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SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2017
C SECTION
DA I LY N E W S • W E D N E S DAY, M A R C H 1 , 2 0 1 7
PREP BASEBALL
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Golden State 119, Philadelphia 108
Columbus
61 39 16 6 84 199 146
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power and
Toronto 92, New York 91
Pittsburgh
61 38 15 8 84 213 171
while allowing four hits in the first game) has been
Atlanta 114, Boston 98
N.Y. Rangers 63 40 21 2 82 207 168
hat made
Dallas 96, Miami 89
N.Y. Islanders 61 29 22 10 68 180 182
, at
throwing very well for us every time she is on the
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Indiana 117, Houston 108
Philadelphia 62 29 26 7 65 161 187
mound,” Semento said. “We have a good shot at winntinues New
to Jersey 62 25 25 12 62 145 180 Minnesota 102, Sacramento 88
Tuesday’s Games
Carolina
59 25 25 9 59 148 171
ning every time she takes the mound. And Chris (one
ort.
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Washington 112, Golden State 108
WESTERN CONFERENCE
West
walk, three strikeouts and 10 hits scattered for the
Detroit 120, Portland 113, OT
Central Division
Denver 125, Chicago 107
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second-game win) has been throwing very well of
workedMinnesota
so
Memphis 130, Phoenix 112
61 41 14 6 88 209 147
late. The other teams are not hitting the ball hard at
d push the
Oklahoma City 109, Utah 106
Chicago
62 39 18 5 83 187 159
Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Nashville
63 32 22 9 73 188 177
all. Everyone is gaining more confidence behind our
new
Wednesday’s Games
St. Louis
62 31 26 5 67 173 179
pitchers and it’s nice to have that happening.”
rs couldWinnipeg
New York at Orlando, 7 p.m.
64 28 30 6 62 189 205
The Vikings got a big boost when Marissa Huggins
Dallas at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas
63 25 28 10 60 176 203
Philadelphia at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado
61 17 41 3 37 121 203
delivered a grand slam over the right-field fence in
lot of fun.
Washington at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Pacific Division
the second inning, her first career college home run.
Cleveland at Boston, 8 p.m.
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
ldup. The
Denver at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
San Jose
61 36 18 7 79 170 145
Selena Bezares added a solo home run during a
gavorite Edmonton
Detroit at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
64 34 22 8 76 183 167
three-run fifth inning, her fourth of the season.
“Felt
like
it
ks
Indiana at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Anaheim
63 32 21 10 74 162 161
Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m.
Calgary
64 34 26 4 72 171 178
Marasa was 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Kayla
orts in some
Brooklyn at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.
Los Angeles 63 30 27 6 66 155 158
Kight was 2-for-4 and Maegan Stone finished 2-for-4
ed
ity like Vancouver 61 26 29 6 58 143 176 Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
62 22 33 7 51 149 200
with a run scored. Taylor Nilsson, Sydney Shows,
don’t Arizona
Golden State at Chicago, 8 p.m.
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point
Jessie Grissom and Brittany Lewis added solo hits
n’t really
Charlotte at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
for overtime loss.
y, at
for the Vikings in the opener.
Oklahoma City at Portland, 10:30
just feltMonday’s Games
p.m.
Montreal 4, New Jersey 3, OT
With the game tied at 3-3 in the second game, the
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 1
Vikings took the lead in the third when Bezares hit a
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Cleveland at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Minnesota 5, Los Angeles 4, OT
Miami at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
forceout that scored Stone and Nilsson delivered a
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New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Washington 4, N.Y. Rangers 1
ndouble to score Bezares.
ts — three,
Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.
Boston 4, Arizona 1
L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia 4, Colorado 0
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m
Brooklyn at Utah, 9 p.m.
Montreal 1, Columbus 0, OT
out in the fifth, but Marasa got out of trouble with a
Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Florida 3, Carolina 2, SO
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San Antonio at New Orleans, 9:30
strikeout and a flyout.
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p.m.
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Boston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Dallas 3, Pittsburgh 2
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ch,
Detroit at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
2-for-3 with two RBI. Stone, Grissom and Bezares
ag delays.
Toronto at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
COLLEGE
Wednesday’s Games
added solo hits.
with drivCarolina at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Men’s basketball scores
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Army 74, American U. 58
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Loyola (Md.) 67, Lafayette 64
out last Thursday. Starting time is 4 p.m.
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Maryland 79, Rutgers 59
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Ohio St. 71, Penn St. 70
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Providence 73, DePaul 64
Seton Hall 62, Georgetown 59
SOUTH
Campbell 81, Presbyterian 62
Charleston Southern 79, Longwood
74
Davidson 68, St. Bonaventure 63
Duke 75, Florida St. 70
Georgia Tech 61, Pittsburgh 52
Kentucky 73, Vanderbilt 67
South Carolina 63, Mississippi St.
57
MIDWEST
Ball St. 82, Toledo 74
Buffalo 83, Ohio 79
Creighton 82, St. John’s 68
E. Michigan 109, Cent. Michigan 81
Iowa St. 86, Oklahoma St. 83
Kent St. 74, Bowling Green 67
Miami (Ohio) 79, Akron 75
SPORTS BRIEFS
NFL
Two star running backs available
The free agent marketplace gained two big
names at running back, lost the prime quarterback potentially available, and saw two top
defenders removed from the grab bag.
Nine days before the free-for-all begins, Adrian
Peterson was told his $18 million option would not
be picked up by the Vikings, and Jamaal Charles
out walks and a two-out single into
the game’s only run in the bottom of
the eighth, beating Palatka 1-0 in a
District 5-6A game in Starke.
The Panthers (0-3, 0-1) got six
scoreless innings from starting pitcher Cody Mills, who struck out eight,
walked one and allowed two hits.
Chandler Mullis (0-1) threw a scoreless seventh, but paid for the eighthinning walks.
See BASEBALL, Page 2C
Jackson,
Duke down
Seminoles
BY JOEDY MCCREARY
Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C. — One of Duke’s
shortest players kept finding ways to
score on No. 15 Florida State’s long,
tall defenders.
Freshman guard Frank Jackson —
all 6-foot-3 of him — drove the lane,
shot 3-pointers over the Seminoles’
outstretched fingertips and gave the
17th-ranked Blue Devils all the cushion they needed.
Jackson scored a season-best 22
points and Duke beat Florida State
75-70 on Tuesday night.
“Change of pace, a lot of shot fakes,
floaters,” Jackson said. “They really
were athletic, just a big team. I think
the first time we played them, we kind
of didn’t know what to expect. This
time around, we were able to study, we
progressively got better as the season
went along.”
Amile Jefferson, playing in his final
game at Cameron Indoor Stadium,
added 14 points and 11 rebounds while
Luke Kennard finished with 17 points
for the Blue Devils (23-7, 11-6 Atlantic
Coast Conference).
Jayson Tatum added 15 points for
Duke, which avenged a 16-point loss
last month in Tallahassee, held
Florida State 14 points below its scoring average and snapped a two-game
losing streak that cost the Blue Devils