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Sports 1B Thursday February 4, 2010 Thursday Girls Basketball — Anderson at Corning, 7:30 p.m. Soccer — Corning boys and girls at Yreka, 3:15 p.m. Soccer — Los Molinos at Liberty Christian Wrestling — Oroville at Red Bluff, 6 p.m. NBA — Heat at Cavaliers, 5:15 p.m., TNT NBA — Spurs at Trail Blazers, 7:30 p.m., TNT Chico rolls Lady Spartans Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff's Reba Barnwell fights for the ball, Wednesday night, with Chico's Anna Bartel. By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor The Chico Lady Panthers have pretty much had their way in the Eastern Athletic League this season and so a Lady Spartans team with just one senior and their star player out was ripe for the picking. Chico improved to 7-1 in the EAL, Wednesday night, with a 72-36 thrash- ing of a Lady Spartans team that was slow to get going, slowed by foul trou- ble and a step too slow to the basket- ball all night. Red Bluff dropped to 1-7 in the EAL and 5-15 overall. The Panthers had built up a 21-2 lead in the first period behind 10 of Kristy Reynolds' 16-point perfor- mance. Lottie Jones closed out the opening quarter for Red Bluff with an and-one basket at the buzzer and the Lady Spartans played their best quarter of the game in the second. Alana Hinkston poured in six of her 11 points during the second period as the Lady Spartans for eight minutes regained their step after watching a few buckets finally fall in for them. Red Bluff won the quarter 14-11, but after halftime the Chico front court once again took over. Hinkston and Brandi Anthony, who spent time at point guard filling in for the injured Lily Brose, each picked up their third fouls shortly before half- time. That opened the door even more for a Lady Panther team, in need of few breaks. Clara Chrisco had 11 and Anna Bartel and Jordan Mootz each had 10 points for a Chico team that routinely took advantage of Spartan turnovers and second chances on the offensive glass. Lottie Jones did her part to give the Spartans an inside presence, finishing with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Ashley Brown grabbed seven boards. It was after their first defeat to Chico on Jan. 5, the Lady Spartans began turning in their best stretch of the season. Red Bluff went on to take second place at the West Valley tournament, earn their first EAL win since 2008 and tease upsets against Enterprise, Pleasant Valley and Foothill. The Lady Spartans travel to Enter- prise on Friday. Scoreboard Scoreboard NBA Wednesday's results Dallas 110, Golden State 101 San Antonio at Sacramento, late Atlanta 103, L.A. Clippers 97 Boston 107, Miami 102 New York 107, Washington 85 Oklahoma City 103, New Orleans 99 Philadelphia 106, Chicago 103, OT Toronto 108, New Jersey 99 Utah 118, Portland 105 Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, late Phoenix at Denver, late Today's games Miami at Cleveland, 5 p.m., TNT San Antonio at Portland, 7:30 p.m., TNT NCAA Wednesday's Top 25 results No. 1 Kansas 72, Colorado 66, OT No. 6 West Virginia 70, No. 22 Pittsburgh 51 South Florida 72, No. 7 Georgetown 64 No. 13 Ohio State 75, Penn State 62 No. 18 Vanderbilt 75, Mississippi State 72 No. 19 Temple 76, Duquesne 60 No. 20 Baylor 84, Iowa State 63 No. 24 Northern Iowa 59, Wichita State 56 Today's Top 25 games No. 8 Purdue at Indiana, 4 p.m., ESPN No. 10 Duke vs. No. 21 Ga.Tech, 4 p.m., ESPN No. 14 Tennessee at LSU, 6 p.m., ESPN2 No. 17 Gonzaga vs. Portland, 8 p.m., ESPN2 No. 23 Butler vs. Detroit, 4 p.m. Today's other televised games Cincinnati at Notre Dame, 6 p.m., ESPN Arizona at Washington, 7:30 p.m., FSN NHL Wednesday's results Calgary 4, Carolina 1 Edmonton 1, Philadelphia 0 Ottawa 4, Buffalo 2 St. Louis 3, Chicago 2 Detroit at Anaheim, late Today's games San Jose at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Dallas at Columbus, 4 p.m. Montreal at Boston, 4 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Nashville, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday's late results Detroit 4, San Jose 2 Los Angeles 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Tehama Tracker Corning basketball Behind a dominant sec- ond quarter, the Corning Cardinals stayed perfect in the Northern Athletic League, Tuesday, with a 64- 40 win over Lassen. Corning (16-5, 5-0) held the Grizzlies to just two free throws and outscored the hosts 24-2 during the second quarter. It was the Cardinals fourth consecutive double-digit win and overall their ninth win in their last 10 games. Cameron Nye once again led the way with 20 points. Luis Piseno had 15 points and Tyler McIntyre poured in 13 points for the Cardinals who host Ander- son on Friday. The Cubs gave Corning their toughest competition in the NAL so far this season, during a 51-48 Cardinal win on Jan. 15. Lady Cardinals basketball The Lady Cardinals used a total team effort, Tues- day, to roll their league record to 5-0 in a 46-36 win over the visiting Lassen Grizzlies. Corning controlled the glass with every Cardinal grabbing at least one board and the team pulling down 11 offensive rebounds. The Cardinals then used a strong defensive effort in the second half to seal the game. Regan Albee led Corning with 15 points, six rebounds and six assists. Brittney Garrett had 13 points and Chante Dale 12 points. Michelle Silva pulled down eight rebounds. Corning soccer The Corning boys beat up on on Lassen 8-0, Tues- day, to improve to 13-1 and on the season and 7-0 in league play. Meanwhile a second half goal by Lassen's Destiny Harris tripped up the Lady Cardinals in a 1-0 Lassen win. Tristen Huntley had eight saves for Corning, who fell to 7-5 on the season and 4-3 in league play. Los Molinos basketball The Bulldogs beat Esparto 53-43, Tuesday, to earn their first back-to-back wins since they opened the sea- son at their Block LM Tour- nament. Los Molinos got a 17- point, five-assist effort from Sean Conrad to improve to 10-11 on the season and 2-3 in the Mid-Valley League. Eric Blanchard had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Dominique Ceja also pulled down 10 boards. The Lady Bulldogs (6-9, 3-2) came up just short in a 38-37 loss to Esparto. Mercy basketball Five games in seven nights caught up to the War- riors, Tuesday, in a 46-42 loss to University Prep. Despite another strong performance defensively, the Warriors couldn't get their shots to drop — shoot- ing 1-for-11 from behind the arc. Cameron Vietti led Mercy with 15 points and six rebounds and Jeremie Jones had 13 points and seven rebounds. Mercy had a late 42-41 lead, but University Prep's second option converted a 3-pointer, then was fouled on the resulting in-bounds play and connected on a pair of free throws for five points in five seconds to give the Panthers the win. University Prep also defeated the Lady Warriors, 56- 34. Diana Van Ert had 16 points and Natasha Czajka had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Mavericks turn away Warriors DALLAS (AP) — Jason Terry had 21 points, Dirk Nowitzki scored nine of his 20 points in the fourth quar- ter and the Dallas Mavericks extended Golden State's los- ing streak to seven games, beating the Warriors 110- 101 on Wednesday night. Monta Ellis, who scored a career-high 46 points, drove for a layup to bring the Warriors to 95-92 with 5:11 left. Nowitzki, who had his right thumb wrapped late in the third quarter, scored the next six points to stretch the lead to nine. Dallas' Josh Howard scored 19 points, Shawn Marion added 18 and Drew Gooden had 16. Jason Kidd had 16 assists and tied a sea- son high with six steals to help the Mavericks snap a three-game losing streak. Four days after Port- land's Andre Miller scored 52 points against Dallas, Ellis hit 17 of 23 shots from the field and 8 of 13 free throws. Corey Maggette scored 20 points in the sec- ond half, and C.J. Watson had 14 points. Nowitzki was hit hard on the right hand when he was fouled with 3:10 left in the third quarter. He left the game 17 seconds later and the training staff wrapped his thumb on the bench. Nowitzki returned with 8:01 remaining in the game and was fouled hard driving to the basket seconds later. The Mavericks led by 18 points in the second quarter before the Warriors trimmed their deficit in the second half. Ellis scored 12 in the third quarter to bring the Warriors within six and his drive sliced it to 95-92. Nowitzki, who did not take a shot in the fourth quarter in a loss to Utah on Monday night, hit two free throws after grabbing an offensive rebound off a Terry miss. He added two mid-range jumpers to give Dallas a 101-92 lead with 3:20 remaining. Ellis kept the Warriors close by scoring the next five points. The Mavericks pulled away when Nowitzki found Terry for a jumper and Kidd connected on a 3- pointer to make it 106-97 with 1:25 left. The Warriors hit 12 of 17 shots in the third, and they outscored the Mavericks 19- 10 over the final 7:36 of the quarter to get to 81-75. Maggette, who scored 11 in the third, hit a jumper and added a 3- pointer that cut Dallas' lead to six. Dallas built a 41-23 cushion after going on 25- 8 run that spanned the first and second quarters. Howard scored nine points, and Gooden added eight in the surge. MCT photo Drew Gooden lays in a basket in front of the Warriors' Chris Hunter, Wednesday night. 49ers spend more than $350,000 on stadium campaign SANTA CLARA (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have so far given more than $350,000 to a campaign for a new stadium for the team in Santa Clara. Campaign finance docu- ments filed this week show the team and its stadium corporation contributed $100,000 in cash in November and December to Santa Clarans for Eco- nomic Progress, a group of civic leaders running the team's stadium effort. The remaining contribution was in staff time. Meanwhile, the leading stadium opposition group, Santa Clara Plays Fair, only managed to raise $825 dur- ing the same period. Santa Clarans for Eco- nomic Progress has already qualified an initiative for the June 8 ballot to get voter approval for the proposed $937 million stadium next to Great America theme park. 49ers' spokeswoman Lisa Lang says the team plans to continue donating to the group ''as neces- sary.''