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OTHER MARCH 21 MOMENTS

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1893: The first women's collegiate basketball game is played at Smith College in Northampto­n, Mass. In this game, each basket is worth 1 point and the freshman class beats the sophomore class 5-4. The game takes place behind locked doors and men are prohibited from watching.

1941: Joe Louis knocks out Abe Simon in the 13th round at Olympia Stadium in Detroit to retain the world heavyweigh­t title.

1945: George Mikan of DePaul scores 53 points in the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament. Mikan matches Rhode Island in offensive output and his teammates add another 44 for a final score of 97-53.

1953: Rookie Bob Cousy sets an NBA record with 50 points and leads the Boston Celtics to a 111-105 victory over the Syracuse Nationals in a quadruple overtime playoff game. Cousy scores 30 of his points from the foul line.

1959: California edges West Virginia 71-70 for the NCAA basketball championsh­ip. Jerry West scores 28 points for West Virginia.

1964: UCLA caps a 30-0 season with a 9883 victory over Duke in the NCAA basketball championsh­ip. UCLA is the third team to go undefeated and win the title. The victory gives coach John Wooden the first of his 10 NCAA Tournament championsh­ips.

2002: Missouri becomes the first 12thseeded team to reach the round of eight by beating UCLA 82-73 in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

2008: For the first time, four NCAA men's basketball tournament first-round games at the same site on the same day are being classified as upsets. Two No. 12 seeds Western Kentucky and Villanova, and No. 13s San Diego and Siena win first-round games in Tampa, Fla.

2010: Teemu Selanne becomes the 18th player in NHL history to score 600 goals, reaching the milestone in the Anaheim Ducks' 5-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche. The only other European-born players in the 600-goal club are Finnish countryman Jari Kurri (601) and the Czech Republic's Jaromir Jagr (646).

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