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AUTO RACING NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Auto Club 400: noon, FS1 NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for March Auto Club race: 1:30 p.m., FS1 NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for March Auto Club race: 3 p.m., FS1 NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Auto Club 400: 4:30 p.m., FS1 BOXING Junior middleweights, Vanes Martirosyan vs. Mario Alberto Lozano: 6 p.m., ESPN2 COLLEGE BASEBALL Missouri St. at Wichita St.: 3:30 p.m., ESPNU COLLEGE WRESTLING NCAA Division I Champion- ships, semifinals: 5 p.m., ESPN GOLF Champions Tour, Missis- sippi Gulf Resort Classic, first round: 9:30 a.m., TGC PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational, second round: noon, TGC LPGA, Founders Cup, second round: 3:30 p.m., TGC MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: 1 a.m., MLB MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL NCAA Division I tournament, second round Duke vs. Mercer: 12:15, CBS Baylor vs. Nebraska: 9:40 a.m., TRUTV New Mexico vs. Stanford: 10:40 a.m., TBS Arizona vs. Weber State: 11:10 a.m., TNT UMass vs. Tennessee: 11:45 a.m., CBS Creighton vs. Louisiana-La- fayette: 12:10 p.m., TRUTV Kansas vs. E. Kentucky: 1:10 p.m., TBS Gonzaga vs. Oklahoma State: 1:40 p.m., TNT Memphis vs. George Wash- ington: 3:55 p.m., TBS Wichita St. vs. Cal Poly: 4:10 p.m., CBS North Carolina vs. Provi- dence: 4:20 p.m., TNT VCU vs. Stephen F. Austin: 4:27 p.m., TRUTV Virginia vs. Coastal Carolina: 6:25 p.m., TBS Kentucky vs. Kansas State: 6:40 p.m., CBS Iowa St. vs. NC Central: 6:50 p.m., TNT UCLA vs. Tulsa: 7:02 p.m., TRUTV NIT, second round, Robert Morris: 6:30 p.m., ESPNU MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY Hockey East Tournament, semifinal UMass Lowell vs. Notre Dame: 2 p.m., NBCSN Providence vs. New Hamp- shire: 5 p.m., NBCSN NBA BASKETBALL Chicago at Indiana: 4 p.m., WGN On the Air The Associated Press CLEVELAND » Kevin Durant scored 35 points, finding his shooting touch after a rough start, and Serge Ibaka had 16 as the Oklahoma City Thunder held off a furious Cleveland comeback for a 102-95 win over the injury- riddled Cavaliers on Thurs - day night. Durant missed five of his first six shots, but the NBA's top scorer finally got it going. He has scored 25 or more in 33 straight games — the league's second-lon - gest streak since Michael Jordan did it 40 consecu- tive times (1986-87). With their 50th win, the Thunder, who let a 24-point lead dwindle to five in the fourth, moved within 1 ½ games of San Antonio for the best record in the West - ern Conference. Oklahoma City played without All-Star point guard Russell West- brook, who was resting his surgically repaired knee. Dion Waiters scored 30 for the Cavs. Down 95-71 with 6:34 left, Cleveland used a 21-2 run to pull within 97-92 with 1:22 left. But Du - rant came off the bench and made five free throws in the final 33 seconds. Cleveland played with - out injured star guard Ky- rie Irving (strained biceps) and forward Luol Deng (sprained ankle). R O C k E t s 1 29, t i m b E R - wOLVEs 106 » James Harden had 28 points with eight as- sists and Houston Rockets rolled to an easy win over Minnesota. Houston trailed by as many as 10 before using a big run in the second quar - ter to take the lead and pad- ding the advantage with an- other run to start the third quarter. It was Houston's sec- ond straight game without Dwight Howard, who sat out with a strained left an- kle. Omer Asik started in his place and filled in ably with a season-high-tying 12 points as the Rockets won for the seventh time in 10 games. Kevin Love had 29 points and rookie Gorgui Dieng 22 points and 21 rebounds, which were both career- highs. Ricky Rubio had five points, eight assists and two rebounds for Minne - sota a night after posting his third career triple-dou- ble with 22 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds in a 123-122 overtime win at Dallas. NbA ROuNDup Durant scores 35 in win Thunder star has scored 25 or more in 33 straight games scoreboard basketball WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB Clippers 48 21 .696 — Golden State 43 26 .623 5 Phoenix 39 29 .574 8½ Sacramento 24 44 .353 23½ Lakers 22 45 .328 25 Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 51 16 .761 — Houston 46 22 .676 5½ Memphis 40 27 .597 11 Dallas 41 28 .594 11 New Orleans 27 40 .403 24 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 50 18 .735 — Portland 44 24 .647 6 Minnesota 34 33 .507 15½ Denver 31 37 .456 19 Utah 22 47 .319 28½ EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 38 29 .567 — Brooklyn 35 31 .530 2½ New York 28 40 .412 10½ Boston 23 46 .333 16 Philadelphia 15 53 .221 23½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB x-Miami 46 20 .697 — Washington 35 32 .522 11½ Charlotte 33 36 .478 14½ Atlanta 31 35 .470 15 Orlando 19 50 .275 28½ Central Division W L Pct GB x-Indiana 50 18 .735 — Chicago 38 30 .559 12 Cleveland 26 43 .377 24½ Detroit 25 42 .373 24½ Milwaukee 13 55 .191 37 x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday's games Chicago 102, Philadelphia 94 Brooklyn 104, Charlotte 99 Boston 101, Miami 96 Memphis 96, Utah 86 Toronto 107, New Orleans 100 New York 92, Indiana 86 Minnesota 123, Dallas 122, OT Denver 118, Detroit 109 Phoenix 109, Orlando 93 San Antonio 125, Lakers 109 Thursday's games Oklahoma City 102, Cleveland 95 Houston 129, Minnesota 106 Washington at Portland, (n) Milwaukee at Golden State, (n) Friday's games Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m. New York at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Toronto, 4 p.m. Boston at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Miami, 4:30 p.m. New Orleans at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at Phoenix, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Washington at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Saturday's games Portland at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Houston at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 5 p.m. Indiana at Memphis, 5 p.m. Miami at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Orlando at Utah, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Thunder 102, Cavaliers 95 THUNDER (102) Durant 12-21 8-9 35, Ibaka 6-13 4-4 16, Adams 2-3 0-0 4, Jackson 5-13 2-2 13, Roberson 2-8 0-0 4, Collison 0-1 0-0 0, Butler 3-10 0-0 8, Fisher 4-7 1-4 12, Tha - beet 0-1 0-0 0, Lamb 4-10 1-1 10, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Shakur 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-89 16-20 102. CAVALIERS (95) Gee 3-4 0-0 7, Thompson 2-8 1-2 5, Hawes 8-17 1-2 20, Jack 2-8 2-2 6, Waiters 11-25 6- 12 3 0, D el la ve do va 4 -8 1 -2 1 1, Va re ja o 3-5 2-2 8, Edwards 1-2 0-0 2, Zeller 2-4 2-2 6. Totals 36-81 15-24 95. Oklahoma City 21 35 29 17 _ 102 Cleveland 25 21 22 27 _ 95 3-Point Goals: Oklahoma City 10-31 (Fisher 3-6, Durant 3-8, Butler 2-6, Lamb 1-3, Jackson 1-5, Jones 0-1, Roberson 0-2), Cleveland 8-22 (Hawes 3-10, Waiters 2-3, Dellavedova 2-6, Gee 1-2, Jack 0-1); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Oklahoma City 62 (Durant, Ibaka 11), Cleveland 47 (Thompson 10); Assists: Oklahoma City 21 (Durant, Jackson 6), Cleveland 27 (Dellavedova 10); Total fouls: Oklahoma City 21, Cleveland 20; Technicals: Durant, Oklahoma City defensive three second 2, Cleveland de - fensive three second; A: 18,246 (20,562). Rockets 129, Timberwolves 106 TIMBERWOLVES (106) Brewer 0-3 0-0 0, Love 10-19 4-4 29, Dieng 6-16 10-11 22, Rubio 2-6 0-0 5, Martin 2-5 1-2 6, Barea 1-5 2-2 4, Mbah a Moute 5-7 0-2 11, Budinger 5-14 0-0 11, Hummel 1-2 0-0 3, Cunningham 2-4 0-0 4, Shved 3-4 0-0 8, Muhammad 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 38-87 18-23 106. ROCKETS (129) Parsons 8-15 1-1 19, Jones 4-9 2-2 10, Asik 4-4 4-5 12, Beverley 5-10 0-0 14, Harden 9-16 4-4 28, Lin 4-7 2-2 11, Motiejunas 9-11 1-1 20, Hamilton 1-4 1-2 3, Casspi 3-6 0-2 7, Canaan 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 49-85 15-19 129. Minnesota 33 21 28 24 _ 106 Houston 27 37 34 31 _ 129 3-Point Goals: Minnesota 12-28 (Love 5-9, Shved 2-3, Hummel 1-1, Mbah a Moute 1-1, Rubio 1-2, Martin 1-3, Buding- er 1-5, Barea 0-2, Brewer 0-2), Houston 16-38 (Harden 6-10, Beverley 4-7, Par- sons 2-5, Canaan 1-2, Motiejunas 1-2, Lin 1-3, Casspi 1-3, Hamilton 0-2, Jones 0-4); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Minnesota 44 (Dieng 21), Houston 50 (Parsons 9); Assists: Minnesota 28 (Rubio 8), Houston 36 (Lin 10); Total fouls: Minnesota 16, Houston 20; A: 18,315 (18,023). College basketball NCAA TOURNAMENT EAST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 20 At First Niagara Center Buffalo, N.Y. UConn 89, Saint Joseph's 81, OT Villanova (28-4) vs. Milwaukee (21-13), 30 minutes following At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Harvard 61, Cincinnati 57 Michigan State 93, Delaware 78 Friday, March 21 At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. Memphis (23-9) vs. George Washington (24-8), 3:55 p.m. Virginia (28-6) vs. Coastal Carolina (21- 12), 30 minutes following At The AT&T Center San Antonio North Carolina (23-9) vs. Providence (23-11), 4:20 p.m. Iowa State (26-7) vs. North Carolina Central (28-5), 30 minutes following SOUTH REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 20 At First Niagara Center Buffalo, N.Y. Dayton 60, Ohio State 59 Syracuse 77, Western Michigan 53 At The Amway Center Orlando, Fla. Pittsburgh 77, Colorado 48 Florida 67, Albany (N.Y.) 55 Friday, March 21 At Scottrade Center St. Louis New Mexico (27-6) vs. Stanford (21-12), 10:40 a.m. Kansas (24-9) vs. Eastern Kentucky (24- 9), 30 minutes following At Viejas Arena San Diego VCU (26-8) vs. Stephen F. Austin (31-2), 4:27 p.m. UCLA (26-8) vs. Tulsa (21-12), 30 minutes following MIDWEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 20 At The Amway Center Orlando, Fla. Saint Louis 83, N.C. State 80, OT Louisville (29-5) vs. Manhattan (25-7), (n) At BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee Michigan 57, Wofford 40 Texas (23-10) vs. Arizona State (21-11), (n) Friday, March 21 At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. Duke (26-8) vs. Mercer (26-8), 9:15 a.m. UMass (24-8) vs. Tennessee (22-12), 30 minutes following At Scottrade Center St. Louis Wichita State (34-0) vs. Cal Poly (14-19), 4:10 p.m. Kentucky (24-10) vs. Kansas State (20- 12), 30 minutes following WEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 20 At BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee Wisconsin 75, American 35 Oregon 87, BYU 68 At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. North Dakota State 80, Oklahoma 75, OT San Diego State (29-4) vs. New Mexico State (26-9), (n) Friday, March 21 At The AT&T Center San Antonio Baylor (24-11) vs. Nebraska (19-12), 9:40 a.m. Creighton (26-7) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (23-11), 30 minutes following At Viejas Arena Sa n D ie go Arizona (30-4) vs. Weber State (19-11), 11:10 a.m. Go nz ag a ( 28 -6 ) v s. O kl ah oma S ta te ( 2 1- 12), 30 minutes following FINAL FOUR At AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas National Semifinals Saturday, April 5 East champion vs. South champion Midwest champion vs. West champion National Championship Monday, April 7 Semifinal winners NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 69 45 17 7 97 220 175 San Jose 70 45 18 7 97 216 168 Los Angeles 69 38 25 6 82 168 148 Phoenix 69 33 25 11 77 192 196 Vancouver 72 32 30 10 74 172 194 Calgary 69 28 34 7 63 168 203 Edmonton 70 25 36 9 59 176 225 Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 69 47 15 7 101 226 156 Chicago 70 40 15 15 95 237 182 Colorado 70 44 20 6 94 216 192 Minnesota 70 36 23 11 83 174 172 Dallas 69 32 26 11 75 196 201 Winnipeg 71 32 30 9 73 199 208 Nashville 70 29 31 10 68 165 208 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 69 47 17 5 99 223 149 Tampa Bay 70 39 24 7 85 208 185 Montreal 71 38 26 7 83 182 180 Toronto 71 36 27 8 80 208 219 Detroit 69 32 24 13 77 183 194 Ottawa 69 28 28 13 69 198 234 Florida 69 26 35 8 60 172 223 Buffalo 69 19 42 8 46 133 205 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 69 45 19 5 95 218 173 Philadelphia 69 37 25 7 81 199 197 Columbus 69 36 27 6 78 199 189 N.Y. Rangers 70 37 29 4 78 185 174 Washington 70 33 27 10 76 204 209 New Jersey 70 30 27 13 73 172 183 Carolina 69 30 30 9 69 172 195 N.Y. Islanders 70 26 35 9 61 195 239 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday's games Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3 Chicago 4, St. Louis 0 Winnipeg 5, Colorado 4, OT Vancouver 2, Nashville 0 Thursday's games New Jersey 4, Minnesota 3, OT Philadelphia 4, Dallas 2 Columbus 3, Montreal 2 Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 4 Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT Buffalo at Edmonton, (n) Florida at Phoenix, (n) Washington at Los Angeles, (n) Anaheim at San Jose, (n) Friday's games N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 4 p.m. Carolina at Chicago, 5 p.m. Boston at Colorado, 6 p.m. Nashville at Calgary, 6 p.m. Saturday's games St. Louis at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Ottawa at Dallas, noon Florida at Los Angeles, 1 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Carolina at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Boston at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Washington at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Golf PGA-BAY HILL Thursday At Bay Hill Club and Lodge Course Orlando, Fla. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,419; Par: 72 (36-36) Firstn Round (a-amateur) Adam Scott ................................... 31-31—62 Ryo Ishikawa.................................33-32—65 John Merrick .................................32-33—65 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano................35-31—66 Brandt Snedeker ..........................32-35—67 Morgan Hoffmann ...................... 34-33—67 Paul Casey.................................... 33-34—67 Jamie Donaldson..........................35-32—67 Jason Kokrak ............................... 33-34—67 Francesco Molinari......................35-32—67 Ryan Moore.................................. 36-32—68 Charles Howell III........................ 35-33—68 J.B. Holmes................................... 35-33—68 Brendan Steele............................ 34-34—68 Ian Poulter.................................... 35-33—68 Graeme McDowell ...................... 33-35—68 Chad Campbell ............................ 36-33—69 Patrick Reed................................. 35-34—69 Trevor Immelman........................ 36-33—69 Matt Every.................................... 34-35—69 Henrik Stenson ............................ 34-35—69 Chesson Hadley........................... 34-35—69 Harris English .............................. 33-36—69 Chris Kirk...................................... 35-34—69 Sam Saunders ............................. 34-35—69 Pat Perez .......................................35-35—70 Kevin Na.........................................35-35—70 K.J. Choi .........................................35-35—70 Da vis L ov e I II . ..... .......... ...... .... ....... 36 -3 4— 70 Billy Horschel................................34-36—70 Jhonattan Vegas .......................... 37-33—70 Cameron Tringale ........................36-34—70 Padraig Harrington......................35-35—70 Aaron Baddeley............................34-36—70 Hunter Mahan...............................36-34—70 Retief Goosen ...............................34-36—70 David Hearn ..................................36-34—70 Brian Davis ....................................35-35—70 Michael Putnam ........................... 33-37—70 Sean O'Hair ...................................35-36—71 Russell Knox..................................35-36—71 Luke Guthrie ................................. 37-34—71 Justin Rose ....................................35-36—71 Nicholas Thompson..................... 37-34—71 Tim Wilkinson...............................36-35—71 a-Matthew Fitzpatrick ................35-36—71 Camilo Villegas ............................36-35—71 Kevin Chappell..............................35-36—71 Brian Harman ...............................36-35—71 Freddie Jacobson .........................36-35—71 Keegan Bradley ............................36-35—71 Zach Johnson................................38-33—71 George McNeill.............................36-35—71 Stewart Cink .................................35-36—71 Martin Laird ..................................36-35—71 Angel Cabrera ..............................33-38—71 Will MacKenzie.............................38-33—71 Matt Jones.....................................35-36—71 Danny Lee...................................... 37-34—71 Ben Martin ....................................36-35—71 Lee Janzen..................................... 35-37—72 Briny Baird .................................... 35-37—72 Seung-Yul Noh .............................. 35-37—72 Dicky Pride ....................................36-36—72 Brian Stuard..................................36-36—72 John Senden.................................. 35-37—72 Bryce Molder ................................ 35-37—72 Lucas Glover .................................33-39—72 Vijay Singh ....................................36-36—72 Ke n Du ke . ...... .... .......... ...... .... ......... 36 -3 6— 72 David Lynn ..................................... 35-37—72 Erik Compton ................................ 37-35—72 Charlie Beljan ............................... 37-35—72 Marc Leishman............................. 35-37—72 Woody Austin ...............................38-34—72 Jason Bohn .................................... 36-37—73 Chris Stroud .................................. 37-36—73 Scott Stallings ..............................38-35—73 Rickie Fowler ................................35-38—73 D.A. Points.....................................35-38—73 Scott Brown .................................. 36-37—73 Paul Goydos .................................. 37-36—73 a-Nathan T. Smith ........................ 37-36—73 Brice Garnett ................................ 37-36—73 Gary Woodland............................. 37-36—73 Boo Weekley .................................35-38—73 Rod Pampling................................40-33—73 Hudson Swafford ......................... 37-36—73 Tyrone Van Aswegen .................. 37-36—73 a-Zachary Olsen........................... 37-36—73 Daniel Chopra ............................... 36-38—74 J.J. Henry ........................................37-37—74 Jim Renner..................................... 35-39—74 Billy Hurley III ............................... 38-36—74 Nicolas Colsaerts..........................37-37—74 LPGA-JTBC FOUNDERS CUP Thursday At JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Wildfire Golf Club Course Phoenix Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,583; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Mirim Lee...................................... 34-30—64 Morgan Pressel ........................... 36-29—65 Eun-Hee Ji......................................32-34—66 Stacy Lewis ...................................34-32—66 Pernilla Lindberg..........................32-34—66 Catriona Matthew........................34-32—66 Inbee Park .....................................32-34—66 Gerina Piller ..................................34-32—66 Karrie Webb ..................................33-33—66 Michelle Wie .................................34-32—66 Jodi Ewart Shadoff ......................37-30—67 I.K. Kim.......................................... 33-34—67 Lydia Ko .........................................36-31—67 Mo Martin..................................... 33-34—67 Haru Nomura ............................... 33-34—67 Pornanong Phatlum.....................32-35—67 Amy Yang ..................................... 34-33—67 Heather Bowie Young................. 35-33—68 Laura Davies ................................ 35-33—68 Perrine Delacour ......................... 34-34—68 Katie Futcher ............................... 33-35—68 Hee-Won Han............................... 35-33—68 Jennifer Johnson ......................... 35-33—68 Meena Lee .................................... 35-33—68 Rebecca Lee-Bentham............... 35-33—68 Mika Miyazato ............................. 33-35—68 Azahara Munoz ........................... 32-36—68 Suzann Pettersen ....................... 35-33—68 So Yeon Ryu ................................. 34-34—68 Jenny Shin .................................... 35-33—68 Jaclyn Sweeney ........................... 34-34—68 Alison Walshe .............................. 33-35—68 transactions BASEBALL American League Boston Red Sox: Optioned RHP Rubby De La Rosa and INF Brock Holt to Pawtucket (IL). Reassigned INF Brandon Snyder to their minor league camp. Houston Astros: Optioned 1B Jon Single - ton to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reassigned SS Carlos Correa, RHPs Mark Appel and Mike Foltynewicz and Ofs George Springer and Delino DeShields to their minor league camp. Los Angeles Angels: Traded 1B Matt Scioscia to the Chicago Cubs for OF Trevor Gretzky. Oakland Athletics: Claimed OF Kent Mat - thes off waivers from Colorado and op- tioned him to Sacramento (PCL). Placed RHP Jarrod Parker on the 60-day DL. Toronto Blue Jays: Claimed OF Matt Tu ia so so p o o ff w ai ve rs f ro m A ri zo na . Released LHP Luis Perez. National League Cincinnati Reds: Reassigned RHP Drew Hayes, LHP Lee Hyde, RHP Chien-Ming Wang and INF Argenis Diaz to their minor league camp. Colorado Rockies: Selected the contract of C Mike McKenry from Colorado Springs (PCL). Washington Nationals: Granted RHP Luis Ayala his unconditional release. Optioned RHP Ross Ohlendorf, C Jhonatan Solano, INF Zach Walters and RHP Christian Garcia to Syracuse (IL). Reassigned RHP Manny Delcarmen, 1B Brock Peterson and INF Will Rhymes to their minor league camp. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Miami Heat: Assigned C Justin Hamilton to Sioux Falls (NBADL) for two games. New York Knicks: Signed G Shannon Brown for the remainder of the season. Minnesota Lynx: Re-signed C Janel Mc- Carville to a multiyear contract. FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals: Agreed to the terms with CB Antonio Cromartie on a one- year contract. Atlanta Falcons: Agreed to terms with KR-Wr Devin Hester. Carolina Panthers: Signed WR Jerricho Cotchery to a two-year contract. Cincinnati Bengals: Signed QB Jason Campbell. Minnesota Vikings: Signed DT Tom Johnson. Agreed to terms with DE Corey Wootton Oakland Raiders: Agreed to terms with S Charles Woodson a one-year contract. Seattle Seahawks: Signed G Stephen Schilling. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Signed CB Mike Jenkins. HOCKEY National Hockey League Chicago Blackhawks: Agreed to terms with F Matt Carey on a two-year contract. Columbus Blue Jackets: Activated F Jar- ed Boll from injured reserve. Assigned G Anton Forsberg to Springfield (AHL). Detroit Red Wings: Assigned D Adam Almquist and G Petr Mrazek to Grand Rapids (AHL). Nashville Predators: Reassigned G Magnus Hellberg to Cincinnati (ECHL). Signed D Brian Young to an amateur try - out contract. Recalled F Calle Jarnkrok from Milwaukee (AHL). Tampa Bay Lightning: Signed F Cody Kunyk to a one-year contract. COLLEGE Ball State: Signed football coach Pete Lembo to a five-year contract extension and added the title of associate athletic director. Wake Forest: Announced the resignation of men's basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik. what ended up as a 51.34. For her final event, Mu- noz closed the 200 with a 26.69, a full second better than Lopez's second-place finish. This early in the season, Munoz is focused on her time and perpetually lower - ing it, not where she stacks up to the other sprinters in the section. "I just have got to work hard, hopefully get a 12.5 in automatic time so if I do then I'll be happy that I'm getting closer to getting a 12.4," she said. Plenty of other stand - outs began what they hope are runs to section titles as well. Corning's Rogelio Silva, who finished fourth at the section finals last year as a junior behind three seniors, won the 3,200 Wednesday in 10:46, a time that was in part reflective of him also running the 1,600 earlier in a winning time of 4:47. Orland's Kavi Ram won the boys' 100 in 10.95, bet - tering his previous best as well and beating friendly rival Corning's Ivan Al- varado, who was second. The two tied for best long jump at 20 feet, 9 inches. "We've been neck and neck for a while. I got him last year at divisions then he got me at sections," Ram said. "Running felt great. Hit a few tweaks on the jumps that I can work on, but it's early in the season so I have a lot of time." Those two, who finished fourth and fifth in the long jump at sections, don't see anything changing. "It's always back and forth. He wins. I win. He wins. I win. That's how it is," Alvarado said. "We've got a bunch of rivals this year. It's going to be a good section this year." Ram also ran the third leg of the winning 400 re - lay as well, joining Jesse Gonzalez, Arthur Flynn and anchor Trevor Zimmer- man for a 45.34 time. Corn- ing finished in 45.5 Orland's Becky Ramirez claimed two wins Wednes- day as well, taking the girls' long jump in 16-4 and the tri- ple jump in 32 feet. Other winners included: bOYs » Shot put — Thomas Long, Corning, 44-5 ½. Discus — Andrew Jack- son, Corning, 128-5 ½. Long jump — Denzel Ibrahim, Willows, 39-10. High jump — Cristian Lince, Corning, 5-6. 200 — Luis Dominguez, Willows, 23.17. 400 — Trevor Zimmer - man, Orland, 54.21 800 — Miguel Rios, Corn- ing, 2:12. 110 hurdles — Arthur Flynn, Orland, 18.77. 300 hurdles — Austin Whitney, Willows, 46.16. 1,600 relay — Corning, 3:56.50. GiRLs » Shot — Sara Savoc- chio, Corning, 26-11 ½. Discus — Erica Hoffer, Corning, 86-11. High jump — Grace Mora, Corning, 5-0. 400 — Kobye Rezendes, Corning, 1:10.71. 800 — Cynthia Macedo - nio, Orland, 2:48. 1,600 — Cynthia Macedo- nio, Orland, 6:09. 3,200 — Cynthia Mace- donio, Orland, 13:37. 100 hu rd les — K ay- lee Shoemaker, Corning, 18.68. Corning FROm pAGE 1 Payne, a 6-foot-10 senior, scored 12 straight points in the first half to help the fourth-seeded Spartans (27- 8) to an 18-point lead. He set an NCAA tour - nament record by making all 17 of his free throws and broke the program's tour- nament scoring record, set previously by Greg Kelser in 1979. uCONN 89, sAiNt JOsEpH's 81 (Ot) » Shabazz Napier shook off a miss at the sec- ond-half buzzer to score nine of his 24 points in overtime and lead seventh- seeded Connecticut to a win over Saint Joseph's in the second round of the NCAA tournament. DeAndre Daniels scored 18 while freshman center Amida Brimah forced over - time by completing a three- point play in the final min- ute for UConn (27-8). South Regional DAYtON 60, OHiO st. 59 » Vee Sanford scored on a la- yup with 3.8 seconds left to lift 11th-seeded Dayton. Sanford finished with 10 points, while Dyshawn Pierre led the Flyers (24-10) with 12 points in a matchup of Ohio schools separated by about 75 miles. sYRACusE 77, w. miCHiGAN 53 » Syracuse's backcourt of Trevor Cooney and Ty- ler Ennis combined for 34 points and the Orange de- fense clamped down. Western Michigan (23- 10), the Mid-American Con- ference champion, had won 14 of 16 games and was in the NCAA tournament for the first time in a decade. pittsbuRGH 77, COLORADO 48 » Talib Zanna scored 16 of his 18 points in the opening half, helping ninth- seeded Pittsburgh build a 28-point lead. FLOR i DA 67, A LbA N Y 55 » Dorian Finney-Smith scored 16 points, most of them on dunks, and top- seeded Florida used a sec - ond-half surge to beat 16th- seeded Albany. West Regional wisCONsiN 75, AmERiCAN 35 » Ben Brust scored 17 points and second-seeded W i s c on s i n d e v a s t at e d American with a 22-5 run to close the first half. OREGON 87, bYu 68 » Elgin Cook scored a career-high 23 points for seventh-seeded Oregon. NORtH DAkOtA stAtE 80, OkLAHOmA 75 (Ot) » Law- rence A lexander hit a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left to force overtime and freshman Carlin Dupree scored four points in the final 75 seconds as No. 12 seed North Dakota State knocked off Oklahoma. Midwest Regional miCHiGAN 57, wOFFORD 40 » Glenn Robinson III scored 14 points and second-seeded Michigan started their quest for a second straight trip to the Final Four by beating 15th-seeded Wof - ford. The Wolverines (26-8) capitalized on their deci- sive edge in athleticism on the undersized Terriers (20- 13) but still had some ner- vous moments. sAiNt LOuis 83, N.C. stAtE 80 (Ot) » Rob Loe scored 22 points and grabbed 15 re- bounds, helping St. Louis wipe out a late 14-point def- icit and pull away in over- time to beat North Caro- lina State. Jordair Jett overcame a slow start to score 18, do- ing most of his damage while the fifth-seeded Bil- likens (27-6) were making their comeback in the last five minutes of regulation. Tourney FROm pAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, MARCh 21, 2014 2 b