Scoreboard Feb. 21
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Illinois at Ohio St. ESPN
2 p.m. Kansas St. at Missouri ESPN2
4 p.m. Kentucky at Mississippi St. ESPN
NHL HOCKEY
2:30 p.m. Anaheim at Tampa Bay FOXSP2
3 p.m. Detroit at Chicago NBCSN
4 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix FOXSP
SOCCER
6:30 p.m. UEFA Champions League: Chelsea at Napoli* FOXSP
WEDNESDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
7 a.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup: Practice for Daytona 500 SPEED
9:30 a.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup: Practice for Daytona 500 SPEED
GOLF
7 a.m. PGA Tour-WGC: Accenture Match Play Championship (first round) TGC
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
2 p.m. West Virginia at Notre Dame ESPN2
4 p.m. Kansas at Texas A&M ESPN2
6 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at Long Beach St. ESPN2
NBA BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Boston at Oklahoma City ESPN
4:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Dallas ESPN
5:30 p.m. Denver at L.A. Clippers FOXSP2
NHL HOCKEY
4 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado NBCSN
SOCCER
9:30 a.m. UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich at Basel FOXSP
5:30 p.m. UEFA Champions League: Inter Milan at Marseille* FOXSP
*—Tape-delayed broadcast
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MAJOR SCORES
Monday’s results
EAST
Fairfield 60, Marist 49
St. John’s 79, DePaul 72
UConn 73, Villanova 70, OT
SOUTH
Alabama A&M 81, Alcorn St. 71
Belmont 88, SC-Upstate 79
Delaware St. 74, Hampton 68, 2OT
ETSU 66, Lipscomb 57
Florida A&M 83, SC State 82
Howard 53, Md.-Eastern Shore 51
Jacksonville 73, Kennesaw St. 71
MVSU 56, Texas Southern 53
Norfolk St. 66, Longwood 52
North Florida 75, Mercer 66
Savannah St. 67, Bethune-Cookman 44
Southern U. 55, Alabama St. 53
SOUTHWEST
Ark.-Pine Bluff 61, Prairie View 58
Baylor 77, Texas 72
FAR WEST
Seattle 73, UC Davis 59
AP TOP 25
Record Pts Prv
1. Kentucky (63) 26-1 1,623 1
2. Syracuse (2) 27-1 1,559 2
3. Missouri 25-2 1,498 3
4. Kansas 22-5 1,377 4
5. Duke 23-4 1,359 5
6. Michigan St. 22-5 1,317 7
7. North Carolina 23-4 1,261 8
8. Ohio St. 22-5 1,139 6
9. Georgetown 20-5 1,085 10
10. Marquette 22-5 1,013 12
11. Michigan 20-7 869 17
12. Florida 21-6 860 14
13. Baylor 22-5 859 9
14. Murray St. 26-1 765 16
15. Florida St. 19-7 620 20
16. Wisconsin 20-7 615 15
17. Louisville 21-6 495 19
18. New Mexico 22-4 469 —
19. Wichita St. 24-4 467 24
20. Notre Dame 19-8 457 23
21. UNLV 22-6 325 11
22. Temple 21-5 281 —
23. Indiana 20-7 246 18
24. San Diego St. 20-6 176 13
25. Virginia 20-6 153 22
Others receiving votes: Creighton 76, Gonzaga 47, BYU 29, Saint Louis 25, Drexel 13, Harvard 12, Vanderbilt 12, California 11, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 7, Long Beach St. 4, VCU 1.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MAJOR SCORES
Monday’s results
EAST
Fairleigh Dickinson 66, Wagner 62
LIU 74, Sacred Heart 68
Mount St. Mary’s 60, Monmouth (NJ) 56
Penn St. 84, Ohio St. 66
Quinnipiac 64, St. Francis (NY) 41
Robert Morris 72, Bryant 68
St. Francis (Pa.) 86, CCSU 83, 2OT
SOUTH
Alabama A&M 61, Alcorn St. 50
Alabama St. 52, Southern U. 39
Appalachian St. 85, Furman 70
Bethune-Cookman 47, Savannah St. 43
Campbell 76, Charleston Southern 58
Coastal Carolina 59, High Point 58
Davidson 63, Wofford 39
Elon 63, Coll. of Charleston 50
Florida A&M 75, SC State 69
Georgia Southern 59, UNC-Greensboro 47
Hampton 71, Delaware St. 44
Howard 62, Md.-Eastern Shore 49
Kentucky 70, Vanderbilt 61
Liberty 69, Presbyterian 64
Longwood 76, Gardner-Webb 65
Louisiana-Lafayette 62,
Nebraska-Omaha 60, OT
MVSU 82, Texas Southern 48
Notre Dame 68, Louisville 52
W. Carolina 52, Samford 44
Winthrop 67, Radford 56
MIDWEST
IPFW 70, S. Utah 60
Illinois 69, Northwestern 57
Oral Roberts 77, Oakland 51
South Dakota 62, W. Illinois 47
UMKC 58, IUPUI 56
SOUTHWEST
Prairie View 72, Ark.-Pine Bluff 52
AP TOP 25
Record Pts Prv
1. Baylor (40) 27-0 1,000 1
2. Stanford 24-1 945 3
3. Notre Dame 25-2 919 4
4. UConn 24-3 885 2
5. Miami 24-3 845 6
6. Maryland 23-4 781 8
7. Duke 22-4 756 5
8. Ohio St. 23-3 709 9
9. Delaware 24-1 655 10
10. Tennessee 20-7 582 13
11. Penn St. 21-5 574 12
12. Green Bay 23-1 562 11
13. Kentucky 21-5 540 7
14. Texas A&M 19-6 486 14
15. Georgetown 21-6 459 15
16. Louisville 19-7 321 19
17. Georgia Tech 20-7 285 20
18. Georgia 20-7 266 18
19. St. Bonaventure 25-2 245 22
20. St. John’s 18-8 208 —
21. DePaul 20-7 191 24
22. Purdue 19-8 176 17
23. Nebraska 20-6 147 16
24. Rutgers 18-8 82 21
25. Gonzaga 24-4 75 —
Others receiving votes: West Virginia 65, South Carolina 54, Arkansas 29, Princeton 28, UTEP 24, Fresno St. 23, Vanderbilt 16, BYU 15, California 14, Middle Tennessee 13, North Carolina 10, Oklahoma 9, Florida Gulf Coast 6.
HOCKEY
NHL GLANCE
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 57 38 14 5 81 161 116
New Jersey 58 34 20 4 72 164 159
Philadelphia 58 32 19 7 71 193 177
Pittsburgh 59 33 21 5 71 184 160
N.Y. Islanders 59 25 26 8 58 139 174
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 57 35 20 2 72 190 132
Ottawa 61 31 22 8 70 185 183
Toronto 59 29 24 6 64 178 180
Montreal 60 24 26 10 58 160 164
Buffalo 59 25 27 7 57 148 175
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida 58 27 20 11 65 144 162
Winnipeg 61 29 26 6 64 153 170
Washington 59 29 25 5 63 159 168
Tampa Bay 58 26 26 6 58 163 195
Carolina 60 23 26 11 57 158 181
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Detroit 60 41 17 2 84 190 139
St. Louis 59 36 16 7 79 150 117
Nashville 59 34 19 6 74 165 154
Chicago 60 32 21 7 71 189 178
Columbus 59 17 35 7 41 136 195
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 59 38 15 6 82 194 144
Calgary 59 28 22 9 65 142 155
Colorado 60 29 27 4 62 151 168
Minnesota 59 26 24 9 61 131 154
Edmonton 58 22 30 6 50 153 177
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose 57 31 19 7 69 167 142
Phoenix 59 29 21 9 67 152 147
Los Angeles 59 27 21 11 65 124 126
Dallas 59 29 26 4 62 152 167
Anaheim 59 25 24 10 60 152 168
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Sunday’s results
Buffalo 6, Pittsburgh 2
Detroit 3, San Jose 2
Chicago 3, St. Louis 1
Minnesota 2, Boston 0
New Jersey 3, Montreal 1
Anaheim 2, Florida 0
Nashville 3, Dallas 2
N.Y. Rangers 3, Columbus 2, OT
Winnipeg 5, Colorado 1
Vancouver 5, Edmonton 2
Monday’s results
Ottawa 6, N.Y. Islanders 0
Carolina 5, Washington 0
Today’s games
N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 2 p.m.
New Jersey at Toronto, 2 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.
San Jose at Columbus, 2 p.m.
Philadelphia at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.
Dallas at Montreal, 2:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Tampa Bay, 2:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Nashville, 3 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 3 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
GOLF
PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Scoring Average
1, Kyle Stanley, 69.20. 2, Brandt Snedeker, 69.37. 3, John Senden, 69.42. 4, Steve Stricker, 69.50. 5, Hunter Mahan, 69.51. 6, Phil Mickelson, 69.57. 7, Webb Simpson, 69.59. 8 (tie), Padraig Harrington, John Rollins and Carl Pettersson, 69.69.
Driving Distance
1, Bubba Watson, 315.5. 2, Carl Pettersson, 311.3. 3, Robert Garrigus, 309.1. 4, Kyle Stanley, 308.0. 5 (tie), Jamie Lovemark and Jason Kokrak, 307.8. 7, Dustin Johnson, 306.2. 8, Harris English, 305.5. 9, J.B. Holmes, 305.2. 10, Josh Teater, 304.3.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
1, Paul Goydos, 73.76%. 2, Scott McCarron, 73.64%. 3, Heath Slocum, 72.78%. 4, Hunter Mahan, 71.26%. 5, Jim Furyk, 71.17%. 6, John Senden, 70.48%. 7, Brian Gay, 70.47%. 8, Brian Davis, 69.08%. 9, John Huh, 69.06%. 10, David Toms, 69.01%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
1, Webb Simpson, 75.93%. 2, Bubba Watson, 74.31%. 3, Michael Bradley, 74.07%. 4, Mark Wilson, 73.96%. 5, Kyle Stanley, 73.68%. 6, Steve Stricker, 72.92%. 7, Harris English, 72.50%. 8 (tie), David Toms, John Senden and Steve Marino, 72.22%.
Total Driving
1, John Rollins, 54. 2 (tie), John Senden and Bo Van Pelt, 67. 4, Graham DeLaet, 72. 5, Tom Gillis, 73. 6, Chad Campbell, 74. 7 (tie), Rod Pampling and Jason Dufner, 78. 9, Jason Kokrak, 80. 10, Rickie Fowler, 83.
Strokes Gained – Putting
1, Ben Crane, 1.534. 2, Martin Flores, 1.443. 3, Billy Hurley III, 1.145. 4, Scott McCarron, 1.143. 5, Aaron Baddeley, 1.140. 6, Johnson Wagner, 1.131. 7, Chris Riley, 1.079. 8, Rory Sabbatini, 1.072. 9, D.J. Trahan, .996. 10, Y.E. Yang, .987.
Birdie Average
1, Steve Stricker, 5.13. 2, Ben Crane, 4.93. 3, Robert Garrigus, 4.77. 4, Ryan Moore, 4.67. 5, Bo Van Pelt, 4.64. 6, David Toms, 4.60. 7, Martin Laird, 4.59. 8 (tie), Webb Simpson and Kyle Stanley, 4.58. 10, Johnson Wagner, 4.55.
Eagles (Holes per)
1 (tie), Ben Crane and Steve Wheatcroft, 36.0. 3, Danny Lee, 48.0. 4 (tie), Gary Woodland and Bobby Gates, 54.0. 6, Brian Harman, 63.0. 7, 11 tied with 72.0.
Sand Save Percentage
1, Steve Stricker, 73.33%. 2, Jonas Blixt, 72.00%. 3 (tie), Sean O’Hair and K.J. Choi, 66.67%. 5, Brian Gay, 65.22%. 6, Keegan Bradley, 64.71%. 4 Tied With Michael Bradley, 64.29%.
All-Around Ranking
1, Keegan Bradley, 242. 2, Ben Crane, 251. 3, Kyle Stanley, 280. 4, Brandt Snedeker, 305. 5, John Huh, 336. 6, John Rollins, 359. 7, Bubba Watson, 365. 8, Steve Stricker, 368. 9 (tie), Harrison Frazar and Carl Pettersson, 374.
PGA TOUR Official Money Leaders
1, Kyle Stanley, (5), $1,843,515. 2, Phil Mickelson, (5), $1,789,931. 3, Johnson Wagner, (5), $1,636,798. 4, Bill Haas, (5), $1,616,659. 5, Brandt Snedeker, (4), $1,337,879. 6, Mark Wilson, (5), $1,168,343. 7, Steve Stricker, (2), $1,142,000. 8, Ben Crane, (4), $980,600. 9, Keegan Bradley, (5), $941,217. 10, Martin Laird, (5), $770,539.
LPGA TOUR STATISTICS
Scoring
1, Ai Miyazato, 67.50. 2, Amy Yang, 68.50. 3, Shanshan Feng, 69.50. 4, Yani Tseng, 70.00. 5, Jiyai Shin, 70.63. 6, Stacy Lewis, 70.88. 7, Mika Miyazato, 71.00. 8, Jenny Shin, 71.13. 9, Three tied with 71.25.
Driving Distance
1, Brittany Lincicome, 296.0. 2, Paige Mackenzie, 278.5. 3, Brittany Lang, 277.0. 4 (tie), Hee Young Park and Vicky Hurst, 276.5. 6, Lexi Thompson, 275.0. 7 (tie), Sophie Gustafson, Jessica Korda and Pernilla Lindberg, 274.0. 10, Wendy Doolan, 272.5.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
1, So Yeon Ryu, 80.60%. 2, Karine Icher, 77.80%. 3, Lorie Kane, 76.40%. 4, Karin Sjodin, 75.00%. 5, Alison Walshe, 73.60%. 6 (tie), Sarah Kemp and Cydney Clanton, 72.20%. 8, Nine tied with 69.40%.
Birdie Average
1, Yani Tseng, 5.25. 2, Jiyai Shin, 4.25. 3 (tie), Jimin Kang and Stacy Lewis, 4.00. 5 (tie), Mina Harigae and Jenny Shin, 3.88. 7, Lexi Thompson, 3.75. 8 (tie), Kristy McPherson and Hee Kyung Seo, 3.50. 10, Two tied with 3.38.
Eagle Average
1, Tiffany Joh, 0.38. 2 (tie), Yani Tseng, Stacy Lewis and Caroline Hedwall, 0.25. 5, 19 tied with 0.25.
Sand Save Percentage
1, Jiyai Shin, 80.00%. 2 (tie), Jenny Shin and Beatriz Recari, 75.00%. 4, Sandra Gal, 72.73%. 5, Azahara Munoz, 68.42%. 6 (tie), Lexi Thompson, Dori Carter, Sun Young Yoo, Tiffany Joh and Numa Gulyanamitta, 66.67%.
Rounds Under Par
1 (tie), Amy Yang, Ai Miyazato and Shanshan Feng, 1.000. 4 (tie), Jenny Shin and Stacy Lewis, .750. 6 (tie), Jiyai Shin, Yani Tseng, Anna Nordqvist and Suzann Pettersen, .625. 10, 21 tied with .500.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with OF Manny Ramirez on a minor league contract.
TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with LHP Neal Cotts on a minor league contract.
National League
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Tim Dillard, RHP Marco Estrada, RHP Mike McClendon, RHP Mark Rogers and C Martin Maldonado on one-year contracts.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Placed INF Gustavo Nunez on the 60-day DL.
American Association
EL PASO DIABLOS—Released LHP Adam Rowe.
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS—Signed OF Nic Jackson.
Frontier League
LONDON RIPPERS—Signed INF Brad Agustin, INF Josh Federico and INF Rafael Ortega.
LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS—Signed 3B Jason Taylor to a contract extension.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS—Traded RHP Erik Draxton to Abilene (NAL) for RHP Alex Casillas.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS—Named Tim Ferguson pitching coach. Traded INF Trevor Bloom, INF Scott Lawson and RHP Ryan Turner to San Angelo (NAL) for RHP Corey Goudeau, SS Clint Stroud and RHP Andy Wells. Signed 1B Michael Bando and RHP Alfredo Caballero.
North American League
SAN ANGELO COLTS—Traded RHP Josh Giles, RHP Alex Casillas, RHP Sean Keeler and INF Brandon Jones to Abilene for future considerations.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA—Suspended Boston G Rajon Rondo two games for throwing a ball at an official and striking him in the chest during a Feb. 19 game at Detroit.
HOUSTON ROCKETS—Recalled F Marcus Morris from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).
SAN ANTONIO SPURS—Signed F Eric Dawson to a 10-day contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Agreed to terms with CB Stanford Routt on a three-year contract.
NBA Development League
RIO GRANDE VALLEY VIPERS—Acquired a 2012 third-round draft pick from Canton, sent F Ernest Scott to Reno and Canton received F Terrance Thomas from Reno.
Arena Football League
ARIZONA RATTLERS—Signed QB Nick Davila.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES—Recalled G Mike Murphy from Charlotte (AHL).
MINNESOTA WILD—Reassigned F Jeff Taffe to Houston (AHL).
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned G Ben Bishop to Peoria (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled F Trevor Smith from Norfolk (AHL).
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Sent D Keith Aulie to Toronto (AHL).
Central Hockey League
ALLEN AMERICANS—Placed F John May on waivers. Announced D Tyler Ludwig was assigned to the team by San Antonio (AHL).
EVANSVILLE ICEMEN—Announced F Mike Sgroi was activated from league suspension.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
SOCCER UNITED MARKETING—Named Maribeth Towers senior vice president of consumer products.
DC UNITED—Signed MF Dwayne De Rosario.
COLLEGE
ALABAMA—Suspended junior basketball F Tony Mitchell for the rest of the season. Reinstated senior basketball F JaMychal Green.
HAMLINE—Announced the resignation of athletic director Bob Beeman at the end of the school year.
AUTO RACING
DAYTONA 500 LINEUP
After Sunday qualifying; race Sunday
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 194.738.
2. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 194.087.
Failed to qualify
(88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 194.028.
(9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 193.999.
(13) Casey Mears, Ford, 193.844.
(24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 193.803.
(56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 193.665.
(6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 193.665.
(21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 193.615.
(14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 193.607.
(55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 193.503.
(48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 193.449.
(43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 193.382.
(27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 193.374.
(34) David Ragan, Ford, 193.249.
(17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 193.245.
(39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 193.224.
(22) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 193.121.
(2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 192.992.
(29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 192.914.
(20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 192.868.
(15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota.
(31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 192.777.
(42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 192.6.
(5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 192.583.
(26) Tony Raines, Ford, 192.534.
(30) David Stremme, Toyota, 191.963.
(18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 191.873.
(1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 191.84.
(10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 191.738.
(09) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, 191.567.
(32) Terry Labonte, Ford, 191.522.
(36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 191.506.
(51) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 191.363.
