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After Jordan Murphy’s put-back shot beat the halftime buzzer Wednesday night, the Gophers basketball student section erupted to celebrate an 11-point lead against rival Iowa.

Fans chanted “Who hates Iowa?!” as Murphy and his teammates went down to the locker room to cheers.

The Gophers used that momentum to build a 14-point lead in the second half, but they found themselves hav-ing to gut out two overtimes in a 101-89 victory against the Hawkeyes in front of 11,481 at Williams Arena.

After losing several close games during a recent five-game losing streak, Minnesota definitely looked like a team that had learned its lesson.

“Proud of our guys,” said Gophers coach Richard Pitino, who believes his team contin-ues to boost its NCAA tourna-ment résumé. “They showed great heart, great character to break through.”

Back-to-back dunks from Amir Coffey and Murphy in the second overtime put an emphatic stamp on what was the most impressive home vic-tory of the season.

“It was definitely a big momentum swing,” Murphy said. “It was really fun to get the fans up and going like that.”

Murphy, who had been going through a sophomore slump this season, eventually fouled out. But the 6-6 for-ward’s 25-point, 19-rebound, four-block performance might be the breakout game he uses to get back on track.

Midfielder Collin Martin wants MLS success now.

By MEGAN RYAN megan.ryan@startribune.com

Collin Martin always is looking toward the next step.

Sometimes, that’s short-term, like his next preseason training session with Minne-sota United FC.

Other times, it’s more into the future, like when he was on the Under-14 U.S. youth national team and already making plans on how to make the U-15 roster.

But for the first time in his life — or at least since he was a 2-year-old arranging his toys in soccer formations when he barely had mastered walking — Martin’s next step is hazy. A n d s o cce r might not even be in focus.

That’s because Martin, like many of United’s play-ers heading into this inaugural Major League Soccer season, is treating this opportunity with the Loons as, quite possibly, his only one. The team plays Vancouver at 7 p.m. Thursday at Providence Park in Portland, Ore. It’s the first match of three in a four-team preseason tournament.

“I’m using this as my last real year to show myself,” Martin said. “If I don’t break through and have a great year, then who knows what will happen? So I’m really just putting it all out there and trying my best.”

It might seem a little prema-ture for the midfielder, at age 22, to pin so much on this one season. But a look at Martin’s career makes it easy to see he’s far from a rookie. In fact, Mar-tin said when he was 8, people already were telling his mom that he was going to be a pro-fessional soccer player.

Martin, a Maryland native, joined fellow MLS side D.C. United’s youth academy when he was 14 and played

United prospect pressing to excel

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CHICAGO 4, WILD 3 (OT)Friday: 7 p.m. vs. Tampa Bay (NBCSN)

Chicago gets two with an OT win after Wild ties it late in the third.

By MICHAEL RUSSO michael.russo@startribune.com

Eight consecutive regular-season losses to the Wild, six points back in the Central Divi-sion standings, the Chicago Blackhawks claimed Wednesday night’s meeting was their “biggest game of the season.”

Bruce Boudreau chuckled at the notion two hours before the game.

“They’re lying, they’re lying. They’re just trying to make us feel good,” the Wild coach said.

The Blackhawks have won three Stanley Cups in seven years and eliminated the Wild in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 playoffs, so the cynical coach didn’t buy that the Blackhawks were using the Wild, even with its impressive season, as a measuring stick.

A few hours later, the lone NHL game and one nationally televised on an evening made longer by a bizarre six-minute offside challenge, the Blackhawks beat the Wild 4-3 in overtime to pull within five points of the con-ference leaders.

Jonathan Toews, part of a star-studded 4-on-3 power play with Patrick Kane, Artemi Pan-arin and Duncan Keith, capped a three-point game with the win-ning goal 3:09 into overtime after a Ryan Suter holding penalty.

“That’s a pretty good team to have on the power play with 4-on-3 for two minutes,” Boudreau said.

The Wild was able to get a big point, however.

With the Wild outchancing and outshooting the Blackhawks only to be stymied by a focused Corey Crawford, Erik Haula, playing on the fourth line, scored the tying goal with 3:03 left in regulation. Defenseman Marco Scandella skated through center ice, into the offensive zone and put it on a tee for a charging Haula at the goal mouth.

“It was kind of a playoff game environment,” Haula said. “It’s

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AARON LAVINSKY • aaron.lavinsky@startribune.comChicago center Jonathan Toews slapped the puck past Wild goalie Darcy Kuemper on a 4-on-3 power play in over-time. The goal ended the Blackhawks’ eight-game regular-season losing streak against the Wild.

CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.comGuard Amir Coffey was fouled by Iowa’s Brady Ellingson in the second half of the Gophers’ 101-89 two-overtime victory.

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Lefthanded relief pitcher Craig Breslow is return-ing to the Twins.

Considered a baseball “loogy” — a “lefthanded one-out guy” — Breslow has pitched only 535⅓ innings despite 539 appearances. He has a 22-29 career record with a 3.35 ERA, 419 strikeouts and 212 walks.

The 11-year veteran agreed to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league camp, meaning the Twins will not have to clear room for him on their 40-man roster.

In the past week, the Twins have designated pitcher Pat Light and designated hitter Byung Ho Park for assignment to make room on the 40-man for infielder Ehire Adri-anza (waivers from Milwaukee) and free-agent signee Matt Belisle, a righthanded reliever. The club is hopeful Light and Park will clear waivers and join the team for spring training, which starts with pitchers and catchers report-ing Monday.

Breslow, 36, pitched in 42 games and had a 1.63 ERA for the Twins in 2008 after being claimed on waivers from Cleveland. He was lost to Oakland on waivers after pitching 17 games for the Twins in 2009. He has also played for the Padres, Marlins, Red Sox and Diamondbacks.

He won a World Series with Boston in 2013, pitching in three World Series games against St. Louis.

But Breslow’s effectiveness declined after that season, and he spent much of 2016 in the minors. He pitched 14 innings (in 15 appearances) for the Marlins, posting a 4.50 ERA, and his career appeared nearing an end. But the lefthander

spent the winter changing his delivery, using a nearly sidearm release point to generate what he believes will be a sharp increase in movement on his pitches.

Breslow graduated with degrees in molecular bio-physics and biochemistry from Yale in 2002, and has been given the nickname “The Smartest Man In Baseball.” He was drafted in the 26th round by Milwaukee that year, and deferred acceptance into medical school to pursue a baseball career. He first reached the majors with the Padres in 2005.

“The thing that resonated the most with me was the idea that I could impact the culture and impact the direction of the organization for longer than potentially my stay there might be,” Breslow told Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, adding Twins chief baseball officer Derek Falvey is “a really engaging and bright guy with a great vision for the organi-zation. I’ve got no doubt that he’ll be able to bring sustained success. The opportunity to be part of that at this stage of my career is one that is really compelling.”

WBC rosters setThe World Baseball Classic rosters were released

Wednesday and there are 11 players in the Twins orga-nization set to play.

Designated hitter Kennys Vargas, outfielder Eddie Rosario, and pitchers Jose Berrios, Dereck Rodriguez and Hector Santiago are on the Puerto Rican team. Breslow will pitch for Israel. First baseman Reynaldo Rodriguez and pitcher Yohan Pino are with Team Colombia. Team Australia has outfielder Aaron Whitefield and pitchers Todd Van Steensel and Lach-lan Wells.

The WBC is March 6-22 and is the reason teams are starting spring training a week early in 2017.

Staff writer Phil Miller contributed to this story.

The Big 12 Conference said Wednes-day it will withhold millions of dollars in revenue from Baylor until an outside review determines the university and ath-letic department are complying with Title IX guidelines and other regulations in the wake of a campus sexual assault scandal.

The league said it would withhold 25 percent of future revenue distribution payments to Baylor. The Big 12 paid out $30.4 million to each conference mem-ber last year, so a quarter of that would be $7.6 million if the payment remained the same this year.

The Big 12 said its board of direc-tors voted unanimously to withhold the money. Baylor did not take part in the vote.

Baylor is not being fined; the money is being placed in escrow pending a third-party verification of Baylor’s reform efforts. But the sanction is the first by the Big 12 since the school in Waco, Texas, was hit by a wave of complaints that it repeatedly or intentionally mishandled assault allegations, many of them involv-ing football players.

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Furyk tweaks systemRyder Cup captain Jim Furyk is

tweaking the U.S. points system to put more value on winning PGA Tour events than high finishes in the majors.

Furyk also said the last of his four captain’s picks would be made after the BMW Championship in 2018, instead of a last-minute decision after the Tour Championship before the Americans leave for Paris.

The U.S. system will stay largely the same because Furyk said it worked well in a victory at Hazeltine last year. The change is how points are distributed in the majors during the Ryder Cup year.

One point will be awarded for every $1,000 earned at the 2017 majors and World Golf Championships, and all PGA Tour events (except opposite-field events) and WGCs in 2018. That’s how it was for the 2016 teams.

For the 2018 majors, points will be double for only the winner. Everyone else will get 1½ points for every $1,000. The next Ryder Cup is in France, where the Americans will try to win back-to-back for the first time since 1993.

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Stanton leads Classic listMiami’s Giancarlo Stanton and Bal-

timore’s Adam Jones are among the returnees on the 28-man U.S. World Baseball Classic roster, which also includes Colorado’s Nolan Arenado, Arizona’s Paul Goldschmidt, San Fran-cisco’s Buster Posey and Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen.

Cleveland reliever Andrew Miller is part of a 13-man pitching staff that includes Tampa Bay’s Chris Archer, Kansas City’s Danny Duffy, Detroit’s Michael Fulmer, Oakland’s Sonny Gray, Toronto’s J.A. Happ and Marcus Stroman and Seattle’s Drew Smyly,

The roster announced Wednesday by USA Baseball includes 18 All-Stars, two MVPs and nine Gold Glove winners.

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The Twins and Timberwolves have combined for four trans-actions in the past few days that upon first glance might not look like they merit more than a sen-tence in the small print section of a newspaper.

Craig Breslow and Drew Stubbs? (Minor league deals). Ehire Adri-anza? (Waiver pickup). Lance Ste-phenson (10-day contract).

None of these guys are guaran-teed to be here long.

But each of them is interest-ing individually — and more so in terms of what they might poten-tially tell us about the thought pro-cesses of those making the deci-sions to bring them to Minnesota.

Breslow is an intelligent pitcher with a new arm slot. Stubbs is an outfielder with speed who can help even if he doesn’t hit. Adri-anza is a slick-fielding shortstop on a team devoid of one. Stephenson is looking for another chance, and the Wolves could look very smart if he regains his form.

Read Michael Rand’s blog at startribune.com/randball. michael.rand@startribune.com.

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K N O W T H I SBefore Rus-sell Westbrook started making it his mission to try to get a tri-ple-double every night, an NBA player could lead the league with just a handful of them per season. And in 2013-14, new Timber-wolves guard/forward Lance Stephenson did just that, regis-tering five triple-doubles with Indiana — all with at least 10 points, rebounds and assists — to lead the league.

WATCH THISIt was pretty rude of all those Minnesota teams to play on Wednesday, while none of them play Thurs-day. Cavaliers at Thunder (7 p.m., TNT) should be worth your time, though.

R A N D O M FA N D O M“The Twins could badly use the 2008-2013 Craig Breslow; the past three year guy? Not so much. Still need a lot help in the bullpen, which is as important as starting pitching in the modern game.”“ritterj” commenting on startribune.com.

T W E E T E D“Glad to see the Twins have resigned Craig Breslow. Look-ing forward to renewing our highly intel-lectual chats on the team plane. #sarcasm.”

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Five-hole: a noun.“The space between the legs of

a goaltender,” Merriam-Webster defines the hockey jargon in its latest addition to the English lan-guage dictionary.

Please use it in a sentence.“A blast through the five-hole

of Montreal’s Jeff Hackett gave the Panthers a 1–0 lead 13:33 into the game,” the definition states.

May I get the country of origin?Unknown, but the first known

use of the word was in 1980 and the concept likely originated with from former NHL goalie Jacques Plante.

Five-hole is one of more than 1,000 new words added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary this week along with airball, humble-brag, binge-watch, photobomb, FLOTUS, EpiPen and phytore-mediation.

Hockey fans are very familiar with the five-hole, but the lingo has not been widely and officially recognized until now.

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By MICHAEL RAND mrand@startribune.com

The Wild, which lost 4-3 in overtime to Chicago in Wednesday’s showdown, has played 53 regular-season games. There’s a lot of season left, and it’s good to keep that in mind when mak-ing evaluations and declarations.

That said: The Wild at this stage is in the midst of what could be considered the best Minnesota men’s pro sports reg-ular season since the Vikings went 15-1 in 1998. That’s how good the Wild has been.

Sure, there hasn’t been a ton of com-petition on the men’s side considering none of the NFL/NHL/NBA/MLB teams here have won a championship since the 1991 Twins.

And yes, whenever writing about success in the Twin Cities it must be noted emphatically that the Lynx are in a class of their own. They had the best record in the WNBA in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016 — winning three league titles during that span. There is not even a comparison to be made between the Lynx and any other major pro team in town. They are in their own class.

The four major men’s pro teams in town (with United joining the list this season, but with no Major League Soc-cer history) have been on more simi-lar footing in recent seasons. And this season the Wild is having is downright special.

The Wild has the second-best points percentage in the NHL (.717) behind only Washington (.741). The next-best team in the Western Conference is San Jose at .648. So at this point, the Wild has quite a cushion when it comes to securing at least the best record in its conference.

No major local team has done that since the 2003-04 Timberwolves, who finished 58-24 to edge out the Spurs (57-25) and Lakers (56-26) for the best record in the Western Conference. Only Indiana (61-21) had a better record in the NBA that year. The Wolves win-ning percentage that season was a robust .707 — but not as good as the Wild’s current points percentage.

The best Twins season in the past 20 years came in 2006, when Minne-sota went 96-66. The Twins that sea-son were only one game behind the

Yankees for the best record in the American League, and their winning percentage was close to .600 — a huge feat in baseball, which has so many more games than any other sport. Still, I’d say the Wild as it stands now is a notch above that or any other Twins team of recent vintage.

The Wild vs. the Wild? The best full-season points percentage in franchise history came in 2006-07 with a .634 mark. This season’s team is blowing that team out of the water.

The 2009 Vikings finished 12-4, and yes that is a better winning percentage (.750) than this year’s Wild. But in such a small sample size of 16 games, it’s much easier to post that kind of mark. The Wild’s record this season is more impres-sive to me than the Vikings’ 12-4 record.

In terms of sheer dominance in the regular season, we have to go back to the 1998 Vikings to find a better major Minnesota men’s pro sports team. The Vikings’ records in the three preceding season: 9-7, 9-7, 8-8.

Great years can come out of nowhere. The Wild is proving that again this season.

Wild posting best men’s season since’98 Vikings

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AARON LAVINSKY • aaron.lavinsky@startribune.comZach Parise and Chris Stewart (7) celebrated the tying goal by Parise in the second period Wednesday at Xcel Energy Cen-ter. The Wild has the second-best points percentage in the NHL behind only Washington.

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The No. 16-ranked Gophers softball team will opens its sea-son with two games Friday at the Texas Classic in Austin.

Minnesota will play Mary-land at 11:30 a.m. and the host Longhorns at 7 p.m.

Etc.• Junior Matic Spec and

Felix Corwin of the Gophers are No. 22 in doubles in the ITA Division I national rank-ings. They are 13-3.

• Senior Kate Schipper of the Gophers was named the WCHA’s offensive player of the week. She had three goals and three assists in a sweep of Minnesota State Mankato.

• St. Thomas center Kaitlin Langer was named the Divi-sion III women’s basketball player of the week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Associa-tion. She averaged 22 points and 7.7 rebounds as the Tom-mies went 3-0, including a win over previously unbeaten Gus-tavus.

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After squandering a 25-point lead in the Super Bowl, the Atlanta Falcons are shaking up their defensive staff.

The team said Wednesday that coach Dan Quinn has dismissed coordinator Rich-ard Smith and defensive line coach Bryan Cox, though there’s a chance Smith could stay with the Falcons in an advisory role.

The changes mean the NFC champions will have two new coordina-tors next season. Kyle Shana-han left to become head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and was replaced as offensive coor-dinator by Steve Sarkisian.

Also, the Falcons promoted Keith Carter to running backs coach with Bobby Turner

reportedly leaving to join Sha-nahan’s staff in San Francisco. In addition, they will need a new quarterbacks coach; Matt LaFleur was named offensive coordinator of the Los Ange-les Rams.

Smith likely will be replaced by a coach already on staff. The Falcons are considering defensive backs coach Mar-quand Manuel, linebackers coach Jeff Ulbrich and defen-sive passing game coordinator Jerome Henderson.

Manuel interviewed for the defensive coordinator post in Jacksonville last season.

Under Smith, 61, the Falcons showed significant improve-ment over the second half of the season and two playoff victories with a unit that often started as many four rookies and four second-year players.

But in the Super Bowl, Atlanta couldn’t protect a 28-3 lead midway through the third quarter. Tom Brady and the

New England Patriots scored 31 consecutive points for the greatest comeback in title game history, winning 34-28 in overtime.

Shields releasedThe Packers released cor-

nerback Sam Shields, who was never cleared from the concus-sion protocol after getting hurt in the season opener.

A seven-year veteran, Shields joined the Packers as an undrafted free agent out of Miami in 2010. He played in 80 regular-season games, having entered the 2016 season as Green Bay’s top cornerback.

Etc. • Chicago sportscaster Mike

Adamle, a former Chiefs and Bears running back, has post-traumatic epilepsy, dementia and the symptoms of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, the result of years playing foot-ball, he revealed.

“It shook my world and it just got kind of a little bit worse sometimes every day,” Adamle, 67, said.

• Coming off a 1-15 season, the Browns have lowered the price of many tickets.

The Browns said reducing ticket prices “was the right thing to do for our fans.”

Tickets will be decreased in 40 percent of FirstEnergy Stadium.

Prices will drop from $5 to $15 per game, depending on location.

• The Eagles released corner-back Leodis McKelvin, saving $3.2 million in salary cap space. McKelvin started 12 games in his only season in Philadelphia.

• The Panthers re-signed backup linebacker and versa-tile special teams player Ben Jacobs to a two-year contract.

• The Jets signed free agent offensive tackle Jeff Adams, who spent the past three sea-sons with the Texans.

Planning goes on for the 2018 game in Minnesota, and Vikings owner Mark Wilf expects quite a show.

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Vikings owner Mark Wilf was in Hous-ton this past week — along with several Vikings offi-cials, current and former players and members of the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee — to study how that city put on one of the biggest sporting events in the world as Minneapolis prepares for Super Bowl LII in 2018.

Wilf said that while Houston did an amazing job, he still believes Minne-sota will be able to pull off a greater spectacle and that the team is excited to show off U.S. Bank Stadium to the sports world.

“Houston … set the bar high, but I know Minne-sota,” Wilf said. “I’m con-fident we’ll put on the best Super Bowl ever.”

Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway has been named captain of “Crew 52,” the Super Bowl host committee comprised of some 10,000 volunteers. He and current and former players such as Harrison Smith, Kyle Rudolph, Cris Carter, Bob Lurtsema and Todd Steussie also were in Houston.

“We had a lot of people learning a lot of different things [in Houston],” Wilf said. “We learned the event is a lot bigger than the last time Minnesota hosted. We learned that millions of fans from all over the world will come to our destination, and the most important thing is the hospitality that everybody shows. Houston did a great job, and I know the people of Minnesota will do a great job.”

Vikings’ roleHouston’s NRG Sta-

dium had a sellout crowd of 70,807 on Sunday, and Wilf said he believes U.S. Bank Stadium, which holds 66,655 for regular-season Vikings games, will be able to hold that many with extra seat-ing for the 2018 Super Bowl.

“I don’t have the exact number, but I believe it’s between 70,000-72,000,” Wilf said. “I think four to five thousand additional seats to make sure that the Super Bowl — that was part of our bid — and the sta-dium will accommodate it. We think we have the finest sports and entertainment venue in the world, and we can’t wait to show it off to the world.”

When asked if there was anything the Vikings needed to do to make the event more elaborate, Wilf said that wasn’t how the team is viewing the event.

“It’s not about bigger, but we want to make sure that all of the parts of the com-munity participate,” Wilf said. “We’re working with a great host committee, Marilyn [Carlson Nelson] and Richard [Davis] are great chairs and Maureen [Bausch, host committee CEO] is doing a great job.

“There has been over three years of planning to date, and we as a team will do whatever we need to help the committee to work with the NFL to coordinate security, to coordinate the event, to make sure the food is the best possible and the venues are outstand-ing, the transportation and law enforcement, all of these components need a full cooperation from all sources. We will host some events during the week as well. It’s a lot of teamwork involved, but we have a great team and great leader-ship.”

Triple play?No host city team has

ever appeared in the Super Bowl, but Wilf was asked if he thinks that could happen with next year’s Vikings, who started the 2017 season 5-0 before finishing 8-8.

“The triple play would be hosting the Super Bowl, playing in the Super Bowl and winning the Super Bowl,” he said. “One of them we know — we’re going to host — and the other two we’re working on. Hopefully that will come through.”

So does he think they have a chance?

“I really do. I think [with] our GM Rick Spielman, our coach Mike Zimmer, there will be some change, obvi-ously, on the roster — there is every year — but we have a lot of great parts to the team already,” Wilf said. “And we had some unfortu-nate circumstances this last season, but there’s no rea-son we can’t compete and be right back in it hopefully competing to win the divi-sion and being able to have a chance to get to the Super Bowl and win it.

“We have a lot of hard work ahead but we have a good, young core group of players which has been playing well the last couple years and we think we’re competitive here for the next few years, for sure, in terms of being able to get in there and compete with these top teams.”

Jottings• Three Vikings —

Smith, Eric Kendricks and Anthony Barr — recently toured London in prepara-tion for the Vikings’ 2017 game there against the Cleveland Browns. This will be the Vikings’ second visit to London, after beat-ing the Steelers 34-27 there in 2013. Smith said he was impressed with the British fans’ understanding of the NFL game.

“Their knowledge of American football is a lot deeper than you would guess,” he said. “Just going over different cities and meeting the people, they love our game.”

• Quarterback Phillip Nelson, who finished his college career with one year at East Carolina after playing two years for the Gophers, was the star of the NFL Player Association Bowl held last week in Cali-fornia.

Nelson completed 11 of 18 passes for 102 yards, one interception and rushed for one touchdown. He played so well that a headline on CBS Sports website read: “Former NFL coach: Philip Nelson can start at the next level.” That coach was Mike Martz, who coached him in the game.

“I think Philip is a starter in this league,” Martz said. “I’m convinced of it.”

• Eden Prairie football coach Mike Grant, whose successful program often attracts outstanding players, will get another talented transfer in Benjamin Sapp III, son of former Vikings cornerback Benny Sapp, who has moved here from Miami.

The four-star recruit already has been offered scholarships by schools such as Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

… Look for Grant to con-tinue coaching next season, his 26th year at Eden Prai-rie.

• Two outstanding for-mer Vikings defensive players, linebacker Lonnie Warwick and cornerback Carl Lee, will be honored in May in their home state by induction into the West Vir-ginia Sports Hall of Fame.

• With Northwestern try-ing to get its first NCAA basketball bid in school history, former Benilde-St. Margaret’s standout Sanjay Lumpkin, the stepson of Timberwolves announcer Jim Petersen, is having a great senior season averag-ing 6.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.

The Wildcats will get their biggest test of the sea-son when they play at Wis-consin on Sunday.

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If GM Rick Spielman wants to move up the first round, he has the ability.

By MATT VENSEL matt.vensel@startribune.com

Now that the Super Bowl has come and gone, NFL mock draft season officially has kicked off, with draftniks and NFL beat writers alike crank-ing out their best early guesses about how the first round will go in late April.

Unfortunately, Vikings fans won’t be fervently clicking those links because the team is one of two in the NFL without a first-round pick after dealing it to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Sam Bradford trade in Sep-tember.

The last time the Vikings didn’t select a player in the first round was 2010, when they drafted Chris Cook and Toby

Gerhart in the second round.

But General Manager Rick Spielman loves to wheel and deal on draft night, so the Vikings will be a team to

watch late in the first round. This year’s draft is April 27-29 in Philadelphia. The Vikings might not have a first-rounder, but they have eight picks, including two each in both the third and fourth rounds. That is enough for them to move back into the first round if that’s what they want to do.

So what exactly might it take for the Vikings to get back in round one?

In 2012, they traded the third pick in the second round and a fourth-rounder to move up six spots for Harrison Smith, their two-time Pro Bowl safety.

A year later, Spielman sur-rendered picks in the third, fourth and seventh rounds to the Patriots to move up a whopping 23 picks, from No. 52 overall to No. 29, in order to select wide receiver Cordar-relle Patterson.

In 2014, it took a fourth-round pick for Spielman and the Vikings to trade up from No. 40 to the last pick of the first round, which had belonged to the Seahawks, so they could draft quarterback Teddy Bridgewater.

After finishing 8-8 this past season, the Vikings will have

either the 46th or 47th pick in the second round depend-ing on a coin flip that will take place at the scouting combine, because they finished with the same record with the same strength of schedule as the Colts, according to NFL.com.

The price the Vikings would have to pay to move all the way up into the first round, a leap of at least 14 picks, would depend on the demand for the pick and the willingness of the teams picking late in the first round to pass on a premium prospect in order to score a package of picks.

Since Spielman seems to like

the 29th pick so much, we’ll use that as our hypothetical target. Using an NFL trade value chart from Pro Football Talk, which based it on the system the Cow-boys made popular back in the day, that pick is worth 640 points. The 46th pick is worth 440.

To bridge the gap, the Vikings could throw in their third-round pick in the middle of that round, which is con-veniently worth exactly 200 points. Or they could trade the third-round pick they got from the Dolphins, which comes late in the round, and a late-round pick for the 29th pick.

Let’s say it takes one of their third-rounders and one in the fourth round to get that deal done with the rival Packers (I didn’t realize they had the 29th pick until now and there’s no turning back). That still would leave the Vikings with a third-round pick and a fourth-round pick in addition to their late first-rounder, plus picks in the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds.

If the Vikings were to give all that up to select, say, a first-round offensive tackle, it would be fair to ask whether that’s the right move, or if Spielman should stay put?

Vikings have draft currency

LEAGUE NOTES

Falcons fire two defensive coaches

File by CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.comThe Vikings were able to draft Harrison Smith, a two-time Pro Bowl safety, in the first round in 2012 because they traded picks in the second and fourth rounds.

Spielman

File by JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.comTo draft Cordarrelle Patterson in 2012, the Vikings traded third-, fourth- and seventh-round picks.

File by JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.comTo pick Teddy Bridgewater in the first round in 2014, the Vikings traded a fourth-round pick.

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By MARCUS FULLER marcus.fuller@startribune.com

Graduate transfers aren’t easy to land for teams coming off los-ing seasons, especially players who can become double-figure scorers in a major conference.

That’s why senior Akeem Springs is so valuable to the Gophers.

E n t e r i n g We d n e s d ay ’s 101-89 two-over-time victory over Iowa, the 6-4 guard was third on the team in scoring in Big Ten play, while averaging 17 points on 46 percent shooting from three-point range in four games since being inserted into the starting lineup Jan. 21

against Wisconsin. He scored another 17 against the Hawk-eyes, making five of eight three-point attempts.

Springs’ role change didn’t immediately translate to wins until Saturday’s 68-59 victory at Illinois stopped Minnesota’s five-game losing streak. But his leadership rubbed off on his younger teammates.

“I thought we were going to be young,” Gophers coach Richard Pitino said. “We thought Akeem would be a perfect bridge to that. He’s shown to be very helpful. We needed to get older. It was extremely important.”

After starting his college career as a reserve at Northern Illinois, Springs transferred and became one of Wisconsin-Mil-waukee’s top players as a sopho-more and junior. He only decided

to transfer again for his senior season after Panthers coach Rob Jeter was fired last March.

After taking an official visit to the University of Mississippi last spring, Springs felt like committing to the program, especially since he had family nearby. But the Waukegan, Ill., native still took a trip to see the Gophers — and he felt an even stronger bond with the team.

“It was just the way the team made me feel,” he said. “When some things happened, my grandmother passed and my sister got diagnosed with what they thought was cancer again, just the way the coaching staff and [the players] reached out to me — it felt like home.”

After passing a full course load over the summer to graduate, Springs joined the

Gophers in the fall for the first time. Once the adjustment period coming off the bench was over, he’s thrived in a start-ing role and hopes he can lead the team into the NCAA tour-nament in his final season.

“I want to win some games in the [NCAA] tournament,” Springs said. “Just have a great last year. As I reflect on all my years in college, I just want to make this the best one.”

Christensen honoredThe legendary radio voice of

the Gophers Ray Christensen was honored with a banner and moment of silence before Wednesday’s game. Chris-tensen, who broadcast Gophers football and basketball games for 50 years through the 2000-01 basketball season, died Sunday.

The Gophers shot 26.3 percent in the second half at Penn State.

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STATE COLLEGE, PA. – Penn State’s 9-0 run in the middle of the third period sparked the Lady Lions to a 77-66 victory over the Gophers on Wednesday night in Big Ten women’s bas-ketball.

With Min-nesota ahead 45-44, Teniya Page hit a three-pointer for the Lady Lions to put them ahead to stay. She fin-ished with a game-high 25 points.

The Gophers (12-12, 3-8 Big Ten) stayed within single digits until Penn State’s 6-0 in the middle of the fourth quar-ter expanded its lead to 71-57 with 3:12 to play.

Sophomore guard Kenisha Bell and freshman Taiye Bello, making her third consecutive start, led the Gophers with 19 points apiece while junior guard Carlie Wagner, averag-ing 20.3 points, had only six points. Wagner was 3-for-21 from the field .

Penn State (16-8, 6-6) shot 43.5 percent from the field, the Gophers 36.5 percent. The Lady Lions also had a slight rebounding edge, 47-43. Bello, a 6-2 forward from Southfield, Mich., had eight

of the Gophers’ rebounds, tying for the team lead with Whitney Tinjum.

Both teams kept their turnovers low: PSU had only 10 ; the Gophers eight, a sea-son low.

The Gophers shot 47.2 per-cent in the first half and led by as many as 10 points in the first quarter. But Penn State rallied to tie the score at 39-all at halftime and, in the second half, the Gophers made just 26.3 percent of their shots.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

P E N N S TAT E 7 7, G O P H E R S W O M E N 6 6Saturday: 2 p.m. vs. Rutgers (no TV)

U goes cold, falls to Lady Lions

PENN STATE 77, GOPHERS 66Gophers 18 21 12 15 — 66 Penn State 16 23 17 21 — 77

GOPHERS FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Bello 24 9-13 1-4 4-8 0 3 19 Tinjum 25 2-4 0-0 3-8 1 1 5 Bell 37 6-17 5-6 0-7 6 2 19 Brunson 18 2-5 0-2 0-0 1 1 4 Wagner 35 3-21 0-0 4-7 2 1 6 Edwards 18 1-4 1-2 4-5 2 1 3 Hedstrom 17 3-4 0-0 2-3 0 2 7 Hubbard 26 1-6 0-0 1-1 3 2 3 Totals 200 27-74 7-14 19-43 15 13 66 Percentages: FG .365, FT .500. Three-point-ers: 5-16, .313 (Bell 2-2, Tinjum 1-1, Hed-strom 1-2, Hubbard 1-3, Brunson 0-1, Wag-ner 0-7). Blocks: 3 (Bello 1, Bell 1, Edwards 1). Turnovers: 8 (Bell 2, Edwards 2, Tinjum 1, Brunson 1, Wagner 1, Hubbard 1). Steals: 5 (Wagner 2, Bello 1, Hedstrom 1, Hubbard 1). Technical Fouls: None.

PENN STATE FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Thomas 8 1-3 0-0 1-4 0 1 2 Carter 31 4-6 1-2 2-6 7 3 9 Moore 30 4-14 4-4 2-6 3 2 12 Page 37 9-17 4-4 0-4 5 3 25 Tr.-Green 23 2-7 0-0 0-2 1 0 6 Mitchell 15 1-5 0-0 5-8 2 2 2 Whitted 23 3-4 0-0 2-7 1 2 6 Williams 9 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 4 2 Spann 24 5-11 0-0 1-5 1 1 13 Totals 200 30-69 9-10 16-47 20 18 77 Percentages: FG .435, FT .900. Three-point-ers: 8-21, .381 (Page 3-7, Spann 3-7, Travas-cio-Green 2-7). Blocks: 4 (Mitchell 2, Whit-ted 2). Turnovers: 10 (Carter 2, Page 2, Mitchell 2, Thomas 1, Moore 1, Travascio-Green 1, Williams 1). Steals: 4 (Moore 1, Page 1, Travascio-Green 1, Mitchell 1). Tech-nical Fouls: None. Officials: Cameron In-ouye, Tiara Cruse, Tom Hallead. A: 2,542.

Bell

GOPHERS NOTES

Springs’ experience pays off

Springs

ROUNDUP

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Johnathan Motley scored 24 points to help No. 6 Baylor hold off Oklahoma State 72-69 on Wednesday night in Still-water, Okla.

The Bears (21-3, 8-3 Big 12) led by 13 points with 4 minutes, 13 seconds to play, but the pressure defense by the Cowboys (15-9, 4-7) made it a game. Oklahoma State could have taken the lead in the final minute, but Baylor’s Jo Lual-Acuil blocked Jawun Evans’ layup.

After Baylor’s Manu Lecomte made two free throws with 14 seconds to play, Evans and Phil Forte missed three-point attempts that could have tied the score for Oklahoma State.

Jeffrey Carroll scored 20 points for Oklahoma State. No. 11 Cincinnati 60, Central Florida 50: Kyle Washington had 14 points and 11 rebounds as the Bearcats (22-2, 11-0 Ameri-can Athletic Conference) extended their winning streak to 15 games and won their 23rd consecutive home game. Facing 7-6 Tacko Fall of the Knights (15-9, 6-6), the Bearcats attempted 29 three-pointers, making nine.No. 14 Florida State 95, North Carolina State 71: Jonathan Isaac scored 21 points as the Seminoles (21-4, 9-3 ACC) beat the Wolfpack (14-11, 3-9) for their 18th consecutive home win.No. 24 Xavier 72, DePaul 61: Trevon Bluiett scored 20 points for the fifth time in six games, and the Musketeers (18-6, 8-3 Big East) beat the visiting Blue Demons (8-16, 1-10).

Big Ten menOhio State 70, Rutgers 64: Kam Williams had 23 points and Trevor Thompson added 15 points and 13 rebounds as the host Buckeyes (15-10, 5-7 Big Ten) beat the Scarlet Knights (13-12, 2-10). Corey Sanders led Rutgers with 17 points.

Big Ten womenNo. 21 Michigan 72, Purdue 62: Kysre Gondrezick made four three-pointers and scored 10 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter, and Hallie Thome added 15 points with two steals and two blocks, as the Wolverines (20-5, 9-2 Big Ten) steadily pulled away from the host Boilermakers (15-10, 6-5) for their fifth victory in a row.Indiana 63, Rutgers 52: Amanda Cahill had 20 points and seven rebounds to lead the visiting Hoosiers (16-8, 6-5) past the Scarlet Knights (6-18, 3-8).

No. 6 Baylor holds off Oklahoma State rally

BRODY SCHMIDT • Associated PressBaylor forward Johnathan Motley shot over Oklahoma State’s Cameron McGriff during the second half.

It was the best game of his young career when his team needed it the most.

“Jordan did that by sheer will,” Pitino said. “When he does that, we’re a really good team.”

Junior guard Nate Mason finished with 25 points, seven assists and five rebounds for the Gophers (17-7, 5-6 Big Ten), who had a season-high 14 blocks.

Senior guard Peter Jok scored 26 of his 28 points after halftime for the Hawkeyes (14-11, 6-6), who had 18 turnovers and saw their three-game winning streak stopped. Jok, the Big Ten’s leading scorer, was playing his second game after returning from a two-game absence because of a back injury. The Hawkeyes won both games without him, but they needed his offensive spark Wednesday night.

Nicholas Baer’s basket with 46 seconds left in regu-lation gave Iowa a 77-75 lead, but Mason sent the game into overtime on a twisting layup off the glass with nine sec-onds remaining.

All signs pointed to the Gophers pulling away for their second victory in a row, but they lost their compo-sure during a 14-0 Iowa run fueled by a full-court press that caused eight turnovers in the second half.

Murphy, who finished with his sixth double-double of the season, scored seven of his team’s eight points during a stretch midway through the second half. His reverse layup gave the Gophers a 56-43 lead at 12:28.

Jok answered with a three-point play to spark the long rally for the Hawkeyes. The 6-6 senior’s layup off a steal at midcourt gave Iowa its first lead of the second half 57-56. Minnesota finally ended a

four-minute scoring drought with a three-pointer from Akeem Springs.

The Gophers played their fourth overtime game this season after losing their first two, 75-74 against Michigan State on Dec. 27 and 78-76 against Wisconsin on Jan. 21.

Minnesota appeared to be pulling away in the first over-time Wednesday with an 82-77 lead after a three-point play from Mason with 3:31 to play.

But Reggie Lynch fouled out on the next possession to put Cordell Pemsl on the line for a three-point play of his own to give Iowa some life.

Lynch finished with three points, 12 rebounds and six blocks in 31 minutes.

The Hawkeyes tied it 84-84 with 1:34 left on a jumper from Jordan Bohannon, sending the game into a second overtime.

In the final period, Bohan-non’s three-pointer gave Iowa an 87-86 lead, but Coffey took control with a floater and two-hand slam off a steal to spark a 15-2 run to seal the win.

Coffey finished with 13 points, six assists and three steals. Springs had 12 of his 17 points in the first half for the Gophers, who play again Saturday at Rutgers.

Murphy, Gophers tip Hawkeyesø GOPHERS from C1

Photos by CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.comGophers center Reggie Lynch got a piece of this shot by Iowa’s Ahmad Wagner in the first half, one of a team-high six blocks.

GOPHERS 101, IOWA 89, 2OT Iowa 29 48 7 5 — 89 Gophers 40 37 7 17 — 101

IOWA FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTCook 21 2-5 1-3 0-3 1 3 5 Wagner 13 2-4 1-3 1-4 0 3 5 Bohannon 45 5-11 0-0 1-1 8 3 12 Jok 40 8-20 9-9 1-9 3 4 28 Moss 24 7-12 2-3 2-3 2 2 19 Baer 30 1-6 0-1 1-3 2 1 2 Ellingson 26 2-6 0-0 2-4 2 1 5 Pemsl 22 2-2 5-7 2-6 0 3 9 Uhl 18 1-5 2-2 2-5 1 2 4 Williams 5 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 0 Kriener 5 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 1 0 Dailey 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 250 30-75 20-28 12-41 20 26 89 Percentages: FG .400, FT .714. Three-pointers: 9-26, .346 (Moss 3-5, Jok 3-6, Bohannon 2-6, El-lingson 1-2, Uhl 0-3, Baer 0-4). Team rebounds: 8. Team turnovers: 18 (17 pts). Blocked shots: 6 (Moss 2, Baer, Bohannon, Jok, Kriener). Turn-overs: 18 (Jok 5, Moss 3, Ellingson 2, Pemsl 2, Baer, Bohannon, Cook, Dailey, Wagner, Wil-liams). Steals: 9 (Baer 2, Bohannon 2, Ellingson 2, Jok 2, Cook). Technical fouls: None.

GOPHERS FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTMurphy 39 10-13 5-7 6-19 1 5 25 Lynch 31 1-9 1-1 4-12 0 5 3 Coffey 45 4-12 4-8 0-2 6 2 13 Mason 45 9-21 5-5 2-5 7 2 25 Springs 39 5-14 2-2 1-2 3 2 17 Curry 25 4-6 1-2 3-3 2 2 9 McBrayer 20 3-6 2-4 0-2 1 0 8 Konate 4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 3 0 Gilbert 2 0-1 1-2 1-1 0 0 1 Sharp 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 250 36-82 21-31 17-47 20 21 101 Percentages: FG .439, FT .677. Three-point-ers: 8-24, .333 (Springs 5-8, Mason 2-8, Coffey 1-5, Gilbert 0-1, Curry 0-2). Team rebounds: 6. Team turnovers: 12 (22 pts). Blocked shots: 14 (Lynch 6, Murphy 4, Mason 2, Konate, Mc-Brayer). Turnovers: 12 (Springs 4, McBray-er 3, Coffey, Curry, Lynch, Mason, Murphy). Steals: 10 (Springs 4, Coffey 3, Gilbert, Mc-Brayer, Murphy). Technical fouls: None. Offi -cials: Terry Wymer, Larry Scirotto, Chris Bea-ver A: 11,481 (14,625).

GAME RECAP

I M PA C T P L AY E RJordan Murphy, GophersThe 6-foot-6 sophomore for-ward scored a career-high 25 points on 10-for-13 shooting, to go with 19 rebounds and four blocks.

B Y T H E N U M B E R S14 season-high blocks for the Gophers, including six from Reggie Lynch53-49 Minnesota’s rebound-ing advantage Wednesday, including 20 offensive rebounds26 points following halftime by Iowa’s Peter Jok after scor-ing just two in the first half.

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Gophers guard Nate Mason scored a team-high 25 points, including this first-half layup past Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon.

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WEDNESDAYChicago 4, Wild 3, OT

TUESDAYWild 4, Winnipeg 2Buffalo 5, San Jose 4, OTCalgary 3, Pittsburgh 2, SOColorado 4, Montreal 0Columbus 3, Detroit 2, OTNashville 4, Vancouver 2N.Y. Rangers 4, Anaheim 1St. Louis 6, Ottawa 0Tampa Bay 5, Los Angeles 0Toronto 3, Dallas 1Washington 5, Carolina 0

THURSDAYAnaheim at Buffalo, 6 pmDetroit at Washington, 6 pmNashville at N.Y. Rangers, 6 pmN.Y. Islanders at Philadel-phia, 6 pmSan Jose at Boston, 6 pmVancouver at Columbus, 6 pmDallas at Ottawa, 6:30 pmLos Angeles at Florida, 6:30 pmSt. Louis at Toronto, 6:30 pmMontreal at Arizona, 8 pmPittsburgh at Colorado, 8 pm

FRIDAYTampa Bay at Wild, 7 pmChicago at Winnipeg, 7 pm

W E S T E R N C O N F E R E N C E

CENTRAL GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIVWild 53 35 12 6 76 179 125 17-6-1 18-6-5 12-4-3Chicago 55 33 17 5 71 156 144 18-7-4 15-10-1 12-8-1Nashville 53 26 19 8 60 146 137 15-6-6 11-13-2 11-8-1St. Louis 54 27 22 5 59 155 162 17-9-4 10-13-1 9-9-2Winnipeg 56 25 27 4 54 163 176 13-12-1 12-15-3 13-6-1Dallas 54 21 23 10 52 148 172 14-9-6 7-14-4 8-11-4Colorado 50 15 33 2 32 103 168 7-18-1 8-15-1 6-13-0

PACIFIC GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIVSan Jose 54 33 17 4 70 148 126 18-7-2 15-10-2 10-7-3Edmonton 55 29 18 8 66 156 141 13-9-3 16-9-5 11-4-3Anaheim 55 28 17 10 66 142 139 17-6-3 11-11-7 11-3-4Calgary 56 28 25 3 59 149 159 14-13-0 14-12-3 9-8-2Los Angeles 54 27 23 4 58 132 133 15-8-1 12-15-3 8-6-0Vancouver 53 23 24 6 52 125 154 17-8-3 6-16-3 8-7-1Arizona 51 17 28 6 40 116 161 11-13-2 6-15-4 6-10-5

E A S T E R N C O N F E R E N C E

ATLANTIC GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIVMontreal 55 30 17 8 68 158 138 18-6-4 12-11-4 11-2-5Ottawa 51 27 18 6 60 137 141 14-8-6 13-10-0 8-8-1Toronto 52 25 17 10 60 163 156 13-8-3 12-9-7 12-4-2Boston 55 26 23 6 58 143 149 12-13-0 14-10-6 14-6-1Florida 52 23 19 10 56 124 143 14-9-3 9-10-7 9-7-5Buffalo 53 22 21 10 54 131 149 13-8-4 9-13-6 7-10-3Detroit 53 22 21 10 54 134 155 11-12-5 11-9-5 6-9-5Tampa Bay 54 24 24 6 54 149 157 14-10-2 10-14-4 9-5-3

METROPOLITAN GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIVWashington 54 37 11 6 80 180 114 22-5-1 15-6-5 11-6-5Columbus 52 34 13 5 73 173 129 18-6-1 16-7-4 9-5-1Pittsburgh 52 33 13 6 72 186 150 22-3-3 11-10-3 13-5-0N.Y. Rangers 53 34 18 1 69 181 140 16-11-1 18-7-0 10-7-0Philadelphia 54 26 21 7 59 144 164 16-8-4 10-13-3 6-7-1N.Y. Islanders 51 23 18 10 56 153 153 17-8-6 6-10-4 6-6-4New Jersey 54 23 21 10 56 127 153 11-9-4 12-12-6 7-5-2Carolina 52 24 21 7 55 138 151 17-6-1 7-15-6 6-12-2

STANDINGS

By MICHAEL RUSSO michael.russo@startribune.com

For the second consecutive sec-ond half of a season , Jason Pomin-ville is heating up.

After a frail first half that included five goals and 14 points in 37 games, the Wild right wing er entered Wednesday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks fresh off his first four-point game since 2011 and with 13 points in nine games, tied for the most points in the NHL in that span.

In the past 15 games, he had five goals, 42 shots and 17 points.

“I feel good, I feel comfortable,” Pominville, 34, said. “I don’t know if I’m doing a lot of things differ-ent, but I’m just getting rewarded a little more for it. Earlier on, I was getting looks, I wasn’t able to put any away and now they’re finding a way to go in. I’m making plays, and it’s nice for your con-fidence, for sure.”

Pominville has settled into a third-line role with revolv-ing linemates. He has been reunited with Nino Niederreiter and Erik Haula at times, he has seen Zach Parise on his left wing and Tuesday in Win-nipeg, he played the first two peri-ods with Niederreiter and Charlie Coyle, with Coyle playing center.

Pominville gave up a chance at his first hat trick with the Wild and third of his career when he passed to Niederreiter, who executed a terrific move on Dustin Byfuglien to seal the game with a goal into an empty net.

It was the type of class that Wild teammates always rave about with the former Buffalo Sabres captain.

“Every successful team has four lines, four balanced lines that can produce on any given night,” Pominville said. “Look at our team, [Chris Stewart’s] got [11] goals on the fourth line. He’s been produc-tive. Our line’s been productive, so has [Eric Staal’s and Mikko Koivu’s], so it’s nice to have that balance. We play so many games in such a short amount of time that you need that balance.”

Coach Bruce Boudreau has been delighted with Pominville since the homestand before the All-Star break.

“There were a couple games about three weeks ago I sort of put him on the fourth line and played him seven, eight minutes,” Bou-dreau said. “He sort of just said, ‘OK, that’s it, I’m going to step it up,’ and he has. And he has played really good since then.”

Olofsson gets the callIn a planned swap to give each

player looks before the March 1 trade deadline, Gustav Olofsson was recalled from Iowa of the AHL and Mike Reilly was reassigned Wednesday. Olofsson, paired with Nate Prosser, played his fourth NHL game and second of the season.

“I told [Reilly] on the plane [Tuesday night] he was much better than the first time around, so if the next time he comes up if he improves that much, he’s going to be an NHL defenseman,” Bou-dreau said. “He’s got NHL skill and hockey savvy. It’s just the experi-ence of positioning, getting your body in the way of bigger forwards.

“He should just watch [Jared Spurgeon] for a night and see how that goes, and he’d learn a lot.”

Olofsson, 22, who has 21 points in 45 games to lead Iowa defensemen in scoring, is feeling good about his game right now. It helps that Iowa, which has won nine consecutive on the road, is playing well.

“There’s really no secret for-mula. Everyone bought in, and with a depleted lineup, we’ve just found [ways to] win and got great goaltending,” Olofsson said.

Hmmm, indeedThe Wild is a fast, hard work-

ing team, the type that tradition-ally would draw lots of penalties. But the Wild entered Wednesday’s game with six power plays in the previous four games, including one each in three.

The Wild had 141 power plays this season, fewest in the NHL. Why?

“It’s a question I ask myself every night. Hmmm?” Boudreau said.

WILD NOTES

Pominville puts early struggles in the past

CHICAGO 4, WILD 3 (OT)Chicago ................................................................ 1 2 0 1—4Wild ....................................................................... 0 2 1 0—3First: 1. Chi—Hartman 13 (Hinostroza, Keith), 10:54. Pen-alties: Panik, CHI, (roughing), 2:55; Dumba, Wild, (rough-ing), 2:55; Coyle, Wild, (interference), 18:24.Second: 2. Chi—Schmaltz 4 (Panik, Toews), 1:09. 3. Wild—Spurgeon 7 (Niederreiter, Staal), 1:46. 4. Wild—Parise 11 (Coyle, Pominville), 7:15. 5. Chi—Panik 12 (Toews, Hjalmarsson), 17:24. Penalties: Seabrook, CHI, (slashing), 14:31.Third: 6. Wild—Haula 11 (Niederreiter, Scandella), 16:57. Penalties: Rasmussen, CHI, (slashing), 7:58.Overtime: 7. Chi—Toews 11 (Keith, Kane), 3:09, pp. Pen-alties: Suter, Wild, (holding), 2:30.Shots: Chicago 10-10-7-5—32. Wild 10-19-6-3—38. Pow-er-plays: Chicago 1 of 2; Wild 0 of 2. Goalies: Chica-go, Crawford 21-12-3 (38-35). Wild, Kuemper 6-3-3 (32-28). A: 19,326 (18,064). T: 2:42. Referees: Chris Lee, Kyle Rehman. Linesmen: Ryan Daisy, Peter MacDougall.

GAME RECAPS TA R T R I B U N E ’ ST H R E E S TA R S

1. Jonathan Toews, Blackhawks: Scored the overtime winner and had two assists.2. Charlie Coyle, Wild: Playing cen-ter for a second straight night, his legs were churning all game (assist, four shots).3. Corey Crawford, Blackhawks: He stopped 35 of 38 shots.

B Y T H E N U M B E R S 284 Consecutive games for Coyle, a Wild record8-game winning streak for the Wild vs. Chicago ended14 Points in past 10 games for Jason Pominville

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always fun when you play those guys. We’ve had their number lately, and I thought it was a really big point for us.”

The turning point, Boudreau felt, came during a 19-shot second period. The Wild rallied from a 2-0 deficit on goals by Jared Spurgeon and Zach Parise, but usually when the Wild is buzzing, it gets three or four goals quickly. Crawford was stellar though and also made three saves in overtime, including one on a Suter breakaway.

“I don’t think we get too far in that game if he doesn’t make some of those big stops,” Toews said.

Minnesota was opening an eight-game homestand against a rested Blackhawks team that hadn’t played since Saturday. By contrast, the Wild played the night before to end a four-game, nine-day trip.

“We tried to wear them down, but obviously it’s a team that works pretty hard. They didn’t go away,” Toews said.

The regular-season loss to Chi-cago was Minnesota’s first since Jan. 11, 2015 — two whippings before the Devan Dubnyk era began. Dub-nyk didn’t get Wednesday’s start. Boudreau started Dubnyk the night before in Winnipeg because he had an inkling Dubnyk would need to bail out his tired team. He did, and with a 16-point lead on a playoff spot, the Wild is not going to risk his health by playing him back-to-back in Game 53.

So, Darcy Kuemper got the nod. Boudreau also felt Parise and Eric

Staal were fatigued in Winnipeg, so he wanted to split them up against the Blackhawks, which triggered three line changes.

For the second game in a row, a Charlie Coyle-centered line was surg-ing from the outset. Parise could have had a couple of goals in the first period. But after Spurgeon cut the deficit to 2-1 37 seconds after a Nick Schmaltz goal, Coyle set up Parise for a tying goal.

But Blackhawks coach Joel Quenn-eville challenged that the entry into the zone was offside. The review, featuring linesmen Ryan Daisy and Brian Mach, not only took 6 minutes, 10 seconds, there was a technical malfunction and

Daisy had to borrow a press-box atten-dant’s iPhone to talk to the NHL Situa-tion Room in Toronto.

The linesmen ultimately ruled that it was inconclusive whether Parise tagged up at the instant the puck touched Coyle’s stick at the blue line.

“I didn’t think it was going to count, to be honest. We’ve got that TV behind our bench,” Parise said.

The Wild wanted two points. It’ll take the one. Boudreau told his players they deserve Thursday’s planned off-day.

“It’d be like getting blood out of a stone if we were to practice them,” Boudreau said. “I think they left it all on the ice, as I think Chicago did.”

Hawks get win; Wild grabs pointø WILD from C1

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Martin Havlat announced his retirement after putting up 594 points in 790 NHL games over 14 seasons, including two with the Wild.

Nicknamed “Mach 9” for his skat-ing prowess, Havlat played for the Senators, Blackhawks, Wild, Sharks, Devils and Blues. The 35-year-old announced his retirement Wednes-day through the NHL Players’ Asso-ciation.

Havlat most recently played two games for the Blues last season before leaving the team for personal reasons. He said his body won’t let him play up to his standards anymore.

Havlat signed a six-year, $30 mil-lion contract with the Wild in 2009 as the first big free agent signing by Gen-eral Manger Chuck Fletcher. In two seasons with the Wild, Havlat had 40 goals and 116 points. He was traded to San Jose for Dany Heatley in July 2011.

A first-round draft pick of the Sen-ators in 1999, Havlat was a Calder Tro-phy finalist as rookie of the year in 2001-02 and helped Ottawa win the Presidents’ Trophy in 2001-02. In 75 playoff games, the Czech native had 21 goals and 31 assists.

Havlat, 35, hangs up his skates

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GARY WIEPERT • Associated PressMartin Havlat played 40 games for the New Jersey Devils in 2014-15, the fifth of his six NHL stops.

Photos by AARON LAVINSKY • aaron.lavinsky@startribune.comThe Wild’s Mikael Granlund looked on in frustration after Nick Schmaltz scored to give Chicago a 2-0 lead early in the second period.

The Wild’s Erik Haula tipped Marco Scandella’s pass past Chicago goalie Corey Crawford with 3:03 left in the third period to tie the score at 3-3.

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there until he went to Wake Forest. He spent a year playing collegiately before signing with D.C. United as a homegrown player in 2013. He also represented the U.S. at the U-14, U-15, U-17 and U-20 levels.

But he played in only a handful of games for D.C., where major injuries set him back the past two seasons. He had groin release hernia surgery in 2015 and a fifth metatarsal repair in his right foot in 2016. Both injuries happened within a month or two of preseason and had a recovery time of three to four months.

Amos Magee, the Loons’ director of player personnel, was an assistant coach at D.C. and the team’s U-23 coach for part of Martin’s tenure at his hometown club. Magee recom-mended bringing Martin to Minne-sota in a trade in early January.

“It’s a new start for him. It’s a chance for him to get out of his comfort zone a little bit, which he’s been in for a couple years in D.C., and get a new chance,” Magee said. “He has all the components to be an excellent … mid-fielder in this league, and it’s a matter now of him taking this opportunity and staying healthy and getting some minutes and getting some games.”

Magee said when it came to mak-ing player signing decisions, the club focused on finding “hungry” players with something to prove — because the club itself has that same mentality — and Martin “exemplifies it perfectly.”

“I wouldn’t think that this is do-or-die for Collin, but I’m sure he feels, in a good way, that this is a real chance for him to make an impact in MLS,” Magee said.

With Martin’s physical and techni-

cal ability, the midfielder could play into his early 30s if his body stays healthy, Magee said. “I believe he can do it, but it’s up to him.”

So far, Martin has been doing all he can on his end. United assistant coach Mark Watson said Martin has impressed the coaching staff so far in preseason, especially being a young player who hadn’t played many games recently.

“We think he has a really bright future,” Watson said. “He came in in great shape, and technically, he’s kind of surpassed what we thought.”

Martin faces stiff competition in the midfield for his desired central posi-tion, mainly from newly signed Ras-

mus Schuller, a Finnish national team member. But his penchant for looking ahead bodes well for his vision on the field. He has seven classes left until he earns his history degree from George Washington University.

Martin hasn’t decided what a possi-ble post-soccer life might be like. Jour-nalism, maybe. Something with travel.

He’s not alone in this high-stakes pursuit of a role on the team. From North American Soccer League vet-erans having their first go at the top division to new draft picks trying to establish themselves out of college, many of the Loons are feeling the pressure that Martin is bearing.

“I know I have a huge chip on my shoulder,” Martin said. “This is kind of like my last real big opportunity that I have, and I don’t want to let it go.

“Whether it’s we’re underdogs or we’ve been passed on a little bit, sure, I think that can only be extra motivation.”

Martin sees Loons as last big chanceø UNITED from C1

By MEGAN RYAN megan.ryan@startribune.com

PORTLAND, ORE. — Minnesota United FC gets an early peek at its inaugural MLS season competition starting Thursday.

The Loons face the Vancouver Whitecaps FC at 7 p.m. at Provi-dence Park in Portland, the first of three games as part of the Portland Timbers’ preseason tournament. United plays the Portland side at 7 p.m. Sunday and Real Salt Lake at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

United will play each of those teams twice in the regular season , starting with a season-opening match at Portland on March 3. All are in MLS’s Western Conference.

United, Portland and Salt Lake have all played Croatian club NK Istra 1961 so far this preseason, with United drawing 1-1, Portland losing 3-2 and Salt Lake drawing 0-0.

A set of 11 players trained sepa-rately during United’s practice in Portland on Tuesday, suggesting a potential starting lineup against Vancouver. Goalkeeper trialist Marco Carducci was in goal while the field players tried to score on him. The formation looked like a 4-2-1-3: left back Justin Davis, center-back Francisco Calvo, center-back Vadim Demidov and right-back Jermaine Taylor; holding midfielders Mo Saeid and Collen Warner; central midfielder Rasmus Schuller; left-wing Kevin Molino, forward Abu

Danladi and right-wing Miguel Ibarra.

All of United’s games in Portland will be livestreamed on United’s website, www.mnufc.com.

Tickets on sale ThursdaySingle-match tickets for Min-

nesota United FC’s 2017 home matches will go on sale beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday. United will play at TCF Bank Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus this season. There are 17 matches total, including the home opener against fellow expansion side Atlanta United FC on March 12. United says it has sold more than 10,000 season tickets en route to its limit of 11,842 , which equals the number of lakes in Minnesota.

Kadrii signsBashkim Kadrii, a 25-year-old

winger from Denmark of Albanian descent, officially joined United on a one-year loan from Danish top-division club FC Copenhagen, mak-ing him the fifth Scandinavia-area player on the roster.

Kadrii has been in Portland prac-ticing with the Loons since Tuesday. United has also brought in right-back Alvin Jones, who has played for the Trinidad and Tobago men’s national team, on trial. The current total of trialists is up to five and the current roster at 25. But with trialist Ish Jome expected to sign soon, United has only two roster spots open.

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United preparing for early look at three MLS teams

U N I T E D O N T H E W E B Follow pro soccer writer Megan Ryan on Twitter @theothermegryan and read her United Beat soccer blog at startribune.com/soccer.

ELIZABETH FLORES • Star Tribune United FC’s Collin Martin, right, practiced at Merlo Field at the University of Portland on Tuesday. The Loons play Vancouver on Thursday in Portland.

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OFTHE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THEORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THETIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AF-FECTED BY THIS ACTION.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that de-fault has occurred in the condi-tions of the following describedmortgage:Mortgagor: Christine M Skwarekand Kevin E Skwarek, husband andwifeMortgagee: C.U. Mortgage Serv-ices, Inc.Dated: 07/19/2005Filed: 09/12/2005Hennepin Registrar of Titles Docu-ment No. 4160034 Against Certifi-cate of Title No.: 810105Transaction Agent: N/ATransaction Agent Mortgage IDNo: N/ALender or Broker: C.U. MortgageServices, Inc.Servicer: C.U. Mortgage Services,Inc.Mortgage Originator: C.U. Mort-gage Services, Inc.LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:The West 1/2 of Lot 9, Block 1, "Lib-erty Heights Addition to Minneap-olis", Hennepin County, Minneso-ta.Torrens Property.This is Registered Property.TAX PARCEL NO.: 01-029-24-11-0052ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:3517 McKinley St NEMinneapolis, MN 55418COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY ISLOCATED: HennepinORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OFMORTGAGE: $163,200.00AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BEDUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, IN-CLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BYMORTGAGEE: $157,954.17That prior to the commencementof this mortgage foreclosure pro-ceeding Mortgagee/Assignee ofMortgagee complied with all no-tice requirements as required bystatute; that no action or proceed-ing has been instituted at law orotherwise to recover the debt se-cured by said mortgage, or anypart thereof;PURSUANT to the power of salecontained in said mortgage, theabove described property will besold by the Sheriff of said countyas follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 29,2017, 09:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff‘s Office,Civil Unit, Room 30, MinneapolisCity Hall, 350 South 5th Street,Minneapolis, MN to pay the debtthen secured by said Mortgage,and taxes, if any, on said prem-ises, and the costs and disburse-ments, including attorneys’ feesallowed by law subject to redemp-tion within 6 Months from the dateof said sale by the mortgagor(s),their personal representatives orassigns.DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: Thedate on or before which the mort-gagor must vacate the property ifthe mortgage is not reinstated un-der Minnesota Statutes section 580.30 or the property redeemed un-der Minnesota Statutes section 580.23 is September 29, 2017 at 11:59p.m. If the foregoing date is aSaturday, Sunday or legal holiday,then the date to vacate is the nextbusiness day at 11:59 p.m.MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROMOBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: NONETHE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FORREDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR,THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONALREPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS,MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKSIF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTEREDUNDER MINNESOTA STATUTESSECTION 582.032, DETERMINING,AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THEMORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IM-PROVED WITH A RESIDENTIALDWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVEUNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USEDIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION,AND ARE ABANDONED.Dated: January 30, 2017CU Mortgage Services, Inc.,MortgageePFB LAW,PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONBy: Michael V. SchleismanAttorneys for: CU Mortgage Serv-ices, Inc., Mortgagee55 East Fifth Street, Suite 800St. Paul, MN 55101-1718651-209-7599651-228-1753 (fax)THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROMA DEBT COLLECTOR.8880-17-00031-12/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/17Star Tribune

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OFTHE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THEORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THETIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AF-FECTED BY THIS ACTION.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that de-fault has occurred in the condi-tions of the following describedmortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: February 3,2004ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OFMORTGAGE: $185,600.00MORTGAGOR(S): Roger Boeser andJudith A. Wrobel, husband andwifeMORTGAGEE: Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT: MortgageElectronic Registration Systems,Inc.MIN#: 100053700000154830LENDER OR BROKER AND MORT-GAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THEMORTGAGE: Allied Home Mort-gage Capital CorporationSERVICER: EverBankDATE AND PLACE OF FILING: FiledFebruary 23, 2004, Hennepin Coun-ty Recorder, as Document Number8298186ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: As-signed to: HSBC BANK USA, NA-TIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEEFOR HOMESTAR MORTGAGE AC-CEPTANCE CORP., ASSET-BACKEDPASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,SERIES 2004-2LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:Lot 3, Block 7, Norden Estates Sec-ond AdditionPROPERTY ADDRESS: 14240 StarliteDrive, Rogers, MN 55374PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUM-BER: 10-120-23-44-0026COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY ISLOCATED: HennepinTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUEON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATEOF THE NOTICE: $171,521.61THAT all pre-foreclosure require-ments have been complied with;that no action or proceeding hasbeen instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt securedby said mortgage, or any partthereof;PURSUANT, to the power of salecontained in said mortgage, theabove described property will besold by the Sheriff of said countyas follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March24, 2017, 10:00amPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Main Of-fice, Civil Division, Room 30, Court-house, 350 South Fifth St., Minne-apolis, MN 55487 to pay the debtsecured by said mortgage andtaxes, if any, on said premises andthe costs and disbursements, in-cluding attorneys fees allowed bylaw, subject to redemption within6 months from the date of saidsale by the mortgagor(s) the per-sonal representatives or assigns.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROP-ERTY: If the real estate is anowner-occupied, single-familydwelling, unless otherwise provid-ed by law, the date on or beforewhich the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property, if the mortgageis not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not re-deemed under section 580.23, is11:59 p.m. on September 24, 2017,or the next business day if Sep-tember 24, 2017 falls on a Satur-day, Sunday or legal holiday."THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FORREDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR,THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONALREPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS,MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKSIF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTEREDUNDER MINNESOTA STATUTESSECTION 582.032 DETERMINING,AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THEMORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IM-PROVED WITH A RESIDENTIALDWELLING OF LESS THAN 5 UNITS,ARE NOT PROPERTY USED FOR AG-RICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ANDARE ABANDONED.Dated: January 31, 2017HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSO-CIATION AS TRUSTEE FORHOMESTAR MORTGAGE ACCEPT-ANCE CORP., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES2004-2Assignee of MortgageeSHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLPBY Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559Diane F. Mach - 273788Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160XGary J. Evers - 0134764Tracy J. Halliday - 034610XAttorneys for Mortgagee12550 West Frontage Road, Suite200 Burnsville, MN 55337(952) 831-4060THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROMA DEBT COLLECTOR2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/17 StarTribune

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OFTHE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THEORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THETIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AF-FECTED BY THIS ACTION.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That de-fault has occurred in the condi-tions of the following describedmortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: May 19, 2004ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OFMORTGAGE: $151,000.00MORTGAGOR(S): Tony J. Eull, Sin-gle PersonMORTGAGEE: TCF National Bank, ANational Banking AssociationSERVICER: Bayview Loan ServicingLLCLENDER: TCF National Bank, A Na-tional Banking AssociationDATE AND PLACE OF FILING:Hennepin County Minnesota Re-corder on June 21, 2004, as Docu-ment No. 8381604.ASSIGNED TO: Bayview Loan Serv-icing, LLC dated 02/11/2015 re-corded on, 06/26/2015 as Docu-ment No. A10208527.LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:The North 140 Feet of the East 160Feet of the West half of the South-east quarter, Except Road, of Sec-tion 10, Township 119, Range 23.Hennepin County, Minnesota; andthe West 180 Feet of the East 340Feet of the North 192.2 Feet of theWest half of the Southeast quarterand the South 52.2 Feet of theNorth 192.2 Feet of the East 160Feet of the West half of the South-east quarter, Except Road, of Sec-tion 10, Township 119, Range 23,Hennepin County, Minnesota.PROPERTY ADDRESS: 20941 COUN-TY RD 30, HAMEL, MN 55340PROPERTY I.D: 10-119-23-42-0009COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY ISLOCATED: HennepinTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUEON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATEOF THE NOTICE: One HundredSeventy-Three Thousand One Hun-dred Seventy-Three and 06/100 ($173,173.06)THAT no action or proceeding hasbeen instituted at law to recoverthe debt secured by said mort-gage, or any part thereof; thatthere has been compliance withall pre-foreclosure notice and ac-celeration requirements of saidmortgage, and/or applicable stat-utes;PURSUANT, to the power of salecontained in said mortgage, theabove described property will besold by the Sheriff of said countyas follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 24,2017 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Hennepin CountySheriff‘s Office-Civil Unit, Rm 30,Minneapolis City Hall, 350 South5th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415to pay the debt then secured bysaid mortgage and taxes, if anyactually paid by the mortgagee,on the premises and the costs anddisbursements allowed by law.The time allowed by law for re-demption by said mortgagor(s),their personal representatives orassigns is 6 months from the dateof sale. If Mortgage is not rein-stated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 orthe property is not redeemed un-der Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mort-gagor must vacate the propertyon or before 11:59 p.m. on Septem-ber 24, 2017, or the next businessday if September 24, 2017 falls ona Saturday, Sunday or legal holi-day.“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FORREDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR,THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONALREPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS,MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKSIF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTEREDUNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES,SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING,AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THEMORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IM-PROVED WITH A RESIDENTIALDWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVEUNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USEDIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION,AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: January 24, 2017BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLCRandall S. Miller & Associates,PLLCAttorneys for Assignee ofMortgage/MortgageeCanadian Pacific Plaza,120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2050Minneapolis, MN 55402Phone: 952-232-0052Our File No. 16MN00099-1THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROMA DEBT COLLECTOR.Published in Star Tribune 1/26,2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 2017

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OFTHE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THEORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THETIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AF-FECTED BY THIS ACTION.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that de-fault has occurred in the condi-tions of the following describedmortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: September26, 2006ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OFMORTGAGE: $160,000.00MORTGAGOR(S): Keith A. Braunand Jackie M. Braun, Husband andWifeMORTGAGEE: Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT: MortgageElectronic Registration Systems,Inc.MIN#: 100020000351180256LENDER OR BROKER AND MORT-GAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THEMORTGAGE: Burnet Home LoansSERVICER: PHH Mortgage Corpo-rationDATE AND PLACE OF FILING: FiledOctober 18, 2006, Sherburne Coun-ty Recorder, as Document Number634317, Thereafter modified by aHome Affordable ModificationAgreement recorded August 29,2011 as document number 735983;thereafter modified by a LoanModification Agreement dated Ju-ly 18, 2014 recorded January 9,2015 as document number 797995ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: As-signed to: PHH Mortgage Corpora-tionLEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:The South 100 feet of Lot 9, Block1, Moorhouse AdditionPROPERTY ADDRESS: 8768Moorhouse Avenue, Clear Lake,MN 55319PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUM-BER: 70.407.0145COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY ISLOCATED: SherburneTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUEON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATEOF THE NOTICE: $155,238.36THAT all pre-foreclosure require-ments have been complied with;that no action or proceeding hasbeen instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt securedby said mortgage, or any partthereof;PURSUANT, to the power of salecontained in said mortgage, theabove described property will besold by the Sheriff of said countyas follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March27, 2017, 10:00amPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Main Of-fice, 13880 Highway 10, Elk River,MN 55330 to pay the debt securedby said mortgage and taxes, ifany, on said premises and thecosts and disbursements, includ-ing attorneys fees allowed by law,subject to redemption within 6months from the date of said saleby the mortgagor(s) the personalrepresentatives or assigns.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROP-ERTY: If the real estate is anowner-occupied, single-familydwelling, unless otherwise provid-ed by law, the date on or beforewhich the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property, if the mortgageis not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not re-deemed under section 580.23, is11:59 p.m. on September 27, 2017,or the next business day if Sep-tember 27, 2017 falls on a Satur-day, Sunday or legal holiday."THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FORREDEMPTION BY THE MORTGA-GOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSON-AL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS,MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKSIF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTEREDUNDER MINNESOTA STATUTESSECTION 582.032 DETERMINING,AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THEMORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IM-PROVED WITH A RESIDENTIALDWELLING OF LESS THAN 5 UNITS,ARE NOT PROPERTY USED FOR AG-RICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ANDARE ABANDONED.Dated: January 31, 2017PHH Mortgage CorporationAssignee of MortgageeSHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLPBY Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559Diane F. Mach - 273788Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160XGary J. Evers - 0134764Tracy J. Halliday - 034610XAttorneys for Mortgagee12550 West Frontage Road, Suite200 Burnsville, MN 55337(952) 831-4060THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROMA DEBT COLLECTOR2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/17 StarTribune

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OFTHE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THEORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THETIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AF-FECTED BY THIS ACTION.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that de-fault has occurred in the condi-tions of the following describedmortgage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: November 8,2005ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OFMORTGAGE: $108,800.00MORTGAGOR(S): Kathi JoBetsinger, an unmarried personMORTGAGEE: Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT: MortgageElectronic Registration Systems,Inc.MIN#: 100209800002164747LENDER OR BROKER AND MORT-GAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THEMORTGAGE: Crevecor MortgageInc.SERVICER: Caliber Home Loans,Inc.DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: FiledNovember 10, 2005, Ramsey Coun-ty Registrar of Titles, as DocumentNumber 1939491ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: As-signed to: HSBC MORTGAGE SERV-ICES INC; thereafter assigned to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee forLSF9 Master Participation Trust.LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:Unit 79 and G-79, CondominiumNumber 247, Wheelock Way Con-dominiumsREGISTERED PROPERTYPROPERTY ADDRESS: 1560Wheelock Lane #305, Saint Paul,MN 55117PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUM-BER: 192922210204 COT# 555433COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY ISLOCATED: RamseyTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUEON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATEOF THE NOTICE: $99,469.62THAT all pre-foreclosure require-ments have been complied with;that no action or proceeding hasbeen instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt securedby said mortgage, or any partthereof;PURSUANT, to the power of salecontained in said mortgage, theabove described property will besold by the Sheriff of said countyas follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 9,2017, 10:00amPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Main Of-fice, The Lowry Building/City HallAnnex, 25 West 4th St., Suite 150,St. Paul, MN 55102 to pay the debtsecured by said mortgage and tax-es, if any, on said premises andthe costs and disbursements, in-cluding attorneys fees allowed bylaw, subject to redemption within6 months from the date of saidsale by the mortgagor(s) the per-sonal representatives or assigns.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROP-ERTY: If the real estate is anowner-occupied, single-familydwelling, unless otherwise provid-ed by law, the date on or beforewhich the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property, if the mortgageis not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not re-deemed under section 580.23, is11:59 p.m. on September 9, 2017, orthe next business day if Septem-ber 9, 2017 falls on a Saturday,Sunday or legal holiday."THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FORREDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR,THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONALREPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS,MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKSIF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTEREDUNDER MINNESOTA STATUTESSECTION 582.032 DETERMINING,AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THEMORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IM-PROVED WITH A RESIDENTIALDWELLING OF LESS THAN 5 UNITS,ARE NOT PROPERTY USED FOR AG-RICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ANDARE ABANDONED.Dated: January 13, 2017U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee forLSF9 Master Participation TrustAssignee of MortgageeSHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLPBY Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559Diane F. Mach - 273788Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160XGary J. Evers - 0134764Tracy J. Halliday - 034610XAttorneys for Mortgagee12550 West Frontage Road, Suite200Burnsville, MN 55337(952) 831-4060THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROMA DEBT COLLECTOR1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23/17Star Tribune

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THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OFTHE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THEORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THETIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AF-FECTED BY THIS ACTION.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that de-fault has occurred in the condi-tions of the following describedmortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE:August 15, 2005ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OFMORTGAGE: $103,500.00MORTGAGOR(S): Melissa L. Vu, asingle personMORTGAGEE: Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT: MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc.MIN#: 1001975-0000024523-3LENDER OR BROKER AND MORT-GAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON THEMORTGAGE: Brier Mortgage Cor-porationSERVICER: Specialized Loan Serv-icing LLCDATE AND PLACE OF FILING: FiledSeptember 30, 2005, HennepinCounty Registrar of Titles, asDocument Number 4169083ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: As-signed to: U.S. Bank National Asso-ciation, as Trustee for TerwinMortgage Trust 2005-16HE, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-16HELEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:Unit No. 4, CIC No. 1490, ArthurPlace Condominium, a condomini-um located in the County ofHennepin.REGISTERED PROPERTYPROPERTY ADDRESS: 1818 ArthurSt NE Unit 4, Minneapolis, MN55418PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUM-BER: 12-029-24-43-0199 COT#1164573COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY ISLOCATED: HennepinTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUEON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATEOF THE NOTICE: $114,632.93THAT all pre-foreclosure require-ments have been complied with;that no action or proceeding hasbeen instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt securedby said mortgage, or any partthereof;PURSUANT, to the power of salecontained in said mortgage, theabove described property will besold by the Sheriff of said countyas follows:DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March24, 2017, 10:00amPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Main Of-fice, Civil Division, Room 30, Court-house, 350 South Fifth St., Minne-apolis, MN 55487to pay the debt secured by saidmortgage and taxes, if any, onsaid premises and the costs anddisbursements, including attor-neys fees allowed by law, subjectto redemption within 6 monthsfrom the date of said sale by themortgagor(s) the personal repre-sentatives or assigns.TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROP-ERTY: If the real estate is anowner-occupied, single-familydwelling, unless otherwise provid-ed by law, the date on or beforewhich the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property, if the mortgageis not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not re-deemed under section 580.23, is11:59 p.m. on September 24, 2017,or the next business day if Sep-tember 24, 2017 falls on a Satur-day, Sunday or legal holiday."THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FORREDEMPTION BY THE MORTGA-GOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSON-AL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS,MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKSIF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTEREDUNDER MINNESOTA STATUTESSECTION 582.032 DETERMINING,AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THEMORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IM-PROVED WITH A RESIDENTIALDWELLING OF LESS THAN 5 UNITS,ARE NOT PROPERTY USED FOR AG-RICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ANDARE ABANDONED.Dated: February 1, 2017U.S. Bank National Association, asTrustee for Terwin Mortgage Trust2005-16HE, Asset-Backed Certifi-cates, Series 2005-16HEAssignee of MortgageeSHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLPBY Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559Diane F. Mach - 273788Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778Randolph W. Dawdy - 2160XGary J. Evers - 0134764Tracy J. Halliday - 034610XAttorneys for Mortgagee12550 West Frontage Road, Ste 200Burnsville, MN 55337(952) 831-4060THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROMA DEBT COLLECTOR2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/17 StarTribune

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W E D N E S D AYADAPTED FLOOR HOCKEYPI DIVISION• Maple Grove 2, Mounds View 1

ALPINE SKIING • BOYSSECTION 4 MEETAt Wild MountainTeam state qualifi ers• St. Thomas Academy 440 (Jack Folk-man 1:00.98, Jack Steel 1:03.14, Mason Thorpe 1:04.36, Charlie Berg 1:04.50, Joe Zirnhelt 1:07.79, Jack Muske 1:47.89).• Minneapolis Washburn 413 (Logan Griggs 1:01.81, Luke Conway 1:04.70, Willem Robertson 1:05.60, Augie Bent 1:06.18, Wilson Psotka 1:25.30, Jackson Ledermann 1:27.39). • Others: Hastings 408½, Blake 402, East Ridge 398, Woodbury 392½, Minnehaha Academy 383, Simley 383, St. Paul Acad-emy 333, Minneapolis Southwest 326, Eagan 326, Hill-Murray 320, Roseville 278, St. Paul Central 220, Park of Cottage Grove 193, Richfi eld 191, Cretin-Derham Hall 168, Mounds Park 168, St. Paul High-land Park 167, Holy Angels 150. • Individual state qualifi ers (not on top 2 teams): Zach Dekko, Blake, 58.66; Izak Hofstad, Eagan, 59.85; Odin Muel-ler, Mpls Roos, 1:00.13; John Soran-no, St. Paul Academy, 1:00.38; Emmit Nelson, Simley, 1:01.11; Zach Slaviero, Hill-Murray, 1:01.16; Jacob Peine, Hast-ings, 1:01.72; Andrew Thompson, Wood-bury, 1:02.08; Camden Palmquist, Ea-gan, 1:02.33; Gabe Lessard, Minneha-ha Academy, 1:02.57; Liam Huyen, Mpls. Southwest, 1:02.67.

ALPINE SKIING • GIRLSSECTION 4 MEETAt Wild MountainTeam state qualifi ers• Minneapolis Southwest 441 (Elsa Pe-terson 1:05.63, Peyton Smith 1:07.14, Rachel Tanner 1:07.54, Sophie Hedrick 1:09.58, Ava Flaskamp 1:11.51, Addie Streble 1:12.10).• Blake 429½ (Nellie Ide 1:02.32, Lau-ren Nida 1:06.64, Sarah DeMane 1:09.22, Georgia Clark 1:13.40, Anabelle Walser 1:13.47, Norah Higgins 1:23.52). • Others: Hastings 393, St. Paul Academy and Woodbury 358, Mpls Washburn 332, Holy Academy 332, East Ridge 318, Rose-ville 290, Eagan 286, Hill-Murray 270, St. Paul Highland Park 248, Cretin-Derham Hall 222½, Simley 207, Park of Cottage Grove 190, Visitation 183, Mounds Park Academy 178½, Minnehaha Academy 173½, St. Paul Central 144, Richfi eld 129. • Individual state qualifi ers (not on top 2 teams): Elizabeth Kiresuk, Roseville, 1:05.06; Camille Gannon, Cretin-Der-ham Hall, 1:06.04; Bailey Donovan, St. Paul Academy, 1:07.98; Sarah Frommelt, Holy Angels, 1:09.16; Kayla Boogren, Hastings, 1:09.64; Shannon O’Connor, Hastings, 1:10.09; Josie Pechous, Hast-ings, 1:10.18; Katie Brunell, St. Paul Academy, 1:10.93; Nicole Murray, Ros-eville, 1:11.09; Kaitlyn Ho, Holy Acade-my, 1:11.33.

BASKETBALL • BOYSWRIGHT COUNTY• Waconia 91, Orono 69METROPOLITAN AREA• Mpls. Southwest 59, Park of C.G. 46• Spring Lake Park 51, Roseville 50

GYMNASTICSNORTHWEST SUBURBAN• Anoka 144.075, Irondale/Spring Lake Park 111.025. All-around: Adreanna Wil-lodson, Anoka, 36.95.

ST. PAUL• Central 123.40, Highland Park 121.45, Johnson 105.25, Como Park 78.25. All-around: Lia Wallace, Highland Park, 33.10.

HOCKEY • GIRLSMETRO EAST• North St. Paul/Tartan 2, Simley 2, OTCLASS 2ASection 1 • Quarterfi nals• Dodge County 3, Roch. John Marshall 2• Farmington 6, Rochester Mayo 1• Lakeville North 7, Roch. Century 0Section 3 • Quarterfi nals• Apple Valley 2, Burnsville 1• Eagan 8, Hastings 0• East Ridge 5, Park of C.G. 1• Eastview 5, Rosemount 1CLASS 1ASection 1 • Quarterfi nals• Faribault 3, Austin 0• Northfi eld 6, Albert Lea 0• Owatonna 3, Waseca 1• Red Wing 11, Winona 1Section 5 • Quarterfi nals• Minneapolis 3, Holy Angels 1

NORDIC SKIING • BOYSSECTION 5 MEETAt Theodore Wirth ParkTeam state qualifi ers• Champlin Park 377 (Ian Ivens 24:22.75, Drew Carlson 25:01.13, Luke Cran-dall 25:01.61, Peter Scheller 26:04.66, Matt Omann 26:22.29, Connor Janostin 28:22.59, Michael Urvig 28:31.41).• Mora 376 (John Schwinghammer 24:37.56, Michael Schwinghammer 24:41.18, James Woolhouse 25:25.50, Cooper Lennox 26:00.45, Jordan Woods 26:10.58, Nathan Williams 28:03.30, Ca-leb Weinand 31:36.55).• Others: Spring Lake 340, Coon Rapids 327, Maple Grove 315, Blaine 305, Ando-ver 299, Elk River 264, Anoka 217, Osseo 215, Park Center 209, Rogers 195, Zim-merman 57.• Individual state qualifiers (not on top 2 teams): Xavier Mansfi eld, Spring Lake Park, 23:44.43; Joe Lynch, Spring Lake Park, 25:01.15; Ben Olson, Blaine, 25:04.99; Tom Breuckman, Ando-ver, 25:13.40; Ricky Petroff, Coon Rap-ids, 26:04.40; James Symanski, Blaine, 26:16.65.

SECTION 6 MEETAt Hyland Lake Park ReserveTeam state qualifi ers• Wayzata 393 (Anders Sonnesyn 24:58.2, Luc Golin 25:20.3, James Schnei-der 26:20.8, Dan Urke 26:47.4, Joshua Halverson 28:04.5, Alex White 28:29.6, Jack Olson 30:50.0).• Armstrong 345 (Nick Byrnes 26:36.8, Nate Kuelbs 27:38.3, Sam Himes 28:03.4, Sam Theisen 28:53.5, Ben Aoki-Sher-wood 29:51.3, Will Omodt 29:54.6, Trygg Lysne 30:11.4).• Others: Orono 344, Mound Weston-ka 331, Hopkins 316, St. Louis Park 311, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 272, Blake 242, Breck 227, Minneapolis Henry and Heri-tage/Providence 181, Cooper 107.• Individual state qualifi ers (not on top 2 teams): Jackson Sokolowski, St. Lou-is Park, 26:48.1; Keelan Gorman, Benil-de-St. Margaret’s, 27:04.0; Logan Hoff-man, Hopkins, 27:04.5; Noah Bram-mer, Mound Westonka, 27:07.5; Jus-tin Whyte, Orono, 27:37.0; Zach Levy, Breck, 27:40.0.

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• Maple Grove 362 (Jena Hauch 30:29.36, Christina Bolcer 31:03.16, Gabbie Bolcer 31:19.45, Anna Badger 32:37.41, Lindsey Kastelle 35:43.37, Eryn Hauch 35:52.62).• Andover 360 (Lauren Johnson 29:38.06, Julia Nielson 31:23.57, Skylar Sandin 31:39.54, Jenny Lidberg 31:52.61, Beth DeFoe 31:59.18, Alysse DeFoe 33:2.93, Emme Green 33:56.18).• Others: Champlin Park 347, Mora 323, Elk River 297, Coon Rapids 295, Osseo 275, Anoka 272, Blaine 254, Spring Lake Park 195, Park Center 191, Zimmerman 130, Rogers 65• Individual state qualifiers (not on top 2 teams): Sarah Olson, Blaine, 28:27.11; Johanna Schwinghammer, Mo-ra, 30:20.20; Maren Strootman, Osseo, 30:58.75; Elizabeth Mattson, Park Cen-ter, 31:05.21; Cheresa Bouley, Zimmer-man, 31:05.31; Diana Glebova, Champlin Park, 31:08.00.

SECTION 6 MEETAt Hyland Lake Park ReserveTeam state qualifi ers• Armstrong 381 (Dottie Anderson 29:27.3, Lucy Anderson 29:28.4, Mae Barnes 30:01.1, Rainey Baker 32:19.5, Olivia Barfnecht 32:44.9, Ellee Petersen 33:19.0, Briana Umana 34:20.9)• Hopkins 378 (Renae Anderson 28:41.7, Ellie Munger 31:29.4, Kaelin Jackson 31:31.8, Theresa Versen 32:15.6, An-na Giesting 32:29.6, Sophie Dirnberger 32:32.6, Lauren Munger 33:55.1).• Others: Wazyata 352, Orono 319, Benil-de-St. Margaret’s 313, St. Louis Park 285, Breck 248, Heritage/Providence 232, Mound Westonka 192, Blake 149, Coo-per 145, Minneapolis Henry 31.• Individual state qualifiers (not on top 2 teams): Mara McCollor, Wayza-ta, 29:08.8; Charlotte Brown, Benilde-St. Margaret’s, 31:16.2; Jaycie Thom-sen, Wayzata, 31:34.7; Grace Leslie, Oro-no, 32:47; Lauren McCollor, Wayzata, 32:48.8; Halcyon Brown, Breck, 32:53.2.

WRESTLINGTWIN CITIES MATCH• St. Paul Washington 54, Mpls. South 22

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BASKETBALL • BOYSSTATE RANKINGSBy Minnesota Basketball News• Class 4A: 1. Champlin Park; 2. Ma-ple Grove; 3. Apple Valley; 4. Lakeville North; 5. Wayzata; 6. Hopkins; 7. East Ridge; 8. Eden Prairie; 9. New Prague; 10. Tartan.• Class 3A: 1. DeLaSalle; 2. Marshall; 3. Delano; 4. Mahtomedi; 5. Orono; 6. Aus-tin; 7. Totino-Grace; 8. Waseca; 9. Big Lake; 10. Alexandria.• Class 2A: 1. Minnehaha Academy; 2. Caledonia; 3. Melrose; 4. Crosby-Iron-ton; 5. St. Cloud Cathedral; 6. Esko; 7. Watertown-Mayer; 8. Waterville-Ely-sian-Morristown; 9. New Richland-Hart-land-Ellendale-Geneva; 10. Eden Val-ley-Watkins.• Class 1A: 1. Minneapolis North; 2. Her-itage Christian; 3. Central Minnesota Christian; 4. Nevis; 5. Red Lake; 6. Good-hue; 7. Springfi eld; 8. Red Rock Central; 9. Spring Grove; 10. Ada-Borup.

BASKETBALL • GIRLSSTATE RANKINGSBy Minnesota Basketball News• Class 4A: 1. Hopkins; 2. Elk River; 3. Lakeville North; 4. Eastview; 5. Apple Valley; 6. Centennial; 7. St. Michael-Al-bertville; 8. Wayzata; 9. Roseville; 10. Park Center

• Class 3A: 1. Northfi eld; 2. Hutchinson; 3. Holy Angels; 4. Alexandria; 5. Orono; 6. Grand Rapids; 7. Winona; 8. Mahto-medi; 9. Kasson-Mantorville; 10. Zim-merman.• Class 2A: 1. Roseau; 2. Sauk Centre; 3. Plainview-Elgin-Millville; 4. Watertown-Mayer; 5. Pipestone Area; 6. Norwood Young America; 7. New London-Spicer; 8. Eden Valley-Watkins; 9. St. Peter; 10. Minnehaha Academy.• Class 1A: 1. Mountain Iron-Buhl; 2. Goodhue; 3. Wheaton-Herman-Nor-cross; 4. Cromwell-Wright; 5. Manka-to Loyola; 6. Ada-Borup; 7. Maranatha; 8. Red Lake; 9. Bigfork; 10. Lyle/Pacelli.

HOCKEY • BOYSSTATE RANKINGSBy Let’s Play Hockey(First-place votes in parentheses)• Class 2A: 1. Eden Prairie (10); 2. Edina; 3. Elk River/Zimmerman; 4. Holy Family; 5. Stillwater; 6. Lakeville North; 7. Cen-tennial; 8. St. Thomas Academy; 9. Hill-Murray; 10. Grand Rapids. • Class 1A: 1. Hermantown (10); 2. Breck; 3. Delano; 4. St. Paul Academy; 5. St. Cloud Cathedral; 6. East Grand Forks; 7. Mahtomedi; 8. Alexandria; 9. Hibbing/Chisholm; 10. Sartell-St. Stephen.

HOCKEY • GIRLSBy Let’s Play Hockey(First-place votes in parentheses)• Class 2A: 1. Edina (10); 2. Hill-Murray; 3. Maple Grove; 4. Blaine; 5. Eden Prairie; 6. Elk River/Zimmerman; 7. Minnetonka; 8. Centennial; 9. Cretin-Derham Hall; 10. Lakeville South.• Class 1A: 1. Blake (10); 2. Breck; 3. St. Paul United; 4. Proctor/Hermantown; 5. Warroad; 6. Delano/Rockford; 7. Red Wing; 8. Princeton; 9. East Grand Forks; 10. Thief River Falls.

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BASKETBALL • BOYSMpls. Southwest 59, Park of C.G. 46Park of Cottage Grove 25 21-46Minneapolis Southwest 25 34-59Park of Cottage Grove: Gorres 18, Beau-lieu 14, Alt 8, Kuemmel 6. Minneapo-lis Southwest: Polydorou 21, Bogen-Grose 14, Hawkins 8, Knuckles 8, Olson 6, Fischer 2.

Spring Lake Park 51, Roseville 50Spring Lake Park 25 26-51Roseville 28 22-50Spring Lake Park: Davis 16, Elkerton 11, Whann 8, Myren 7, Jestus 4, Subasic 3, Ojile 2. Roseville: Dr. Adams 13, We-ber 13, De. Adams 8, Payne 6, Nelson 4, Wright 3, Munson 3.Waconia 91, Orono 69Orono 29 40-69Waconia 51 40-91Orono: Thomas 27, Bjorklund 26, Sage 8, Mshihiri 4, Lecy 3, Codute 1. Waco-nia: Whittaker 25, Fulford 17, Damlo 16, Feltmann 13, Gove 8, Biehn 8, Hester 4.

HOCKEY • GIRLSApple Valley 2, Burnsville 1Burnsville 0 0 1-1Apple Valley 1 1 0-2First: A-Vogelgesang, 2:34. Second: A-Stehly (Leong, Johnson), 9:38. Third: B-Anderson (Sawchuk), 15:15. Saves: B: Pester 7-3-6-16. A: DeForrest 12-8-9-29.

Eagan 8, Hastings 0Hastings 0 0 0-0Eagan 3 3 2-8First: E-Barger (Ruiz, Barger), 2:26. E-Ruiz (Werden), 15:24. E-Anderson

(Werden, Barger), 16:13. Second: E-Lu-ecke (Weaver), 6:03. E-Plaschko, 13:52, pp. E-Bergman (Barger, Barger), 16:24, pp. Third: E-Barger (Ruiz), 5:20. E-Ma-son (Young, Cronkhite), 14:15. Saves: H: Kunshier 5-6-10-21. E: Nickell 6-4-3-13.

East Ridge 5, Park of C.G. 1Park of Cottage Grove 1 0 0-1East Ridge 1 4 0-5First: P-Press, 0:48. E-Claugherty (Larsen), 12:59. Second: E-Claugh-erty (Claugherty), 7:46. E-Claugherty (Claugherty), 8:54, sh. E-Groch (Scrib-ner, Wallace), 15:14. E-Flynn (Wallace, Heiting), 16:54. Saves: P: Boreen 11-10-12-33. E: Heiting 0-7-7-14.

Eastview 5, Rosemount 1Rosemount 0 1 0-1Eastview 2 2 1-5First: E-Snodgrass (Ford), 4:13. E-Snod-grass, 16:27. Second: R-NyGaard, 0:19. E-Sodomka (Quaintance, Luzum), 5:46. E-Luzum (Beckman, Sodomka), 16:12, pp. Third: E-Poppler (Johnson, Koster), 10:38. Saves: R: Kimel 15-17-21-53. E: Pellicci 4-5-3-12; Julian 0-0-1-1.

Lakeville North 7, Rochester Century 0Rochester Century 0 0 0-0Lakeville North 3 1 3-7First: L-Winiecki (Olson, Neameyer), 5:12. L-Olson (Neameyer, Reid), 10:04. L-Neameyer (Reid), 13:55. Second: L-Fla-herty (Gorski), 0:00. Third: L-Cullaton (Olson, Flaherty), 0:49. L-Bulen (Freese, Winiecki), 7:26. L-Olson (Freese), 14:00. Saves: R: Miller 17-16-17-50. L: Schnei-der 2-1-6-9.

Minneapolis 3, Holy Angels 1Minneapolis 0 2 1-3Holy Angels 0 1 0-1Second: A-Eiden (Cressy, McGuire), 6:26. M-Lieske, 8:01. M-Gaffney (Of-ferdahl, Mewes), 10:09, pp. Third: M-Christman (Gaffney), 7:57, sh. Saves: M: Schulz 8-8-10-26. A: Lood 9-2-2-13.

North St. Paul/Tartan 2, Simley 2 [OT]North St. Paul/Tartan 1 0 1 0 - 2Simley 2 0 0 0 - 2First: N/T-Greiskains (Meeder), 4:43; S-Carlson (Patnode, Heimerl), 8:09, pp; S-Royce (Wicke), 16:54. Third: N/T-Culshaw-Klein (Pearcy, Ciolkosz), 16:57. Saves: N/T: Schultz 18, Baker 7. SIm-ley: Ries 27.

Northfi eld 6, Albert Lea 0Albert Lea 0 0 0-0Northfi eld 1 3 2-6First: N-Puppe (Boland), 4:55. Second: N-Boland (Goldsworthy, Tidona), 8:11, pp. N-Bornhauser, 9:49. N-Boland, 10:45. Third: N-Morsching (LaPanta, Puppe), 2:58, pp. N-Goldsworthy (Boland), 5:47. Saves: A: Schneider 12-15-11-38. N: Tidona 1-3-3-7.

Red Wing 11, Winona 1Winona 0 0 1- 1Red Wing 8 3 0-11First: R-Heise, 1:50. R-Heise (DiNatale), 4:48. R-Roth (Grove, Heise), 5:02. R-Hart (DiNatale), 6:39. R-McGill (Swan-son, Oberding), 7:52. R-Haley (Hart, DiNatale), 8:12. R-Heise (Bryant, Hal-ey), 11:12. R-Haley, 14:13. Second: R-Loer (Heise, Hart), 4:30. R-Haley (Hart, Grove), 14:46. R-Bryant, 16:41. Third: W-Dahlke, 9:24. Saves: W: Markwardt 6-14-3-23; Corcoran 0-0-4-4. R: McGrath 2-10-0-12; Ehlers 0-0-2-2.

PREPS

Colorado: Reassigned G Spencer Martin to San Antonio (AHL). Recalled G Jeremy Smith from San Antonio. Detroit: Reassigned F Dylan Sadowy from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL). New York Islanders: Recalled F Cart-er Verhaeghe from Missouri (ECHL) to Bridgeport (AHL).San Jose: Assigned F Jon Martin from San Jose (AHL) to Allen (ECHL). Tampa Bay: Reassigned Fs Michael Bournival and Joel Vermin to Syracuse (AHL). Washington: Recalled F Zach Sanford from Hershey (AHL).

SOCCERMAJOR LEAGUE SOCCERMinnesota United: Acquired F Bashkim Kadrii on a year-long loan from FC Co-penhagen (Superliga-Denmark). New York Red Bulls: Traded the right of first refusal on M Adam Najem to Philadelphia for a 2018 second-round draft pick. Philadelphia: Signed M Adam Najem.

T O D AY ’ S L I N ENHLFAVORITE .............LINE .......... UNDERDOG THURSDAYAnaheim .........-114/+104 ......... BUFFALOWASHINGTON -258/+228 ............. DetroitNY RANGERS ..-130/+120 ......... NashvilleCOLUMBUS .....-220/+200 .......VancouverBOSTON ..........-124/+114 .......... San JosePHILADELPHIA -121/+111 .. NY IslandersTORONTO .......-121/+111 .......... St. LouisOTTAWA ..........-124/+114 .............. DallasFLORIDA .......... -105/-105 .... Los AngelesPittsburgh ......-201/+181 ..... COLORADOMontreal .........-157/+147 ......... ARIZONA

Detroit: Assigned F Henry Ellenson and G Michael Gbinije to Grand Rap-ids (NBADL). Milwaukee: Acquired the right to own and operate an NBADL team that will be-gin play in Oshkosh, Wis., for the 2017-18 season. NBADLDelaware: Acquired G Nate Robinson. WNBALos Angeles: Re-signed G Alana Beard. Signed C Avery Warley-Talbert, F Ify Ibe-kwe and G Jamie Weisner.

FOOTBALLNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUEAtlanta: Fired defensive coordinator Richard Smith and defensive line coach Bryan Cox. Carolina: Re-signed LB Ben Jacobs to a two-year contract. Cleveland: Named David Lee quarter-backs coach. Green Bay: Released CB Sam Shields. New York Jets: Named Jeremy Bates quarterbacks coach, Mick Lombar-di offensive assistant/assistant quar-terbacks coach, Jason Vrable offen-sive assistant and Joe Giacobbe assis-tant strength and conditioning coach. Signed OT Jeff Adams. Philadelphia: Released CB Leodis McK-elvin. Washington: Named Torrian Gray defen-sive backs coach.

HOCKEYNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUECalgary: Assigned D Keegan Kanzig from Stockton (AHL) to Adirondack (ECHL). Carolina: Assigned G Daniel Altshuller from Charlotte (AHL) to Florida (ECHL).

GARANTI KOZA SOFIA OPENFirst round • Sofi a, Bulgaria• Nikoloz Basilashvili def. Adrian Mannarino, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3). • Viktor Troicki (9) def. Cem Ilkel, 6-3, 6-2. • Daniel Brands def. Marco Chiudinelli, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-2. • Jerzy Janowicz def. Dudi Sela, 6-4, 6-4. • Andreas Seppi def. Damir Dzumhur, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3.Second round• David Goffi n (2) def. Radu Albot, 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-3. • Roberto Bautista Agut (4) def. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

T R A N S A C T I O N S

BASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUETwins: Agreed to terms with OF Drew Stubbs on a minor league contract.Detroit: Agreed to terms with LHP Mike Zagurski and OF David Lough on minor league contracts. Kansas City: Designated RHP Alec Mills for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Jason Hammel on a two-year con-tract. Seattle: Traded C Jesus Sucre to Tam-pa Bay for a player to be named or cash. Texas: Agreed to terms with C Brett Hayes on a minor league contract.NATIONAL LEAGUESan Francisco: Agreed to terms with INF Gordon Beckham on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALLNATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONTimberwolves: Signed G Lance Stephen-son to a 10-day contract.

B A S K E T B A L LTIMBERWOLVES STATISTICS(Through Wednesday)Player G Min Pts Reb AstTowns ...............53 36.4 23.5 11.9 2.9Wiggins ...........53 37.2 22.4 4.1 2.5LaVine ..............47 37.2 18.9 3.4 3.0Dieng ................53 31.9 10.3 7.8 1.9Muhammad .....49 19.8 9.3 2.9 0.4Rubio ................47 31.7 8.7 3.7 8.2Stephenson .......1 19.8 6.0 4.0 1.0Bjelica ..............51 17.1 5.7 3.1 1.1Payne ...............12 7.7 4.0 1.7 0.3Dunn.................49 17.0 3.8 2.2 2.6Jones ................32 11.7 3.4 1.0 2.3Rush .................19 15.7 3.2 1.5 0.7Hill ......................5 7.9 2.0 2.6 0.0Aldrich .............48 9.5 1.8 2.9 0.5Lucas III .............5 2.1 0.4 0.0 0.2Totals ...............53 241.5 104.3 42.5 23.3Opponents.......53 241.5 105.6 40.5 22.4

GOPHERS MEN’S STATISTICS(Through Tuesday)Player G Min Pts Reb AstMason ..............23 33.4 14.0 3.3 5.2Coffey ..............22 31.9 12.2 3.8 3.1McBrayer .........23 28.7 11.0 2.1 3.0Springs ............23 23.2 10.0 3.3 1.2Murphy ............23 26.4 9.4 7.3 0.8Lynch ................22 22.4 8.8 6.1 0.4Curry ................23 19.8 5.6 5.7 1.2Gilbert ..............12 5.8 2.0 1.1 0.2Konate .............23 10.4 1.9 3.0 0.1Rudrud ...............4 1.8 1.0 0.2 0.0Hurt ..................19 6.3 0.9 0.5 0.2Diedhiou ............3 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.0Sharp .................6 1.8 0.3 0.0 0.2Haugh ................4 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.5Totals ...............23 200.7 74.2 39.2 15.3Opponents.......23 200.7 67.3 38.3 12.8

GOPHERS WOMEN’S STATISTICS(Through Tuesday)Player G Min Pts Reb AstWagner ............23 35.5 20.3 5.2 1.7Bell ...................22 33.5 16.5 4.1 5.5Hubbard ...........16 31.8 13.4 3.1 2.5Edwards ...........22 21.2 7.3 7.2 0.5Tinjum ..............22 18.8 6.4 4.4 0.8Fernstrom ........10 19.0 5.5 6.4 0.3Hedstrom ........23 25.9 5.5 4.6 1.5T. Bello .............19 11.3 2.9 4.5 0.1Brunson ...........23 10.8 2.7 0.9 1.1Starr .................20 11.2 1.9 2.7 1.7Barnes .............15 7.7 1.7 2.9 0.1Kaposi ..............11 3.3 1.3 1.1 0.3Key .....................5 2.6 1.2 0.0 0.0Lamke ..............12 3.0 0.5 0.3 0.1K. Bello...............4 3.0 0.5 0.8 0.0Totals ...............23 200 75.5 44.7 14.5Opponents.......23 200 74.9 44.0 18.5

H O C K E YWILD STATISTICS(Through Tuesday)Player GP G A TP +/- PIMGranlund ..........52 15 33 48 30 6 Staal .................52 16 26 42 7 20 Coyle ................52 13 28 41 16 28 Koivu ................51 16 22 38 30 20 Niederreiter ....52 17 21 38 21 20 Zucker ..............52 16 22 38 32 24 Pominville .......52 10 21 31 1 2 Suter ................52 7 23 30 32 20 Dumba .............52 7 17 24 24 41 Parise ...............43 10 14 24 -3 26 Spurgeon .........48 6 18 24 31 18 Haula ...............42 10 7 17 8 10 Brodin ..............43 3 13 16 2 16 Stewart ............52 11 3 14 1 58 Schroeder ........20 3 5 8 4 0 Folin .................37 1 5 6 8 20 Graovac ...........43 6 0 6 4 6 Scandella .........41 2 4 6 5 18 Eriksson Ek .......9 2 3 5 2 2 Dalpe .................9 1 2 3 0 9 Prosser ............22 0 3 3 -1 4 Bertschy ...........5 0 1 1 0 4 Gabriel .............13 0 1 1 0 29 Pulkkinen..........9 1 0 1 -1 2 Reilly ................17 1 0 1 1 2 Cannone ...........3 0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell ...........10 0 0 0 -1 0 Olofsson ...........1 0 0 0 1 0 Tuch ..................2 0 0 0 -1 0 Totals ...............52 174 293 467 0 433 Opponents.......52 119 211 330 0 427 GOALIES W L OT SO SV% GAADubnyk ............29 9 3 5 .933 1.99Kuemper ...........6 3 2 0 .907 3.16Totals ...............35 12 5 5 .926 2.26Opponents.......17 30 5 2 .887 3.31

S W I M M I N GCOLLEGE • WOMENNSIC CHAMPIONSHIPSSecond daySt. Cloud State 503, MSU Mankato 415, MSU Moorhead 341, Northern St. 236, Sioux Falls 189, Augustana 178, Mary 114

T E N N I SPRO • MENWORLD TOUR OPEN SUD DE FRANCEFirst round • Montpellier, France• Feliciano Lopez (5) def. Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (0). • Kenny de Schepper def. Mischa Zverev (6), 6-4, 6-3.Second round• Dustin Brown def. Marin Cilic (1), 6-4, 6-4.

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MENBIG TEN Conf. Overall W L W LWisconsin 9 1 20 3Maryland 8 3 20 4Purdue 8 3 19 5Northwestern 7 4 18 6Michigan St. 6 5 14 10Iowa 6 6 14 11Gophers 5 6 17 7Indiana 5 6 15 9Michigan 5 6 15 9Ohio State 5 7 15 10Penn State 5 7 13 12Nebraska 4 7 10 13Illinois 4 8 14 11Rutgers 2 10 13 12Gophers 101, Iowa 89, 2 OTOhio State 70, Rutgers 64

MIAC Conf. Overall W L W LSt. Thomas 13 3 17 4Bethel 12 5 16 6St.John’s 10 6 14 7Carleton 10 6 13 8Concordia 9 7 12 9Hamline 9 8 12 10St. Olaf 8 8 10 11Augsburg 7 9 9 12Gustavus 5 12 5 17St. Mary’s 4 13 6 15Macalester 3 13 7 14Augsburg 82, St. John’s 76Bethel 101, St. Mary’s 69Carleton 80, Macalester 46St. Olaf 72, Gustavus 56St. Thomas 83, Hamline 66WIACWis.-Eau Claire 83, Wis.-Platteville 66Wis.-La Crosse 70, Wis.-Oshkosh 60Wis.-River Falls 92, Wis.-Stout 51Wis.-Whitewater 56, Wis.-Stevens Pt. 55UPPER MIDWESTNorth Dakota St. 82, South Dakota St. 65South Dakota 93, Fort Wayne 82TOP 25#6 Baylor 72, Oklahoma St. 69#11 Cincinnati 60, C. Florida 50#13 West Virginia 60, Oklahoma 50#14 Florida St. 95, N.C. State 71#24 Xavier 72, DePaul 61Stanford at #9 Arizona, lateMIDWESTEvansville 60, Loyola of Chicago 58Indiana St. 56, Bradley 54IUPUI 89, Omaha 78N. Iowa 49, S. Illinois 41EASTBoston U. 65, American U. 64Colgate 70, Army 58George Washington 53, VCU 52La Salle 67, Fordham 52Lafayette 69, Holy Cross 59Lehigh 79, Bucknell 71Navy 62, Loyola (Md.) 59Pittsburgh 83, Boston College 72

Seton Hall 72, Providence 70, OTSt. Bonaventure 70, St. Louis 55UConn 97, South Florida 51SOUTHGeorge Mason 76, Davidson 69Houston 91, Tulane 62Miami 74, Virginia Tech 68Morehead St. 101, Murray St. 100, OTTennessee 73, Mississippi 66SOUTHWESTTexas A&M 76, Missouri 73Texas A&M-CC 80, SE Louisiana 75W. Illinois 63, Oral Roberts 60WESTNew Mexico 74, Air Force 67UC Davis 74, Cal St.-Fullerton 65UC Irvine 64, UC Santa Barbara 47Wyoming 102, Fresno St. 100, 4OTCalifornia at Arizona St., lateUNLV at Nevada, late

WOMENBIG TEN Conf. Overall W L W LMaryland 11 0 23 1Ohio State 11 1 21 5Michigan 9 2 20 5Northwestern 6 4 17 6Michigan St. 6 4 16 7Indiana 6 5 16 8Purdue 6 5 15 10Penn State 6 6 16 8Iowa 5 5 14 9Gophers 3 8 12 12Illinois 3 8 8 16Rutgers 3 8 6 18Nebraska 1 10 5 18Wisconsin 0 10 5 18Penn State 77, Gophers 66#21 Michigan 72, Purdue 62Indiana 63, Rutgers 52

MIAC Conf. Overall W L W LSt. Thomas * 15 0 22 0Gustavus * 14 1 21 1Bethel * 13 2 18 4St. Benedict 9 6 13 9St. Catherine 8 7 14 8St. Mary’s 7 8 13 9Augsburg 6 9 13 9Carleton 6 9 8 14Concordia 4 11 7 15Macalester 3 12 9 13St. Olaf 3 12 7 15Hamline 2 13 5 17Note: * MIAC tournament qualifi erAugsburg 64, St. Benedict 55Bethel 69, St. Mary’s 54Carleton 61, Macalester 54Gustavus 81, St. Olaf 47St. Catherine 63, Concordia 61St. Thomas 61, Hamline 38WIACWis.-Eau Claire 72, Wis.-Platteville 65Wis.-Oshkosh 71, Wis.-LaCrosse 64Wis.-River Falls 72, Wis.-Stout 63Wis.-Stevens Pt. 75, Wis.-Whitewater 57

UPPER MIDWESTSouth Dakota St. 82, Oral Roberts 35W. Illinois 87, North Dakota St. 60TOP 25#22 South Florida 76, E. Carolina 66

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MENBIG TEN#16 Purdue at Indiana, 6 pm#7 Wisconsin at Nebraska, 8 pmTOP 25#1 Gonzaga at Loyola Marymount, 9 pm#5 Oregon at #10 UCLA, 9 pm#8 North Carolina at #18 Duke, 7 pm Portland at #20 St. Mary’s, 9 pm#25 SMU at Temple, 8 pm

WOMENBIG TENMichigan St. at Iowa, 6 pmIllinois at #3 Maryland, 6 pmNebraska at Wisconsin, 7 pmUPPER MIDWESTSouth Dakota at Fort Wayne, 5 pmNorth Dakota at E. Washington, 8 pmTOP 25Vanderbilt at #4 Mississippi St., 8 pmWake Forest at #5 Florida St., 6 pmAuburn at #6 South Carolina, 6 pm#12 Louisville at Virginia Tech, 6 pmVirginia at #16 Miami, 6 pm#17 N.C. State at Georgia Tech, 6 pmMissouri at #24 Tennessee, 6 pm

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MIAC • MENAugsburg ............................. 36 46 — 82St. John’s ............................. 39 37 — 76Augsburg: Olmscheid 29, Sonie 5, McK-iernan 13, Perea 22, Smith 7, Pal 2, Sa-batke 3, Mitchell 1St. John’s: Stokman 6, Goetz 10, Strom 2, Weiss 20, Alade 30, Hentges 8

Bethel ................................ 53 48 — 101St. Mary’s .......................... 34 35 — 69Bethel: Wojta 13, Hall 13, G. Kingland 19, Magnuson 26, Tusler 6, Lenoir 3, Jen-son 8, H. Kingland 2, Veenstra 1, Hanson 6, Mattern 4St. Mary’s: Lindstrand 7, Smith-Pugh 8, Romportl 16, Hill 8, Ferron 6, Cullen 2, Kruger 5, Moman 5, Cave 9, Schlosser 3

Carleton ............................... 44 36 — 80Macalester .......................... 18 28 — 46Carleton: Biewen 6, Smit 10, Grow 9, Gil-lespie 11, Mischke 3, Bakker-Arkema 7, Casperson 4, Hanson 30Macalester: Kilgour 10, Gutierrez 19, Ferm 2, Ismail 6, Siegel 2, Neff 3, Go-eden 3, Seaberg 1

St. Olaf ................................. 32 40 — 72Gustavus ............................. 20 36 — 56St. Olaf: Korba 20, Majeskie 13, Katuka 4, Tobroxen 11, Stroud 3, Stensgard 3, Par-ham 8, Albers 10Gustavus: Sharbono 9, Faul 8, Goetz 5, Koster 4, Tollefson 16, Thompson 2, Lies 2, Kruize 10

St. Thomas .......................... 39 44 — 83Hamline ............................... 33 33 — 66St. Thomas: Shaeffer 22, Veil 9, Boll 10, Burich 14, Hannon 18, R. Johnson 5, Da-vis 1, Hannah 2, Bair 2Hamline: Abosi 2, Brooks 10, See-Rock-ers 11, Smith 9, Robinson 6, Scheuring 10, Betts 9, Knutson 9

MIAC • WOMENConcordia .................. 18 11 15 17 — 61St. Catherine ............. 16 14 15 18 — 63Concordia: Walsh 14, Rahman 4, Ja-nuschka 12, Wolhowe 8, Simmons 4, Mentzer 9, Nelson 4, Haiby 6St. Catherine: Lee 2, M.Clark 8, A. Clark 26, Garcia 6, Jennings 4, Cambrice 2, Asuncion 2, Radford 2, Holt 11

Gustavus ................... 15 19 24 23 — 81St. Olaf ....................... 7 15 13 12 — 47Gustavus: Miller 10, Lee 7, Howard 8, Rice 10, Udo 4, Carpenter 31, Odegard 3, Winter 2, Thompson 6St. Olaf: Lother 3, Andersen 7, Ash 11, Skrien 16, Daly 2, Tisa 4, Wilgers 4

Hamline ..................... 13 6 9 10 — 38St. Thomas ................ 16 16 18 11 — 61Hamline: Quaranta 12, Geistfeld 2, Rob-ertson 4, Graves 10, Moore 3, Coleman 4, Stayer 3St. Thomas: Fischer 11, Langer 11, Re-nikoff 12, Wolkow 2, Alba-Garner 5, Bra-zil 5, Krynski 2, Zehrer 2, Spaulding 11

Macalester ................. 22 10 7 15 — 54Carleton ..................... 14 22 11 14 — 61Macalester: Fruh 7, Hull 8, Masterson 4, Clamage 14, Loisele 2, Gray 12, Gregorich 7Carleton: Chavez 10, Talamantes 2, Waldfogel 10, Cooke 20, Hamilton 13, Ellefson 6

St. Benedict ............... 15 18 7 15 — 55Augsburg ................... 6 23 16 19 — 64St. Benedict: Guetter 11, Kelly 6, Banovetz 6, Dittberner 2, Newton 8, Mer-ritt 2, Schiffl er 8, Johnson 6, Fokken 6Augsburg: McLemore 11, Speese 16, Bednar 2, Jones 5, Wubben 14, Steinhaus 2, Jordan 7, Wilson 7

St. Mary’s .................. 15 13 15 11 — 54Bethel ........................ 24 13 8 24 — 69St. Mary’s: Schaefer 7, Audette 9, Blattner 5, Huisman 17, Jones 5, Keefe 5, Wintroath 3, Higgins 3Bethel: Moorse 4, A. Miller 19, Kirchoff 5, Johnson 16, Anderson 8, Barker 7, Bret-oi 6, Simpson 4

P G A T O U RWhat: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, Calif.Purse: $7.2 million (First prize: $1,296,000)Course: Pebble Beach GL (Yardage: 6,816. Par: 72); Spy-glass Hill (Yardage: 6,953. Par: 72); Monterey Peninsula CC Shore Course (Yardage: 6,958. Par: 71)Schedule (TV): Thursday-Sunday (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday (Ch.4)Defending champion: Vaughn Taylor

P G A T O U R C H A M P I O N SWhat: Allianz Championship in Boca Raton, Fla.Purse: $1,750,000 (First prize: $262,500)Course: The Old Course at Broken Sound Club (Yardage: 6,807. Par: 72)Schedule (TV): Friday-Sunday (Golf Channel)Defending champion: Esteban Toledo

L P G A T O U RNext week: ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open

N O T E SPGA: The field features Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed and Phil Mickelson. ... The world ranking is so close among the top five that John-son might have a mathematical chance to replace Day at No. 1, or he could drop two spots to No. 5. ... The ama-teur field includes a quartet of current and retired NFL quarterbacks — Steve Young, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers and Alex Smith. ... Mickelson, a runner-up last year, gets another chance to tie Mark O’Meara’s record of five victories at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. ... Vaughn Taylor has not won in the 28 tournaments he has played since winning at Pebble Beach. His best result is 15th at the Safeway Open in October. ... Brandt Snedeker set the 72-hole tournament record two years ago at 265. ... Mickelson, Snedeker and Johnson have each won twice at Pebble over the past 10 years. ... Spieth has finished in the top 10 in all three of his PGA Tour starts this year. He has finished in the top 20 in 16 of his past 20 starts worldwide. ... Of the 12 events on the PGA Tour schedule this season, only four of the winners are at Pebble Beach — Cody Gribble, Pat Perez, Mackenzie Hughes and Jon Rahm.Champions Tour: Fred Couples is playing in the tour-nament for the first time. ... Bernhard Langer is coming off a victory in the season opener in Hawaii, his 30th career victory on the PGA Tour Champions. His only victory in the Allianz Championship was in 2010. ... The first full-field event of the year features the top 36 players from last year’s final Charles Schwab Cup standings.

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Blake Griffin scored a season-high 32 points and the Los Angeles Clippers beat New York 119-115 on Wednesday night after former Knicks star Charles Oakley was ejected and arrested in the first quarter.

DeAndre Jordan added 28 points and 15 rebounds for the Clippers, who rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to stop a three-game losing streak.

Carmelo Anthony had 28 points and Kristaps Porzingis 27 on a night there was plenty of fight from the Knicks — espe-cially Oakley.

The rugged power forward was removed after an altercation with arena security near the seat of Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan.

Oakley was a popular Knick during the 1990s but has fallen out of favor with the franchise because of his criticisms of Dolan.

He shouted at Dolan from a seat a cou-ple of rows behind until security came. Oakley shoved a couple of them before he

was removed while players on both teams watched as Porzingis was preparing to shoot free throws. Fans chanted “Oakley! Oakley!” as he was led to the tunnel, hand-cuffed and eventually taken by New York Police.

The NYPD said Oakley was arrested on three counts of assault, all third degree. He was being processed for a desk appearance and will be issued a summons to report back to court.

The 6-foot-8 Oakley was a rugged enforcer playing alongside Patrick Ewing on the Knicks teams of the 1990s and has kept his tough-guy persona long after retirement, trading barbs with former rival Charles Barkley recently.Miami 106, Milwaukee 88: Hassan White-side had 23 points and 16 rebounds, and the visiting Heat extended its winning streak to 12 games. A lackluster night for the Bucks got worse when Jabari Parker, part of the team’s young core, left the game because of a sprained left knee. Parker hurt the same knee two seasons ago.

CLEVELAND 132, INDIANA 117Cleveland 25 32 40 35 — 132Indiana 36 27 18 36 — 117Cleveland: James 9-16 6-8 25, Love 3-11 7-7 14, Thompson 3-3 0-0 6, Irving 12-22 5-5 29, Liggins 3-4 1-1 8, R.Jefferson 1-3 4-4 7, Frye 2-7 0-0 5, Felder 0-0 0-0 0, McRae 2-5 0-0 6, Korver 10-12 1-1 29, Jones 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 46-84 24-26 132.Indiana: George 9-19 2-3 22, Miles 7-11 3-3 23, Allen 3-6 0-0 6, Turner 4-10 8-8 16, Teague 7-14 5-6 22, Robinson 1-3 0-0 2, Christmas 0-0 0-0 0, Seraphin 0-3 0-0 0, A.Jefferson 2-2 1-2 5, Stuck-ey 1-5 1-2 3, J.Young 2-2 0-0 5, Ellis 5-7 2-2 13. Totals 41-82 22-26 117.Three-pointers: Cleveland 16-36 (Korver 8-9, McRae 2-4, Jones 1-1, James 1-2, Liggins 1-2, R.Jefferson 1-3, Frye 1-3, Love 1-7, Irving 0-5), Indiana 13-25 (Miles 6-9, Teague 3-5, George 2-5, J.Young 1-1, Ellis 1-2, Stuckey 0-1, Turner 0-2). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Cleveland 39 (Love, Thompson 10), Indiana 38 (George 8). Assists: Cleveland 24 (James 9), Indiana 24 (Teague 14). Total Fouls: Cleveland 16, Indiana 18. Technicals: Indiana defensive three sec-ond 2, Indiana team 2, Ellis. A: 17,580 (18,165).

SAN ANTONIO 111, PHILADELPHIA 103San Antonio 29 29 24 29 — 111Philadelphia 23 28 24 28 — 103San Antonio: Leonard 9-18 11-11 32, Aldridge 5-10 5-6 15, Dedmon 4-5 2-3 10, Parker 7-12 3-3 18, Green 4-8 0-0 11, Anderson 1-1 0-0 2, Ber-tans 3-5 1-2 9, Lee 1-2 0-0 2, Anthony 1-2 0-0 2, Mills 2-5 0-0 5, J.Simmons 1-3 0-0 2, Ginobili 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 39-74 22-25 111.Philadelphia: Covington 6-14 4-4 18, Ilyasova 4-11 1-3 11, Okafor 5-10 10-11 20, McConnell 3-10 0-0 6, Henderson 1-5 3-4 6, Noel 1-4 2-5 4, Saric 8-11 0-0 20, Rodriguez 1-7 0-0 2, Luwawu-Cabarrot 0-1 0-0 0, Stauskas 5-10 2-2 16. Totals 34-83 22-29 103Three-pointers: San Antonio 11-22 (Green 3-4, Leonard 3-7, Bertans 2-4, Parker 1-1, Ginobili 1-2, Mills 1-3, Aldridge 0-1), Philadelphia 13-34 (Saric 4-5, Stauskas 4-7, Ilyasova 2-6, Coving-ton 2-7, Henderson 1-3, Luwawu-Cabarrot 0-1, Rodriguez 0-5). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: San Antonio 46 (Dedmon 11), Philadelphia 36 (Okafor 8). Assists: San Antonio 24 (Parker, Leonard 5), Philadelphia 23 (Stauskas 7). Total Fouls: San Antonio 22, Philadelphia 19. Techni-cals: Covington. A: 19,233 (20,328).

DETROIT 121, L.A. LAKERS 102L.A. Lakers 25 25 20 32 — 102Detroit 25 31 36 29 — 121L.A. Lakers: Young 3-9 2-3 9, Ingram 6-10 0-0 15, Randle 7-13 3-4 17, Black 4-9 0-0 8, Russell 1-2 0-0 2, Deng 1-5 0-0 3, Nance 3-5 0-0 6, Zubac 2-5 1-2 5, Huertas 3-8 1-1 8, Calderon 0-0 0-0 0, Clarkson 3-10 6-7 12, Williams 4-10 9-9 17. To-tals 37-86 22-26 102.Detroit: Morris 6-14 1-2 14, Leuer 9-17 2-2 20, Drummond 12-19 0-3 24, Jackson 2-5 0-2 4, Caldwell-Pope 2-7 4-5 9, Harris 7-12 3-5 19, John-son 2-3 3-3 7, Hilliard 0-1 0-0 0, Bullock 0-2 0-0 0, Baynes 4-7 2-2 10, Marjanovic 2-2 0-0 4, Udrih 0-2 0-0 0, Smith 5-6 0-0 10. Totals 51-97 15-24 121Three-pointers: L.A. Lakers 6-23 (Ingram 3-4, Huertas 1-3, Deng 1-4, Young 1-4, Clarkson 0-3, Williams 0-5), Detroit 4-16 (Harris 2-3, Morris 1-3, Caldwell-Pope 1-4, Johnson 0-1, Hilliard 0-1, Leuer 0-2, Jackson 0-2). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: L.A. Lakers 41 (Black 10), Detroit 52 (Drummond 17). Assists: L.A. Lakers 21 (In-gram, Russell 5), Detroit 32 (Jackson 8). Total Fouls: L.A. Lakers 21, Detroit 14. Technicals: L.A. Lakers team, L.A. Lakers coach Luke Wal-ton, Detroit defensive three second, Detroit team. A: 15,121 (19,971).

ATLANTA 117, DENVER 106Denver 30 25 32 19 — 106Atlanta 39 33 26 19 — 117Denver: Chandler 9-17 2-5 24, Faried 0-2 1-2 1, Jokic 8-17 0-0 18, Nelson 2-8 0-0 6, Harris 5-14 2-3 13, Hernangomez 2-4 1-2 6, Barton 6-19 5-7 17, O’Bryant 0-0 0-0 0, Arthur 4-10 0-0 10, Beasley 0-0 0-0 0, Murray 4-9 2-2 11. Totals 40-100 13-21 106Atlanta: Bazemore 4-7 3-4 14, Millsap 9-15 3-3 23, Howard 5-9 1-2 11, Schroder 10-19 4-4 24, Hard-away Jr. 6-15 0-0 14, Bembry 5-7 0-0 10, Musca-la 3-7 4-5 10, Humphries 3-4 0-0 7, Delaney 2-8 0-0 4, Dunleavy 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 47-92 15-18 117Three-pointers: Denver 13-44 (Chandler 4-7, Jokic 2-3, Arthur 2-4, Nelson 2-5, Hernangomez 1-3, Murray 1-5, Harris 1-8, Barton 0-9), Atlanta 8-27 (Bazemore 3-4, Millsap 2-5, Hardaway Jr. 2-7, Humphries 1-2, Dunleavy 0-1, Delaney 0-2, Muscala 0-2, Schroder 0-4). Fouled Out: Chan-dler. Rebounds: Denver 49 (Jokic 15), Atlan-ta 47 (Howard 13). Assists: Denver 25 (Nelson 8), Atlanta 31 (Schroder 10). Total Fouls: Den-ver 20, Atlanta 18. Technicals: Denver coach Michael Malone, Atlanta defensive three sec-ond, Atlanta team, Howard. A: 14,222 (18,729)

UTAH 127, NEW ORLEANS 94Utah 32 30 28 37 — 127New Orleans 25 28 16 25 — 94Utah: Ingles 1-3 0-0 3, Hayward 7-16 2-2 17, Fa-vors 5-7 2-2 12, Gobert 4-10 2-2 10, G.Hill 6-11 5-8 19, Johnson 10-14 1-1 27, Lyles 3-7 0-0 8, Di-aw 1-2 0-0 2, Withey 1-1 0-0 2, Neto 0-0 0-0 0, Mack 1-2 1-2 3, Exum 5-7 0-0 11, Burks 4-8 4-4 13. Totals 48-88 17-21 127.New Orleans: S.Hill 1-3 0-0 3, Davis 4-12 4-5 12, Jones 9-16 3-3 21, Holiday 7-12 0-3 15, Hield 3-7 0-0 8, Cunningham 2-4 0-0 4, Motiejunas 1-3 1-2 3, Frazier 1-4 9-10 11, Galloway 1-6 2-2 4, Moore 6-11 0-0 13. Totals 35-78 19-25 94.Three-pointers: Utah 14-32 (Johnson 6-8, Lyles 2-4, G.Hill 2-6, Exum 1-2, Ingles 1-3, Burks 1-3, Hayward 1-4, Favors 0-1, Mack 0-1), New Or-leans 5-25 (Hield 2-6, S.Hill 1-3, Holiday 1-4, Moore 1-4, Cunningham 0-1, Jones 0-1, Mo-tiejunas 0-1, Frazier 0-2, Galloway 0-3). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Utah 48 (Gobert 16), New Orleans 37 (Davis 10). Assists: Utah 26 (G.Hill, Exum 4), New Orleans 17 (Frazier 4). Total Fouls: Utah 19, New Orleans 17. Tech-nicals: New Orleans defensive three second, New Orleans team. A: 14,508 (17,188)

WASHINGTON 114, BROOKLYN 110 (OT)Washington 31 28 20 21 14 114Brooklyn 22 27 23 28 10 110Washington: Oubre 0-5 0-2 0, Porter 6-13 5-6 20, Gortat 5-10 4-4 14, Wall 7-25 8-10 23, Beal 12-25 4-4 31, Smith 5-9 4-7 15, Mahinmi 1-3 0-0 2, Burke 3-6 0-0 7, Satoransky 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 40-98 25-33 114Brooklyn: Lopez 8-17 4-4 20, Dinwiddie 1-4 0-0 2, Hollis-Jefferson 5-8 3-4 13, Foye 1-4 1-2 3, Bogdanovic 6-18 7-7 21, Booker 6-12 2-5 14, Hamilton 1-5 0-2 3, Whitehead 2-6 2-2 7, Le-Vert 2-5 4-6 9, Kilpatrick 3-7 2-4 10, Harris 3-5 0-0 8. Totals 38-91 25-36 110.Three-pointers: Washington 9-25 (Beal 3-6, Porter 3-8, Smith 1-2, Burke 1-2, Wall 1-4, Ou-bre 0-3), Brooklyn 9-33 (Kilpatrick 2-3, Harris 2-3, Bogdanovic 2-9, Whitehead 1-2, LeVert 1-3, Hamilton 1-4, Dinwiddie 0-1, Hollis-Jeffer-son 0-1, Foye 0-3, Lopez 0-4). Fouled Out: Lo-pez. Rebounds: Washington 54 (Gortat 14), Brooklyn 55 (Hollis-Jefferson, Booker 11). As-sists: Washington 21 (Wall 12), Brooklyn 20 (Lopez, Bogdanovic 4). Total Fouls: Washing-ton 26, Brooklyn 24. Technicals: Washington coach Scott Brooks. A: 13,179 (17,732).

MIAMI 106, MILWAUKEE 88Miami 28 27 26 25 — 106Milwaukee 15 29 19 25 — 88Miami: Babbitt 0-6 0-0 0, Whiteside 10-12 3-6 23, Dragic 7-14 2-3 16, McGruder 4-13 0-0 10, Ellington 6-11 0-0 17, White 2-3 2-2 7, Reed 2-5 0-0 5, J.Johnson 7-12 4-5 20, T.Johnson 3-11 2-2 8. Totals 41-87 13-18 106.Milwaukee: Antetokounmpo 9-15 2-2 22, Snell 2-6 0-0 6, Henson 1-3 3-5 5, Parker 6-11 2-3 14, Dellavedova 2-6 0-0 5, Beasley 4-6 3-7 11, Tele-tovic 1-5 0-0 3, Monroe 2-5 2-3 6, Terry 2-2 1-2 5, Middleton 2-5 1-2 5, Brogdon 2-7 2-4 6. To-tals 33-71 16-28 88.Three-pointers: Miami 11-33 (Ellington 5-8, J.Johnson 2-5, McGruder 2-8, Reed 1-1, White 1-2, T.Johnson 0-2, Dragic 0-2, Babbitt 0-5), Mil-waukee 6-15 (Antetokounmpo 2-3, Snell 2-4, Dellavedova 1-2, Teletovic 1-3, Middleton 0-1, Parker 0-1, Brogdon 0-1). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Miami 48 (Whiteside 16), Milwau-kee 35 (Antetokounmpo 8). Assists: Miami 23 (Dragic 7), Milwaukee 18 (Brogdon 6). Total Fouls: Miami 21, Milwaukee 18. Technicals: Reed, Milwaukee defensive three second, Mil-waukee team, Monroe. A: 14,211 (18,717)

L.A. CLIPPERS 119, NEW YORK 115L.A. Clippers 36 32 20 31 — 119New York 36 31 28 20 — 115L.A. Clippers: Mbah a Moute 1-3 0-0 2, Griffi n 11-23 8-11 32, Jordan 12-14 4-9 28, Redick 4-12 4-4 14, Rivers 3-10 0-1 7, Anderson 0-1 0-0 0, W.Johnson 2-3 0-0 4, Bass 2-3 0-0 4, Speights 2-5 0-0 5, Felton 1-6 0-0 3, Crawford 7-12 3-3 20. Totals 45-92 19-28 119.New York: Anthony 10-20 5-6 28, Porzingis 10-19 3-4 27, O’Quinn 8-13 2-2 18, Rose 10-16 0-0 20, Lee 2-4 0-0 4, Kuzminskas 2-8 0-0 4, Hernan-gomez 0-3 5-6 5, Plumlee 0-0 0-0 0, Jennings 2-3 0-0 4, Holiday 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 46-92 15-18 115.Three-pointers: L.A. Clippers 10-25 (Crawford 3-4, Griffi n 2-3, Redick 2-6, Felton 1-1, Rivers 1-3, Spei-ghts 1-4, Anderson 0-1, W.Johnson 0-1, Mbah a Moute 0-2), New York 8-27 (Porzingis 4-7, An-thony 3-7, Holiday 1-5, Jennings 0-1, Rose 0-1, Lee 0-1, Kuzminskas 0-5). Fouled Out: None. Re-bounds: L.A. Clippers 47 (Jordan 15), New York 41 (Anthony, Hernangomez 9). Assists: L.A. Clippers 22 (Rivers 10), New York 25 (Rose 8). Total Fouls: L.A. Clippers 20, New York 22. A: 19,812 (19,812).

MEMPHIS 110, PHOENIX 91Phoenix 15 23 27 26 — 91Memphis 24 22 33 31 — 110Phoenix: Warren 2-6 0-1 4, Chriss 1-5 1-2 4, Chandler 1-4 3-4 5, Bledsoe 3-15 9-9 16, Book-er 6-13 8-10 20, Dudley 2-5 1-2 5, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Tucker 2-8 2-2 6, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Len 5-8 0-0 11, Knight 5-11 4-4 16, Ulis 0-0 0-0 0, Barbo-sa 2-12 0-0 4. Totals 29-87 28-34 91.Memphis: Parsons 3-7 0-2 8, Green 4-4 2-2 11, Gasol 6-11 6-6 19, Conley 7-10 5-5 23, Allen 4-12 2-4 10, Ennis 2-3 2-3 7, Wright 2-8 1-4 5, Harri-son 0-0 2-2 2, Douglas 2-6 6-6 11, Daniels 5-11 0-0 14. Totals 35-72 26-34 110.Three-pointers: Phoenix 5-23 (Knight 2-4, Len 1-1, Chriss 1-3, Bledsoe 1-4, Dudley 0-2, Tuck-er 0-2, Booker 0-3, Barbosa 0-4), Memphis 14-24 (Conley 4-5, Daniels 4-9, Parsons 2-3, Green 1-1, Gasol 1-2, Ennis 1-2, Douglas 1-2). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Phoenix 46 (Chandler, Tucker 10), Memphis 41 (Green 10). Assists: Phoenix 13 (Dudley, Bledsoe, Booker 3), Mem-phis 24 (Parsons 7). Total Fouls: Phoenix 27, Memphis 25. Technicals: Ulis, Chriss, Williams, Booker, Daniels, Green. Ejected: Ulis, Chriss, Daniels. A: 16,044 (18,119).

SUMMARIES

LEAGUE ROUNDUP

Oakley arrested at MSG during Knicks’ loss W E S T E R N C O N F E R E N C ENORTHWEST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY CONFUtah 34 19 .642 — 7-3 W-4 19-9 15-10 20-13Oklahoma City 30 23 .566 4 5-5 L-1 18-7 12-16 19-13Denver 23 29 .442 10½ 5-5 L-1 14-12 9-17 15-19Portland 23 30 .434 11 5-5 W-1 14-11 9-19 16-19Timberwolves 20 33 .377 14 5-5 W-1 13-16 7-17 10-20

SOUTHWEST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY CONFSan Antonio 40 12 .769 — 7-3 W-1 19-6 21-6 22-8Houston 38 17 .691 3½ 5-5 W-2 20-6 18-11 22-9Memphis 33 22 .600 8½ 7-3 W-3 18-9 15-13 24-11Dallas 20 32 .385 20 6-4 L-2 12-13 8-19 12-22New Orleans 20 33 .377 20½ 3-7 L-1 14-15 6-18 8-20

PACIFIC W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY CONFGolden St. 43 8 .843 — 8-2 L-1 22-3 21-5 27-6L.A. Clippers 32 21 .604 12 3-7 W-1 17-8 15-13 21-13Sacramento 20 32 .385 23½ 4-6 L-1 9-15 11-17 12-17L.A. Lakers 18 37 .327 27 3-7 L-1 12-13 6-24 9-23Phoenix 16 37 .302 28 2-8 L-3 8-17 8-20 6-30

E A S T E R N C O N F E R E N C EATLANTIC W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY CONFBoston 33 18 .647 — 7-3 W-7 19-8 14-10 23-9Toronto 32 22 .593 2½ 4-6 L-1 18-9 14-13 19-10New York 22 32 .407 12½ 3-7 L-3 13-14 9-18 14-19Philadelphia 18 34 .346 15½ 3-7 L-5 12-16 6-18 11-18Brooklyn 9 44 .170 25 0-10 L-11 7-21 2-23 3-31

SOUTHEAST W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY CONFWashington 31 21 .596 — 8-2 W-1 22-7 9-14 21-14Atlanta 31 22 .585 ½ 6-4 W-1 16-11 15-11 22-11Charlotte 24 28 .462 7 3-7 W-1 16-10 8-18 16-17Miami 23 30 .434 8½ 10-0 W-12 13-13 10-17 13-17Orlando 20 34 .370 12 3-7 L-2 9-16 11-18 12-19

CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR HOME AWAY CONFCleveland 36 15 .706 — 6-4 W-4 22-5 14-10 24-6Indiana 29 23 .558 7½ 7-3 L-1 20-7 9-16 16-14Chicago 26 26 .500 10½ 5-5 W-1 15-11 11-15 17-16Detroit 25 28 .472 12 6-4 W-2 16-10 9-18 14-17Milwaukee 22 29 .431 14 2-8 L-1 13-13 9-16 14-21

WEDNESDAYWolves 112, Toronto 109Atlanta 117, Denver 106Cleveland 132, Indiana 117Detroit 121, L.A. Lakers 102L.A. Clippers 119, New York 115Miami 106, Milwaukee 88Memphis 110, Phoenix 91San Antonio 111, Phila. 103Utah 127, New Orleans 94Wash. 114, Brooklyn 110, OTBoston at SacramentoChicago at Golden State

TUESDAYCharlotte 111, Brooklyn 107Houston 128, Orlando 104Portland 114, Dallas 113

THURSDAYHouston at Charlotte, 6 pmPhiladelphia at Orlando, 6 pmCleveland at Okla. City, 7 pmUtah at Dallas, 7:30 pmBoston at Portland, 9:30 pm

FRIDAYNew Orleans at Wolves, 7 pmDenver at New York, 6:30 pmMiami at Brooklyn, 6:30 pmS.A. at Detroit, 6:30 pmGolden St. at Memphis, 7 pmIndiana at Washington, 7 pmL.A. Lakers at Milw., 7 pmAtl. at Sacramento, 9:30 pmChicago at Phoenix, 9:30 pm

STANDINGS

By JERRY ZGODA jerry.zgoda@startribune.com

New Timberwolves guard Lance Stephenson joined the team Wednesday and declared himself older, wiser and still only 26.

He’s aboard because of his scoring, passing, overall toughness and “competitive spirit,” according to Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau, now that the season of starting shooting guard Zach LaVine (torn ACL) is over.

Playing for his sixth team in seven NBA seasons largely because of immaturity, Ste-phenson said he chose the Wolves — and they chose him on a 10-day contract — because he’s now a veteran who can help a young team grow.

“I looked at this group and

thought it was a great oppor-tunity to help,” Stephenson said. “They’ve got young guys. I feel my experience and how I approach the game could really help these guys.”

Stephenson called himself recovered from groin surgery, needed after New Orleans cut him in November. He had played only six games this season.

He entered the game to start the second quarter, played 20 minutes and had six points and four rebounds.

Only four seasons ago, Ste-phenson was a rising star on an Indiana team that forced LeBron James and Miami to a seventh game in the Eastern Conference finals. Since then he has shuttled from team to team, including four in the past year.

“He has had some really

good experiences, deep playoff runs with Indiana,” Thibodeau said. “So he’s got to get untracked again. I think this is a good opportunity for him, a good opportunity for us.”

He’s in his seventh NBA season, yet is about the same age as new teammate Ricky Rubio.

“I like his age, I think it fits our group,” Thibodeau said. “That’s part of it. Overall, it’s what he has done in the league: He has been a starter, come off the bench, done a little of everything.”

Toronto coach Dwane Casey on Wednesday called Stephenson “an old soul.”

“I came in as a young kid,” Stephenson said. “I’ve seen a lot and I’ve learned a lot. I feel like I’m ready for this oppor-tunity.”

Casey’s takeCasey knows Stephenson

well from Eastern Conference clashes when the newest Wolf played for Indiana and Char-lotte.

“He’s a talented, talented young man, hard to stop one-on-one,” said Casey, a former Wolves head coach. “He can get to where he wants to go with the ball. He has been his own worst enemy a lot of times, and I think he’d be the first to tell you that. … He’s not really a [shooting guard]. He’s not really a [small forward]. He just knows how to play.”

Brotherly loveWolves guard Tyus Jones

on Tuesday night attended brother Tre’s 34-point game for Apple Valley High School in a victory over Lakeville North.

“It’s a lot of fun to watch because I know how much work he puts in and the amount of time he spends in the gym,” he said. “It’s good for me as a big brother to see it paying off.”

Etc.• Wolves rookie guard Kris

Dunn missed his fourth con-secutive game because of a swollen, bruised hand. He again was in uniform, but didn’t play. Raptors forward Patrick Patterson (knee con-tusion) missed his third con-secutive game.

• Call Casey impressed with Wolves center Karl-Anthony Towns.

“I’m surprised he didn’t make the All-Star team,” Casey said. “He’s a very tal-ented young man. Plus, he’s from Kentucky.”

TEAM NOTES

Stephenson thinks he’s good fit for Wolves

TIMBERWOLVES 112, TORONTO 109Toronto 33 30 25 21 — 109Timberwolves 25 28 30 29 — 112

TORONTO FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTCarroll 34:18 7-9 0-0 1-9 2 2 19Siakam 19:36 1-2 1-4 3-5 0 3 3Valanciunas 26:05 7-7 2-2 1-5 1 2 16DeRozan 37:32 12-25 5-7 1-4 2 3 30Lowry 36:37 6-19 4-5 2-2 5 2 20Joseph 22:07 1-3 2-2 0-2 5 1 4Nogueira 21:06 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 4 2Poeltl 15:37 2-2 0-0 1-4 1 1 4Ross 13:59 5-9 0-0 0-2 1 2 11Powell 6:39 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0Sullinger 6:24 0-2 0-0 1-2 1 1 0Totals 240 42-79 14-20 10-36 19 22 109Percentages: FG .532, FT .700. Three-point-ers: 11-28, .393 (Carroll 5-5, Lowry 4-13, DeRozan 1-4, Ross 1-4, Joseph 0-1, Sullinger 0-1). Team rebounds: 9. Team turnovers: 13 (0 pts.). Blocks: 3 (Siakam 2, Joseph). Turnovers: 13 (DeRozan 3, Lowry 3, Joseph 2, Sullinger 2, Nogueira, Powell, Siakam). Steals: 6 (DeRozan, Joseph, Lowry, Noguei-ra, Poeltl, Ross). Technicals: None.

TIMBERWOLVES FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTTowns 36:42 8-14 13-13 6-15 1 3 29Wiggins 37:32 11-19 8-9 2-4 6 2 31Dieng 31:57 4-8 2-2 3-9 1 4 11Rubio 20:51 2-7 0-0 0-1 7 2 5Rush 20:04 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 1 0Jones 27:22 2-6 0-0 0-0 3 3 5Muhammad 25:36 8-13 4-6 0-2 2 2 22Stephenson 19:48 3-7 0-0 0-4 1 0 6Bjelica 15:28 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3Aldrich 4:40 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0Totals 240 39-80 27-30 11-36 22 20 112Percentages: FG .488, FT .900. Three-pointers: 7-19, .368 (Muhammad 2-5, Di-eng 1-1, Rubio 1-1, Wiggins 1-2, Bjelica 1-3, Jones 1-4, Rush 0-1, Towns 0-2). Team rebounds: 6. Team turnovers: 8 (14 pts.). Blocks: 3 (Towns 2, Wiggins). Turnovers: 8 (Wiggins 3, Bjelica 2, Rubio, Stephen-son, Towns). Steals: 8 (Jones 2, Wiggins 2, Aldrich, Dieng, Rubio, Towns). Techni-cals: None. A: 13,832 (19,356). T: 2:15. Of-fi cials: Scott Twardoski, Tom Washington, Marat Kogut

Newly signed Lance Stephenson joined reserves in a strong run at the stretch.By JERRY ZGODA jerry.zgoda@startribune.com

The Timberwolves wel-comed just-signed Lance Ste-phenson to his new team with Wednesday’s 112-109 victory over Toronto, a comeback at Target Center in which Ste-phenson played the entire fourth quarter only hours after he got turned around in the arena’s corridors.

“I got lost earlier,” he said afterward, “but I finally found the locker room.”

That was Wednesday morn-ing after he officially signed a 10-day contract. By nightfall, he and fellow reserves Tyus Jones and Shabazz Muham-mad all found their way home down the stretch, when coach Tom Thibodeau played them to the finish.

Stephenson provided a vet-eran’s know-how and what Thibodeau called an “edge,” particularly when it came to defending Raptors All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry with the game in doubt during the final minute.

Jones and Muhammad spread the floor and created room for young stars Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns to work with the threat of their perimeter shooting.

Jones’ three-pointer with 19.5 seconds left broke a 107-107 tie and was the go-ahead score from which the Raptors never recovered.

It came on a night when he missed his first three three-point shots but made the one that counted most.

“That’s what you dream of, the go-ahead shot in an NBA game late like that in the fourth,” Jones said. “You

spend hours and hours in the gym and shoot thousands and thousands of those. You can’t let it affect you. My teammates and coaches kept telling me to keep shooting it with confi-dence. You just have to trust them, like Wigs trusted me by making the pass.”

Like Stephenson, Jones played the entire fourth quar-ter because he was part of the group that brought the Wolves back from a seven-point defi-cit late in the third quarter.

Until then, the Wolves trailed by as many as 13 points and were down by 10 at half-time before their starters began the second half with an 18-7 burst.

“We were flowing,” Wig-gins said of the fourth-quarter finish. “Coach let that lineup rock.”

Wiggins played both shot-maker and play maker Wednesday, a night when he scored 31 points and also had six assists.

“Andrew was great,” Thibodeau said. “He has really grown in that area, and he has to do more. He has to do more.”

Just like he did after Mon-day’s 115-113 home loss to Miami, Thibodeau again demanded that his team play with “more of an edge” and “more tenacity” after it allowed 63 first-half points and 60.5 percent first-half shooting.

“Our best players have to lead, they have to play defense,” he said, likely refer-ring to Wiggins and espe-cially Towns (29 points, 14 rebounds). “They have to. It’s a must.”

Stephenson was the one who particularly provided that edge and tenacity in a 20-minute, six-point, four-rebound performance.

“He came in and you couldn’t tell he wasn’t here before,” Wiggins said. “He blended right in.”

Stephenson’s play was more than Thibodeau could have asked from a guy who had groin surgery and hadn’t played a game in three months.

“It’s the NBA, everybody has to be ready,” Thibodeau said. “Whoever that next guy is, get in there and get the job done. He has been in a lot of games. Knowing the NBA is big plus and this is a great opportunity for him and it’s going to be what he makes of it. How hard he works, his professionalism, what kind of teammate he is, how he per-forms and helps us is critical.”

Stephenson said he expected that he would be more tired than he was.

“But I’ve been working so hard and I wanted to be back so bad, I was ready and con-fident in myself,” Stephenson said. “I just tried to take smart shots. Don’t do anything crazy. Be solid. Coach had trust in me and he left me in.”

Veteran helps Wolves close outTIMBERWOLVES 112, TORONTO 109 Friday: 7 p.m. vs. New Orleans (FSN)

GAME RECAP

I M PA C T P L AY E RAndrew Wiggins, WolvesThe Toronto native scored 31 points and had six assists, but it was his pass to Tyus Jones for a three-pointer with 19 seconds to play that may have been his biggest contribution.

B Y T H E N U M B E R S20 Minutes played by new Wolf Lance Stephenson, who scored six points but had four rebounds and was on the court in the final minutes of the game.22 Points off the bench for Shabazz Muhammad, who hit eight of 13 shots.7 Consecutive possessions during which the Wolves scored to end the game.

STAFF REPORTS

HANNAH FOSLIEN • Associated PressTimberwolves guard Tyus Jones hit a three-pointer with 19.5 seconds left against Toronto, putting the team up 110-107.

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