WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Friday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jeff Carter and Danny Briere each scored a
power-play goal to help the Philadelphia Flyers down the Carolina
Hurricanes last night, 2-1. Brian Boucher blocked 31 shots to get
the win. Carter's goal was his sixth in his last five games. The
Flyers will host the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jordan Staal put in the winning goal with just
18 seconds left in overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a
2-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings last night. Staal ripped a shot
past Jonathan Quick for his fourth goal. The Penguins have been
gutted by injury and played four callups plucked from the minors
yesterday morning.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby says
he expects to play again this season after suffering a concussion.
Crosby has missed 14 games this season after taking hits to the
head in successive games in early January. He says it's impossible
to know when he'll be able to play again.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Lykendra Johnson had 24 points and
pulled down 12 rebounds to help 11th-ranked Michigan state down
number 23 Penn State last night, 60-49. Taylor Alton added 12
points on four 3-pointers. Mia Nickson had 22 points for Penn
State, which was held to 31 points below its Big Ten-best season
average.

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Draymond Green had 15 points, 14
rebounds and 10 assists in a 75-57 win over Penn State last night,
becoming just the third Michigan State player to have a
triple-double. Penn State's Talor Battle scored 19 points and Jeff
Brooks had 15 points after missing a game with a dislocated right
shoulder.

NEW YORK (AP) - A granddaughter of the first president of the
Green Bay Packers was among the 400 fans forced to watch the game
from standing-room spots in Cowboys Stadium because their seats
weren't safe. In a letter to the NFL, Peggy Beisel-McIlwaine says
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones should never be allowed to host another
Super Bowl -- calling her experience a "total disaster."


NBA
Thursday's Games
L.A. Lakers 92, Boston 86
Phoenix 112, Golden State 88
Denver 121, Dallas 120
Friday's Games
New Jersey at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Indiana, 7 p.m.
New Orleans at Orlando, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Portland at Toronto, 7 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Memphis, 8 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at New York, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Thursday's Games
N.Y. Islanders 4, Montreal 3, SO
New Jersey 2, Toronto 1, OT
Philadelphia 2, Carolina 1
Pittsburgh 2, Los Angeles 1, OT
Buffalo 3, Florida 2, OT
Friday's Games
Detroit at Boston, 7 p.m.
San Jose at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Columbus, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Calgary, 9 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Thursday's Games
St. John's 89 (10) Connecticut 72
(23) Vanderbilt 81 Alabama 77


TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Thursday's Games
( 3) Stanford 100 Washington St. 59
( 4) Tennessee 61 Florida 39
( 9) UCLA 75 Oregon 48
(11) Michigan St. 60 (23) Penn St. 49
(20) Miami 83 (12) Maryland 75
(13) North Carolina 60 Clemson 47
South Carolina 66 (15) Kentucky 61
(18) Wis.-Green Bay 81 Ill.-Chicago 50
Vanderbilt 69 (24) Georgia 59