NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 31 15 .674 —

Brooklyn 18 27 .400 12 1/2

Boston 16 28 .364 14

Philadelphia 9 37 .196 22

New York 9 38 .191 22 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 38 8 .826 —

Washington 31 16 .660 7 1/2

Miami 20 25 .444 17 1/2

Charlotte 19 27 .413 19

Orlando 15 34 .306 24 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 30 18 .625 —

Cleveland 27 20 .574 2 1/2

Milwaukee 24 22 .522 5

Detroit 17 30 .362 12 1/2

Indiana 17 31 .354 13

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

Memphis 34 12 .739 —

Houston 32 14 .696 2

San Antonio 30 17 .638 4 1/2

Dallas 30 17 .638 4 1/2

New Orleans 24 22 .522 10

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Portland 32 14 .696 —

Oklahoma City 23 23 .500 9

Denver 19 28 .404 13 1/2

Utah 16 30 .348 16

Minnesota 8 37 .178 23 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

Golden State 36 7 .837 —

L.A. Clippers 32 14 .696 5 1/2

Phoenix 27 20 .574 11

Sacramento 16 28 .364 20 1/2

L.A. Lakers 13 34 .277 25

Thursday’s Games

Milwaukee 115, Orlando 100

Indiana 103, New York 82

Memphis 99, Denver 69

L.A. Lakers 123, Chicago 118,2OT

Friday’s Games

Minnesota at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Portland at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Miami, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Utah, 9 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Portland at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Denver, 9 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 9 p.m.

Phoenix at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

 

College basketball

Thursday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST

Army 71, Boston U. 67

LIU Brooklyn 67, CCSU 55

Loyola (Md.) 64, Holy Cross 54

Michigan St. 71, Rutgers 51

Providence 83, DePaul 72

Rider 58, St. Peter’s 49

Robert Morris 87, Fairleigh Dickinson 65

St. Francis (NY) 73, Mount St. Mary’s 67, OT

St. Francis (Pa.) 75, Bryant 68

Towson 74, Coll. of Charleston 70

UMass 66, Dayton 64

Wagner 75, Sacred Heart 64

SOUTH

Belmont 103, Jacksonville St. 82

Charlotte 86, FAU 61

Furman 59, ETSU 55

George Mason 68, Saint Louis 60

Georgia Southern 83, Appalachian St. 46

High Point 72, Liberty 53

Louisiana Tech 69, W. Kentucky 56

Louisiana-Monroe 58, Troy 55, OT

Marshall 69, Southern Miss. 54

Mercer 75, Chattanooga 72, OT

Murray St. 85, E. Kentucky 78, OT

North Florida 86, Kennesaw St. 67

Old Dominion 71, FIU 56

South Alabama 89, Louisiana-Lafayette 85

Stetson 85, N. Kentucky 75

Tennessee St. 64, Tennessee Tech 56

UT-Martin 81, E. Illinois 51

W. Carolina 85, VMI 70

Wofford 58, UNC Greensboro 42

MIDWEST

Cincinnati 70, UConn 58

Detroit 93, Youngstown St. 87, OT

IPFW 66, South Dakota 55

Kentucky 69, Missouri 53

Milwaukee 71, Ill.-Chicago 65

N. Dakota St. 61, Denver 54, OT

Ohio St. 80, Maryland 56

SIU-Edwardsville 75, SE Missouri 61

Weber St. 67, North Dakota 60

SOUTHWEST

Georgia St. 88, Texas-Arlington 74

UALR 75, Arkansas St. 65

UTEP 71, UAB 69

UTSA 69, Middle Tennessee 58

FAR WEST

Colorado 98, Southern Cal 94, 3OT

Gonzaga 64, Portland 46

Grand Canyon 78, UMKC 57

Hawaii 84, CS Northridge 73

Long Beach St. 91, Cal St.-Fullerton 85, OT

Montana 73, Portland St. 54

N. Colorado 79, Idaho St. 76

Pepperdine 50, Pacific 43

Sacramento St. 75, Montana St. 59

Saint Mary’s (Cal) 68, Loyola Marymount 54

San Diego 69, Santa Clara 64

UC Davis 70, UC Santa Barbara 64

UC Irvine 67, Cal Poly 57

UCLA 69, Utah 59

Utah Valley 78, Chicago St. 62

 

Ohio State box

OHIO ST. 80, No. 16 MARYLAND 56

MARYLAND (18-4)

Layman 4-12 1-1 10, Dodd 0-1 0-1 0, Trimble 0-8 3-4 3, Pack 2-4 0-0 6, Wells 4-14 3-4 12, Smotrycz 2-3 3-4 8, Wiley 2-6 0-0 6, Nickens 2-7 0-0 6, Cekovsky 2-2 1-2 5, Ram 0-0 0-0 0, Graham 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-59 11-16 56.

OHIO ST. (17-5)

Tate 6-10 4-6 16, Thompson 2-7 2-4 7, Lee 1-2 4-8 6, Russell 6-12 2-3 18, Scott 4-7 0-0 8, Loving 7-11 0-0 19, K. Williams 0-4 0-0 0, A. Williams 2-3 2-5 6, Bates-Diop 0-1 0-0 0, Lorbach 0-1 0-0 0, McDonald 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-60 14-26 80.

Halftime—Ohio St. 34-26. 3-Point Goals—Maryland 9-26 (Pack 2-3, Wiley 2-4, Nickens 2-5, Smotrycz 1-2, Wells 1-3, Layman 1-5, Trimble 0-4), Ohio St. 10-17 (Loving 5-5, Russell 4-6, Thompson 1-3, K. Williams 0-3). Fouled Out—Cekovsky. Rebounds—Maryland 32 (Cekovsky, Layman, Smotrycz 6), Ohio St. 51 (Russell 14). Assists—Maryland 9 (Layman 3), Ohio St. 13 (Russell 6). Total Fouls—Maryland 21, Ohio St. 17. A—14,483.

 

Marshall box

MARSHALL 69, SOUTHERN MISS. 54

MARSHALL (6-15)

Nikolic 3-9 2-3 8, Edmonds 4-8 0-0 11, Taylor 6-9 0-0 13, Kambola 4-6 0-0 9, Loop 5-15 0-0 13, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Sane 1-2 1-2 3, Boykins 3-5 0-2 9, Manning 0-1 1-2 1, Bowling 0-0 0-0 0, Mijovic 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 27-57 4-9 69.

SOUTHERN MISS. (6-13)

Bingaya 6-15 7-11 19, Blevins 0-2 0-0 0, Armelin 6-14 3-4 16, Holland 2-5 0-0 5, Carey 4-8 3-6 11, Millinghaus 1-3 0-0 2, Hayes 0-1 0-0 0, Chapman 0-1 0-0 0, O’Donnell 0-3 1-2 1. Totals 19-52 14-23 54.

Halftime—Marshall 35-25. 3-Point Goals—Marshall 11-29 (Boykins 3-4, Edmonds 3-6, Loop 3-13, Kambola 1-1, Taylor 1-2, Manning 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Nikolic 0-1), Southern Miss. 2-17 (Holland 1-2, Armelin 1-6, Carey 0-1, Blevins 0-1, Millinghaus 0-1, O’Donnell 0-2, Bingaya 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Marshall 41 (Taylor 10), Southern Miss. 32 (Carey 10). Assists—Marshall 16 (Nikolic 6), Southern Miss. 8 (Armelin, Blevins, Carey 2). Total Fouls—Marshall 16, Southern Miss. 10. A—3,392.

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Thursday’s Girls’ Basketball Scores

Albany Alexander 51, McArthur Vinton County 41

Belpre 80, Wahama, W.Va. 22

Bidwell River Valley 46, Wellston 24

Chillicothe Unioto 62, Frankfort Adena 17

Crown City S. Gallia 65, Corning Miller 42

Huntington Prep, W.Va. 55, Gallipolis Gallia 50

McDermott Northwest 67, Waverly 56

Nelsonville-York 80, Pomeroy Meigs 45

Piketon 58, Chillicothe Zane Trace 26

Southeastern 50, Chillicothe Huntington 35

Williamsport Westfall 73, Bainbridge Paint Valley 57

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

Ironton St. Joseph vs. Racine Southern, ppd.

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 50 31 15 4 66 163 132

Montreal 47 31 13 3 65 127 108

Detroit 49 28 12 9 65 145 128

Boston 49 26 16 7 59 131 123

Florida 46 21 15 10 52 114 129

Toronto 50 22 24 4 48 144 155

Ottawa 47 19 19 9 47 129 134

Buffalo 49 14 32 3 31 92 174

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Islanders 48 32 15 1 65 157 135

Pittsburgh 48 27 13 8 62 143 124

Washington 48 25 14 9 59 144 124

N.Y. Rangers 46 27 15 4 58 135 111

Philadelphia 50 21 22 7 49 139 151

Columbus 47 21 23 3 45 119 148

New Jersey 48 18 22 8 44 109 135

Carolina 47 17 25 5 39 102 122

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Nashville 47 31 10 6 68 145 112

St. Louis 47 30 13 4 64 153 115

Chicago 48 30 16 2 62 151 112

Winnipeg 50 26 16 8 60 140 127

Dallas 48 22 19 7 51 152 157

Colorado 49 20 18 11 51 128 141

Minnesota 48 22 20 6 50 131 138

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 49 32 11 6 70 146 130

San Jose 49 26 17 6 58 137 135

Vancouver 46 26 17 3 55 124 118

Calgary 49 26 20 3 55 140 127

Los Angeles 48 21 15 12 54 133 129

Arizona 48 17 25 6 40 111 161

Edmonton 49 13 27 9 35 113 162

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s Games

St. Louis 5, Nashville 4, SO

Boston 5, N.Y. Islanders 2

Montreal 1, N.Y. Rangers 0

Philadelphia 5, Winnipeg 2

Arizona 3, Toronto 1

Dallas 6, Ottawa 3

Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 1

Florida 3, Columbus 2

Minnesota 1, Calgary 0

Edmonton 3, Buffalo 2

San Jose 6, Anaheim 3

Friday’s Games

Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Buffalo at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Chicago at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Washington at Montreal, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Detroit, 2 p.m.

Arizona at Ottawa, 3 p.m.

Dallas at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Boston, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Columbus 0 2 0 — 2

Florida 0 2 1 — 3

First Period—None. Penalties—Hartnell, Clm (slashing), 11:37; Johansen, Clm (slashing), 17:32.

Second Period—1, Columbus, Johnson 5 (Atkinson, Foligno), 1:08. 2, Florida, Huberdeau 9 (Boyes, Barkov), 2:49. 3, Florida, Ekblad 7 (Campbell, Bolland), 11:36. 4, Columbus, Wennberg 2 (Anisimov, Anderson), 18:34. Penalties—Wisniewski, Clm (slashing), 12:20; Bergenheim, Fla (slashing, unsportsmanlike conduct), 12:20; Gudbranson, Fla (delay of game), 18:52.

Third Period—5, Florida, Bergenheim 8 (Kulikov, Petrovic), 13:08 (pp). Penalties—Johnson, Clm (high-sticking), 13:08.

Shots on Goal—Columbus 13-7-12—32. Florida 13-11-7—31.

Power-play opportunities—Columbus 0 of 2; Florida 1 of 3.

Goalies—Columbus, McElhinney 5-7-1 (31 shots-28 saves). Florida, Luongo 18-11-8 (32-30).

A—0 (17,040). T—2:25.

Referees—Paul Devorski, Ghislain Hebert. Linesmen—Michel Cormier, Greg Devorski.