Sports Briefs January 23, 2012
Golf
Mark Wilson made a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the PGA Humana Challenge on Sunday in La Quinta, Calif., beating Robert Garrigus, John Mallinger and Johnson Wagner by two strokes in a dramatic dusk finish to the wind-delayed tournament.
Moments after Garrigus barely missed a 35-foot eagle putt that would have given him the lead, Wilson coolly made his birdie try in the disappearing light, calmly celebrating his fifth career PGA Tour victory.
• Dan Forsman won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship for his third Champions Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 in windy conditions for a two-stroke victory over Jay Don Blake in Kaupulehu-Kona, Hawaii.
Basketball
Zane Johnson scored 18 of his season-high 29 points in the first half as Hawaii (11-8, 3-2 WAC) defeated New Mexico State (14-6, 4-1) 91-87 late Saturday night in Honolulu.
• Top 25 men
No. 11 Indiana 73, Penn State 53: At Bloomington, Ind., Cody Zeller scored 18 points and the Hoosiers (16-4, 4-4 Big Ten) rallied over the Nittany Lions (10-11, 2-6).
Virginia Tech 47, No. 15 Virginia 45: At Charlottesville, Va., Erick Green scored 15 points, including the free throws with 1:52 remaining to give Virginia Tech the lead, and Dorenzo Hudson had six points over the final 2:12 as the Hokies (12-7 1-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat the Cavaliers (15-3, 2-2) to end Virginia's nine-game home winning streak.
Wisconsin 67, No. 22 Illinois 63: At Champaign, Ill., Jordan Taylor scored 19 points and Jared Berggren added 18 to lead the Badgers (16-5, 5-3 Big Ten) over the Illini (15-5, 4-3).
Wisconsin has won four straight after dropping three consecutive conference games.
• NBA
Clippers 103, Raptors 91: Mo Williams scored 19 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter, Blake Griffin had 18 points and nine rebounds, and host Los Angeles sent Toronto to its eighth straight loss.
Celtics 100, Wizards 94: Paul Pierce had season highs with 34 points and 10 assists and tied his season-best mark with eight rebounds to lead Boston at Washington.
Bucks 91, Heat 82: Brandon Jennings scored 23 points, Ersan Ilyasova added 16 off the bench and visiting Milwaukee beat Miami.
Nets 97, Bobcats 87: At Newark, N.J., Deron Williams had 19 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists to lead New Jersey over Charlotte.
Pacers 98, Lakers 96: Roy Hibbert scored eight of his 18 points in the fourth quarter playing with a broken nose, and six of his teammates also scored in double figures to help visiting Indiana beat Los Angeles.
Bruins 6, Flyers 5, SO: Tyler Seguin scored the decisive goal in a shootout and visiting Boston beat Philadelphia.
Penguins 4, Capitals 3, OT: Evgeni Malkin pounded home a rebound 1:31 into overtime to lift host Pittsburgh past Washington.
Ducks 3, Avalanche 2: At Anaheim, Calif., Bobby Ryan scored twice and Jonas Hiller made 43 saves to help Anaheim beat Colorado for its sixth straight victory.
Skiing
Defending champion Ivica Kostelic returned to the top of the overall World Cup standings after finishing third in a men's slalom in Kitzbuehel, Austria, won by Italy's Cristian Deville.
• Michaela Kirchgasser won a World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, after pre-race favorites Marlies Schild and Maria Hoefl-Riesch skied out on the first run.
Soccer
Abby Wambach scored twice in the first half to move into third on the career goals list for women's international soccer, and the United States beat Guatemala 13-0 in Vancouver, Brithsh Columbia, to clinch a berth in the semifinals of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the London Olympics.
- The Associated Press