SPORTS
Rockets Administer More Misery On Blazers
At Portland, Oregon on Friday night, Jalen Green scored 23 points as the Houston Rockets (19-55), who entered the game with the NBA's worst records, throttled the slumping Portland Trail Blazers (27-46) 125-106 on the road.
Seven Rockets scored in double figures while six Blazers did likewise.
Peacocks Continue Their Magical Round As Saint Peter's Advance To NCAA Tourney's Elite Eight
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's Round of 16 concluded on Friday with four games.
In action from the East Region in Philadelphia, with Daryl Banks III scoring 14 points, the Saint Peter's Peacocks (22-11) became the first #15 seed to advance into the tournament's quarterfinal round after their 67-64 triumph over third-seeded Purdue.
Trevion Williams came off the bench to pace the Boilermakers with 16 points while grabbing eight rebounds.
In the nightcap, Caleb Love scored a career-high 30 points (27 of them in the second half) as the eighth-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (27-9) upended the fourth-seeded UCLA Bruins (27-8) 73-66.
Meanwhile, in Midwest Region action in Chicago, Remy Martin scored 23 points off the bench to carry the top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks (31-6) past the fourth-seeded Providence Friars (27-6) 66-61.
Al Durham paced the Friars with 21 points.
In the nightcap in the Windy City, Kameron McGusty scored 27 points as the tenth-seeded Miami Hurricanes (26-10) held off the #11-seeded Iowa State Cyclones (22-13) 70-56 to reach their first-ever Elite Eight.
Soccer Roundup
At Oswestry, England on Thursday, Nicky Rushton's goal in the 30th minute carried Newtown past Welsh Premier League-leading The New Saints 1-0 on the road.
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