bREWERS 2

Monday's exhibition game

Milwaukee (ss) 000 002 000 — 2 6 1

Cincinnati 202 001 00x — 5 6 1

Thornburg, R.Wooten (3), J.Nelson (4), D.Byrd (6), M.Olmsted (6), Kroenke (8) and Lucroy, Lalli; Galarraga, Marshall (3), Broxton (4), I.Guillon (5), C.Partch (6), M.Serrano (8), Stevens (9) and Olivo, C.Miller. W—Galarraga. L—Thornburg. Sv—Stevens. HRs—Cincinnati, Votto (1).

College

collegiate baseball poll

The Collegiate Baseball poll with records through Sunday, points and previous rank. Voting is done by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors.

Rec. Pts. Prvs

1. North Carolina 6-0 496 1

2. Arkansas 7-1 494 2

3. Vanderbilt 7-1 493 3

4. LSU 6-1 489 4

5. Oregon State 8-0 486 9

6. Oregon 6-1 485 5

7. South Carolina 5-1 483 7

8. Kentucky 5-1 478 8

9. Mississippi State 9-0 475 12

10. Oklahoma 9-0 471 14

11. N.C. State 5-1 469 13

12. UCLA 4-2 468 6

13. Rice 5-2 465 10

14. Stanford 5-2 464 11

15. Arizona 7-1 463 15

16. Mississippi 7-0 461 16

17. Cal State Fullerton 8-0 459 19

18. Florida State 7-0 457 18

19. Georgia Tech 6-1 456 17

20. Miami 7-0 453 20

21. UC Irvine 6-1 450 21

22. Texas 6-1 448 25

23. Louisville 6-1 447 26

24. Virginia 7-0 445 29

25. Florida Gulf Coast 5-1 442 —

26. Arizona State 4-2 439 23

27. Cal Poly 7-0 438 —

28. Clemson 5-1 436 28

29. Pepperdine 6-2 433 —

30. South Alabama 7-0 429 —

Baseball america poll

The top-25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records through Sunday and ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball America).

Rec. Pts.

1. North Carolina 6-0 1

2. Vanderbilt 7-1 2

3. Arkansas 7-1 3

4. Louisville 6-1 4

5. Mississippi State 9-0 5

6. Oregon State 8-0 6

7. South Carolina 5-1 7

8. Mississippi 7-0 8

9. LSU 6-1 9

10. N.C. State 5-1 10

11. Kentucky 5-1 11

12. UCLA 4-2 12

13. Rice 5-2 13

14. Oregon 6-1 14

15. Stanford 5-2 15

16. Georgia Tech 6-1 16

17. Cal State Fullerton 8-0 20

18. Oklahoma 9-0 18

19. Florida State 7-0 19

20. Arizona 7-1 23

21. UC Irvine 6-1 25

22. Notre Dame 5-1 —

23. Florida Gulf Coast 5-1 —

24. Southern Miss. 5-2 21

25. Virginia Tech 6-1 24

Basketball

nba

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

d-Miami 40 14 .741 —

d-Indiana 35 21 .625 6

d-New York 33 20 .623 6½

Atlanta 32 23 .582 8½

Brooklyn 33 24 .579 8½

Chicago 32 24 .571 9

Boston 29 27 .518 12

Milwaukee 26 28 .481 14

Philadelphia 22 32 .407 18

Toronto 23 34 .404 18½

Detroit 22 37 .373 20½

Washington 18 37 .327 22½

Cleveland 18 38 .321 23

Orlando 15 41 .268 26

Charlotte 13 43 .232 28

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

d-San Antonio 45 13 .776 —

d-Oklahoma City 41 15 .732 3

d-L.A. Clippers 40 18 .690 5

Memphis 37 18 .673 6½

Denver 35 22 .614 9½

Golden State 33 23 .589 11

Utah 31 25 .554 13

Houston 31 27 .534 14

L.A. Lakers 28 29 .491 16½

Portland 26 30 .464 18

Dallas 25 30 .455 18½

Minnesota 20 33 .377 22½

New Orleans 20 37 .351 24½

Sacramento 19 38 .333 25½

Phoenix 18 39 .316 26½

d-division leader

Monday's games

Washington 90, Toronto 84

Atlanta 114, Detroit 103

L.A. Lakers at Denver (n)

Boston at Utah (n)

Tuesday's games

Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Brooklyn at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

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

Wednesday's games

Toronto at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Memphis, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Golden State at New York, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Utah, 9 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Wizards 90, Raptors 84

WASHINGTON (90) — Webster 4-8 2-2 12, Nene 4-10 3-3 11, Okafor 4-14 0-0 8, Wall 3-11 4-4 10, Beal 8-13 2-2 20, Booker 3-9 2-2 8, Price 5-7 0-0 12, Ariza 3-9 1-2 8, Singleton 0-0 0-0 0, Temple 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 34-81 15-17 90.

TORONTO (84) — Gay 1-11 5-6 7, Johnson 2-8 2-2 6, Valanciunas 2-4 0-0 4, Lowry 6-17 3-6 18, DeRozan 9-17 7-9 25, Bargnani 4-11 0-0 8, Lucas 4-5 0-0 9, Anderson 0-4 4-4 4, Fields 0-0 0-0 0, Ross 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 29-79 21-27 84. Washington 17 23 23 27—90

Toronto 16 16 22 30—84

Three-point goals—Washington 7-12 (Price 2-2, Webster 2-3, Beal 2-3, Ariza 1-3, Booker 0-1), Toronto 5-19 (Lowry 3-9, Ross 1-1, Lucas 1-2, DeRozan 0-1, Anderson 0-2, Gay 0-2, Bargnani 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Washington 56 (Okafor 13), Toronto 49 (Johnson 13). Assists—Washington 17 (Wall 7), Toronto 13 (Gay 4). Total fouls—Washington 23, Toronto 18. A—16,705 (19,800).

college men

Tuesday's schedule

(All times p.m.)

SEC — Auburn at Alabama, 7; No. 8 Florida at Tennessee, 9

OVC — Eastern Illinois at Chicago State, 8:05

State — Alice Lloyd at Brescia, 3

TOP 25 — No. 1 Indiana at Minnesota, 7; Nebraska at No. 17 Wisconsin, 9; No. 19 Memphis at Xavier, 7

conference tournaments

(All games in bracket order;all times p.m.,)

Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic

Saturday's first round

Indiana-SE 77 Alice Lloyd 68

Cincinnati Christian 87 Point Park 70

Indiana-East 69 Brescia 68

Asbury 102 Berea 73

Monday's semifinals

Indiana-SE 91 Cincinnati Christian 61

Asbury 87 Indiana East 68

Tuesday's finals

Indiana SE vs. Asbury, 6

MOnday's scores

State

Pikeville 85 Wise 48

TOP 25

No. 22 Marquette 74No. 12 Syracuse 71

No. 13 Kansas State 75 Texas Tech 55

Asbury 68, Indiana East 68

ASBURY (20-12) — Penny 32, Euton 19, Jones 2, Delph 12, Morris 8, Brauner 3, McLeish 11. Totals 35-72 10-17 87.

INDIANA EAST (21-11) — Ray 6, Fangman 5, Clark 16, Isaac 7, Davis 14, Bollenbacher 2, Banet 11, Cook 3, Smith 2, Schlatter 2. Totals 23-68 13-16 68.

Halftime—Asbury 44-30.

Georgetown 101, St. Catharine 82

St. Catharine (13-13) — Wilkins 22, McMillian 2, Skinner 18, Kornegay 11, Roy 13, McCray 12, Tolefree 4. Totals 31-70 14-28 82.

GEORGETOWN (22-7) — Moses 20, Marc 4, Craig 17, Wilson 17, Thomas 12, Parker 2, Townsend 9, Washburn 2, Middleton 2, McWhorter 16. Totals 34-75 30-34 101.

Halftime—Georgetown 45-31.

No. 13 KANSAS ST. 75, TEXAS TECH 55

TEXAS TECH (9-17) — Kravic 2-3 0-0 4, Hannahs 5-8 2-3 14, Gray 1-8 0-0 2, Williams, Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Tolbert 3-6 1-2 7, Nurse 2-5 1-2 7, Robinson 2-4 0-0 4, Tapsoba 1-1 0-0 2, Adams 0-0 0-0 0, Gotcher 1-1 0-0 2, Crockett 5-11 2-5 13, Lammert 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-48 6-12 55.

KANSAS ST. (23-5) — McGruder 3-8 4-4 10, Gipson 7-9 6-7 20, Southwell 3-7 0-2 6, Rodriguez 6-12 2-3 16, Spradling 2-6 0-0 5, Irving 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 5-8 1-1 11, Lawrence 2-2 0-0 4, Diaz 1-1 1-2 3, Schultz 0-0 0-0 0, Meyer 0-0 0-0 0, Orris 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 29-57 14-19 75.

Halftime—Kansas St. 31-30. Three-point goals—Texas Tech 5-15 (Nurse 2-4, Hannahs 2-4, Crockett 1-4, Lammert 0-1, Gray 0-2), Kansas St. 3-16 (Rodriguez 2-6, Spradling 1-5, Irving 0-1, McGruder 0-2, Southwell 0-2). Fouled out—Gray. Rebounds—Texas Tech 20 (Tolbert 7), Kansas St. 41 (Gipson 8). Assists—Texas Tech 12 (Robinson 5), Kansas St. 20 (Rodriguez 7). Total fouls—Texas Tech 16, Kansas St. 15. A—12,216.

No. 22 MARQUETTE 74, No. 12 SYRACUSE 71

SYRACUSE (22-6) — Grant 1-1 0-0 2, Fair 8-11 3-4 20, Christmas 1-3 0-0 2, Carter-Williams 6-14 0-0 14, Triche 4-10 0-0 8, Cooney 1-3 0-0 3, Keita 3-6 1-1 7, Southerland 5-13 1-2 15. Totals 29-61 5-7 71.

MARQUETTE (20-7) — Anderson 0-0 1-2 1, Otule 0-0 0-0 0, Cadougan 4-9 4-4 12, Blue 2-7 1-2 6, Lockett 0-2 0-0 0, J. Wilson 3-12 5-6 12, Mayo 2-6 3-4 9, D. Wilson 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 1-2 1-1 4, Taylor, Jr. 1-2 2-3 4, Gardner 7-7 12-13 26. Totals 20-47 29-35 74.

Halftime—Syracuse 32-29. Three-point goals—Syracuse 8-24 (Southerland 4-11, Carter-Williams 2-6, Cooney 1-2, Fair 1-2, Triche 0-3), Marquette 5-21 (Mayo 2-5, Thomas 1-2, Blue 1-4, J. Wilson 1-8, Cadougan 0-2). Fouled out—Triche. Rebounds—Syracuse 27 (Keita 8), Marquette 33 (Gardner 8). Assists—Syracuse 19 (Triche 8), Marquette 16 (J. Wilson 7). Total fouls—Syracuse 22, Marquette 10. Technical—Fair. A—16,049.

college women

ap top 25

The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking.

Rec. Pts. Prvs

1. Baylor (40) 26-1 1,000 1

2. Notre Dame 25-1 957 2

3. UConn 25-2 909 3

4. Stanford 26-2 875 4

5. Duke 26-1 850 5

6. California 25-2 804 6

7. Penn St. 23-3 755 7

8. Tennessee 22-5 676 11

9. Maryland 22-5 665 8

10. Kentucky 23-4 634 8

11. Georgia 23-4 607 13

12. Dayton 24-1 492 14

13. Texas A&M 21-7 486 10

14. South Carolina 22-5 455 15

15. North Carolina 25-4 443 16

16. Louisville 22-6 426 12

17. UCLA 21-6 417 17

18. Delaware 24-3 319 18

19. Colorado 22-5 288 20

20. Nebraska 21-6 215 24

21. Green Bay 22-2 139 25

22. Syracuse 22-4 131 21

23. Iowa St. 19-6 122 —

24. Florida St. 20-7 90 19

25. Purdue 20-7 74 22

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 58, Toledo 34, South Florida 21, Vanderbilt 13, LSU 10, SMU 7, Gonzaga 6, San Diego St. 6, Texas Tech 6, West Virginia 4, Chattanooga 3, Michigan St. 2, Florida Gulf Coast 1.

TUESday's schedule

(All times p.m.)

TOP 25 — Pittsburgh at No. 3 Connecticut, 7; No. 22 Syracuse at No. 2 Notre Dame, 7

conference tournaments

(All times p.m.,)

Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic

First round

Point Park 54 Cincinnati Christian 44

Indiana-SE 55 Berea 52

Alice Lloyd 76 Midway 69

Asbury 95 Brescia 82

Monday's semifinals

Asbury 74 Alice Lloyd 73

Point Park 76 IU Southeast 51

Tuesday's finals at IU-Southeast

Point Park vs. IU-Southeast, 8

MONday's scores

OVC

Murray State 56 Morehead State 48

Tennessee Tech 64 SE MIssouri St. 51

State

Northern Kentucky 55 Kennesaw St. 49

TOP 25

No. 1 Baylor 86 Oklahoma 64

Asbury 74, Alice Lloyd 73

ASBURY (23-10) — Griffith 12, Burr 2, Barbee 20, Wood 4, Carroll 16, Gorby 3, Downs 9, Steiner 6, Fletcher 2. Totals 29-63 10-19 74.

Alice Lloyd (18-11) — A. Nickell 27, Brown 8, McDaniel 6, Booth 23, Crowder 7, S. Nickell 2.

Halftime—Asbury 37-33.

Northern Kentucky 55, Kennesaw State 49

Northern Kentucky (13-12) — Hopper 2, Holton 13, Roush 8, Hamlet 2, Thacker 13, Gayheart 11, Doss 6. Totals 19-52 14-16 55.

Kennesaw State (7-21) — Gideon 13, Holliday 5, Wells 19, Mason 8, Kennedy 4. Totals 20-50 6-10 49.

Halftime—Northern Kentucky 31-21.

Hockey

nhl

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 13 6 0 26 65 48

New Jersey 10 5 4 24 48 49

Philadelphia 9 11 1 19 60 66

N.Y. Rangers 8 7 2 18 41 44

N.Y. Islanders 8 10 1 17 56 64

Northeast Division

Montreal 12 4 3 27 53 41

Ottawa 12 6 2 26 48 37

Boston 11 2 2 24 45 34

Toronto 12 8 0 24 57 46

Buffalo 6 12 1 13 48 63

Southeast Division

Carolina 9 7 1 19 50 51

Tampa Bay 9 8 1 19 69 58

Winnipeg 8 9 1 17 48 57

Florida 5 9 4 14 42 65

Washington 6 10 1 13 48 55

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 15 0 3 33 58 35

St. Louis 10 6 2 22 55 52

Detroit 9 7 3 21 57 54

Nashville 8 6 5 21 39 43

Columbus 5 12 2 12 40 56

Northwest Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 10 4 4 24 52 48

Minnesota 8 7 2 18 37 42

Calgary 7 7 3 17 48 59

Edmonton 7 7 3 17 40 46

Colorado 7 8 2 16 42 51

Pacific Division

Anaheim 13 2 1 27 57 42

Dallas 9 8 1 19 47 48

Phoenix 8 7 3 19 50 49

San Jose 8 6 3 19 41 39

Los Angeles 8 6 2 18 40 39

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday's games

Ottawa 2, Montreal 1 (SO)

Toronto 4, Philadelphia 2

Dallas at Nashville (n)

Edmonton at Chicago (n)

Anaheim at Los Angeles (n)

Tuesday's games

Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday's games

Washington at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Montreal at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Nashville at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Odds

Glantz-Culver line

NCAA basketball

Favorite Today Underdog

Indiana 5 at Minnesota

at George Mason 6½ Towson

Memphis 4 at Xavier

at Alabama 12 Auburn

at Detroit 12½ Loyola-Chicago

at Green Bay 15½ Milwaukee

at Ill.-Chicago Pk Wright St.

at Valparaiso 13½ Youngstown St.

at Air Force 5 Wyoming

Florida 8½ at Tennessee

at Florida St. 5½ Wake Forest

at Wisconsin 18 Nebraska