Miscellany

Saying it didn’t want to fly in bad weather, No. 18 Arizona canceled today’s game at St. Joseph’s in Philadelphia and rejected an offer to postpone the nationally televised game.

A former Oregon prep swimming star who died after a college meet had a congenital heart defect, the state medical examiner said. Greg Menton, 20, of Dundee, Ore., collapsed Wednesday after swimming in two events for the University of Massachusetts team in a meet at Dartmouth. He died about an hour later.

The wife of former Houston Rockets star and Hall of Famer Calvin Murphy died Friday from injuries she received in a car accident. Phyllis Davidson, 39, of Missouri City, Texas, had been injured about 6:10 p.m. Thursday in an accident in Houston.

In women’s college basketball Top 25 matchups, Wendy Palmer scored 23 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as host No. 8 Virginia beat No. 13 North Carolina State 77-69… . Christina Braden scored 28 points and No. 21 Northwestern took advantage of Penn State’s cold shooting in beating the visiting, fifth-ranked Nittany Lions… . Saudia Roundtree scored 26 points and host No. 7 Georgia used superb free-throw shooting to beat No. 24 Auburn 79-71.