Title-game rematch goes UConn’s way
Women’s basketball: Morgan Tuck scored a career-high 25 points and Kiah Stokes added 18 rebounds to help No. 3 UConn (6-1) beat second-ranked Notre Dame (8-1) 76-58 on Saturday in the Jimmy V Classic at South Bend, Indiana.
When the two teams met last April in the national championship game, the Huskies came away with a 79-58 victory.
Both teams were unbeaten at that point setting up the first matchup of undefeated teams in NCAA championship history.
Green Bay upsets No. 15 Miami
Men’s college basketball: Carrington Love scored a career-high 20 points, and Green Bay deployed an effective zone defense in the second half on the way to the 68-55 road win over No. 15 Miami.
Miami (8-1) scored only one basket in the first 12 minutes of the second half. It shot a season-low 33 percent, including 5 for 20 from 3-point range.
Goalie Brodeur wins first with St. Louis
NHL: Paul Stastny scored twice – including the go-ahead goal in the third period – and the St. Louis Blues rallied to beat the New York Islanders 6-4 in Uniondale, New York, giving relief goaltender Martin Brodeur his first win in a St. Louis uniform.
Brodeur made 14 saves for career win No. 689 and his 52nd against the Islanders, the most for the 42-year-old goaltender against any team.
• Babcock wins 500th: Darren Helm broke a tie with a third-period goal and the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in Detroit and give coach Mike Babcock his 500th career victory.
Green leads Warriors to franchise record
NBA: Draymond Green scored a career-high 31 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Chicago Bulls 112-102 in Chicago to set a franchise record with their 12th straight victory.
Klay Thompson added 24 points for the Warriors, who extended their league-best record to 17-2.
The Warriors improved to 10-1 on the road. They previously won a franchise-record 11 straight games from Dec. 29, 1971-Jan. 22, 1972.
• Lowly Sixers win again: Hollis Thompson’s 3-pointer in the final seconds sent the game to overtime, and Philadelphia outlasted Detroit 108-101, in Auburn Hills, Michigan, in a matchup of the teams with the NBA’s two worst records.
Detroit (3-17) dropped its 11th straight and now leads the 76ers (2-18) by only a game in the standings. Philadelphia has won two of three since starting the season 0-17.
The teams entered with a combined record of 4-34, the second-worst in NBA history for teams about to play each other — with a minimum of 38 combined games. The 76ers and Buffalo Braves were 4-35 entering their meeting Nov. 24, 1972, according to STATS.
U.S. women draw tough pairing
WOMEN’S SOCCER: The U.S. was placed in the most dangerous group for next summer’s women’s World Cup in Canada, being paired with Sweden, Australia and Nigeria during the drawing in Ottawa.
The monthlong tournament kicks off in Edmonton, Alberta, on June 6 with Canada, the host country, meeting China.
Sweden, ranked fifth in the world, beat the Americans in their last meeting in March. • Holiday named player of the year: Midfielder Lauren Holiday is the U.S. women’s player of the year.
Holiday, a two-time Olympic gold medalist who played at UCLA, also won U.S. Soccer’s young player of the year award in 2007. She is the first woman to win both awards.
Phelps plans to race when suspension ends
OLYMPICS: Michael Phelps is back in training and will return to competition after his six-month suspension ends in March.
Phelps was suspended by USA Swimming for his second DUI arrest. He’s also banned from competing at next summer’s world championships, but is moving forward with plans to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
• IOC wants sliding events moved: The International Olympic Committee is urging South Korean organizers of the 2018 Winter Games to move bobsled and luge events to another country to save money, according to an IOC official.
The IOC asked the South Koreans to halt construction of a new sliding venue for the Pyeongchang Games and agree to relocate the events to an existing venue in Asia, Europe or North America, an official said.
Vonn wins 1st WC race in nearly 2 years
SKIING: Lindsey Vonn won her first race in nearly two years as she led an American podium sweep in a World Cup downhill at Lake Louise, Alberta.
With confidence in her surgically repaired right knee again, the four-time overall champion aggressively charged the course and finished in a time of 1 minute, 50.48 seconds to earn her 15th career win at Lake Louise.
The last time Vonn won a race was Jan. 26, 2013, in Maribor, Slovenia. Less than two months later, she tore her knee at the world championships, leading to the first of two surgeries.
• Reichelt victorious in World Cup super-G: Hannes Reichelt of Austria mastered a tricky World Cup super-G course in Beaver Creek, Colorado, holding off Kjetil Jansrud to snap the Norwegian’s three-race win streak.
Spieth opens up lead; ill Woods struggles
Miscellany: Jordan Spieth rolled in a 50-foot birdie putt on the last hole at Isleworth to lead with a 9-under-par 63 at the Hero World Challenge in Windermere, Florida.
Tiger Woods had a fever and nausea, but he rallied late with three straight birdies for a 69. He was in last place, 20 shots back.
• Pettis defends title at UFC 181: Anthony Pettis stopped Gilbert Melendez with a guillotine choke 1:53 into the second round, defending his lightweight championship at UFC 181 in Las Vegas.
Pettis hadn’t fought in 16 months due to injuries. The Milwaukee native returned from knee surgery with another demonstration of his impressive athleticism for his fifth consecutive victory.
Melendez was stopped for the first time in his lengthy MMA career, losing his second UFC title shot in two years.