WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

PHOENIX (AP) - Jason Richardson scored 24 points, Steve Nash had20 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Philadelphia 76ers 106-95 lastnight. Amare Stoudemire added 22 points for the Suns, Channing Fryehad 14 and Robin Lopez scored 10 points and had 10 rebounds. AndreIguodala led the 76ers with 20 points.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Ramone Moore scored 13 points, Ryan Brooksadded 11 and Number 20 Temple held off Dayton, 49-41 last night.Lavoy Allen had nine points and 17 rebounds for the Owls, who moveinto a first-place tie with Richmond in the Atlantic conference.Chris Wright had 12 points and 13 rebounds to lead Dayton.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Evan Turner had 25 points and sevenrebounds, David Lighty scored 18 and Number 9 Ohio State nearlylost a 17-point lead last night before holding off Penn State75-67. Ohio State entered the night tied for second in theconference, a half-game back of Purdue.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Tim Abromaitis scored 17 points, BenHansbrough had 15 points and nine rebounds and Notre Dame made 103-pointers to beat Number 12 Pittsburgh 68-53 last night. ToryJackson added 14 points and seven assists for the Irish. JermaineDixon led Pittsburgh with 13 points.

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - Scottie Reynolds scored 21 points andAntonio Pena had 14 to lead Number 7 Villanova to a 74-49 win overSouth Florida last night. Corey Stokes added 11 points to help theWildcats snap their first two-game losing streak in two years. PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Johnny Wolf scored 16 points and NorthCarolina-Wilmington beat Drexel 75-69 last night. Trevor Deloachadded 15 points and Ahmad Grant had 13. Chris Fouch led Drexel with15 points, and Jamie Harris added 14.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - CJ McCollum scored 29 points to helpLehigh beat Bucknell 81-59 on Wednesday night and claimed firstplace in the Patriot League with one game to go. Prentice Smalladded 11 points and Knutson finished with 10 for the MountainHawks. Mike Muscala scored 14 points and Bryson Johnson 10 forBucknell, which snapped a four-game winning streak.

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Jim Mower scored 26 points, leadingLafayette to an 80-54 win over Army last night. Ryan Willen scored15 points for Lafayette. Tyrell Thompson scored 18 points to leadArmy.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies say they havesome "unfinished business" this year after falling two wins shyof repeating as World Series champions. The Phillies are hoping foranother long season that carries into the fall, but they've got along way to go before getting there. Batting practice at thePhillies' spring training camp in Florida starts today.

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Octavio Dotelis off to a slower start than he expected at spring training. Dotelstrained a muscle on the left side of his upper body Sunday whilethrowing a bullpen session. The injury is not considered serious,but Dotel has been shut down for a few days as a precaution.

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) - The home of Major League Soccer expansionfranchise Philadelphia Union will bear the name of energy companyPPL. Team and company officials say the new stadium will be calledPPL Park under an 11-year, $20 million naming-rights deal. The dealwas announced yesterday at the site where the park is being builtin Chester, just south of Philadelphia.


NBA
Wednesday's Games
Atlanta 98, Minnesota 92
Memphis 99, Washington 94
Portland 101, Toronto 87
Chicago 120, Indiana 110
Milwaukee 115, New Orleans 95
Orlando 110, Houston 92
San Antonio 95, Oklahoma City 87
Utah 102, Charlotte 93
Phoenix 106, Philadelphia 95
Dallas 101, L.A. Lakers 96
L.A. Clippers 97, Detroit 91
Thursday's Games
Milwaukee at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Boston, 8 p.m.
Denver at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Wednesday's Games
No games scheduled
Thursday's Games
No games scheduled

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Wednesday's Games

( 3) Purdue 59 Minnesota 58
( 7) Villanova 74 South Florida 49
( 9) Ohio St. 75 Penn St. 67
Notre Dame 68 (12) Pittsburgh 53
(13) BYU 82 San Diego St. 68
(20) Temple 49 Dayton 41
(21) Texas 69 Oklahoma St. 59
(24) Baylor 70 (22) Texas A&M 66


TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Wednesday's Games
( 1) Connecticut 87 Syracuse 66
( 3) Nebraska 80 (11) Oklahoma 64
( 5) Xavier 81 Charlotte 61
(23) Oklahoma St. 73 (14) Texas 72, OT
(18) St. John's 60 Rutgers 52
(24) Hartford 63 Albany, N.Y. 57