WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

NON LEAGUE GIRLS

COL-MON VO TECH 44
PANTHER VALLEY 29

WILLIAMS VALLEY 65
YORK COUNTRY DAY 16

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

SCHUYLKILL LEAGUE GIRLS

POTTSVILLE AT BLUE MOUNTAIN
PINE GROVE AT NORTH SCHUYLKILL
TAMAQUA AT JIM THORPE
NATIVITY AT WILLIAMS VALLEY
WEATHERLY AT TRI VALLEY
MAHANOY AREA AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
SHENANDOAH VALLEY AT MINERSVILLE
MARIAN AT LOURDES

NON LEAGUE BOYS

MINERSVILLE AT PANTHER VALLEY
WILLIAMS VALLEY AT NATIVITY

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former 76ers guard Andre Miller scored 24points and Jerry Bayless had 14 of his 18 in the fourth quarter,leading the Portland Trail Blazers to a 98-90 victory overPhiladelphia on Wednesday night. Sixers center Samuel Dalembertarrived at the Wachovia Center just before the tipoff after atwo-day, goodwill mission to his native Haiti. He had 15 reboundsand 10 points.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Dominic Cheek scored 17 points, CoreyStokes added 16 and No. 4 Villanova rolled to its eighth straightwin with a 94-68 victory over reeling Rutgers on Wednesday night.Corey Fisher added 15 points as the Wildcats, who are now 17-1overall and 6-0 in the Big East -- their first 6-0 start in theconference since the 1981-82 season.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Chris Wright scored 27 points and No. 12Georgetown used a late run to end No. 9 Pittsburgh's eight-gamewinning streak with a 74-66 victory Wednesday night. Gilbert Brownscored a career-high 20 points for Pitt, which saw its 31-game homewinning streak snapped.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Ryan Brooks scored 22 points, Lavoy Allenhad 16 and No. 16 Temple beat Xavier in a matchup of Atlantic 10unbeatens, 77-72 on Wednesday night. The Owls won their fifthstraight game to improve to 16-3 overall and 4-0 in the Atlantic10.

KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) - Keith Cothran scored 23 points to leadfive Rhode Island players in double figures as the Rams defeatedDuquesne 75-67 on Wednesday night. Damian Saunders led Duquesnewith 21 points and 11 rebounds and Eric Evans added 16 points.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Aaric Murray scored 21 points, grabbed sevenrebounds and blocked three shots to lead La Salle to a 76-57 winover woeful Penn on Wednesday night. Rodney Green finished with 15points and six assists for the Explorers.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - CJ McCollum scored 29 points to helpLehigh defeat Colgate 74-60 on Wednesday night. Lehigh got 12points from Gabe Knutson in its seventh win in the last eightgames.

EASTON, Pa. (AP) - Jared Mintz tallied a double-double, scoring17 points and pulling down 11 rebounds, to lead Lafayette in a61-57 win over Bucknell on Wednesday night. Bryan Cohen ledBucknell with 13 points.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jamie Harris scored 20 points and SammeGivens had 15 rebounds as Drexel scored a season-high 51second-half points to defeat James Madison 78-57 on Wednesdaynight.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger turneddown a chance to play in the Pro Bowl because of a right shoulderproblem that developed late in the season. Roethlisberger was thefirst alternate at AFC quarterback and would have gone in place ofthe Patriots' Tom Brady, who pulled out of the game.

CLEVELAND (AP) - New Browns general manager Tom Heckert hashired Jon Sandusky, formerly with him in Philadelphia, asCleveland's director of player personnel. Sandusky spent nineseasons with the Eagles, serving the past two as the club's propersonnel director.

NBA
Wednesday's Games
Atlanta 108, Sacramento 97
Charlotte 104, Miami 65
Dallas 94, Washington 93
Portland 98, Philadelphia 90
Orlando 109, Indiana 98
Detroit 92, Boston 86
Milwaukee 113, Toronto 107
Oklahoma City 94, Minnesota 92
New Orleans 113, Memphis 111
Phoenix 118, New Jersey 94
Utah 105, San Antonio 98
Denver 123, Golden State 118, OT
L.A. Clippers 104, Chicago 97
Thursday's Games
L.A. Lakers at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Wednesday's Games
New Jersey 2, Florida 0
St. Louis 4, Montreal 3, OT
Vancouver 3, Edmonton 2, OT
Thursday's Games
Columbus at Boston, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Washington at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Nashville at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Chicago at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Buffalo at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Wednesday's Games

( 3) Kansas 81 (25) Baylor 75
( 4) Villanova 94 Rutgers 68
( 6) Michigan St. 70 Iowa 63
N.C. State 88 ( 7) Duke 74
(12) Georgetown 74 ( 9) Pittsburgh 66
(11) West Virginia 68 Marshall 60
(14) BYU 81 Wyoming 66
(16) Temple 77 Xavier 72
(18) Wisconsin 54 Michigan 48
(22) Mississippi 66 South Carolina 57
Wake Forest 82 (24) North Carolina 69


TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Wednesday's Games

(11) Xavier 92 Saint Louis 50
(20) Texas 77 (12) Oklahoma St. 63
(13) Oklahoma 62 Missouri 61
(16) West Virginia 74 Marshall 42