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KPYN Sports for Monday February 6th, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The New York Giants are sitting atop the NFL world, climaxing a season that began 7-7 and ended with their fourth Super Bowl title and second in four years. Eli Manning outplayed Tom Brady, engineering a nine-play, 88-yard drive in the final minutes to make 65-year-old Giants coach Tom Coughlin (KAWF'-lihn) the oldest coach to win a Super Bowl.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning says it was a wild way to end a wild season. He became the first Super Bowl quarterback to complete his first nine passes, finishing 30-of-40 for 296 yards and no turnovers to win his second Super Bowl MVP award in four season, one more than older brother Peyton Manning.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Miami's basketball team is enjoying its first victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium after upsetting seventh-ranked Duke 78-74 in overtime. Reggie Johnson scored five of his career-high 27 points in OT.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Four Texas Tech players scored in double figures yesterday as the No. 25 Lady Raiders beat Missouri 76-49. Casey Morris scored 15 points for Texas Tech, which led 34-19 at halftime. Sydney Crafton had a team-high 13 points as the Tigers remain winless in Big 12 play.


LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Dontae Cannon scored 22 points yesterday to lead McNeese State past Stephen F. Austin 66-56. Patrick Richard added 18 points for the Cowboys, who extended their winning streak to three games. Antonio Bostic had a team-high 13 points for Stephen F. Austin.

MIAMI (AP) __The Miami Heat are creeping up on the Chicago Bulls for best record in the NBA's Eastern Conference, trailing by just one game. LeBron James scored 30 points, Dwyane (dwayn) Wade had 25 and the Heat beat the Toronto Raptors 95-89 for their 10th win in 12 games.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs will try for their fifth straight victory tonight when they take on the Memphis Grizzlies. The Spurs are coming off a 107-96 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday. San Antonio has already beaten Memphis twice this season.

The McLeod eighth grade girl’s basketball team finished their season undefeated over the weekend by defeating Maud in the district tournament Saturday in Simms by the final score of 18-12. Kyndal Shepard scored 9 points and Lexy Morgan had 7 for the district champion Lady Horns who finished their season 14-0. The McLeod 7th grade girls were runners up losing in the championship game of the tournament to James Bowie 13-6.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The United States blanked Belarus 5-0 in Fed Cup World Group II play. The Americans were bolstered by Venus Williams' first competitive event in five months, teaming with Liezel Huber for a 6-1, 6-2 doubles victory after sister Serena has already secured the U.S. victory in singles play.

KPYN Sports for Sunday February 5th,2012

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Super Bowl 46 is a few hours way with the New York Giants and New England Patriots scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. (Eastern time). The Giants' 65-year-old coach Tom Coughlin (KAWF'-lihn) is trying to become the oldest coach to win a Super Bowl and Pats coach Bill Belichick is trying to join Pittsburgh's Chuck Noll as the only men who have coached four Super Bowl winners.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who tossed 45 TD passes with just six interceptions in leading the Packers to a 15-1 regular-season mark, has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide. The Packers star is the first Green Bay player honored since Brett Favre (fahrv) concluded a run of three straight seasons as MVP in 1997.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Pro Football Hall of Fame is growing by six this year. The Hall announced Saturday afternoon that Jack Butler, a defensive back with Pittsburgh; Dermontti Dawson, a center with Pittsburgh; defensive end and linebacker Chris Doleman who starred for Minnesota; defensive tackle Cortez Kenney who played for Seattle; Jets running back Curtis Martin and longtime Saints tackle Willie Roaf will be inducted in Canton, Ohio, this summer.


COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Anthony Davis had 22 points, eight rebounds and eight blocks as No. 1 Kentucky wiped away the memories of a 2010 upset in their last visit to South Carolina by clobbering the Gamecocks 86-52 Saturday night. Kentucky has won 15 straight and moved to 9-0 in the Southeastern Conference for the first time in seven years while running its mark to 23-1 overall.


CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Kyrie Irving made a driving layup in traffic with 15.8 seconds left to give the Cleveland Cavaliers a 91-88 win over the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks Saturday night. 2011 NBA Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points on the road in Cleveland.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker scored 42 points and broke the Spurs' franchise record for career assists, leading San Antonio to a 107-96 win over the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder Saturday night. Also last night, Kyle Lowry had 24 points and 11 assists for the Rockets and Luis Scola also scored 24 points in a 100-91 loss at Minnesota. But Rockets' star Kevin Martin only scored a season-low two points in the road loss.
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DALLAS (AP) — Jamie Benn scored in the second round of the shootout and the Dallas Stars maintained their home dominance over the Minnesota Wild with a 2-1 victory on Saturday night. Mike Ribeiro notched a power-play goal and Kari Lehtonen made 33 saves for the Stars.

BOSTON (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury (marhk-ahn-dray FLOOR'-ee) made 28 saves and Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to their ninth win in 10 games, 2-1 over the Boston Bruins on Saturday. The defending Stanley Cup champions have lost six of 10.


SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Julio Cesar Chavez Junior retained the WBC middleweight title last night, earning a unanimous decision over fellow Mexican Marco Antonio Rubio. The fighters lasted 12 rounds before 14,120 in attendance Saturday at the Alamodome. In another bout in the same venue, Nonito Donaire took a split decision against Wilfredo Vazquez to win the WBO junior featherweight title yesterday.

College Basketball Scores from Saturday
EAST
Alvernia 63, Lebanon Valley 61
American U. 59, Colgate 58
Boston U. 68, Binghamton 53
Brooklyn 73, Richard Stockton 64
Bucknell 81, Army 68
Cabrini 76, Marywood 63
Charlotte 69, Fordham 62
Chestnut Hill 81, Nyack 76
Cornell 68, Dartmouth 59
Delaware Valley 83, Eastern 71
Dickinson 79, Washington (Md.) 74
Dist. of Columbia 91, Queens (NY) 67
Dominican (NY) 70, Sciences (Pa.) 60
Drexel 65, Towson 57
Duquesne 81, Richmond 72
Farmingdale 95, Mount St. Vincent 61
Georgetown 75, South Florida 45
Georgia St. 59, Hofstra 43
Harvard 57, Columbia 52
Hobart 64, Clarkson 54
Iona 85, Manhattan 73
Ithaca 72, St. John Fisher 59
John Jay 95, CCNY 77
Kean 51, Rutgers-Camden 49
LIU 95, CCSU 81
Lafayette 62, Navy 41
Lehigh 75, Holy Cross 51
Lycoming 81, Arcadia 74
Maine 77, UMBC 76, OT
Marist 80, Canisius 69
Mass.-Lowell 67, S. New Hampshire 56
Muhlenberg 60, Franklin & Marshall 58
Nazareth 88, Utica 78
Oswego St. 84, Cortland St. 65
Penn 65, Brown 48
Pitt.-Johnstown 115, Bluefield St. 84
Quinnipiac 71, Monmouth (NJ) 48
Robert Morris 67, Mount St. Mary's 62
Rowan 69, College of NJ 64
Rutgers-Newark 83, Montclair St. 71
S. Connecticut 80, St. Rose 71
Sacred Heart 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 57
Saint Joseph's 70, La Salle 66
Scranton 74, Susquehanna 71
St. Francis (NY) 80, Bryant 67
St. Joseph's (LI) 90, Sage 77
Stony Brook 76, Albany (NY) 69
Syracuse 95, St. John's 70
Temple 73, Rhode Island 56
UConn 69, Seton Hall 46
UMass 86, George Washington 75
Union (NY) 77, Vassar 64
Ursinus 67, Gettysburg 59
Vermont 82, Hartford 56
Wagner 72, St. Francis (Pa.) 54
Wilkes 64, Manhattanville 58
William Paterson 58, Ramapo 55
Yale 58, Princeton 54
SOUTH
Alabama 69, Mississippi 67, 2OT
Alcorn St. 57, Jackson St. 46
Asbury 74, St. Louis Pharmacy 47
Belmont Abbey 83, Mount Olive 77
Bethune-Cookman 92, NC A&T 79
Centre 68, Sewanee 53
Christian Brothers 62, Valdosta St. 50
Cincinnati Christian 81, Berea 67
Coastal Carolina 71, Charleston Southern 58
Coll. of Charleston 74, Appalachian St. 62
Coppin St. 88, Morgan St. 86
Cumberland (Tenn.) 94, Freed-Hardeman 78
Cumberlands 77, Lindsey Wilson 76
Davidson 88, Chattanooga 61
Delaware 85, James Madison 80
Delaware St. 67, Norfolk St. 50
ETSU 64, Kennesaw St. 59
East Carolina 82, Rice 68
Elon 71, The Citadel 66
FIU 76, FAU 56
Florida 73, Vanderbilt 65
Florida Gulf Coast 65, Jacksonville 55
Florida St. 58, Virginia 55
Furman 93, UNC Greensboro 85
George Mason 54, Old Dominion 50
Georgetown (Ky.) 94, Virginia-Wise 60
Georgia College 56, Ga. Southwestern 52
Georgia Southern 68, W. Carolina 65
Georgia Tech 51, Boston College 47
Hampden-Sydney 107, Emory & Henry 68
High Point 81, Gardner-Webb 77, OT
Kentucky 86, South Carolina 52
Kentucky Christian 91, Free Will Baptist 81
Kentucky St. 76, Miles 72
King (Tenn.) 75, St. Andrews 64
LSU 71, Arkansas 65
Lees-McRae 73, Young Harris 66
Lincoln Memorial 98, Catawba 71
Louisiana-Lafayette 83, Troy 78
Louisville 78, Rutgers 66
Loyola NO 85, Spring Hill 81
Lynchburg 66, Bridgewater (Va.) 62
MVSU 70, Alabama St. 58
Martin Methodist 74, Union (Tenn.) 70, OT
Maryville (Tenn.) 99, Huntingdon 88
Md.-Eastern Shore 78, Howard 65
Memphis 72, Xavier 68
Mercer 61, SC-Upstate 47
Milligan 77, Bryan 71
Mississippi St. 91, Auburn 88
Mobile 59, William Carey 54
Murray St. 65, UT-Martin 58
NC Central 78, Florida A&M 61
NC State 87, Wake Forest 76
Nicholls St. 96, Texas St. 75
North Carolina 83, Maryland 74
North Florida 99, Stetson 96
Northwestern St. 82, Texas A&M-CC 68
Presbyterian 69, Campbell 67
Randolph 64, E. Mennonite 47
Sam Houston St. 57, SE Louisiana 55
Samford 66, Wofford 61, OT
Savannah St. 73, SC State 60
Southern U. 57, Grambling St. 53
Spalding 82, Principia 52
St. Augustine's 82, Flagler 50
Tennessee 73, Georgia 62
Tennessee Tech 76, Jacksonville St. 68
Thomas More 73, Thiel 63
Trevecca Nazarene 78, Blue Mountain 51
Tulane 75, Houston 54
Tusculum 66, Brevard 50
UNC Asheville 65, Liberty 51
UNC Wilmington 81, William & Mary 68
VCU 59, Northeastern 56
VMI 86, Winthrop 79
Va. Intermont 85, Union (Ky.) 80
Va. Wesleyan 98, Roanoke 83
Virginia Tech 67, Clemson 65
W. Kentucky 75, South Alabama 66
Wingate 78, Carson-Newman 64
MIDWEST
Akron 77, E. Michigan 47
Aquinas 56, Michigan-Dearborn 44
Ashland 73, Tiffin 68
Beloit 80, Monmouth (Ill.) 76, OT
Bemidji St. 93, Minn. Duluth 85
Bethany Lutheran 71, Minn.-Morris 63
Bowling Green 65, N. Illinois 40
Buffalo 72, Toledo 65
Calvin 77, Kalamazoo 65
Carleton 72, Concordia (Moor.) 64
Carthage 82, Millikin 49
Cincinnati 74, DePaul 66
Davenport 82, Lourdes 63
Detroit 65, Butler 61
Ferris St. 64, Saginaw Valley St. 59
Findlay 85, N. Michigan 76
Grand Valley St. 75, Lake Superior St. 63
Hope 75, Albion 69
Huntington 90, Mount Vernon Nazarene 67
IUPUI 66, IPFW 63
Illinois St. 78, Bradley 48
Indiana 78, Purdue 61
Indiana Tech 70, Cornerstone 67
Indiana-East 83, Alice Lloyd 72
Iowa 77, Penn St. 64
Kansas St. 64, Texas A&M 53
Kent St. 78, W. Michigan 73, OT
Lake Erie 75, Ohio Dominican 54
Lake Forest 69, Carroll (Wis.) 57
Lakeland 101, Benedictine (Ill.) 92
Lawrence 77, Illinois College 76
Madonna 69, Concordia (Mich.) 66
Marian (Wis.) 66, Dominican (Ill.) 53
Martin Luther 73, Presentation 69
Miami (Ohio) 59, Ball St. 53
Milwaukee 81, Green Bay 75
Milwaukee Engineering 54, Wis. Lutheran 53
Minn. St.-Moorhead 67, Mary 66
Minn.-Crookston 88, Northern St. (SD) 73
Missouri 74, Kansas 71
Missouri St. 57, Drake 39
Morehead St. 56, E. Illinois 55
N. Iowa 65, Creighton 62
N. Kentucky 77, Wis.-Parkside 65
NJIT 73, Chicago St. 64
North Central (Ill.) 43, Augustana (Ill.) 41
Northwestern (Minn.) 92, Northland 54
Northwood (Mich.) 73, Hillsdale 59
Notre Dame 76, Marquette 59
Oakland 74, W. Illinois 70, 2OT
Ohio 68, Cent. Michigan 42
Ohio St. 58, Wisconsin 52
Oklahoma Christian 89, Lubbock Christian 74
Olivet 88, Alma 86
Oral Roberts 85, N. Dakota St. 76
Peru St. 73, Culver-Stockton 68
Ripon 78, Knox 62
S. Dakota St. 66, S. Utah 56
S. Illinois 53, Evansville 52
SIU-Edwardsville 80, E. Kentucky 74
SW Minnesota St. 80, Augustana (SD) 77
Saint Louis 58, Dayton 50
South Dakota 79, UMKC 63
St. Cloud St. 75, Upper Iowa 71
St. John's (Minn.) 69, Hamline 67
St. Mary's (Minn.) 54, Macalester 41
St. Norbert 91, Grinnell 82
St. Olaf 74, Bethel (Minn.) 57
St. Scholastica 78, Crown (Minn.) 74
St. Thomas (Minn.) 75, Augsburg 72
Tennessee St. 75, SE Missouri 72
Transylvania 56, Rose-Hulman 51
Trine 52, Adrian 50
Valparaiso 63, Wright St. 54
Wayne (Mich.) 60, Michigan Tech 54
Wayne (Neb.) 67, Minn. St.-Mankato 52
Wichita St. 71, Indiana St. 66
Winona St. 95, Concordia (St.P.) 45
Wis.-Platteville 70, Wis.-Stout 60
Wis.-River Falls 63, Wis.-Eau Claire 41
Wis.-Stevens Pt. 76, Wis.-La Crosse 60
Wis.-Superior 64, Wis.-Oshkosh 51
SOUTHWEST
Ark.-Pine Bluff 81, Alabama A&M 75
Baylor 64, Oklahoma St. 60
Iowa St. 77, Oklahoma 70
Lamar 80, UTSA 66
Prairie View 73, Texas Southern 67
Texas 74, Texas Tech 57
Texas-Arlington 69, Cent. Arkansas 61
Texas-Pan American 70, North Dakota 58
Tulsa 79, Marshall 70
UAB 61, UTEP 60
UALR 70, Louisiana-Monroe 66
UCF 59, SMU 52
Utah Valley 68, Houston Baptist 66
FAR WEST
Alaska-Anchorage 85, Montana St.-Billings 70
Arizona 56, Stanford 43
BYU 79, Portland 60
CS Bakersfield 69, Cal Poly 66
Cal St.-Fullerton 99, UC Santa Barbara 86
California 68, Arizona St. 47
Colorado 72, Oregon 71
Colorado St. 67, Air Force 49
Concordia (Ore.) 67, Evergreen St. 59
Corban 47, Coll. of Idaho 42
Denver 75, Middle Tennessee 60
Fresno St. 60, Utah St. 54
Gonzaga 72, Pepperdine 60
Hawaii 83, San Jose St. 81, OT
Idaho 72, Nevada 68
Long Beach St. 75, CS Northridge 67
Loyola Marymount 90, San Francisco 88
Montana 67, Montana St. 58
NW Nazarene 75, Cent. Washington 70
New Mexico 65, Boise St. 49
New Mexico St. 83, Louisiana Tech 72
Oregon St. 76, Utah 58
Oregon Tech 78, S. Oregon 60
Pacific 72, UC Irvine 64
Portland St. 76, N. Arizona 65
Sacramento St. 75, E. Washington 71
San Diego 70, Santa Clara 65
San Diego St. 83, TCU 73
Seattle 75, Arkansas St. 69
Seattle Pacific 79, Alaska Fairbanks 53
UC Riverside 59, UC Davis 54
UCLA 63, Washington St. 60
W. Oregon 86, Simon Fraser 48
W. Washington 70, St. Martin's 67
Washington 69, Southern Cal 41
Weber St. 93, N. Colorado 81
Wyoming 68, UNLV 66
EXHIBITION
Northwest U. 86, Warner Pacific 74
 

KPYN Sports for Saturday February 4th, 2012

In Friday night basketball
In Queen City; the Linden-Kildare Tigers downed the Queen City Bulldogs 49-39. The Tigers were led by Robbie West who scored 13 points. The Bulldogs (14-13, 4-7) were led by Sadat Banks who scored 12 points.
Queen City also defeated Linden-Kildare in the boys JV game 35-13 as Jimmy Larry poured in 8 points for the Dogs.

In girls varsity high school football
In Atlanta, the Mt. Vernon Lady Tigers defeated the Atlanta Lady Rabbits 53-34. The Rabbits were led by Fierra Hall who scored 16 points.
Mt. Vernon also won the girls JV game over Atlanta 35-22. KeAndra Thomas scored 6 points for the ATL.

BOSTON (AP) — If you're looking for a Boston-New York Super Bowl omen, maybe this is it. Paul Pierce scored 30 points and Ray Allen had nine of his 14 in the final quarter as the Boston Celtics rallied from a 12-point deficit to beat the New York Knicks, 91-89 for their seventh win in eight games.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Because they got so much work in during this week's practices, the New England Patriots moved their walkthrough session up to Friday and plan only a picture-taking session today at the site of Sunday's Super Bowl 46. The New York Giants plan a brief walkthrough this morning and coach Tom Coughlin (KAWF'-lihn) says he'll give his team this afternoon off.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL still would like to place a team in the Los Angeles market, but doesn't plan any expansion any time soon and is not wild about moving existing franchises. That's the word from NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell (guh-DEHL'), who ruled out expanding beyond the existing 32-team league any time soon.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Of the roughly 3,200 fans who found themselves scrambling in last year's seating fiasco at Cowboys Stadium outside Dallas, 246 took the NFL up on its offer of a ticket to Sunday's game in Indianapolis between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. The rest accepted a financial settlement from the NFL, plan to go to a future Super Bowl or are suing the league.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lance Armstrong says he is looking forward to continuing his life without what the seven-time Tour de France champion calls "this distraction." He comments came after the federal government says it's dropping its two-year doping investigation and will not file any charges against Armstrong, who steadfastly has denied using performance-enhancing drugs.
 

KPYN Sports for Thursday February 2nd, 2012

DALLAS (AP) — Russell Westbrook scored 33 points, Kevin Durant added 23 points and 13 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 95-86. James Harden had 10 points off the bench and Serge Ibaka (ih-BAH'-kah) anchored the Thunder defense with a career-high 10 blocked shots.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Jennings scored 31 points, including three 3-pointers in a critical stretch of the fourth quarter, and Milwaukee beat Miami 105-97 for the Bucks' second win over the Heat this season. LeBron James scored a season-high 40 points, but it wasn't enough as the Heat had their five-game winning streak end.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Steve Nash had a season-high 30 points and 10 assists, and the Phoenix Suns defeated the New Orleans Hornets, 120-103. Nash became the Suns' all-time assists leader with 6,522, surpassing Kevin Johnson's mark of 6,518.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tim Duncan and Tony Parker combined to score 49 points last night as the San Antonio Spurs topped the Houston Rockets. The Spurs trailed by as many as 18 points in the third quarter before rallying to win their second straight. Kevin Martin scored 29 points for the Rockets.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Pierre Jackson hit a three-pointer and two free throws in the closing seconds to give No. 6 Baylor a 63-60 win over Texas A&M last night. The Bears were up by four with five minutes left before the Aggies used 9-3 run to take a two-point lead with 29 seconds remaining. Jackson finished with 14 points, while David Loubeau had 16 for A&M.

Yesterday was national signing day and Atlanta Rabbits senior Rickey Hatley signed a letter of intent to play football at the University of Missouri on a football scholarship. We have pictures of the signing ceremony at Atlanta High School yesterday with Rickey Hatley on our website at KPYN.Net and on our facebook fan page. You can follow us on facebook by clicking on the facebook icon on the home page of our website at www.kpyn.net.

Coaches and athletic directors representing schools throughout Northeast Texas are in Mt Pleasant today for UIL Realignment. Coaches and AD’s will find out about their new districts this morning at nine; we will post the information on our website today at KPYN.Net.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jamie Benn scored in his return from a five-game absence as the Dallas Stars defeated the Anaheim Ducks 6-2 last night. Michael Ryder, Eric Nystrom, Vernon Fiddler, Stephane Robidas and Sheldon Souray also netted goals for the Stars. Kari Lehtonen made 33 saves for Dallas.


TORONTO (AP)__ James Reimer (RY'-mur) stopped all 25 shots he faced and Clarke MacArthur scored in the third period to lift the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0. The win gave the Maple Leafs a split of a home-and-home set and ends Pittsburgh's eight-game win streak.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Trainer Angelo Dundee, a master motivator who worked the corner for Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, died at age 90 yesterday. The genial Dundee was best known for being in Ali's corner for almost his entire career but he also was known by boxing insiders as an ambassador for the sport.

KPYN Sports for Wednesday February 1st, 2012

At Left: Rickey Hatley signing letter of intent to play college football at Missouri.

Today is national signing day; the day high school football players sign letters of intent to play college football. Atlanta senior defensive lineman Rickey Hatley will sign a letter of intent to play college football at Missouri on a football scholarship today at a ceremony in the Atlanta High School Library. KPYN will broadcast live from the signing around 9 a.m.


INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts quarterback Peyton Manning says that he has no plans to retire at this time as he continues to battle back from neck problems that kept him sidelined for the entire 2011 season. The four-time league MVP told reporters he continues to make progress from three neck surgeries and that doctors are encouraged by his progress.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers has named longtime assistant Kyle Flood as new head football coach, replacing Greg Schiano (she-AH'-noh) who left to become coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 41-year old Flood gets his first head coaching job after serving as an assistant with the Scarlet Knights since 2005.


LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Markel Brown scored a career-high 30 points last night as Oklahoma State topped Texas Tech 80-63. Le'Bryan Nash added 16 points for the Cowboys, who made 33-of-35 free throws overall. Jaye Crockett had 16 points for the Red Raiders.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Top-ranked Kentucky hit its first 11 shots of the game and went on to roll past Tennessee 69-44. Freshman Anthony Davis had 18 points, 8 rebounds and 7 blocked shots to help the Wildcats improve to 22-1.

BOSTON (AP) — Paul Pierce had 20 points and Ray Allen chipped in with 12 in the third quarter as Boston held on to edge Cleveland 93-90. The Celtics led by 22 points in the third quarter before the Cavaliers staged a comeback that came up just short.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — With starters Khris Middleton and Dash Harris out with injuries, Texas A&M had several role players step up to help get a win over Oklahoma State. Coach Billy Kennedy wants to get similar production from those players tonight against No. 6 Baylor. Kennedy says Saturday's game gave those players "a lost more confidence."

In boys varsity basketball last night
In the Maud Gym; the Maud Cardinals defeated the McLeod Longhorns in overtime 64-61. Dakota Jones scored a career high 41 points for the Cardinals and Paul Shepard led the Longhorns with 19 points.

In the Queen City Gym; the Queen City Bulldogs downed the Redwater Dragons 53-40. The Bulldogs (14-12, 4-6) were led by Chris Reese who scored 18 points, Sadat Banks chipped in with twelve.

In the Linden-Kildare Gym; the Linden-Kildare Tigers defeated the Paul Pewitt Brahmas 47-43. The Tigers (8-14, 2-8) were led by Shock Linwood who scored 17 points.

In girls high school basketball last night
In the Maud Gym; the McLeod Lady Longhorns defeated the Maud Lady Cardinals 34-31. The Lady Horns (10-16, 5-4) were led by Cassie Harris who scored 16 points.

In the Linden-Kildare Gym; the Paul Pewitt Lady Brahamas defeated the Linden-Kildare Lady Tigers 41-40. The Lady Tigers (4-14, 2-10) were led by Jessica Spelling who scored 20 points.

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars have activated captain Brenden Morrow from the injured list. The Stars made the move yesterday. Morrow missed the last game before the All-Star break against Anaheim with a lower body injury. He has 22 points in 41 games this season.

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros have agreed to a minor league deal with pitcher Livan Hernandez. The former World Series MVP was invited to major league spring training. Hernandez started 29 games for the Washington Nationals last season, going 8-13 with a 4.47 ERA.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Mike Fisher capped a four-goal third period rally by scoring the game winner with 21 seconds left to lift Nashville over Minnesota 5-4. The Predators scored three times in the final 3 ½ minutes to help erased the Wild's 4-1 third period lead.

KPYN Sports for Tuesday January 31st, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The New York Giants and New England Patriots are about deal with the toughest part of Super Bowl week, the annual Super Bowl media day in Indianapolis. The league has issued around 2,000 credentials and is selling tickets to the public for the first time. The Giants landed in Indianapolis yesterday, a day after the Patriots reached town.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert has reiterated his support for a two-round, four-team BCS championship for college football. Emmert says there are ongoing discussions about what he described as a Final Four model, a scenario which would've matched LSU against Stanford and Alabama versus Oklahoma State last season with the winners advancing to the title game. He also notes the eventual decision for a playoff is in the hands of the BCS and not the NCAA.

PISACATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers is expected to introduce Kyle Flood as the new head football coach at a news conference later today. Flood had been on former coach Greg Schiano's (shee-AH'-nohz) staff since 2005 and was promoted to interim coach last week. Schiano left to become head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have given manager Ron Washington a two-year contract extension after he led the team to consecutive American League pennants. Washington is 427-383 in five seasons and is the first manager in major league history to increase his team's win total in four straight years after his initial campaign with a club. He's now signed through 2014.

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Tigers star Victor Martinez is recovering from microfracture surgery on his left knee to repair an offseason-conditioning injury. The club also announced that Martinez needs ACL reconstruction surgery on the same knee in six to eight weeks and is expected to miss the entire 2012 season. Martinez hit .330 with 103 RBIs in 2011, helping the Tigers win the division in his first season with Detroit.


PHOENIX (AP) — Delonte West's 25 points helped the Dallas Mavericks rout the Phoenix Suns last night 122-99. Vince Carter added 21 points for the Mavericks, who picked up their eighth straight win over Phoenix. The Suns played without star point guard Steve Nash.

HOUSTON (AP) — Michael Beasley scored 34 points last night as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Rockets 120-108 in Rick Adelman's return to Houston. Kevin Love added 29 points for the Timberwolves, who put up 42 points in the third quarter. Kevin Martin had 29 points for the Rockets after missing two games with inflammation in his right heel.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs sent Memphis to its fourth straight loss with an 83-73 victory over the Grizzlies last night. Matt Bonner scored 15 points and Tim Duncan added 14 for the Spurs. O.J. Mayo led the Grizzlies with 17 points, but the team was held to 37 percent shooting.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Michael Dixon's game-winning layup with 31 seconds left gave No. 4 Missouri a 67-66 win over Texas last night. Dixon finished with 21 points, while Ricardo Ratliff and Phil Pressey added 13 points apiece for the Tigers. J'Covan Brown had 20 points for the Longhorns, who lost for the fifth time in six games.
In junior high basketball yesterday
In Texarkana at Liberty-Eylau; in an 8th grade girl’s game; Liberty-Eylau defeated Atlanta 43-12. Liberty Eylau also defeated Atlanta in the 7th grade girl’s game 34-21.

In McLeod;
In an 8th grade girl’s game, McLeod downed James Bowie 19-16. The Lady Horns were led by Gracie Tyson who scored 11 points.
McLeod also beat James Bowie in the 7th grade girl’s game by the final score of 24-8. Emma Parker scored 6 points for McLeod.

McLeod beat James Bowie in the 8th grade boy’s game by the final scored of 25-16.l Bradley Lambeth and Justin Broomhall each scored 8 points for McLeod.

The McLeod Longhorns also downed James Bowie in the 7th grade boy’s game by the final score of 17-14. The Horns were led by Colby Hall who scored 8 points.

In Hooks;
In the 8th grade girls game; Hooks defeated Queen City 31-10.
In the 7th grade girls A-game; Queen City beat Hooks 23-22. Mackenzie Hozdic led Queen City with 14 points.
In the girls 7th grade B-game’; Queen City downed Hooks 10-2. Dazsha Drayton led the Lady Bulldogs with 6 points.

KPYN Sports for Monday January 30th, 2012
DALLAS (AP) — Jason Terry had a season-high 34 points as the Dallas Mavericks topped the San Antonio Spurs 101-100 in overtime last night. Terry also scored four points in the final 42 seconds of overtime to give Dallas the lead for good. Gary Neal had 19 points for the Spurs, but missed a potential game-tying free throw in the closing seconds.

DALLAS (AP) — Mavericks guard Jason Kidd will miss some time due to a right calf strain. Coach Rick Carlisle says Kidd would be out at least a week, and probably longer. Kidd was injured about two minutes into Friday's game against Utah.

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Rockets guard Courtney Lee says he's uninjured after a car accident following Saturday night's game against New York. A team spokesman says Lee contacted a team security guard to tell him he was fine. Lee tweeted about the accident, saying he was thanking God and "thanking Cadillac for air bags."

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Sydney Carter hit two free throws with 2.4 seconds remaining to lift No. 14 Texas A&M to a 66-64 win over Iowa State yesterday. The Cyclones were unable to connect on a desperation heave as time expired. Adaora Elonu had 19 points and Tyra White added 14 for the Aggies.

HONOLULU (AP) — Brandon Marshall's record-setting performance allowed the AFC to come away with a 59-41 win over the NFC at the Pro Bowl in Honolulu. Marshall became the first player in Pro Bowl history to grab four touchdown passes while he caught six receptions for 176 yards. The two teams combined for 51 first downs, 943 passing yards and 1,142 total yards.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic (JOH'-koh-vihch) won the longest Grand Slam final in pro tennis, taking five hours and 53 minutes to defeat No. 2 Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5 at the Australian Open. Djokovic overcame a break point in the fifth set en route to becoming the fifth man since the Open era began in 1968 to win three straight Grand Slam titles. Nadal also became the first man in the Open Era to lose three straight major finals.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Stanley enjoyed a three-shot lead with one hole remaining in the PGA's Farmers Insurance Open before settling for the second-place check. Stanley carded a triple-bogey in the final hole of regulation before missing a five-foot par putt on the second playoff hole, allowing Brandt Snedeker to win the tournament. Snedeker made up seven strokes on Stanley with a 5-under-par 67 while Stanley was carding a 2-over 74.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jeremy Abbott has won his third title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championship with the highest score ever in the event's history. Abbott entered with a commanding lead before avoiding any major mistakes in the free skate, leading to his 273.58 points. He was more than 32 points ahead of runner-up Adam Rippon.


OTTAWA (AP) — New York Rangers forward Marian Gaborik (GAB'-uh-rihk) was the MVP of Sunday's NHL All-Star game in Ottawa, scoring three times before setting up the game-winner in a 12-9 win for Team Chara against Team Alfredsson. Gaborik had a hat trick by the 1:23 mark of the second period before setting up Zdeno Chara's (zuh-DAY'-noh CHAH'-rahz) eventual game-winner with 7:40 remaining. Joffrey Lupul (LOO'-pul) added a pair of goals as Team Chara blew leads of 3-0 and 5-3 before winning.