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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
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.
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Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
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ReutersMarc Jackson added 10 points for the Utes. They hurt themselves by going 14-of-28 from the line, which Giacoletti said was his fault for having worn out his players. Lacking Kentucky’s depth, he relied mostly on his starters all three games in the tournament.
Smith’s game plan was to let his big men go at Bogut alone and force him to catch the ball far from the basket. Once Bogut got the ball, another defender or two rushed over to prevent him for getting to his favorite spots. Many of his early misses looked like flicks he hoped might bounce in.
He tried firing himself up with a mouthful of expletives directed at himself following his easiest shot, a dunk when Alleyne’s long legs got stuck in traffic. There were other gestures and even a double technical foul along with Kentucky’s Ramel Bradley after exchanging words following a foul.
Yet nothing could get him going.
“It was pretty simple — we just wanted to wear him down and trap him whenever we could,” Orbzut said. “I thought we did pretty good.”
Chuck Hayes led Kentucky with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting and Rojon Rondo was 4-of-5 for 10 points. Kelenna Azubuike had nine and his 2-for-5 performance seemed stone cold compared to his teammates. The Wildcats missed just 15 shots and nine of those were 3-pointers.
The Utes — whose title hopes have now been ended by Kentucky six times since 1993 — actually started strong. They were up 9-8 when Kentucky took over, going on a 13-2 run and holding Utah without a field goal for more than eight minutes.
The Wildcats led by only five at halftime, then stretched it to 10 early in the second half. They only had to hold off one run — a 9-2 spurt that could’ve gotten Utah within two had Bogut made a free throw to cap a three-point play.
Instead, Azubuike hit an 8-foot jumper to get the lead back to five and the Wildcats weren’t threatened again.
Notes: Kentucky’s victory gives the Bluegrass state two of the eight teams remaining in the field. Louisville plays West Virginia on Saturday for a trip to St. Louis. The neighbors couldn’t meet until the title game. ... Kentucky’s lone negative was foul shooting. The Wildcats didn’t take their first until 3:01 before halftime and went 10-of-19. Hayes was 2-of-5 after making all 14 he tried the first two rounds. ... Markson typified Utah’s lousy night by airballing a free throw with 2:10 left and the Utes down eight. A 71-percent foul shooter coming in, he bounced the next one off the front rim. “My hands got sweaty and it just slipped out,” he said.
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