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Blue jackets hold on, defeat red wings 3-2 for their 1st win

( AP ) - Alexandre texi- 5:10 into the final period put
er and pierre-luc dubois the blue jackets ahead for the Pandemic play
scored 1:16 apart early in first time. Dubois beat gre- Both teams were missing at
the third period to give iss on a breakway at the 6:26 least a player because of the
the columbus blue jackets mark to help them win after nhl's covid-19 protocols. The
a two-goal lead and they dropping the first two games red wings were without cen-
held on to beat the detroit of the season at nashville. ter robby fabbri, who scored
red wings 3-2 on monday. in their win saturday night,
The red wings pulled greiss and winger adam erne after
Oliver bjorkstrand scored late with a few minutes left to add both played in the first two
in the second period and joo- an extra skater. Many players games of the season.
nas korpisalo finished with ended up in the crease and
35 saves in the blue jackets' the puck was in the net with Mikko koivu has not made
first win of the season. just less than a minute re- his blue jackets debut be-
maining. cause the 37-year-old cen-
Detroit's bobby ryan scored ter, who had spent his entire
twice and thomas greiss After some fights broke out, career in minnesota, had to
stopped 26 shots. video review determined the miss a third straight game. These two teams will play hours after their first of eight
goal was good because of the again at little caesars arena scheduled games against each
Texier's wraparound goal actions of a columbus player. What's next on tuesday night, roughly 27 other.

Knicks' Barrett, Randle double up Magic

Magic. during a run in which the handling it well."
Knicks scored nine straight
Perhaps the early start -- it points. Knicks: Fourteen games is a
was noon tip-off -- affected small sample size, but New
both teams because New TIP-INS York coach Tom Thibodeau
York led 47-38 after a first Magic: The matinee marked is pleased with the play of
half in which the Knicks a homecoming of sorts for third-year forward Kevin
only made 37 percent of their Cole Anthony, the 15th over- Knox, who came into the
shots and Orlando hit 32 per- all pick in the draft. Anthony, game shooting 43 percent
cent. who grew up in New York from the field and averaging
City and is the son of former 7.8 points per game coming
New York’s lead grew to 68- Knick and current TNT ana- off the bench. Knox, who
54 after Obi Toppin’s alley- lyst Greg Anthony, played his came into the season shoot-
oop jam one minute into the first game as a professional ing 33.7 percent from 3, is
fourth. at Madison Square Garden. connecting at a 44.2 percent
(AP) — R.J. Barrett scored Immanuel Quickley added The 20-year old entered the clip so far in 2020-21.
22 points and had 10 re- 11 for the Knicks, who im- The Magic rallied and went game averaging 10.4 points,
bounds, and Julius Randle proved to 7-8 with their sec- ahead 81-80 when Ross’ 28- 4.2 rebounds, and 3.5 assists “I thought when he took
added 21 points and 17 re- ond straight win foot heave beat an expiring per game. He finished with good shots, he made them
bounds to lead the New Nikola Vucevic had 24 points shot clock. The lead lasted six points, five rebounds and or they were in-and-out,”
York Knicks to a 91-84 win and 14 rebounds for Or- for all of eight seconds, as one assist. was how Thibodeau assessed
over the Orlando Magic lando, which lost its sixth in Randle tied the game with a Knox’s improved play. “He’s
on Monday. a row and fell to 6-8. Aaron free throw. “I think it’s what he wants,” allowing the game to come to
Gordon had 18 points and Orlando coach Steve Clifford him. He put a lot of time into
Elfrid Payton chipped in with 17 rebounds while Terrence On New York’s ensuing pos- said before the game. “He’s a shooting this summer. He
12 points and rookie guard Ross added 19 points for the session, Randle hit a floater confident young guy. He’s can do more than spot up.”

Louisville is No. 1 in women's AP Top 25 for 1st time

( AP ) - For the first time it is. It’s not just one team; it’s to have faced off Sunday, Iowa State entered the poll at ing since the 2018-19 season.
in school history, coach 14 years of hard work that has but N.C. State had a posi- No. 24 while No. 22 Geor- Texas and Washington State
Jeff Walz has Louisville put us in this spot.” tive COVID-19 test in the gia was the other newcomer. fell out of the poll.
at No. 1 in The Associat- program and hasn’t played a It’s the Bulldogs’ first rank-
ed Press women’s college Walz said his team would game since Jan. 3.
basketball poll. enjoy its No. 1 ranking for a
night before getting back to UConn, South Carolina and
The Cardinals moved to the work. Stanford round out the first
top spot on Monday, a day five teams in the poll. Stan-
after previous No. 1 Stanford “We’re not head and shoul- ford was one of nine ranked
lost to Colorado. Louisville ders above everyone else. We teams to lose last week.
received 20 first-place votes can’t just show up and win
from a 29-member national ballgames,” he said. “We have UCLA was sixth, followed
media panel. Its first game to execute. We’ll have to con- by Maryland, Texas A&M,
as No. 1 will be against Syra- tinue to grind it out and now Baylor and Arizona. It was
cuse on Thursday. you just got a bigger bull's- the Lady Bears’ worst rank-
eye on your back.” ing since they were ninth on
“It really is special,” Walz Nov. 27, 2017. They lost to
said. “It’s neat to be able North Carolina State re- Iowa State on Saturday night,
to share with these young ceived five first-place votes ending a 61-game home win-
women, not only the ones and came in second for the ning streak. Baylor hasn’t
here right now but the play- Wolfpack’s best ranking since been out of the top 10 since
ers who have played in the Dec. 31, 1990. The new top Dec. 1, 2014.
past to help build this where two teams were supposed