NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

New York 36 21 .632 —

Brooklyn 34 26 .567 3 1/2

Boston 31 27 .534 5 1/2

Philadelphia 23 35 .397 13 1/2

Toronto 23 38 .377 15

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 44 14 .759 —

Atlanta 33 26 .559 11 1/2

Washington 19 39 .328 25

Orlando 17 44 .279 28 1/2

Charlotte 13 47 .217 32

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Indiana 38 22 .633 —

Chicago 34 26 .567 4

Milwaukee 30 28 .517 7

Detroit 23 39 .371 16

Cleveland 20 40 .333 18

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 47 14 .770 —

Memphis 39 19 .672 6 1/2

Houston 33 28 .541 14

Dallas 26 33 .441 20

New Orleans 21 40 .344 26

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 43 16 .729 —

Denver 39 22 .639 5

Utah 32 28 .533 11 1/2

Portland 28 31 .475 15

Minnesota 20 37 .351 22

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 43 19 .694 —

Golden State 34 27 .557 8 1/2

L.A. Lakers 30 30 .500 12

Phoenix 21 39 .350 21

Sacramento 21 40 .344 21 1/2

Monday’s Games

New York 102, Cleveland 97

Miami 97, Minnesota 81

Orlando 105, New Orleans 102

Milwaukee 109, Utah 108, OT

Denver 104, Atlanta 88

Portland 122, Charlotte 105

Golden State 125, Toronto 118

Tuesday’s Games

Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

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

Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Utah at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Boston at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

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

Orlando at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Toronto at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Chicago at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

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

 

Cavaliers’ box

NEW YORK (102)

Anthony 1-5 4-4 6, White 1-2 0-0 2, Chandler 4-8 0-0 8, Felton 3-9 1-2 8, Shumpert 3-6 0-0 8, Stoudemire 10-15 2-2 22, Smith 6-17 5-6 18, Kidd 3-7 3-4 12, Novak 4-7 3-3 15, Camby 0-0 0-0 0, Prigioni 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 36-78 18-21 102.

CLEVELAND (97)

Gee 3-9 3-4 10, Thompson 6-9 2-4 14, Speights 10-14 3-4 23, Irving 9-20 2-4 22, Ellington 2-7 2-2 7, Walton 1-1 0-0 2, Livingston 3-5 2-2 8, Miles 3-7 3-4 11, Gibson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-73 17-24 97.

New York 24 25 21 32 — 102

Cleveland 34 27 13 23 — 97

3-Point Goals—New York 12-30 (Novak 4-7, Kidd 3-5, Shumpert 2-3, Prigioni 1-2, Felton 1-4, Smith 1-7, White 0-1, Anthony 0-1), Cleveland 6-20 (Irving 2-5, Miles 2-6, Gee 1-4, Ellington 1-4, Gibson 0-1). Fouled Out—Gee. Rebounds—New York 51 (Chandler 9), Cleveland 37 (Speights, Thompson 8). Assists—New York 23 (Felton 10), Cleveland 25 (Walton 12). Total Fouls—New York 18, Cleveland 18. Technicals—New York defensive three second. A—19,784 (20,562).

 

NBA leaders

National Basketball Association

Individual Leaders

THROUGH MARCH 3

Scoring

G FG FT PTS AVG

Anthony, NYK 49 479 319 1403 28.6

Durant, OKC 59 541 495 1688 28.6

Bryant, LAL 60 585 367 1639 27.3

James, MIA 57 587 292 1546 27.1

Harden, HOU 59 463 498 1548 26.2

Westbrook, OKC 59 482 341 1381 23.4

Irving, CLE 45 385 193 1049 23.3

Curry, GOL 56 434 189 1240 22.1

Wade, MIA 53 440 243 1139 21.5

Parker, SAN 56 462 228 1174 21.0

Aldridge, POR 56 475 209 1160 20.7

Holiday, PHL 54 420 132 1033 19.1

Lopez, Bro 53 397 204 998 18.8

Lee, GOL 58 448 193 1089 18.8

Pierce, BOS 58 361 252 1079 18.6

Griffin, LAC 60 447 216 1113 18.6

Ellis, MIL 57 400 210 1056 18.5

Lillard, POR 58 382 184 1074 18.5

Jennings, MIL 57 377 176 1048 18.4

Gay, TOR 55 379 178 989 18.0

 

FG Percentage

FG FGA PCT

Chandler, NYK 232 355 .654

Jordan, LAC 231 376 .614

Splitter, SAN 238 404 .589

Howard, LAL 319 551 .579

Hickson, POR 304 526 .578

McGee, DEN 230 403 .571

Ibaka, OKC 327 581 .563

James, MIA 587 1043 .563

Johnson, TOR 237 423 .560

Horford, ATL 424 762 .556

 

Rebounds

G OFF DEF TOT AVG

Howard, LAL 54 179 469 648 12.0

Randolph, MEM 55 233 407 640 11.6

Asik, HOU 61 205 504 709 11.6

Noah, CHI 56 220 417 637 11.4

Chandler, NYK 56 251 382 633 11.3

Lee, GOL 58 171 483 654 11.3

Vucevic, ORL 60 201 473 674 11.2

Hickson, POR 57 202 399 601 10.5

Cousins, SAC 56 180 376 556 9.9

Horford, ATL 55 140 406 546 9.9

 

Assists

G AST AVG

Rondo, BOS 38 420 11.1

Paul, LAC 50 476 9.5

Vasquez, NOR 60 564 9.4

Holiday, PHL 54 460 8.5

Westbrook, OKC 59 465 7.9

Parker, SAN 56 426 7.6

Williams, Bro 57 429 7.5

Nelson, ORL 43 317 7.4

Calderon, DET 59 432 7.3

James, MIA 57 416 7.3

 

College scores

Monday’s College Basketball Scores

SOUTH

Coppin St. 63, Md.-Eastern Shore 60

Hampton 75, Bethune-Cookman 66

Louisville 67, Cincinnati 51

Morgan St. 66, Delaware St. 47

NC A&T 59, Savannah St. 57

NC Central 62, SC State 54

Norfolk St. 69, Florida A&M 58

MIDWEST

Kansas 79, Texas Tech 42

SOUTHWEST

Texas 79, Baylor 70

FAR WEST

Montana 86, S. Utah 74, OT

 

Notre Dame-UConn

No. 2 NOTRE DAME 96, No. 3 UCONN 87, 3OT

UCONN (27-3)

Tuck 5-11 1-2 11, Mosqueda-Lewis 8-16 5-6 26, Dolson 6-14 0-0 12, Hartley 3-7 4-4 10, Faris 9-14 1-3 21, Jefferson 1-1 0-0 2, Doty 0-1 0-0 0, Stewart 1-7 3-6 5, Stokes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-71 14-21 87.

NOTRE DAME (28-1)

Achonwa 5-10 7-8 17, Braker 2-4 5-6 9, Diggins 11-31 7-9 29, McBride 11-28 3-4 26, Loyd 2-10 2-2 6, Turner 3-5 1-2 7, Cable 0-0 0-0 0, Mabrey 0-0 0-0 0, Wright 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 35-89 25-31 96.

Halftime—UConn 34-28. End Of Regulation—Tied 64. End Of 1st Overtime—Tied 71. End Of 2nd Overtime—Tied 81. 3-Point Goals—UConn 7-20 (Mosqueda-Lewis 5-9, Faris 2-4, Tuck 0-1, Dolson 0-1, Doty 0-1, Hartley 0-1, Stewart 0-3), Notre Dame 1-12 (McBride 1-4, Loyd 0-1, Turner 0-2, Diggins 0-5). Fouled Out—Dolson, Hartley, McBride, Tuck. Rebounds—UConn 51 (Faris 13), Notre Dame 49 (Diggins 11). Assists—UConn 23 (Hartley 6), Notre Dame 14 (Loyd 4). Total Fouls—UConn 26, Notre Dame 22. Technical—UConn Bench. A—9,149.

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Monday’s Boys’ Tournament Scores

Division II

Youngs. Mooney 51, Poland Seminary 33

Division III

Leavittsburg LaBrae 55, Newton Falls 18

Oberlin 58, Elyria Cath. 46

Division IV

Cols. Africentric 55, Delaware Christian 38

Danville 59, Gahanna Christian 47

Fairfield Christian 46, Grove City Christian 42

Newark Cath. 83, Lancaster Fisher Cath. 38

Portsmouth Notre Dame 43, Reedsville Eastern 42

Portsmouth Sciotoville 53, Waterford 37

Kentucky High School Athletic Association

Monday’s Girls Tournament Scores

16th Region Semifinals

Ashland Blazer 69, Lewis Co. 59

Boyd Co. 47, Russell 33

 

MLB standings

Major League Baseball

Spring Training Standings

All Times EST

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct

Kansas City 9 0 1.000

Seattle 10 1 .909

Baltimore 7 2 .778

Tampa Bay 7 4 .636

Chicago 5 3 .625

Minnesota 6 4 .600

Cleveland 7 5 .583

Houston 5 4 .556

Boston 6 5 .545

Oakland 5 5 .500

Toronto 5 5 .500

Detroit 5 6 .455

New York 3 7 .300

Texas 3 7 .300

Los Angeles 1 8 .111

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct

Miami 4 3 .571

Washington 4 3 .571

Arizona 5 5 .500

Colorado 5 5 .500

Los Angeles 4 4 .500

Philadelphia 5 5 .500

San Diego 6 6 .500

San Francisco 4 4 .500

Atlanta 5 6 .455

Chicago 5 6 .455

St. Louis 4 5 .444

Milwaukee 4 6 .400

Pittsburgh 3 7 .300

New York 2 5 .286

Cincinnati 2 10 .167

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

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Monday’s Games

Detroit 8, Houston 5

Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 0

Minnesota 7, St. Louis 0

Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 2

Boston 5, Tampa Bay 1

Oakland 13, L.A. Angels 5

Cleveland 13, Chicago Cubs 5

Texas 5, San Diego 4

Seattle 16, Colorado 6

Chicago White Sox 6, San Francisco 2

Arizona 7, Cincinnati 2

Tuesday’s Games

Baltimore vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Houston vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Atlanta vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Toronto vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Washington vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

 

Reds’ boxscore

Diamondbacks 7, Reds 2

Cincinnati Arizona

ab r h bi ab r h bi

C.Izturis 2b 2 0 0 0 Eaton cf 3 1 1 0

Burriss ph-2b 2 0 0 0 R.Perez c 1 1 1 0

Cozart ss 1 1 1 1 Penington ss 2 0 1 1

Donald ph-ss 2 0 1 0 J.Wilson 2b 1 1 0 0

N.Soto 1b 2 0 0 0 Er.Chavez 3b 2 0 1 0

D.Lutz ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Davidson 3b 2 0 0 0

Ludwick lf 2 0 0 0 Kubel lf 2 0 0 1

Paul lf 2 1 2 0 A.Marte lf 2 0 0 0

Heisey rf 2 0 0 0 Pollock rf 2 0 0 0

D.Robinson rf 2 0 1 0 B.Snyder rf 2 0 1 1

Hannahan 3b 1 0 0 0 Hinske 1b 2 0 0 0

H.Rodrigez 3b 2 0 0 1 Ka’aihue 1b 2 0 0 0

Phipps cf 2 0 0 0 Nieves c 2 1 1 0

R.LaMarre cf 2 0 0 0 Campana cf 2 0 0 0

Olivo c 2 0 0 0 J.McDnld 2b 2 1 0 0

C.Miller c 1 0 1 0 C.Owings ss 2 1 1 1

Cueto p 1 0 0 0 McCarthy p 1 0 0 0

Marshall p 0 0 0 0 Z.Spruill p 0 0 0 0

M.Parra p 0 0 0 0 A.Hill ph 1 0 1 1

Choo ph 1 0 0 0 Paterson p 0 0 0 0

Hensley p 0 0 0 0 S.Peralta p 0 0 0 0

C.Partch p 0 0 0 0 Gldshmdt ph 1 1 1 0

T.Barnhart ph 1 0 0 0 E.Smith p 0 0 0 0

D.Corcino p 0 0 0 0 Teahen ph 1 0 0 0

E.de la Rosa p 0 0 0 0

Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 35 7 9 5

 

Cincinnati 100 000 100 — 2

Arizona 100 020 40x — 7

 

E—Cozart (1), H.Rodriguez 2 (4). DP—Cincinnati 1, Arizona 2. LOB—Cincinnati 5, Arizona 5. 2B—Paul (2). HR—Cozart (1), C.Owings (1). SB—Eaton (1), Pennington (2).

IP H R ER BB SO

Cincinnati

Cueto 3 1 1 1 1 4

Marshall 1 1 0 0 0 1

M.Parra L,0-1 1 3 2 1 0 1

Hensley 1 2-3 3 4 1 0 1

C.Partch 1-3 1 0 0 0 1

D.Corcino 1 0 0 0 0 0

Arizona

McCarthy 3 1 1 1 0 5

Z.Spruill W,1-0 2 0 0 0 2 1

Paterson 1 1 0 0 0 1

S.Peralta 1 1 1 1 0 0

E.Smith 1 1 0 0 0 0

E.de la Rosa 1 2 0 0 0 0

Umpires—Home, Patrick Mahoney; First, Jim Reynolds; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Jordan Baker.

T—2:44. A—8,031 (11,000).

 

AP men’s poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Pv

1. Gonzaga (51) 29-2 1,607 2

2. Indiana (7) 25-4 1,517 1

3. Duke (5) 25-4 1,471 3

4. Kansas 25-4 1,433 6

5. Georgetown (2) 23-4 1,384 7

6. Miami 23-5 1,245 5

7. Michigan 24-5 1,240 4

8. Louisville 24-5 1,217 10

9. Kansas St. 24-5 1,040 13

10. Michigan St. 22-7 1,006 9

11. Florida 23-5 993 8

12. New Mexico 25-4 950 14

13. Oklahoma St. 22-6 833 15

14. Ohio St. 21-7 763 16

15. Marquette 21-7 687 22

16. Saint Louis 23-5 675 18

17. Syracuse 22-7 589 12

18. Arizona 23-6 394 11

19. Oregon 23-6 332 24

20. Pittsburgh 23-7 326 23

21. VCU 23-6 277 —

22. Wisconsin 20-9 217 17

23. UCLA 22-7 196 —

24. Notre Dame 22-7 164 21

25. Memphis 25-4 149 19

Others receiving votes: North Carolina 109, Louisiana Tech 103, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 47, UNLV 43, California 33, Butler 26, Illinois 25, Minnesota 10, Creighton 7, Middle Tennessee 5, Akron 4, Missouri 4, Belmont 3, Colorado St. 1.

 

USA Today poll

The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 3, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Gonzaga (29) 29-2 773 2

2. Indiana 25-4 710 1

3. Kansas (1) 25-4 707 5

4. Duke 25-4 668 3

5. Georgetown 23-4 649 8

6. Louisville (1) 24-5 614 9

7. Miami 23-5 568 7

8. Michigan 24-5 566 4

9. Florida 23-5 522 6

10. Kansas State 24-5 494 13

11. New Mexico 25-4 453 14

12. Michigan State 22-7 430 10

13. Ohio State 21-7 399 15

14. Oklahoma State 22-6 366 18

15. Saint Louis 23-5 338 19

16. Syracuse 22-7 277 12

17. Marquette 21-7 253 22

18. Arizona 23-6 233 11

19. VCU 23-6 173 25

20. Memphis 25-4 172 17

21. Wisconsin 20-9 135 16

22. Pittsburgh 23-7 118 —

23. Saint Mary’s 26-5 84 23

24. Notre Dame 22-7 73 20

25. Oregon 23-6 59 —

Others receiving votes: Middle Tennessee 51, UCLA 42, Louisiana Tech 41, North Carolina 28, Butler 18, Creighton 10, UNLV 9, Oklahoma 7, San Diego State 7, Akron 6, Illinois 6, Colorado State 5, Belmont 4, Minnesota 3, California 2, Virginia 2.

 

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 March 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Baylor (40) 28-1 1,000 1

2. Notre Dame 27-1 957 2

3. UConn 27-2 916 3

4. Stanford 28-2 881 4

5. California 27-2 840 6

6. Duke 27-2 797 5

7. Kentucky 25-4 742 10

8. Penn St. 24-4 709 7

9. Tennessee 23-6 673 8

10. Maryland 23-6 622 9

11. Dayton 26-1 565 12

12. Georgia 24-5 499 11

13. Louisville 23-6 490 16

14. UCLA 236 484 17

15. North Carolina 26-5 436 15

16. Delaware 26-3 380 18

17. South Carolina 23-6 376 14

18. Colorado 24-5 354 19

19. Texas A&M 21-9 305 13

20. Green Bay 24-2 223 21

21. Nebraska 22-7 213 20

22. LSU 19-10 122 —

23. Florida St. 21-8 93 24

24. Syracuse 22-6 70 22

25. Toledo 26-2 64 —

Others receiving votes: Iowa St. 60, Purdue 38, Gonzaga 19, San Diego St. 13, Oklahoma St. 11, Texas Tech 11, Michigan St. 10, Vanderbilt 8, Chattanooga 3, Oklahoma 3, Villanova 3, Charlotte 2, DePaul 2, Florida Gulf Coast 2, Miami 2, West Virginia 2.

 

Baseball poll

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records through March 3 and ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball America):

Record Pvs

1. North Carolina 10-0 1

2. Vanderbilt 12-1 2

3. Mississippi State 15-0 5

4. Oregon State 12-0 6

5. Louisville 9-2 4

6. South Carolina 8-2 7

7. Mississippi 11-1 8

8. Louisiana State 10-1 9

9. North Carolina St. 10-1 10

10. Cal State Fullerton 10-1 17

11. Kentucky 10-1 11

12. UCLA 8-2 12

13. Stanford 9-2 15

14. Georgia Tech 11-1 16

15. Oregon 8-3 14

16. Arkansas 7-5 3

17. Oklahoma 11-1 18

18. Florida State 10-0 19

19. Rice 6-5 13

20. Arizona 10-3 20

21. UC Irvine 10-2 21

22. Notre Dame 8-2 22

23. Arizona State 7-2 NR

24. Virginia Tech 11-2 25

25. Virginia 12-0 NR

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 23 15 8 0 30 81 67

New Jersey 22 10 7 5 25 54 60

Philadelphia 23 11 11 1 23 66 68

N.Y. Rangers 20 10 8 2 22 51 51

N.Y. Islanders 22 9 11 2 20 64 75

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 22 14 4 4 32 68 53

Boston 19 14 3 2 30 57 42

Ottawa 23 12 7 4 28 52 44

Toronto 23 14 9 0 28 68 57

Buffalo 23 9 12 2 20 60 73

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Carolina 21 12 8 1 25 63 59

Winnipeg 21 10 10 1 21 55 64

Tampa Bay 22 9 12 1 19 76 71

Florida 22 6 11 5 17 55 82

Washington 20 8 11 1 17 55 59

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 22 19 0 3 41 70 41

Detroit 22 10 8 4 24 61 59

St. Louis 21 11 8 2 24 60 61

Nashville 23 9 9 5 23 47 59

Columbus 22 6 12 4 16 49 66

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 21 11 6 4 26 61 58

Minnesota 21 11 8 2 24 49 51

Calgary 20 8 8 4 20 57 68

Colorado 20 8 8 4 20 50 60

Edmonton 21 8 9 4 20 51 58

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 21 15 3 3 33 75 60

Phoenix 22 11 8 3 25 67 63

Dallas 22 11 9 2 24 61 63

Los Angeles 20 11 7 2 24 54 48

San Jose 20 10 6 4 24 47 44

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

Monday’s Games

Phoenix 5, Anaheim 4, SO

Toronto 4, New Jersey 2

Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 3

Los Angeles 5, Nashville 1

Tuesday’s Games

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Boston at Washington, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Anaheim, 10 p.m.