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MLBBASEBALL Spring Training, Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Yankees: 10a.m.,MLB. COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Providence vs. Seton Hall: 4 p.m., FS1. Notre Dame vs. Louisville: 4 p.m., ESPN2. Central Florida vs. S. Florida: 4p.m., ESPNU. St. John's vs. Marquette: 6 p.m., FS1. USC vs. UCLA: 6p.m., ESPN2. TCU vs. Oklahoma State: 6 p.m., ESPNU. Oregon vs. Oregon State: 8 p.m., ESPNU. NBA BASKETBALL Los Angeles Lakers at Miami Heat: 5p.m., ESPN. Milwaukee Bucks at Golden State Warriors: 7:30p.m., CSNBA. Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Clippers: 7:30p.m., ESPN. GOLF LPGA Women's Champions Round 1: 8p.m., GOLF. EPGA Africa Open Round 1: 4:30a.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY New York Rangers at Detroit Red Wings: 5p.m., NBCSN. SOCCER FIFA Algarve Cup Norway vs. United States: 11a.m., FS1. EPL Soccer: noon, NBCSN. COLLEGE WOMENS TENNIS USC vs. UCLA: 3p.m., PAC-12. Ontheair three straight trips to the NFC championship game. Tomsula's experience coaching in NFL Europe helped sway Hayne, who also generated interest from Detroit and Seat- tle. In December, the Li- ons acknowledged that Hayne visited with them during his tour of NFL teams after a workout in San Diego. Hayne also visited the Pacific North- west and toured the Uni- versity of Washington and Seahawks headquarters in September. Renowned for his ac- celeration and counter- attacking skills in rugby, Hayne said he believes he has the ability to make it as either a punt returner or kick returner. The 49ers appreciate versatility and depth, perhaps something Hayne could offer at a cou- ple of positions. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was asked about the transition for a rugby player though the coach didn't meet with Hayne. Carroll noted that rugby players would be naturals to try to make the switch to football given the simi- larities in skill sets. "You're looking for great athletes to make the tran- sition because the guys on our level are fantastic ath- letes," Carroll said. "But there is just a lot of gen- eral carry over because it's running, and making peo- ple miss, and hitting, and tackling, and being tough and physical and all that stuff." Now, Carroll and the Super Bowl runner-up Se- ahawks could be facing Hayne in the NFC West. Hayne FROM PAGE 1 one foot in the batter's box after taking a pitch. Not ev- eryone seemed to get the memo. New York Yankees lead- off hitter Jacoby Ellsbury took the first pitch of the game — and this spring, in fact — from Philadelphia's David Buchanan and im- mediately stepped outside the white-chalked line, maintaining his routine. These days, that's a no- no — not a no-hitter. But Vic Carapazza, the plate umpire for the exhibition in Clearwater, Florida, gave no signal to Ellsbury that he was guilty of break- ing one of the new rules. MLB is using the spring training schedule and reg- ular-season games in April to break everyone in. But starting May 1, offenders will face discipline — most likely fines. Along with keeping batters close to the plate, pitchers are required to have their warmup tosses completed before the clock — set at 2:25 for regionally televised games and 2:45 for national broadcasts — is down to 30 seconds and the batter must be ready by the time the clock reaches 5 seconds. A f t er C i nc i n nat i drubbed Cleveland 10-0 in a fairly tidy 2 hours, 50 minutes, Indians manager Terry Francona said he believes the changes will be smooth and players and umpires will work to- gether to tweak any prob- lems. There will be issues and controversy, but that's baseball. "I don't think it's going to be that big of a deal. I re- ally don't," Francona said. "It's going to be that day and it's hot and everyone's a little on edge, that's when you're going to see some- thing. But that's what you see during the games any- way." Two clocks were in- stalled at all ballparks throughout the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues, and for the most part the time pieces went unnoticed. Players hustled on and off the field between innings, most of them seemingly unaware that they were be- ing timed. "I tried not to pay atten- tion to it," said San Fran- cisco ace Madison Bumgar- ner, last year's World Series MVP. "It's going to be that way during the season. I didn't pay attention. I can usually be ready." In a few instances, hitters caught themselves about to drift outside the dirt near home plate and made sure they kept at least a cleat on the edge of the box. "I reminded a lot of guys today, 'Oh, you can't do that. You do that and we're going to write you up for that. You can't do that,'" said umpire James Hoye, who called balls and strikes for the Pirates and Blue Jays. "They'd laugh and say, 'Oh, sorry."' By the way, it took 3 hours, 17 minutes for Pitts- burgh to beat Toronto 8-7. The average MLB game- time in the regular season last year was 3:02. MLB FROM PAGE 1 pitch count and "right the ship." He did that, striking out Josh Phegley on three pitches and then handing over the baseball after al- lowing a two-out single. Right-hander Brett Bochy allowed the inherited run- ner to score. The four runs matched the amount that Bumgar- ner yielded over 36 2⁄3 in- nings in the NLCS and World Series last October. It's also one more run than he yielded all of last spring; he began last season's ex- hibition schedule with 25 scoreless innings. "Yeah and you saw what happened: I wasn't very good in April," said Bumgar- ner, who started last season by throwing quality starts in two of his first six out- ings. "That's why I don't know if it correlates. You've seen it a lot of times. A guy has a terrible spring and has a great season." Bumgarner threw all his pitches, including one of his sub-70 mph curve- balls. That's not a pitch he plans to feature this sea- son. It's more about put- ting one more thought in a hitter's mind. "There might be stretches I don't throw it at all," he said. • Tim Lincecum's spring debut wasn't perfect, but he had an 0-2 count on all four batters he faced and felt good about the life on a fastball that was anywhere from 88-92 mph. "It's not necessarily the speed," Lincecum said. "It's the life I'm looking for and how it carries to the glove. I can gauge that by the swings (the hitters) take." Lincecum allowed a run when Ben Zobrist hit a leadoff double and ad- vanced on a pair of wild pitches — a changeup and a curveball in the dirt that got past catcher Andrew Susac. Lincecum isn't throwing his slider yet this spring so he can hone his fastball, changeup and curve. Although Lincecum ap- peared in relief, he'll be stretched out to start. The current plan remains for Lincecum to open the sea- son as the Giants' No.5 starter. • Hunter Strickland's battle with the gopherb- all continues. The rookie right-hander gave up a two-run home run to Jason Pridie in his spring debut. Strickland would like to move past the record-set- ting six home runs he al- lowed last postseason, in- cluding a couple when he lost his composure on the mound. Instead, Pridie's home run stirred up those memories. "It was probably frus- trating for him," Bochy said. "He's working hard. That's why we're here. He's working on his secondary pitches, which he needs to do. I thought he kept good poise out there." Strickland is a fringe candidate for the last spot in the opening-day bull- pen, since he has a minor league option. George Kon- tos, Jean Machi and Erik Cordier do not. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Ben McLemore finished with 20 for the Kings. Sacramento (21-37) scored the first four points and never trailed. They built the lead to 16 after the first quarter and to as many as 44 in in the second half before winning by 38. Sacramento is now 3-3 since Karl took over on Feb. 17. "I think we did a good job of sharing the ball," Cousins said. "Everyone was involved tonight. I think we communicated well early on. I think every- one played within the flow of the game, so it made it a lot easier." Alexey Shved led the league-worst Knicks (12- 47) with 15 points. Jason Smith and Shane Larkin had 13 each. "We came out a little flat tonight and they kind of jumped on us," Larkin said. "They were just out there playing free-flowing basketball." After shooting only 35 percent (7-for-20) from the field in the first quarter, the Knicks (12-47) were even worse in the second, going 6-for-24 for 25 percent. Their previous worst loss was by 28 points to Charlotte at home, 110-82, on Jan. 10. "The most disappointing part is not necessarily los- ing the game, but just the way collectively as a group we couldn't find a way to compete against this team tonight," said coach Derek Fisher. Sacramento started the second half on a 27-9 run and opened up a game- high 44-point lead, 92-48, on Gay's 3-pointer with 6:01 left in the third. The Knicks responded by scoring the next 12 points and eventually got as close as 28 points, 100- 72, on Smith's jumper early in the fourth quarter. That was as close as they came. Gay, Cousins and McLemore were not needed in the fourth and sat out. Derrick Williams scored 17 points for the Kings. Nik Stauskas added 15 and Omar Casspi had 14. SacramentoSweep The Kings defeated the Knicks, 135-129 in over- time, in the teams' only other meeting this season on Dec. 27 in Sacramento. The Kings hadn't swept the Knicks in a season se- ries since the 2009-10 sea- son. That year, Sacramento also recorded an overtime victory, 118-114, on Febru- ary 9, 2010. Up Next Kings: At San Antonio on Wednesday. Kings FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Basketball NBA WESTERNCONFERENCE PacificDivision W L Pct GB Golden State 46 12 .793 — Clippers 40 21 .656 7½ Phoenix 31 30 .508 16½ Sacramento 21 37 .362 25 Lakers 16 43 .271 30½ SouthwestDivision W L Pct GB Memphis 42 17 .712 — Houston 41 19 .683 1½ Dallas 40 22 .645 3½ San Antonio 36 23 .610 6 New Orleans 32 28 .533 10½ NorthwestDivision W L Pct GB Portland 39 19 .672 — Oklahoma City 33 27 .550 7 Utah 24 35 .407 15½ Denver 21 39 .350 19 Minnesota 13 46 .220 26½ EASTERNCONFERENCE AtlanticDivision W L Pct GB Toronto 38 22 .633 — Brooklyn 25 33 .431 12 Boston 23 35 .397 14 Philadelphia 13 47 .217 25 New York 12 47 .203 25½ SoutheastDivision W L Pct GB Atlanta 48 12 .800 — Washington 34 27 .557 14½ Miami 26 33 .441 21½ Charlotte 25 33 .431 22 Orlando 19 42 .311 29½ Ce nt ra lD ivis io n W L Pct GB Chicago 38 23 .623 — Cleveland 38 24 .613 ½ Milwaukee 32 28 .533 5½ Indiana 25 34 .424 12 Detroit 23 36 .390 14 Monday'sgames Toronto 114, Philadelphia 103 Miami 115, Phoenix 98 Brooklyn 110, Golden State 108 Clippers 110, Minnesota 105 Dallas 102, New Orleans 93 Tuesday'sgames Charlotte 104, Lakers 103 Cleveland 110, Boston 79 Sacramento 124, New York 86 Atlanta 104, Houston 96 Chicago 97, Washington 92 Utah 93, Memphis 82 Denver 106, Milwaukee 95 Wednesday'sgames Phoenix at Orlando, 4 p.m. New York at Indiana, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Utah at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 5 p.m. De nve r a t M in ne so ta , 5 p .m . Lakers at Miami, 5 p.m. Sacramento at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Portland at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Thursday'sgames Oklahoma City at Chicago, 5 p.m. Dallas at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Kings124,Knicks86 KINGS(124) Gay 9-15 4-5 25, Thompson 2-6 0-0 4, Cousins 5-10 11-11 22, McLemore 6-12 6-7 20, McCallum 2-7 2-2 6, Williams 7-12 0-2 17, Stauskas 4-8 6-6 15, Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Casspi 6-10 2-2 14, Hollins 0-1 0-0 0, Landry 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 41-83 32-37 124. KNICKS(86) Amundson 2-4 0-0 4, Early 1-6 2-2 4, Bargnani 1-4 1-2 3, Hardaway Jr. 2-7 1-2 7, Galloway 2-8 2-2 6, Larkin 5-9 2-4 13, Aldrich 4-6 0-0 8, Shved 4-11 7-9 15, Thomas 2-9 2-3 6, Smith 6-10 1-2 13, Acy 0-5 2-2 2, Wear 1-3 2-2 5. Totals 30-82 22-30 86. Sacramento 35 30 35 24 — 124 NewYork 19 20 29 18 — 86 3-PointGoals: Sacramento 10-18 (Gay 3-4, Williams 3-5, McLemore 2-4, Cousins 1-1, Stauskas 1-2, Casspi 0-2), New York 4-22 (Hardaway Jr. 2-5, Wear 1-1, Larkin 1-3, Thomas 0-1, Smith 0-1, Early 0-2, Galloway 0-2, Acy 0-3, Shved 0-4);Fouled out: None;Rebounds: Sacramento 59 (Cousins 10), New York 48 (Aldrich, Shved 7);Assists: Sacramento 26 (McLemore, Gay, McCallum 4), New York 16 (Larkin 6);Totalfouls: Sacramento 20, New York 27;A: 19,812 (19,763). NCAAMEN'STOP25 Tuesday 1. Kentucky (30-0) beat Georgia 72-64. 2. Virginia (28-1) did not play. 3. Duke (26-3) did not play. 4. Villanova (27-2) at Creighton, (n.) 5. Arizona (26-3) did not play. 6. Wisconsin (26-3) did not play. 7. Gonzaga (29-2) did not play. 8. Wichita State (27-3) did not play. 9. Kansas (23-6) vs. No. 20 West Virginia. 10. Maryland (25-5) beat Rutgers 60-50. 11. Northern Iowa (27-3) did not play. 12. Notre Dame (24-5) did not play. 13. Utah (22-6) did not play. 14. Baylor (22-8) did not play. 15. Oklahoma (20-9) did not play. 16. Louisville (23-6) did not play. 17. Iowa State (22-8) did not play. 18. Arkansas (23-6) did not play. 19. North Carolina (21-9) beat Georgia Tech 81-49. 20. West Virginia (22-7) at No. 9 Kansas. 21. Butler (21-9) lost to Georgetown 60-54. 22. SMU (23-6) did not play. 23. Ohio State (21-8) did not play. 24. Providence (20-9) did not play. 25. Murray State (26-4) did not play. NCAAWOMEN'SFARWEST Boise St. 91, San Jose St. 76 Colorado St. 68, Nevada 61 Fresno St. 61, Air Force 41 Wyoming 61, Utah St. 57 NHL WESTERNCONFERENCE PACIFICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 65 41 17 7 89 193 178 Vancouver 62 36 23 3 75 180 167 Calgary 63 34 25 4 72 178 162 Los Angeles 62 29 21 12 70 166 162 San Jose 64 31 25 8 70 179 181 Arizona 64 20 37 7 47 139 218 Edmonton 63 18 35 10 46 143 208 CENTRALDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 65 41 17 7 89 193 158 St. Louis 63 40 18 5 85 197 159 Chicago 64 38 21 5 81 188 152 Winnipeg 64 32 20 12 76 179 172 Minnesota 63 34 22 7 75 179 163 Dallas 64 28 26 10 66 199 212 Colorado 63 27 25 11 65 167 182 EASTERNCONFERENCE ATLANTICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 63 41 17 5 87 171 139 Tampa Bay 65 39 20 6 84 213 171 Detroit 61 35 15 11 81 180 159 Boston 62 31 22 9 71 165 161 Florida 64 28 23 13 69 156 181 Ottawa 61 27 23 11 65 173 166 Toronto 64 26 33 5 57 173 195 Buffalo 64 19 40 5 43 123 215 METROPOLITANDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 65 41 21 3 85 207 182 N.Y. Rangers 62 39 17 6 84 196 153 Pittsburgh 62 36 17 9 81 181 155 Washington 65 35 20 10 80 193 162 Philadelphia 64 27 25 12 66 170 186 New Jersey 64 27 27 10 64 144 165 Columbus 63 26 33 4 56 163 201 Carolina 62 24 31 7 55 144 167 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday'sgames N.Y. Rangers 4, Nashville 1 Chicago 5, Carolina 2 San Jose 4, Montreal 0 Tuesday'sgames Minnesota 3, Ottawa 2, SO New Jersey 3, Nashville 1 Calgary 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Washington 5, Columbus 3 Tampa Bay 3, Buffalo 0 Toronto 3, Florida 2 Dallas 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT Anaheim 4, Arizona 1 Los Angeles at Edmonton, (n.) San Jose at Vancouver, (n.) Wednesday'sgames Ottawa at Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Detroit, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Colorado, 7 p.m. Montreal at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Baseball MAJORLEAGUEBASEBALL SPRINGTRAININGGLANCE Tuesday'sGames Detroit 15, Baltimore 2 Philadelphia 5, N.Y. Yankees 5, tie Pittsburgh 8, Toronto 7 Oakland 9, San Francisco 4 Cincinnati 10, Cleveland 0 Wednesday'sGames Detroit vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Toronto vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers at Gl endal e, A ri z. , 1 2: 05 p .m . Cincinnati vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Oakland vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Arizona vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 12:10 p.m. Thursday'sGames N.Y. Yankees vs. Pittsburgh at Braden- ton, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Atlanta vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Baltimore (ss) vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 10:05 a.m. St. Louis vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Philadelphia vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Oakland vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) at Mesa, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Texas vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Colorado vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 12:10 p.m. Milwaukee vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 12:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 3:05 p.m. Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 4:05 p.m. Toronto vs. Baltimore (ss) at Sarasota, Fla., 4:05 p.m. Athletics9,Giants4 SanFran Oakland AB R H B AB R H B Aoki cf 3 0 1 0 Gentry rf 3 2 2 0 G.Brown cf 2 0 0 0 B.Burns cf 2 1 1 0 Panik 2b 3 0 0 0 Semien ss 3 2 3 4 B.Hicks 2b 2 0 1 1 Carlin c 1 0 1 1 McGehee 3b1 0 0 1 Zobrist 2b 2 1 2 0 Adrianza 3b2 1 0 0 Ladendf 2b3 1 1 0 Maxwell lf 2 0 0 0 B.Butler 1b 1 0 0 1 Carbonell lf 2 0 0 0 Olson 1b 2 0 0 0 Belt 1b 3 0 1 0 Lawrie 3b 2 0 0 0 Ishikawa 1b0 0 0 0 Hassan lf 2 0 0 0 Susac c 1 0 0 0 Freiman dh2 0 1 0 Sanchez c 2 0 0 0 Wendle dh 1 0 0 0 Duvall dh 4 1 2 1 Canha lf 2 0 0 0 J.Perez rf 2 0 0 0 Muncy 3b 2 1 0 0 Parker rf 2 1 1 0 Phegley c 2 0 0 0 Arias ss 2 1 1 0 Parrino ss 2 0 0 0 M.Duffy ss 2 0 1 0 Fuld cf 2 0 1 0 Pridie rf 2 1 1 2 Totals 35 4 8 3 36 913 8 SanFran 011 000 011 — 4 Oakland 311 010 03x — 9 E: Adrianza (1), Muncy (1);DP: San Fran- cisco 1;LOB: San Francisco 8, Oakland 6;2B: B.Hicks (1), Arias (1), M.Duffy (1), Zobrist (1), Freiman (1);3B: B.Burns (1), Zobrist (1);HR: Duvall (1), Semien 2 (2), Pridie (1);SB: Aoki (1), G.Brown (1), Gen- try (1);CS: Semien (1);SF: B.Butler. IP H R ER BB SO SanFrancisco Bgarner L,0-1 12/3 5 4 4 0 2 Bochy 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 Lincecum 1 1 1 1 0 2 Affeldt 1 1 0 0 0 1 C.Hall 1 1 1 1 0 1 Machi 1 0 0 0 0 1 Cordier 1 1 0 0 1 1 Strickland 1 3 3 3 1 0 Oakland Mills W,1-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 R.Owens 12/3 3 2 2 0 0 P.Venditte 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 Rodriguez 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 Verdugo 1 0 0 0 0 1 R.Alvarez 1 1 0 0 0 0 Buschmann 1 1 0 0 0 2 J.Fuller 1 0 1 0 1 1 B.Huntzinger 1 2 1 1 0 1 HBP: by J.Fuller (Ishikawa);WP: Lince- cum 2, R.Alvarez. T: 3:12;A: 7,820 (10,000). Tennis WTAABIERTOMONTERREY AFIRMERESULTS Tuesday At Sierra Madre Tennis Club Monterrey, Mexico Purse: $500,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles FirstRound Magdalena Rybarikova (8), Slovakia, def. Jelena Jaksic, Serbia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Timea Bacsinszky (4), Switzerland, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 7-6 (8), 3-6, 6-4. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 6-2, 6-0. Pauline Parmentier, France, def. Alek- sandra Krunic, Serbia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-2. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Ana Sofia Sanchez, Mexico, 6-2, 6-3. Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, def. Alison Riske (6), United States, 6-4, 6-0. Sara Errani (2), Italy, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-0, 6-3. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Maria- Teresa Torro-Flor, Spain, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (3). WTABMWMALAYSIANOPEN RESULTS Tuesday At Royal Selangor Golf Club Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Purse: $250,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles FirstRound Jarmila Gajdosova (4), Australia, def. Cagla Buyukakcay, Turkey, 7-5, 6-4. Julia Goerges (8), Germany, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, 6-1, 7-6 (2). Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, def. Casey Del- lacqua (3), Australia, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3. Misa Eguchi, Japan, def. An-Sophie Mestach, Belgium, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, def. Wang Yafan, China, 6-3, 6-1. Zhu Lin, China, def. Yuliya Beygelzimer, Ukraine, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Klara Koukalova (5), Czech Republic, def. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, 6-1, 6-3. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, def. Sa bi ne L is ic ki ( 2) , G er ma ny , 6 -4 , 7 -5 . Carina Witthoeft, Germany, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 7-5, 7-5. Golf WORLDGOLFRANKING 1. Rory McIlroy NIR 11.27 2. Bubba Watson USA 7.21 3. Henrik Stenson SWE 7.05 4. Jason Day AUS 6.75 5. Adam Scott AUS 6.65 6. Jim Furyk USA 6.01 7. Sergio Garcia ESP 6.00 8. Justin Rose ENG 5.75 9. Jordan Spieth USA 5.57 10. Martin Kaymer GER 4.87 11. Rickie Fowler USA 4.81 12. Matt Kuchar USA 4.79 13. Jimmy Walker USA 4.77 14. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.37 15. Patrick Reed USA 4.20 16. Dustin Johnson USA 4.16 17. Victor Dubuisson FRA 3.85 18. Billy Horschel USA 3.82 19. Brooks Koepka USA 3.73 20. Phil Mickelson USA 3.66 21. Graeme McDowell NIR 3.56 22. Chris Kirk USA 3.42 23. Jamie Donaldson WAL 3.38 24. Zach Johnson USA 3.38 25. Bill Haas USA 3.22 26. Hunter Mahan USA 3.19 27. Lee Westwood ENG 3.13 28. Ian Poulter ENG 3.12 29 . R ya n P al me r US A 3. 11 30. Kevin Na USA 3.09 Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For March 4 NCAABasketball Favorite Line Underdog Ohio St. 6 at Penn St. at Louisville 5 Notre Dame Providence 1 at Seton Hall at South Florida 1 UCF at S. Joseph's 1½ La Salle at Fordham 3 Duquesne George Wash. 3½ at George Mason at LSU 8 Tennessee at UMass Pk Richmond St. Bonaventure 3½ at Saint Louis at Duke 19 Wake Forest at Pittsburgh 2 Miami at Michigan St. 7 Purdue at Tulane 5½ Houston at Tulsa 1½ Cincinnati at Wyoming 4 Utah St. at UCLA 12½ Southern Cal at Marquette Pk St. John's at Vanderbilt 11½ Mississippi St. at Oklahoma St. 6 TCU at Illinois 7 Nebraska Colorado St. 7½ at Nevada at Fresno St. 4½ Air Force Boise St. 20 at San Jose St. Sa n D ie go S t. 4 a t U NL V at Oregon St. Pk Oregon at Hawaii 2½ UC Santa Barbara OhioValleyConference AtNashville,Tenn. FirstRound Morehead St. 2 SE Missouri E. Illinois Pk SIU-Edwardsville BigSouthConference AtConway,S.C. FirstRound Longwood 1 Presbyterian Gardner-Webb 7 Campbell UNC Asheville 10½ Liberty NortheastConference FirstRound at St. Fran. (NY) 11 LIU at Robert Morr. 9½ Wagner at Bryant 5 Sacred Heart at M. St. Mary's 4½ St. Francis;(Pa.) AmericaEastConference FirstRound at Albany (NY) 20 Maine at Vermont 17½ UMBC at Stony Brook 16½ Binghamton at New Hamp. 9 Hartford NBA Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog at Indiana 13 (191½) New York Phoenix 4½ (206½) at Orlando at Boston 1½ (193½) Utah Cleveland 4 (207) at Toronto at Brooklyn 5½ (192) Charlotte at Minnesota 6 (205) Denver at Houston 3½ (197½) Memphis at Miami 10 (198) Lakers at Thunder 11½ (196½) 76ers at New Orleans 2 (193½) Detroit at San Antonio 11½ (202½) Sacramento at C li pp er s 3 ½ ( 20 6 ½ ) Por tla nd at Golden State 12½ (201½) Milwaukee NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Winnipeg -165/+145 Ottawa at Detroit -135/+115 N.Y. Rangers Pittsburgh -140/+120 at Colorado at Anaheim -130/+110 Montreal Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague ChicagoWhiteSox: Agreed to terms with RHPs Maikel Cleto, Raul Fernandez, Erik Johnson, Frankie Montas, Jake Petricka, Zach Putnam, Daniel Webb and Michael Ynoa, LHPs Onelki Garcia, Dan Jennings and Eric Surkamp, Cs Rob Brantly, Adrian Nieto and Kevan Smith, INFs Matt Davidson, Leury Garcia, Conor Gillaspie, Tyler Saladino, Carlos Sanchez and Andy Wilkins, Ofs Adam Eaton, Avisail Garcia, J.B. Shuck and Trayce Thompson on one-year contracts. KansasCityRoyals: Agreed to terms with RHPs Jandel Gustave and Yordano Ventura, C Francisco Pena, INFs Orlando Calixte and Christian Colon and Ofs Rey- mond Fuentes, Terrance Gore and Paulo Orlando on one-year contracts. MinnesotaTwins: Agreed to terms with RHPs A.J. Achter, Kyle Gibson, J.R. Graham, Trevor May, Alex Meyer, Lester Oliveros, Ryan Pressly, Stephen Pryor and Michael Tonkin, LHPs Logan Darnell, Caleb Thielbar, Aaron Thompson and Jason Wheeler, Cs Chris Herrmann and Josmil Pinto, INFs Brian Dozier, Eduardo Escobar, Jorge Polanco, Miguel Sano, Danny Santana and Kennys Vargas, Ofs Oswaldo Arcia, Aaron Hicks, Max Kepler and Eddie Rosario on one-year contracts. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation NBA: Fined Phoenix C Alex Len $20,000 for initiating an altercation with Miami C Hassan Whiteside and attempting to take him to the floor during a March 2 game. Fined Whiteside $15,000 for escalating the incident by wrestling Len to the floor and Phoenix F Markieff Mor- ris $15,000 for his Flagrant 2 for making excessive contact above the shoulders with Miami G Goran Dragic. DenverNuggets: Fired coach Brian Shaw. Named Melvin Hunt interim coach. DetroitPistons: Signed F Quincy Miller to a second 10-day contract. MemphisGrizzlies: Suspended G Tony Allen one game for violating team policy. MiamiHeat: Signed F Henry Walker to a second 10-day contract. SacramentoKings: Named Vlade Divac vice president of basketball and fran- chise operations. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague AtlantaFalcons: Signed LB Nate Stupar to a contract extension. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015 2 B