NFL standings

National Football League

NFL Postseason Playoffs

Wild-card Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 9

Kansas City 30, Houston 0

Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16

Sunday, Jan. 10

Seattle 10, Minnesota 9

Green Bay 35, Washington 18

Divisional Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 16

New England 27, Kansas City 20

Arizona 26, Green Bay 20, OT

Sunday, Jan. 17

Carolina 31, Seattle 24

Denver 23, Pittsburgh 16)

Conference Championships

Sunday, Jan. 24

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Denver 20, New England 18

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Carolina 49, Arizona 15

Pro Bowl

Sunday, Jan. 31

At Honolulu

Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 7 p.m. (ESPN)

Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 7

At Santa Clara, Calif.

Denver vs. Carolina, 6:30 p.m. (CBS)

 

NBA standings

National Basketball Association

All Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 29 15 .659 —

Boston 25 21 .543 5

New York 22 24 .478 8

Brooklyn 12 33 .267 17 1/2

Philadelphia 6 39 .133 23 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 27 19 .587 —

Miami 24 21 .533 2 1/2

Charlotte 22 23 .489 4 1/2

Washington 20 22 .476 5

Orlando 20 23 .465 5 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 31 12 .721 —

Chicago 25 19 .568 6 1/2

Detroit 24 21 .533 8

Indiana 23 21 .523 8 1/2

Milwaukee 19 27 .413 13 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 38 7 .844 —

Memphis 26 20 .565 12 1/2

Dallas 25 21 .543 13 1/2

Houston 25 22 .532 14

New Orleans 16 28 .364 21 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 33 13 .717 —

Portland 20 26 .435 13

Utah 19 25 .432 13

Denver 17 28 .378 15 1/2

Minnesota 14 32 .304 19

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

Golden State 41 4 .911 —

L.A. Clippers 28 16 .636 12 1/2

Sacramento 20 24 .455 20 1/2

Phoenix 14 31 .311 27

L.A. Lakers 9 37 .196 32 1/2

Monday’s Games

Cleveland 114, Minnesota 107

Boston 116, Washington 91

Miami 89, Chicago 84

Houston 112, New Orleans 111

Memphis 108, Orlando 102, OT

Detroit 95, Utah 92

Atlanta 119, Denver 105

Charlotte 129, Sacramento 128,2OT

Golden State 120, San Antonio 90

Tuesday’s Games

L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Phoenix at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Denver at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Houston at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Utah, 9 p.m.

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

 

Cavaliers’ box

MINNESOTA (107)

Prince 2-4 0-0 4, Towns 11-16 4-5 26, Pekovic 2-6 0-0 4, Rubio 2-7 0-0 4, Wiggins 7-14 5-6 20, Dieng 2-4 9-9 13, Muhammad 5-13 0-0 10, LaVine 8-15 3-3 21, Bjelica 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 41-84 21-23 107.

CLEVELAND (114)

James 11-15 2-3 25, Love 5-11 0-1 11, Thompson 8-10 3-7 19, Irving 7-18 2-2 17, Smith 3-14 3-4 11, Mozgov 2-2 0-0 4, Dellavedova 6-12 2-2 18, Shumpert 3-7 1-1 9, Williams 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 45-89 13-20 114.

Minnesota 29 26 18 34 = 107

Cleveland 32 27 24 31 = 114

3-Point Goals—Minnesota 4-16 (LaVine 2-7, Bjelica 1-2, Wiggins 1-3, Rubio 0-1, Towns 0-1, Muhammad 0-2), Cleveland 11-31 (Dellavedova 4-8, Shumpert 2-3, Smith 2-8, James 1-1, Irving 1-4, Love 1-7). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Minnesota 44 (Towns 11), Cleveland 52 (Thompson 12). Assists—Minnesota 28 (Rubio 10), Cleveland 30 (James 9). Total Fouls—Minnesota 24, Cleveland 18. A—20,562 (20,562).

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Florida 48 28 15 5 61 130 107

Detroit 49 25 16 8 58 122 124

Boston 48 26 17 5 57 145 125

Tampa Bay 48 26 18 4 56 129 117

Montreal 49 24 21 4 52 134 129

Ottawa 49 23 20 6 52 137 152

Toronto 46 17 20 9 43 113 128

Buffalo 49 19 26 4 42 111 134

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 46 35 8 3 73 155 100

N.Y. Rangers 49 27 17 5 59 142 129

N.Y. Islanders 47 25 16 6 56 130 118

New Jersey 49 25 19 5 55 114 116

Pittsburgh 47 23 17 7 53 119 120

Carolina 50 22 20 8 52 118 135

Philadelphia 46 20 18 8 48 105 124

Columbus 50 18 27 5 41 128 161

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 52 33 15 4 70 147 117

Dallas 50 31 14 5 67 162 133

St. Louis 52 28 16 8 64 129 128

Minnesota 49 23 17 9 55 121 115

Colorado 50 26 21 3 55 138 133

Nashville 48 22 18 8 52 125 129

Winnipeg 48 21 24 3 45 121 138

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Los Angeles 48 30 15 3 63 126 109

San Jose 47 25 18 4 54 136 128

Arizona 48 24 19 5 53 129 141

Vancouver 49 20 18 11 51 121 137

Anaheim 46 21 18 7 49 95 109

Calgary 47 21 23 3 45 125 144

Edmonton 50 19 26 5 43 122 149

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

Sunday’s Games

Ottawa 3, N.Y. Rangers 0

Carolina 5, Calgary 2

Chicago 2, St. Louis 0

Los Angeles 3, San Jose 2, OT

Pittsburgh at Washington, ppd., inclement weather

Monday’s Games

Arizona 2, Minnesota 1, SO

Detroit 4, N.Y. Islanders 2

Boston 3, Philadelphia 2

Columbus 5, Montreal 2

N.Y. Rangers 6, Buffalo 3

Dallas 2, Calgary 1

Tuesday’s Games

Anaheim at Boston, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Arizona at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Colorado at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Montreal 1 1 0 = 2

Columbus 1 1 3 = 5

First Period—1, Montreal, Gallagher 12 (Subban, Petry), 10:39 (pp). 2, Columbus, Atkinson 14 (Dubinsky, Jenner), 14:40. Penalties—Bourque, Clm (tripping), 9:17; Tyutin, Clm (slashing), 10:14.

Second Period—3, Columbus, Atkinson 15 (Dubinsky, Jenner), 2:52. 4, Montreal, Subban 4 (Markov, Gallagher), 8:36. Penalties—Pacioretty, Mon (slashing), 4:45; Subban, Mon (unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:36; Murray, Clm (closing hand on puck), 19:31.

Third Period—5, Columbus, Saad 17 (Falk, Hartnell), 9:06. 6, Columbus, Saad 18 (Wennberg), 18:48 (en). 7, Columbus, Atkinson 16 (Dubinsky, Jenner), 19:35. Penalties—None.

Shots on Goal—Montreal 12-11-11—34. Columbus 8-11-6—25.

Power-play opportunities—Montreal 1 of 3; Columbus 0 of 2.

Goalies—Montreal, Condon 13-13-4 (24 shots-20 saves). Columbus, Korpisalo 4-5-2 (34-32).

A—11,927 (18,144). T—2:30.

Referees—Marc Joannette, Kendrick Nicholson. Linesmen—Shandor Alphonso, Scott Driscoll.

 

Ohio State box

OHIO ST. 66, PENN ST. 46

PENN ST. (11-10)

Banks 4-10 0-0 9, Taylor 5-16 0-0 11, Moore 1-2 0-0 2, Foster 3-6 0-1 6, Garner 1-9 0-0 3, Zemgulis 2-7 1-2 5, Jack 1-3 0-0 3, Washington 0-3 0-0 0, Dickerson 3-4 1-2 7. Totals 20-60 2-5 46.

OHIO ST. (13-8)

Tate 6-6 3-4 15, Loving 4-11 1-1 11, Bates-Diop 8-14 2-2 22, Giddens 2-2 1-3 5, Harris 2-7 0-0 4, Mitchell 0-1 2-2 2, Bell 0-0 0-0 0, Lyle 2-2 0-0 6, Lane 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 0-6 1-2 1, Thompson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-52 10-14 66.

Halftime-Ohio St. 33-26. 3-Point Goals-Penn St. 4-25 (Jack 1-3, Taylor 1-5, Banks 1-5, Garner 1-8, Zemgulis 0-1, Foster 0-1, Washington 0-2), Ohio St. 8-19 (Bates-Diop 4-7, Lyle 2-2, Loving 2-5, Lane 0-1, Williams 0-2, Harris 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Penn St. 31 (Banks 6), Ohio St. 41 (Giddens 9). Assists-Penn St. 10 (Garner 6), Ohio St. 12 (Harris 4). Total Fouls-Penn St. 15, Ohio St. 12. Technical-Jack. A-11,542.

 

Big Ten standings

BIG TEN CONFERENCE

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

Indiana 7 0 1.000 17 3 .850

Iowa 7 0 1.000 16 3 .842

Maryland 6 2 .750 17 3 .850

Michigan 5 2 .714 15 5 .750

Purdue 5 3 .625 17 4 .810

Ohio St. 5 3 .625 13 8 .619

Michigan St. 4 4 .500 17 4 .810

Nebraska 4 4 .500 12 9 .571

Northwestern 3 4 .429 15 5 .750

Wisconsin 3 4 .429 11 9 .550

Illinois 2 5 .286 10 10 .500

Penn St. 1 6 .143 10 10 .500

Rutgers 0 7 .000 6 14 .300

Minnesota 0 8 .000 6 14 .300

Saturday, Oct. 17

Indiana 89, Northwestern 57

Michigan 81, Nebraska 68

Michigan St. 74, Maryland 65

Illinois 76, Minnesota 71, OT

Sunday’s Games

Iowa 83, Purdue 71

Monday’s Games

Ohio St. 66, Penn St. 46

 

Men’s AP poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 24, 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. Oklahoma (36) 16-2 1,592 1

2. North Carolina (29) 18-2 1,586 2

3. Iowa 16-3 1,473 9

4. Kansas 16-3 1,369 3

5. Texas A&M 17-2 1,332 10

6. Villanova 17-3 1,261 4

7. Xavier 17-2 1,186 5

8. Maryland 17-3 1,111 7

9. West Virginia 16-3 1,105 6

10. Providence 17-3 1,005 16

11. Virginia 15-4 903 13

12. Michigan St. 17-4 869 11

13. SMU 18-1 838 8

14. Iowa St. 15-4 792 19

15. Miami 15-3 753 15

16. Louisville 16-3 719 17

17. Baylor 15-4 594 13

18. Arizona 16-4 502 12

19. Indiana 17-3 466 25

20. Kentucky 15-4 403 23

21. Purdue 17-4 328 22

22. Wichita St. 14-5 151 —

23. Oregon 16-4 149 —

24. Duke 15-5 145 20

25. Notre Dame 14-5 136 —

Others receiving votes: Dayton 77, South Carolina 74, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 42, Pittsburgh 38, Southern Cal 27, Butler 26, Clemson 18, VCU 17, Hawaii 9, Valparaiso 9, UConn 5, Utah 5, UAB 4, Chattanooga 2, Colorado 1, Grand Canyon 1, Michigan 1, Navy 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 Jan. 24, 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. North Carolina (24) 18-2 791 2

2. Oklahoma (9) 16-2 766 1

3. Kansas 16-3 680 3

4. Iowa 16-3 677 9

5. Texas A&M 17-2 650 8

6. Villanova 17-3 591 4

7. Maryland 17-3 581 5

8. Xavier 17-2 580 6

9. West Virginia 16-3 503 7

10. Providence 17-3 452 17

11. Michigan State 17-4 445 10

12. Virginia 15-4 430 13

13. Miami (Fla.) 15-3 412 14

14. Louisville 16-3 384 16

15. Arizona 16-4 341 11

16. Iowa State 15-4 312 21

17. Indiana 17-3 290 23

18. Baylor 15-4 281 15

19. Kentucky 15-4 242 19

20. Duke 15-5 183 12

21. Purdue 17-4 150 22

22. South Carolina 17-2 137 18

23. Pittsburgh 16-3 118 20

24. Oregon 16-4 90 —

25. Wichita State 14-5 60 —

Others receiving votes: Dayton 49; Saint Mary’s 31; Clemson 30; Notre Dame 20; Gonzaga 17; Butler 15; Southern California 14; Connecticut 11; California 10; Michigan 10; Washington 7; LSU 6; Valparaiso 6; Virginia Commonwealth 6; Arkansas-Little Rock 5; Alabama at Birmingham 4; Utah 4; Monmouth 3; Texas 3; St. Joseph’s 2; Oregon State 1.

 

Women’s AP poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 24, 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. UConn (32) 18-0 800 1

2. South Carolina 19-0 765 2

3. Notre Dame 19-1 739 3

4. Baylor 19-1 700 4

5. Maryland 17-2 659 5

6. Texas 18-1 651 6

7. Ohio St. 15-4 592 7

8. Arizona St. 17-3 582 8

9. Oregon St. 16-3 539 11

10. Texas A&M 14-5 473 13

11. Florida St. 16-4 467 14

12. Kentucky 14-3 434 9

13. Mississippi St. 17-4 408 10

14. Louisville 14-5 352 17

15. UCLA 14-5 317 20

16. Stanford 15-5 290 12

17. Miami 17-3 240 16

18. Michigan St. 14-4 219 21

19. Tennessee 12-6 209 18

20. South Florida 13-5 193 15

21. Oklahoma 13-5 143 19

22. Missouri 16-4 140 23

23. DePaul 15-6 123 24

24. West Virginia 16-4 108 25

25. Washington 15-4 80 —

Others receiving votes: Florida 46, Green Bay 34, George Washington 18, Purdue 17, Oklahoma St. 15, Duke 10, UTEP 10, San Diego 9, Colorado St. 8, BYU 7, Albany (NY) 2, Syracuse 1.

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Monday’s Boys’ Basketball Scores

Andrews Osborne Academy 51, Elyria First Baptist Christian 44

Bellefontaine Calvary Christian 52, Powell Village Academy 34

Byesville Meadowbrook 79, Lore City Buckeye Trail 55

Chillicothe Unioto 70, Piketon 58

Cin. Madeira 52, Cin. Finneytown 46

Cin. Shroder 85, Lockland 52

Cols. Watterson 47, Cols. Hartley 32

Cols. Wellington 98, Northside Christian 29

Day. Northridge 77, Camden Preble Shawnee 50

Middletown 85, Cin. Sycamore 45

Patriot Preparatory Academy 66, Gahanna Christian 61

Plain City Jonathan Alder 90, Shekinah Christian 77

Stewart Federal Hocking 55, Sugar Grove Berne Union 52

Utica 65, Granville Christian 35

Vermilion 60, Willard 40

Wayne, W.Va. 82, OVC 65

Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 57, Tol. Start 49

 

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Monday’s Girls’ Basketball Scores

Ashville Teays Valley 49, Cols. Upper Arlington 42

Baltimore Liberty Union 43, Cols. Hartley 39

Belpre 67, Glouster Trimble 57

Beverly Ft. Frye 46, Sarahsville Shenandoah 23

Blanchester 48, Batavia Clermont NE 33

Greenfield McClain 69, Chillicothe Zane Trace 37

Hillsboro 59, Bainbridge Paint Valley 46

Jackson 53, Reedsville Eastern 49, OT

Leesburg Fairfield 56, Mowrystown Whiteoak 46

Lynchburg-Clay 67, Fayetteville-Perry 40

McArthur Vinton County 52, Pomeroy Meigs 36

McConnelsville Morgan 46, Dresden Tri-Valley 38

Nelsonville-York 56, Wellston 24

New Boston Glenwood 62, Portsmouth Sciotoville 53

Newark Licking Valley 39, Newark Cath. 38, OT

Portsmouth Notre Dame 76, Manchester 47

Proctorville Fairland 73, Portsmouth W. 31

Rayland Buckeye 65, St. Clairsville 62

Sardinia Eastern Brown 47, Peebles 33

Shadyside 64, Bellaire 56

Southeastern 70, Portsmouth Clay 51

Stewart Federal Hocking 45, Corning Miller 42

Vincent Warren 77, Gallipolis Gallia 49

W. Union 55, Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington 48

Washington C.H. 53, Seaman N. Adams 49

Waterford 56, Racine Southern 49

Zanesville Maysville 86, New Lexington 35

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

Athens vs. Bidwell River Valley, ppd. to Jan 27.

Ironton Rock Hill vs. Ironton St. Joseph, ppd. to Feb 6.

Latham Western vs. Willow Wood Symmes Valley, ppd. to Feb 3.

Wahama, W.Va. vs. Crown City S. Gallia, ppd. to Feb 2.

Wheelersburg vs. Ironton, ppd. to Feb 3.

 

Boys’ H.S. poll

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Ohio high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

DIVISION I

W-L Pts

1, Huber Hts. Wayne (12) 14-0 219

2, Lima Sr. (8) 12-0 217

3, Cin. Moeller (2) 15-1 186

4, Garfield Hts. 13-3 136

5, Gahanna Lincoln 16-1 112

6, Wilmington 14-1 110

7, Westerville S. 13-3 86

8, Cin. Elder 14-2 51

9, Warren Harding (2) 12-1 31

10, Cols. Northland 14-1 25

(tie),Dublin Coffman 14-2 25

Others receiving 12 or more points: 12, Cols. St. Charles 21. 13, Cle. St. Ignatius 16. 13, Mason 16.

DIVISION II

W-L Pts

1, New Concord John Glenn (21) 15-1 224

2, Chillicothe Unioto (1) 13-0 182

3, Lexington 16-1 168

4, Akr. SVSM 11-3 145

5, Defiance 13-3 103

6, McArthur Vinton County 13-1 95

7, Napoleon 10-2 52

8, Franklin 12-2 51

9, Upper Sandusky 15-0 47

10, Trotwood-Madison 14-1 27

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Poland Seminary (2) 25. 12, Cle. Cent. Cath. 21. 13, Byesville Meadowbrook 19. 13, Ottawa-Glandorf 19. 15, Johnstown-Monroe 18. 16, Alliance 13. 16, McConnelsville Morgan 13.

DIVISION III

W-L Pts

1, Lima Cent. Catholic (22) 15-0 230

2, Massillon Tuslaw (1) 15-0 201

3, Casstown Miami E. 13-1 150

4, Berlin Hiland 15-2 141

5, Day. Northridge 15-1 118

6, Worthington Christian 13-3 94

7, Beachwood 13-2 83

8, Cle. VASJ 10-4 74

9, Cin. Purcell Marian (1) 13-3 42

10, Van Buren 11-1 24

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Milan Edison 20. 12, Proctorville Fairland 17. 12, Cols. Grandview Hts. 17.

DIVISION IV

W-L Pts

1, Van Wert Lincolnview (23) 16-0 237

2, Defiance Ayersville 12-1 176

3, Sandusky St. Mary 13-1 169

4, New Madison Tri-Village 14-2 123

5, Gorham Fayette 14-0 113

6, Jackson Center 14-2 103

7, Mogadore 11-1 101

8, Waterford 9-2 49

9, Glouster Trimble 11-2 47

10, Cols. Africentric 10-5 40

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Cols. Wellington 30. 12, Ft. Recovery 19. 13, Russia 16. 14, Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 14. 15, McDonald 13. 16, S. Charleston SE 12.