WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Monday

MIAMI (AP) - Dwyane Wade scored 38 points, leading the MiamiHeat to a 104-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers last night.Reserve Jason Kapono scored 17 for the 76ers, who lost their fourthconsecutive game. It was the Heat's third win a row. The Sixers are0-2 against Miami this season.

NEW YORK (AP) - Sean Avery returned to the ice and scored twogoals to help the New York Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1yesterday. Avery sat out New York's win at Atlanta on Friday.Michal Rozsival also scored for the Rangers. Danny Briere scoredhis 24th goal for Philadelphia.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Pascal Dupuis and Sergei Gonchar scoredwithin three minutes of each other in the third period, andMarc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat theTampa Bay Lightning 2-1 yesterday. Gonchar scored the winning goalon a power play, blasting in a slap from just inside the blue line.Vincent Lecavalier scored for Tampa Bay.

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Brian Matusz gave up three hits and a runin his five in Baltimore's 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Philliesyesterday. Matusz struck out two and did not walk a batter. KyleKendrick pitched four scoreless innings for the Phillies. Heallowed two singles, hit one batter, and did not walk or strike outany.

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - CC Sabathia struggled while pitching intothe fifth inning of his third spring start, giving up a home run toAki Iwamura in the New York Yankees' 10-5 loss to the PittsburghPirates yesterday. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh starter Charlie Mortonbounced back from a difficult game against New York Tuesday,limiting the Yankees to a hit over four innings.

NEW YORK (AP) - Britney Hodges scored 23 points and SamanthaLeach added 20 to help Saint Francis, Pa. beat Long Island 77-68yesterday in the Northeast Conference championship game. AshleyPalmer scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while ChelsiJohnson added 17 for LIU.

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) - As the NCAA selections were announcedyesterday, Robert Morris' players became nervous. They figured tobe a 15th- or 16th-seeded team, and that meant the possibility ofbeing exiled to tomorrow's play-in game that determines the 64thand final team in the tournament. Instead they were matched up withsecond-seeded Villanova in a South Regional game in Providence onThursday.

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - The Villanova Wildcats shook off amiserable slide to earn the Number 2 seed in the South Regional andwill play Number 15 Robert Morris in the NCAA tournament. Villanovaopens the tournament Thursday in Providence, Rhode Island.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Temple is the fifth seed in the EastRegional and will play Number 12 seed Cornell in the NCAAtournament. The 29-5 Owls won their third straight Atlantic 10tournament title on Sunday. The Owls had been hoping for a three orfour seed. Athletic director Bill Bradshaw called the Number 5 seed"disappointing."

ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) - The Oakland Golden Grizzlies are the14th-seeded team in the West Region, with a first-round matchupagainst third-seeded Pittsburgh. The game will be Friday inMilwaukee. Oakland earned an automatic bid after winning the SummitLeague championship last Tuesday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Duquesne's basketball season didn't end in theAtlantic 10 tournament after all. The Dukes will play at PrincetonWednesday in the first round of the College BasketballInvitational, a 3-year-old event for teams that don't make the NCAAor NIT. The winner meets the winner of the IUPUI-Hofstra game at atime and site to be determined later.


NBA
Sunday's Games
Milwaukee 98, Indiana 94
Cleveland 104, Boston 93
Miami 104, Philadelphia 91
Charlotte 96, Orlando 89
Oklahoma City 119, Utah 111
Sacramento 114, Minnesota 100
Portland 109, Toronto 98
Phoenix 120, New Orleans 106
Monday's Games
New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Boston, 8 p.m.
Denver at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Washington at Utah, 9 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Sunday's Games
Phoenix 3, Atlanta 2, SO
Washington 4, Chicago 3, OT
N.Y. Rangers 3, Philadelphia 1
Colorado 5, Dallas 3
Nashville 3, Los Angeles 2
N.Y. Islanders 4, Toronto 1
Pittsburgh 2, Tampa Bay 1
Minnesota 4, St. Louis 2
Anaheim 4, San Jose 2
Vancouver 3, Calgary 1
Monday's Games
Boston at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Sunday's Games
( 2) Kentucky 75 Mississippi St. 74, OT
( 4) Duke 65 Georgia Tech 61
( 5) Ohio St. 90 Minnesota 61
(17) Temple 56 Richmond 52


TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Sunday's Games
( 2) Stanford 70 (23) UCLA 46
(11) Texas A&M 74 (12) Oklahoma 67