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COLLEGEBASKETBALL Syracuse vs. Boston College: 4p.m.,ESPN2. Kansas State vs. West Vir- ginia: 4p.m., ESPNU. Villanova vs. Providence: 5 p.m., FS1. Oregon vs. USC: 6p.m., ESPN2. Morehead State vs. Eastern Ky.: 6p.m., ESPNU. Oregon State vs. UCLA: 7p.m., PAC-12. NBA BASKETBALL Golden State Warriors at Min- nesota Timberwolves: 5p.m., CSNBA. Miami Heat at Cleveland Cavaliers: 5p.m., ESPN. Sacramento Kings at Milwau- kee Bucks: 5p.m., CSN. Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Clippers: 7:30p.m., ESPN. NHL HOCKEY Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins: 5p.m., NBCSN. Washington Capitals at San Jose Sharks: 7:30p.m., NBCSN. SOCCER EPL Everton at Chelsea: noon, NBCSN. TENNIS ATP ABN AMRO World Tour- nament Early Round: 10:30 a.m., TENNIS. ATP ABN AMRO World Tour- nament Early Round: 12:30 p.m., TENNIS. ATP ABN AMRO World Tour- nament Early Round: 2a.m., TENNIS. Ontheair while leading the team in doubles, triples, extra-base hits, walks and on-base percentage. Then there's the speed of Cook and senior in- fielder Kelli Keefe , who are a threat to take an extra base any time they reach first. Cook led the team with a .371 batting aver- age, 27 runs scored and 27 stolen bases. Her average was the seventh-best by a Chico State player in pro- gram history while equal- ing the program's single- season stolen base mark and needs seven to become the program's all-time ca- reer leader. Keefe stole 16 bases while batting .303 and get- ting on base at a .376 clip, all career highs. "We have a lot of fast girls, and you can make up with speed," Cook said. That lineup, though, is merely a part of what the Wildcats see as a winning formula. "We're looking to have more endurance, and im- prove in every area of the game," Shamblin said. "We need to be better in the cir- cle, better defensively." Returning pitchers Brooke Langeloh and Chey- enne Sandoval will be bol- stered by freshman Haley Gilham and sophomore Cailin Garmon, a transfer from Eastern New Mexico. Those four have im- pressed their teammates in practice so far. "We have probably the fastest pitchers in the con- ference so definitely ve- locity is on our side. But we also have some of the strongest movement," said sophomore Tori Zimmer- man, who along with ju- nior Brynn Lesovsky, fig- ure to handle catching du- ties. The Wildcats were sup- posed to start their sea- son Saturday at the an- nual Best of the West In- vitational in Turlock, but wet field conditions and expected more rain forced the weekend event's cancel- lation. "We've been out here for a month working hard so it's time to play now," Shamblin said. Instead, the Wildcats open the season at noon on Thursday at home, hosting Hawaii-Hilo for a double- header at University Soft- ball Field. "We can't wait to play," Zimmermann said. "It's go- ing to be good to get on the field and see how all this hard work is going to pay off." ConnectwithSports Writer Joseph Shufel- berger at 896-7774. Wildcats FROM PAGE 1 fired Mark Jackson a few days later and convinced Kerr to coach a champion- ship-caliber roster closer to home. "The one great move that I made was just taking the Warriors' job. That was a great move," Kerr said. Just about everything else over the last nine months has worked out pretty well, too. Kerr's career choice-of-a- lifetime will come full cir- cle Sunday night when he coaches the West in the All-Star game at Madison Square Garden, where he could be directing the last- place Knicks (10-42) now. He insists he never wonders "what could have been" in the Big Apple because he's too focused on the next practice, the next game and the next step to bring the Bay Area its first NBA championship in 40 years. It's a process Kerr started after taking over, and he hasn't slowed down since. He helped players get over Jackson's drama-filled dismissal by connecting with them on a personal level, such as playing golf with point guard Stephen Curry, flying to Australia to meet with center An- drew Bogut and shuttling around Los Angeles' grid- locked traffic for get-to- know-you lunches with for- ward David Lee. That trust has built over time and helped Kerr learn how to push his players. One notable instance came before Klay Thomp- son scored an NBA-record 37 points in the third quar- ter of a win against Sacra- mento on Jan. 23. In the halftime locker room, Kerr questioned and critiqued his players' focus and took an extraordinary measure to motivate them. "Honestly, he just said at halftime he wasn't calling anything. He wasn't going to call any plays. He was just going to let us figure it out and make us get our focus back. And that's what we did," Thompson said. "We respond well when he gets on us. And he knows how to get under our skin. It's a good thing." As a broadcaster for TNT, Kerr jotted down plays and formations he liked. He also wrote words of wisdom coaches passed along during pregame meetings. The most recognizable change the Warriors have made under Kerr is an of- fense that has more ball movement, breaking away from the isolation-heavy system Jackson used the previous three years. Kerr's style has flavors of the triangle offense from his days playing for Phil Jackson in Chicago, the pace-and-space attack of Gregg Popovich in San Antonio and the up-tempo schemes assistant coach Alvin Gentry ran when Kerr was the general man- ager in Phoenix. Kerr kept the same core principles his predeces- sor installed on defense, which was already among the best in the NBA, and the all-around game has given Golden State unri- valed results. The Warriors began Tuesday ranked No. 1 in shooting (48.1 percent) and opponents' shooting (42.2 percent). They were lead- ing the league in offensive (110.4) and defensive (97.8) efficiency, which measures the number of points per 100 possessions, and aver- aging an NBA-best 27.3 as- sists. Kerr FROM PAGE 1 son by winning his last six PGA Tour events. Woods made it look easy. The new target is Rory McIlroy, who also can make it look easy. McIl- roy already has four ma- jors, one by a record mar- gin (eight shots in the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island) and two in wire- to-wire fashion (U.S. Open at Congressional, British Open at Hoylake). McIlroy is going to make Day's goal a lot harder to reach. But it's everyone around him that will make the road feel even longer. It's easy to jump on Day's bandwagon because he is blessed with enor- mous power and skill, he believes he has his injuries under control and is more motivated than ever. Day has six top-10s — and no finish out of the top 20 ex- cept for injury-related WDs — since the British Open last summer. But look around. A week earlier, Brooks Koepka was hailed as a rising star for his victory in the Phoenix Open. The 24-year-old Floridian is powerful, the prototype of the modern golfer, and his quiet work ethic figures to take him even further than he already has come. Don't forget Jimmy Walker and his nine-shot win at the Sony Open, the largest margin on the PGA Tour in nearly six years. That was Walker's fourth victory in his last 32 starts in America. No one has won more during that stretch, and remem- ber, Walker lost a four-shot lead on the back nine at Kapalua and was only two shots out of the playoff at Torrey Pines last week. The winner at Kapalua? Patrick Reed, who at 24 picked up his fourth ca- reer victory. The list keeps growing. Koepka was in the mix at the Phoenix Open with Hideki Matsuyama, two- time Masters champion Bubba Watson and hard- charging Jordan Spi- eth, the 21-year-old Texan who is becoming a fixture among the top 10 in the world. Day was in a play- off at Torrey Pines with Harris English, an athletic 25-year-old from Geor- gia who already has two PGA Tour wins and has the game that makes other players watch. "The game is in a good spot, especially with the younger guys," Day said. "It's evolving into a fantas- tic, powerful sport." Most of the players, par- ticularly the younger ones, are a product of the Tiger era. They are better off be- cause they only watched him, they didn't get beat by him. Golf FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Basketball NBA WESTERNCONFERENCE PacificDivision W L Pct GB Golden State 41 9 .820 — Clippers 34 19 .642 8½ Phoenix 29 25 .537 14 Sacramento 18 33 .353 23½ Lakers 13 38 .255 28½ SouthwestDivision W L Pct GB Memphis 39 13 .750 — Houston 36 16 .692 3 Dallas 35 19 .648 5 San Antonio 33 19 .635 6 New Orleans 27 25 .519 12 NorthwestDivision W L Pct GB Portland 35 17 .673 — Oklahoma City 27 25 .519 8 Denver 19 33 .365 16 Utah 19 33 .365 16 Minnesota 11 41 .212 24 EASTERNCONFERENCE AtlanticDivision W L Pct GB Toronto 35 17 .673 — Brooklyn 21 31 .404 14 Boston 19 31 .380 15 Philadelphia 12 41 .226 23½ New York 10 42 .192 25 SoutheastDivision W L Pct GB Atlanta 43 10 .811 — Washington 33 20 .623 10 Miami 22 29 .431 20 Charlotte 22 30 .423 20½ Orlando 16 39 .291 28 CentralDivision W L Pct GB Chicago 33 20 .623 — Cleveland 32 21 .604 1 Milwaukee 29 23 .558 3½ Detroit 21 32 .396 12 Indiana 20 33 .377 13 Monday'sgames Golden State 89, Philadelphia 84 Washington 96, Orlando 80 San Antonio 95, Indiana 93 Miami 109, New York 95 Utah 100, New Orleans 96 Milwaukee 103, Brooklyn 97 Atlanta 117, Minnesota 105 Clippers 115, Dallas 98 Oklahoma City 124, Denver 114 Tuesday'sgames Detroit 106, Charlotte 78 Houston 127, Phoenix 118 Chicago 104, Sacramento 86 Memphis 95, Brooklyn 86 Denver at Lakers, (n.) Wednesday'sgames New York at Orlando, 4 p.m. Washington at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. San Antonio at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Indiana at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Golden State at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Miami at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Utah at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Lakers at Portland, 7 p.m. Houston at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Thursday'sgames Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m. Bulls104,Kings86 KINGS(86) Gay 10-18 3-5 24, Thompson 3-5 1-2 7, Cousins 5-15 5-10 15, Sessions 1-6 1-2 3, McLemore 5-10 0-0 11, Evans 1-2 1-2 3, McCallum 5-9 1-2 11, Casspi 2-5 2-4 6, Landry 3-4 0-0 6, Hollins 0-0 0-0 0, Staus- kas 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-75 14-27 86. BULLS(104) Dunleavy 2-5 0-0 5, Gasol 11-15 4-4 26, Noah 1-4 0-0 2, Rose 10-17 2-3 23, Butler 2-8 1-2 5, Snell 9-11 2-2 24, Brooks 2-4 0-0 4, Gibson 3-8 3-3 9, Mirotic 1-5 0-0 3, Moore 0-0 0-0 0, McDermott 1-2 1-1 3, Bairstow 0-1 0-0 0, Mohammed 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-80 13-15 104. Sacramento 26 23 15 22 _ 86 Chicago 30 27 27 20 _ 104 3-PointGoals: Sacramento 2-12 (Gay 1-4, McLemore 1-4, McCallum 0-1, Sessions 0-3), Chicago 7-20 (Snell 4-6, Dunleavy 1-3, Rose 1-4, Mirotic 1-5, Butler 0-1, Brooks 0-1);Fouledout: None; Rebounds: Sacramento 53 (Cousins 8), Chicago 40 (Gasol 16);Assists: Sacramento 23 (Cousins 8), Chicago 26 (Rose 7);Totalfouls: Sacramento 15, Chicago 21;Technicals: Chicago Coach Thibodeau;A: 21,560 (20,917). NCAAMEN'STOP25 Tuesday 1. Kentucky (24-0) beat LSU 71-69. 2. Virginia (21-1) did not play. 3. Gonzaga (24-1) did not play. 4. Duke (21-3) did not play. 5. Wisconsin (22-2) beat Nebraska 65-55. 6. Villanova (21-2) did not play. 7. Arizona (20-3) did not play. 8. Kansas (20-4) beat Texas Tech 73-51. 9. Louisville (19-4) did not play. 10. Notre Dame (22-4) beat Clemson 60-58. 11. Utah (18-4) did not play. 12. North Carolina (18-6) did not play. 13. Northern Iowa (22-2) did not play. 14. Iowa State (17-6) did not play. 15. Wichita State (21-3) did not play. 16. Baylor (18-6) did not play. 17. Oklahoma (17-7) did not play. 18. Butler (18-6) did not play. 19. Maryland (19-5) did not play. 20. VCU (18-5) did not play. 21. Oklahoma State (17-7) did not play. 21. West Virginia (18-5) did not play. 23. Ohio State (18-6) did not play. 24. Arkansas (19-5) beat Auburn 101-87. 25. SMU (19-5) did not play. NCAAMEN'SFARWEST Utah St. 75, Nevada 62 NCAAWOMEN'STOP25 Tuesday 1. South Carolina (22-1) did not play. 2. UConn (23-1) did not play. 3. Baylor (22-1) did not play. 4. Notre Dame (23-2) did not play. 5. Maryland (22-2) beat No. 18 Rutgers 80-69. 6. Tennessee (20-3) did not play. 7. Florida State (22-2) did not play. 8. Oregon State (21-2) did not play. 9. Louisville (20-3) did not play. 10. Kentucky (18-5) did not play. 11. Duke (18-6) did not play. 12. Arizona State (21-3) did not play. 13. Mississippi State (23-3) did not play. 14. Iowa (19-4) did not play. 15. Texas A&M (18-6) did not play. 16. Princeton (21-0) did not play. 17. North Carolina (19-5) did not play. 18. Rutgers (18-6) lost to No. 5 Maryland 80-69. 19. Stanford (17-7) did not play. 20. George Washington (21-2) did not play. 21. Chattanooga (21-3) did not play. 22. Nebraska (17-6) did not play. 23. Syracuse (17-7) did not play. 24. Georgia (17-7) did not play. 25. South Florida (20-4) beat SMU 72-51. NHL WESTERNCONFERENCE PACIFICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 55 34 14 7 75 164 154 Calgary 54 30 21 3 63 156 137 San Jose 55 28 20 7 63 154 153 Vancouver 52 29 20 3 61 143 136 Los Angeles 53 23 18 12 58 144 144 Arizona 55 20 28 7 47 126 180 Edmonton 55 15 31 9 39 125 181 CENTRALDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 54 36 12 6 78 164 129 St. Louis 54 35 15 4 74 170 133 Chicago 54 33 18 3 69 163 124 Winnipeg 56 28 18 10 66 154 146 Minnesota 53 26 20 7 59 145 145 Dallas 54 25 21 8 58 172 175 Colorado 54 22 21 11 55 137 152 EASTERNCONFERENCE ATLANTICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 56 34 16 6 74 181 148 Montreal 53 35 15 3 73 143 118 Detroit 52 31 12 9 71 155 130 Boston 54 28 19 7 63 142 136 Florida 52 24 17 11 59 133 147 Ottawa 52 21 22 9 51 141 145 Toronto 55 23 28 4 50 157 170 Buffalo 55 16 36 3 35 103 191 METROPOLITANDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 54 35 18 1 71 170 151 Pittsburgh 53 30 15 8 68 151 134 N.Y. Rangers 52 31 16 5 67 157 127 Washington 54 28 16 10 66 157 135 Philadelphia 54 23 22 9 55 146 157 New Jersey 54 21 24 9 51 122 148 Columbus 52 23 26 3 49 135 161 Carolina 52 19 26 7 45 116 139 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday'sgames Arizona 3, Chicago 2, SO Edmonton 2, New Jersey 1 Los Angeles 4, Columbus 3 Minnesota 5, Vancouver 3 Calgary 4, San Jose 1 Tuesday'sgames Dallas 5, Boston 3 Ottawa 2, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, Edmonton 2 N.Y. Rangers 5, Toronto 4 Montreal 2, Philadelphia 1, OT Florida 6, Anaheim 2 St. Louis 2, Arizona 1 Nashville 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT Winnipeg 2, Minnesota 1, OT Wednesday'sgames Detroit at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Chicago, 5 p.m. Washington at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Thursday'sgames Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Carolina, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Nashville, 5 p.m. Florida at Minnesota, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Colorado, 6 p.m. Calgary at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Tennis ATPWORLDTOURABNAMRO WORLDTOURNAMENTRESULTS Tuesday At Ahoy' Stadium Rotterdam, Netherlands Purse: $1.81 million (WT500) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles FirstRound Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-4, 6-2. Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Julien Ben- neteau, France, 3-3, retired. Gilles Simon (8), France, def. Joao Sousa, Portugal, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (7). Milos Raonic (2), Canada, def. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-5. Tomas Berdych (3), Czech Republic, def. Tobias Kamke, Germany, 6-1, 7-5. Gael Monfils, France, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-3, 6-2. Doubles FirstRound Andre Begemann, Germany, and Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, and Dominic Thiem, Austria, 7-6 (8), 6-4. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers, Australia, def. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, and Joao Sousa, Portugal, 6-3, 6-4. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (3), Romania, def. Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Marcin Mat- kowski, Poland, 6-2, 7-5. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Daniel Nestor (4), Canada, def. Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Leander Paes, India, 6-2, 6-3. Quarterfinals Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers, Australia, def. Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (1), France, walkover. WTABNPPARIBASFORTIS DIAMONDGAMESRESULTS Tuesday At Antwerpse Sportpaleis Antwerp, Belgium Purse: $827,000 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles FirstRound Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-1. An ni ka B ec k, G er ma ny , d ef . K ar in K na pp , Italy, 6-3, 6-1. Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, def. Mag- dalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-3. Alize Cornet (7), France, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 1-6, 6-2, 7-5. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Re- public, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-2, 6-2. Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Klaartje Liebens, Belgium, 6-2, 6-0. ATPWORLDTOURMEMPHIS OPENRESULTS Tuesday At The Racquet Club of Memphis Memphis, Tenn. Purse: $659,070 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles FirstRound Ivo Karlovic (5), Croatia, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 7-6 (7), 6-3. Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Ryan Harrison, United States, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (1). Austin Krajicek, United States, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (8). Denis Kudla, United States, def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Sam Groth, Australia, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-3. Sam Querrey, United States, def. Benja- min Becker (7), Germany, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Doubles FirstRound Eric Butorac and Rajeev Ram (3), United States, def. Michael Mmoh and Francis Tiafoe, United States, 6-2, 6-4. Ryan Harrison, United States, and Austin Krajicek, United States, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, and Marinko Matos- evic, Australia, 6-3, 6-2. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Max Mirnyi (1), Belarus, def. Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, and Nicholas Monroe, United States, 7-5, 7-6 (7). ATPWORLDTOURBRASILOPEN RESULTS Tuesday At Ginasio do Ibirapuera Sao Paulo Purse: $505,655 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles FirstRound Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, def. Fed- erico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 7-5, 6-4. Thiemo de Bakker, Netherlands, def. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-4. Joao Souza, Brazil, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (6). Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Pablo Andu- jar, Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Santiago Giraldo (6), Colombia, def. Kim- mer Coppejans, Belgium, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Fernando Verdasco (7), Spain, def. Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, 6-2, 6-3. Martin Klizan (8), Slovakia, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, def. Guido Pella, Argentina, 6-4, 7-6 (4). WTAPTTPATTAYAWOMEN'S OPENRESULTS Tuesday At Dusit Resort Pattaya, Thailand Purse: $250,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles FirstRound Peng Shuai (1), China, def. Alla Kudry- avtseva, Russia, 6-3, 6-2. Li n Z hu , C hi na , d ef . S ha ha r P ee r, I sr ael , 7-6 (5), 6-1. Duan Ying-Ying, China, def. Chan Yung- jan, Taiwan, 7-6 (4), 7-5. Misaki Doi, Japan, def. Tamarine Tana- sugarn, Thailand, 7-6 (2), 6-0. Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, def. Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Zhang Shuai (8), China, def. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 6-2, 6-0. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Laksika Kumkhum, Thailand, 6-2, 6-2. Kurumi Nara (4), Japan, def. Nicha Lert- pitaksinchai, Thailand, 6-2, 6-1. Zheng Saisai, China, def. Xu Yi-Fan, China, 6-4, 6-2. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. Za- rina Diyas (3), Kazakhstan, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1. Jarmila Gajdosova (6), Australia, def. Misa Eguchi, Japan, 6-3, 7-6 (1). Yuliya Beygelzimer, Ukraine, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Doubles FirstRound Liang Chen and Zhang Kail-Lin, China, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, and Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 4-6, 7-5, 10-5. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, and Vera Zvonareva, Russia, def. Chuang Chia-jung, Taiwan, and Zhang Shuai, China, 6-2, 7-5. Chan Chin-wei, Taiwan, and Xu Yi-Fan (4), China, def. Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, and Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 5-7, 6-1, 10-6. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Feb. 11 NCAABasketball Favorite Line Underdog Rhode Island 2½ at Saint Joseph's at Richmond 15 Fordham at St. Bon. 3 UMass at VCU 9 La Salle George Wash. 6 at Duquesne at West Virginia 10½ Kansas St. Miami 1 at Wake Forest Syracuse 1 at Boston College at W ill . & M ar y 12 E lo n at UNC Wilm. 5½ Coll. of Charleston at Texas A&M 3½ Georgia at Davidson 12 George Mason at Ohio St. 12 Penn St. at UCF 2½ South Florida Green Bay 10 at Youngstown St. at Texas 9 TCU at Loyola of Chi. 4½ S. Illinois at Wichita St. 17 Indiana St. at Drake 3 Bradley Villanova 4½ at Providence Virginia 7 at NC State at N. Iowa 8 Illinois St. at Louisville 13 Pittsburgh at Maryland 4½ Indiana Oregon 1½ at Southern Cal at Vanderbilt 4½ Tennessee at St. John's 9½ DePaul at Boise St. 11 Air Force at UCLA 9 Oregon St. at San Diego St. 11 Wyoming at IUPUI Pk IPFW at E. Kentucky 6 Morehead St. Belmont 5½ at Jacksonville St. NBA Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog at Orlando 4½ (190) New York at Toronto 4 (204) Washington San Antonio 6 (195) at Detroit Atlanta 7 (202½) at Boston at Thunder 5 (198½) Memphis at Milwaukee 9 (195) Sacramento at Cleveland 11 (192) Miami at New Orleans 3 (190) Indiana Golden State 11 (216) at Minnesota at Dallas 4 (197) Utah at Portland 12 (198½) Lakers at Clippers 4½ (212) Houston NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Chicago -200/+170 Vancouver at Pittsburgh -130/+110 Detroit at San Jose -120/+100 Washington Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BaltimoreOrioles: Agreed to terms with LHP Mark Hendrickson and OF Nolan Reimold on minor league contracts. LosAngelesAngels: Agreed to terms with OF Matt Joyce on a one-year contract. NationalLeague PhiladelphiaPhillies: Assigned LHP Cesar Jimenez outright to Lehigh Valley (IL). WashingtonNationals: Assigned RHP Eric Fornataro outright to Syracuse (IL). BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation AtlantaHawks: Traded F/C Adreian Payne to Minnesota for a protected future first-round draft pick. CharlotteHornets: Traded G Gary Neal and a second-round draft pick to Minnesota for Gs Mo Williams and Troy Daniels. MemphisGrizzlies: Recalled F/C Jarnell Stokes and G Russ Smith fromi Iowa (NBADL). Women'sNationalBasketball Association WnbaPlayersUnion: Named Evie Gold- stein director of operations. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague AtlantaFalcons: Named Keith Carter assistant offensive line coach, Matt LaFleur quarterbacks coach, Doug Mallory defensive assistant/linebackers coach, Marquand Manuel secondary coach/senior defensive assistant, Mike McDaniel offensive assistant, Chris Morgan offensive line coach, Jeff Ulbrich linebackers coach and Chad Walker defensive assistant/defensive backs. NewYorkJets: Signed CB Curtis Brown. WashingtonRedskins: Signed OL Tyler Larsen and Ty Nsekhe. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague AnaheimDucks: Recalled G Ryan Fara- gher from Utah (ECHL) to Norfolk (AHL). DallasStars: Assigned G Jack Campbell from Texas (AHL) to Idaho (ECHL). MinnesotaWild: Placed Lws Ryan Carter and Jason Zucker on injured reserve. Recalleed D Stu Bickel and F Brett Sutter from Iowa (AHL). NashvillePredators: Recalled D Anthony Bitetto and F Viktor Stalberg from Milwaukee (AHL). TampaBayLightning: Assigned F Danick Gauthier from Syracuse (AHL) to Wichita (ECHL). WashingtonCapitals: Recalled D Steven Oleksy from Hershey (AHL). AmericanHockeyLeague MilwaukeeAdmirals: Recalled D Jaynen Rissling from Cincinnati (ECHL). Signed D Jared Nightingale to a professional tryout agreement. SOCCER MajorLeagueSoccer D.C.United: Signed M Michael Farfan. performance. But it was Snell's play that stood out. Besides his scoring, Snell started the second half in place of Jimmy Butler (strained right shoulder) and played strong defense on Sacra- mento's Rudy Gay. "I think he's taking good shots, good rhythm shots," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said of Snell. "That's the big challenge: shoot when you should and pass when you should. I like that a lot. He had a great rhythm there and he had a tough matchup, too, when Jimmy went down. Rudy Gay is not an easy guy to guard. That puts enormous pressure on you and I thought he played well on both sides of the ball." The Kings (18-33) have dropped 12 of 14. Gay led Sacramento with 24 points, but was held to nine points on 3-for-8 shooting in the second half. Snell was 4 for 6 on 3-pointers. His previous high was 20 points. The trio of Snell, Ga- sol and Rose combined to go 30 for 43 (69.8 per- cent) from the field as Chi- cago (33-20) won its third straight. The Bulls, who had a 57-49 halftime advantage, broke the game open in the third, beginning the second half with a 23-8 run for an 80-57 advan- tage with just under three minutes left in the quar- ter. Gasol had 13 points dur- ing the run. 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