BASEBALL

COLLEGE

UPPER MIDWEST

Gustavus 14-6, Northwestern (SP) 6-10

Wis.-Whitewater 7, Union (N.Y.) 6

BASKETBALL

TIMBERWOLVES STATISTICS

(Through Wednesday)

Player G Min Pts Reb Ast

Towns 70 36.9 24.6 12.2 2.8

Wiggins 70 37.2 23.0 4.1 2.4

LaVine 47 37.2 18.9 3.4 3.0

Rubio 64 32.4 10.1 4.0 8.9

Muhammad 66 19.9 9.9 2.9 0.5

Dieng 70 31.7 9.8 7.8 1.8

Bjelica 65 18.3 6.2 3.8 1.2

Casspi 1 21.5 5.8 1.0 0.0

Rush 35 21.4 4.1 2.2 1.0

Payne 12 7.7 4.0 1.7 0.3

Dunn 66 16.4 3.6 2.1 2.3

Stephenson 6 11.2 3.5 1.7 0.8

Jones 48 12.5 3.4 1.1 2.4

Aldrich 59 8.6 1.7 2.6 0.4

Hill 6 6.8 1.7 2.2 0.0

Lucas III 5 2.1 0.4 0.0 0.2

Totals 70 241.5 104.8 42.9 23.4

Opponents 70 241.5 105.2 40.5 22.5

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Note: Day has withdrawn from the tournament and his match will be conceded.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)

Player GP G A TP +/- PIM

Granlund 72 25 41 66 22 12

Staal 72 24 31 55 9 28

Koivu 71 18 35 53 25 22

Coyle 72 17 32 49 8 36

Niederreiter 72 20 29 49 17 47

Zucker 72 21 25 46 30 30

Pominville 68 11 31 42 0 4

Suter 72 8 28 36 34 30

Parise 60 16 19 35 -5 30

Spurgeon 68 8 23 31 31 20

Dumba 66 10 20 30 18 57

Haula 62 13 10 23 7 22

Brodin 58 3 17 20 -1 20

Stewart 72 13 6 19 3 89

Scandella 61 4 9 13 -3 25

Schroeder 32 4 7 11 6 0

Graovac 52 7 2 9 7 10

Folin 44 2 5 7 8 24

Hanzal 10 1 5 6 -3 6

Eriksson Ek 9 2 3 5 2 2

Prosser 35 0 4 4 -4 10

Dalpe 10 1 2 3 0 9

White 11 2 1 3 -3 7

Olofsson 12 0 2 2 -1 2

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 11 0 0 0 -1 0

Tuch 6 0 0 0 -3 0

Totals 72 232 390 622 0 607

Opponents 72 178 312 490 0 633

GOALIES W L OT SO SV% GAA

Dubnyk 37 18 3 5 .927 2.17

Kuemper 7 4 3 0 .904 3.21

Totals 44 22 6 5 .919 2.45

Opponents 28 37 7 4 .896 3.19

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

FAVORITE LINE (O/U) UNDERDOG

THURSDAY

MIAMI 4 (204) Toronto

BROOKLYN 4 (222) Phoenix

LA Clippers 4 (206½) DALLAS

SAN ANTONIO 8 (199) Memphis

PORTLAND 10½ (218½) New York

NHL

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG

THURSDAY

WILD -196/+181 Philadelphia

WASHINGTON OFF/OFF Columbus

BOSTON -196/+181 Tampa Bay

MONTREAL -178/+166 Carolina

TORONTO OFF/OFF New Jersey

Pittsburgh -133/+123 OTTAWA

FLORIDA -190/+175 Arizona

ST. LOUIS -225/+205 Vancouver

NASHVILLE -140/+130 Calgary

CHICAGO -225/+205 Dallas

COLORADO OFF/OFF Edmonton

LOS ANGELES -145/+135 Winnipeg

NCAA tournament • MEN

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG

THURSDAY • SWEET 16

Kansas 5 Purdue

Michigan 1 Oregon

Gonzaga 3 West Virginia

Arizona 7½ Xavier

Friday • SWEET 16

Florida 2 Wisconsin

Baylor 3½ South Carolina

UCLA PK Kentucky

North Carolina 7½ Butler

Note: Home teams are in CAPS.