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In brief: No. 1 Kentucky remains unscathed in men’s basketball with win over Louisville

Kentucky's Karl-Anthony Towns, top left, and Marcus Lee, top right, contest a shot by Louisville's Montrezl Harrell. (Associated Press)
From Staff And Wire Reports

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Tyler Ulis shook off a bloody cut by his right eye to score 12 key second-half points and lead top-ranked Kentucky to a hard-fought 58-50 victory over No. 4 Louisville Saturday in Lousville, Kentucky.

Louisville’s Chris Jones hit Ulis with an inadvertent elbow, leaving him with two thin bandages. Ulis hit two big 3-pointers to give the Wildcats (13-0) a cushion in this showdown between unbeaten Bluegrass State rivals.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 10 points and nine rebounds, while Devin Booker added nine points for Kentucky, which held Louisville (11-1) to 26 percent shooting.

Terry Rozier scored 15 points and Jones had 13 for Louisville.

No. 15 Maryland wins fifth straight: Jake Layman had 15 points and 12 rebounds to help No. 15 Maryland extend its winning streak to five games with a 72-56 victory over Oakland in College Park, Maryland.

Freshman Melo Trimble was 5 of 6 from 3-point range and had 17 points for Maryland (12-1).

Jalen Hayes scored 13 points and Kahlil Felder added 12 for Oakland (4-10).

Lowry’s 25 carries Raptors over Clippers

NBA: Kyle Lowry scored 25 points and the Toronto Raptors’ reserves came up big in the fourth quarter of a 110-98 victory over the Clippers, ending Los Angeles’ eight-game home winning streak.

Jonas Valanciunas had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the defending Atlantic Division-champion Raptors.

Lowry made 9 of 17 shots after averaging 9.3 points and 27.5 percent from the field over his previous four games against the Clippers.

Conley, Gasol lead Grizzlies: Mike Conley scored 24 points, Marc Gasol added 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies never trailed on their way to beating the Miami Heat 103-95 in Miami.

Beno Udrih scored 11 for the Grizzlies, who led by 19 early in the second half before Miami scored to get within one or two points on 11 different occasions in the final minutes.

Dwyane Wade scored 25 points for Miami, which fell to 6-11 at home. Danny Granger scored a season-high 18 off the bench for the Heat.

Bulls win sixth straight: Jimmy Butler scored 33 points, Derrick Rose had 19 and the Chicago Bulls beat the New Orleans Pelicans 107-100 in Chicago for their sixth consecutive victory.

The Bulls also had three reserves score in double figures in their ninth win in 10 games.

Anthony Davis had 29 points, 11 rebounds and six blocked shots in his first NBA game in his hometown. Tyreke Evans scored 26 points for the Pelicans, and Jrue Holiday had 19 points and seven assists.

Hawks avenge blowout loss with win: Jeff Teague scored 10 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, Al Horford added 20, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 90-85 in Milwaukee.

The Hawks avenged a 30-point loss to Milwaukee on Friday in Atlanta with their 15th win in their last 17 games.

Paul Millsap finished with 17 points and eight rebounds for Atlanta.

Khris Middleton led Milwaukee with 21 points, and O.J. Mayo added 11.

Stepan’s hat trick leads Rangers

NHL: Derek Stepan scored a pair of special-teams goals and completed a hat trick into an empty net, Henrik Lundqvist made 19 saves in his 600th NHL contest, and the New York Rangers won their eighth consecutive game, 3-1, in New York, spoiling the debut of the New Jersey Devils’ revamped coaching staff.

Lundqvist, second to Mike Richter (666) in goalie games played with the Rangers, has a franchise record 325 wins. He tied his personal-best winning streak of seven games and became the ninth NHL goalie to play 600 games with one team.

Detroit nets overtime win: Gustav Nyquist scored at 4:12 of overtime to lift the Red Wings to a 3-2 overtime win over the Senators in Ottawa, Ontario.

Nyquist circled the Senators’ net, carrying the puck around their zone for 10-12 seconds before launching a shot from the slot for the game-winner.

The Red Wings (19-8-9) got their other goals from Justin Abdelkader and Henrik Zetterberg, but it was the work of netminder Jimmy Howard and his 31 saves that avoided a Detroit loss in regulation. He stopped Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson on a breakaway early in the overtime period to help keep the game tied.

Fehr scores twice, Capitals shut out Penguins: Goaltender Braden Holtby stopped 31 shots and Eric Fehr scored two goals as the Capitals defeated the Penguins 3-0 in Pittsburgh.

Marcus Johansson got his 10th goal for the Capitals, who won for the fifth time in seven games.

Washington also defeated Pittsburgh for the first time since January 22, 2012, a span of nine games.

Holtby, making a career-high 12th straight start, has eight wins during that stretch. It was his 16th win and third shutout of the season.

The Penguins, who saw a five-game home win streak end, lost their third straight overall, dropping back-to-back regulation games for the first time this season. Marc-Andre Fleury made 30 saves.

UConn’s Jefferson scores 24 in win

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Moriah Jefferson had a career-high 24 points and No. 2 UConn routed SMU 96-45 in Hartford, Connecticut, in the American Athletic Conference opener for both teams.

The win gives Geno Auriemma the best winning percentage in the history of women’s college basketball (.86889) just ahead of former Louisiana Tech coach Leon Barmore, who finished his career with a percentage of .86878 and a record of 576-87. Auriemma is now 888-134.

Castro questioned after shooting

MLB: Authorities in the Dominican Republic questioned Chicago Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro after a nightclub shooting in which several people were injured.

Police spokesman Jacobo Mateo said Castro was one of six people initially detained and has been released. He said police searched Castro’s house and that the investigation is ongoing.

Paul Kinzer, Castro’s agent, said his client went to the police on his own accord to make sure they knew he wasn’t involved.

Police are investigating allegations that the shooting occurred after an argument between Castro’s brother and the assistant of a government official.

The 24-year-old Castro hit .292 with 14 homers and 65 RBIs in 134 games last season.

Dodgers close to signing Taiwanese pitcher: The Dodgers are close to signing right-hander Chin-hui Tsao, who has not played professional baseball since the Taiwanese league expelled him five years ago amid allegations of game-fixing.

Tsao, 33, appeared in 21 games as a reliever for the Dodgers in 2007. He previously played for the Colorado Rockies, becoming the first Taiwanese pitcher in Major League Baseball.

The CPBL banned him after an investigation into game-fixing, according to reports, but he never was charged with any offenses. The Dodgers are believed to have gotten clearance from the MLB commissioner’s office to pursue Tsao.