BASKETBALL
TIMBERWOLVES STATISTICS
(Through Friday)
Player G Min Pts Reb Ast
Wiggins 15 36.2 24.0 4.1 2.0
Towns 15 34.7 21.3 9.4 2.5
LaVine 14 35.5 18.6 3.0 2.4
Dieng 15 31.4 10.3 8.6 2.6
Muhammad 12 16.3 6.7 2.3 0.3
Bjelica 15 16.6 6.5 3.6 1.0
Rubio 10 29.9 6.1 4.1 6.7
Payne 7 9.4 6.1 2.0 0.4
Jones 11 15.3 4.6 1.9 3.4
Dunn 15 19.3 3.8 2.7 2.9
Hill 2 5.4 3.0 3.0 0.0
Aldrich 15 12.4 2.7 3.6 0.4
Rush 8 11.4 1.8 1.1 0.6
Lucas 5 2.1 0.4 0.0 0.2
Team 15 240 103.1 42.7 21.5
Opponents 15 240 102.7 40.8 20.1
HOCKEY
WILD STATISTICS
(Through Saturday)
PLAYER GP G A TP +/- PIM
Staal 21 5 11 16 7 6
Coyle 21 8 7 15 5 18
Granlund 21 5 9 14 5 2
Suter 21 4 10 14 11 8
Niederreiter 21 7 6 13 7 4
Koivu 21 4 7 11 4 6
Brodin 21 2 8 10 3 10
Zucker 21 2 8 10 11 8
Parise 14 4 5 9 0 12
Dumba 21 2 5 7 3 14
Pominville 21 3 5 8 -1 0
Haula 14 3 2 5 1 6
Eriksson Ek 9 2 3 5 2 2
Stewart 21 2 3 5 0 29
Spurgeon 17 1 4 5 9 4
Dalpe 9 1 2 3 0 9
Folin 19 0 2 2 8 16
Graovac 13 2 0 2 1 0
Bertschy 5 0 1 1 0 4
Prosser 9 0 1 1 0 0
Pulkkinen 8 1 0 1 -1 2
Scandella 10 0 1 1 -5 4
Mitchell 9 0 0 0 0 0
Reilly 9 0 0 0 0 2
Schroeder 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 21 58 100 158 0 182
Opponents 21 411 69 110 0 180
GOALIES W L OT SO Sv% GAA
Dubnyk 9 6 2 4 .946 1.66
Kuemper 2 1 1 0 .908 2.94
Totals 9 7 2 4 .937 1.89
Opponents 10 8 1 2 .914 2.75
COLLEGE • MEN
UPPER MIDWEST
Concordia (Wis.) 4, Bethel 0
Marian 5, St. John's 4
Norwich 3, Concordia (Moorhead) 0
St. Olaf 4, Lawrence 1
Wis.-Superior 8, Finlandia 1
COLLEGE • WOMEN
WCHA W L T SW Pts GF GA
Gophers 10 1 2 2 34 44 18
Wisconsin 10 1 1 1 32 43 11
Minn. Duluth 7 3 2 1 24 37 22
North Dakota 5 4 3 1 19 29 23
St. Cloud State 4 7 1 1 14 20 33
Ohio State 3 8 1 0 10 17 30
Bemidji State 3 9 1 0 10 20 39
MSU Mankato 1 10 1 0 4 11 45
Overall: Gophers 12-1-2, Wisconsin 14-1-1, Minn. Duluth 10-3-3, North Dakota 7-5-4, St. Cloud State 5-10-1, Ohio State 7-8-1, Bemidji St. 5-9-1, MSU Mankato 3-11-2.
RESULTS SATURDAY
Gophers 4, Bemidji St. 0
Nonconference
Minn. Duluth 2, Harvard 1, OT
MSU Mankato 1, Lindenwood 1, OT
North Dakota 3, Syracuse 0
Robert Morris 5, St. Cloud State 3
Wisconsin 5, Cornell 2
GAME SUNDAY
Bemidji St. at Gophers, 2:07 pm
UPPER MIDWEST
Concordia (Moorhead) 5, Marian 2
Wis.-Eau Claire 4, St. Mary's 0
SOCCER
MLS PLAYOFFS
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
(Montreal leads Toronto FC, 3-2)
Wednesday • Second leg
Montreal at Toronto FC, 6 pm
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
(Seattle leads Colorado, 2-1)
Sunday • Second leg
Seattle at Colorado, 3 pm
MLS CUP
Saturday, Dec. 10
Eastern winner vs. Western winner, 7 pm
VOLLEYBALL
COLLEGE
BIG TEN Conf. Overall
Nebraska 18-2 27-2
Gophers 17-3 25-4
Wisconsin 17-3 25-4
Penn State 14-5 22-8
Michigan St. 13-7 24-8
Michigan 11-9 22-10
Illinois 10-10 17-14
Ohio State 9-10 19-12
Iowa 9-11 19-13
Purdue 8-12 18-13
Indiana 6-14 17-16
Maryland 4-16 12-20
Northwestern 4-17 10-22
Rutgers 0-20 4-29
RESULTS SATURDAY
• Gophers def. Wisconsin, 22-25, 25-17, 11-25, 25-17, 15-8
• Michigan St. def. Iowa, 25-18, 23-25, 25-20, 25-21
• Nebraska def. Michigan, 25-19, 25-17, 22-25, 25-21
• Northwestern def. Rutgers, 25-17, 25-23, 25-23
• Ohio State def. Indiana, 25-14, 21-25, 25-17, 16-25, 15-11
• Penn State def. Illinois, 25-18, 26-24, 19-25, 25-21
Regular season ends
TRANSACTIONS
BASKETBALL
NBA
Chicago: Assigned F/C Cristiano Felicio and Gs Jerian Grant and R.J. Hunter to Windy City (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
NFL
Vikings: Released S Cedric Thompson from the practice squad.
Buffalo: Placed S Robert Blanton on injured reserve. Released TE Gerald Christian. Activated WR Sammy Watkins from injured reserve. Signed PK Jordan Gay.
Cincinnati: Waived DT DeShawn Williams. Activated HB Cedric Peerman from injured reserve. Signed LS Tyler Ott from the practice squad.
Houston: Waived DE Brandon Dunn. Signed DE Ufomba Kamalu from the practice squad.
Oakland: Released OT Matt McCants. Waived TE Ryan O'Malley. Signed LB Tyrell Adams and LB/DE James Cowser from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
NHL
Arizona: Recalled C Tyler Gaudet from Tucson (AHL).
Boston: Assigned G Zane McIntyre to Atlanta (AHL).
Detroit: Placed D Alexey Marchenko and G Jimmy Howard on 7-day injured reserve, Marchenko retroactive to Nov. 20. Recalled G Jared Coreau from Grand Rapids (AHL).
COLLEGE
LSU: Promoted interim football coach Ed Orgeron to football coach.
Mississippi: Announced the retirement of defensive coordinator Dave Wommack, effective at the end of the season.
Texas: Fired football coach Charlie Strong.
TODAY'S LINE
NFL
FAVORITE LINE (O/U) UNDERDOG
Sunday
San Diego 3 (46½) HOUSTON
Tennessee 6 (42) CHICAGO
BUFFALO 7½ (45) Jacksonville
BALTIMORE 3½ (40½) Cincinnati
ATLANTA 5 (50½) Arizona
MIAMI 7 (44½) San Francisco
NEW ORL. 7½ (46) Los Angeles
N.Y. Giants 7 (44) CLEVELAND
Seattle 6 (45) TAMPA BAY
OAKLAND 3 (49½) Carolina
DENVER 3½ (38½) Kansas City
New England 7½ (45½) N.Y. JETS
MONDAY
PHIL. 4 (47½) Green Bay
NBA
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
SUNday
Cleveland 12 PHILADELPHIA
PHOENIX off Denver
Sacramento 4 BROOKLYN
Milwaukee 1 ORLANDO
L.A. Clippers 10½ INDIANA
New Orleans 3 DALLAS
Houston 1½ PORTLAND
L.A. LAKERS off Atlanta
NHL
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
SUNday
BOSTON -125/+115 Tampa Bay
Nashville -138/+128 WINNIPEG
EDMONTON -210/+190 Arizona
CAROLINA off/off Florida
N.Y. RANGERS off/off Ottawa
PHIL. -135/+125 Calgary
COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
SUNday
DUQUESNE 5 Cleveland St.
NORTHEASTERN 4 Kent State
VALPARAISO 10 Ball State
La Salle 6 DREXEL
WASH. STATE 9½ San Jose State
SOUTHERN CAL 18 UC Santa Barb.
ST. MARY'S 11½ Ala.-Birm.
Indiana St. 10½ Quinnipiac
Gonzaga 4½ Iowa State
Florida 2½ Miami
Seton Hall 4 Stanford
UC Irvine 6 E. Tennessee St.
Milwaukee off South Dakota St.
Dayton 5 New Mexico
Virginia Tech 5 Nebraska
UCLA 4 Texas A&M
Portland 3 CS Northridge
CS Bakersfield off North Dakota
North Florida off Wright St.
Denver off Sacramento St.
E. WASHINGTON off San Francisco
Toledo off N.C.-Wilmington
Evansville off Middle Tenn.
Note: Home teams are in CAPS.

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