WPPA/T102 SPORTS-TUESDAY

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

BOYS

BLUE MOUNTAIN 71
SCH. HAVEN 46

GIRLS

NATIVITY 60
LOURDES 47

PINE GROVE 64
JIM THORPE 45

TAMAQUA 63
POTTSVILLE 41

TRI VALLEY 65
MAHANOY AREA 34

WILLIAMS VALLEY 42
WEATHERLY 36

NORTH SCHUYLKILL 47
PANTHER VALLEY 23

MARIAN 45
MINERSVILLE 21

SHENANDOAH VALLEY 47
SCH. HAVEN 16

SCHUYLKILL LEAGUE BOYS SCHEDULE

TAMAQUA AT POTTSVILLE-ON WPPA AND WPPARADIO-DOT-COM
JIM THORPE AT PINE GROVE
PANTHER VALLEY AT NORTH SCHUYLKILL
SHENANDOAH VALLEY AT SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
MAHANOY AREA AT TRI VALLEY
WEATHERLY AT WILLIAMS VALLEY
NATIVITY AT LOURDES
MARIAN AT MINERSVILLE

NON LEAGUE GIRLS

WEATHERLY AT COL-MON VO TECH

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - DANNY GRANGER SCORED 26 POINTS AND DAHNTAY JONES HAD 18 POINT TO LEAD THE INDIANA PACERS TO A 109-98 WIN OVER THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS ON MONDAY NIGHT. ANDRE IGUODALA SCORED 22 POINTS AND ALLEN IVERSON HAD 20 FOR PHILADELPHIA, WHICH FAILED IN ITS BID TO WIN THREE STRAIGHT GAMES FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON.

NEW YORK (AP) - NEWLY RECALLED CHRIS CONNER NETTED TWO GOALS AND THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS SCORED TWICE ONE MINUTE APART IN THE THIRD PERIOD TO BEAT THE SLUMPING NEW YORK RANGERS 4-2 ON MONDAY NIGHT. EVGENI MALKIN AND PASCAL DUPUIS ALSO SCORED FOR PITTSBURGH.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - DARRIN GOVENS SCORED 17 POINTS AND CARL JONES ADDED 16 TO HELP SAINT JOSEPH'S DEFEAT PENNSYLVANIA 85-64. HILLIARD SCORED 12 POINTS FOR SAINT JOSEPH'S, WHICH WON ITS THIRD STRAIGHT, AND FIFTH IN A ROW AGAINST PENN.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A PERSON FAMILIAR WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS SAYS CATCHER CARLOS RUIZ AND THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES HAVE AGREED TO AN $8.85 MILLION, THREE-YEAR CONTRACT THAT AVOIDS SALARY ARBITRATION. THE SOURCE TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT THE CONTRACT INCLUDES A $5 MILLION CLUB OPTION FOR 2013 WITH A $500,000 BUYOUT.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - EAGLES QUARTERBACK DONOVAN MCNABB HAS EARNED HIS SIXTH TRIP TO THE PRO BOWL AS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE SAINTS' DREW BREES. THE EAGLES SAID ON MONDAY THAT MCNABB AND STRONG SAFETY QUINTIN MIKELL WERE ADDED TO THE NFC ROSTER AFTER NEW ORLEANS ADVANCED TO THE SUPER BOWL.

STATE COLLEGE, PA. (AP) - THE PENN STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM IS BACK IN THE TOP 25 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS. PENN STATE IS RANKED NO. 23 IN THE LATEST AP POLL. NEXT UP FOR PENN STATE IS PURDUE ON THURSDAY IN STATE COLLEGE.

LAWRENCE, KAN. (AP) - SECOND-RANKED KANSAS RAN COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S LONGEST HOME WINNING STREAK TO 54 BY EASILY DEFEATING MISSOURI 84-65 AT ALLEN FIELDHOUSE. COLE ALDRICH HAD 12 POINTS, 16 REBOUNDS AND BLOCKED SEVEN SHOTS FOR 19-AND-1 KANSAS.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - FOURTH-RANKED SYRACUSE IS THE NATION'S FIRST 20-GAME WINNER, THE 32ND TIME IN COACH JIM BOEHEIM'S 34-YEAR CAREER AS ORANGE COACH. SYRACUSE SPOTTED GEORGETOWN AN EARLY 14-0 LEAD, THEN ROARED FROM BEHIND TO ROUT THE SEVENTH-RANKED HOYAS 73-56 BEHIND 15 POINTS APIECE FROM ANDY RAUTINS AND KRIS JOSEPH.

BOSTON (AP) - PAUL PIERCE SCORED 22 POINTS AND RAJON RONDO HAD 16 POINTS AND 12 ASSISTS IN THE BOSTON CELTICS' 95-89 WIN OVER THE L.A. CLIPPERS IN A GAME PLAYED ON A TD GARDEN FLOOR THAT HAD TO BE CONTINUALLY WIPED BECAUSE OF CONDENSATION. THE TD GARDEN HAS ICE - FOR BOSTON BRUINS' GAMES - UNDER THE PARQUET FLOOR AND UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER IN BOSTON CAUSED CONDENSATION TO FORM ON THE GARDEN FLOOR.

LA QUINTA, CALIF. (AP) - THERE'S A FIRST-TIME PGA TOUR WINNER IN THE FIRST STATESIDE PGA TOUR EVENT OF THE YEAR. BILL HAAS, THE SON OF PGA AND CHAMPIONS TOUR STAR JAY HAAS, FINISHED ONE SHOT AHEAD OF MATT KUCHAR, TIM CLARK AND BUBBA WATSON AT THE BOB HOPE CLASSIC, THE TOURNAMENT THE ELDER HAAS WON IN 1998.

CHICAGO (AP) - WHITE SOX MANAGER OZZIE GUILLEN TOLD VETERAN SLUGGER JIM THOME HE WON'T BE ASKED TO REJOIN THE TEAM AS A DESIGNATED HITTER. THOME, WHO PLAYED THREE-PLUS SEASONS WITH THE WHITE SOX BEFORE HE WAS TRADED TO THE DODGERS ON AUG. 31, WAS INTERESTED IN RETURNING TO CHICAGO.

NBA

Monday's Games

Indiana 109, Philadelphia 98
Boston 95, L.A. Clippers 89
Cleveland 92, Miami 91
Memphis 99, Orlando 94
Atlanta 102, Houston 95
Chicago 98, San Antonio 93
Denver 104, Charlotte 93
Utah 124, Phoenix 115
New Orleans 98, Portland 97

Tuesday's Games

L.A. Lakers at Washington, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

NHL

Monday's Games

Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Rangers 2
St. Louis 2, Calgary 0
Vancouver 3, Buffalo 2

Tuesday's Games

Los Angeles at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Detroit, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Monday's Games

( 2) Kansas 84 Missouri 65
( 4) Syracuse 73 ( 7) Georgetown 56

TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Monday's Games

Purdue 63 ( 4) Ohio St. 61
(12) North Carolina 81 N.C. State 69