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Weekend SAT—Wrestling — Tim Brown Memorial in Sacramento SAT— NBA— Warriors at Clippers, 7:30 p.m., CSNB Australian Open — SAT, 9 p.m., SUN, 4 p.m., ESPN2 PGA— Bob Hope Classic, SATand SUN, 1 p.m. TGC SUN—NFLPlayoffs — Packers at Bears, Noon, FOX SUN—NFL Playoffs —Jets at Steelers, 3:30 p.m., CBS Sports 1B Weekend January 22-23, 2011 Back on their game Red Bluff 47 Lassen 50 The Lady Spartans played their best game of the year, Thursday night, according to coach Kathy Brandt, but still came up on the wrong end of a 50-47 score. Red Bluff shot 32 percent from the field for the game and held a 22-18 halftime lead, before hitting a slump in the third quarter. Lassen outscored Red Bluff 19--9 in the third, but the Spartans fought back. Roxy Luppino hit one of her five 3-pointers with a minute left to pull the Spartans within two points at 48-46. Luppino stole the inbound pass and was fouled. She con- verted one free throw to make it 48-47. Cori Schatz then stole the ball back for Red Bluff, but a Luppino 10-footer rimmed out and Lassen made a pair of free throws to seal the game with seven seconds left. “It was a heart breaker for our team as it would have been nice to get the win,” Brandt said. Lottie Jones had the best game of her career, hitting her first four shots and finishing the first half 6-for-9 from the field. She ended the game with 18 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Luppino finished with 18 points and never came out of the game. Morgan Weaver held Ashley Wilson in check with 0 points. The last time Wilson played Red Bluff she had 22 points. Daily News photo by Rich Greene Storm Lewis drives to the basket in the third quarter of Friday night’s game against Lassen. Spartans find shooting touch, snap skid BOYS HOOPS behind the arc. Lassen 46 Red Bluff 54 By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor Storm Lewis rained in four first half 3-pointers and the Spartans held off the visiting Lassen Grizzlies for a 54-46 win, Friday night, snapping an eight- game losing streak. “In warm ups all I did was shoot free throws and right before the game started — I just felt it,” Lewis said. “When the first one went in — I just kept shooting.” A month’s worth of poor shooting went away in a flash, Friday, as Lewis and the Spartans found their rhythm Kings 112 Warriors 119 OT OAKLAND (AP) — Monta Ellis scored 28 points, including a tying jumper in the final second of regulation, and the Golden State Warriors stunned the Sacramento Kings again in a 119-112 overtime victory Friday night. Stephen Curry had 34 points and David Lee fin- ished with 22 points and 10 rebounds to help the Warriors win four straight for the first time in three seasons. They also beat the Kings in overtime in their previous meeting. Tyreke Evans had a career-high 35 points and DeMarcus Cousins scored 21 in the latest setback in a miserable season for the Kings. They have lost seven of eight and own the Western Conference’s worst record at 9-32. This one might really sting, too. Sacramento seemed to have the game in hand until another late collapse. After the Kings went ahead 99-90, Curry made a 3-pointer and then an acro- batic three-point play over Beno Udrih to bring the roaring home fans to their feet. Dorell Wright followed with a fast-break layup, and Lee’s free throw tied the game at 99 with about 2 minutes left in regula- Ian Hill nailed a trio of 3-pointers and Zane Medeiros and Carlos Tapia also connected from long range. The Spartans built up a 15-point lead in the third period, but slowly Lassen chipped away at it. With 4:30 remaining in the game, Lassen was down just 44-40. Hill responded by hitting a three, from the top of the arc. Then Medeiros got the Spartans the ball back with one of his several key fourth quarter steals. Lewis found a wide-open Jonah McInnis who was fouled and convert- ed one free throw to boost the Spartans lead up to 48-40. From there Medeiros and the Spar- tans defense sealed the game and Mitch Robison and Tapia made enough free throws down the stretch to night. cement the win. Red Bluff improved to 5-12 overall and picked up their first win since mid- December at the Holiday Classic. Robison, Dereak Webster and the Spartans bench played vital minutes as Lewis and McInnis both fouled out down the stretch. Lewis finished with a game-high 14 points. Carlos Tapia added 10. Hill fin- ished with nine, McInnis had eight and Medeiros chipped in with seven points. Lassen was led by 13 points from Jared Bertotti as once again the Spar- tans played solid defense despite being undersized. “We were all on our game today,” Lewis said. Wednesday. The Spartans host Oroville on Warriors top Kings for 4th straight win “This was a big step forward for our team even though we didn't come home with the win. Next week with Oroville and Las Plumas on the schedule we're hoping to finally get a league win,” Brandt said. Hamilton 62 Los Molinos 24 The Lady Bulldogs fell 62-24 to Hamilton Thursday Los Molinos fell to 4-10 on the season. BASKETBALL Boys: Redding Christian 54 Mercy 57 Girls: Redding Christian 64 Mercy 44 The Mercy boys battled back from a 10-point deficit to defeat Redding Christian on homecoming. The Lady Warriors couldn’t overcome a slow start and fell 64-44 to Redding Christian as Rachel Martin led the Lady Lions with 29 points. Maggie Keller scored 14 points and had 18 rebounds to lead Mercy. Camille Crowley returned from a midweek ill- ness to score eight points and grab seven rebounds. Diana Van Ert scored 11 for Mercy. Coach Jim Wilson also praised the play of Michelle Jaramillo and his bench during a strong second half. Scoreboard NFL PLAYOFFS Conference Championships Sunday’s games Green Bay at Chicago, Noon, FOX N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m., CBS NBA Friday’s results Golden State 119, Sacramento 112,OT Boston 110, Utah 86 L.A. Lakers 107, Denver 97 Memphis 115, Houston 110 Milwaukee 102, Cleveland 88 New Jersey 89, Detroit 74 New Orleans 100, Atlanta 59 Orlando 112, Toronto 72 Phoenix 109, Washington 91 San Antonio 101, New York 92 Saturday’s games Golden State at Clippers,7:30 p.m.,CSNB Atlanta at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Boston at Washington, 4 p.m. Dallas at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Utah at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m., NBATV Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m., WGN New York at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. San Antonio at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Memphis at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Indiana at Portland, 7 p.m. Sunday’s game Indiana at Denver, 5 p.m. Thursday’s late result Portland 108, L.A. Clippers 93 MCT photo Reggie Williams and Donte Green fight for a rebound, Friday night. tion. Then Evans, who has been slowed much of this season with plantar fasci- itis in his left foot, chan- neled some of that magic from a year ago. His pull-up jumper gave Sacramento the lead, but some missed free throws cost the Kings dearly. That and Ellis. He made a 3-pointer to trim the deficit to one, then got another chance after Pooh Jeter missed his sec- ond free throw. Ellis whit- tled the clock down, drib- bling before making a jumper just behind the free throw line over Evans with 0.9 seconds remaining to force overtime. That was all Golden State needed. Ellis made a pair of layups early in OT to help the Warriors run away with another improbable come- back victory over Sacra- mento. They also rallied past the Kings in the previ- ous meeting on Vladimir Radmanovic’s buzzer- beating 3-pointer at the end of regulation. Golden State eventually won 117- 109 in overtime. The Warriors are mak- ing the most of a huge home stretch. They have won four of their first five games in a crucial part of their sched- ule that features 13 of 14 games at home, the latest giving them four consecu- tive wins for the first time since March 2008. NCAA Thursday’s late Top 25 result No. 20 Washington 85, Arizona 68 Friday’s Top 25results No games scheduled Saturday’s Top 25 games No.1Ohio State at No.23 Illinois, 9 a.m., CBS No.2 Kansas vs.No.10 Texas, 1 p.m., CBS No.3 Syracuse vs.No.7 Villanova, 9 a.m., ESPN No. 4 Duke at Wake Forest, 1 p.m., ESPN No. 5 Pittsburgh at DePaul, 1 p.m. No. 8 Connecticut vs.Tennessee, 11 a.m. No. 9 BYU at Colorado State, 6 p.m. No.11 Texas A&M vs.Kan.St., 11 a.m., ESPN No.12 Kentucky at S.Carolina, 3 p.m., ESPN No. 13 Missouri vs. Iowa State, 6 p.m. No.14 Purdue vs.No.17 Mich.St., 6 p.m., ESPN No. 15 Minnesota at Michigan, 4 p.m. No.16 Notre Dame vs. Marquette, 4 p.m. No. 19 Louisville at Providence, 2 p.m. No.20 Wash.vs.Arizona St., 1 p.m., CSNB No. 22 Saint Mary’s at Vanderbilt, 11 a.m. No. 25 Cincinnati at St. John’s, 1 p.m. Saturday’s other televised games Ark.-Little Rock at Fla.Atlantic, 10 a.m., ESPN2 Stanford at UCLA, 11 a.m., CBS Temple at Xavier, Noon, ESPN2 New Mexico at UNLV, 1 p.m., VS Creighton at Missouri St., 2 p.m., ESPN2 Oregon at Oregon St., 3 p.m., CSNB Portland at Santa Clara, 3 p.m., CSNC Memphis at UAB, 4 p.m., ESPN2 Gonzaga at San Francisco, 5 p.m., CSNC Sunday’s Top 25 games No.18 Wisconsin at Northwestern, 9:30 a.m. No.21 West Virginia vs.South Florida, 11 a.m. NHL Friday’s results Calgary 7, Dallas 4 Montreal 7, Ottawa 1 N.Y. Islanders 5, Buffalo 2 Tampa Bay 2, Florida 1, SO Saturday’s games Minnesota at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.,CSNC New Jersey at Philadelphia, 10 a.m., CSNB Chicago at Detroit, 11 a.m. Boston at Colorado, Noon Anaheim at Montreal, 4 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Washington at Toronto, 4 p.m., NHLN Columbus at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Sunday’s games Philadelphia at Chicago, 9:30 a.m., NBC Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, Noon Florida at New Jersey, Noon Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 2 p.m. Nashville at Edmonton, 5 p.m. Thursday’s late results San Jose 2,Vancouver 1, SO Dallas 4, Edmonton 2 Nashville 5, Colorado 1 Phoenix 2, Los Angeles 0 PGA Bob Hope Classic At p-PGA West, Arnold Palmer Private Course (6,950 yards) At n-PGA West, Jack Nicklaus Private Course (6,924 yards) At l-La Quinta Country Club (7,060 yards) At s-SilverRock Resort, Palmer Course (7,403 yards) La Quinta Purse: $5 million Third Round Leaders Jhonattan Vegas 64p-67n-67s— 198 -18 Gary Woodland 65s-69l-64n— 198 -18 Greg Chalmers 67n-67p-65l— 199 -17 Martin Laird 68l-68s-64p— 200 -16 Chris Couch 67l-65s-69p— 201 -15 Keegan Bradley 66n-67p-68l— 201 -15 Jeff Overton 69n-65p-67l— 201 -15 Chris Kirk Charles Howell III 66n-66p-70l— 202 -14 Jerry Kelly Red Bluff American Legion American Legion sign-ups will be held today from 10 a.m. to noon at Red Bluff Union High School in front of the gym. Prospective players need to have $50 to sign-up. If you can’t attend call Coach Bono- mini at 529-3320 and leave a message. Tehama Tracker GIRLS HOOPS 69l-68s-64p— 201 -15 67l-68s-67p— 202 -14