T25-SCHEDULE
Auburn, MSU and Notre Dame absorb critical losses…Tide rally to beat LSU
UNDATED (AP) β Auburn’s shot at a national championship season could be over. So could Michigan State’s and Notre Dame’s.
The third-ranked Tigers were never able to recover from a 35-17 halftime deficit as they absorbed a 41-38 home loss against unranked Texas A&M. Freshman Kyle Allen threw four touchdown passes in the first half and finished 19 of 29 for 277 yards and one interception. The Aggies had control of the game after Deshazor Everett returned a blocked field goal 65 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first half.
Texas A&M stayed ahead by recovering two Auburn fumbles in the closing minutes, dropping the Tigers to 7-2.
Auburn lost despite Cameron Artis-Payne, who rushed for 221 yards and two touchdowns.
At East Lansing, J.T. Barrett accounted for five touchdowns and Ezekiel Elliott rushed for 154 yards and two scores as No. 13 Ohio State pounded the seventh-ranked Spartans 49-37. Barrett was 16 of 26 for 300 yards and three TDs, and he also ran for 86 yards on 14 carries.
No. 11 Arizona State raced out to a 34-3 lead by the second quarter before holding off a furious Notre Dame rally in a 55-41 win over the eighth-ranked Irish. Kelly threw for 224 yards on 17 of 28 passing, including a big four-yard touchdown pass to Demario Richard with 4:29 remaining after the Irish pulled within 34-31.
Alabama likely will vault over Auburn. Blake Sims drove the Crimson Tide 55 yards in the final 50 seconds of regulation for a tying field goal, and threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to DeAndrew White in overtime to lift fourth-ranked Alabama over No. 14 LSU 20-13 at Baton Rouge. Amari Cooper had eight catches for 83 yards and a 23-yard touchdown while setting Alabama career and single-season records for receptions and receiving yards.
In other top 25 finals:
β Top-ranked Mississippi State stepped away from its SEC schedule and clobbered Tennessee-Martin 45-16 as Dak Prescott threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score. Brandon Holloway ran for a 35-yard touchdown and Ashton Shumpert added a 59-yard touchdown run as the Bulldogs amassed 254 yards on the ground.
β Second-ranked Florida State picked up its 25th straight victory as Jameis (JAYM’-ihs) Winston threw for 261 yards and accounted for two touchdowns in the Seminoles’ 34-20 triumph over Virginia. Rashad Greene had a career-high 13 receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown for the Seminoles, who trailed 13-7 before scoring three straight touchdowns to end the first half.
β Fifth-ranked Oregon went over 50 points for the third time in 10 games this season as Marcus Mariota (mar-ee-OH’-tah) threw for three touchdowns and ran for 114 yards and a TD in the Ducks’ 51-27 win at Utah. The Ducks were in danger of falling behind 14-0 until Joe Walker returned a fumble 100 yards for a touchdown to spark Oregon’s 24-point second quarter.
β TCU bolstered its playoff chances as Trevone Boykin ran for 123 yards and three touchdowns to lead the sixth-ranked Horned Frogs to a 41-20 win over No. 9 Kansas State. Aaron Green ran for 171 yards for the 8-1 Horned Frogs, including a 65-yard TD.
β Corey Coleman set career highs with 15 catches and 224 yards to help No. 10 Baylor roll past No. 16 Oklahoma 48-14. It was the most receptions ever by a player against the Sooners. Coleman also scored twice for the 8-1 Bears who maintained their Big 12 and national title hopes. Bryce Petty completing 32 of 42 passes for 387 yards and a touchdown.
β Bo Wallace threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as No. 12 Mississippi snapped a two-game losing streak with a 48-0 win over Presbyterian. Mark Dodson scored on first-half runs of 65 and 62 yards for the 8-2 Rebels. He wound up with 128 yards on three carries. Jordan Wilkins rushed for 171 yards on 10 carries including a 73-yard touchdown run.
β No. 17 Georgia took out its frustrations over last week’s loss to Florida on Kentucky 63-31. Huston Mason threw for a career high four scores as the Bulldogs recorded touchdowns on nine of ten possessions. Nick Chubb rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown for the 7-2 Bulldogs. Isaiah McKenzie returned the opening kickoff 90-yards for a touchdown and added another score on a punt return.
β Brett Hundley is UCLA’s all-time leader in touchdown passes with 70 after throwing two more and running for two others in the 18th-ranked Bruins’ 44-30 win over Washington. Myles Jack added a highlight-reel, 28-yard touchdown run, and Hundley was 29 of 36 for 302 yards.
β Anu (ah-NOO’) Solomon threw for four touchdowns and ran for a career-best 115 yards to guide 21st-rated Arizona past Colorado 38-20. The Wildcats scored a touchdown after each of the four turnovers by the Buffaloes.
β Anthony Boone threw two touchdowns to Issac Blakeney and Jamison Crowder returned a punt 52 yards for another score as No. 22 Duke beat Syracuse 27-10. Duke improved to 8-1 and stayed on target to reach the ACC championship game with a 4-1 conference record.
β No. 23 Marshall is a perfect 9-0 after Rakeem Cato threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score to lead the Thundering Herd’s 63-17 laugher against Southern Mississippi. Cato had 278 total yards in helping Marshall erase an early 14-0 deficit.
β Johnathan Gray scored three touchdowns and Texas inched closer to a possible bowl game in head coach Charlie Strong’s first season by trouncing No. 24 West Virginia 33-16. Gray finished with 101 yards rushing on 10 carries, including TD runs of 39, 2 and 15 yards.
β Joel Stave threw two touchdown passes and Melvin Gordon ran for 205 yards to lead No. 25 Wisconsin past Purdue 34-16. The Badgers won their fourth straight to improve to 7-2. Wisconsin is 4-1 in the Big Ten to remain in a three-way tie for the West Division lead.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-NORTH CAROLINA-ACADEMIC PROBE-MCADOO
Former players sues UNC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) β Former University of North Carolina football player Michael McAdoo (MAK’-uh-doo) has filed a lawsuit against the school, saying it failed to provide him and other athletes a quality education by guiding them toward sham classes.
McAdoo’s lawsuit says that he was guaranteed a good education while being recruited by football coaches. One of the three options he was guided to consider was African-American Studies, the curriculum that formed the basis for the long-running academic scandal.
McAdoo was ruled permanently ineligible in 2010 for academic violations connected to a tutor providing improper assistance for a class in the formerly named African and Afro-American Studies department.
NBA-SCHEDULE
Warriors top short-handed Rockets…Bucks pin Grizzlies with first loss
UNDATED (AP) β The Golden State Warriors have kept their perfect record intact by winning a matchup of unbeaten teams.
Stephen Curry had 34 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Warriors past the Rockets 98-87 in Houston. Curry shot 6 for 9 from 3-point range and finished with five assists and four steals. Andre Iguodala (ig-ah-DAH’-lah) scored most of his 15 points near the basket, and forward Draymond Green added 14 to help the Warriors improve to 5-0 for the first time since the 1994-95 season.
The 6-1 Rockets were without Dwight Howard due to flu-like symptoms and also played without power forward Terrence Jones because of a bruised right leg. Those absences helped the Warriors outshoot and outrebound the Rockets.
The Warriors are the NBA’s lone unbeaten team following the Grizzlies’ loss to Milwaukee. Brandon Knight converted a three-point play with 1.1 seconds remaining Saturday night to rally the Bucks to a 93-92 victory over Memphis. Knight finished with 14 points and six assists, while teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo (YAH’-nis ah-deh-toh-KOON’-boh) paced the Bucks with 18 points.
Elsewhere in the NBA:
β Anthony Davis capped his 27-point, 11-rebound performance by draining the go-ahead basket with 6.6 seconds left to push New Orleans past the Spurs 100-99 in San Antonio.
β J.J. Redick scored 30 points and Blake Griffin added 23 as the Clippers held on for a 106-102 triumph against Portland.
β Boston was a 106-101 winner at Chicago behind Kelly Olynyk’s (OH’-lih-nihks) 18 points and 11 rebounds.
β John Wall scored 18 points and Nene (neh-NAY’) added 17 in Washington’s 97-90 victory against Indiana.
β Miami’s two-game skid is over after Dwyane (dwayn) Wade had 25 points and Chris Bosh chipped in 24 to lead the Heat past Minnesota 102-92.
β Kyle Korver scored 27 points and Atlanta stormed back from a 63-48 deficit to beat New York 103-96.
NHL-SCHEDULE
Pens, Bolts, Habs win again
UNDATED (AP) β The Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning and Montreal Canadiens continue to top the NHL’s Eastern Conference with 21 points apiece after all three teams won on Saturday.
Sidney Crosby tied a career high with five assists and the Penguins picked up their seventh straight win by drubbing Buffalo 6-1. Kris Letang picked up points on the Pens’ first four goals, scoring twice and collecting two assists.
The Lightning have a five-game winning streak after Ryan Callahan had a goal and two assists in a 7-4 rout of Columbus. Tyler Johnson scored twice for Tampa Bay, which is 7-1 since opening with three wins in its first six games.
The Canadiens retired the jersey No. 5 of Hall of Fame defenseman Guy Lapointe (gee lah-POYNT’) before Lars Eller and Jiri Sekac each registered a goal and an assist in the Habs’ 4-1 victory against Minnesota. Carey Price stopped 30 shots to help the Canadiens pick up their second straight win since an 0-2-1 skid.
Also in the NHL:
β The Blues’ seven-game winning streak is over after Filip Forsberg and James Neal each had a goal and an assist in Nashville’s 2-1 win at St. Louis.
β San Jose overcame Tyler Seguin’s (SAY’-gihnz) hat trick as Brent Burns scored twice in a four-goal third period that led the Sharks past Dallas 5-3.
β Tyler Taffoli (tah-FOH’-lee) had one goal and two assists as Los Angeles whipped Vancouver 5-1. Canucks goalie Ryan Miller had been 10-1 before surrendering four goals in two periods.
β The New York Islanders have a three-game winning streak and a 9-5 record after Jaroslav Halak (hah-LAHK’) stopped 19 shots and Frans Nielsen scored with 2:31 left in a 1-0 shutout of Arizona.
β Claude Giroux (juh-ROO’) had two goals and an assist during Philadelphia’s power plays to lead a 4-3 victory against Colorado.
β Third-period goals by Roman Polak and Leo Komarov pushed Toronto past the New York Rangers 5-4.
β Washington blew a 3-1 lead in the third period before Nicklas Backstrom scored at 4:46 of overtime to complete the Capitals’ 4-3 win over Carolina.
β Lance Bouma scored the go-ahead goal with 2:18 left in Calgary’s 6-4 comeback win against Florida.
β Ondrej Pavelec (AHN’-dray PAV’-uh-lehk) stopped 37 shots and Mathieu Perreault (peh-ROH’) scored the lone shootout goal in the sixth round to lead Winnipeg’s 2-1 win at Ottawa.
GOLF-SANDERSON FARM CHAMPIONSHIP
Rollins takes lead
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) β John Rollins shot a 4-under 68 to take the lead after three rounds of the Sanderson Farm Championship. Rollins is looking for his fourth Tour title and first since 2009. His 14-under total leave him two shots up on William McGirt, who came in with a 66.
Round 2 co-leader David Toms trails by four shots following a 72.
GOLF-HSBC CHAMPIONSHIP
Watson wins in playoff
SHANGHAI (AP) β Bubba Watson holed a bunker shot for eagle on the final hole Sunday, and then made a 20-foot birdie putt in the playoff to win the HSBC Champions.
Watson defeated Tim Clark, who had made birdie on the 18th to get in the playoff.
It was the first World Golf Championship title for Watson, and he won’t soon forget the finish.
The two-time Masters champion had control until a sloppy bogey on the 16th hole and a double bogey on the 17th hole when he took two shots from the bunker. That left him one shot behind, and he appeared to be destined for a runner-up finish at best until his bunker shot left of the 18th green rolled the final 25 feet into the cup.
GOLF-LPGA MIZUNO CLASSIC
Mi Hyang Lee wins playoff to claim Mizuno Classic
SHIMA, Japan (AP) β Mi Hyang Lee of South Korea birdied the fifth hole of a three-way playoff Sunday to win the Mizuno Classic for her first LPGA title.
Lee sank a birdie putt to beat compatriot Ilhee Lee and Japan’s Kotono Kozuma. She shot 69 in regulation to finish tied at 11-under 205 with Ilhee Lee (70) and Kozuma, who also had a 69 in the final round.
Prior to Sunday, Lee had only had three top-10 finishes, including a sixth-place finish at the Reignwood LPGA Classic last month in Beijing.
Laura Davies, who held a share of the lead after the second round and was bidding to become the oldest winner in LPGA history at 51, had a 71 to finish one stroke back of the leaders.
FORMULA ONE-BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX
Rosberg edges Hamilton for pole
SAO PAULO (AP) β Nico Rosberg has edged Mercedes teammate and title rival Lewis Hamilton to take pole position for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Rosberg was fastest with a lap of 1 minute, 10.023 seconds, just 0.033 seconds ahead of Hamilton.
Rosberg trails Hamilton by 24 points in the overall standings and needs to win in Brazil on Sunday to have a real shot at his first title. The championship can’t be decided at Interlagos because the race in Abu Dhabi later this month will be worth double points.
