No. 19 Clemson manhandles Alabama

The 19th-ranked Clemson Tigers resumed their domination of the Southeastern Conference, handing Alabama its worst home loss in seven years in the process.

Trevor Booker and James Mays scored 18 points each inside and Terrence Oglesby added 17 to lift the hot-shooting Tigers (12-1) to an 87-61 win over the Crimson Tide (10-4) on Tuesday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

The Tigers have won seven of their last eight games against SEC teams.

•Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom was suspended for one game without pay for committing a flagrant foul in the fourth quarter of his team’s 110-91 loss to Boston.

Odom threw himself into Ray Allen and knocked the Boston guard to the floor with 2:56 left Sunday night.

•Candace Parker is finally coming home to play. Parker expects to have close to 60 people in attendance tonight when the third-ranked Lady Vols visit No. 15 DePaul.

“I’m excited, this will be my first trip home to DePaul,” said Parker, who is from a Chicago suburb.

•South Carolina guard Brandis Raley-Ross sprained his left knee while practicing this weekend and could miss up to two weeks. Raley-Ross leads the nation in 3-point shooting.

Miscellany

Regina, Red Deer deal

With the Jan. 10 Western Hockey League trade deadline looming, the Regina Pats acquired forwards J.D. Watt and Scott Doucet from the Red Deer Rebels in exchange for forward Cody Gross and prospect Brett Miller.

•A South Korean boxer who lost consciousness after winning his WBO intercontinental flyweight bout last week was declared brain dead, a hospital official said. Choi Yoi-sam has been in a coma since shortly after winning his fight against Heri Amol in Seoul on Dec. 25.

•Former figure skater Janie Collins, 69, died last week in Minneapolis after a long illness. The wife of skating entrepreneur Tom Collins, the founder of the Champions on Ice tour, Janie Collins was the 1956 Miss Georgia.