Sports Desk
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
DUKE WINS, HOLDS TIGHT TO TOP SPOT Another great start by Pittsburgh has the Panthers in the Top 25. A great weekend by Arizona has the Wildcats ranked again.Pittsburgh,off to a third undefeated run in as many seasons under coach Jamie Dixon, moved into the Associated Press’s men’s basketball poll at no. 22 yesterday. Arizona, which swept its Pac-10 weekend in Washington, returned to the rankings at no. 21 after a two-week absence that broke the longest regular-season run in poll history.
Duke, which dominated Bucknell yesterday by a score of 84-50, stayed no. 1 for the ninth straight week with Connecticut and Villanova remaining second and third for the fourth straight poll.
TEXAS HANDS MEMPHIS FIRST HOME LOSS P.J. Tucker had 24 points and 13 rebounds and Daniel Gibson added 18 points as no. 15 Texas beat fourth-ranked Memphis 69-58 yesterday, snapping the Tigers’ eight-game winning streak.
HOCKEY
BLUES EDGE ISLANDERS Martin St.Louis’s short-handed breakaway goal with 4:57 left spoiled a brilliant goaltending performance by New York backup Garth Snow and gave the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the sliding Islanders last night. Snow got the rare start because Rick DiPietro, a U.S. Olympic goalie, is nursing a left knee injury. Snow was outdueled by Sean Burke, who stopped 35 shots in his second straight start over slumping regular John Grahame – another U.S. Olympian.
– Associated Press
