Wichita State downs Illinois State, claims MVC crown
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02/22/2012 - Normal, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joe Ragland paced four Wichita State players in double figures with 14 points as the Shockers took down Illinois State by a 68-55 count on Wednesday to lock up the Missouri Valley Conference title.
Garrett Stutz had a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds, while Ben Smith and Demetric Williams chipped in with 11 points apiece for Wichita State (25-4 15-2 MVC), which has won seven straight contests.
Bryant Allen dropped in a game-high 17 points for the Redbirds (17-12, 8-9), who received nine points and eight rebounds from John Wilkins in defeat. Illinois State has lost three of its last four games.
Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jae Crowder scored 27 points, Darius Johnson- Odom had 21 and No. 10 Marquette handed Rutgers its sixth straight loss on Wednesday night, 82-65. Vander Blue added 10 points for the Golden Eagles (23-5, 12-3 B
<< Thunder top Celtics for 11th straight home win
Oklahoma City, OK (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Russell Westbrook scored 31 points,
dished out six assists and pulled down five rebounds, as the Oklahoma City
Thunder held off the Boston Celtics, 119-104.
Kevin Durant added 28 points, nine bo
<< Magic beat Nets for 9th straight time
Newark, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dwight Howard had 20 points and 17 rebounds, but
the Orlando Magic may have made their biggest run of the game with him on the
bench Wednesday night in a 108-91 win over the New Jersey Nets.
Orlando beat New J
<< Balanced Knicks ease past shorthanded Hawks
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeremy Lin netted 17 points and dished out
nine assists as the New York Knicks eased past the shorthanded Atlanta Hawks,
99-82, at Madison Square Garden.
Steve Novak also scored 17 points for New York, wh
<< Michalek, Sens beat Ovechkin-less Caps
Ottawa, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Milan Michalek tallied twice to lead Ottawa past
Washington, 5-2, at Scotiabank Place.
Erik Karlsson picked up a goal and two assists for the Senators, who have won
four in a row and five of their last six.
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top seed and world No. 5 David Ferrer easily dispatched Argentina native Facundo Bagnis on Wednesday at the Copa Claro tennis event. Ferrer, who was the runner-up at this event two years
Rockets hand 76ers a 5th straight loss >>
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Houston's Luis Scola had 19 points and 10
rebounds in Wednesday's 93-87 win over the 76ers.
Kevin Martin scored 14 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter and Kyle Lowry
finished with 13 for the Rockets,
Noah's triple-double leads Bulls past Bucks >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joakim Noah recorded his first career triple-
double with 13 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, as the Chicago Bulls
cruised past the Milwaukee Bucks, 110-91.
Carlos Boozer added 20 points and seven
Ridnour lifts Minnesota over Utah >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Luke Ridnour finished with 17 points, none
bigger than his floater at the final buzzer, lifting the Timberwolves to a
100-98 comeback victory over the Jazz at Target Center on Wednesday.
With seven t
Bruins hang rare home regulation defeat on Blues >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brad Marchand scored twice as Boston doubled
up St. Louis, 4-2, at Scottrade Center.
Chris Kelly and Milan Lucic each posted a goal and one assist for the Bruins,
who had lost three of four coming in.
Ti
Barry Bonds Watch: Giants Slugger Says He'll Be Back
With only 21 home runs standing between him and Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds is indeed planning on coming back for more in 2007. At least, that's what his agent told the Los Angeles Times.
"Barry's going to play in 2007," Jeff Borris of Beverly Hills Sports Council told the Times on Tuesday. "I've had many discussions with Barry and he's going to play. My intentions are to see to it he's in a big-league uniform next season. Those are my marching orders."
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