Thursday’s major scores
Football
NFL
| Indianapolis 19, Houston 16 |
College
| Boise State 56, Arizona State 24 |
Basketball
Area men
| Gonzaga 70, Air Force 60 |
| Wash. State 67, Pepperdine 56 |
| Washington 74, CS Northridge 51 |
| Green Bay 63, Idaho 61 |
| Whitworth 97, Southwestern 63 |
Top 25 men
| (1) Syracuse 80, Tulane 61 |
| (2) Ohio State 69, Miami (Ohio) 40 |
| (3) Kentucky 87, Loyola (Md.) 63 |
| (6) Baylor 72, Saint Mary’s 59 |
| (8) Connecticut 79, Fairfield 71 |
| (9) Missouri 78, (25) Illinois 74 |
| (10) Marquette 64, Milwaukee 50 |
| (11) Florida 82, Florida State 64 |
| (12) Kansas 63, Southern Cal 47 |
| Long Beach St. 68, (14) Xavier 58 |
| (16) Georgetown 70, Memphis 59 |
| (17) Indiana 89, UMBC 47 |
| (18) Mississippi St. 82, NW State 67 |
| (19) Michigan St. 90, Lehigh 81 |
| (20) Michigan 77, Bradley 66 |
| (23) Creighton 87, Northwestern 79 |
Area women
| (11) Ohio State 79, Wash. State 57 |
Top 25 women
| (4) Stanford 90, CS Bakersfield 48 |
| (13) Georgia 81, Appalach. State 37 |
| (20) Purdue 73, IPFW 36 |
| (21) DePaul 93, Southern Illinois 67 |
| (25) Vanderbilt 64, Florida State 59 |
Hockey
NHL
| Toronto 3, Buffalo 2 |
| N.Y. Rangers 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 |
| Ottawa 4, Florida 3 (OT) |
| Nashville 6, Columbus 5 |
| Winnipeg 4, Montreal 0 |
| Calgary 3, Detroit 2 |
| Edmonton 4, Minnesota 1 |
| Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2 (SO) |
| Local watch |
| • Jared Cowen (Chiefs), Ottawa: Set up the winning goal in overtime with his seventh assist of the season |
| • Jared Spurgeon (Chiefs), Minnesota: Recorded his 13th assist of the season |