SportsApril 10, 2010

basketball

National Basketball Association

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

y-Boston 49 30 .620 -

Toronto 38 41 .481 11

New York 28 51 .354 21

Philadelphia 26 53 .329 23

New Jersey 12 67 .152 37

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

y-Orlando 56 23 .709 -

x-Atlanta 50 29 .633 6

x-Miami 44 35 .557 12

x-Charlotte 42 37 .532 14

Washington 25 54 .316 31

Central Division

W L Pct GB

z-Cleveland 61 19 .763 -

x-Milwaukee 45 34 .570 151/2

Chicago 38 41 .481 221/2

Indiana 31 48 .392 291/2

Detroit 26 53 .329 341/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-Dallas 52 27 .658 -

x-San Antonio 48 31 .608 4

Houston 41 38 .519 11

Memphis 40 39 .506 12

New Orleans 35 45 .438 171/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-Denver 52 27 .658 -

x-Utah 52 28 .650 1/2

x-Oklahoma City 49 30 .620 3

x-Portland 48 31 .608 4

Minnesota 15 64 .190 37

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

y-L.A. Lakers 56 23 .709 -

x-Phoenix 51 28 .646 5

L.A. Clippers 27 52 .342 29

Sacramento 25 54 .316 31

Golden State 24 54 .308 311/2

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

z-clinched conference

Friday's Games

Milwaukee 95, Philadelphia 90

Orlando 118, New York 103

Atlanta 107, Toronto 101

Washington 106, Boston 96

Indiana 116, Cleveland 113

Detroit 106, Miami 99

L.A. Lakers 97, Minnesota 88

Utah 114, New Orleans 103

Oklahoma City 96, Phoenix 91

New Jersey 127, Chicago 116,2OT

Houston 97, Charlotte 90

Memphis 107, San Antonio 99

Dallas 83, Portland 77

Today's Games

Detroit at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Boston at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Denver, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

baseball

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

American League

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 3 1 .750 -

Toronto 3 1 .750 -

New York 2 2 .500 1

Baltimore 1 3 .250 2

Boston 1 3 .250 2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 4 1 .800 -

Detroit 3 1 .750 1/2

Cleveland 2 2 .500 11/2

Kansas City 2 2 .500 11/2

Chicago 1 3 .250 21/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 4 1 .800 -

Texas 2 2 .500 11/2

Los Angeles 1 4 .200 3

Seattle 1 4 .200 3

Friday's Games

Detroit 5, Cleveland 2

Toronto 7, Baltimore 6

Tampa Bay 9, N.Y. Yankees 3

Texas 6, Seattle 2

Kansas City 4, Boston 3

Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3, 11 innings

Oakland 10, L.A. Angels 4

Today's Games

Cleveland (Talbot 0-0) at Detroit (Bonderman 0-0), 10:05 a.m.

Minnesota (S.Baker 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Garcia 0-0), 10:05 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 0-0) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis 0-0), 12:10 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 0-0) at Texas (Harrison 0-0), 12:10 p.m.

Toronto (Eveland 0-0) at Baltimore (D.Hernandez 0-0), 4:05 p.m.

Boston (Beckett 0-0) at Kansas City (Greinke 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Oakland (Sheets 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

National League

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 3 1 .750 -

Atlanta 2 2 .500 1

Florida 2 2 .500 1

New York 2 2 .500 1

Washington 1 3 .250 2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 3 1 .750 -

Cincinnati 2 2 .500 1

Milwaukee 2 2 .500 1

Pittsburgh 2 2 .500 1

Chicago 1 3 .250 2

Houston 0 4 .000 3

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 4 0 1.000 -

Arizona 3 1 .750 1

Colorado 2 2 .500 2

Los Angeles 2 2 .500 2

San Diego 1 3 .250 3

Friday's Games

Colorado 7, San Diego 0

San Francisco 5, Atlanta 4, 13 innings

Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 4

L.A. Dodgers 7, Florida 3

N.Y. Mets 8, Washington 2

Philadelphia 8, Houston 0

St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 4

Arizona 9, Pittsburgh 1

Saturday's Games

Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 0-1) at Cincinnati (Harang 0-1), 10:10 a.m.

Washington (Lannan 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 0-0), 10:10 a.m.

St. Louis (Garcia 0-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 0-1), 12:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Moyer 0-0) at Houston (Paulino 0-0), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Padilla 0-1) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 0-1), 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (McCutchen 0-0) at Arizona (Haren 1-0), 5:10 p.m.

San Diego (Latos 0-0) at Colorado (Hammel 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Atlanta (D.Lowe 1-0) at San Francisco (Wellemeyer 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

COLLEGE

East

Rowan vs. Richard Stockton, ppd.

Walsh 11-8, Point Park 1-5

South

Berea 9-6, Asbury 1-9

Brescia 11-16, Cincinnati Christian 1-1, 1st game 6 innings, 2nd game 5 innings

Brevard 10, Catawba 6

Bryan 9, Milligan 7

Campbellsville 13-10, St. Catharine 3-0, both games, 6 innings

Coastal Carolina 10, High Point 9

Cumberland, Tenn. 15, Trevecca Nazarene 3

Elon 10, Georgia Southern 3

Emory 13, Guilford 6

Freed-Hardeman 10, Bethel, Tenn. 8

Florida 4, Tennessee 2

Indiana-Southeast 9-5, Alice Lloyd 1-3

Kentucky 7, Alabama 6

Lee 9, Talladega 6

Lincoln Memorial 10, Newberry 7

Lindsey Wilson 9-5, Pikeville 7-3

Lipscomb 4, Kennesaw St. 3

Martin Methodist 12, Mid-Continent 6

Memphis 6, East Carolina 5

Middle Tennessee 10, Fla. International 5

Mount Olive 5, Erskine 2

Piedmont 5, Maryville, Tenn. 4, 11 innings

South Carolina 3, Vanderbilt 2

Texas-Arlington 7, SE Louisiana 6

UNC Asheville 2, Presbyterian 1

W. Kentucky 13, South Alabama 3

Midwest

St. Scholastica 19, Martin Luther 1

Southwest

Arkansas 8, Mississippi St. 3

McNeese St. 14, Sam Houston 1

Missouri Baptist 14-9, Williams Baptist 0-3

Texas A&M-Kingsville 3, SE Oklahoma 1

Far West

BYU 13, New Mexico 5

Oregon 5, Stanford 2

Portland 5, St. Mary's, Calif. 4

Sonoma St. 12, San Francisco St. 3

UC Davis 3, Long Beach State 2

Washington State 6, Arizona State 5

golf

THE MASTERS

At Augusta National Golf Club

Augusta, Ga.

Yardage: 7,435 Par: 72

Second Round

(a-amateur)

Ian Poulter 68-68 - 136

Lee Westwood 67-69 - 136

Tiger Woods 68-70 - 138

K.J. Choi 67-71 - 138

Ricky Barnes 68-70 - 138

Anthony Kim 68-70 - 138

Phil Mickelson 67-71 - 138

Y.E. Yang 67-72 - 139

Soren Kjeldsen 70-71 - 141

Fred Couples 66-75 - 141

Tom Watson 67-74 - 141

Bill Haas 72-70 - 142

Trevor Immelman 69-73 - 142

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Hunter Mahan 71-71 - 142

Sean O'Hair 72-71 - 143

Kenny Perry 72-71 - 143

Matt Kuchar 70-73 - 143

Dustin Johnson 71-72 - 143

Mike Weir 71-72 - 143

Robert Karlsson 71-72 - 143

Francesco Molinari 70-74 - 144

Nick Watney 68-76 - 144

Zach Johsnon 70-74 - 144

Sergio Garcia 74-70 - 144

Adam Scott 69-75 - 144

David Toms 69-75 - 144

Steve Marino 71-73 - 144

Ernie Els 71-73 - 144

Ryan Moore 72-73 - 145

Charl Schwartzel 69-76 - 145

Heath Slocum 72-73 - 145

Retief Goosen 74-71 - 145

Ben Crane 71-75 - 146

Steve Flesch 75-71 - 146

Camilo Villegas 74-72 - 146

Jerry Kelly 72-74 - 146

Scott Verplank 73-73 - 146

Geoff Ogilvy 74-72 - 146

Jason Dufner 75-72 - 147

Miguel Angel Jimenez 72-75 - 147

Lucas Glover 76-71 - 147

Yuta Ikeda 70-77 - 147

Steve Stricker 73-73 - 147

Nathan Green 72-75 - 147

a-Matteo Manassero 71-76 - 147

Chad Campbell 79-68 - 147

Angel Cabrera 73-74 - 147

Robert Allenby 72-75 - 147 Failed to Qualify

Larry Mize 76-72 - 148

Ben Curtis 73-75 - 148

John Senden 71-77 - 148

Tim Clark 75-73 - 148

Ryo Ishikawa 72-76 - 148

Ryan Palmer 72-77 - 149

Soren Hansen 74-75 - 149

Padraig Harrington 74-75 - 149

John Merrick 72-77 - 149

Bernhard Langer 71-78 - 149

Graeme McDowell 75-74 - 149

Mark O'Meara 75-74 - 149

a-Nathan Smith 74-75 - 149

Martin Kaymer 76-73 - 149

Luke Donald 74-75 - 149

Simon Dyson 77-73 - 150

a-Ben Martin 75-75 - 150

a-Brad Benjamin 73-77 - 150

Alvaro Quiros 75-75 - 150

Kevin Na 74-76 - 150

Justin Leonard 75-75 - 150

John Rollins 75-76 - 151

Rory McIlroy 74-77 - 151

Edoardo Molinari 76-75 - 151

David Duval 76-75 - 151

Brian Gay 74-77 - 151

Marc Leishman 72-79 - 151

Todd Hamilton 74-77 - 151

Oliver Wilson 78-73 - 151

Shingo Katayama 75-77 - 152

Stewart Cink 76-76 - 152

Louis Oosthuizen 75-77 - 152

Ross Fisher 77-76 - 153

Rory Sabbatini 75-78 - 153

Paul Casey 75-78 - 153

Chris Wood 78-76 - 154

Vijay Singh 76-78 - 154

Sandy Lyle 69-86 - 155

Ben Crenshaw 77-78 - 155

Henrik Stenson 80-75 - 155

a-Chang-won Han 79-76 - 155

a-Byeong-Hun An 78-77 - 155

Jim Furyk 80-76 - 156

Craig Stadler 79-78 - 157

Anders Hansen 80-77 - 157

Michael Campbell 83-81 - 164

Ian Woosnam 81-83 - 164

Thongchai Jaidee 74 - WD

COLLEGE WOMEN

PING ASU INVITATIONAL

Tempe, Ariz.

Team results - 1. Arizona State (279, -9), 2. Southern California (281, -7), 3. Purdue (287, -1), T4. Alabama (291, +3), T4. UCLA (291, +3), T4. New Mexico (291, +3), T4. Denver (291, +3), T8. Arizona (292, +4), T8. Oklahoma State (292, +4), 10. Pepperdine (295, +7), 11. California (296, +8), 12. Stanford (297, +9), 13. Texas (299, +11), 14. San Jose State (301, +13), 15. Washington (302, +14), 16. Tulsa (306, +18), 17. Washington State (308, +20).

Top five individuals - T1. Carlota Ciganda, Arizona State (68, -4), T1. Kristina Merkle, Tulsa (68, -4), T3. Jennifer Johnson, Arizona State (69, -3), T3 Lizette Salas, Southern California (69, -3), T3. Jennifer Song, Southern California (69, -3).

WSU individuals - T55. Emma Betland (76, +4), T55. Allison Travis (76, +4), T70. Kristen Allard (78, +6), T70. Ali Thompson (78, +6), 86. Ellen Park (82, +10).

Lewis-clark state 345, North Idaho College 383

Quail Ridge Golf Course

LCSC individuals - Alana Norris 82, Heather Bruce 84, Sue James 85, Shanna Herman 94, Kelsey Haycock 99.

NIC individuals - Emily Thorud 88, Kayla Lloyd 88, Kelsey Harden 101, Amanda Wemple 104.

COLLEGE MEN

Lewis-Clark State 294, NIC 297

Qual Ridge Golf Course

LCSC individuals - Connor McCracken 72, Kyler Nilsson 73, Scott Mooney 74, Chris Jarrett 75, Ben House 76, Brad Tracy 76.

NIC individuals - Dillon Williams 72, Jeremy Jensen 74, Branden Dalton 75, Kris Brett 76, Ben Johnson 79.

tennis

Washington State 6 , Northern Arizona 1

At Pullman, Simmelink Tennis Courts

Singles - Elisabeth Fournier (WSU) def. Edit Suhajda (NAU), 6-4, 6-1; No. 94 Liudmila Vasilieva (WSU) def. Aimee Oki (NAU), 6-3, 6-0; Ksenia Googe (WSU) def. Malia Wahinepio (NAU), 6-1, 6-0; Andjela Kankaras (WSU) def. Nicole Perez (NAU), 6-0, 6-3; Yumi Hasegawa (NAU) def. Marina Nicolas (WSU), 7-5, 6-3; Lea Jansen (WSU) def. Alice Walker (NAU), 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles - Fournier/Vasilieva (WSU) def. Oki/Perez (NAU), 8-2; Kankaras/Googe (WSU) def. Suhajda/Hasegawa (NAU), 7-6; Jansen/Nicolas (WSU) def. Walker/Wahinepio (NAU) 8-6.

WSU record - 10-12.

Lewis-Clark State 5, Seattie Univerity 2

LCSC Tennis Center

Singles - Ivan Krijanto (LCSC) def. Mark Shkrebtan (SU), 6-0 6-2; Zhia Hwa Chong (LCSC) def. Simon Meske (SU), 6-1 6-2; Alex Montgomery (SU) def. Benjamin Robert (LCSC), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Oliver Sindayigaya (LCSC) def. Pat Boorkman (SU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Cesar Uauy (LCSC) def. Andrew Tran (SU), 6-2 6-1; Yusuke Kanehiro (SU) def. Arslan Mermut (LCSC), 6-2, 3-6, 10-8.

Doubles - Ivan Krijanto/Benjamin Robert (LCSC) def. Mark Shkrebtan/Yusuke Kanehiro (SU), 8-5; Cesar Uauy/Zhia Hwa Chong (LCSC) def. Simon Meske/Pat Boorkman (SU), 8-5; Oliver Sindayigaya- Tyler Oram (LCSC) def. Jordan Prince- Alex Montgomery (SU), 8-5.

Lewis-Clark State 9, Bellevue Community College 0

Exhbition

LCSC Tennis Center

Singles - Ciara Schultz (LCSC) def. Erica Leong (BCC), 6-1 7-6; Elaine Lee (LCSC) def. Lauren Kayahara (BCC), 6-1 6-0; Barb Sneckner (LCSC) def. Kendra Maeser (BCC), 6-1 6-0; Chelsea Gay (LCSC) def. Ester Kaskes (BCC), 6-3 6-3; Samantha Teigen (LCSC) def. Sheila Adisuwono (BCC), 6-1 6-1; Marina Wold (LCSC) def. Nicole Smith (BCC), 7-6 6-2; Loreto Ramos (LCSC) def. Vanessa Estes (BCC), 8-4; Chynna Woodruff (LCSC) def. Jenessa Reid (BCC), 8-1.

Doubles - Dorothy Chong/Katharina Marsela (LCSC) def. Erica Leong/Lauren Kayahara (BCC), 8-4; Ciara Schultz/Samantha Teigen (LCSC) def. Nicole Smith/Kendra Maeser (BCC), 8-1; Chelsea Gay/Barb Sneckner (LCSC) def Vanessa Estes/Ester Kaskes (BCC), 8-2; Chynna Woodruff/Loreto Ramos (LCSC) def. Jenessa Reid/Sheila Adisuwono (BCC), 8-5.

hockey

National Hockey League

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-New Jersey 80 46 27 7 99 213 189

x-Pittsburgh 80 46 27 7 99 251 231

Philadelphia 81 40 35 6 86 234 224

N.Y. Rangers 81 38 33 10 86 221 216

N.Y. Islanders 80 34 36 10 78 216 251

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

y-Buffalo 80 44 26 10 98 229 203

x-Ottawa 81 44 31 6 94 223 233

Boston 80 37 30 13 87 198 195

Montreal 81 39 33 9 87 214 219

Toronto 81 29 38 14 72 210 264

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

z-Washington 81 54 15 12 120 315 229

Atlanta 81 34 34 13 81 233 256

Carolina 81 35 36 10 80 228 252

Florida 80 32 36 12 76 204 237

Tampa Bay 80 32 36 12 76 210 256

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

y-Chicago 81 52 22 7 111 269 206

x-Detroit 81 43 24 14 100 226 214

x-Nashville 81 46 29 6 98 223 224

St. Louis 81 40 32 9 89 224 221

Columbus 82 32 35 15 79 216 259

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

y-Vancouver 81 48 28 5 101 265 219

x-Colorado 81 43 30 8 94 243 231

Calgary 81 40 31 10 90 201 203

Minnesota 81 38 36 7 83 216 242

Edmonton 80 26 46 8 60 208 274

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

y-San Jose 81 50 20 11 111 261 213

x-Phoenix 81 50 25 6 106 223 199

x-Los Angeles 80 45 27 8 98 236 214

Anaheim 81 38 32 11 87 231 249

Dallas 81 36 31 14 86 233 251

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

z-clinched conference

Friday's Games

Detroit 1, Columbus 0, SO

N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 3

Washington 5, Atlanta 2

St. Louis 6, Anaheim 3

Chicago 5, Colorado 2

Today's Games

Carolina at Boston, 10 a.m.

Edmonton at Los Angeles, 1 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Florida at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

transactions

BASEBALL

American League

LOS ANGELES ANGELS-Selected the contract of RHP Bobby Cassevah from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned INF Robb Quinlan to Salt Lake.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CHICAGO BULLS-Waived C Jerome James. Signed F Rob Kurz for the remainder of the season.

HOUSTON ROCKETS-Signed F Alexander Johnson. Waived F Hilton Armstrong.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS-Signed G Manu Ginobili to a three-year contract extension.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS-Signed G-F Cartier Martin for the remainder of the season.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

DALLAS COWBOYS-Signed DE Stephen Bowen.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL-Suspended Pittsburgh F Alexei Ponikarovsky two games for a boarding penalty on N.Y. Islanders F Josh Bailey during Thursday's game.

MINNESOTA WILD-Reassigned D Maxim Noreau to Houston (AHL).

American Hockey League

ADIRONDACK PHANTOMS-Signed F Darcy Zajac.

PROVIDENCE BRUINS-Signed G Nevin Hamilton.

TORONTO MARLIES-Recalled F Greg Scott from Reading (ECHL).

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

D.C. UNITED-Signed G Andrew Quinn.

PHILADELPHIA UNION-Signed D Cristian Arrieta.

NEW YORK RED BULLS-Signed F Salou Ibrahim. Waived MF Ernst Oebster.

COLLEGE

NCAA-Ruled Alabama S Robby Green ineligible for the 2010 football season.

COLUMBIA-Announced the resignation of Joe Jones, men's basketball coach, to become associate head coach at Boston College.

GEORGIA TECH-Announced freshman F Derrick Favors will enter the NBA draft.

MARSHALL-Dismissed CB T.J. Drakeford from the football team for a team rules violation.

MICHIGAN-Named Jeff Meyer men's assistant basketball coach. Announced that men's associate head basketball coach Jerry Dunn and men's assistant basketball coach John Mahoney are leaving the program.

MISSISSIPPI-Announced sophomore G Terrico White will enter the NBA draft.

NEVADA-Announced junior G Armon Johnson will enter the NBA draft.

UAB-Announced junior G Elijah Millsap will enter the NBA draft.

UC IRVINE-Named Russell Turner men's basketball coach.

UNC GREENSBORO-Named Brian Battle senior associate director of athletics for administration.

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