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COLLEGEMEN'S BASKETBALL Evansville vs. Illinois State:6 p.m., ESPN2. George Wash. vs. Dayton: 4 p.m., ESPN2. Monmoth vs. Iona: 6p.m., ESPNU. COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DePaul vs. Butler: 4p.m., FS1. Stanford vs. Oregon: 6p.m., PAC12BA. California vs. Oregon State: 8 p.m., PAC12BA. NBA BASKETBALL Minnesota Timberwolves at Oklahoma City Thunder: 4 p.m., ESPN. Cleveland Cavaliers at Hous- ton Rockets: 6:30p.m., ESPN. NBDL BASKETBALL Canton at Maine: 4p.m., ESPNU. GOLF Latin America Amateur Championship Round 2: 11 a.m., ESPN2. Diamond Resorts Invitational Day 2: 11:30a.m., GOLF. PGA GOLF Sony Open Round 2: 4p.m., GOLF. EPGA GOLF Eurasia Cup Day 2: 8:30p.m., GOLF. Joburg Open Round 3: 2:30 a.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY Chicago at Toronto: 4p.m., NHL. COLLEGE HOCKEY Merrimack vs. Notre Dame: 4:30p.m., NBCSN. SKIING FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Men's Downhill: 3:30a.m., NBCSN. EPL SOCCER Sunderland at Tottenham: 5 a.m., NBCSN. ATP TENNIS Sydney International Final: 12:30a.m., TENNIS. Ontheair ertyChristianPatriots(10- 3) on Tuesday night. LADY WARRIORS 29, BIGGS 48 The Mercy Lady War- riors fell at home Wednes- day evening to the Biggs Wolverines 48-29. The Warriors struggled to score, being held to sin- gle digits each period of the game, while the Wol- verines had big first and fi- nal periods to take the win. Tasha Pimentel led the scoring for the Warriors with 13 and had nine re- bounds and a steal. Annie Feser scored six points and had seven re- bounds; Cheyanne John- son had four points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals and Madeline Flynn had three points, eight rebounds and four steals. The Warriors (8-8) were scheduled to host the West- wood Lumberjacks (0-7) on Thursday night and will travel to Redding on Tues- day to take on the Liberty Christian Patriots (0-3) at 6 p.m. Basketball FROM PAGE 1 game as of 5:30 p.m. Thurs- day. The Cardinals (8-3-1) were scheduled to play the Anderson Cubs (4-7-1) on Thursday night in Red- ding. The Cardinals will host the West Valley Eagles (11- 6-2) at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. LADY CARDINALS 8, CEN- TRAL VALLEY 0 The Lady Cardinals shut out the Cen- tral Valley Falcons on Tues- day night on their home field 8-0, to keep the Fal- cons looking for their first win of the season. No stats were posted for the game as of 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The Cardinals (4-5) were scheduled to face the An- derson Cubs (0-6-1) on Thursday night. The Cardinals will host the West Valley Eagles (7-2- 2) at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. BULLDOGS 1, UNIVERSITY PREP 1 The Los Molinos Bulldogs played to a tie Tuesday against the Uni- versity Prep Panthers, 1-1, in Redding. No stats were posted for the game as of 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The Bulldogs (6-5-1) were scheduled to host the Wil- liams Yellowjackets (2-3-2) on Thursday afternoon. The Bulldogs will host the Durham Trojans (2-7- 1) at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. PIERCE 6, MERCY 1 The MercyWarriorsfell6-1Tues- day afternoon on the road against the Pierce Bears. No stats were posted for the game as of 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The Warriors (0-4) were scheduled to play the Es- parto Spartans on Thurs- day evening in Esparto. The Warriors will host the Live Oak Lions (6-1-2) at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. Soccer FROM PAGE 1 the abilities of each of our players and put us in the best position to win foot- ball games," Kelly added. The 49ers' person- nel power still belongs to general manager Trent Baalke, who's insisted that all coaches have had input on roster decisions since he took over in 2010. Baalke spearheaded the search that included in- terviews with Shanahan, Hue Jackson, Tom Cough- lin, Dirk Koetter, Anthony Lynn and John DeFilippo. New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton and Stanford coach David Shaw were believed to be high on the 49ers' wish list but neither interviewed for the post. "Chip possesses all the qualities we were looking for in our next head coach," Baalke said in a statement. "He has demonstrated the ability to be innovative ev- erywhere he has coached and has had great success throughout his career." Kelly hasn't worked alongside Baalke, but 49ers senior personnel executive Tom Gamble did work in the Eagles front office from 2013-14. Gamble's presence could balance out any po- tential friction between Baalke and Kelly, who took over the Eagles' personnel a year ago and had a slew of moves backfire. "The thing I worry about most is Chip Kelly is a very strong personality," Young said. "Trent Baalke, the general manager, gives nothing to the coach. That was most or part of the problem they had with Jim Harbuagh. You have a strong personality and a strong personality. How does that get worked out?" Kelly wasn't connected, at least publicly, to any of the NFL's six other head- coaching vacancies after the Eagles fired him Dec. 29. He is only the second 49ers coach since 1970 to be hired with previous NFL head-coaching experience, the other being Dennis Er- ickson, who went 9-23 from 2003-04. York, in a statement, described the 49ers as "thrilled" to have hired Kelly, citing his "proven track record" in previous stops with the Eagles and Oregon. "We believe strongly that he is the right man to get this team back to compet- ing for championships," York stated."I look forward to watching Trent and Chip work closely to build a team that will make us all proud." This season's search cen- tered on finding an offen- sive maestro. It's what you do when you finish last in scoring and haven't ranked among the top 10 in total yards or passing yards since 2003. Kelly parlayed his of- fensive success at Ore- gon into his first NFL gig three years ago with the Eagles. In producing 10-6 records his first two sea- sons, the Eagles ranked in the top five in both points and yards. Kelly's ouster was cele- brated among many play- ers, including cornerback Brandon Boykin, who got traded Aug. 1 to the Pitts- burgh Steelers. "You can't trick players or pretend to be someone you're not if the results aren't there," Boykin told the Pittsburgh Tribune. Running back LeSean McCoy, who got dealt to the Buffalo Bills in the off- season, brought race into the discussion when he claimed "there's a reason he got rid of all the black players." Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells, a mentor to the 49ers' Baalke, dismissed Kelly's cold relationships with players and staff. "He's been a very success- ful coach, and there's been a lot of players he's coached that readily accepted him and he had a lot of success with those people," Parcells said last week on Philadel- phia's 97.5 The Fanatic. Kelly's high-tempo of- fense didn't translate to success on the other side of the ball, as the Eagles de- fense never finished higher than 28th in yards allowed, and this year they allowed the 28th-most points. Safety Eric Reid, one of the 49ers' captains this season, reacted to Kelly's hiring by tweeting that he wondered who would be the defensive coordina- tor. Eric Mangini held that role last year in place of Vic Fangio, and Mangini is still under contract, as are all but three assistants who've been hired elsewhere. Kelly was born and raised in New Hampshire, which is also where he went to college and main- tains a home. The state's "Live Free or Die" motto arguably mirrors Kelly's all-or-nothing gusto as a coach. His coaching career started at Columbia, John Hopkins and New Hamp- shire before he became Or- egon's offensive coordina- tor in 2007-08. He took over as the Ducks coach from 2009- 12, producing conference championships his first three seasons. They lost in the Rose Bowl his first sea- son, fell to Auburn in the BCS National Champion- ship Game the next sea- son, won the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day 2012, and they finished the 2013 sea- son ranked No. 2 after win- ning the Fiesta Bowl. With the Super Bowl coming to the 49ers' home field Feb. 7, the 49ers now have a new coach — not a coach/general manager — to show off. "With Trent Baalke and Chip Kelly trying to re-tool the offensive personnel to his liking, that will be in- teresting," former 49ers coach Steve Mariucci said on NFL Network. "It's in a division where there are some great defenses. … He will be facing some real tough opponents within the division but in a lot of ways this hire makes sense." 49ers FROM PAGE 1 PATRIC SCHNEIDER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE The San Francisco 49ers have hired Chip Kelly (shown here) as their new head coach. CEO Jed York announced the move Thursday. Scoreboard Football NFLPLAYOFFS Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 KansasCity30,Houston0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 Sunday, Jan. 10 Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 Kansas City at New England, 1:35 (CBS) Green Bay at Arizona, 5:15 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 17 Seattle at Carolina, 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh at Denver, 1:30 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC, 12:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara TBD, 3:30 p.m. (CBS) BOWL GLANCE Monday College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz. Alabama 45, Clemson 40 Saturday, Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 1 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson National vs. American, 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday, Jan. 30 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 11:30 a.m. (NFLN) NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Golden State 36 3 .923 — Clippers 26 13 .667 10 Sacramento 16 23 .410 20 Phoenix 13 27 .325 231/2 Lakers 9 31 .225 271/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Antonio 35 6 .854 — Dallas 22 18 .550 121/2 Memphis 22 19 .537 13 Houston 21 19 .525 131/2 New Orleans 12 26 .316 211/2 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 28 12 .700 — Utah 17 22 .436 101/2 Portland 17 24 .415 111/2 Denver 15 24 .385 121/2 Minnesota 12 28 .300 16 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 25 15 .625 — Boston 20 19 .513 41/2 New York 20 21 .488 51/2 Brooklyn 11 28 .282 131/2 Philadelphia 4 37 .098 211/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 23 16 .590 — Miami 22 17 .564 1 Orlando 20 19 .513 3 Washington 18 19 .486 4 Charlotte 18 20 .474 41/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 27 10 .730 — Chicago 23 15 .605 41/2 Indiana 22 17 .564 6 Detroit 21 18 .538 7 Milwaukee 16 25 .390 13 Wednesday's games Washington 106, Milwaukee 101 Charlotte 107, Atlanta 84 Brooklyn 110, New York 104 Houston 107, Minnesota 104 Oklahoma City 108, Dallas 89 Boston 103, Indiana 94 Denver 112, Golden State 110 New Orleans 109, Sacramento 97 Portland 99, Utah 85 Clippers 104, Miami 90 Thursday's games Toronto 106, Orlando 103, OT Chicago 115, Philadelphia 111, OT San Antonio 99, Cleveland 95 Memphis 103, Detroit 101 Sacramento 103, Utah 101 Lakers at Golden State, (n.) Friday's games Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Washington at Indiana, 4 p.m. Portland at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Phoenix at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 5 p.m. Charlotte at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Miami at Denver, 6 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Kings 103, Jazz 101 KINGS (103) Gay 9-17 5-6 24, Cousins 10-21 14-21 36, Cauley-Stein 4-6 1-2 9, Rondo 2-9 2-2 6, McLemore 1-2 2-2 4, Casspi 4-6 1-1 10, Belinelli 3-6 5-6 11, Koufos 0-2 0-0 0, Col- lison 1-5 0-2 3. Totals 34-74 30-42 103. JAZZ (101) Hayward 4-17 13-16 21, Lyles 8-13 2-4 19, Gobert 1-3 0-0 2, Neto 5-9 1-4 13, Hood 5-14 3-3 15, Booker 2-3 0-0 4, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Burke 7-15 3-4 17, Withey 0-1 2-2 2, Ingles 3-6 1-1 8, Pleiss 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-83 25-34 101. Sacramento 26 30 26 21 — 103 Utah 12 33 26 30 — 101 3-Point Goals: Sacramento 5-11 (Cousins 2-2, Collison 1-1, Casspi 1-2, Gay 1-4, Rondo 0-1, Belinelli 0-1), Utah 6-34 (Neto 2-4, Hood 2-8, Ingles 1-2, Lyles 1-3, Booker 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Burke 0-6, Hay- ward 0-8); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Sacramento 63 (Cousins 17), Utah 46 (Gobert 12); Assists: Sacramento 19 (Rondo 13), Utah 12 (Neto 4); Total fouls: Sacramento 29, Utah 26; Technicals: Casspi, Sacramento defensive three second; A: 17,894 (19,911). LEADERS SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT Pts Avg Curry, GOL 37 365 200 1101 29.8 Harden, HOU 40 330 351 1119 28.0 Durant, OKC 33 303 198 881 26.7 James, CLE 35 340 181 904 25.8 Cousins, SAC 30 261 213 773 25.8 Westbrook, OKC40 342 255 990 24.8 Lillard, POR 34 283 169 841 24.7 George, IND 39 298 226 938 24.1 Griffin, LAC 30 281 129 697 23.2 DeRozan, TOR 39 299 274 892 22.9 Davis, NOR 33 286 166 754 22.8 Butler, CHI 37 270 240 823 22.2 Thomas, BOS 39 274 218 843 21.6 Anthony, NYK 38 292 182 820 21.6 Thompson, GOL 37 281 90 774 20.9 Wiggins, MIN 39 285 216 811 20.8 McCollum, POR 39 312 89 810 20.8 Lowry, TOR 39 259 187 807 20.7 Bledsoe, PHX 31 223 138 632 20.4 Leonard, SAN 38 284 129 768 20.2 Knight, PHX 39 285 119 770 19.7 Lopez, Bro 39 304 162 770 19.7 Jackson, DET 38 272 147 746 19.6 Wall, WAS 37 272 126 726 19.6 Hayward, UTA 38 241 181 734 19.3 Walker, CHA 38 256 154 727 19.1 Gallinari, DEN 33 173 224 624 18.9 Bosh, MIA 39 258 154 736 18.9 Wade, MIA 38 272 150 701 18.4 Millsap, ATL 39 249 185 714 18.3 Paul, LAC 34 221 127 613 18.0 Drummond, DET 38 293 98 685 18.0 Gay, SAC 36 257 91 641 17.8 Nowitzki, DAL 37 240 110 655 17.7 Okafor, PHL 36 262 101 625 17.4 Bryant, LAL 32 191 114 554 17.3 Middleton, MIL 41 240 135 701 17.1 Vucevic, ORL 35 279 38 597 17.1 Anderson, NOR 36 211 108 601 16.7 Gasol, CHI 36 230 118 585 16.3 Love, CLE 36 197 117 584 16.2 Aldridge, SAN 37 250 100 600 16.2 Barton, DEN 39 229 97 621 15.9 Gasol, MEM 40 237 158 634 15.9 Redick, LAC 35 188 88 553 15.8 Monroe, MIL 39 254 106 614 15.7 Batum, CHA 33 174 101 519 15.7 Towns, MIN 40 262 94 629 15.7 Young, Bro 39 273 56 607 15.6 Horford, ATL 39 255 55 604 15.5 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE FG FGA Pct Jo rd an , L AC 1 63 2 28 . 71 5 Howard, HOU 176 285 .618 Whiteside, MIA 187 312 .599 Kanter, OKC 181 319 .567 Faried, DEN 169 317 .533 Drummond, DET 293 552 .531 Parker, SAN 195 368 .530 Towns, MIN 262 497 .527 Vucevic, ORL 279 532 .524 Favors, UTA 179 342 .523 Gortat, WAS 180 347 .519 Monroe, MIL 254 491 .517 Durant, OKC 303 586 .517 Young, Bro 273 531 .514 Casspi, SAC 156 305 .511 Leonard, SAN 284 558 .509 Griffin, LAC 281 553 .508 Curry, GOL 365 720 .507 Horford, ATL 255 504 .506 Noel, PHL 148 293 .505 Antetokounmpo, MIL228 454 .502 James, CLE 340 678 .501 Warren, PHX 188 379 .496 Ib ak a, O KC 2 25 4 54 . 49 6 Aldridge, SAN 250 511 .489 Lopez, Bro 304 624 .487 Redick, LAC 188 387 .486 Davis, NOR 286 591 .484 Millsap, ATL 249 516 .483 Randolph, MEM 206 429 .480 ASSISTS PER GAME G Ast Avg Rondo, SAC 36 416 11.6 Wall, WAS 37 355 9.6 Paul, LAC 34 326 9.6 Westbrook, OKC 40 380 9.5 Rubio, MIN 34 302 8.9 Jack, Bro 32 236 7.4 Green, GOL 38 279 7.3 Lillard, POR 34 241 7.1 Harden, HOU 40 270 6.8 Thomas, BOS 39 262 6.7 Jackson, DET 38 249 6.6 Curry, GOL 37 242 6.5 Lowry, TOR 39 249 6.4 Smith, PHL 36 224 6.2 Bledsoe, PHX 31 190 6.1 James, CLE 35 212 6.1 Payton, ORL 34 200 5.9 Conley, MEM 36 209 5.8 Carter-Williams, MIL 36 208 5.8 Williams, DAL 32 182 5.7 Teague, ATL 36 197 5.5 Batum, CHA 33 177 5.4 Knight, PHX 39 206 5.3 Parker, SAN 37 192 5.2 Nelson, DEN 35 180 5.1 Dragic, MIA 37 186 5.0 Ellis, IND 39 196 5.0 Dellavedova, CLE 35 175 5.0 Griffin, LAC 30 149 5.0 Walker, CHA 38 187 4.9 MEN'S COLLEGE TOP 25 FARED Thursday 1. Kansas (14-2) did not play. 2. Oklahoma (14-1) did not play. 3. Maryland (15-2) did not play. 4. Michigan State (16-2) lost to No. 16 Iowa 76-59. 5. North Carolina (15-2) did not play. 6. Villanova (15-2) did not play. 7. Xavier (15-1) did not play. 8. Miami (13-2) did not play. 9. Duke (14-3) did not play. 10. SMU (16-0) did not play. 11. West Virginia (15-1) did not play. 12. Providence (15-2) did not play. 13. Virginia (13-3) did not play. 14. Kentucky (13-3) did not play. 15. Texas A&M (14-2) did not play. 16. Iowa (13-3) beat No. 4 Michigan State 76-59. 17. Iowa State (12-4) did not play. 18. Arizona (13-3) vs. Washington. 19. South Carolina (15-1) did not play. 20. Pittsburgh (14-1) at No. 21 Louisville. 21. Louisville (13-3) vs. No. 20 Pittsburgh, (n.) 22. Baylor (13-3) did not play. 23. Butler (12-4) did not play. 24. Purdue (15-3) did not play. 25. Gonzaga (13-3) vs. BYU, (n.) WOMEN'S COLLEGE TOP 25 FARED Thursday 1. UConn (15-0) did not play. 2. South Carolina (16-0) beat No. 9 Kentucky 73-62. 3. Notre Dame (16-1) beat Boston Col- lege 63-50. 4. Texas (16-0) did not play. 5. Ohio State (12-4) lost to Northwestern 86-82. 6. Baylor (17-1) did not play. 7. Mississippi State (16-2) lost to No. 24 Missouri 66-54. 8. Maryland (15-2) beat Michigan 74-67. 9. Kentucky (13-2) lost to No. 2 South Carolina 73-62. 10. Arizona State (13-3) did not play. 11. Stanford (13-3) did not play. 12. Oregon State (12-3) did not play. 13. Tennessee (11-4) at Arkansas, (n.) 14. Oklahoma (12-3) did not play. 15. Texas A&M (13-4) beat Mississippi 81-58. 16. Florida State (12-4) beat Clemson 85-40. 17. UCLA (11-4) did not play. 18. Michigan State (12-4) did not play. 19. South Florida (11-4) did not play. 20. Florida (14-3) lost to Georgia 71-61. 21. Miami (16-2) beat Wake Forest 71-60. 22. Duke (12-6) lost to N.C. State 65-62. 23. Louisville (13-5) beat Virginia 59-40. 24. Missouri (15-2) beat No. 7 Mississippi State 66-54. 25. Southern Cal (14-2) did not play. Far West Scores Thursday Idaho 72, N. Arizona 51 Montana 58, N. Colorado 46 Montana St. 69, North Dakota 61 UC Davis 74, UC Irvine 61 Weber St. 102, Portland St. 73 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 42 27 12 3 57 112 92 Arizona 42 22 16 4 48 120 128 San Jose 41 21 18 2 44 118 113 Vancouver 44 17 17 10 44 106 124 Anaheim 42 18 17 7 43 82 100 Calgary 42 20 20 2 42 115 129 Edmonton 44 17 23 4 38 108 131 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 44 29 11 4 62 149 116 Chicago 46 29 13 4 62 131 107 St. Louis 47 25 15 7 57 117 118 Minnesota 43 22 13 8 52 113 102 Nashville 43 19 17 7 45 109 118 Colorado 44 21 20 3 45 125 127 Winnipeg 43 19 21 3 41 112 125 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 44 26 13 5 57 118 98 Detroit 43 22 14 7 51 107 112 Montreal 44 23 18 3 49 123 109 Tampa Bay 43 22 17 4 48 111 102 Boston 42 21 16 5 47 126 113 Ottawa 44 20 18 6 46 120 135 Toronto 41 16 18 7 39 105 115 Buffalo 43 17 22 4 38 100 117 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 43 33 7 3 69 143 91 N.Y. Islanders 44 24 15 5 53 122 110 N.Y. Rangers 43 23 15 5 51 124 113 New Jersey 44 21 18 5 47 99 107 Carolina 45 20 18 7 47 109 121 Pittsburgh 42 20 16 6 46 99 103 Philadelphia 41 19 15 7 45 94 110 Columbus 45 16 25 4 36 114 145 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday's games Columbus 3, Toronto 1 Philadelphia 3, Boston 2 Calgary 6, Florida 0 Anaheim 4, Ottawa 1 Thursday's games N.Y. Islanders 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Washington 4, Vancouver 1 Chicago 2, Montreal 1 Carolina 4, St. Louis 1 Nashville at Winnipeg, (n.) New Jersey at Colorado, (n.) Detroit at Arizona, (n.) Edmonton at San Jose, (n.) Friday's games Boston at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Chicago at Toronto, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Carolina, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Tennis WTA HOBART INTERNATIONAL RESULTS Thursday At The Domain Tennis Centre Hobart, Australia Purse: $226,750 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Second Round Heather Watson, Britain, def. Monica Niculescu (4), Romania, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-6 (3). Quarterfinals Dominika Cibulkova (3), Slovakia, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 7-5, 6-3. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, def. Camila Giorgi (2), Italy, 6-3, 6-2. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Alize Cornet (7), France, def. Mona Barthel (9), Germany, walkover. APIA INTERNATIONAL RESULTS Thursday At Olympic Park Tennis Centre Sydney Pu rs e: M en , $ 40 4, 78 0 ( WT 250 ); W om en , $687,900 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Quarterfinals Grigor Dimitrov (4), Bulgaria, leads Alexandr Dolgopolov (8), Ukraine, 4-6, 6-3, 4-2, susp., rain. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, leads Jeremy Chardy (6), France, 7-6 (5), susp., rain. Viktor Troicki (3), Serbia, vs. Nicholas Mahut, France, 2-2, susp., rain. WOMEN Semifinals Simona Halep (1), Romania, leads Svet- lana Kuznetsova, Russia, 5-4, susp., rain. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, leads Belinda Bencic (8), Switzerland, 4-0, susp., rain. ATP WORLD TOUR ASB CLASSIC RESULTS Wednesday At ASB Bank Tennis Centre Auckland, New Zealand Purse: $463,520 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Second Round Kevin Anderson (4), South Africa, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5). David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Matthew Barton, Australia, 6-2, 6-4. Roberto Bautista Agut (8), Spain, def. Donald Young, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Jack Sock, United States, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 6-2, 6-4. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Benoit Paire (5), France, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Fabio Fognini (6), Italy, def. Thiemo de Bakker, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-1. John Isner (3), United States, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 7-6 (8), 6-7 (4), 6-4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2), France, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-3, 6-4. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Friday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Indiana OFF (OFF) Washington at Okla. City 121/2 (2081/2) Minnesota at Boston OFF (OFF) Phoenix Portland 31/2 (201) at Brooklyn at Chicago OFF (OFF) Dallas Atlanta 31/2 (2081/2)at Milwaukee at New Orleans OFF (OFF) Charlotte Miami 2 (1931/2) at Denver Cleveland 2 (205) at Houston College Basketball Friday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Dayton 5 George Washington Evansville 4 at Illinois St NHL Friday Favorite Line Underdog at Carolina -135/+125 Vancouver at Buffalo OFF Boston at Toronto OFF Chicago at Tampa Bay -130/+120 Pittsburgh at Minnesota OFF Winnipeg at Anaheim -107/-103 Dallas NFL Saturday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at New England 5 (42) Kansas City at Arizona 7 (50) Green Bay Sunday at Carolina 21/2 (44) Seattle at Denver 7 (391/2) Pittsburgh Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB: Named Josh Alkin vice president, government relations. National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Designated RHP Matt Stites for assignment. Los Angeles Dodgers: Named Bill Hasel- man manager, Matt Herges pitching coach and Shawn Wooten hitting coach for Oklahoma City (PCL), Ryan Garko manager for Tulsa (Texas), Drew Saylor manager for Rancho Cucamonga (Cal), Gil Velazquez for Great Lakes (MWL), Shaun Larkin manager for Ogden (Pio- neer) and John Shoemaker manager for the Arizona League Dodgers. Milwaukee Brewers: Assigned C Josmil Pinto out- right to Colorado Springs (PCL). Pittsburgh Pirates: Released C Tony San- chez. Agreed to terms with RHP Guido Knudson on a minor league contract. San Diego Padres: Agreed to terms with RHP Carlos Villanueva on a one-year contract. Selected the contract of LHP Ryan Buchter to the 40-man roster. Granted RHP Marcos Mateo his release so he can play in Japan next season. Named Rod Barajas manager of El Paso (PCL), Phil Wellman manager, Johnny Washington hitting coach and Dan Byrne strength coach of San Antonio (TL), Francisco Morales manager and Mike McCoy coach of Lake Elsinore (Cal), An- thony Contreras manager, Raul Padron coach, Mitch Mattoon trainer and Drew Heithoff strength coach of Fort Wayne (MWL), Brandon Wood manager, Oscar Bernard hitting coach and Vinny Lopez coach of Tri-City (NWL). | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2016 2 B