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Coyotes Double Up Stars
Published on January 31, 2010 at 11:13PM
DALLAS (AP)—Keith Yandle, Peter Mueller, Radim Vrbata and Shane Doan each scored to lead the Phoenix Coyotes to a 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars Sunday at American Airlines Center. Ilya Bryzgalov added 38 saves for the Coyotes, as they improved to 33-18-5 on the season. Steve Ott and Fabian Brunnstrom each scored for the Stars, who fell to 24-20-11 with the loss. In other NHL action Sunday, Pittsburgh gashed Detroit, 2-1 in a shootout, Washington stymied Tampa Bay, 3-2, Florida blanked the New York Islanders, 2-0, Los Angeles got past New Jersey, 3-2 and the New York Rangers bested Colorado, 3-1.
Lady Horns Gore Baylor
Published on January 31, 2010 at 11:05PM
AUSTIN, Texas (AP)—Earnesia Williams had 13 points and Brittainy Raven added 12 more as the #25 Texas Lady Longhorns stymied the #16 Baylor Bears, 61-50 Sunday in Top 25 womens’ college basketball action. The win improved Texas to 14-6 on the season, while the Lady Bears fell to 15-5. Brittney Griner had 21 points in the loss for Baylor. In other Top 25 action Sunday, #5 Tennessee held off South Carolina, 60-55, Indiana upset #5 Ohio State, 67-62, #17 Oklahoma State got past #8 Texas A&M, 67-63, Auburn stormed past #9 Georgia, 67-53, Kansas State blew past #18 Iowa State, 73-67, #19 LSU crushed Alabama, 78-41, Wake Forest tripped up #20 Virginia, 64-57, #23 Kentucky smacked Mississippi State, 69-59 and #24 Vanderbilt humbled Arkansas, 67-61.
Vols Edge Gators
Published on January 31, 2010 at 11:00PM
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—Wayne Chism had 16 points and 11 rebounds and the #14 Tennessee Volunteers edged the Florida Gators, 61-60 Sunday at Thompson-Boling Arena in Top 25 mens’ college basketball action. The Volunteers were able to pull out the win by virtue of a last-second jumper by Scotty Hopson, as they improved to 16-4. Alex Tyus had 18 points in the loss for the Gators, which dropped them to 15-6 on the season. In other Top 25 action Sunday, #12 Purdue walloped Penn State, 66-46, South Florida upset #17 Pittsburgh, 70-61, #18 Butler got past Milwaukee, 73-66, Arkansas stonewalled #20 Mississippi, 80-73, #21 Clemson stymied Maryland, 62-53 and #24 Ohio State embarrassed Minnesota, 85-63.
Nuggets Rock Spurs
Published on January 31, 2010 at 10:50PM
SAN ANTONIO (AP)—Kenyon Martin had 27 points and 11 rebounds and the Denver Nuggets overcame the absence of Carmelo Anthony with a 103-89 dismantling of the San Antonio Spurs Sunday at AT&T Center in NBA action. Chauncey Billups added 25 points and 11 assists for the Nuggets, who improved to 32-15 with the win, despite their fourth straight game without Anthony. The Nuggets also finished the month of January with a 12-3 record, keeping themselves firmly in the #2 position in the Western Conference. George Hill had 17 points to pace San Antonio in the loss, while Tim Duncan added 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Spurs, who fell to 27-19. In other NBA action Sunday, the Los Angeles Lakers edged Boston, 90-89, Cleveland pummeled the Los Angeles Clippers, 114-89, Orlando humbled Detroit, 91-86, Philadelphia tripped up New Jersey, 83-79, Toronto stormed past Indiana, 117-102, Phoenix tripped up Houston, 115-111 in overtime, Minnesota stonewalled New York, 112-91 and Oklahoma City bested Golden State, 112-104.