Sports Update
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Saturday March 19, 2011
| | Basketball COL BKB: Va. Commonwealth 74, G'town 56 CHICAGO (UPI) -- Brandon Rozzell made six of 11th-seeded Virginia Commonwealth's 12 3-pointers Friday and the Rams stunned sixth-seeded Georgetown in the NCAA tournament 74-56.
Virginia Commonwealth had to win a first-round game over Southern California just to get into the main bracket as the No. 11 seed in the Southeast Region and then went to the free-throw line 39 times in eliminating the Hoyas.
Rozzell was 8-of-13 from the field and scored 26 points, pushing the Rams into a game Sunday against third-seeded Purdue. The Boilermakers advanced with a 65-43 decision over St. Peter's.
Joey Rodriguez made all nine of his free-throw attempts and scored 17 points for Virginia Commonwealth (25-11), one of two teams from the Colonial Athletic Association still alive in the tournament. George Mason also knocked off a Big East Conference team when it defeated Villanova Friday.
Georgetown's season came to a close with its fifth straight loss. The Hoyas (21-11) dropped their final three games in the regular campaign, then lost to Connecticut in the Big East Conference Tournament.
Hollis Thompson led the Hoyas with 24 points.
Virginia Commonwealth had a 35-24 lead at halftime and then opened the second period on a 14-4 run.
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COL BKB: Colorado 89, California 72
COL BKB: Syracuse 77, Indiana State 60
COL BKB: Marquette 66, Xavier 55
COL BKB: Va, Commonwealth 74, G'town 56
COL BKB: Purdue 65, St. Peter's 43
COL BKB: Washington 68, Georgia 65
COL BKB: N. Carolina 102, Long Island 87
COL BKB: Illinois 73, Nevada-Las Vegas 62
COL BKB: Kansas 72, Boston University 53
NBA: Lps Angeles Lakers 106, Minnesota 98
NBA: Philadelphia 102, Sacramento 80
NBA: Phoenix 108, Golden State 97
NBA: Milwaukee 110, New Jersey 95
NBA: Houston 93, Boston 77
NBA: San Antonio 97, Dallas 91
NBA: Oklahoma City 99, Charlotte 82
NBA: Miami 106, Atlanta 85
NBA: Orlando 85, Denver 82
COL BKB: Marquette 66, Xavier 55
NBA: Detroit 99, New York 95
NBA: Toronto 116, Washington 107
NBA: Indiana 115, Chicago 108 (OT)
COL BKB: Purdue 65, St. Peter's 43
COL BKB: N. Carolina 102, Long Island 87
COL BKB: Kansas 72, Boston University 53
COL BKB: Ohio State 75, Tex-San Antonio 46
COL BKB: George Mason 61, Villanova 57
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| | Golf Stanford leads inaugural LPGA event PHOENIX (UPI) -- Angela Stanford shot a 6-under 66 Friday and held a one-stroke lead after one round of the inaugural LPGA Founders Cup.
Although the listed prize money at the event will count in the official LPGA statistics, the players will receive none of it. All of the money will go to the charities of the competitors' choice and many of them have designated the relief efforts in Japan as their charity this week.
Stanford suffered a double bogey at the par-4 eighth at the Desert Ridge Resort course, but then holed her second shot from a bunker for an eagle at the next hole.
Brittany Lincicome and Aree Song shared second place at 67 while Juli Inkster was tied for fourth at 68 with Sophie Gustafson, Nannette Hill, Mina Harigae, Beatriz Recari and Amelia Lewis.
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| | Hockey NHL: Phoenix 3, Vancouver 1 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (UPI) -- Jason LaBarbera made 46 saves Friday and the Phoenix Coyotes put together a three-goal third period to defeat Vancouver 3-1.
The Coyotes ended Vancouver's seven-game winning streak and extended their own winning streak to five games. Phoenix is one point behind San Jose for the lead in the Pacific Division -- and for third place overall in the Western Conference.
The contest was scoreless heading into the third period but Radim Vrbata and Shane Doan scored 78 seconds apart to put the Coyotes in front. Both goals came on the power play.
Christian Ehrhoff kept Vancouver's hopes alive by beating LaBarbera with 2:58 to play but Lee Stempniak put the puck into an empty net with 1:05 remaining to clinch the victory.
Vancouver remained nine points ahead of its closest competition in the race for the best record in the NHL.
Roberto Luongo took the loss, stopping 26 shots. It was only his second setback in seven games this month.
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| | Other UPI Sports Calendar for Saturday, March 19 (All times Eastern)
Basketball
NBA
Cleveland at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m.
Denver at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Indiana at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Boston at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Charlotte at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Portland, 10 p.m.
NCAA Men's Division I
At Tampa, Fla.
(5) West Virginia vs. (4) Kentucky, 12:15 p.m.
(7) UCLA vs. (2) Florida, 2:45 p.m.
At Washington
(8) Butler vs. (1) Pittsburgh, 7:10 p.m.
(6) Cincinnati vs. (3) Connecticut, 9:40 p.m.
At Denver
(13) Morehead State vs. (12) Richmond, 5:15 p.m.
(11) Gonzaga vs. Brigham Young, 7:45 p.m.
At Tucson
(7) Temple vs. (2) San Diego State, 6:10 p.m.
(5) Kansas State vs. (4) Wisconsin, 8:40 p.m.
NIT
Second Round
Northwestern at Boston College, 11 a.m.
College of Charleston at Cleveland State, 2 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
Columbus at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
Atlanta at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Edmonton, 10 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
St. Louis at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Golf
PGA
Transitions Championship at Tampa, Fla.
LPGA
RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup at Phoenix
European
Sicilian Open at Sicily, Italy
Men's & Women's Tennis
BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif.
Soccer
MLS
Toronto FC at Vancouver, 6:30 p.m.
Columbus at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Seattle at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Portland at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Kansas City at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Auto
NASCAR
Nationwide Scotts EZ Seed 300 at Bristol, Tenn.
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| | Racing Edwards wins pole in Bristol BRISTOL, Tenn. (UPI) -- Carl Edwards, who won the most recent Sprint Cup race contested, captured the pole Friday for Sunday's running of the Jeff Byrd 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Edwards picked up his second pole of the season by turning a lap around the half-mile track in 128.014 mph. He was also quickest during the only practice session held Friday. Edwards won in Las Vegas prior to the Sprint Cup series taking last week off.
"This is unreal and I hope this keeps going," said Edwards, who won the ninth pole of his Sprint Cup career. He has won twice at Bristol.
Greg Biffle will start on the outside of the first row after producing a lap that was .05 of a second slower than that of Edwards.
Regan Smith, Paul Menard and David Ragan rounded out the top five qualifiers, followed by Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Martin Truex Jr., Mark Martin and Kasey Kahne. Johnson won this race last year.
Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch share the series points lead after three races. Stewart will start 13th and Busch 20th.
After the teams had troubles with their tires during practice and qualifying, Goodyear said it would make a change in compounds and the company brought in close to 1,200 new tires from its Charlotte-area warehouse.
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| | Tennis Wozniacki vs. Bartoli in final INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (UPI) -- World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki had no trouble getting past Maria Sharapova Friday and earned a spot in the championship match of the BNP Paribas Open.
Wozniacki defeated Sharapova 6-1, 6-2 in 80 minutes and will meet Marion Bartoli in Sunday's title match.
It will be the second year in a row Wozniacki has played for the championship in this tournament. She fell in last year's final to Jelena Jankovic. Wozniacki has won 13 tournaments in her career.
Bartoli also had an easy time in the semifinals, defeating Yanina Wickmayer 6-1, 6-3. It will be the first final for Bartoli in two years.
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