Monday, March 8, 2010

MICHIGAN BOYS HS BASKETBALL DISTRICT TOURNAMENT:
District 35
Sturgis 49, Battle Creek Pennfield 42

District 66
Centreville 58, Marcellus 50
Constantine 63, Mendon 50

District 67
Bronson 48, Quincy 34

District 99
Climax-Scotts 46, Colon 42
Kalamazoo Heritage Christian 64, Burr Oak 49

INDIANA BOYS SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Class A
Hamilton
Ft. Wayne Blackhawk 70, Ft. Wayne Canterbury 45

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Number 6 Notre Dame women have again fallen to top-ranked Connecticut and its record-setting domination. The Huskies' 59-44 victory over the Irish was their NCAA record 71st straight win. Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins had 10 points.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - IUPUI advances in the Summit League tournament after surviving a comeback bid by Oral Roberts to win 69-65 yesterday. The Jaguars will play in the title game today against top-seeded Oakland, Michigan, which beat IPFW 71-58 yesterday.

PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AP) - Purdue's Robbie Hummel and E'Twaun Moore and Michigan State's Kalin Lucas have been named to the Big Ten first team in separate voting by conference coaches and media. Big Ten coaches chose Purdue's Matt Painter as coach of the year. The media gave the honor to Ohio State's Thad Matta. In the Mid-American Conference, Western Michigan's David Kool was named player of the year.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An agent for Ryan Lilja says the Colts guard has been cut by Indianapolis. Lilja started all 19 games last season, including the Super Bowl loss to New Orleans. The 28-year-old Lilja received his $1.7 million roster bonus before being cut.