On Deck

Saturday

Boys soccer: 6A state final, Summit vs. Jesuit at Hillsboro Stadium, 3:30 p.m.

Girls water polo: 6A state championships at Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center in Beaverton, TBD.

SOCCER

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

Playoffs

All Times PST

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CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

(Home-and-home)

Second leg

Thursday’s Game

Seattle 3, Portland 2, 4-4 aggregate; Portland advanced on 4-2 penalty kicks

Sunday’s Games

Real Salt Lake at Sporting KC, noon, 1-1 on aggregate, Sporting KC leads on away goals

New York City FC at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m., Atlanta leads 1-0 on aggregate

Columbus at New York, 4:30 p.m., Columbus leads 1-0 on aggregate

Thursday’s Summary

Seattle 3, Timbers 2

Portland 0 1 1 — 2

Seattle 0 2 1 — 3

Timbers advanced 4-2 on penalty kicks

First half—None.

Second half—1, Seattle, Ruidiaz, 12, 68th minute; 2, Portland, Blanco, 12 (Asprilla), 78th; 3, Seattle, Ruidiaz, 13, 90th.

Extra time—4, Portland, Asprilla, 2 (Valeri), 93rd; 5, Seattle, Lodeiro, 9 (penalty kick), 97th.

Shootout—Seattle 2 (Raul Ruidiaz G, Will Bruin NG, Osvaldo Alonso NG, Handwalla Bwana G); Portland 4 (Lucas Melano G, Diego Valeri G, Sebastian Blanco G, Liam Ridgewell NG, Dairon Asprilla G).

Goalies—Portland, Jeff Attinella, Steve Clark; Seattle, Stefan Frei, Bryan Meredith.

Yellow Cards??Seattle, Alonso, 70th; Ruidiaz, 114th. Portland, Flores, 41st; Valeri, 96th.

Referee—Jair Marrufo. Assistant Referees—Ian Anderson; Eduardo Mariscal; Christopher Penso. 4th Official—Robert Sibiga.

A—39,542.

HOCKEY

NHL

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

All Times PST

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Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 16 12 3 1 25 59 42

Toronto 15 10 5 0 20 51 40

Montreal 16 8 5 3 19 53 51

Boston 15 8 5 2 18 44 39

Buffalo 16 8 6 2 18 49 49

Ottawa 16 6 7 3 15 55 67

Detroit 15 5 8 2 12 40 55

Florida 12 4 5 3 11 38 42

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Islanders 15 8 5 2 18 47 38

Washington 14 7 4 3 17 52 50

Columbus 15 8 6 1 17 50 52

Philadelphia 16 8 7 1 17 53 60

Carolina 16 7 7 2 16 44 48

Pittsburgh 14 6 5 3 15 47 47

N.Y. Rangers 15 7 7 1 15 43 47

New Jersey 13 6 6 1 13 42 43

Western Conference

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Nashville 15 12 3 0 24 51 31

Minnesota 15 9 4 2 20 46 41

Dallas 16 9 6 1 19 46 43

Winnipeg 14 8 5 1 17 41 38

Colorado 15 7 5 3 17 53 44

Chicago 16 6 7 3 15 49 60

St. Louis 13 5 5 3 13 46 48

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 17 10 6 1 21 57 58

Calgary 16 9 6 1 19 54 53

San Jose 16 8 5 3 19 53 50

Edmonton 16 8 7 1 17 45 50

Anaheim 17 7 7 3 17 41 48

Arizona 14 7 6 1 15 41 34

Vegas 16 7 8 1 15 39 45

Los Angeles 15 5 9 1 11 33 49

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Thursday’s Games

Vancouver 8, Boston 5

Florida 4, Edmonton 1

Philadelphia 5, Arizona 4, OT

Buffalo 6, Montreal 5, OT

Vegas 5, Ottawa 3

Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 2

Carolina 4, Chicago 3

Dallas 4, San Jose 3

Minnesota 3, Los Angeles 1v

Friday’s Games

New Jersey at Toronto, 4 p.m.

Columbus at Washington, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

San Jose at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Chicago at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Vancouver at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Nashville at Dallas, 11 a.m.

Toronto at Boston, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 4 p.m.

Arizona at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Vegas at Montreal, 4 p.m.

Detroit at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Calgary at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Tennis

ATP Tour

Next Gen Finals

Thursday at Milan, Italy

Round Robin

x-advanced to semifinals

Group A — Jaume Munar (7), Spain, def. Frances Tiafoe (3), United States, 4-1, 4-3 (3), 4-1. Stefanos Tsitsipas (1), Greece, def. Hubert Hurkacz (6), Poland, 4-1, 4-3 (2), 4-1.

Standings: x-Tsitsipas 3-0 (sets 9-1, games 39-25), x-Munar 1-2 (6-6, 37-37), Hurkacz 1-2 (4-8, 32-39), Tiafoe 1-2 (3-7, 27-34)

Group B — Andrey Rublev (5), Russia, def. Liam Caruana (8), Italy, 4-3 (7), 4-1, 4-2. Alex de Minaur (2), Australia, def. Taylor Fritz (4), United States, 4-3 (8), 4-1, 4-2.

Standings: x-de Minaur 3-0 (9-1, 39-18), x-Rublev 2-1 (7-5, 36-36), Fritz 1-2 (5-7, 34-38), Caruana 0-3 (1-9, 20-37)

Football

NFL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

All Times PST

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 7 2 0 .778 270 202

Miami 5 4 0 .556 187 225

N.Y. Jets 3 6 0 .333 198 213

Buffalo 2 7 0 .222 96 241

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 6 3 0 .667 216 184

Tennessee 4 4 0 .500 134 141

Jacksonville 3 5 0 .375 134 170

Indianapolis 3 5 0 .375 231 213

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Pittsburgh 6 2 1 .722 279 209

Cincinnati 5 3 0 .625 221 237

Baltimore 4 5 0 .444 213 160

Cleveland 2 6 1 .278 190 247

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Kansas City 8 1 0 .889 327 226

L.A. Chargers 6 2 0 .750 220 180

Denver 3 6 0 .333 205 213

Oakland 1 7 0 .125 141 252

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Washington 5 3 0 .625 160 172

Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 178 156

Dallas 3 5 0 .375 154 151

N.Y. Giants 1 7 0 .125 150 205

South

W L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 7 1 0 .875 279 218

Carolina 6 3 0 .667 241 232

Atlanta 4 4 0 .500 228 226

Tampa Bay 3 5 0 .375 229 275

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 5 3 0 .625 235 153

Minnesota 5 3 1 .611 221 204

Green Bay 3 4 1 .438 192 204

Detroit 3 5 0 .375 180 210

West

W L T Pct PF PA

L.A. Rams 8 1 0 .889 299 200

Seattle 4 4 0 .500 188 156

Arizona 2 6 0 .250 110 199

San Francisco 2 7 0 .222 207 239

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Thursday’s Game

Pittsburgh 52, Carolina 21

Sunday’s Games

Arizona at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Washington at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

New England at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

L.A. Chargers at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.

Miami at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Rams, 1:25 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 5:20 p.m.

Open: Minnesota, Denver, Baltimore, Houston

Monday’s Game

N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 5:15 p.m.

College

All Times PST

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Pac-12

North

Conf All

W L W L PF PA

Washington St. 5 1 8 1 345 214

Washington 5 2 7 3 266 160

Oregon 3 3 6 3 335 248

Stanford 3 3 5 4 235 213

California 2 4 5 4 212 197

Oregon St. 1 5 2 7 258 403

South

Conf All

W L W L PF PA

Utah 4 3 6 3 273 172

Southern Cal 4 3 5 4 255 251

Arizona 4 3 5 5 308 281

Ariz. St. 3 3 5 4 268 202

Colorado 2 4 5 4 290 233

UCLA 2 4 2 7 191 302

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Saturday’s Games

UCLA at Arizona St., 11 a.m.

No. 8 Washington St. at Colorado, 12:30 p.m.

Oregon at Utah, 2:30 p.m.

Oregon St. at Stanford, 6 p.m.

California at Southern Cal, 7:30 p.m.

SCORES

Thursday’s Game

Wake Forest 27, No. 14 North Carolina St. 23

America’s Line

HOME TEAM IN CAPS

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NFL

Favorite Open Current O/U Underdog

Sunday

JETS 8 7 361⁄2 Bills

Falcons 4 5 501⁄2 BROWNS

Saints 4 5 541⁄2 BENGALS

BUCS 2 3 511⁄2 Washington

Patriots 7 7 461⁄2 TITANS

PACKERS 9 91⁄2 471⁄2 Dolphins

COLTS 31⁄2 3 461⁄2 Jaguars

BEARS 61⁄2 61⁄2 441⁄2 Lions

CHIEFS 161⁄2 161⁄2 50 Cards

Chargers 91⁄2 10 491⁄2 RAIDERS

RAMS 10 10 501⁄2 Seahawks

EAGLES 61⁄2 7 43 Cowboys

Monday

49ERS 3 3 431⁄2 Giants

COLLEGE

Favorite Open Current O/U Underdog

Friday

SYRACUSE 21 201⁄2 691⁄2 Louisville

Fresno St 2 21⁄2 531⁄2 BOISE ST

Saturday

HOUSTON 4 41⁄2 691⁄2 Temple

Michigan 39 39 481⁄2 RUTGERS

PITTSBURGH 31⁄2 3 541⁄2 Va Tech

Clemson 17 20 571⁄2 BOSTON COLL

TEXAS A&M 12 13 661⁄2 Mississippi

Kentucky 31⁄2 51⁄2 421⁄2 TENNESSEE

Byu 13 14 591⁄2 UMASS

VIRGINIA 231⁄2 231⁄2 601⁄2 Liberty

Troy 1 1 451⁄2 GA SOUTHERN

IOWA ST 141⁄2 141⁄2 511⁄2 Baylor

C FLORIDA 251⁄2 251⁄2 631⁄2 Navy

W VIRGINIA 141⁄2 111⁄2 561⁄2 Tcu

GA TECH 41⁄2 3 551⁄2 Miami-Fla

KANSAS ST 12 101⁄2 461⁄2 Kansas

E MICHIGAN 13 13 431⁄2 Akron

INDIANA 3 11⁄2 551⁄2 Maryland

Smu 18 19 661⁄2 UCONN

DUKE 101⁄2 101⁄2 571⁄2 N Carolina

OKLAHOMA 18 21 791⁄2 Oklahoma St

IOWA 10 11 441⁄2 Northwestern

CINCINNATI 12 14 551⁄2 S Florida

Arkansas St 7 61⁄2 601⁄2 COASTAL CAR

TULANE 14 12 551⁄2 E Carolina

UTAH 31⁄2 41⁄2 551⁄2 Oregon

Wash St 41⁄2 6 601⁄2 COLORADO

MARSHALL 141⁄2 14 411⁄2 Charlotte

N Texas 15 141⁄2 651⁄2 OLD DOMINION

C MICHIGAN 91⁄2 7 511⁄2 Bowling Green

NEVADA 13 14 631⁄2 Colorado St

STANFORD 221⁄2 24 591⁄2 Oregon St

Mid Tenn St 14 131⁄2 481⁄2 UTEP

GEORGIA 141⁄2 141⁄2 521⁄2 Auburn

PENN ST 8 9 551⁄2 Wisconsin

ALABAMA 26 24 531⁄2 Miss St

AIR FORCE 131⁄2 131⁄2 561⁄2 New Mexico

MISSOURI 14 17 621⁄2 Vanderbilt

NEBRASKA 18 171⁄2 691⁄2 Illinois

Purdue 121⁄2 11 581⁄2 MINNESOTA

MEMPHIS 14 151⁄2 651⁄2 Tulsa

FLORIDA 6 61⁄2 541⁄2 S Carolina

USC 51⁄2 5 471⁄2 California

Texas PK 11⁄2 621⁄2 TEXAS TECH

Lsu 14 131⁄2 471⁄2 ARKANSAS

UTAH ST 31 31 641⁄2 San Jose St

App’chian St 211⁄2 21 461⁄2 TEXAS ST

UL-LAFAYETTE 131⁄2 131⁄2 691⁄2 Georgia St

FLA ATLANTIC 18 20 581⁄2 W Kentucky

UL-Monroe 41⁄2 61⁄2 611⁄2 S ALABAMA

LA TECH 251⁄2 24 521⁄2 Rice

Fla Int’l 101⁄2 101⁄2 481⁄2 UTSA

NOTRE DAME 18 161⁄2 521⁄2 Florida St

UAB 111⁄2 12 461⁄2 So Miss

Ohio St 31⁄2 31⁄2 521⁄2 MICHIGAN ST

ARIZONA ST 121⁄2 121⁄2 611⁄2 Ucla

SAN DIEGO ST 181⁄2 23 531⁄2 Unlv

Golf

PGA Tour

Mayakoba Classic

Thursday at Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Purse: $7.2 million

Yardage: 6,987; Par: 71 (36-35)

First Round

Matt Kuchar 32-32—64

Kramer Hickok 32-32—64

Dominic Bozzelli 32-32—64

Anirban Lahiri 32-33—65

Richy Werenski 32-33—65

Bud Cauley 32-33—65

Abraham Ancer 31-34—65

Emiliano Grillo 32-33—65

Adam Hadwin 34-31—65

Gary Woodland 32-33—65

Kevin Chappell 34-31—65

J.T. Poston 30-35—65

Sung Kang 33-32—65

Harold Varner III 33-32—65

Stephan Jaeger 30-35—65

Danny Lee 33-32—65

Patton Kizzire 32-33—65

Matt Jones 33-32—65

James Hahn, 32-34—66. Keith Mitchell, 34-32—66. Joaquin Niemann, 34-32—66. Rickie Fowler, 32-34—66. Brian Harman, 31-35—66. Russell Henley, 32-34—66. Adam Schenk, 34-32—66. Sungjae Im, 33-33—66. Pat Perez, 32-34—66. Oscar Fraustro, 33-33—66.

Kyoung-Hoon Lee, 34-32—66. Scott Brown, 35-32—67. Chez Reavie, 32-35—67. C.T. Pan, 33-34—67. Armando Favela, 34-33—67. Chase Wright, 34-33—67. Josh Teater, 34-33—67. Ryan Armour, 33-34—67. Scott Piercy, 33-34—67. Harris English, 36-31—67.

Peter Malnati, 33-34—67. Carlos Ortiz, 33-34—67. Anders Albertson, 32-35—67. Tom Hoge, 34-34—68. Nick Taylor, 35-33—68. Seth Reeves, 34-34—68. Hunter Mahan, 34-34—68. Alex Cejka, 35-33—68. Whee Kim, 35-33—68. Brice Garnett, 35-33—68.

Cameron Champ, 34-34—68. Jhonattan Vegas, 34-34—68. Jim Herman, 34-34—68. Brian Gay, 34-34—68. Cameron Davis, 33-35—68. Shintaro Ban, 34-34—68. Kelly Kraft, 34-35—69. Sam Ryder, 35-34—69. J.B. Holmes, 33-36—69. Fabian Gomez, 35-34—69.

Jason Dufner, 36-33—69. Jim Furyk, 33-36—69. D.A. Points, 35-34—69. Joel Dahmen, 33-36—69. Ryan Blaum, 34-35—69. Adri Arnaus, 34-35—69. J.J. Spaun, 34-35—69. Rory Sabbatini, 33-36—69. Vaughn Taylor, 35-34—69. Sean O’Hair, 36-33—69.

Tony Finau, 35-34—69. Charles Howell III, 34-35—69. Jonas Blixt, 31-38—69. Wesley Bryan, 33-36—69. Scott Langley, 36-33—69. Shawn Stefani, 33-36—69. John Chin, 34-35—69. Sebastian Munoz, 35-34—69. Luke List, 35-35—70. Bill Haas, 37-33—70.

Andrew Landry, 34-36—70. Sangmoon Bae, 35-35—70. Wyndham Clark, 36-34—70. Brian Stuard, 34-36—70. Adam Svensson, 34-36—70. Eamonn McLoughlin, 34-36—70. Brandon Harkins, 34-36—70. Chris Stroud, 34-36—70. Graeme McDowell, 36-34—70. Steve Marino, 35-35—70.

Zach Bauchou, 34-36—70. Jose de Jesus Rodriguez, 34-36—70. Ollie Schniederjans, 35-36—71. Aaron Wise, 35-36—71. Hudson Swafford, 36-35—71. Billy Horschel, 36-35—71. Zach Johnson, 34-37—71. Kevin Stadler, 37-34—71. Ryan Moore, 36-35—71. Charley Hoffman, 34-37—71.

Max Homa, 37-34—71. Sebastian Vazquez, 37-34—71. Jamie Lovemark, 37-34—71. Jordan Spieth, 35-36—71. Grayson Murray, 39-32—71. Kevin Kisner, 35-36—71. Si Woo Kim, 36-35—71. Sam Burns, 34-37—71. Roberto Diaz, 39-32—71. Norman Xiong, 35-36—71.

LPGA Tour

Blue Bay

Thursday at Hainan Island, China

Purse: $2.1 million

Yardage: 6,705; Par: 72

Second Round

a-amateur

Ariya Jutanugarn 69-68—137

Jennifer Song 70-71—141

Moriya Jutanugarn 70-71—141

Gaby Lopez 70-71—141

Chella Choi 70-72—142

Weiwei Zhang 74-69—143

Celine Boutier 71-72—143

Thidapa Suwannapura 68-75—143

Sei Young Kim 73-71—144

Yu Liu 72-72—144

Sung Hyun Park, 73-72—145. Alena Sharp, 69-76—145. Jane Park, 75-71—146. Hee Young Park, 75-71—146. Amy Yang, 74-72—146. Amy Olson, 73-73—146. Su Oh, 72-74—146. Danielle Kang, 72-74—146. Xiyu Lin, 72-74—146. Jaye Marie Green, 71-75—146.

Benyapa Niphatsophon, 70-76—146. Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, 70-76—146. Shanshan Feng, 75-72—147. Simin Feng, 75-72—147. Yue Ren, 75-72—147. Kris Tamulis, 74-73—147. Bronte Law, 74-73—147. Azahara Munoz, 74-73—147. Tiffany Joh, 73-74—147. Sakura Yokomine, 73-74—147.

Mi Hyang Lee, 72-75—147. Cydney Clanton, 72-75—147. Brittany Marchand, 72-75—147. Pornanong Phatlum, 76-72—148. Sarah Jane Smith, 75-73—148. Hexi Yuan, 74-74—148. Celine Herbin, 73-75—148. Ashleigh Buhai, 73-75—148. Mirim Lee, 79-70—149. Brianna Do, 76-73—149.

Maria Torres, 75-74—149. Caroline Masson, 73-76—149. Peiyun Chien, 73-76—149. Wei-Ling Hsu, 73-76—149. Ruixin Liu, 73-76—149. Dani Holmqvist, 71-78—149. Angel Yin, 71-78—149. Mohan Du, 71-78—149. Jodi Ewart Shadoff, 77-73—150. Ayako Uehara, 75-75—150.

Yunjie Zhang, 73-77—150. Haeji Kang, 75-76—151. Hyo Joo Kim, 75-76—151. Hannah Green, 74-77—151. Yuli Shi, 74-77—151. Yuting Shi, 74-77—151. Megan Khang, 73-78—151. Wenbo Liu, 72-79—151. a-Yifan Ji, 78-74—152. Morgan Pressel, 78-74—152.

Jing Yan, 73-79—152. Madelene Sagstrom, 77-76—153. Nicole Broch Larsen, 76-77—153. Mina Harigae, 76-77—153. Mariah Stackhouse, 74-79—153. Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, 78-76—154. Jienalin Zhang, 77-77—154. Christina Kim, 75-79—154. a-Lei Ye, 78-77—155. Beatriz Recari, 73-82—155.

Basketball

Men’s College

PAC-12

All Times PST

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Thursday’s Game

Utah 75, Maine 61

Friday’s Games

Stanford at UNC Wilmington, 4 p.m.

E. Washington at No. 14 Oregon, 6 p.m.

McNeese St. at Arizona St., 6 p.m.

Washington at Auburn, 6:30 p.m.

Long Beach St. at No. 21 UCLA, 8 p.m.

Yale at California, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Game

Wyoming at Oregon St., noon

SCORES

Thursday’s Games

EAST

Cornell 86, SUNY-Canton 44

Siena 69, George Washington 61

UConn 80, Morehead St. 70

SOUTH

Cumberland (Tenn.) 100, Oakwood 88

E. Mennonite 90, Averett 74

ETSU 109, Hiwassee 44

Florida Gulf Coast 81, Southeastern (Fla.) 54

Liberty 89, Maine-Fort Kent 40

Louisville 85, Nicholls 72

Norfolk St. 108, Mid-Atlantic Christian 50

Tougaloo 107, Freed-Hardeman 84

UNC Asheville 87, St. Andrews 47

MIDWEST

Bethany Lutheran 70, Carleton 61

Crown (Minn.) 91, Hamline 86

Drake 98, Buena Vista 52

Fort Wayne 112, Earlham 51

Illinois 99, Evansville 60

Iowa 77, UMKC 63

Macalester 72, North Central (Minn.) 64

Northwestern 82, New Orleans 52

Notre Dame 89, Chicago St. 62

S. Dakota St. 78, Alabama St. 61

Spring Arbor 101, Alma 89

Wis.-Eau Claire 80, St. Olaf 75

SOUTHWEST

Cent. Arkansas 99, Hendrix 73

SMU 69, Northwestern St. 58

Sam Houston St. 94, Southwestern (TX) 56

Stephen F. Austin 68, Southwestern Assemblies of God 67

UALR 101, Southeastern Oklahoma State 92, OT

FAR WEST

Seattle 95, Puget Sound 67

Women’s college

PAC-12

All Times PST

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Thursday’s Games

Washington 83, CSU Fullerton 74

SCORES

Thursday’s Games

TOP 25

No. 4 Baylor 116, Saint Francis 58

No. 11 Texas 78, Duquesne 41

EAST

Boston College 88, Rhode Island 64

Bryant 75, Brown 57

Providence 76, Penn St. 72

UMBC 81, Eastern 42

SOUTH

Charlotte 70, UNC Asheville 53

Clemson 85, Wofford 77

Cumberland (Tenn.) 89, Oakwood 48

James Madison 50, George Washington 37

Samford 71, Rhodes 54

Tulane 62, Texas Southern 56

Wiley 67, Southern U. 61

MIDWEST

Aquinas 59, Siena Heights 55

Bethany Lutheran 69, Macalester 55

Cent. Michigan 104, Oakland 61

Dominican (Ill.) 62, Beloit 52

N. Illinois 89, Yale 80

W. Michigan 69, Fort Wayne 61

Wisconsin 76, Winthrop 41

SOUTHWEST

Sam Houston St. 100, Jarvis Christian 55

FAR WEST

Boise St. 74, CS Northridge 63

Pacific at William Jessup, ccd.

Utah Valley 86, LaVerne 79

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

OAKLAND A’S — Promoted Ed Sprague to assistant director of player development and coordinator of on-field analytics, Steve Scarsone to minor league roving infield and baserunning instructor, Aaron Nieckula to minor league field coordinator, Eddie Menchaca supervisor of Latin America player development, Rick Magnante supervisor of player development and Gabe Ortiz minor league catching instructor. Named Craig Conklin coach of Las Vegas (PCL); Bobby Crosby coach of Midland (TL); Webster Garrison manager, Chris Smith pitching coach and Javier Godard coach of Stockton (Cal); Lloyd Turner manager, Juan Dilone hitting coach and Anthony Phillips coach of Beloit (MWL); and Kevin Kouzmanoff hitting coach of Vermont (NYP).

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Traded OFs Mallex Smith and Jake Fraley to Seattle for C Mike Zunino, OF Guillermo Heredia and LHP Michael Plassmeyer.

National League

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Signed 3B Jung Ho Kang to a one-year contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released G Landon Turner from the practice squad. Signed RB Roc Thomas to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL Cole Croston to the practice squad. Released DB David Jones from the practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DB Greg Mabin from the practice squad and C Tarvarus McFadden to the practice squad.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned D Chaz Reddekopp from Ontario (AHL) to Manchester (ECHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Carl Persson from Atlanta (ECHL) to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned C Boo Nieves to Hartford (AHL).

OLYMPIC SPORTS

USA SWIMMING — Named Simone Manuel and Ryan Murphy ambassadors of the USA Swimming Foundation.