For the Record: 1/2/2013
BY Staff Reports
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
1/02/13 at 2:58 AM
Basketball
NBA D-League
Central Division
|
W |
L |
Pct |
GB |
| Texas |
9 |
5 |
.643 |
- |
| Tulsa |
8 |
5 |
.615 |
1/2 |
| Sioux Falls |
8 |
6 |
.571 |
1 |
| Austin |
7 |
7 |
.500 |
2 |
| Rio Grande Valley |
6 |
7 |
.462 |
2 1/2 |
| Iowa |
5 |
7 |
.417 |
3 |
West Division
| Santa Cruz |
9 |
2 |
.818 |
- |
| Bakersfield |
9 |
6 |
.600 |
2 |
| Los Angeles |
5 |
6 |
.455 |
4 |
| Reno |
4 |
7 |
.364 |
5 |
| Idaho |
2 |
12 |
.143 |
8 1/2 |
East Division
| Maine |
10 |
5 |
.667 |
- |
| Erie |
7 |
5 |
.583 |
1 1/2 |
| Canton |
8 |
8 |
.500 |
2 1/2 |
| Fort Wayne |
5 |
10 |
.333 |
5 |
| Springfield |
4 |
8 |
.333 |
4 1/2 |
Tuesday
Santa Cruz 109, Sioux Falls 93
Wednesday
No games scheduled
Thursday
Idaho at Austin, 1 p.m.
Canton at Springfield, 6 p.m.
Santa Cruz at Fort Wayne, 6 p.m.
College: Men
EAST
Stony Brook 50, Manhattan 44
SOUTH
Clemson 92, The Citadel 51
FAU 61, Hofstra 57
Maryland 81, IUPUI 63
Roanoke 96, William Peace 76
Presbyterian 77, Montreat 35
MIDWEST
Iowa St. 80, Yale 70
College: Women
STATE/AREA
USAO 68, Texas Weselyan 58
AP TOP 25
No. 24 Texas A&M 80, Rice 57
SOUTH
VCU 82, Maine 47
Summary
No. 24 TEXAS A&M 80, RICE 57
| Rice |
30 |
27 |
- |
57 |
| Texas A&M |
49 |
31 |
- |
80 |
Rice (8-5): Goswitz 0, Maduka 7, Kuster 18, Porter 7, Palmer 15, Allen 0, Shafer 0, Adetula 0, Moussa 0, Gumbs 2, Lang 1, Rogers 7.
Texas A&M (10-4): Williams 8, Bone 24, Bellock 12, Pratcher 11, Walker 6, Scott 2, Little 0, Jones 5, Gilbert 12.
Poll
USA Today/ESPN Women's Top 25
The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN Women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 31, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
|
Record |
Pts |
Pvs |
| 1. Connecticut (31) |
12-0 |
775 |
2 |
| 2. Baylor |
10-1 |
732 |
3 |
| 3. Stanford |
11-1 |
707 |
1 |
| 4. Duke |
11-0 |
691 |
4 |
| 5. Notre Dame |
11-1 |
654 |
5 |
| 6. Kentucky |
12-1 |
623 |
6 |
| 7. California |
10-1 |
579 |
8 |
| 8. Maryland |
10-2 |
548 |
9 |
| 9. Penn State |
10-2 |
501 |
10 |
| 10. Louisville |
12-2 |
461 |
12 |
| 11. Georgia |
12-1 |
459 |
7 |
| 12. Oklahoma State |
11-0 |
434 |
13 |
| 13. Tennessee |
9-3 |
408 |
15 |
| 14. Purdue |
11-2 |
365 |
11 |
| 15. South Carolina |
12-1 |
349 |
16 |
| 16. Oklahoma |
10-2 |
290 |
17 |
| 17. UCLA |
9-2 |
252 |
18 |
| 18. Dayton |
12-1 |
214 |
14 |
| 19. Nebraska |
10-3 |
183 |
19 |
| 20. Kansas |
9-2 |
166 |
20 |
| 21. Florida State |
11-1 |
140 |
25 |
| 22. Texas A&M |
9-4 |
134 |
22 |
| 23. North Carolina |
13-1 |
101 |
23 |
| 24. Ohio State |
10-3 |
99 |
24 |
| 25. Colorado |
11-0 |
60 |
NR |
Others receiving votes: Iowa State 39; Syracuse 25; Arkansas 23; Miami (Fla.) 17; Toledo 10; Texas-El Paso 9; Vanderbilt 7; Kansas State 6; Iowa 4; Texas 3; DePaul 2; South Florida 2; West Virginia 2; Gonzaga 1.
Hockey
CHL
|
W |
L |
OTL |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
| Allen |
21 |
5 |
2 |
44 |
101 |
68 |
| Wichita |
19 |
10 |
3 |
41 |
111 |
84 |
| Denver |
18 |
11 |
3 |
39 |
102 |
88 |
| Missouri |
16 |
11 |
4 |
36 |
107 |
106 |
| Rapid City |
15 |
12 |
5 |
35 |
80 |
88 |
| Fort Worth |
15 |
12 |
4 |
34 |
86 |
92 |
| Bloomington |
16 |
13 |
1 |
33 |
118 |
109 |
| Arizona |
13 |
15 |
4 |
30 |
90 |
103 |
| Quad City |
13 |
14 |
3 |
29 |
80 |
95 |
| Tulsa |
9 |
20 |
3 |
21 |
88 |
130 |
NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Overtime or shootout losses are only denoted in the OT column, not the loss column.
Wednesday
Wichita at Quad City, 7:05 p.m.
Friday
Arizona at Bloomington, 6:05 p.m.
Denver at Quad City, 6:05 p.m.
Rapid City at Fort Worth, 6:05 p.m.
Tulsa at Allen, 6:05 p.m.
Wichita at Missouri, 6:05 p.m.
Tennis
ITF Hyundai Hopman Cup
At Perth, Australia
Round Robin: Group B
United States 2, France 1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, def. John Isner, United States, 6-3, 6-2.
Venus Williams, United States, def. Mathilde Johansson, France, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Williams and Isner, United States, def. Johansson and Tsonga, France, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 10-8.
ATP: Qatar ExxonMobil Open
At Doha, Qatar
Singles: First Round
Mikhail Youzhny (4), Russia, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1.
Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Pablo Andujar (8), Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (2).
Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
Mohamed Safwat, Egypt, def. Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa, Qatar, 6-0, 6-0.
Daniel Brands, Germany, def. Jeremy Chardy (5), France, 6-4, 6-4.
Gael Monfils, France, def. Mousa Shanan Zayed, Qatar, 6-0, 6-3.
Richard Gasquet (2), France, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4.
Tobias Kamke, Germany, def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 6-1, 6-2.
David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Feliciano Lopez (7), Spain, 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles: First Round
Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, and Grega Zemlja, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-3.
Julian Knowle, Austria, and Filip Polasek (2), Slovakia, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, and Ivan Dodig, Croatia, 6-7 (1), 6-3, 10-8.
Fabio Fognini, Italy, and David Marrero, Spain, def. Abdulrahman Harib and Mousa Shanan Zayed, Qatar, 6-1, 6-1.
Dustin Brown, Germany, and Jonathan Marray, Britain, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, and Albert Ramos, Spain, 6-2, 7-5.
Brisbane International
At Brisbane, Australia
SINGLES
Men: First Round
Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Martin Klizan (8), Slovakia, 6-1, 6-2.
John Millman, Australia, def. Tatsuma Ito, Japan, 6-4, 6-1.
Alejandro Falla, Colombia, def. Jesse Levine, United States, 6-1, 7-6 (8).
Tommy Robredo, Spain, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Jurgen Melzer (7), Austria, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
David Goffin, Belgium, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-2, 6-2.
Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Brian Baker, United States, 6-3, 7-6 (8).
Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Women: Second Round
Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. Sara Errani (5), Italy, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Petra Kvitova (6), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5.
Ksenia Pervak, Kazakhstan, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6).
Serena Williams (3), United States, def. Alize Cornet, France, 6-2, 6-2.
DOUBLES
Men: First Round
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, and Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (3), Colombia, 6-3, 6-3.
Alejandro Falla and Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. Florian Mayer and Frank Moser, Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Marcelo Melo, Brazil, and Tommy Robredo, Spain, def. Matthew Ebden and Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-4, 6-3.
Women: First Round
Liezel Huber, United States, and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (2), Spain, def. Eva Birnerova and Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.
Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Kveta Peschke (4), Czech Republic, def. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, and Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spain, 1-6, 6-4, 10-8.
Jarmila Gajdosova and Olivia Rogowska, Australia, def. Natalie Grandin, South Africa, and Vladimira Uhlirova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (1), Italy, def. Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Katalin Marosi, Hungary, 6-2, 6-4.
WTA: ASB Classic
At Auckland, New Zealand
Singles: First Round
Heather Watson, Britain, def. Sorana Cirstea (5), Romania, 6-3, retired.
Yaroslava Shvedova (6), Kazakhstan, def. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, Spain, 6-3, 6-2.
Romina Oprandi, Switzerland, def. Nudnida Luangnam, Thailand, 6-0, 6-2.
Mona Barthel (8), Germany, def. Grace Min, United States, 6-1, 6-3.
Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, def. Greta Arn, Hungary, 6-2, 6-2.
Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Stephanie Dubois, Canada, 6-2, 6-1.
Julia Goerges (2), Germany, def. Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles: First Round
Cara Black, South Africa, and Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, and Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-2, 6-3.
Irina Falconi and Maria Sanchez, United States, def. Cagla Buyukakcay, Turkey, and Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-3, 3-6, 10-5.
Julie Coin, France, and Marie-Eve Pelletier, Canada, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, and Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-4, 6-2.
Liga Dekmeijere, Latvia, and Megan Moulton-Levy (3), United States, def. Simona Halep, Romania, and Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 6-4, 7-5.
Yulia Beygelzimer, Ukraine, and Julia Glushko, Israel, def. Abigail Guthrie and Emma Hayman, New Zealand, 6-2, 7-5.
Bowling
Locals
MEN'S 300
Sheridan: Clayton Wise 300, Mark Funderburk 300.
MEN'S 700
Broken Arrow: Greg Martin 729.
Sahoma: Rick Long 743.
Sheridan: Clayton Wise 783, David Limekiller 756, Josh Holmes 720, Mark Funderburk 722, Matt Allen 720, Tracy Patterson 743.
WOMEN'S 600
Andy B's: Tonya Bennett 676, Janey Hughey 602.
Sahoma: Debbie Mathews 680-641-627-656-603, Christy Blackburn 617.
Sheridan: Karren Drysdale 613.
SENIORS
Sahoma: Ed Miller 647-631, Howard King 621, Freddie Reeves 617-550, Chuck Bowen 619-617, Don Seanard 613-593, Gary Miller 594, Chester Collins 593, Paul Milford 581, Ron Hillsberry 581, Ken Gibson 579, Paul Pearcy 572, Paul Pearcy 567, Steve Cassidy 563, Dave Strong 560, Ken Miller 560-550, Doug Richmond 556, Larry Mullins 556, Tom Hodges 552, Betty Smith 554, Mary Ann Duke 537, Patsy Muly 545-519-531, Jan King 505.
Sheridan: Dave Stehm 673, Barry Gardner 622, Barry Slodek 633, Bill Broaddrick 666-592, Brian Brinkman 600, CJ Johnson 662, Dave Duncan 594, Don Deatherage 554, Doug Barr 612, Earnie Terrell 664, Frank Catalano 582-577, Fred Boyd 575, Fred Keas 598, George Barnes Jr 637, Gerald Payne 550, Glenn Yandell 582, Henry Anderson 591, Hershel Thompson 567, Jim Umbenhower 553, John Payne 578, Ken Secor 555, Larry Fowler 567, Leon Wilson 649, Lionel Pickens 617, Mark Funderburk 634-555, Milt Whitmarsh 630, Paul Church 592, Robert Jones 661, Rodger Conger 607, Ron Fresh 596-563, Tom Turner 655, Tony Davis 643, Ann Ogan 543, Margaret Snell 520.
YOUTH
Sahoma: Jacob Pilgrim 592, Kyle Biggs 589, Jessica Pollard 543.
Sheridan: Nathaniel Maulsby 574, Joey Biles 556.
JUNIOR GOLD TOURNAMENT
Girls: 1. Haley Williams, Lowell. Ark., 591; 2. Jennifer Kirk, Lowell, Ark., 572; 3. Lauren Tinnin, Moore, 557.
Boys: 1. John Cocks, Norman, 623; 2. Sky Swindell, Moore, 574; 3. Cody Thomas, Siloam Springs, Ark., 572.
Boxing
Fight Schedule
Jan. 4
At Magic City Casino, Miami (ESPN2), Rances Barthelemy vs. Arash Usmanee, 12, junior lightweights; Jonathan Gonzalez vs. Derrick Ennis, 10, junior middleweights; Yunieski Gonzalez vs. Michael Gbenga, 10, light heavyweights.
Jan. 5
At Mexico City: Jesus Silvestre vs. Ganigan Lopez, 12, for Silvestre's WBA interim strawweight title; Edgar Puerta vs. Abraham Rodriguez, 12, junior lightweights.
Jan. 11
At Indian School, Santa Fe, N.M. (ESPN2), John Molina Jr. vs. Dannie Williams, 12, lightweights.
At Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, Calif. (SHO), Ronny Rios vs. Rico Ramos, 10, featherweights.
Jan. 12
At Toluca, Mexico, Adrian Hernandez vs. Dirceu Cabarca, 12, for Hernandez's WBC junior flyweight title.
AP Sportlight
Jan. 2
1961: George Blanda passes for three touchdowns and kicks a field goal and the extra points to give the Houston Oilers a 24-16 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers in the first American Football League championship game.
1966: Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung gain 201 yards on 4 inches of snow at Lambeau Field to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 23-12 victory over the Cleveland Browns and their third championship in five years.
1982: Rolf Benirschke's 29-yard field goal at 13:52 of overtime ends one of the wildest and highest-scoring playoff games as the San Diego Chargers beat the Miami Dolphins 41-38.
1985: UNLV beats Utah State 142-140 in triple overtime as both teams set an NCAA record for total points. The Runnin' Rebels score a record 93 points in the second half, and coach Jerry Tarkanian gets his 600th victory.
1987: No. 2 Penn State beats No. 1 Miami 14-10 in the Fiesta Bowl for the national championship.
1995: Florida State beats Florida 23-17 in the Sugar Bowl to give coach Bobby Bowden an NCAA-record 10 consecutive bowl wins.
1996: No. 1 Nebraska demolishes No. 2 Florida 62-24 in the Fiesta Bowl, making them the first repeat champions in 16 years.
2000: Kurt Warner joins Dan Marino as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with 40 touchdown passes in a season, and Marshall Faulk breaks Barry Sanders' total yardage record in the St. Louis Rams' 38-31 loss to Philadelphia.
2001: Jose Theodore becomes the sixth NHL goalie to score a goal in a regular-season game and stops 32 shots as Montreal blanks the New York Islanders 3-0.
2002: Carolina's Ron Francis becomes the fifth player in NHL history to record 500 goals and 1,000 assists when he scores in the Hurricanes' 6-3 loss to Boston.
2005: The Pittsburgh Steelers win their 14th straight to match the record set by Miami in 1972 and become the fourth team in NFL history to finish 15-1.
2005: Peyton Manning shatters the single-season passer rating record, finishing with a 121.1 rating, well ahead of the 112.8 set by San Francisco's Steve Young in 1994.
2009: Mississippi beats Texas Tech 47-34 in the final Cotton Bowl played in the stadium of the same name. Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell ends up with the most career touchdowns in major college football (four in this game made it 134, breaking the record of 131 set by Hawaii's Colt Brennan) and first player with two 5,000-yard passing seasons.
2009: Utah finishes 13-0 with a 31-17 win over No. 4 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. The Utes are the first team from a non-BCS conference to win two BCS bowls.
2009: Doug Weight has a pair of assists for the New York Islanders in a 5-4 loss to Phoenix to become the eighth American-born player to reach 1,000 points.
2011: Seattle becomes the first sub-.500 division champ in league history with a 16-6 win over St. Louis. The Seahawks finish as champs of the NFC West at 7-9, the first playoff team with a losing record - sans the 1982 strike-shortened season - since the merger in 1970.
TRansactions
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS: Promoted Russ Brandon to president and chief executive officer.
CINCINNATI BENGALS: Signed WR Justin Hilton to the practice squad.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: Signed DL Tracy Robertson to the practice squad.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS: Signed K Billy Cundiff.
HOCKEY
American Hockey League
HAMILTON BULLDOGS: Recalled F Philippe Lefebvre from Wheeling (ECHL).
NORFOLK ADMIRALS: Announced F Corey Elkins was reassigned to Fort Wayne (ECHL). Announced F Luca Caputi and D Nick Schaus were returned to Fort Wayne. Signed G Jeff Deslauriers and F Dan Sexton to professional tryout contracts.
Today's Line
Football
NFL PLAYOFFS
Saturday
| HOUSTON |
4 (43) |
Cincinnati |
| GREEN BAY |
8 (46) |
Minnesota |
Sunday
| BALTIMORE |
6 1/2 (46) |
Indianapolis |
| Seattle |
3 (46) |
WASHINGTON |
Basketball
NBA
| CLEVELAND |
OFF |
Sacramento |
| INDIANA |
10 (183) |
Washington |
| TORONTO |
2 (194) |
Portland |
| Chicago |
4 (185) |
ORLANDO |
| MIAMI |
11 (203) |
Dallas |
| Memphis |
2 1/2 (181) |
BOSTON |
| San Antonio |
5 1/2 (203) |
MILWAUKEE |
| OKLAHOMA CITY |
10 (197) |
Brooklyn |
| HOUSTON |
9 1/2 (202) |
New Orleans |
| PHOENIX |
5 (194) |
Philadelphia |
| UTAH |
1 1/2 (198) |
Minnesota |
| LA Clippers |
1 (201) |
GOLDEN ST |
COLLEGE
| TULSA |
4 |
Buffalo |
| KENTUCKY |
26 |
Eastern Michigan |
| Kent St |
1 1/2 |
CLEVELAND ST |
| OHIO ST |
21 |
Nebraska |
| LOUISVILLE |
18 1/2 |
Providence |
| SYRACUSE |
16 |
Rutgers |
| NC WILMINGTON |
2 |
Towson |
| GEORGIA ST |
1 1/2 |
Drexel |
| OLD DOMINION |
3 |
James Madison |
| Massachusetts |
4 |
MIAMI-OHIO |
| Xavier |
2 1/2 |
WAKE FOREST |
| RICHMOND |
5 |
Air Force |
| BUTLER |
21 |
Pennsylvania |
| VALPARAISO |
8 1/2 |
Loyola Chicago |
| Creighton |
2 |
ILLINOIS ST |
| Wichita St |
5 1/2 |
DRAKE |
| NORTHERN IOWA |
5 |
Indiana St |
| Bradley |
1 1/2 |
SO. ILLINOIS |
| EVANSVILLE |
15 |
Missouri St |
| Wyoming |
4 |
SMU |
| Boise St |
5 |
UT ARLINGTON |
| Florida St |
4 1/2 |
AUBURN |
| VANDERBILT |
6 |
William & Mary |
| CENTRAL FLORIDA |
7 |
South Florida |
| ILL. CHICAGO |
4 |
Youngstown St |
| VILLANOVA |
5 |
St. John's |
| Illinois |
2 1/2 |
PURDUE |
| DEPAUL |
1 |
Seton Hall |
| MIAMI-FLORIDA |
5 1/2 |
La Salle |
| COLORADO ST |
12 |
Utep |
| SANTA CLARA |
8 1/2 |
San Francisco |
| ARIZONA ST |
6 1/2 |
Utah |
| GEORGIA TECH |
20 |
Tenn Chattanooga |
| Duke |
13 |
Davidson |
| ALA-BIRMINGHAM |
13 1/2 |
Georgia Southern |
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