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PIAA BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS-THIRD ROUND

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NCAA
First Round
at Dunkin' Donuts Center

Final Saint Mary's, Calif. 80 Richmond 71

at Ford Center
Final Kansas St. 82 North Texas 62

East
First Round
at HP Pavilion at San Jose

Final Washington 80 Marquette 78
Final New Mexico 62 Montana 57

at New Orleans Arena
Final Kentucky 100 ETSU 71
Final OT Wake Forest 81 Texas 80

Midwest
First Round
at Dunkin' Donuts Center

Final Ohio 97 ( 2) Georgetown 83
Final ( 5) Tennessee 62 San Diego St. 59

at Ford Center
Final N. Iowa 69 ( 7) UNLV 66
Final ( 1) Kansas 90 Lehigh 74

South
First Round
at Dunkin' Donuts Center
Final OT Villanova 73 Robert Morris 70

at New Orleans Arena
Final Old Dominion 51 Notre Dame 50
Final Baylor 68 Sam Houston St. 59

West
Fifth Place
at HP Pavilion at San Jose
Final Murray St. 66 ( 6) Vanderbilt 65

First Round
at Ford Center
Final 2OT BYU 99 ( 1) Florida 92

at HP Pavilion at San Jose
Final ( 5) Butler 77 UTEP 59

DALLAS (AP) - SCOTT HARTNELL SCORED THE TIEBREAKING GOAL IN THE THIRD PERIOD, LIFTING THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS TO A 3-2 WIN OVER DALLAS LAST NIGHT. THE LOSS WAS ANOTHER BLOW TO THE STARS' PLAYOFF CHANCES. SIMON GAGNE AND MIKE RICHARDS HAD A GOAL AND AN ASSIST EACH, AND BRIAN BOUCHER MADE 27 SAVES FOR THE FLYERS.

BOSTON (AP) - MARC-ANDRE FLEURY MADE 17 SAVES AS THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS BEAT THE BOSTON BRUINS 3-0 LAST NIGHT. IT WAS THE FIRST SHUTOUT OF THE SEASON FOR THE PENGUINS. THE BRUINS SHOWED LITTLE PASSION, DESPITE FIGHTING FOR A PLAYOFF BERTH. THEY ARE EIGHTH IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE, THREE POINTS AHEAD OF THE NEW YORK RANGERS AND ATLANTA FOR THE FINAL SPOT.

FORT MYERS, FLA. (AP) - JIM THOME HIT HIS FIRST ONE OUT OF THE PARK IN A TWINS UNIFORM AS MINNESOTA OVERCAME THREE PITTSBURGH PIRATES HOMERS FOR A 5-4 VICTORY ON THURSDAY. THOME WENT 2 FOR 2 WITH A SINGLE, WHILE MORNEAU WENT 0 FOR 3 WITH A STRIKEOUT. JASON JARAMILLO, DELWYN YOUNG AND JEFF CLEMENT HOMERED FOR THE PIRATES.

CLEARWATER, FLA. (AP) - PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES CLOSER BRAD LIDGE GAVE UP THREE HITS AND A RUN IN ONE INNING YESTERDAY, AND THE RIGHT-HANDER WAS VERY ENCOURAGED WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS FIRST ACTION AGAINST LIVE BATTERS THIS SPRING. LIDGE IS RECOVERING FROM OFFSEASON SURGERY ON HIS RIGHT KNEE AND ELBOW. HE HOPES TO PITCH IN THE PHILLIES' HOME OPENER ON APRIL 12.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - MARCUS MORRIS SCORED 26 POINTS, SHERRON COLLINS ADDED 18 AND NUMBER 1 OVERALL SEED KANSAS BEAT LEHIGH 90-74 IN THE MIDWEST REGIONAL LAST NIGHT. THE JAYHAWKS LED BY JUST SIX IN THE FIRST HALF AND DIDN'T PULL AWAY UNTIL MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - SCOTTIE REYNOLDS RESPONDED TO HIS BENCHING WITH A SOLID PERFORMANCE AT THE FOUL LINE, AND SECOND-SEEDED VILLANOVA BEAT ROBERT MORRIS 73-70 IN OVERTIME IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT THURSDAY. REYNOLDS FINISHED WITH 20 POINTS FOR THE WILDCATS, WHO HOPE TO MAKE THE FINAL FOUR FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON. KARON ABRAHAM LED ROBERT MORRIS WITH 23 POINTS.

STATE COLLEGE, PA. (AP) - SAM BRIGHAM HAD 18 POINTS TO LEAD HOFSTRA OVER PENN STATE, 76-68, IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NIT YESTERDAY. SHANTE EVANS ADDED 14 POINTS AND 17 REBOUNDS FOR THE PRIDE. TYRA GRANT LED PENN STATE WITH 23 POINTS.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - THE BIG EAST WAS A BIG BUST ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. FOURTEENTH-RANKED OHIO UPSET THIRD-SEEDED GEORGETOWN, WHILE SIX SEEDS NOTRE DAME AND MARQUETTE ALSO FELL TO LOWER SEEDED TEAMS. VILLANOVA WAS THE ONLY BIG EAST TEAM TO ADVANCE, AND IT NEEDED OVERTIME TO GET PAST MID-MAJOR ROBERT MORRIS.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - TWO OF THE FAVORITES ARE OFF TO STRONG STARTS IN THE NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. LEHIGH PUT UP A STRUGGLE, BUT ULTIMATELY PROVED NO MATCH FOR TOP RANKED KANSAS, LOSING 90-74 IN THE MIDWEST REGION. THE JAYHAWKS FACE NORTHERN IOWA NEXT. MEANWHILE, KENTUCKY BLEW OUT EAST TENNESSEE STATE 100-71 IN THE EAST. THE WILDCATS GET WAKE FOREST SATURDAY.

BOSTON (AP) - THE REVENGE-MINDED BOSTON BRUINS BEAT THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS WITH THEIR FISTS, BUT THE PENS GOT IT DONE WITH THEIR STICKS. MARC-ANDRE FLEURY RECORDED HIS FIRST SHUTOUT OF THE SEASON IN PITTSBURGH'S 3-0 VICTORY. IT WAS THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE TEAMS SINCE MATT COOKE GAVE THE BRUINS' MARK SAVARD A GRADE 2 CONCUSSION WITH A BLINDSIDE HIT.

TORONTO (AP) - ANAHEIM DUCKS DEFENSEMAN JAMES WISNIEWSKI HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR EIGHT GAMES WITHOUT PAY FOR A HIT TO THE HEAD ON CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS DEFENSEMAN BRENT SEABROOK. THE NHL'S CHIEF DISCIPLINARIAN COLIN CAMPBELL SAYS SEABROOK "NEVER HAD POSSESSION OF THE PUCK," AND DESCRIBES THE HIT AS "RETALIATORY."

PALM HARBOR, FLA. (AP) - GARRETT WILLIS IS MAKING THE MOST OF A SPONSOR EXEMPTION. HE BIRDIED FIVE HOLES ON THE BACK NINE FOR A 6-UNDER 65 AND THE FIRST-ROUND LEAD AT THE TRANSITIONS CHAMPIONSHIP IN HIS HOMETOWN, PALM HARBOR, FLA. DEFENDING CHAMPION RETIEF GOOSEN IS TWO STROKES BACK ALONG WITH FIVE OTHERS.