Oklahoma wrestling team coasts to win at Northern Illinois

OU rolls to wrestling win over Northern Illinois

The Oklahoma wrestling team scored four major decisions in its 34-3 rout over Northern Illinois on Sunday in Dekalb, Illinois.

Tony Madrigal (133 pounds), Willie McDougald (149), Justin Thomas (157) and Jake Woodley (197) were the major decision winners who helped the Sooners improve to 6-3 overall.

OU's only loss came at 141 pounds. The Huskies' Jaivon Jones beat Jacob Butler, 1-0.

No. 1 Sooners throttle Air Force

The top-ranked Oklahoma men's gymnastics team cruised to a 401.500-365.650 win late Saturday over Air Force in McCasland Field House OU won all six event titles as a team and every individual event.

Freshman Fuzzy Benas won three events for OU: the still rings (13.550), vault (14.550) and bars (14.400).

OU has won 77 consecutive duals in McCasland, a streak dating back to 2007.

No. 5 OU women win quad meet

The No. 5-ranked Oklahoma women's gymnastics team cruised to a quadrangular meet late Saturday at Arizona. The Sooners scored a season-high 197.900 points, while Utah State (196.35), Stanford (195.725) and host Arizona (193.775) followed.

OU"s Jordan Bowers won the all-around with a 39.600. She won the vault with a 9.975 score and tied for the bars with teammate Audrey Davis at 9.900.

Tatum scores 51 as Celtics win big

Jayson Tatum scored 51 points — 48 of them in the first three quarters — and the Boston Celtics breezed to a 116-87 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday.

Tatum made nine 3-pointers and shot 18 of 28 from the field. He had 31 points by halftime.

KNICKS 110, CLIPPERS 102: RJ Barrett had 28 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, and the New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Clippers.

Julius Randle had 24 points and nine rebounds, helping New York stop a three-game slide. Evan Fournier made four of the Knicks' 16 3-pointers and finished with 14 points.

Gonzaga suspends Stockton's tickets

Gonzaga has suspended John Stockton’s basketball season tickets after the Hall of Fame point guard refused to comply with the university's mask mandate. Stockton, one of Gonzaga's most prominent alums, confirmed the move in a Saturday interview with The Spokesman-Review.

“Basically, it came down to, they were asking me to wear a mask to the games and being a public figure, someone a little bit more visible, I stuck out in the crowd a little bit,” Stockton said. “And therefore they received complaints and felt like from whatever the higher-ups — those weren’t discussed, but from whatever it was higher up — they were going to have to either ask me to wear a mask or they were going to suspend my tickets.”

Stockton has come out against COVID-19 vaccines, mask mandates and other protective measures.

NO. 3 ARIZONA 96, CALIFORNIA 71 (MEN): Christian Koloko had 19 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks to lead No. 3 Arizona past California on Sunday. The Wildcats are off to their best start since winning 21 straight to open the 2013-14 season. This season's only loss came against then-No. 19 Tennessee on Dec. 22.

NO. 4 PURDUE 80, NORTHWESTERN 60: Sasha Stefanovic scored 22 points to help No. 4 Purdue beat Northwestern on Sunday. Boilermakers coach Matt Painter tied Ward “Piggy" Lambert for second on the school's career victories list with his 371st win at his alma mater. Painter and Lambert also are fifth in Big Ten history.

MARQUETTE 75, NO. 20 XAVIER 64: Justin Lewis had 20 points and 13 rebounds to pace Marquette to a victory over No. 20 Xavier.

NO. 21 PROVIDENCE 69, BUTLER 62: Nate Watson had 18 points and seven rebounds, including some big baskets late, to help Providence survive a slow start and hold off the Bulldogs. The last time Providence was 16-2 was the 1977-78 season. The Friars went to the NCAA Tournament that year, but lost in the first round to Michigan State.

NO. 3 LOUISVILLE 72, WAKE FOREST 60 (WOMEN): Hailey Van Lith scored 17 points for No. 3 Louisville in a victory over Wake Forest on Sunday.

NO. 5 TENNESSEE 63, NO. 13 GEORGIA 55: Jordan Horston scored 19 points with 11 rebounds and No. 5 Tennessee overcame a sluggish first half to beat No. 13 Georgia and remain undefeated in Southeastern Conference games.

NO. 9 CONNECTICUT 75, ST. JOHN'S 57: With UConn still short-handed by injuries and COVID-19 protocols, freshman Caroline Ducharme continued her stellar play. She scored a season-high 28 points — her third time above 20 in the past four games — to help the ninth-ranked Huskies beat St. John's on Sunday.

NO. 12 MARYLAND 87, NORTHWESTERN 59: Katie Benzan scored 17 points to lead five in double figures and No. 12 Maryland beat Northwestern.

NO. 18 GEORGIA TECH 55, NO. 20 NORTH CAROLINA 38: Digna Strautmane had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 18 Georgia Tech to a victory over slumping No. 20 North Carolina.

OLE MISS 63, NO. 23 KENTUCKY 54: Shakira Austin finished with 24 points and eight rebounds and Mississippi knocked off No. 23 Kentucky.

Hawaii hires former star quarterback Chang as head coach

The University of Hawaii has hired former star quarterback Timmy Chang as its new head football coach.

Athletics director David Matlin announced Chang's hiring on Saturday in a release, saying Chang "made a name for himself throwing the football as a young quarterback and has continued his legacy in the collegiate coaching ranks over the past decade.

"The time has come for him to take over the program that developed him into the coach, father, husband and leader he is today.”

Just last month, Chang was hired by Colorado State to be its wide receivers coach. Previously, he spent five years at Nevada under Jay Norvell — who is now Colorado State's head coach — as a tight end and wide receivers coach, and also had coaching stints at Emory and Henry and Jackson State.

Chang, who is from Honolulu, set the NCAA's all-time passing (17,072) and total offense (16,910) records when he played for Hawaii from 2000 to 2004. He was also a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Award in his last season with Hawaii. Chang also played in the Canadian Football League and NFL Europe.

Extra points

HOCKEY: Jacksonville Icemen defenseman Jacob Panetta has been suspended indefinitely by the ECHL and released from the team after being accused of making a racist gesture toward the South Carolina Stingrays' Jordan Subban during Saturday night's game.

It's the second time in three days that a minor-league hockey player was suspended for a racial gesture during a game.

Panetta, a 26-year-old from Belleville, Ontario, is accused of making a monkey gesture at Subban, who is Black, during a fight 23 seconds into overtime. Video shows Panetta appearing to raise his arms toward his side while looking at Subban in the aftermath of the scuffle.

Subban is the younger brother of New Jersey Devils defenseman and three-time NHL All-Star P.K. Subban.

Staff and wire reports

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