Maria Kirilenko (4), Russia, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3). College basketball ADVERTISING MEN SOUTHWEST Kansas 68, Baylor 54 Lamar 85, Northwestern St. 66 Rice 79, Houston 71 SMU 68, TCU 62 Stephen F. Austin 62, Nicholls St.
College basketball
MEN
SOUTHWEST
Kansas 68, Baylor 54
Lamar 85, Northwestern St. 66
Rice 79, Houston 71
SMU 68, TCU 62
Stephen F. Austin 62, Nicholls St. 58, OT
Texas St. 94, Cent. Arkansas 63
Texas-Arlington 75, Sam Houston St. 63
Texas-Pan Am. 73, CS Bakersfield 67
UTEP 64, Tulsa 55
UTSA 59, SE Louisiana 51
MIDWEST
Akron 69, W. Michigan 66, OT
Bowling Green 61, Ball St. 54
Bradley 68, Indiana St. 60
Buffalo 66, Cent. Michigan 62
Illinois St. 64, Drake 53
Kent St. 62, E. Michigan 58
Michigan 62, Nebraska 46
Michigan St. 77, Penn St. 57
Missouri St. 56, S. Illinois 54
N. Illinois 62, Miami (Ohio) 59
Toledo 77, Ohio 73
Wichita St. 82, N. Iowa 57
Xavier 84, Rhode Island 66
SOUTH
Bethune-Cook. 84, Houston Baptist 76
Drexel 63, James Madison 56
Duke 85, North Carolina 84
George Mason 72, Hofstra 62
Georgia 81, Arkansas 59
Georgia St. 61, Northeastern 59
Jacksonville St. 69, Morehead St. 55
Memphis 70, East Carolina 59
Old Dominion 70, William & Mary 51
Richmond 78, La Salle 76
South Florida 63, Pittsburgh 51
Tennessee 69, South Carolina 57
UAB 71, Southern Miss. 61
UCF 67, Marshall 60
VCU 66, Towson 43
Vanderbilt 76, LSU 61
Virginia 68, Wake Forest 44
EAST
Boston College 64, Florida St. 60
Bucknell 66, Colgate 50
Cincinnati 76, St. John’s 54
Delaware 71, UNC Wilmington 53
Holy Cross 64, Navy 52
LIU 86, St. Francis (NY) 77
Lafayette 90, Army 74
Monmouth (NJ) 75, F. Dickinson 62
Notre Dame 55, West Virginia 51
Quinnipiac 72, CCSU 44
Robert Morris 78, St. Francis (Pa.) 74
Sacred Heart 79, Bryant 77
Saint Louis 72, Saint Joseph’s 60
Seton Hall 59, Rutgers 54
Syracuse 64, Georgetown 61, OT
Temple 79, George Washington 72
UMass 76, St. Bonaventure 67
Wagner 59, Mount St. Mary’s 44
WOMEN
Top 25
No. 6 Miami 61, No. 23 N.Carolina 37
No. 14 Georgetown 56, Seton Hall 51
No. 15 Texas A&M 67, Kansas St. 36
No. 25 St. Bonaventure 69, UMass 54
Pro hockey
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 51 33 13 5 71 141 103
Philadelphia 53 30 16 7 67 173 157
New Jersey 53 31 19 3 65 150 148
Pittsburgh 54 30 19 5 65 163 141
N.Y. Islanders 52 22 22 8 52 126 150
Northeast Division
Boston 52 33 17 2 68 180 117
Toronto 54 28 20 6 62 168 157
Ottawa 56 27 22 7 61 162 174
Buffalo 53 23 24 6 52 132 154
Montreal 54 21 24 9 51 140 147
Southeast Division
Washington 53 28 21 4 60 149 149
Florida 52 24 17 11 59 131 149
Winnipeg 55 25 24 6 56 131 151
Tampa Bay 52 23 24 5 51 148 176
Carolina 55 20 25 10 50 139 168
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Detroit 55 36 17 2 74 176 131
St. Louis 52 31 14 7 69 129 106
Nashville 54 32 17 5 69 152 140
Chicago 54 29 18 7 65 171 163
Columbus 53 15 32 6 36 123 175
Northwest Division
Vancouver 53 33 15 5 71 171 133
Minnesota 53 25 20 8 58 122 136
Calgary 54 25 22 7 57 130 147
Colorado 55 27 25 3 57 140 153
Edmonton 54 21 28 5 47 143 162
Pacific Division
San Jose 51 29 16 6 64 148 121
Los Angeles 54 26 18 10 62 118 117
Phoenix 54 25 21 8 58 143 143
Dallas 52 27 23 2 56 137 148
Anaheim 53 21 24 8 50 138 158
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s results
Buffalo 6, Boston 0
Detroit 4, Edmonton 2
Anaheim 3, Carolina 2, OT
Calgary 4, San Jose 3
Today’s games
St. Louis at New Jersey, 2 p.m.
Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 2 p.m.
Toronto at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
Winnipeg at Washington, 2 p.m.
Dallas at Columbus, 2 p.m.
Nashville at Ottawa, 2:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Florida, 2:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Minnesota, 3 p.m.
Calgary at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended free-agent RHP Rolman Candelario 50 games for testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol under the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.
American League
NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with INF Russell Branyan, RHP Manny Delcarmen and Dewayne Wise on minor league contracts.
TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with SS Elvis Andrus on a three-year contract.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with OF Ryan Ludwick on a one-year contract and LHP Jeff Francis on a minor league contract. Designated RHP Carlos Fisher for assignment.
HOUSTON ASTROS_Agreed to terms with SS Jed Lowrie on a one-year contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
HOUSTON ROCKETS—Signed C/F Greg Smith from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).
NEW ORLEANS HORNETS — Signed G Donald Sloan to a 10-day contract. Released G Carldell Johnson and F DaJuan Summers.
Women’s National
Basketball Association
ATLANTA DREAM — Signed F Cathrine Kraayeveld to a multi-year contract.
INDIANA FEVER — Re-signed F Tamika Catchings.
LOS ANGELES SPARKS—Signed G Alana Beard.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Moved wide receivers coach Mike McNulty to quarterbacks coach. Named Frank Reich wide receivers coach.
CHICAGO BEARS — Named Tim Holt offensive line coach.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Promoted director of player personnel Tom Telesco to vice president of football operations.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DB Brandon Bing, RB Andre Brown, OL Selvish Capers, WR Dan DePalma, DT Dwayne Hendricks, TE Christian Hopkins, QB Ryan Perrilloux, WR Isaiah Stanback and DE Adrian Tracy.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CALGARY FLAMES — Re-signed D Derek Smith to a two-year contract.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Signed LW Vinny Prospal to a one-year contract.
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Reassigned G Brian Foster to San Antonio (AHL).
MONTREAL CANADIENS_Recalled RW Aaron Palushaj from Hamilton (AHL).
NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to terms with C Frans Nielsen on a four-year contract extension though the 2015-16 season.
ST. LOUIS BLUES — Recalled F Evgeny Grachev from Peoria (AHL).
COLLEGE
BIG EAST CONFERENCE — Announced the addition of the University of Memphis as a full conference member beginning in the 2013-14 academic year.
AIR FORCE — Fired men’s basketball coach Jeff Reynolds. Promoted assistant coach Dave Pilipovich interim coach.
IOWA—Named Phil Parker defensive coordinator.
LSU—Announced OL Josh Dworaczyk has been granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA.
OHIO WESLEYAN — Named Tom Watts football coach.
ST. JOHN’S — Announced junior G Malik Stith has withdrawn from the men’s basketball team.
Tennis
WTA: Open Gaz de France
At Paris
Singles
First Round
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, def. Kristina Barrois, Germany, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, def. Alize Cornet, France, 6-3, 6-1.
Roberta Vinci (7), Italy, def. Simona Halep, Romania, 6-4, 6-4.
Pauline Parmentier, France, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (8), Spain, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Christina McHale, United States, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-4, 7-5.
Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 6-1, retired.
Second round
Maria Sharapova (1), Russia, def. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 6-3, 6-1.
Julia Goerges, Germany, def. Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4.
WTA: Pattaya Women’s Open
At Pattaya, Thailand
Singles
Second round
Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, def. Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, 7-6 (7), 6-3.
Sorana Cirstea (7), Romania, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-2, 6-2.
Vera Zvonareva (1), Russia, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-3.
Maria Kirilenko (4), Russia, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
