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The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) -England defender Joleon Lescott preserved Manchester City's two-point lead in the Premier League by scoring a second-half winner in a 1-0 victory at Aston Villa on Sunday.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Jerome Dyson scored 17 points and Connecticut advanced to the Big East Tournament with a 65-55 win over Rutgers Wednesday night.
The victory clinched one of the final berths in the conference tournament for UConn (17-10, 6-7 Big East), while Rutgers (10-17, 3-11) was eliminated from contention for the third time in seven years.
The win was the 750th overall coaching victory for UConn’s Jim Calhoun, who gained his 500th with Connecticut on Feb. 5.
Jeff Adrien added 14 points, seven rebounds and three steals for UConn, A.J. Price had 10 points and Hasheem Thabeet had eight points, five rebounds and four blocked shots. Rutgers got 15 points each from J.R. Inman and Adrian Hill.
Holding a 28-27 lead, the Huskies went on a 14-3 run to open a 42-30 advantage with 10:32 remaining. UConn took two more 12-point leads, the last coming at 50-38.
Rutgers got within four twice, the final time coming when Marquis Webb hit a 3-pointer to make it 53-49 with five minutes left. Connecticut responded with a bucket by Adrien and two foul shots by Dyson to open a 57-49 lead with 3:02 remaining, and Rutgers got no closer than six the remainder of the game.
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Herb Pope scored 19 points, including four free throws in final 10 seconds, and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Seton Hall to a 73-66 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday.
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Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
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