Sports in brief

Published 12:00 am Friday, November 16, 2018

Soccer

England tops U.S. in Rooney’s last national team game — Wayne Rooney’s record-breaking England career ended with a first: relief not to score. His best chance came in the second minute of stoppage time against the United States at Wembley Stadium. Primed in the penalty area, Rooney turned to shoot, only to be denied by U.S. goalkeeper Brad Guzan’s low save. Rooney’s England career ended with 53 goals. A new generation of British players had already provided the offense that secured a 3-0 win in the friendly against the country Rooney now calls home. “Another yard it would have been in … and it would have great,” Rooney said.

College Basketball

Furman player ties record with 15 3-pointers — Jordan Lyons became the second player in two nights to tie an NCAA record with 15 3-pointers and scored a career-high 54 points to help Furman beat Division II North Greenville 107-67 on Thursday night. Lyons’ 3-pointer with 3:09 left matched the nearly 22-year-old record set by Keith Veney of Marshall on Dec. 14, 1996. Josh Williams also hit 15 3-pointers in Robert Morris’ 104-57 win over Mount Aloysius on Wednesday night. Lyons tied the record on his 29th attempt and missed his final five 3-point shots to set the record for 3-point attempts (34).

— From wire reports

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