BASEBALL
COLLEGE
UPPER MIDWEST
Gustavus 14-6, Northwestern (SP) 6-10
Wis.-Whitewater 7, Union (N.Y.) 6
BASKETBALL
TIMBERWOLVES STATISTICS
(Through Wednesday)
Scoreboard
March 23, 2017 at 3:20AM
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PlayerGMinPtsRebAst
Towns7036.924.612.22.8
Wiggins7037.223.04.12.4
LaVine4737.218.93.43.0
Rubio6432.410.14.08.9
Muhammad6619.99.92.90.5
Dieng7031.79.87.81.8
Bjelica6518.36.23.81.2
Casspi121.55.81.00.0
Rush3521.44.12.21.0
Payne127.74.01.70.3
Dunn6616.43.62.12.3
Stephenson611.23.51.70.8
Jones4812.53.41.12.4
Aldrich598.61.72.60.4
Hill66.81.72.20.0
Lucas III52.10.40.00.2
Totals70241.5104.842.923.4
Opponents70241.5105.240.522.5
college • MEN
NIT • QUARTERFINALS
Wednesday
Central Florida 68, Illinois 58
CSU Bakersfield at Tex.-Arlington, late
SEMIFINALS
March 28
At Madison Square Garden, New York
Games at 6 pm and 8 pm (ESPN)
CBI • SEMIFINALS
Wednesday
Coastal Carolina 89, Ill.-Chicago 78
Utah Valley at Wyoming, late
Championship • Best-Of-Three
March 27, 29 and 31 (if nec.)
Semifinal winners, all games 7:30 pm
CIT • Second round
Wednesday
Texas State 64, Idaho 55
NCAA DIVision II
At Sioux Falls
Quarterfinals • WEDNESDAY
Fairmont St. 86, Rollins 68
Bellarmine 92, Colorado Mines 72
NW Mo. St. 79, St. Thomas Aquinas 70
Chico St. vs. Lincoln Memorial, late
College • WOMEn
NIT • THIRD ROUND
Thursday
St. John's at Michigan, 5 pm
Virginia Tech at Penn State, 6 pm
Villanova at James Madison, 6 pm
Middle Tenn. at Georgia Tech, 6 pm
SMU at Indiana, 6 pm
Tulane at Alabama, 6 pm
Colorado at Iowa, 7 pm
UC Davis at Washington St., 9 pm
WBI • SEMIFINALS
Thursday
Milwaukee at N.C.-Greensboro, 6 pm
Idaho at Rice, 7 pm
NCAA DIVision II • Women
At Columbus, Ohio
SEMIFINALS • WEDNESDAY
Ashland 90, Harding 77
Virginia Union 86, Cal Baptist 81
golf
dell match play
At Austin Country Club
Austin, Texas
Note: Seedings in parentheses
GROUP 1
• Dustin Johnson (1) def. Webb Simpson (58), 5 and 3.
• Martin Kaymer (41) def. Jimmy Walker (18), 3 and 2.
GROUP 2
• Soren Kjeldsen (62) def. Rory McIlroy (2), 2 and 1.
• Gary Woodland (33) def. Emiliano Grillo (26), 3 and 2.
GROUP 3
• Pat Perez (56) def. Jason Day (3), match conceded after 6 holes.
• Marc Leishman (28) def. Lee Westwood (43), 3 and 2.
Note: Day has withdrawn from the tournament and his match will be conceded.
GROUP 4
• Hideki Matsuyama (4) halved with Jim Furyk (51).
• Louis Oosthuizen (23) def. Ross Fisher (47), 4 and 3.
GROUP 5
• Hideto Tanihara (54) def. Jordan Spieth (5), 4 and 2.
• Ryan Moore (32) halved with Yuta Ikeda (37).
GROUP 6
• Justin Thomas (6) def. Chris Wood (49), 2 and 1.
• Kevin Na def. Matt Fitzpatrick (27), 5 and 4.
GROUP 7
• Sergio Garcia (7) halved with Shane Lowry (53).
• Jon Rahm (21) def. Kevin Chappell (38), 3 and 2.
GROUP 8
• Alex Noren (8) def. Thongchai Jaidee (57), 3 and 2.
• Bernd Wiesberger (36) def. Francesco Molinari (25), 2 up.
GROUP 9
• Patrick Reed (9) halved with Jason Dufner (59).
• Brooks Koepka (20) def. Kevin Kisner (34), 6 and 5.
GROUP 10
• Tyrrell Hatton (10) def. Charles Howell III (61), 2 and 1.
• Rafa Cabrera Bello (22) def. Jeunghun Wang (40), 4 and 3.
GROUP 11
• K.T. Kim (64) def. Danny Willett (11), 4 and 2.
• Russell Knox (17) def. Bill Haas (42), 3 and 2.
GROUP 12
• Paul Casey (12) def. Joost Luiten (60), 2 and 1.
• Charl Schwartzel (24) def. Byeong Hun An (45), 6 and 5.
GROUP 13
• Bubba Watson (13) def. Jhonattan Vegas (55), 1 up.
• Thomas Pieters (30) def. Scott Piercy (39), 3 and 2.
GROUP 14
• Phil Mickelson (14) def. Si Woo Kim (63), 5 and 3.
• Daniel Berger (35) def. J.B. Holmes (31), 7 and 5.
GROUP 15
• Branden Grace (15) def. Andy Sullivan (52), 4 and 2.
• William McGirt (48) def. Brandt Snedeker (19), 2 up.
GROUP 16
• Matt Kuchar (16) halved with Brendan Steele (50).
• Tommy Fleetwood (29) def. Zach Johnson (44), 1 up.
HOCKEY
COLLEGE • MEN
NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT
FIRST ROUND
Friday • Fargo, N.D.
Boston U. vs. North Dakota, 2 pm
Minn. Duluth vs. Ohio State, 5:30 pm
Friday • Providence, R.I.
Harvard at Providence, 3 pm
Air Force vs. W. Michigan, 6:30 pm
Saturday • Manchester, N.H.
Cornell vs. Mass.-Lowell, 11 am
Gophers vs. Notre Dame, 2:30 pm
Saturday • Cincinnati
Denver vs. Michigan Tech, noon
Penn State vs. Union, 3:30 pm
WILD STATISTICS
(Through Wednesday)
PlayerGPGATP+/-PIM
Granlund722541662212
Staal72243155928
Koivu711835532522
Coyle72173249836
Niederreiter722029491747
Zucker722125463030
Pominville6811314204
Suter72828363430
Parise60161935-530
Spurgeon68823313120
Dumba661020301857
Haula62131023722
Brodin5831720-120
Stewart7213619389
Scandella614913-325
Schroeder32471160
Graovac52729710
Folin44257824
Hanzal10156-36
Eriksson Ek923522
Prosser35044-410
Dalpe1012309
White11213-37
Olofsson12022-12
Bertschy501104
Gabriel13011029
Pulkkinen9101-12
Reilly1710112
Cannone300000
Mitchell11000-10
Tuch6000-30
Totals722323906220607
Opponents721783124900633
GOALIESWLOTSOSV%GAA
Dubnyk371835.9272.17
Kuemper7430.9043.21
Totals442265.9192.45
Opponents283774.8963.19
LACROSSE
COLLEGE • MEN
UPPER MIDWEST
Northwestern (Minn.) 6, North Central 4
SOFTBALL
COLLEGE
UPPER MIDWEST
Allegheny 2, Wis.-Stevens Point
Wis.-Stevens Point 12, Union 6
TENNIS
PRO • MEN
MIAMI OPEN
First round • Key Biscayne, Fla.
• Nicolas Mahut def.
Michael Mmoh, 6-3, 6-2.
• Benoit Paire def.
Martin Klizan, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
• Jeremy Chardy def.
Facundo Bagnis, 6-2, 6-2.
• Yoshihito Nishioka def.
Jordan Thompson, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
• Fabio Fognini def.
Ryan Harrison, 6-4, 7-5.
• Donald Young def.
Dustin Brown, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.
• Ernesto Escobedo def.
Dan Evans, 7-5, 0-6, 6-3.
• Dudi Sela def.
Christian Harrison, 6-1, 6-1.
• Jan-Lennard Struff def.
Aljaz Bedene, 7-5, 4-0, retired.
• Federico Delbonis def.
Juan Monaco, 7-5 7-6 (4).
• Jiri Vesely def.
Tommy Haas, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5.
• Jared Donaldson def.
Kyle Edmund, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
• Kevin Anderson def.
Dusan Lajovic, 6-2, 7-5.
• Viktor Troicki def.
Thiago Monteiro, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
• Taylor Fritz def.
Adam Pavlasek, 6-2, 6-3.
pro • women
MIAMI OPEN
First round • Key Biscayne, Fla.
• Veronica Cepede Royg def.
Misaki Doi, 6-2, 6-4.
• Yaroslava Shvedova def.
Jelena Jankovic, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
• Christina McHale def.
Annika Beck, 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-0.
• Lucie Safarova def.
Yanina Wickmayer, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
• Jana Cepelova def.
Andrea Petkovic, 6-2, 6-4.
• Madison Brengle def.
Jelena Ostapenko, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands def.
Katerina Siniakova, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
• Ashleigh Barty def.
Eugenie Bouchard, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
• Patricia Maria Tig def.
Heather Watson, 7-6 (4), 6-1.
• Wang Qiang def.
Donna Vekic, 0-6, 6-4, 6-2.
• Ajla Tomljanovic def.
Magda Linette, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.
• Varvara Lepchenko def.
Lauren Davis, 6-3, 6-3.
• Risa Ozaki def.
Louisa Chirico, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.
• Taylor Townsend def.
Amanda Anisimova, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
• Julia Goerges def.
Alison Riske, 7-5, 6-3.
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich def.
Alize Cornet, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.
• Shelby Rogers def.
Marina Erakovic, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
• Pauline Parmentier def.
Oceane Dodin, 6-2, 6-1.
• Anett Kontaveit def.
Kurumi Nara, 6-2, 6-1.
TODAY'S LINE
NBA
FAVORITELINE (O/U)UNDERDOG
THURSDAY
MIAMI4 (204)Toronto
BROOKLYN4 (222)Phoenix
LA Clippers4 (206½)DALLAS
SAN ANTONIO8 (199)Memphis
PORTLAND10½ (218½)New York
NHL
FAVORITELINEUNDERDOG
THURSDAY
WILD-196/+181Philadelphia
WASHINGTONOFF/OFFColumbus
BOSTON-196/+181Tampa Bay
MONTREAL-178/+166Carolina
TORONTOOFF/OFFNew Jersey
Pittsburgh-133/+123OTTAWA
FLORIDA-190/+175Arizona
ST. LOUIS-225/+205Vancouver
NASHVILLE-140/+130Calgary
CHICAGO-225/+205Dallas
COLORADOOFF/OFFEdmonton
LOS ANGELES-145/+135Winnipeg
NCAA tournament • MEN
FAVORITELINEUNDERDOG
THURSDAY • SWEET 16
Kansas5Purdue
Michigan1Oregon
Gonzaga3West Virginia
Arizona7½Xavier
Friday • SWEET 16
Florida2Wisconsin
Baylor3½South Carolina
UCLAPKKentucky
North Carolina7½Butler
Note: Home teams are in CAPS.
about the writer
Against Mille Lacs on Tuesday, the senior guard and Gophers recruit scored 34 points in the first half to break the career mark of 5,060.
