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Saturday Baseball — Corning, Red Bluff at Las Plumas Tournament Baseball — Los Molinos at Biggs Tournament Softball — Corning at Yreka Tournament Softball — Red Bluff at Lassen Tournament SUN— NASCAR— Jeff Byrd 500, 9:30 a.m., FOX Sports 1B Weekend March 19-20, 2011 Madness continues 11 Va. Commonwealth 74 6 Georgetown 56 CHICAGO (AP) — Brandon Rozzell led four players in double fig- ures and VCU made 12 3-pointers to stun Georgetown with a 74-56 win that showed any remaining doubters the Rams do, indeed, belong in the NCAA tournament. Rozzell tied his career high with six 3-pointers and finished with 26 points, while Joey Rodriguez had 17 points and seven assists. Bradford Burgess and Jamie Skeen added 12 each. It is the first time the 11th-seeded Rams (25-11) have won more than one game in the NCAA tournament. Not even the return of point guard Chris Wright could help the sixth-seed- ed Hoyas, who were handed their worst loss in the NCAA tournament since a 24-point drubbing by top-seed- ed UMass in the 1996 East regional finals. Wright, who broke his left hand Feb. 23 in the second half against Cincinnati, had six points on 3-of-13 shooting and just three assists. 11 Marquette 66 6 Xavier 55 CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Johnson-Odum scored 19 points, Jimmy Butler had 15 and Marquette squashed Xavier’s bid for a fourth straight round of 16 appearance. The win was the first in the NCAA tournament for the 11th-seeded Gold- en Eagles (21-14) in two years. The sixth-seeded Musketeers (24-8) and Michigan State were the only two programs to reach the round of 16 each of the last three tournaments. Xavier’s Tu Holloway, the Atlantic 10 player of the year, missed his first seven shots and scored only five points. 10 Florida State 57 7 Texas A&M 50 CHICAGO (AP) — Derwin Kitchen scored 15 points, and the 10th- seeded Seminoles won an NCAA tour- nament game for the first time in 13 years. Bernard James added 10 points, keying a go-ahead run in the second half, and Florida State (22-10) advanced even though star Chris Sin- gleton struggled in his return from a broken right foot, finishing with five points and four fouls. Khris Middleton led Texas A&M (24-9) with 16 points. 12 Memphis 75 5 Arizona 77 TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Derrick Williams had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and blocked a potential tying shot in the final seconds to seal Ari- zona’s win in the second round. Joe Jackson hit the first of two free throws with 5 seconds left, then missed the second to give the 12th-seeded Tigers a shot at the tie. Wesley Wither- spoon grabbed the offensive rebound at the right block, but Williams came over to swat it away and send the Wildcats into a Sunday game. Lamont ‘‘MoMo’’ Jones added 18 points for Arizona (28-7), including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:35 to play. He added two free throws with 7.4 seconds left to make it a three-point game. Antonio Barton led Memphis (25-10) with 17 points, and his brother Will Barton scored 12. 9 Villanova 57 8 George Mason 61 CLEVELAND (AP) — George Mason has another fantastic March story to tell. Luke Hancock hit a 3- pointer with 21 seconds left, capping the Patriots’ comeback and keeping the one-time NCAA tournament darlings playing with a 61-57 win over Villano- va on Friday. Villanova missed its last shot and Mike Morrison slammed home one final basket for the Patriots (27-6). This was the latest and last col- lapse for the Wildcats (21-12), who end the season on a six-game losing streak. They were once ranked as high as No. 5 but failed to get out of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament for the second straight year. Hancock scored 18 points, and Morrison had 10 points and 11 rebounds for George Mason, which won its opening tourna- ment game for the first time since its Final Four run in 2006. The eighth- seeded Patriots trailed by 10 in the first half only to inch their way back. 9 Illinois 73 8 UNLV 62 TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Mike Davis tied his season high with 22 points, MCT photo Demetri McCamey added 17 points and seven assists and Illinois dominat- ed UNLV 73-62 Friday night to set up another meeting between Fighting Illi- ni coaches past and present in the Southwest Region of the NCAA tour- nament. The ninth-seeded Illini (20- 13) took control with an early 15-0 run and led by as many as 25 in a surpris- ingly easy rout after losing 10 of their previous 16 games to bring into ques- tion whether they’d even make it onto the 68-team bracket. Bruce Weber’s squad led by double digits throughout the second half against eighth-seeded UNLV (24-9), with former Illini coach Lon Kruger in charge. Oscar Bellfield scored 14 to lead the Runnin’ Rebels, who lost for just the second time in their last eight games. 9 Tennessee 45 8 Michigan 75 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Zack Novak scored 14 points, including two 3-pointers in a decisive spurt to start the second half and carry Michigan in a West regional. The loss was the eighth in 12 games for the Volunteers (19-15), and coach Bruce Pearl’s future is in question after his athletic director recently said ‘‘the jury is still out’’ on whether Pearl will return. In only their second NCAA tourna- ment appearance since 1998, the eighth-seeded Wolverines (21-13) turned a four-point halftime lead into a rout when they got hot from the out- side. 10 Georgia 65 7 Washington 68 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Isa- iah Thomas scored 19 points and No. 7 seed Washington held off a late rally to beat 10th-seeded Georgia 68-65 on Friday night in the second round of the East regional. Scott Suggs added 10 points for the Huskies (24-10), who shot 43 percent and withstood a frantic final-minute push to win their fifth straight NCAA tournament opener. Trey Thompkins had 26 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulldogs (21-12), who trailed by 10 with 2 minutes left but made things interesting in the clos- ing seconds. Thompkins hit a 3-pointer with 5.4 seconds remaining to make it 67-65 and Georgia fouled C.J. Wilcox with 3.7 seconds left. Wilcox made the first and missed the second. Jeremy Price got the rebound for the Bulldogs and flung the ball down- court. Thomas got a hand on the pass but Travis Leslie scooped it up and hoisted a 3 that bounced high off the Florida State’s Michael Snaer dunks the ball, Friday. glass after the buzzer. 13 Oakland 81 4 Texas 85 TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tristan Thompson had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocked shots, and Texas survived a second-half comeback by high-scoring Oakland in a West region- al. 14 St. Peter’s 43 3 Purdue 65 CHICAGO (AP) — E’Twaun Moore scored 19 points and JuJuan Johnson added 16 with 16 rebounds to help the Boilermakers advance in the Southwest region. 15 Akron 56 2 Notre Dame 69 CHICAGO (AP) — Ben Hans- brough scored 15 points despite anoth- er sub-par shooting game and Tim Abromaitis added 14 as second-seeded Notre Dame fought off scrappy Akron in the Southwest region. 15 Long Island 87 2 North Carolina 102 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tyler Zeller scored 32 points, John Henson added 28, and North Carolina used its hulking size to overcame sloppiness in its return to the NCAA tournament. 16 Texas-San Antonio 46 1 Ohio State 75 CLEVELAND (AP) — William Buford scored 18 points, freshman Jared Sullinger added 11, and Ohio State looked every inch the part of a No. 1 overall seed in rolling to victory. 16 Hampton 43 1 Duke 87 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 14 points in his first game in three months in top-seeded Duke’s rout in the West region the that gave coach Mike Krzyzewski his 899th career victory. 16 Boston University 53 1 Kansas 72 TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Marcus and Markieff Morris combined for 31 points as Kansas found its shooting touch in the second half. 14 Indiana State 58 3 Syracuse 77 Tehama Tracker TENNIS Corning 3 Red Bluff 6 Corning’s Ryan Howell continued to win, but Red Bluff’s depth proved to be too much, Thursday, as the Spar- tans beat their county rivals 6-3 during matches played through wind, rain and cold weather. Howell defeated Thunder Shaffer 6-2, 6-4 in No. 1 sin- gles and then teamed with Durante Rodriguez to knock off Shaffer and CJVarner in doubles 9-7. Red Bluff grabbed the other five singles matches to wrap up the meet before doubles even started. Varner defeated Rodriguez 6-4, 6-3. Cody Yarbrough beat Erik Espinoza 6-1, 6-0. Paul Hendricks knocked off Javier Curiel 6-2. 6-0. Aaron Vasey outlasted Robert Garcia 7-5, 7-5 and Curtis Twitchell defeated Kyle Hansen 6-4, 6-3. Yarbrough and Hendricks gave Red Bluff a win in dou- bles by defeating Espinoza and Curiel 8-3. Garcia and Hansen gave Corning a third win by beating Vasey and Twitchell 8-6 in the other doubles match. In an exhibition singles match Davis Palubeski defeated Jonathan Gutierrez 8-2. Willis, Couch tied for lead Transistions Championship PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Sergio Garcia is not thinking about winning, which is becoming tougher to do with each bogey-free round at the Transitions Champi- onship. Garrett Willis and Chris Couch were tied for the lead when another gorgeous day at Innisbrook ended. Willis had a 4-under 67 in the still of the morning to put his name atop the leaderboard for the second straight year — this time on a Friday, not a Thursday. Couch had a 64 in the afternoon as the breeze began to stir, making a par from the trees on the 18th to tie for the lead. Even so, it was tough to ignore the name one stroke behind them. Garcia is among the most talented players in golf, although his enthusiasm waned so much last year that he decided to take a 10-week break from competition. This is his first time playing in America in seven months. Passion no longer seems to be an issue. The 31-year-old Spaniard looked moderately disgusted when birdie putts turned away. He produced a fist pump nor- mally saved for a Sunday when he holed a chip for birdie from behind the 13th green. About the only thing that went wrong in his round of 66 was when he felt something on the back of his cap as he walked off the 14th tee early in his round. Turns out it was a bee that stung him on his middle finger, although he got the stinger out and all was well. A par save on the final hole felt even better. ‘‘Just keep trying to do the right things and see what we finish,’’ he said. ‘‘I’m not worried about winning. I just want to keep building confidence into my head, and these rounds obviously help. If we go out there tomorrow and shoot another round, beautiful. If not, that’s fine. I’ve just got to make sure that I keep building up.’’ Willis and Couch were at 9-under 133, one shot clear of Garcia and Webb Simpson, who had a 67 in the afternoon. Paul Casey, who led after the first round, had to settle for a 71 and was two shots behind along with Justin Rose (65) and Gary Woodland (68). Innisbrook is one of the toughest tracks in Florida, although it was vulnerable in such ideal weather. It’s not so much the number of players who pro- duced low scores, rather the high scores that were absent. As a result, the cut of 1-under 141 was the lowest in tour- nament history. Scoreboard MENS NCAA Third Round Saturday’s games EAST REGIONAL 4) Kentucky vs. 5) West Virginia, 9:15 a.m. SOUTHEAST REGIONAL 1) Pittsburgh vs 8) Butler, 4:10 p.m. 2) Florida vs 7) UCLA, 11:45 a.m. 3) BYU vs 11) Gonzaga, 4:45 p.m. 4) Wisconsin vs 5) Kansas State, 5:40 p.m. SOUTHWEST REGIONAL 13) Morehead St.vs.12) Richmond, 2:15 p.m. WEST REGIONAL 2) San Diego State vs 7) Temple, 3:10 p.m. 3) Connecticut vs. 6) Cincinnati, 6:40 p.m. Sunday’s games EAST REGIONAL 1) Ohio State vs. 8) George Mason 2) North Carolina vs. 7) Washington 3) Syracuse vs. 11) Marquette SOUTHWEST REGIONAL 1) Kansas vs 9) Illinois 2) Notre Dame vs. 10) Florida State 3) Purdue vs 11) Virginia Commonwealth WEST REGIONAL 1) Duke vs 8) Michigan 4) Texas vs 5) Arizona NBA Friday’s results Philadelphia 102, Sacramento 80 Golden State at Phoenix, late Detroit 99, New York 95 Houston 93, Boston 77 Indiana 115, Chicago 108, OT Miami 106, Atlanta 85 Milwaukee 110, New Jersey 95 Oklahoma City 99, Charlotte 82 Orlando 85, Denver 82 Toronto 116, Washington 107 San Antonio 97, Dallas 91 Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, late Saturday’s games Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Denver at Miami, 4:30 p.m., NBATV Boston at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Indiana at Memphis, 5 p.m. Charlotte at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Portland, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Sacramento at Minnesota,12:30 p.m.,CSNC Golden State at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.,CSNB New Jersey at Washington, 10 a.m. Detroit at Atlanta, 11 a.m. New York at Milwaukee, Noon Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Toronto at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Utah at Houston, 4 p.m. Portland at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. NHL Friday’s results Carolina 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT N.Y. Rangers 6, Montreal 3 Washington 3, New Jersey 0 Phoenix at Vancouver, late Saturday’s games St. Louis at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.,CSNC Columbus at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Atlanta at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 4 p.m., NHLN N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 5 p.m. Colorado at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 9:30 a.m., NBC Nashville at Buffalo, 2 p.m. New Jersey at Columbus, 2 p.m. Montreal at Minnesota, 3 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 5 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 5 p.m. MLS Saturday’s games Real Salt Lake at San Jose,7:30 p.m.,CSNB Toronto FC at Vancouver, 3:30 p.m. Columbus at D.C. United, 4:30 p.m. Seattle FC at New York, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Colorado, 6 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Game New England at Los Angeles, 5 p.m. PGA Transitions Championship At Innisbrook (Copperhead Course) Palm Harbor, Fla. Purse: $5.5 million Yardage: 7,332; Par: 71 Second Round Leaders Garrett Willis 66-67— 133 -9 Chris Couch 69-64— 133 -9 Sergio Garcia 68-66— 134 -8 Webb Simpson 67-67— 134 -8 Brendon de Jonge 69-66— 135 -7 Marc Turnesa 68-67— 135 -7 Justin Rose 70-65— 135 -7 Roland Thatcher 68-67— 135 -7 Gary Woodland 67-68— 135 -7 Paul Casey 64-71— 135 -7