WPPA / T102 SPORTS / Tuesday

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers were lights-out in their return to prime time. They prevailed through a pair of power outages to beat ailing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-3 last night. The Steelers missed a key chance to take sole possession of first place in the AFC North and gain the AFC's Number 1 playoff seed.

DENVER (AP) — Ryan O'Reilly scored in the first round of a shootout and the Colorado Avalanche beat Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 last night for their sixth straight victory at home. Jean-Sebastien Giguere turned away a shot by Matt Read in the shootout and had 31 saves for the Avalanche.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles' playoff hopes are improving. The Eagles are still in the playoff hunt in a mediocre NFC East following a 45-19 rout over the New York Jets on Sunday. Now they will need those same Jets to beat the New York Giants on Saturday to keep them in contention.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A person close to Joe Paterno's family says the former Penn State coach is out of the hospital and showing signs of improvement after being treated for lung cancer. The person says Paterno's tumor is showing substantial reduction following radiation and chemotherapy. Paterno turns 85 tomorrow.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State interim coach Tom Bradley says he interviewed to keep the job on a permanent basis but doesn't know when the school might reach a decision. Bradley has declined to offer details on his interview other than to say he's excited to get the opportunity.

HOUSTON (AP) — Juan Fernandez scored 23 points and reached a career milestone, Ramone Moore added 15 points, and Temple pulled away in the second half last night to beat Rice 77-70. Fernandez came into the game needing three points to reach 1,000 for his career. He got to 1,001 on a layup 5:10 into the game, then kept scoring. For the game, Fernandez was 8 of 18 from the field, including 5 of 7 on 3-pointers.

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Khalid Lewis scored all 18 of his points in the second half to lead Delaware to a 70-66 victory over La Salle last night, snapping the Explorers' five-game winning streak. Kyle Anderson hit a jumper and 3-pointer to break the game's ninth tie and give the Blue Hens a 65-60 lead with 3:16 remaining.


NFL
Thursday's Game
Atlanta 41, Jacksonville 14

Saturday's Game
Dallas 31, Tampa Bay 15

Sunday's Games
New Orleans 42, Minnesota 20
Seattle 38, Chicago 14
Cincinnati 20, St. Louis 13
Carolina 28, Houston 13
Kansas City 19, Green Bay 14
Indianapolis 27, Tennessee 13
Miami 30, Buffalo 23
Washington 23, N.Y. Giants 10
Detroit 28, Oakland 27
New England 41, Denver 23
Arizona 20, Cleveland 17, OT
Philadelphia 45, N.Y. Jets 19
San Diego 34, Baltimore 14

Monday's Game
San Francisco 20, Pittsburgh 3

NHL
Monday's Games
Los Angeles 3, Toronto 2, SO
Colorado 3, Philadelphia 2, SO
Boston 3, Montreal 2
Dallas 5, Anaheim 3
Detroit 3, Edmonton 2
Vancouver 4, Minnesota 0

Tuesday's Games
N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Washington, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Calgary, 9 p.m.

NBA PRESEASON
Monday's Games
Charlotte 79, Atlanta 77
Portland 110, Utah 90
L.A. Clippers 114, L.A. Lakers 95

Tuesday's Games
Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m.
Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Monday's Games
( 5) North Carolina 99 Nicholls St. 49
( 6) Baylor 95 Paul Quinn 54
( 7) Duke 90 UNC Greensboro 63
LSU 67 (10) Marquette 59
(11) Florida 82 MVSU 54
Davidson 80 (12) Kansas 74
(17) Indiana 107 Howard 50
(19) Michigan St. 89 UMKC 54
(21) UNLV 81 Louisiana-Monroe 63
(23) Creighton 83 Tulsa 64
(25) Illinois 64 Cornell 60

Tuesday's Games
No. 1 Syracuse vs. Bucknell, 7 p.m.
No. 2 Ohio State vs. Lamar, 8:30 p.m.
No. 3 Kentucky vs. Samford, 7 p.m.
No. 4 Louisville vs. College of Charleston, 9 p.m.
No. 15 Pittsburgh vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 7 p.m.

TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Monday's Games
(11) Ohio St. 88 Charlotte 58
Gonzaga 71 (13) Georgia 68
(14) Louisville 75 Washington St. 71
(19) Delaware 68 Providence 47
(21) DePaul 73 Illinois St. 54

Tuesday's Games
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. UCF, 7 p.m.
No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 6 Tennessee, 10 p.m.
No. 9 Duke vs. UNC Wilmington, 7 p.m.
No. 11 Ohio State vs. Southern Utah, 2 p.m.
No. 13 Georgia vs. Montana State at South Point Arena, Las Vegas, 6:30 p.m.
No. 18 Green Bay vs. Ball State, 8 p.m.
No. 20 Purdue vs. Oakland, Noon
No. 22 Texas vs. Grambling State, 8 p.m.
No. 23 North Carolina vs. East Carolina at the Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Convention Center, 7 p.m.