BASEBALL
Scoreboard
COLLEGE
UPPER MIDWEST
Concordia (St. Paul) 4-4, Wayne St. 3-3
Haverford 4, St. John's 1, 10 inn.
Minn.-Crookston 6, Mo.-St. Louis 5
Minot State 4, Concordia (St. Paul) 0
Northern St. 23, Winnipeg 3
St. Cloud State 20, Malone 5
St. John's 8, Defiance 6
SW Minnesota St. 3, Northern St. 1
Walsh (Ohio) 3, Minn. Duluth 1
Wis.-Whitewater 5-10, St Thomas 2-1
BASKETBALL
TIMBERWOLVES STATISTICS
(Through Thursday)
PlayerGMinPtsRebAst
Towns6336.724.112.32.9
Wiggins6337.223.24.12.4
LaVine4737.218.93.43.0
Dieng6331.910.08.01.8
Muhammad5919.49.52.80.5
Rubio5732.39.24.18.7
Bjelica6117.86.03.51.2
Stephenson513.14.22.01.0
Payne127.74.01.70.3
Rush2819.54.02.10.7
Dunn5916.53.72.12.4
Jones4112.73.71.02.4
Hill57.92.02.60.0
Aldrich568.71.62.70.4
Lucas III52.10.40.00.2
Totals63241.5104.943.223.5
Opponents63241.5104.940.622.4
HOCKEY
WILD STATISTICS
(Through Thursday)
PlayerGPGATP+/-PIM
Granlund65213960278
Koivu641832502922
Staal65192948722
Niederreiter652026461943
Coyle65143044834
Zucker652023433130
Pominville6210293914
Suter65827353424
Spurgeon61822303218
Parise53151429-430
Dumba59718251849
Haula5513922720
Stewart6511617279
Brodin5131417218
Schroeder29471170
Scandella544711125
Graovac49718610
Folin44257824
Eriksson Ek923522
Prosser30044-46
Dalpe1012309
Hanzal6033-32
White6213-10
Olofsson10022-10
Bertschy501104
Gabriel13011029
Pulkkinen9101-12
Reilly1710112
Cannone300000
Mitchell11000-10
Tuch6000-30
Totals652113565670544
Opponents651532704230562
GOALIESWLOTSOSV%GAA
Dubnyk351435.9322.03
Kemper7330.9053.22
Totals421765.9242.33
Opponents233574.8923.26
COLLEGE • MEN
BIG TENWLTSWPtsGFGA
Gophers13500397457
Wisconsin12600367058
Penn State10710316956
Ohio State9811296860
Michigan41222164673
Michigan St.31320114669
Overall: Gophers 22-10-2, Wisconsin 19-12-1, Penn State 21-9-2, Ohio State 18-10-6, Michigan 11-18-3, Michigan St. 7-22-3.
GAMES FRIDAY
Michigan St. at Gophers, 6:30 pm
Penn State at Michigan, 6:35 pm
Ohio State at Wisconsin, 7:07 pm
GAMES SATURDAY
Michigan St. at Gophers, 7 pm
Penn State at Michigan, 6:35 pm
Ohio State at Wisconsin, 7:07 pm
NCHC PLAYOFFS
Quarterfinals • Best-of-three
Colorado College at Denver
G1: Friday, 8:35 pm
G2: Saturday, 8:05 pm
G3: Sunday, 8:05 pm (if nec.)
Miami (Ohio) at Minn. Duluth
G1: Friday, 7:07 pm
G2: Saturday, 7:37 pm
G3: Sunday, 7:07 pm (if nec.)
Omaha at Western Michigan
G1: Friday, 6:05 pm
G2: Saturday, 6:05 pm
G3: Sunday, 6:05 pm (if nec.)
St. Cloud State at North Dakota
G1: Friday, 7:37 pm
G2: Saturday, 7:07 pm
G3: Sunday, 7:07 pm (if nec.)
WCHA PLAYOFFS
Semifinals • Best-of-three
Bowling Green at Bemidji State
G1: Friday, 7:07 pm
G2: Saturday, 7:07 pm
G3: Sunday, 7:07 pm (if nec.)
MSU Mankato at Michigan Tech
G1: Friday, 6:07 pm
G2: Saturday, 6:07 pm
G3: Sunday, 6:07 pm (if nec.)
ATLANTIC HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
Quarterfinals • Best-of-three
Bentley at Air Force
G1: Friday, 8:05 pm
G2: Saturday, 8:05 pm
G3: Sunday, 8:05 pm (if nec.)
Holy Cross at Robert Morris
G1: Friday, 6:05 pm
G2: Saturday, 6:05 pm
G3: Sunday, 6:05 pm (if nec.)
Mercyhurst at Army
G1: Friday, 6:05 pm
G2: Saturday, 6:05 pm
G3: Sunday, 6:05 pm (if nec.)
Niagara at Canisius
G1: Friday, 6:35 pm
G2: Saturday, 7:05 pm
G3: Sunday, 5:35 pm (if nec.)
ECAC TOURNAMENT
Quarterfinals • Best-of-three
Clarkson at Cornell
G1: Friday, 6 pm
G2: Saturday, 6 pm
G3: Sunday, 3 pm (if nec.)
Princeton at Union
G1: Friday, 6 pm
G2: Saturday, 6 pm
G3: Sunday, 6 pm (if nec.)
Quinnipiac at St. Lawrence
G1: Friday, 6 pm
G2: Saturday, 6 pm
G3: Sunday, 6 pm (if nec.)
Yale at Harvard
G1: Friday, 6 pm
G2: Saturday, 6 pm
G3: Sunday, 6 pm (if nec.)
HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT
Quarterfinals • Best-of-three
New Hampshire at Mass.-Lowell
G1: Friday, 6:15 pm
G2: Saturday, 6:05 pm
G3: Sunday, 3 pm (if nec.)
Northeastern at Boston U
G1: Friday, 6 pm
G2: Saturday, 6 pm
G3: Sunday, 6 pm (if nec.)
Providence at Notre Dame
G1: Friday, 6:35 pm
G2: Saturday, 6:05 pm
G3: Sunday, 6:05 pm (if nec.)
Vermont at Boston College
G1: Friday, 6 pm
G2: Saturday, 6 pm
G3: Sunday, 4 pm (if nec.)
COLLEGE • WOMEN
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT
Quarterfinals • Saturday
Gophers at Minn. Duluth, 2:30 pm
St. Lawrence at Boston College, noon
Cornell at Clarkson, 2 pm
Robert Morris at Wisconsin, 3 pm
SOFTBALL
COLLEGE
UPPER MIDWEST
Gustavus 7, Aurora 0
Gustavus 7, Thomas More 5
Hamline 5-5, Northland 3-0
Hillsdale 3, Minn. Duluth 2
Minn. Duluth 3, Northwood 2
MSU Mankato 7, Northwood 1
MSU Mankato 9, Hillsdale 1
Notre Dame (Ohio) 4, SW Minn. St. 1
St. Cloud State 12, Felician 0
St. Cloud State 4, Assumption 1
S. Indiana 2, SW Minnesota St. 0
Walsh (Ohio) 5, MSU Moorhead 2
Wayne St. 7, Concordia (Moorhead) 2
Wayne St. 4, St. Joseph's (Ind.) 2
Wilmington 10, MSU Moorhead 2
Winona St. 10, Bentley 0
Winona St. 2, Grand Valley St. 0
TENNIS
COLLEGE • MEN
UPPER MIDWEST
Cedarville (Ohio) 6, St. John's 3
COLLEGE • WOMEN
UPPER MIDWEST
Cedarville (Ohio) 7, SW Minn. St. 2
Grand Valley St. 8, MSU Mankato 1
Lee 9, Minn. Duluth 0
MSU Moorhead 5, John Carroll 4
Saginaw Valley St. 9, MSU Moorhead 0
St. Benedict 8, Meredith 1
SW Minnesota St. 6, St. Francis (Ill.) 3
Wayne St. (Mich.) 8, Minn. Duluth 1
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore: Optioned RHPs Jason Garcia and Parker Bridwell to Norfolk (IL).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago: Agreed to terms with RHPs Aaron Brooks, Jake Buchanan, Eddie Butler, Carl Edwards Jr., Kyle Hendricks, Pierce Johnson, Alec Mills, Felix Pena, Jose Rosario and Duane Underwood Jr.; LHPs Jack Leathersich, Mike Montgomery, Caleb Smith and Rob Zastryzny; Cs Victor Caratini, Willson Contreras and Kyle Schwarber; INFs Javier Baez, Kris Bryant, Jeimer Candelario, Tommy La Stella and Addison Russell; and OFs Albert Almora Jr., Jacob Hannemann and Matt Szczur.
Colorado: Assigned RHPs Ryan Castellani and Johendi Jiminian, LHP Sam Howard, C Chris Rabago, INF Ryan McMahon and OF Rosell Herrera to minor league camp.
Milwaukee: Optioned RHP Adrian Houser to Biloxi (SL).
BASKETBALL
NBA: Fined New Orleans F/C DeMarcus Cousins $50,000 for directing inappropriate language towards fans. Fined Phoenix F Jared Dudley $35,000 for escalating an altercation by confronting and making contact with Washington Wizards F/C Jason Smith and Washington G Brandon Jennings $35,000 for making menacing gestures on the playing court as part of the same incident.
Dallas: Signed G Manny Harris and F Jarrod Uthoff to 10-day contracts.
FOOTBALL
NFL: Suspended Baltimore RB Kenneth Dixon four games for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing substances.
Arizona: Agreed to terms with S Antoine Bethea on a three-year contract and C A.Q. Shipley on a two-year contract.
Atlanta: Agreed to terms with QB Matt Schaub and DT Courtney Upshaw on contract extensions. Agreed to terms with DL Jack Crawford, LB LaRoy Reynolds and TE Levine Toilolo. Released DE Tyson Jackson.
Baltimore: Agreed to terms with NT Brandon Williams on a five-year contract.
Buffalo: Released S Aaron Williams. Agreed to terms with FB Patrick DiMarco, G Vladimir Ducasse, PK Stephen Hauschka and Ss Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer.
Chicago: Released QB Jay Cutler.
Cincinnati: Re-signed WR Brandon LaFell to a two-year contract.
Cleveland: Signed G Joel Bitonio to a five-year contract extension. Acquired Houston Texans' 2018 second-round pick, 2017 sixth-round pick and QB Brock Osweiler for Cleveland's 2017 fourth-round compensatory pick. Claimed OL Marcus Martin off waivers from San Francisco.
Detroit: Re-signed DT Khyri Thornton. Released LB DeAndre Levy.
Green Bay: Re-signed LB Nick Perry.
Houston: Re-signed P Shane Lechler and K Nick Novak.
L.A. Chargers: Re-signed S Jahleel Addae and LS Mike Windt to four-year contracts and QB Kellen Clemens to a one-year contract.
Miami: Signed TE Anthony Fasano. Signed S Reshad Jones to a contract extension through the 2021 season.
New England: Acquired TE Dwayne Allen from the Indianapolis Colts for an undisclosed draft selection.
Philadelphia: Agreed to terms with WR Torrey Smith on a three-year contract and WR Alshon Jeffery and G Chance Warmack on one-year contracts. Released DE Connor Barwin.
Pittsburgh: Re-signed TE David Johnson and QB Landry Jones to two-year contracts.
Tampa Bay: Agreed to terms with DT Chris Baker.
Tennessee: Agreed to terms with DL Karl Klug and LB Nate Palmer on multi-year contracts.
Washington: Fired general manager Scot McCloughan.
HOCKEY
NHL: Suspended Pittsburgh Penguins F Tom Sestito for four games without pay for boarding Winnipeg Jets D Toby Enstrom on Wednesday.
Detroit: Assigned G Jared Coreau to Grand Rapids (AHL). Removed G Jimmy Howard from injured reserve.
N.Y. Rangers: Recalled G Brandon Halverson from Greenville (ECHL) on a emergency basis.
TODAY'S LINE
NBA
FAVORITELINE (O/U)UNDERDOG
FRIDAY
Golden State5TIMBERWOLVES
CHARLOTTE8Orlando
Houston4½CHICAGO
ATLANTA2Toronto
MILWAUKEE2½Indiana
DENVERoffBoston
DALLAS9Brooklyn
Washington8SACRAMENTO
NHL
FAVORITELINEUNDERDOG
FRIDAY
FLORIDAoff/offWild
COLUMBUS-245/+225Buffalo
DETROIToff/offChicago
ST. LOUISoff/offAnaheim
Pittsburgh-110/+100EDMONTON
COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL
FAVORITELINEUNDERDOG
FRIDAY
Purdue2Michigan
Dayton5Davidson
C. Florida1Memphis
Texas-Arlington8Coastal Carolina
Texas State4La.-Monroe
Georgia St. 1La.-Lafayette
Troy1Georgia Southern
Kentucky9½Georgia
Note: Home teams are in CAPS.
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Max Brosmer's 1-yard plunge with under a minute remaining, his third TD of the game, gave the Gophers the late lead and Koi Perich's acrobatic interception set off a wild celebration at Huntington Bank Stadium.