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December 31, 2007
AMES, IOWA (AP) - WESLEY JOHNSON SCORED 15 STRAIGHT POINTS EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF AND FINISHED WITH 20, LEADING IOWA STATE PAST ALBANY 76-TO-64 LAST NIGHT. JIRI HUBALEK ADDED 22 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS. RAHSHON CLARK SCORED 12 FOR THE CYCLONES, WHO HAVE WON FIVE OF THEIR LAST SIX. BUT THEY WERE STRUGGLING AGAINST THE GREAT DANES UNTIL JOHNSON GOT HOT. THE CYCLONES LED JUST 34-TO-32 WHEN BRYAN PETERSEN HIT A 3 FROM THE TOP OF THE KEY. THEN JOHNSON TOOK OVER. HE HIT TWO 3S FROM THE RIGHT SIDE AND ANOTHER FROM THE LEFT CORNER. THEN HE CONVERTED AN OLD-FASHIONED THREE-POINT PLAY OFF A LEANING SHOT BEFORE DRAINING A 3 FROM THE LEFT CORNER, GIVING THE CYCLONES A 52-33 LEAD. BRIAN LILLIS LED ALBANY WITH 13 POINTS AND BRENT WILSON SCORED 12. BOTH STARRED AT IOWA HIGH SCHOOLS, LILLIS AT WEST DES MOINES DOWLING AND WILSON AT CEDAR RAPIDS PRAIRIE. IOWA STATE IS NOW 8-5.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. (AP) - KRISTA PHILLIPS SCORED 12 POINTS AND GRABBED 13 REBOUNDS FOR MICHIGAN. THE WOLVERINES HELD IOWA TO 21 PERCENT SHOOTING IN THE SECOND HALF AND BEAT IOWA 63-46 YESTERDAY. THE WOLVERINES OVERCAME A COLD FIRST HALF THAT HAD THEM BEHIND 26-24 AT INTERMISSION. THEY SHOT 58 PERCENT FROM THE FIELD IN THE SECOND HALF, WHILE KEEPING IOWA TO 8-FOR-38. JANELLE COOPER HAD 13 POINTS AND FIVE REBOUNDS FOR THE WOLVERINES. KRISTA CLEMENT ADDED 12 POINTS AND SIX REBOUNDS. KRISTA VANDEVENTER SCORED 14 POINTS AND MADE NINE REBOUNDS FOR THE HAWKEYES. STACY SCHLAPKOHL ADDED 11 POINTS AND WENDY AUSDEMORE 10.
UNDATED (AP) - HERE'S THE LINEUP FOR NEXT WEEKEND'S FIRST ROUND OF THE NFL PLAYOFFS:
ON SATURDAY, WASHINGTON TRAVELS TO SEATTLE FOLLOWED BY PITTSBURGH HOSTING JACKSONVILLE.
ON SUNDAY, THE NEW YORK GIANTS VISIT TAMPA BAY FOLLOWED BY TENNESSEE PLAYING AT SAN DIEGO.
UNDATED (AP) - THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS ARE RIDING A FOUR-GAME WINNING STREAK INTO THE PLAYOFFS. THE REDSKINS BEAT ARCH-RIVAL DALLAS 27-6 TO CAP AN EMOTIONAL RECOVERY FROM A TEAM SHAKEN BY THE SHOOTING DEATH OF SAFETY SEAN TAYLOR A MONTH AGO. THE REDSKINS LOOK LIKE THEY'LL BE A TOUGH OUT IN THE PLAYOFFS. THEIR DEFENSE HELD DALLAS TO 1 RUSHING YARD. CLINTON PORTIS HAD HIS FOURTH STRAIGHT 100-YARD RUSHING GAME. SANTANA MOSS CAUGHT EIGHT PASSES FOR 115 YARDS. THE SKINS ARE UNBEATEN SINCE 36-YEAR-OLD TODD COLLINS REPLACED INJURED JASON CAMPBELL AT QUARTERBACK. COLLINS WAS 22-OF-31 FOR 244 YARDS AND ONE TD.
IN THE OTHER WIN-OR-IN GAME ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE REGULAR SEASON, THE TENNESSEE TITANS CLAIMED THE FINAL AFC WILD-CARD BERTH BY BEATING SUPER BOWL CHAMPION INDIANAPOLIS 16-10. KERRY COLLINS RELIEVED AN INJURED VINCE YOUNG AND DROVE THE TITANS TO THREE SECOND-HALF FIELD GOALS FOR THE VICTORY. IT'S TENNESSEE'S FIRST TRIP TO THE PLAYOFFS SINCE 2003.
IN THE REST OF WEEK 17 ACTION:
-- THE PLAYOFF-BOUND SAN DIEGO CHARGERS CLINCHED THE THIRD SEED IN THE NFL PLAYOFFS WITH A 30-17 WIN OVER OAKLAND. LADAINIAN TOMLINSON RAN FOR 56 YARDS TO WIN HIS SECOND STRAIGHT RUSHING TITLE. L.T. FINISHED THE SEASON WITH 1,474 YARDS TO BEAT MINNESOTA ROOKIE ADRIAN PETERSON. SAN DIEGO GOES INTO THE POSTSEASON ON A SIX-GAME WIN STREAK.
-- THE CLEVELAND BROWNS ENDED A 10-AND-6 REGULAR SEASON WITH A 20-7 WIN OVER SAN FRANCISCO. BUT IT REALLY DIDN'T MATTER. THE BROWNS' POSTSEASON FATE WAS DECIDED BY THE TENNESSEE TITANS' WIN OVER INDIANAPOLIS.
-- GREEN BAY BEAT DETROIT 34-13 AND GOT TO REST SOME STARTERS FOR THE PLAYOFFS. BRETT FAVRE EXTENDED HIS QUARTERBACK-RECORD CONSECUTIVE STARTS TO 253 GAMES. HE DROVE THE PACK TO TOUCHDOWNS ON THEIR FIRST THREE POSSESSIONS.
-- TAMPA BAY, WHICH HAS A WILD-CARD PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST THE NEW YORK GIANTS NEXT WEEKEND, RESTED MOST OF ITS STARTERS IN A 31-23 LOSS TO CAROLINA. THE PANTHERS LET RETIRING 44-YEAR-OLD QB VINNY TESTAVERDE TAKE THE LAST SNAP OF HIS LENGTHY CAREER IN THE SAME CITY WHERE HE BEGAN IT IN 1987.
-- CHRIS REDMAN TOSSED FOUR TD PASSES IN THE ATLANTA FALCONS' 44-41 WIN OVER PLAYOFF-BOUND SEATTLE. THAT ENDS THE FALCONS' SIX-GAME LOSING STREAK IN WHICH THEIR BIGGEST LOSS WAS MICHAEL VICK, JAILED ON FEDERAL DOGFIGHTING CHARGES.
-- THE HOUSTON TEXANS BEAT PLAYOFF-BOUND JACKSONVILLE 42-28. ANDRE' DAVIS BECAME THE SEVENTH PLAYER IN NFL HISTORY TO RETURN TWO KICKOFFS FOR TOUCHDOWNS. HE ALSO HAD A FUMBLE RECOVERY THAT LED TO A TOUCHDOWN.
-- DEVIN HESTER AND THE CHICAGO BEARS RACED PAST NEW ORLEANS 33-25, ENDING THE SAINTS' BID FOR A RETURN TO THE PLAYOFFS. HESTER SPRINTED 64 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN ON A PUNT RETURN, HIS NFL-RECORD SIXTH KICK RUNBACK FOR A SCORE THIS SEASON. THAT BREAKS HIS OWN MARK SET A YEAR AGO. HE ALSO CAUGHT A 55-YARD TD PASS.
-- PHILADELPHIA ENDS THE SEASON 8-AND-8 AFTER WINNING ITS THIRD STRAIGHT GAME, 17-9 OVER BUFFALO. DONOVAN MCNABB WAS 29-OF-41 FOR 345 YARDS, ONE TOUCHDOWN AND ONE INTERCEPTION IN WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIS LAST GAME IN AN EAGLES UNIFORM.
-- FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS, THE ARIZONA CARDINALS DID NOT HAVE A LOSING SEASON. LARRY FITZGERALD CAUGHT 11 PASSES FOR 171 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND ARIZONA FINISHED AN 8-AND-8 SEASON WITH A 48-19 VICTORY OVER THE ST. LOUIS RAMS.
-- BALTIMORE SNAPPED ITS FRANCHISE-RECORD NINE-GAME LOSING STREAK BY BEATING PLAYOFF-BOUND PITTSBURGH 27-21.
-- IN OVERTIME, DENVER BEAT MINNESOTA 22-19. THE VIKINGS NEEDED A WIN AND A REDSKINS LOSS TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, BUT NEITHER WASHINGTON NOR DENVER OBLIGED.
-- IN THE HERM EDWARDS BOWL, EDWARDS' FORMER TEAM, THE NEW YORK JETS, BEAT EDWARDS' CURRENT TEAM, THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 13-10 ON MIKE NUGENT'S 43-YARD FIELD GOAL IN OT. BOTH TEAMS FINISHED 4-AND-12. THE CHIEFS WILL TAKE A NINE-GAME LOSING STREAK INTO 2008.
-- THE MIAMI DOLPHINS ENDED THEIR WORST SEASON BY LOSING TO THE CINCINNATI BENGALS 38-25. THE DOLPHINS ARE THE EIGHTH NFL TEAM TO FINISH 1-AND-15.
SHREVEPORT, LA. (AP) - JOHN PARKER WILSON COMPLETED 13 OF HIS FIRST 15 PASSES FOR 185 YARDS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS AND ALABAMA RACED TO A FOUR-TOUCHDOWN LEAD AND HELD OFF COLORADO 30-24 IN THE INDEPENDENCE BOWL. ALABAMA STOPPED A FOUR-GAME LOSING STREAK AND FINISHED 7-AND-6, AVOIDING CONSECUTIVE LOSING SEASONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS. COLORADO WOUND UP 6-AND-7, UNDER .500 FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, BUT VASTLY IMPROVED FROM A 2-10 MARK IN 2006.
UNDATED (AP) - MAKE IT A LUCKY 13 IN A ROW FOR PORTLAND. BRANDON ROY SCORED 22 POINTS AND THE TRAIL BLAZERS RALLIED TO BEAT THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS 97-72 FOR THEIR LEAGUE-LEADING 13TH STRAIGHT WIN. IT IS THE SECOND-LONGEST WINNING STREAK IN BLAZERS HISTORY. PORTLAND WON 16 STRAIGHT IN THE 1990-91 SEASON. TRAILING 63-59 IN THE THIRD QUARTER, THE BLAZERS WENT ON A 20-0 RUN OVER THE NEXT 8{ MINUTES TO TAKE COMMAND. TRAVIS OUTLAW SEALED THE GAME WITH AN ACROBATIC DUNK TO MAKE IT 82-66. HE FINISHED WITH 12 POINTS, AS DID JAMES JONES. STEVE BLAKE HAD 11 POINTS FOR THE BLAZERS. ANDRE IGUODALA HAD 24 POINTS FOR THE 76ERS.
IN OTHER NBA ACTION:
-- BOSTON WON ITS SIXTH IN A ROW BY THUMPING THE L.A. LAKERS 110-91. PAUL PIERCE LED THE WAY WITH 33. KEVIN GARNETT ADDED 22 POINTS AND 12 BOARDS.
-- THE CHICAGO BULLS ARE 2-AND-0 UNDER INTERIM COACH JIM BOYLAN AFTER ANOTHER STRONG PERFORMANCE BY BEN GORDON. GORDON SCORED 25 POINTS ON 11-OF-15 SHOOTING AS THE BULLS BATTERED THE KNICKS 100-83 IN NEW YORK. LUOL DENG ADDED 17 POINTS, SEVEN ASSISTS AND SIX REBOUNDS AS THE BULLS HANDED THE KNICKS THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT LOSS.
-- AMARE STOUDEMIRE SCORED 31 POINTS AND GRABBED 17 REBOUNDS IN THE PHOENIX SUNS' 117-102 WIN OVER THE SACRAMENTO KINGS.
-- BARON DAVIS SCORED 28 POINTS AND STEPHEN JACKSON ADDED 23 TO HELP GOLDEN STATE BEAT THE NUGGETS 105-95. THAT ENDS THE WARRIORS' SEVEN-GAME LOSING STREAK IN DENVER.
-- TONY PARKER AND TIM DUNCAN EACH SCORED 24 POINTS AND THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS BEAT MEMPHIS 111-87 TO HAND THE GRIZZLIES THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT LOSS. DUNCAN ALSO GRABBED 17 REBOUNDS. PARKER HAD NINE ASSISTS.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - CHECKING THE COLLEGE HOOPS SCHEDULE, TOP-RANKED NORTH CAROLINA BEAT VALPARAISO 90-58 IN THE ONLY TOP-25 GAME OF THE NIGHT. THE TAR HEELS ARE 13-AND-0 AND PERFECT IN SIX GAMES AT THE SMITH CENTER. TYLER HANSBROUGH LED THE TAR HEELS WITH 23 POINTS AND 13 BOARDS. DANNY GREEN MATCHED HIS CAREER HIGH WITH 20 POINTS.
UNDATED (AP) - THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS MADE IT TWO WINS IN TWO GAMES IN THE SUNSHINE STATE AFTER BLANKING THE FLORIDA PANTHERS 1-0. THE FLYERS BEAT TAMPA BAY 4-2 YESTERDAY AS THEY IMPROVED TO 2-AND-0 ON THEIR SIX-GAME ROAD TRIP. ANTERO NIITYMAKI STOPPED 38 SHOTS FOR THE SHUTOUT. DERIAN HATCHER SCORED MIDWAY THROUGH THE THIRD PERIOD. IT WAS HATCHER'S SECOND OF THE SEASON AND 80TH IN 1,022 CAREER GAMES. THE FLYERS HAVE WON THREE STRAIGHT.
IN OTHER NHL ACTION:
-- DUSTIN BROWN SCORED HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME IN OVERTIME TO GIVE THE L.A. KINGS A 3-2 WIN OVER THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS. BROWN AND KYLE CALDER CONNECTED IN THE THIRD PERIOD TO RALLY THE KINGS FROM A 2-0 DEFICIT AND FORCE OVERTIME.
-- BRENDAN SHANAHAN SCORED EARLY IN OVERTIME TO GIVE THE RANGERS A 4-3 VICTORY OVER THE MONTREAL CANADIENS FOR THE NEW YORKERS' THIRD STRAIGHT WIN.
-- DANIEL SEDIN AND MATT COOKE EACH SCORED AND THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS BEAT THE STRUGGLING ANAHEIM DUCKS 2-1.
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