Green III drops in 24 as Robert Morris men’s basketball wins

Michael Green III scored a season-high 24 points as Robert Morris men’s basketball defeated host Purdue Fort Wayne, 71-64, on Sunday.

Green also contributed five assists for the Colonials (12-15, 7-9 Horizon League). Kahliel Spear added 12 points and seven rebounds. Green’s 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1:17 remaining snapped a 64-all tie and was part of a 16-2 run for Robert Morris. Jarred Godfrey led the Mastodons (1512, 7-9) with 23 points.

Other college hoops

The Pitt women’s basketball team (9-16, 2-12 ACC) earns a double overtime road win against Georgia Tech (12-13, 3-11 ACC) as they downed the Yellow Jackets, 85-79. Pitt had five players score in double figures in the win. Liatu King had 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Panthers. Avery Strickland tied a career-high with 17 points. Maliyah Johnson finished with 16 points, while Dayshanette Harris netted 15 and Channise Lewis finished with 11. Trailing by three, 71-68, with 2.5 seconds to play, Lewis took the inbound pass and buried a contested 3-pointer to send the game to overtime with a buzzer-beating triple.

• The Duquesne women’s team (15-10, 5-7 Atlantic 10) fell on the road to La Salle (15-11, 6-5), 72-56. Junior center Precious Johnson led Duquesne with 15 points.

• The Penn State women’s team (13-12, 4-10 Big Ten) fell, 81-75, in overtime to host Michigan State (13-12, 5-9). Penn State held the lead twice in the overtime period off a 3-pointer and jumper from Shay Ciezki, but the Spartans ended the game on a 10-3 run. Makenna Marisa had 22 points for Penn State.

• Kamilla Cardoso had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and host No. 1 South Carolina women beat third-ranked LSU, 88-64, in a showdown of the last two unbeaten teams. Aliyah Boston finished with 14 points and nine boards for the Gamecocks (25, 12-0 SEC). Angel Reese couldn’t get going, going 5-of-15 shooting for 16 points and four rebounds for her first game this season without double figure boards for LSU (23-1, 11-1).

Golf

South Africa’s Ockie Strydom shot a 9-under 63 to power up the leaderboard and clinch the Singapore Classic in Singapore by one stroke from Finland’s Sami Valimaki. Strydom carded a final round of 63 — the best score of the final day at Laguna National Golf Resort Club — to finish at 19-under 269 overall.

Olympics

Insisting sports had to respect the human rights of all athletes, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach denied that the organization was on the wrong side of history by helping Russians and Belarusians qualify for the 2024 Paris Summer Games. Bach and the IOC have faced a widespread backlash from Ukraine and its allies, including comments directed at him by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, since setting out a path last month for some athletes from Russia and Belarus to return to international competition despite the war waged by their countries.

Winter sports

USA Luge’s Emily Sweeney picked up her team-best fifth medal of the World Cup season, a bronze in a women’s singles race in Germany. Sweeney was third in 1:52.038.

• Swiss skier Marco Odermatt ended his four-year wait for a world championship medal in impressive style, dominating the men’s downhill with a gutsy run on the demanding L’Eclipse course to win gold in France.

Soccer

Brentford striker Ivan Toney was the victim of racist abuse after a 1-1 draw at Arsenal, his club said.

Toney, who is Black, was targeted on social media after his goal in the Premier League game at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

“Immediately after Brentford’s game against Arsenal, Ivan Toney received a barrage of abusive, racist direct messages via his Instagram account,” Brentford said. “We are disgusted and saddened that Ivan has had to deal with this yet again.”