In brief: Reynolds leads ’Cats past Hoyas

College men: Scottie Reynolds scored 27 points and No. 4 Villanova ended a five-game losing streak to No. 11 Georgetown, hanging on for an 82-77 victory in Philadelphia.

The Wildcats (16-1, 5-0) moved into a tie for first place in the Big East with No. 16 Pittsburgh, but the win wasn’t sealed until Reynolds and freshman Maalik Wayns combined to go 8 of 8 from the free-throw line over the final 36 seconds.

Greg Monroe had 29 points and 16 rebounds for the Hoyas (13-3, 4-2), who trailed 46-31 at halftime and managed to the tie the game twice but could never take the lead.

•Michigan tops No. 15 Connecticut behind Harris: Zack Novak made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1 1/2 minutes left and Manny Harris followed with a layup to lift Michigan to a 68-63 win over No. 15 Connecticut in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Harris finished with 18 points for the Wolverines (10-7), who earned the signature win they needed in a season that started with them ranked 15th, coming off their first NCAA tournament bid since 1998.

The Huskies (11-6) have lost three straight for the first time since closing the 2006-07 season with four losses.

Lady Vols hang on to beat Vanderbilt

College women: Glory Johnson had 17 points and nine rebounds as fourth-ranked Tennessee hung on to beat Vanderbilt 64-57 in Knoxville, Tenn.

The Lady Volunteers (16-1, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) struggled to stop the Commodores’ outside shooting. Vanderbilt (13-5, 2-3) hit 10 of 19 from 3-point range.

Elan Brown hit a shallow jump shot with 1:41 left to cut Tennessee’s lead to 57-55. Johnson answered by driving through the lane and hitting a jump shot.

Angie Bjorklund (University HS) scored nine points for Tennessee.

Ovechkin scores on 2,000th career shot

Hockey: On the 1,999th shot on goal of his NHL career, Alex Ovechkin was brought down from behind by Braydon Coburn.

That led to attempt No. 2,000, when the NHL’s two-time reigning MVP did something he’s never done before: He scored on a penalty shot.

Ovechkin snapped an 0-for-5 career slump in penalty shots by beating Ray Emery with a backhand move with 4:12 to play as the Washington Capitals piled on the goals again Sunday, retaking first place in the Eastern Conference with a 5-3 home win over the Philadelphia Flyers.

•Callahan shines in Rangers’ win: Ryan Callahan had two goals and two assists, Brandon Dubinsky added two goals and an assist and the host New York Rangers broke out of a scoring drought to beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-2.

Marian Gaborik had a goal and two assists, and Chris Drury also scored to help the Rangers – who had only five goals overall in their previous five games – end a three-game losing streak. They outshot Montreal 34-20, including 15-2 in the second period.

Kostelic wins World Cup slalom

Skiing: Ivica Kostelic won a World Cup slalom on the Jungfrau course in Wengen, Switzerland, for his first victory of the season, dropping to his knees and kissing the snow after arriving in the finish area.

Kostelic maintained his first-leg lead for a two-run time of 1 minute, 40.34 seconds to collect his 10th career World Cup victory.

Andre Myhrer of Sweden was 0.29 back in second and Austria’s Reinfried Herbst trailed Kostelic by 0.51 in third.

Ted Ligety finished eighth and Jimmy Cochran was 12th for the U.S.

•Zettel wins women’s World Cup slalom: Kathrin Zettel of Austria won a World Cup slalom for her second victory in as many days, and Maria Riesch of Germany took the overall lead from Lindsey Vonn by finishing third in Maribor, Slovenia.

Zettel went down the Radvanje course in a two-run combined time of 1 minute, 42.98 seconds to beat Tina Maze of Slovenia by 0.71 seconds.

Vonn failed to qualify for the final run. Riesch leads the American by 28 points with 13 races left.

Vonn won three straight speed events last weekend, but has been struggling in technical events since hurting her left arm in a crash at last month’s giant slalom in Lienz, Austria.

Dempsey’s injury blow to U.S. team

Soccer: Clint Dempsey faces a long layoff after injuring his knee during Fulham’s 2-0 loss at Blackburn, the latest blow to American preparations for the World Cup.

The U.S. forward limped off after falling in the 62nd minute of the Premier League game. It wasn’t immediately clear which knee Dempsey injured.

U.S. team spokesman Michael Kammarman said the U.S. Soccer Federation training staff had been in contact with Dempsey, and the severity of the injury will not been known until after an MRI exam determines the exact ligament hurt and whether there is other damage.

Chan wins Canadian championship

Skating: Patrick Chan won his third straight Canadian figure skating title with a performance in London, Ontario, that left room for improvement at next month’s Vancouver Olympics.

The reigning world silver medalist scored 177.88 points for his free program and 268.02 overall, despite skipping the second jump on an opening combination and touching his hand down on a triple toe loop.

Kohn clinches bobsled spot

Miscellany: Mike Kohn was going to retire. Instead, he’s going to the Olympics.

Relegated to the American bobsled bench when the season began and hardly an Olympic lock when he rejoined the World Cup tour in January, Kohn’s hopes of racing in the Vancouver Games were realized when he was one of three drivers selected for the U.S. roster.

Kohn locked up a two-man spot Saturday, then followed up by clinching a four-man berth with a sixth-place finish Sunday at a World Cup race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Those finishes ensured that the U.S. men’s team qualified the maximum three sleds in both Olympic disciplines.

•NCAA Division II schools approve cutbacks: Division II schools will have shorter seasons in some sports after approving the Life in the Balance package on the final day of the NCAA convention.

The package that passed on Saturday pushes back by one week the first contest in all fall sports. It also provides later reporting dates for student-athletes in soccer, volleyball, cross country, field hockey and football.

Beginning in August, soccer seasons will be reduced from 20 to 18 games; volleyball cuts back from 28 to 26 matches; and field hockey, baseball and golf have similar cutbacks in their respective seasons.