WPPA / T102 SPORTS / Tuesday

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers journey through the playoffs won't include running back Rashard Mendenhall. A person familiar with the injury tells The Associated Press Mendenhall has a torn ACL in his right knee and is out for the entire postseason. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hadn't made an official announcement about Mendenhall's status.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New York Rangers rallied to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in the Winter Classic at Citizens Bank Park. Mike Rupp scored two goals and Brad Richards posted the winner on top of a chilly baseball field. Rookie Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux scored for the Flyers. It was Schenn's first career goal.

DALLAS (AP) — Penn State's tumultuous year ended with a 30-14 loss to Houston in the TicketCity Bowl. The 24th-ranked Nittany Lions were picked apart by Cougars star Case Keenum. It was Penn State's first bowl game without Joe Paterno as head coach since the 1962 Gator Bowl.

ATLANTA (AP) — Devonta White scored 15 points and Georgia State forced 25 turnovers in the Panthers' 58-44 win over Drexel last night. Georgia State held an 18-17 lead before Jihad Ali sparked an 8-1 run to help the Panthers take a 26-18 lead into halftime.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Chris Flores scored 23 points and New Jersey Institute of Technology made 13 of 22 shots from 3-point range in a 78-58 nonconference victory over Lafayette last night. Arjun Ohri added 19 points and Isaiah Wilkerson 17 for the Highlanders.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Maggie Lucas scored 18 points to lead Number 22 Penn State to an 82-49 win over Wisconsin. Lucas led a balanced attack for the Nittany Lions with Nikki Greene adding 14 points and Mia Nickson with 10 points and 14 rebounds.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The agent for San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman says his client is a finalist to replace Joe Paterno at Penn State. Mike Harrison says Roman interviewed for the position in November and is on the "short list" at the embattled program, rocked in recent months by the sex-abuse scandal.


NBA
Monday's Games
Phoenix 102, Golden State 91
Boston 100, Washington 92
Indiana 108, New Jersey 94
Detroit 89, Orlando 78
Atlanta 100, Miami 92
Toronto 90, New York 85
Minnesota 106, San Antonio 96
Dallas 100, Oklahoma City 87
Denver 91, Milwaukee 86
Utah 94, New Orleans 90
Tuesday's Games
Charlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Portland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Monday's Games
San Jose 3, Vancouver 2, SO
Colorado 2, Los Angeles 1, SO
N.Y. Rangers 3, Philadelphia 2
Ottawa 3, New Jersey 2, OT
Edmonton 4, Chicago 3
Tuesday's Games
Edmonton at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Washington, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Dallas, 8 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Monday's Games
( 4) Baylor 61 Texas A&M 52
(21) Virginia 57 LSU 52

TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Monday's Games
( 5) Maryland 91 Florida St. 70
( 7) Duke 77 Virginia 66
( 8) Ohio St. 84 Iowa 71
(25) North Carolina 65 (12) Miami 63
(18) Purdue 64 Illinois 63
(22) Penn St. 82 Wisconsin 49