NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 20 13 .606 —

New York 16 17 .485 4

Boston 15 16 .484 4

New Jersey 10 24 .294 10 1/2

Toronto 9 23 .281 10 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 26 7 .788 —

Orlando 21 12 .636 5

Atlanta 19 13 .594 6 1/2

Washington 7 25 .219 18 1/2

Charlotte 4 27 .129 21

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 26 8 .765 —

Indiana 20 12 .625 5

Cleveland 13 17 .433 11

Milwaukee 13 19 .406 12

Detroit 11 23 .324 15

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 23 10 .697 —

Dallas 21 12 .636 2

Houston 19 14 .576 4

Memphis 19 15 .559 4 1/2

New Orleans 7 25 .219 15 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 25 7 .781 —

Denver 18 15 .545 7 1/2

Portland 18 16 .529 8

Minnesota 16 17 .485 9 1/2

Utah 15 16 .484 9 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 19 11 .633 —

L.A. Lakers 19 13 .594 1

Phoenix 14 19 .424 6 1/2

Golden State 12 17 .414 6 1/2

Sacramento 10 22 .313 10

Tuesday’s Games

Cleveland 101, Detroit 100

Indiana 117, New Orleans 108, OT

Miami 120, Sacramento 108

Memphis 89, Philadelphia 76

Portland 137, San Antonio 97

Wednesday’s Games

Boston at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Washington, 7 p.m.

Orlando at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 8 p.m.

Utah at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

New York at Miami, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Denver, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

 

Cavaliers’ box

DETROIT (100)

Prince 2-15 2-2 7, Maxiell 2-4 1-2 5, Monroe 8-16 3-4 19, Knight 8-12 4-4 24, Stuckey 5-13 6-8 16, Jerebko 4-12 1-2 9, Gordon 7-17 0-0 16, Wallace 0-0 0-0 0, Bynum 0-4 2-2 2, Wilkins 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 37-95 19-24 100.

CLEVELAND (101)

Casspi 3-6 2-2 8, Jamison 11-22 7-14 32, Erden 2-5 1-2 5, Irving 8-15 6-6 25, Gibson 2-6 2-2 8, Hollins 1-4 0-0 2, Sessions 2-4 1-1 5, Gee 5-11 5-5 16, Thompson 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 34-78 24-32 101.

Detroit 29 26 22 23 — 100

Cleveland 30 14 22 35 — 101

3-Point Goals—Detroit 7-17 (Knight 4-5, Gordon 2-3, Prince 1-3, Stuckey 0-2, Jerebko 0-2, Bynum 0-2), Cleveland 9-18 (Irving 3-4, Jamison 3-5, Gibson 2-5, Gee 1-3, Casspi 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Detroit 54 (Monroe 11), Cleveland 61 (Gee 11). Assists—Detroit 22 (Monroe 7), Cleveland 23 (Irving 8). Total Fouls—Detroit 23, Cleveland 18. Technicals—Monroe, Cleveland defensive three second. A—13,459 (20,562).

 

 

Ohio State box

No. 8 OHIO STATE 83, ILLINOIS 67

ILLINOIS (16-12)

Griffey 1-2 0-0 2, Leonard 7-12 7-9 21, Richardson 4-12 2-2 12, Paul 2-9 5-6 9, Abrams 3-8 0-0 6, Maniscalco 1-5 0-0 3, Bertrand 1-4 0-0 2, Shaw 0-2 0-0 0, Henry 3-5 0-0 6, Djimde 0-0 0-0 0, Egwu 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 25-63 14-17 67.

OHIO STATE (23-5)

Sullinger 4-7 1-4 9, Thomas 6-8 5-6 19, Craft 4-5 1-1 11, Smith Jr. 3-4 0-1 7, Buford 7-9 1-1 17, Sibert 1-2 0-0 2, Scott 0-5 0-0 0, Ross 2-3 1-1 5, Thompson 2-2 0-0 4, Weatherspoon 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 1-2 1-2 3, Ravenel 2-2 2-2 6, McDonald 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-49 12-18 83.

Halftime—Ohio State 42-26. 3-Point Goals—Illinois 3-18 (Richardson 2-8, Maniscalco 1-4, Griffey 0-1, Henry 0-1, Shaw 0-1, Paul 0-3), Ohio St. 7-13 (Thomas 2-2, Buford 2-3, Craft 2-3, Smith Jr. 1-2, Sullinger 0-1, Sibert 0-1, Scott 0-1). Fouled Out—Sullinger. Rebounds—Illinois 28 (Richardson 6), Ohio State 33 (Sullinger 6). Assists—Illinois 11 (Paul 3), Ohio State 16 (Craft 5). Total Fouls—Illinois 19, Ohio State 17. A—18,481.

 

 

College scores

Tuesday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST

Assumption 73, American International 68, OT

Binghamton 57, Vermont 53

Seton Hall 73, Georgetown 55

Stonehill 64, St. Anselm 62

Stony Brook 74, Hartford 50

UMass 80, Xavier 73

SOUTH

Clemson 56, Georgia Tech 37

Florida 63, Auburn 47

Kentucky 73, Mississippi St. 64

Maryland 75, Miami 70

North Carolina 86, NC State 74

Virginia 61, Virginia Tech 59

Wofford 68, UNC Greensboro 56

MIDWEST

Butler 69, Ill.-Chicago 44

Creighton 93, Evansville 92, OT

Green Bay 71, Cleveland St. 67

Kansas St. 78, Missouri 68

Miami (Ohio) 62, Kent St. 60

Michigan 67, Northwestern 55, OT

Ohio St. 83, Illinois 67

Valparaiso 66, Loyola of Chicago 62, OT

Wilmington (Ohio) 76, Baldwin-Wallace 64

SOUTHWEST

No scores reported

FAR WEST

Colorado St. 71, New Mexico 63

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Basketball

Teusday’s Boys’ Tournament Scores

Division II

Cols. Beechcroft 54, Cols. Independence 53

Cols. Eastmoor 55, Cols. Linden McKinley 31

Greenfield McClain 53, Washington C.H. Miami Trace 38

Hebron Lakewood 49, Whitehall-Yearling 42

Jackson 41, Washington C.H. 39

Millersburg W. Holmes 54, Philo 24

Minerva 78, Steubenville 70

New Lexington 50, Gallipolis Gallia 41

Rayland Buckeye 61, Richmond Edison 56, 3OT

Uhrichsville Claymont 47, Cambridge 38

Division III

Bidwell River Valley 54, Crooksville 46

Lynchburg-Clay 60, W. Union 37

Martins Ferry 59, Zanesville W. Muskingum 52

Oak Hill 58, Portsmouth W. 32

Pomeroy Meigs 61, Albany Alexander 45

Wheelersburg 61, Coal Grove 39

Williamsport Westfall 62, Frankfort Adena 43

Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 63, Magnolia Sandy Valley 49

Division IV

Barnesville 64, New Matamoras Frontier 41

Franklin Furnace Green 57, Portsmouth Clay 40

Glouster Trimble 45, Corning Miller 44

Mowrystown Whiteoak 70, Latham Western 41

Regular Season

Vincent Warren 56, Beverly Ft. Frye 45

 

Tuesday’s Girls Tournament Scores

Division I

Cin. NW 70, Cin. Princeton 12

Clayton Northmont 56, New Carlisle Tecumseh 43

Gahanna Lincoln 40, Powell Olentangy Liberty 28

Hilliard Bradley 54, Lancaster 31

Lewis Center Olentangy 70, Delaware Hayes 38

Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 77, Cols. Walnut Ridge 19

Medina Highland 63, Strongsville 59, 3OT

Newark 49, Grove City Cent. Crossing 40

Springboro 67, Springfield 22

W. Chester Lakota W. 61, Cin. Western Hills 21

Wadsworth 61, Copley 31

Division II

Cin. Indian Hill 70, Cin. Aiken 26

Cin. Mt. Healthy 42, Goshen 23

Day. Carroll 57, Bellefontaine 32

Tipp City Tippecanoe 74, St. Paris Graham 34

Division III

Brookville 45, Day. Northridge 38

Casstown Miami E. 75, Milton-Union 35

Day. Christian 57, Carlisle 41

Middletown Madison 58, Reading 25

Division IV

Ada 65, Ridgeway Ridgemont 26

Antwerp 43, Pioneer N. Central 34

Arlington 56, Vanlue 17

Attica Seneca E. 58, Monroeville 49

Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 32, Carey 29

Columbus Grove 44, Ft. Jennings 38

Continental 52, Lima Perry 43

Delphos Jefferson 52, Van Wert Lincolnview 38

Fairport Harbor Harding 56, Vienna Mathews 43

Ft. Loramie 91, Troy Christian 18

Ft. Recovery 49, St. Henry 48

Greenwich S. Cent. 70, Crestline 50

Hicksville 37, Montpelier 34

Leipsic 54, Hamler Patrick Henry 49

Lucas 65, Mansfield Christian 34

Mechanicsburg 61, Botkins 41

Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 36, N. Baltimore 32

New Knoxville 51, New Bremen 32

New Washington Buckeye Cent. 56, Plymouth 29

Old Fort 53, Fremont St. Joseph 47, OT

Pandora-Gilboa 52, Defiance Ayersville 34

S. Charleston SE 43, Newton Local 29

Sandusky St. Mary 46, Lakeside Danbury 36

Spencerville 61, Rockford Parkway 55

Spring. Cath. Cent. 45, Union City Mississinawa Valley 29

Thompson Ledgemont 55, McDonald 47

Tiffin Calvert 53, Fostoria St. Wendelin 46

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Rangers 58 38 15 5 81 161 118

New Jersey 59 35 20 4 74 168 162

Philadelphia 59 33 19 7 73 198 181

Pittsburgh 60 34 21 5 73 186 160

N.Y. Islanders 60 25 27 8 58 140 176

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 57 35 20 2 72 190 132

Ottawa 61 31 22 8 70 185 183

Toronto 60 29 24 7 65 181 184

Buffalo 60 26 27 7 59 150 176

Montreal 61 24 27 10 58 160 167

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Florida 58 27 20 11 65 144 162

Winnipeg 62 29 26 7 65 157 175

Washington 59 29 25 5 63 159 168

Tampa Bay 59 27 26 6 60 166 197

Carolina 60 23 26 11 57 158 181

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Detroit 61 41 18 2 84 191 141

St. Louis 59 36 16 7 79 150 117

Nashville 60 35 19 6 76 168 155

Chicago 61 33 21 7 73 191 179

Columbus 60 18 35 7 43 142 198

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 60 38 16 6 82 195 147

Calgary 60 28 23 9 65 143 161

Colorado 60 29 27 4 62 151 168

Minnesota 59 26 24 9 61 131 154

Edmonton 59 23 30 6 52 159 178

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 58 31 20 7 69 170 148

Phoenix 59 29 21 9 67 152 147

Los Angeles 59 27 21 11 65 124 126

Dallas 60 30 26 4 64 155 167

Anaheim 60 25 25 10 60 154 171

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

Tuesday’s Games

Buffalo 2, N.Y. Islanders 1

New Jersey 4, Toronto 3, OT

Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Rangers 0

Columbus 6, San Jose 3

Philadelphia 5, Winnipeg 4, OT

Dallas 3, Montreal 0

Tampa Bay 3, Anaheim 2

Nashville 3, Vancouver 1

Chicago 2, Detroit 1

Edmonton 6, Calgary 1

Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Washington at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

San Jose at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Philadelphia at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

 

 

USA Today poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv

1. Kentucky (63) 26-1 1,623 1

2. Syracuse (2) 27-1 1,559 2

3. Missouri 25-2 1,498 3

4. Kansas 22-5 1,377 4

5. Duke 23-4 1,359 5

6. Michigan St. 22-5 1,317 7

7. North Carolina 23-4 1,261 8

8. Ohio St. 22-5 1,139 6

9. Georgetown 20-5 1,085 10

10. Marquette 22-5 1,013 12

11. Michigan 20-7 869 17

12. Florida 21-6 860 14

13. Baylor 22-5 859 9

14. Murray St. 26-1 765 16

15. Florida St. 19-7 620 20

16. Wisconsin 20-7 615 15

17. Louisville 21-6 495 19

18. New Mexico 22-4 469 —

19. Wichita St. 24-4 467 24

20. Notre Dame 19-8 457 23

21. UNLV 22-6 325 11

22. Temple 21-5 281 —

23. Indiana 20-7 246 18

24. San Diego St. 20-6 176 13

25. Virginia 20-6 153 22

Others receiving votes: Creighton 76, Gonzaga 47, BYU 29, Saint Louis 25, Drexel 13, Harvard 12, Vanderbilt 12, California 11, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 7, Long Beach St. 4, VCU 1.

 

 

Women’s AP poll

The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv

1. Baylor (40) 27-0 1,000 1

2. Stanford 24-1 945 3

3. Notre Dame 25-2 919 4

4. UConn 24-3 885 2

5. Miami 24-3 845 6

6. Maryland 23-4 781 8

7. Duke 22-4 756 5

8. Ohio St. 23-3 709 9

9. Delaware 24-1 655 10

10. Tennessee 20-7 582 13

11. Penn St. 21-5 574 12

12. Green Bay 23-1 562 11

13. Kentucky 21-5 540 7

14. Texas A&M 19-6 486 14

15. Georgetown 21-6 459 15

16. Louisville 19-7 321 19

17. Georgia Tech 20-7 285 20

18. Georgia 20-7 266 18

19. St. Bonaventure 25-2 245 22

20. St. John’s 18-8 208 —

21. DePaul 20-7 191 24

22. Purdue 19-8 176 17

23. Nebraska 20-6 147 16

24. Rutgers 18-8 82 21

25. Gonzaga 24-4 75 —

Others receiving votes: West Virginia 65, South Carolina 54, Arkansas 29, Princeton 28, UTEP 24, Fresno St. 23, Vanderbilt 16, BYU 15, California 14, Middle Tennessee 13, North Carolina 10, Oklahoma 9, Florida Gulf Coast 6.

 

Women’s USA Today

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN Women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 20, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last weeks ranking:

Record Pts Prv

1. Baylor (31) 27-0 775 1

2. Stanford 24-1 734 3

3. Notre Dame 26-2 715 4

4. UConn 24-3 686 2

5. Miami 24-3 651 6

6. Maryland 23-4 615 7

7. Duke 22-4 592 5

8. Delaware 24-1 522 9

9. Tennessee 20-7 516 10

10. Kentucky 22-5 501 8

11. Texas A&M 19-6 430 13

12. Green Bay 23-1 417 12

13. Georgetown 21-6 402 14

14. Ohio State 23-4 401 11

15. Penn State 22-5 350 17

16. Georgia 20-7 266 15

17. Louisville 19-8 258 16

18. DePaul 20-7 254 20

19. Georgia Tech 20-7 209 22

20. Rutgers 18-8 147 18

21. Gonzaga 24-4 122 23

22. St. Bonaventure 25-2 96 25

23. Nebraska 20-6 76 21

24. Vanderbilt 20-7 66 24

25. St. John’s 18-8 58 —

Others receiving votes: Purdue 53, West Virginia 39, UTEP 35, Florida Gulf Coast 24, Middle Tennessee 22, California 13, Fresno State 11, South Carolina 10, Princeton 6, Kansas State 2, Arkansas 1.