In brief: Maya Moore leads West to WNBA All-Star Game win

Basketball: Maya Moore scored a record 30 points to lead the West to a 117-112 victory over the East on Saturday in the WNBA All-Star Game.

The league’s reigning MVP scored eight straight points in the final 2 minutes to turn a one-point deficit into a 113-106 advantage in Uncasville, Connecticut. After a basket by the East cut it to a four-point game, the Minnesota forward hit another deep 3 to seal the victory.

“It was a blast of a game.Those are moments that are fun for us,” said Moore. “The game’s on the line, one-point game, let’s go out and play, see who wins.”

Moore surpassed Shoni Schimmel’s 29 points in last year’s overtime game. The former UConn great was honored as the game’s MVP.

Brittney Griner added 21 points, including a two-handed dunk, for the West.

Alex Bentley scored 23 for the East.

Tamika Catchings scored eight points to finish her All-Star career with 108 points and pass Lisa Leslie for the league’s top spot.

• Coale headlines women’s basketball Hall class: Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale will enter the women’s basketball Hall of Fame next year.

Coale has guided Oklahoma to three Final Fours. She headlines a six-person class that will be inducted next June in Knoxville, Tennessee.

She will be joined by former Missouri State guard Jackie Stiles, Olympic gold medalist Natalie Williams, longtime official June Courteau, Texas girls high school coach Joe Lombard and AAU girls basketball official Bill Tipps.

Canada’s Hearn leads Canadian Open

Golf: David Hearn moved into position to become the first Canadian to win the Canadian Open in 61 years, taking a two-stroke lead over Bubba Watson and Jason Day in Oakville, Ontario.

Hearn, from Brantford, Ontario, birdied the par-3 15th and par-5 16th, but dropped a stroke on the par-4 17th and closed with a par for a 4-under 68 and a 15-under 201 total at Glen Abbey.

Pat Fletcher, born in England, was the last Canadian winner in 1954 at Point Grey in Vancouver, British Columbia. Carl Keffer is the only Canadian-born champion, winning in 1909 and 1914.

Hearn began the third round three strokes behind Chad Campbell after shooting a 64 on Friday.

Watson also had a 68, and Day, who birdied six of the last seven holes, shot 69. Campbell followed his second-round 63 with a 75 to fall into a tie for sixth at 11 under.

Ferris High grad Alex Prugh shot 69 to join four at 10 under.

• Montgomerie, Dawson lead in clubhouse at Senior British: Colin Montgomerie shares the clubhouse lead with little-known American Marco Dawson on 10-under par, with nine holes of their third round still to play in the Senior British Open in Sunningdale, England.

Poor light suspended play at the Sunningdale’s Old Course, five hours after the delayed start to the round. The second round, suspended on Friday because of rain, wasn’t completed until Saturday mid-afternoon. At that stage, Dawson led on 8 under, a shot clear of defending champion Bernhard Langer.

Langer is in a four-way tie for fifth on 7 under.

Pullman High grad Kirk Triplett was at 1 under in his third round, putting him in a tie for 15th at 4-under overall.

• Salas opens 4-shot advantage: Lizette Salas shot a 7-under 64 to take a four-stroke lead in the Meijer LPGA Classic, putting her in position for her second tour title.

The 26-year-old birdied Nos. 14, 15 and 16 and closed her bogey-free round with two pars. She had a 16-under 197 total at Blythefield Country Club in Belmont, Michigan.

Lexi Thompson, who shot 68, and Michigan native Kris Tamulis, who carded 67, were tied for second.

• Seong wins U.S. Girls’ Junior: South Korea’s Eun Jeong Seong won the U.S. Girls’ Junior, beating Angel Yin 3 and 2 at Tulsa (Oklahoma) Country Club.

The 15-year-old Seong finished off the match with a par on the par-5 34th hole.

• Barbaree rallies to capture U.S. Junior Amateur: Philip Barbaree rallied to win the U.S. Junior Amateur, beating Andrew Orischak in Bluffton, South Carolina, on the 37th hole after overcoming a late five-hole deficit.

The 17-year-old Barbaree, from Shreveport, Louisiana, won the par-5 29th and par-4 30th with birdies and the par-4 32nd and 33rd with pars to pull within a hole on Colleton River Plantation Club’s Pete Dye Course. He tied it with a par on the par-4 36th and won with a bogey on the par-4 37th.

U.S. opens qualifying in group with Trinidad

Soccer: The United States’ road to the 2018 World Cup opens in November with a four-nation group that includes Trinidad and Tobago.

Given a bye in the first three rounds along with the other powers of the North and Central American and Caribbean region, the United States was drawn into Group C for the fourth round, which will also include Guatemala or Antigua and Barbuda, and Aruba or St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Seeking its eighth straight World Cup appearance, the Americans will start with games on Nov. 13 and 17. The top two nations advance to the final round Hexagonal, which will produce three qualifiers.

• United tops Barcelona: Wayne Rooney scored on a header in the eighth minute off Ashley Young’s corner kick, and Manchester United beat Barcelona 3-1 to stay unbeaten during its preseason tour in the United States.

Jesse Lingard and Adnan Januzaj added goals for the Red Devils in Santa Clara, California.

U.S. sweeps Brazil, clinches Grand Prix

Miscellany: The United States women clinched their first FIVB World Grand Prix Finals championship since 2012 by defeating two-time defending champion Brazil.

A 25-16, 25-22, 25-21 sweep of second-ranked Brazil secured the title for the No. 1 Americans with one day remaining in the five-day volleyball event. The United States is the only undefeated team, going 4-0 so far in the finals and 12-1 through the Grand Prix event.

It was a spike by Karsta Lowe that secured the victory at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

• Larsson signs 6-year contract with Devils: The New Jersey Devils have re-signed defenseman Adam Larsson to a six-year contract at an average annual salary of more than $4.1 million.

Larsson led all New Jersey defensemen in assists (21) and points (24) while playing in 64 games last season. His scoring totals were all career highs.

• Amos beats Rudisha in 800m: Nijel Amos ran down David Rudisha to beat the Olympic champion by a tenth of a second in the 800 meters at the London Diamond League meet at the Olympic Stadium.

Rudisha led into the home straight but Amos, of Botswana, overtook him with 20 meters remaining to clock 1:44:57.

When Rudisha, of Kenya, claimed Olympic glory three years ago with a time of 1.40.91, Amos took the silver medal.

• Dungey wins at Washougal: Ryan Dungey won the Washougal (Washington) National for his second straight Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships victory, fourth of the season and 42nd overall.

With three events left, Dungey has a 69-point lead over Justin Barcia in the standings.