TRIVIA ANSWER

Earl Boykins scored 15 of Denver's 21 points in the extra period as the Nuggets beat the Seattle SuperSonics 116-110. The record of 14 overtime points was set by Butch Carter of Indiana against Boston on March 20, 1984.
Source: Associated Press

BASKETBALL

College Men

AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 17, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Rec Pts Pv

1, Texas (57) 17-0 1,617 1

2, Kentucky (8) 18-0 1,568 2

3, Kansas 16-1 1,457 3

4, Villanova 16-1 1,442 4

5, Syracuse 17-1 1,376 5

6, Michigan St. 15-3 1,259 7

7, Duke 15-2 1,249 8

8, Tennessee 14-2 1,163 9

9, Pittsburgh 15-2 1,015 16

10, Kansas St. 15-2 989 13

11, West Virginia 13-3 922 10

12, Georgetown 13-3 873 11

13, Purdue 14-3 799 6

14, BYU 18-1 763 18

15, Gonzaga 14-3 748 17

16, Temple 15-3 581 19

17, Clemson 15-3 568 24

18, Wisconsin 14-4 542 13

19, Georgia Tech 13-4 380 20

20, N. Iowa 16-1 252 —

21, Ohio St. 13-5 228 —

22, Mississippi 13-4 211 21

23, Mississippi St. 15-3 189 —

24, North Carolina 12-6 161 12

25, Baylor 14-2 147 22

Others receiving votes: Vanderbilt 122, Connecticut 98, New Mexico 96, UAB 59, Virginia 50, Florida St. 41, Butler 35, Texas A&M 28, Cornell 15, William & Mary 15, Wake Forest 13, Rhode Island 11, Marquette 10, Missouri 8, Louisiana Tech 7, Northwestern 6, Arizona St. 3, Old Dominion 3, Marshall 2, Xavier 2, Harvard 1, Siena 1.

Major Scores

EAST

Dartmouth 65, St. Francis, NY 64

Fairfield 76, Canisius 74

Iona 72, Rider 59

Maine 56, New Hampshire 42

Niagara 72, Marist 56

Saint Joseph's 64, Towson 57

Siena 83, Manhattan 68

Stony Brook 81, UMBC 69

SOUTH

Bethune-Cookman 63, Md.-Eastern Shore 51

Delaware St. 64, Florida A&M 57

Hampton 65, N. Carolina A&T 55

Howard 82, Norfolk St. 77

Jacksonville 62, North Florida 55

MVSU 57, Southern U. 45

Middle Tennessee 47, W. Kentucky 46

Morgan St. 84, Winston-Salem 65

Prairie View 64, Grambling St. 59

S. Carolina St. 87, Coppin St. 65

Texas Southern 51, Jackson St. 44

Virginia 69, UNC Wilmington 67

Virginia Tech 72, N.C. Central 30

MIDWEST

Kansas St. 71, Texas 62

Syracuse 84, Notre Dame 71

SOUTHWEST

Ark.-Pine Bluff 93, Alcorn St. 59

FAR WEST

CS Bakersfield 71, Montana St. 61

NCAA Division II

Hawai'i Pacific vs. Hawai'i-Hilo

Yesterday

At Hilo, Hawai'i

HPU (13-3, 5-0) 47 36–83

UHH (10-5, 4-1) 39 43–42

Leading scorers–HPU: C.J. 27, Mike Helton 21, Ray Murdock 14, Norman Wells 11. UHH: Bryan Ngo 24, Justin Smith 18, Lavell Shipman 12, Zachary Wilde 10. Rebounds–HPU: Jackson 22. UHH: Smith 10. Assists–HPU: Wells 7. UHH: Andrew Gipson 3.

College Women

Major Scores

EAST

Binghamton 80, UMBC 63

Boston U. 73, Vermont 64

Bryant 69, Yale 62

Canisius 73, Loyola, Md. 67

Hartford 76, Maine 39

Iona 61, St. Peter's 45

Manhattan 69, Fairfield 53

Marist 71, Siena 58

Niagara 63, Rider 54

SOUTH

Appalachian St. 66, Coll. of Charleston 63, OT

Bethune-Cookman 56, Md.-Eastern Shore 55

Charleston Southern 62, Wingate 59

Coastal Carolina 59, Winthrop 57

Connecticut 81, Duke 48

Coppin St. 82, S. Carolina St. 72

Davidson 68, Georgia Southern 50

Florida A&M 53, Delaware St. 40

Howard 55, Norfolk St. 46

Jackson St. 56, Texas Southern 55

Jacksonville 64, North Florida 58

Liberty 82, UNC Asheville 40

Morgan St. 62, Winston-Salem 43

N. Carolina A&T 82, Hampton 81

N.C. Central 50, Savannah St. 46

Prairie View 60, Grambling St. 45

Radford 59, Presbyterian 34

S.C.-Upstate 73, Kennesaw St. 66

Samford 80, W. Carolina 65

Southern U. 59, MVSU 48

Virginia 70, Virginia Tech 56

Wofford 61, Elon 60, OT

MIDWEST

IPFW 61, S. Utah 41

Illinois St. 81, Missouri St. 72

Oakland, Mich. 81, UMKC 75

Oral Roberts 85, IUPUI 60

W. Illinois 63, Centenary 47

SOUTHWEST

Ark.-Pine Bluff 78, Alcorn St. 58

FAR WEST

UC Davis 79, CS Bakersfield 76

Utah Valley 75, Longwood 60

NCAA Division II

Hawai'i Pacific vs. Hawai'i-Hilo

Yesterday

At Hilo, Hawai'i

HPU (9-4, 5-0) 28 35–63

UHH (4-12, 1-4) 31 24–55

Leading scorers–HPU: Paris Gravely 12, Genesis Lewis 12, Britni Ronolo 10. UHH: Kristy Imai 15, Amanda Muller 13, Hina Kimitete 11. Rebounds–HPU: Lewis 12. UHH: Sheena Pio 6. Assists–HPU: Mackenna Karasawa 7. UHH: Kimitee 6.

BOWLING

Hawai'i T.V. Bowling

Hammer Open Doubles

Sunday

At Hickam Bowling Center

High qualifier: Jason Hoopii/Scott Shiira 1378. High individual series: Jared Hayashi 7088. High individual game: Jeff Yamamoto 169.

1st stepladder match: Bruce Akau/Christopher Laboy def. Chad Horiu/Craig Yamada, 202-179. 2nd mMatch: Stephen Babock/Roy Yamanuha def. Akau/Laboy, 189-188. 3rd match: Babcock/Yamanuha def. Keith Odette/Chad Pojas, 268-184. Championship match: Babcock/Yamanuha def. Hoopii/Shiira, 236-202.

Final standings: 1, Babcock/Yamanuha. 2, Hoopii/Shiira. 3, Odette/Pojas. 4, Akau/Laby. 5, Horiuchi/Yamada.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA

New Jersey 47 32 14 1 65 131 105

Pittsburgh 50 30 19 1 61 157 139

N.Y. Rangers 49 23 19 7 53 127 131

N.Y. Islanders 49 22 19 8 52 131 146

Philadelphia 47 23 21 3 49 143 137

Northeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Buffalo 47 30 11 6 66 134 108

Ottawa 50 25 21 4 54 138 150

Boston 48 23 17 8 54 123 121

Montreal 50 23 23 4 50 128 139

Toronto 50 17 24 9 43 134 173

Southeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 48 30 12 6 66 182 136

Florida 49 21 20 8 50 141 149

Atlanta 48 21 20 7 49 149 156

Tampa Bay 48 19 19 10 48 125 146

Carolina 48 14 27 7 35 120 165

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 49 34 11 4 72 165 110

Nashville 49 29 17 3 61 140 136

Detroit 48 24 16 8 56 123 124

St. Louis 48 21 20 7 49 126 136

Columbus 51 19 23 9 47 134 169

Northwest GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Colorado 49 28 15 6 62 147 135

Vancouver 48 28 18 2 58 155 119

Calgary 50 26 18 6 58 131 129

Minnesota 50 24 23 3 51 138 150

Edmonton 48 16 27 5 37 128 165

Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 50 32 10 8 72 166 124

Phoenix 50 28 17 5 61 133 129

Los Angeles 48 27 18 3 57 143 133

Dallas 49 21 17 11 53 141 157

Anaheim 49 22 20 7 51 138 154

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Today's Games, Hawai'i Times

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 2 p.m.

Columbus at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 2 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 2 p.m.

Chicago at Ottawa, 2:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Anaheim, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.

Yesterday's Results

Ottawa 2 2 1—5

Boston 0 0 1—1

First Period—1, Ottawa, Kovalev 12 (Fisher), 7:39. 2, Ottawa, Alfredsson 11 (Fisher, Phillips), 14:24. Second Period—3, Ottawa, Alfredsson 12 (Kuba, Fisher), 10:04. 4, Ottawa, Alfredsson 13 (Kuba, Foligno), 13:14 (pp). Third Period—5, Boston, Paille 6 (Boychuk, Lucic), 4:23. 6, Ottawa, Cheechoo 5, 11:05. Goalies—Ottawa, Elliott. Boston, Thomas, Rask. A—17,565 (17,565). T—2:19.

New Jersey 0 0 0—0

N.Y. Islanders 2 2 0—4

First Period—1, N.Y. Islanders, Moulson 18 (Nielsen, Hunter), 1:07. 2, N.Y. Islanders, Streit 7 (Tavares, Okposo), 3:44 (pp). Second Period—3, N.Y. Islanders, Bailey 12 (Hillen), 15:42. 4, N.Y. Islanders, Moulson 19 (Sutton, Hunter), 18:05. Third Period—None. Goalies—New Jersey, Brodeur, Danis. N.Y. Islanders, DiPietro. A—16,250 (16,234). T—2:18.

Tampa Bay 1 1 1—3

Carolina 0 1 1—2

First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Malone 20 (Foster, Veilleux), 11:07. Second Period—2, Carolina, Cullen 9 (Whitney, Staal), 16:28. 3, Tampa Bay, Lecavalier 12 (Meszaros, Halpern), 18:55 (pp). Third Period—4, Carolina, LaRose 2 (Gleason), 4:07. 5, Tampa Bay, Downie 11 (St. Louis, Smaby), 9:11. Goalies—Tampa Bay, Niittymaki. Carolina, C.Ward. A—16,031 (18,680). T—2:13.

St. Louis 1 1 0—2

Columbus 2 1 1—4

First Period—1, St. Louis, Kariya 9 (Oshie, Boyes), 1:11 (pp). 2, Columbus, Torres 15 (Russell, Roy), 4:21. 3, Columbus, Torres 16 (Brassard, Roy), 11:45. Second Period—4, St. Louis, Tkachuk 11 (Crombeen, Johnson), 3:44. 5, Columbus, Nash 22 (Umberger, Stralman), 4:20 (pp). Third Period—6, Columbus, Clark 5 (Huselius, Pahlsson), 1:25. Goalies—St. Louis, C.Mason. Columbus, Garon. A—14,505 (18,144). T—2:21.

Buffalo 1 4 2—7

Phoenix 0 1 1—2

First Period—1, Buffalo, Myers 7 (Vanek, Stafford), 2:37. Second Period—2, Buffalo, Butler 1 (Vanek, Roy), 2:44. 3, Buffalo, Kaleta 8 (Montador, Mair), 4:01. 4, Phoenix, Doan 14 (Lombardi, Upshall), 14:07. 5, Buffalo, Pominville 12 (Connolly, Hecht), 14:31. 6, Buffalo, Hecht 11 (Connolly, Pominville), 18:23. Third Period—7, Buffalo, Vanek 13 (Stafford, Roy), 2:47. 8, Phoenix, Vrbata 16 (Hanzal, Prucha), 10:36. 9, Buffalo, Pominville 13 (Connolly, Hecht), 18:13. Goalies—Buffalo, Miller. Phoenix, Bryzgalov, LaBarbera. A—11,309 (17,125). T—2:21.

Atlanta 0 0 0—0

Florida 0 1 0—1

First Period—None. Second Period—1, Florida, Campbell 2 (Olesz, Garrison), 7:18. Third Period—None. Goalies—Atlanta, Hedberg. Florida, Vokoun. A—11,818 (19,250). T—2:14.

Toronto 3 0 1—4

Nashville 0 1 2—3

First Period—1, Toronto, Hagman 17 (Ponikarovsky), 2:02. 2, Toronto, Ponikarovsky 16, 5:12. 3, Toronto, Stajan 14 (Kaberle, Schenn), 9:00. Second Period—4, Nashville, Goc 10 (Dumont, Franson), 17:38. Third Period—5, Nashville, Franson 4 (Sullivan), 4:21. 6, Nashville, Jones 7 (Spaling, Suter), 6:19. 7, Toronto, Kessel 15 (Kulemin, Bozak), 14:12. Goalies—Toronto, Gustavsson. Nashville, Rinne, D.Ellis. A—16,501 (17,113). T—2:15.

Minnesota 0 1 2—3

Dallas 1 3 0—4

First Period—1, Dallas, Wandell 5 (Brunnstrom, Ott), 4:57. Second Period—2, Dallas, Modano 8 (Richards, Niskanen), 5:02 (pp). 3, Dallas, Eriksson 20 (Richards, Neal), 7:42. 4, Dallas, Niskanen 2 (Richards, Eriksson), 13:37. 5, Minnesota, Miettinen 12 (Havlat, Zidlicky), 15:03 (pp). Third Period—6, Minnesota, Miettinen 13 (Nolan, Belanger), 12:36. 7, Minnesota, Koivu 14 (Miettinen, Brunette), 15:00. Goalies—Minnesota, Backstrom, Harding. Dallas, Auld. A—16,302 (18,532). T—2:24.

Edmonton 0 0 0—0

Colorado 2 2 2—6

First Period—1, Colorado, Liles 4 (Duchene, Clark), 12:09. 2, Colorado, Duchene 14 (Wolski, Liles), 15:00 (pp). Second Period—3, Colorado, Stewart 16 (Quincey, Wolski), 6:25. 4, Colorado, Cumiskey 5 (Stastny, Wolski), 18:13. Third Period—5, Colorado, Cumiskey 6 (Liles, Stewart), 1:28 (pp). 6, Colorado, Duchene 15 (Yip, Galiardi), 5:47. Goalies—Edmonton, Deslauriers. Colorado, Anderson. A—11,232 (18,007). T—2:20.

Calgary 0 0 1—1

San Jose 3 3 3—9

First Period—1, San Jose, Pavelski 10 (D.Murray, Ortmeyer), 4:07. 2, San Jose, Malhotra 8 (Boyle, Pavelski), 6:20. 3, San Jose, Nichol 2 (Setoguchi, Blake), 14:34. Second Period—4, San Jose, Ortmeyer 5 (Nichol, Clowe), 12:36. 5, San Jose, Heatley 28 (Boyle, Thornton), 16:49 (pp). 6, San Jose, Clowe 11 (Nichol, Ortmeyer), 18:36. Third Period—7, San Jose, Setoguchi 13 (Pavelski, Malhotra), 4:48. 8, Calgary, Regehr 1 (Dawes, Jokinen), 7:41. 9, San Jose, Blake 3 (Pavelski, Staubitz), 14:06 (pp). 10, San Jose, Heatley 29 (Leach, Marleau), 14:39. Goalies—Calgary, Kiprusoff, McElhinney. San Jose, Nabokov. A—17,562 (17,496). T—2:21.

SUMO

January Grand Sumo Tournament

At Tokyo

Day 9 Results

M14–Hakuba (7-2) def. M16–Toyohibiki (6-3). M14–Iwakiyama (5-4) def. M12–Tosayutaka (6-3). M12–Homasho (4-5) def. M15–Kitataiki (7-2). M11–Mokonami (3-6) def. M16–Koryu (1-8). M11–Takamisakari (5-4) def. M15–Tochinonada (2-7). M10–Aran (7-2) def. M13–Tamanoshima (3-6). M10–Tochiozan (5-4) def. M13–Shimotori (3-6). M7–Wakanosato (6-3) def. M9–Shotenro (3-6). M8–Tokitenku (5-4) def. M7–Tamawashi (6-3). M6–Aminishiki (7-2) def. M8–Asasekiryu (5-4). M9–Kokkai (4-5) def. M5–Kyokutenho (3-6). M5–Yoshikaze (4-5) def. M6–Bushuyama (1-8). M2–Goeido (4-5) def. M2–Miyabiyama (2-7). K–Kakuryu (4-5) def. M1–Toyonoshima (3-6). K–Kotoshogiku (4-5) def. M1–Tochinoshin (2-7). O–Kaio (5-4) def. M3–Hokutoriki (2-7). O–Harumafuji (7-2) def. M4–Takekaze (4-5). S–Baruto (8-1) def. O–Kotooshu (7-2). Y–Asashoryu (8-1) def. M3–Kisenosato (5-4). Y–Hakuho (8-1) def. M4–Kakizoe (4-5).

TENNIS

Australian Open

Today

At Melbourne Park

Melbourne, Australia

Purse: $22.14 million (Grand Slam)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men

First Round

Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Nick Lindahl, Australia, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4. Tomas Berdych (21), Czech Republic, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-0, 6-3, 6-3. Evgeny Korolev, Kazakhstan, def. Daniel Brands, Germany, 6-2, 7-5, 7-5. Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, def. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Louk Sorensen, Ireland, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Marin Cilic (14), Croatia, def. Fabrice Santoro, France, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, def. Sebastien Grosjean, France, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5. Gael Monfils (12), France, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Nikolay Davydenko (6), Russia, def. Dieter Kindlmann, Germany, 6-1, 6-0, 6-3. John Isner (33), United States, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-4. Fernando Verdasco (9), Spain, def. Carsten Ball, Australia, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (1), 7-5, 6-2. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5. Ivan Sergeyev, Ukraine, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (8). Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Stanislas Wawrinka (19), Switzerland, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Viktor Troicki (29), Serbia, def. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, def. Sam Querrey (25), United States, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Philipp Kohlschreiber (27), Germany, def. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-1 7-5, 6-1. James Blake, United States, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 7-5, 7-5, 6-2. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Julien Benneteau, France, def. David Guez, France, 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2). Florent Serra, France, def. Jurgen Melzer (28), Austria, 6-1, 6-7 (3) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. Tommy Robredo (16), Spain, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

Women

First Round

Ana Ivanovic (20), Serbia, def. Shenay Perry, United States, 6-2, 6-3. Sandra Zahlavova, Czech Republic, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-0, 6-1. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Virginie Razzano (18), France, 6-2, 6-3. Marion Bartoli (11), France, def. Rossana de los Rios, Paraguay, 6-4, 6-1. Angelique Kerber, Germany, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-3, 6-3. Nadia Petrova (19), Russia, def. Edina Gallovits, Romania, 6-3, 6-4. Sara Errani, Italy, def. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Aravane Rezai (26), France, def. Sania Mirza, India, 6-4, 6-2. Sam Stosur (13), Australia, def. Han Xinyun, China, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, def. Sesil Karatantcheva, Kazakhstan, 6-1, 7-6 (0). Katie O'Brien, Britain, def. Patricia Mayr, Austria, 6-3, 6-3. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Yuliana Fedak, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-0. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Regina Kulikova, Russia, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (10), 6-3. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 6-2, 6-1. Vania King, United States, def. Dominika Cibulkova (23), Slovakia, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Olivia Rogowska, Australia, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Jelena Jankovic (8), Serbia, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-4, 6-0. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Anastasiya Yakimova, Belarus, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 Carla Suarez Navarro (32), Spain, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 7-5, 6-4. Alona Bondarenko (31), Ukraine, def. Kathrin Woerle, Germany, 6-2, 6-2.

College Men

Yesterday

No. 41 Hawai'i def. UCSB, 5-2

Singles

Dennis Lajola (UH) def. Alex Konigsfeldt (UCSB) 6-1, 6-2. Andreas Weber (UH) def. Josh Finkelstein (UCSB) 6-3, 6-1. Jeremy Tweedt (UH) def. Mathieu Forget (UCSB) 7-5, 6-4. Leo Rosenberg (UH) def. Benjamin Recknagel (UCSB) 6-3, 7-5. Philipp Eberhard (UH) def. Taylor Chavez (UCSB) 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (8). Lucas Sudow (UCSB) def. Dmytro Kovalyov (UH) 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles (UCSB wins doubles point)

Konigsfeldt/Finkelstein (UCSB) def. Lajola/Tweedt (UH), 8-3. Jurgensen/Hohenstein (UCSB) def. Eberhard/Weber (UH), 8-5. Recknagel/Sudow (UCSB) def. Rosenberg/Llarenas (UH), 8-4.

VOLLEYBALL

College Men

AVCA Division I-II Coaches Top 15

As of yesterday

Rank, School Pts Rec LW

1, USC (9) 229 4-1 1

2, CS Northridge (5) 222 5-0 2

3, Stanford (2) 209 2-0 T-3

4, UC Irvine 191 4-2 T-3

5, BYU 185 4-1 5

6, Penn State 158 3-1 6

7, Pepperdine 148 1-2 7

8, Long Beach State 121 2-3 9

9, Hawai'i 116 2-3 8

10, UCLA 99 1-4 10

11, UC Santa Barbara 55 1-4 14

12, UC San Diego 49 1-4 T-11

13, Ohio State 40 1-4 T-11

14, Lewis 32 1-0 15

15, Saint Francis 30 3-1 NR

Others receiving votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Loyola-Chicago 21; Ball State 18.