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COLLEGEMEN'S BASKETBALL Florida State at Duke:4p.m., ESPN. Providence vs. Seton Hall: 4 p.m., FS1. SMU at Memphis: 4p.m., ESPN2. Nebraska vs. Penn State: 4 p.m., ESPNU. W. Kentucky vs. M.Tenn. State: 4p.m., CSN. Indiana at Illinois: 6p.m., ESPN. St. John's vs. DePaul: 6p.m., FS1. UCLA vs. California: 6p.m., ESPN2. Winthrop vs. High Point: 6 p.m., ESPNU. N. Texas vs. Louisiana Tech: 6 p.m., CSN. Gonzaga vs. San Diego: 7p.m., CSN. USC at Stanford: 8p.m., PAC12BA. Portland vs. BYU: 8p.m., ESPNU. S. Clara vs. St. Mary: 8p.m., CSN. NBA BASKETBALL Golden State Warriors at Or- lando Magic: 4p.m., CSNBA. Oklahoma City Thunder at New Orleans Pelicans: 5p.m., TNT. Houston Rockets at Portland Trail Blazers: 7:30p.m., TNT. PGA GOLF The Honda Classic Round 1: 11 a.m., GOLF. LPGA GOLF Honda Thailand Round 2: 10 p.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY Nashville Predators at Chicago Blackhawks: 5p.m., NBCSN. UEFA SOCCER Europa League Augsburg vs. Liverpool: 10a.m., FS1. Europa League Midtjylland vs. Manchester: noon, FS1. ATP TENNIS Mexican Open Quarterfinal: 2 p.m., TENNIS. Mexican Open Quarterfinal: 4 p.m., TENNIS. Mexican Open Quarterfinal: 6 p.m., TENNIS. Mexican Open Quarterfinal: 8 p.m., TENNIS. Ontheair ted at 39, but the Braves pulled out the victory. As of 5 p.m. Wednesday no individual stats had been posted for the game. The Bulldogs finish the season 12-11 overall, 3-5 league. OTHER ACTION The No. 5 seed Red Bluff Lady Spar- tans (9-15 overall, 3-9 league) are slated to travel to Oroville for a matchup at 7 tonight against the No. 4 seed Las Plumas Thun- derbirds (15-10 overall, 9-1 league). The No. 7 seed Mercy Lady Warriors (14-12 overall, 5-3 league) were scheduled to host the No. 10 seed Paradise Adven- tist Academy Cougars (9- 12 overall, 4-2 league) on Wednesday. BOYS' BASKETBALL The No. 5 seed Red Bluff Spar- tans (6-18 overall, 1-11 league) are scheduled to travel to Paradise on Fri- day for a 7 p.m. matchup with the No. 4 seed Bobcats (8-17 overall, 1-11 league). The winner will face the top-seeded Enterprise Hornets (18-8 overall, 10-2 league) at 7 p.m. Wednes- day in Redding. The No. 3 seed Corning Cardinals (20-6 overall, 9-1 league) are scheduled at 7 p.m. Friday to face the win- ner of a Wednesday game between the No. 6 Ander- son Cubs (16-10 overall, 5-5 league) and the No. 11 Sut- ter Huskies (8-18 overall, 1-9 league). The No. 12 seed Los Mo- linos Bulldogs and No. 8 seed Mercy Warriors were scheduled to play against No. 5 Mount Shasta and No. 9 Maxwell on Wednes- day. Roundup FROM PAGE 1 Span, slated to play cen- ter field, has noticed the at- mosphere around the Gi- ants with their three World Series championships in the past six seasons. "They expect excellence. That's the way we work. Just the culture around here, it's a quiet, confident group. Guys that let their play speak for itself on the field," Span said. Span has also gotten to know Hall of Famer Wil- lie Mays, who has been around camp lately. "He's a joker, man. He's not afraid to let you know how he's feeling, and I'm just amazed at how sharp he is," Span said. "It's been a joy just to be able to sit down at the table with him and shoot the breeze." The addition of Span didn't come without some questions. Span takes over for Angel Pagan in center field, with Pagan's move to left field an issue large enough that the two had to discuss it when they ar- rived for spring training. "I think him and I are on the same page," Span said of Pagan. "We have a com- mon goal, and that's to help this team win a champion- ship." Also, Span played in only 61 games last season, the back problems a precursor to hip pain. He still hit .301 in 246 at-bats for the Na- tionals. "He's full go, but with that said, I think I'll slow- play him a little bit," man- ager Bruce Bochy said. "We have plenty of time. We'll keep an eye on him. Really, the surgery that he had is an eight-month (recovery) deal to be 100 percent, and that'll be about when the season starts. I think he's a little ahead of the sched- ule." Span said he's feeling good but has some work to do to strengthen his legs and get the explosiveness he wants. He looks forward to playing in the spacious outfield of AT&T Park. "Offensively, a lot of gaps so it's a lot of base hits. So you just have to keep the ball down, line drive swing, which is what I do," Span said. "I'll be able to utilize my speed by either getting a double or triple. Defen- sively, it allows me to uti- lize my speed in those gaps, and thank God we have an athletic outfield. I'm going to be leaning on those guys to help me out." NOTES: Infielder Ramiro Pena, who played for Culiacan in Mexico last year and looks to return to the majors for the first time since 2014, says he ex- pects to hear from Mexi- co's baseball federation in the coming days about whether he will be invited to World Baseball Classic qualifying next month. Pena played for Mexico in the WBC in 2013. If Pena is invited and accepts, he'd have to leave Giants camp for training and games for Team Mexico, which has qualifiers March 17-20 in Mexicali. ... Giants hitters will face live pitching be- ginning Thursday, Bochy said. Giants FROM PAGE 1 to meet with Kaepernick's representatives this week. Baalke said he likely won't take part in such conversa- tions because he's busy an- alyzing draft prospects, in- stead leaving those chores to front-office personnel in- cluding Paraag Marathe, Tom Gamble, Mike Wil- liams and Brian Hampton. Kaepernick has been re- habilitating the past month in Vail, Colorado, where he underwent surgery at The Steadman Clinic. "Obviously we've got two quarterbacks now that have proven they can go into NFL games and play at a high level," Baalke said. "There's no work- ing knowledge of either of these quarterbacks with respect to the new staff. So all of these guys are go- ing to be competing for po- sitions, not just the quar- terbacks." That predicament could mean their highest-paid player, Kaeperncik, might not be a starter. "Wouldn't be the first time in history," Baalke responded. Defensive tackle Quin- ton Dial's emergence as a bona fide starter has paid off in the form of a three- year extension. "They want me to be a good leader for the guys coming in and lead them to our ultimate goal, which is winning the Super Bowl," Dial said in an exclusive phone interview with this newspaper from his Ala- bama home. Dial, a fifth-round draft pick in 2013 out of Ala- bama, had one year re- maining on his rookie con- tract. His new deal is worth up to $12 million, with $5 million guaranteed, NFL Media reported. He started 15 games last season, pro- ducing 73 tackles and 2.5 sacks. Dial shared the 49ers' community-relations ser- vice award last year with punter Bradley Pinion. "It's very exciting," Dial said of his extension. "We talked (last season) but I wasn't too concerned about it. I wanted to finish the sea- son strong." Carlos Hyde not only is healing well from late-sea- son foot surgery, but he's training with his predeces- sor, 49ers all-time leading rusher Frank Gore. "It's do- ing good. I actually talked to him a few days ago," Baalke said. "Frank Gore and him were working out in Miami together. "It's coming. He's not game ready yet by any stretch but indications are he's healing nicely and we look forward to having him full speed as soon as pos- sible." Hyde missed the final nine games with a stress fracture in his left foot, which required surgery in December. Jarryd Hayne, the for- mer Australian Rugby League star, is expected to fare better when he re- turns for a second season. Said Baalke: "He learned a lot, did some good things for us and we expect him to come back and have a bet- ter feel for the game." Right tackle Anthony Davis has yet to file for rein- statement from the reserve/ retired list, and Baalke in- sisted he knows little about Davis' social-media posts outlining his comeback from a year's hiatus. "Right now, that contract is being tolled," Baalke said. "It's just sitting there. It's like the Internet cloud. It's just up there." A day after signing tight end Garrett Celek to a four- year deal ($4 million guar- anteed, $14 million total, per NFL Netowrk), Baalke sounded encouraged about Vance McDonald's future. "As he knows, he's got to get more consistent catch- ing the football, but that's something he continues to work on," Baalke said. "I expect good things from him, especially in this of- fense." With four East Coast games on this year's sched- ule, the 49ers are consider- ing a layover between two of those games, likely in Youngstown, Ohio, where they stayed between back- to-back road games in the 2011 and 2012 seasons. "Coach (Chip Kelly) is real open to that, and it makes sense when you're traveling East Coast," Baalke said. "Obviously one of the things we have to improve on is how we perform on the road." 49ers FROM PAGE 1 has made at least one in 202 of his last 203 games, and is on pace to smash the single-season record for 3-pointers he established a year ago. "Steph is a lot better," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "Which is scary, be- cause he was the MVP last season." Curry entered Wednes- day with 260 3-pointers this season, 88 more than anyone in the league. His teammate Klay Thompson came into the night No. 2 this season in 3s, with 172. Curry said he finds sig- nificance in the mark. "There's no trophy for that," Curry said. "But it's a really cool situation to be in. That's a big part of my game." Curry FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB GoldenState 51 5 .911 — Clippers 37 19 .661 14 Sacramento 24 31 .436 261/2 Phoenix 14 43 .246 371/2 Lakers 11 48 .186 411/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Antonio 47 9 .839 — Memphis 33 23 .589 14 Dallas 30 28 .517 18 Houston 28 29 .491 191/2 New Orleans 22 34 .393 25 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 41 16 .719 — Portland 30 27 .526 11 Utah 28 28 .500 121/2 Denver 22 35 .386 19 Minnesota 18 40 .310 231/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 38 18 .679 — Boston 33 25 .569 6 New York 24 35 .407 151/2 Brooklyn 15 42 .263 231/2 Philadelphia 8 49 .140 301/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Miami 32 25 .561 — Atlanta 31 27 .534 11/2 Charlotte 29 27 .518 21/2 Washington 26 30 .464 51/2 Orlando 25 30 .455 6 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 41 15 .732 — Indiana 31 26 .544 101/2 Chicago 30 26 .536 11 Detroit 29 29 .500 13 Milwaukee 24 33 .421 171/2 Tuesday's games Orlando 124, Philadelphia 115 Washington 109, New Orleans 89 Sacramento 114, Denver 110 Utah 117, Houston 114, OT Portland 112, Brooklyn 104 Wednesday's games Cleveland 114, Charlotte 103 Indiana 108, New York 105 Toronto 114, Minnesota 105 Golden State 118, Miami 112 Detroit 111, Philadelphia 91 Chicago 109, Washington 104 Memphis 128, Lakers 119 Oklahoma City 116, Dallas 103 San Antonio at Sacramento, (n.) Denver at Clippers, (n.) Thursday's games Golden State at Orlando, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Brooklyn at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Houston at Portland, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio at Utah, 7:30 p.m. Friday's games Charlotte at Indiana, 4 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at New York, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Clippers at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Memphis at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Warriors 118, Heat 112 WARRIORS (118) Barnes 3-6 3-5 11, D.Green 3-7 4-5 10, Bogut 1-3 0-0 2, Curry 14-29 8-8 42, Thompson 13-25 3-3 33, Iguodala 3-5 0-0 7, Varejao 0-2 1-2 1, Barbosa 3-5 0-0 6, Livingston 2-7 0-0 4, Rush 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 42-90 21-25 118. HEAT (112) Deng 5-15 5-8 16, Winslow 4-7 0-0 8, Stoudemire 0-2 0-0 0, Dragic 5-17 2-2 13, Wade 11-20 10-11 32, Whiteside 8-11 5-5 21, G.Green 0-0 0-0 0, Richardson 5-6 2-2 15, McRoberts 2-8 2-3 7. Totals 40-86 26-31 112. Golden State 21 30 29 38 — 118 Miami 30 25 28 29 — 112 3-Point Goals: Golden State 13-28 (Curry 6-12, Thompson 4-8, Barnes 2-3, Iguo- dala 1-2, Rush 0-1, D.Green 0-2), Miami 6-14 (Richardson 3-3, McRoberts 1-2, Deng 1-4, Dragic 1-5); Fouled out: Bogut; Rebounds: Golden State 50 (D.Green 11), Miami 53 (Whiteside 13); Assists: Golden State 23 (Curry 7), Miami 19 (Wade, Dragic 7); Total fouls: Golden State 24, Miami 23; Technicals: Miami Coach Spoelstra; A: 19,899 (19,600). LEADERS SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT Pts Avg Curry, GOL 53 529 261 1579 29.8 Harden, HOU 57 471 511 1611 28.3 Durant, OKC 49 468 302 1359 27.7 Cousins, SAC 46 427 346 1255 27.3 Lillard, POR 50 424 256 1257 25.1 James, CLE 54 511 259 1337 24.8 Westbrook, OKC56 476 326 1344 24.0 Davis, NOR 50 458 259 1200 24.0 George, IND 56 415 324 1309 23.4 DeRozan, TOR 55 432 385 1284 23.3 Butler, CHI 48 357 307 1074 22.4 Thompson, GOL 53 415 144 1146 21.6 Anthony, NYK 51 388 258 1101 21.6 Thomas, BOS 58 405 326 1250 21.6 McCollum, POR 55 453 118 1161 21.1 Lowry, TOR 55 366 274 1157 21.0 Wiggins, MIN 56 410 308 1161 20.7 Walker, CHA 54 385 242 1119 20.7 Lopez, Bro 57 466 242 1175 20.6 Leonard, SAN 51 375 189 1031 20.2 Hayward, UTA 56 365 292 1123 20.1 REBOUNDS PER GAME G Off Def Tot Avg Drummond, DET 57 282 567 849 14.9 Jordan, LAC 54 200 565 765 14.2 Howard, HOU 46 164 386 550 12.0 Whiteside, MIA 47 150 385 535 11.4 Cousins, SAC 46 105 413 518 11.3 Pachulia, DAL 52 190 374 564 10.8 Gasol, CHI 52 113 447 560 10.8 Love, CLE 54 113 446 559 10.4 Davis, NOR 50 110 405 515 10.3 Towns, MIN 57 163 420 583 10.2 Randle, LAL 57 127 445 572 10.0 Gortat, WAS 49 144 346 490 10.0 Green, GOL 54 94 428 522 9.7 ASSISTS PER GAME G Ast Avg Rondo, SAC 53 629 11.9 Westbrook, OKC 56 569 10.2 Wall, WAS 55 541 9.8 Paul, LAC 51 482 9.5 Rubio, MIN 51 447 8.8 Green, GOL 54 396 7.3 Lillard, POR 50 360 7.2 Harden, HOU 57 398 7.0 Thomas, BOS 58 392 6.8 James, CLE 54 358 6.6 Curry, GOL 53 351 6.6 Smith, PHL 51 334 6.5 Lowry, TOR 55 351 6.4 Jackson, DET 56 343 6.1 Conley, MEM 49 297 6.1 STEALS PER GAME G Stl Avg Westbrook, OKC 56 128 2.29 Curry, GOL 53 115 2.17 Rubio, MIN 51 110 2.16 Lowry, TOR 55 118 2.15 Paul, LAC 51 107 2.10 Wall, WAS 55 112 2.04 Ariza, HOU 56 113 2.02 Rondo, SAC 53 104 1.96 Ellis, IND 56 103 1.84 George, IND 56 102 1.82 Walker, CHA 54 98 1.81 Millsap, ATL 57 102 1.79 Leonard, SAN 51 91 1.78 Crowder, BOS 58 102 1.76 Butler, CHI 48 81 1.69 Noel, PHL 49 82 1.67 BLOCKED SHOTS PER GAME G Blk Avg Whiteside, MIA 47 183 3.89 Jordan, LAC 54 124 2.30 Davis, NOR 50 109 2.18 Ibaka, OKC 56 120 2.14 Gasol, CHI 52 104 2.00 Henson, MIL 42 83 1.98 Porzingis, NYK 57 109 1.91 Lopez, Bro 57 105 1.84 Towns, MIN 57 105 1.84 Bogut, GOL 47 85 1.81 Grant, PHL 54 87 1.61 Noel, PHL 49 77 1.57 Horford, ATL 58 91 1.57 Biyombo, TOR 55 85 1.55 Drummond, DET 57 87 1.53 Hibbert, LAL 57 86 1.51 COLLEGE MEN'S TOP 25 FARED Wednesday 1. Villanova (24-4) lost to No. 5 Xavier 90-83. 2. Kansas (24-4) did not play. 3. Oklahoma (21-5) vs. Oklahoma State. 3. Virginia (21-6) did not play. 5. Xavier (25-3) beat No. 1 Villanova 90-83. 6. Michigan State (23-5) did not play. 7. North Carolina (23-5) beat N.C. State 80-68. 8. Iowa (20-6) vs. Wisconsin. 9. Arizona (22-5) at Colorado. 10. Maryland (23-5) at No. 20 Purdue, Saturday. 11. Louisville (22-6) beat Pittsburgh 67-60. 12. Miami (22-5) did not play. 13. Oregon (21-6) vs. Washington State. 14. West Virginia (21-7) did not play. 15. Duke (20-7) did not play. 16. Kentucky (21-7) did not play. 17. Iowa State (19-9) did not play. 18. Indiana (22-6) did not play. 19. Baylor (20-8) did not play. 20. Purdue (21-7) did not play. 21. Texas A&M (21-7) beat Mississippi State 68-66. 22. Utah (21-7) did not play. 23. Notre Dame (18-8) at Wake Forest. 24. SMU (22-4) did not play. Next: at Memphis, Thursday. 25. Texas (18-10) did not play. COLLEGE WOMEN'S TOP 25 FARED Wednesday 1. UConn (27-0) beat SMU 88-41. 2. Notre Dame (26-1) did not play. 3. South Carolina (26-1) did not play. 4. Baylor (28-1) did not play. 5. Ohio State (23-5) lost to Minnesota 90-88, OT. 6. Maryland (25-3) did not play. 7. Oregon State (24-3) did not play. 8. Texas (25-2) beat Texas Tech 76-55. 9. Arizona State (24-4) did not play. 10. Louisville (22-6) did not play. 11. Texas A&M (20-7) did not play. 12. Florida State (21-6) did not play. 13. Stanford (22-6) did not play. 14. UCLA (20-7) did not play. 15. Kentucky (19-6) did not play. 16. Mississippi State (22-6) did not play. 17. Miami (22-5) did not play. 18. Syracuse (22-6) did not play. 19. DePaul (23-7) did not play. 20. Michigan State (21-7) beat Illinois 71-43. 21. South Florida (20-7) beat Tulsa 72-66. 22. Oklahoma State (20-7) beat Kansas 71-49. 23. Oklahoma (18-9) did not play. 24. Missouri (21-6) did not play. 25. Colorado State (25-1) beat New Mexico 49-48. FAR WEST SCORES Colorado St. 49, New Mexico 48 Fresno St. 63, Air Force 48 Utah St. 70, Nevada 55 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 59 35 20 4 74 159 138 Anaheim 58 31 19 8 70 146 141 San Jose 58 32 21 5 69 174 157 Arizona 60 27 27 6 60 164 185 Vancouver 59 23 24 12 58 142 168 Calgary 59 26 30 3 55 161 182 Edmonton 61 22 33 6 50 151 188 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 61 38 17 6 82 199 172 Chicago 62 38 19 5 81 176 148 St. Louis 62 35 18 9 79 156 150 Nashville 61 29 21 11 69 159 157 Colorado 62 31 27 4 66 165 173 Minnesota 60 27 23 10 64 157 152 Winnipeg 59 25 30 4 54 152 176 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 59 34 18 7 75 164 137 Tampa Bay 60 34 22 4 72 165 149 Boston 61 33 22 6 72 190 170 Detroit 61 30 20 11 71 153 158 Ottawa 61 29 26 6 64 176 187 Montreal 61 29 27 5 63 167 168 Buffalo 60 24 29 7 55 144 166 Toronto 58 20 28 10 50 142 175 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 59 44 11 4 92 197 137 N.Y. Rangers 60 34 20 6 74 173 155 N.Y. Islanders 58 32 19 7 71 168 145 Pittsburgh 59 30 21 8 68 155 156 New Jersey 61 30 24 7 67 138 143 Carolina 61 28 23 10 66 151 161 Philadelphia 59 26 22 11 63 145 161 Columbus 61 24 29 8 56 156 190 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday's games Detroit 2, Columbus 1, SO New Jersey 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Carolina 3, Philadelphia 1 Nashville 3, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 2, Arizona 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Minnesota 1 Dallas 5, Winnipeg 3 Ottawa 4, Edmonton 1 Los Angeles 2, Calgary 1 Wednesday's games Montreal 4, Washington 3 Boston 5, Pittsburgh 1 San Jose at Colorado, (n.) Buffalo at Anaheim, (n.) Thursday's games Minnesota at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Columbus, 4 p.m. Carolina at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Arizona at Florida, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Nashville at Chicago, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Calgary, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. SCORING LEADERS Through Feb. 23 GP G A Pts Patrick Kane, Chi 62 35 49 84 Jamie Benn, Dal 61 32 37 69 Tyler Seguin, Dal 61 31 35 66 Erik Karlsson, Ott 61 11 54 65 Evgeny Kuznetsov, Was 58 18 44 62 Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy 58 22 36 58 Artemi Panarin, Chi 60 22 35 57 Sidney Crosby, Pit 57 25 31 56 Alex Ovechkin, Was 56 39 16 55 Joe Pavelski, SJ 58 26 29 55 Blake Wheeler, Wpg 59 16 39 55 Joe Thornton, SJ 58 14 41 55 Vladimir Tarasenko, StL 60 29 25 54 Nicklas Backstrom, Was 55 17 37 54 Tennis WTA QATAR TOTAL OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At The Khalifa Tennis Complex Doha, Qatar Purse: $2.517 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Third Round Carla Suarez Navarro (8), Spain, def. Timea Bacsinszky (11), Switzerland, 6-2, 6-2. Zheng Saisai, China, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 7-6 (1), 6-1. Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, def. Petra Kvitova (5), Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 7-5, 6-1. Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Caroline Wozniacki (13), Denmark, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3. Garbine Muguruza (4), Spain, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-2, 7-5. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-3, 6-4. Roberta Vinci (9), Italy, def. Cagla Buyu- kakcay, Turkey, 7-5, 6-1. Doubles Second Round Kateryna Bondarenko and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, def. Caroline Garcia and Kris- tina Mladenovic (3), France, 6-4, 6-4. Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan (4), Taiwan, def. Chan Chin-wei, Taiwan, and Katalin Marosi, Hungary, 6-2, 6-1. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Julia Goerges (6), Germany, def. Petra Kvitova and Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, walkover. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears (7), United States, 7-6 (4), 6-1. Daria Kasatkina and Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Anreja Klepac and Katarina Srebotnik (8), Slovenia, 6-4, 6-4. Sara Errani, Italy, and Carla Suarez Na- varro, Spain, def. Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, and Monica Niculescu, Romania, 3-6, 6-2, 10-7. ATP WORLD TOUR DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Wednesday At Dubai Tennis Stadium Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse: $2.25 million (WT500) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Second Round Roberto Bautista Agut (4), Spain, def. Chung Hyeon, South Korea, 6-0, 6-1. Feliciano Lopez (6), Spain, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-6 (7). Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 6-4, 6-2. Tomas Berdych (3), Czech Republic, def. Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, 6-2, 6-2. Philipp Kohlschreiber (8), Germany, def. Borna Coric, Croatia, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-2. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 6-1, 6-2. Stan Wawrinka (2), Switzerland, def. Franko Skugor, Croatia, 7-5, 6-1. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Thursday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Golden State 8 (2211/2) at Orlando at Boston 81/2 (217) Milwaukee Oklahoma City 5 (2211/2) at New Orleans Brooklyn 11/2 (2081/2) at Phoenix at Portland 41/2 (222) Houston at Utah OFF (OFF) San Antonio College Basketball Thursday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Drexel 3 Delaware at Unc-wilm. 41/2 Hofstra William & Mary 21/2 at Elon at Northeastern 4 Coll. Of Charleston at Charlotte 16 UTSA at Mid. Tenn. 7 W Kentucky at Duke 10 Florida St at Seton Hall 51/2 Providence at Penn St 1 Nebraska SMU 41/2 at Memphis at Old Dominion 8 UTEP N. Kentucky 1 at Cleveland St UConn 121/2 at So. Florida at Ga. Southern 61/2 Appalachian St Wright St 7 at Youngstown St at Towson St 1 James Madison at Uab 6 Marshall La.-Monroe 4 at So. Alabama at SO. MISS OFF Rice at Ualr 71/2 Texas-Arlington La-Lafayette 8 at Troy at Arkansas St 4 Texas State at La. Tech 121/2 North Texas at California 7 UCLA at DePaul 7 St. John's Indiana 81/2 at Illinois at Utah 9 Arizona St Gonzaga 141/2 at San Diego at Cal Poly 8 Cal St.-Fullerton at Pacific 11/2 San Francisco UCSB 31/2 at Cs Northridge at St Mary's 20 Santa Clara at BYU 161/2 Portland USC 21/2 at STANFORD at Hawaii 18 UC Riverside NHL Thursday Favorite Line Underdog at Columbus OFF New Jersey at Philadelphia OFF Minnesota Carolina -130/+120 at Toronto at Florida -174/+162 Arizona at St. Louis -130/+120 NY Rangers at Chicago -155/+145 Nashville at Dallas -190/+175 Winnipeg NY Islanders -125/+115 at CALGARY at Vancouver -110/+100 Ottawa at Los Angeles OFF Edmonton Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB: Reduced the three-game suspen- sion of New York Mets RHP Hansel Robles to two games after he agreed to drop his appeal. Robles was penalized for throwing near the head of a Philadel- phia batter on Sept. 30, after both teams had been warned. National League Los Angeles Dodgers: Agreed to terms with RHP Jamey Wright on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Detroit Pistons: Signed F Justin Harper to a 10-day contract. FOOTBALL National Football League Philadelphia Eagles: Released LB DeM- eco Ryans. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL: Suspended St. Louis F Ryan Reaves three games for boarding San Jose D Matt Tennyson during a Feb. 22 game. Detroit Red Wings: Assigned D Xavier Ouellet to Grand Rapids (AHL). Minnesota Wild: Placed F Jason Zucker on injured reserve. Recalled F Jordan Schroeder from Iowa (AHL). Nashville Predators: Reassigned F Cody Bass to Milwaukee (AHL). New York Rangers: Assigned D Brady Skjei to Hartford (AHL). Ottawa Senators: Signed D Chris Wide- man to a two-year contract extension. SOCCER Major League Soccer Philadelphia Union: Signed M Ilsinho on a two-year contract. COLLEGE Austin Peay: Named Max Thurmond special teams coordinator and lineback- ers coach. Florida State: Agreed to terms with men's basketball coach Leonard Hamil- ton on a contract extension through the 2018-19 season. Fordham: Named Joe Davis pass game coordinator/quarterbacks coach. Nebraska: Named John Parrella defen- sive line coach. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 2 B