Новости за 12.11.2017

TAMPA, Fla. — Kitija Laksa scored 26 points, Maria Jespersen and Laura Ferreira had double-doubles and No. 23 South Florida coasted to a 90-43 win over Houston Baptist on Sunday. Jespersen had 17 points and 11 rebounds while Ferreira had a career-high 15 rebounds to go with 10 points. Laia Flores had 14 points, eight

NEWARK, N.J. — Myles Powell scored 18 points and Angel Delgado added 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, leading No. 23 Seton Hall to an easy 75-65 victory over Monmouth in the NIT Tip-Off matchup Sunday. Four Seton Hall players reached double figures in scoring, including Khadeen Carrington (14) and Michael Nzei (10). Powell scored

MADISON, Wis. — Two fumble recoveries. Two quarterback hurries. One sack. Wisconsin outside linebacker Leon Jacobs was a one-man wrecking crew against Iowa. He still had lots of help. The Badgers’ defense stood firm after another game in which the offense got bogged down by mistakes. Two of the four turnovers against Iowa were returned

AUBURN, Ala. — When the Auburn Tigers bottomed out, coach Gus Malzahn felt compelled to remind everyone that it wasn’t “the end of the world.” It really wasn’t. The sixth-ranked Tigers have rebounded strongly from that loss to LSU on Oct. 14 and soared back into Southeastern Conference and playoff contention. A 40-17 dismantling Saturday

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Crystal Dangerfield scored 24 points and Katie Lou Samuelson added 21 to help top-ranked UConn rout No. 10 Stanford 78-53 on Sunday. In her seventh career start Dangerfield ran the offense with a sharpshooter’s mentality. The sophomore knocked down 6-of-7 3-pointers and recorded four steals. Stanford (0-2) struggled making shots around the

DAKAR, Senegal — The U.S. Africa Command says it has sent a joint team with the Niger military to the village of Tongo Tongo to investigate the Oct. 4 attack by extremists that left four American and four Nigerien soldiers dead. AFRICOM said Sunday that the on-site investigation is part of a wider review across

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, N.C. — Drew McDonald had his second double-double of the season with 18 points and 11 rebounds and Jeff Garrett added a double-double off the bench as Northern Kentucky cruised to a 93-65 win over Division III Wilmington (Ohio) on Sunday. Garrett hit 6 of 8 shots for 13 points and grabbed 15

LOWELL, Mass. — Ryan Jones scored 23 points and UMass Lowell broke open a tie game in the second half with a 31-1 run in taking a 102-63 victory over UMass Boston on Sunday. The game was tied at 52 with 14 minutes remaining when the River Hawks went on their tear with Matt Harris

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks forward Timo Meier has been fined for elbowing Vancouver defenseman Michael Del Zotto. The NHL announced Sunday that Meier will be fined $2,403.67 for the infraction. The play occurred late in the third period of San Jose’s 5-0 win over the Canucks on Saturday night. Meier was assessed

BOSTON — Steffon Mitchell scored 21 points, Jordan Chatman had 13 and Boston College breezed to a 91-52 victory over South Carolina State on Sunday afternoon. Ky Bowman added 10 points, graduate transfer Deontae Hawkins had 11 rebounds with five points and Jerome Robinson, named to the preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference team, scored nine points

WASHINGTON — Just like long ago, Patrick Ewing was receiving roars from Georgetown’s fans and leading the basketball team to a victory, only this time he was coaching the Hoyas as they beat Jacksonville 73-57 on Sunday in his sideline debut. With playing rival Michael Jordan and fellow Georgetown alumni Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo and

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An economics professor has called into question an impact study used by Nashville in a pitch for a Major League Soccer stadium. The Tennessean reports the study written by the University of Tennessee did not include a so-called substitution effect and failed to take into account that sales tax revenue redirected to

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The last time things were going this well for the Miami Hurricanes, they were dominating the Big East and playing home games in the Orange Bowl. That league no longer has football. That stadium was demolished years ago. But the Hurricanes, after years of waiting, might finally be back. Miami (9-0,

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni Houthi rebels have directly rebutted U.S. assertions that a missile launched into Saudi Arabia earlier this month was manufactured by Shiite ally Iran. Col. Aziz Rashed, a spokesman for rebel-allied forces, said Sunday that the missile intercepted by the Saudis near the capital Riyadh on Nov. 4 was “Yemeni-produced.” The U.S.

SAO PAULO — Felipe Massa said his second and final goodbye to home fans in the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday with a seventh-place finish that the Williams driver insisted “was just like a victory.” The 36-year-old Massa delivered one of the best starts of the race and finished ahead of long-time rival Fernando Alonso

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Vermont trick-or-treater may have picked up more than candy on Halloween this year. Police say a woman who lives in South Burlington called them after she says she accidentally dropped her yellow gold and diamond eternity wedding band into a trick-or-treater’s bag. She said others have reported that someone posted

AUGSBURG, Germany — Dominik Kahun assisted on goals by Frank Mauer, Brent Raedeke and Brooks Macek as host Germany beat the United States 5-1 on Sunday in the Deutschland Cup finale. The U.S. outshot Germany 28-19 but got just one goal by Broc Little and fell to 0-3-0 in the Olympic tune-up tournament. Thomas Holzmann

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state TV says a 7.2-magnitude earthquake has jolted the region near the border between Iran and Iraq. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the quake on its website, placing its epicenter at around 32km (19 miles) outside the Iraqi city of Halabja, and issuing an “orange” alert for “shaking-related fatalities and economic

BASEL, Switzerland — Switzerland is going to the World Cup after left-back Ricardo Rodriguez denied Northern Ireland hope in both games of their playoff at either end of the field. In each leg of Switzerland’s 1-0 aggregate win, the key incident involved one of Northern Ireland’s Evans brothers. Switzerland needed only a draw Sunday to

BASEL, Switzerland — Switzerland earned a spot at the World Cup by holding Northern Ireland to a 0-0 draw Sunday. The result gave the Swiss a 1-0 aggregate win following its first-leg victory in Belfast when a disputed penalty made the difference. In the final minutes on a muddy field in Basel, Switzerland defender Ricardo

BEIRUT — The Latest on the political crisis in Lebanon (all times local): 9:20 p.m. Lebanon’s prime minster says Saudi Arabia, his ally, wants Lebanon to stay clear of regional conflicts, and not to side with Iran. Saad Hariri said in a live interview Sunday from Saudi Arabia that withdrawing his resignation is conditional on

BEIRUT — The latest on the political crisis in Lebanon (all times local): 9 p.m. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri says he will return to his country “very soon” in his first televised interview since he resigned in Saudi Arabia last week. Hariri is speaking Sunday in a live interview to his station Future TV,

The Latest on the 10th Sunday of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 6:10 p.m. Running back Devonta Freeman has a concussion and has been ruled out of the Falcons’ game against the Cowboys. Freeman was hurt on Atlanta’s opening drive, when he was given the ball on the team’s first two plays. After gaining

The Latest on the 10th Sunday of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 5:35 p.m. The Houston Texans defense is off to an impressive start against the high-powered Rams offense. Jadeveon Clowney and his teammates limited Jared Goff and the Rams to 131 total yards in the first half at the Coliseum, keeping Los Angeles

The Latest on the 10th Sunday of the NFL season (all times Eastern): 2:52 p.m. Green Bay lost another running back when Ty Montgomery got hurt in the first half of the Packers’ game at Chicago. The team announced in the third quarter that Montgomery had a rib injury. Aaron Jones departed in the first