Sports Briefs January 2, 2012
Baseball
Reliever Jason Frasor was traded back to the Toronto Blue Jays by the Chicago White Sox for minor league pitchers Myles Jaye and Daniel Webb on Sunday.
Frasor, a right-hander, was 3-3 with a 3.60 ERA in 64 relief appearances with Chicago and Toronto last season. Chicago acquired him and pitcher Zach Stewart from the Blue Jays for pitcher Edwin Jackson and infielder/outfielder Mark Teahen in July.
The 20-year-old Jaye made his professional debut with Advanced Rookie Bluefield of the Appalachian League last season, going 3-3 with a 3.00 ERA in nine starts and four relief appearances. The 22-year-old Webb spent most of last season with Class A Lansing, where he was 4-5 with a 5.59 ERA. He also made one relief appearance with Bluefield.
• On Saturday, the San Diego Padres acquired two-time All-Star outfielder Carlos Quentin from the White Sox in an attempt to bolster their anemic offense.
Quentin grew up in the San Diego area and was a two-time All-Star with the White Sox. He has four consecutive 20-homer seasons, including 36 in 2008.
The White Sox received minor league pitchers Simon Castro, a right-hander, and Pedro Hernandez, a left-hander.
Basketball
• TOP 25 MEN
No. 1 Syracuse 87, DePaul 68: At Rosemont, Ill., Kris Joseph scored 22 points and the Orange (15-0, 2-0 Big East) used its defense and depth to rout DePaul (9-4, 0-1).
Syracuse opened 18-0 last season and the Orange's best start under coach Jim Boeheim was 19 straight wins to kick off 1999-2000.
No. 5 North Carolina 102, Monmouth 65: At Chapel Hill, N.C., John Henson scored 21 points and the Tar Heels (13-2) beat the Hawks (2-12) for their 26th straight victory at the Smith Center.
Harrison Barnes added 20 points for North Carolina, which shot 54 percent, built a 55-26 rebounding advantage and used a 33-10 run late in the first half to take a 31-point halftime lead.
No. 7 Duke 85, Pennsylvania 55: At Durham, N.C., Ryan Kelly scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Blue Devils (12-1) over the Quakers (6-8).
No. 14 Marquette 81, Villanova 77: At Milwaukee, Mouphtaou Yarou had 14 points, and JayVaughn Pinkston had a career-high 13, but it was not enough as the Golden Eagles (12-2, 1-0 Big East) beat the Wildcats (7-7, 0-2).
No. 18 Michigan 61, Minnesota 56: At Ann Arbor, Mich., freshman Trey Burke scored a season-high 27 points as the Wolverines (12-2, 2-0 Big Ten) hung on to beat the Golden Gophers (12-3, 0-2).
Burke was the only Wolverines player to reach double figures, with Stu Douglass and Zack Novak scoring nine each. Jordan Morgan had seven points and 12 rebounds.
Cincinnati 66, No. 22 Pittsburgh 63: JaQuon Parker scored a career-high 21 points and Sean Kilpatrick added 19 as the visiting Bearcats (11-3, 1-0 Big East) beat the Panthers (11-4, 0-2).
• NBA
Heat 129, Bobcats 90: Chris Bosh scored 20 of his 24 points in the first half, and host Miami rolled past Charlotte.
Celtics 94, Wizards 86: Rajon Rondo had 18 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds to lead visiting Boston over Washington.
Mavericks 99, Timberwolves 82: At Minneapolis, Kevin Love had 25 points and 17 rebounds to help Minnesota beat Dallas.
Magic 102, Raptors 96: Ryan Anderson scored 24 points to help host Orlando past Toronto.
Cavaliers 98, Nets 82: Antawn Jamison scored 23 points and host Cleveland made 16 3-pointers in a win over New Jersey.
Nuggets 99, Lakers 90: Danilo Gallinari scored 20 points to help host Denver beat Los Angeles.
Bulls 104, Grizzlies 64: Carlos Boozer scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and host Chicago beat Memphis.
Kings 96, Hornets 80: Tyreke Evans had 27 points to help host Sacramento beat New Orleans.
Clippers 93, Trail Blazers 88: Blake Griffin scored 20 points to lead host Los Angeles past Portland.
Hockey
Predators 5, Flames 3: Sergei Kostitsyn scored three goals to lead host Nashville to its third straight victory by beating Calgary.
- The Associated Press