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Rhodes wins first tournament SAA championship: For the first time in school history, the Rhodes College men’s basketball team have won the Southern Athletic Association conference tournament championship, according to James C. Hill, Director of Athletic Communications at the college. The Lynx defeated Birmingham-Southern 98-95 Sunday at Mallory Gymnasium.

The Lynx clinched their 10th regular season title, but defeating the defending SAA champions gave them their first conference championship.

The Lynx shot 41 percent from the field, 25 percent percent at 3-point range and 20 of 30 free throws..While being out-rebounded 52-45, the Lynx forced 23 Panther turnovers while getting 53 points from their bench and 21 points off turnovers.

For Birmingham-Southern, Matty Rudak was had 25 points and 14 rebounds, while Evan Lewis added 25 points, Harrison Deneka 14 and Ian Thom 11.

Rhodes (17-10) will find out at 11:30 a.m. Monday where they will play the first and second round games of the NCAA Championship, their first appearance there since the 1992-93 season.

Pacquiao, Khan announce they will fight on April 23: WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan say they have agreed to terms for a fight on April 23.

The boxers’ promoters are yet to announce any details. Golden Boy Promotions, Khan’s promoter, didn’t reply to a request from The Associated Press on Sunday for confirmation.

Pacquiao, who came out of retirement to win the WBO belt by beating Jesse Vargas in November, says on his Twitter account that he is fighting Khan because “this is what the fans wanted.”

Khan and Pacquiao used to be sparring partners under trainer Freddie Roach. Khan left Roach in 2012.

Former NHL enforcer suspended as youth coach after brawl: Former NHL enforcer Andrew Peters has been suspended indefinitely as coach of a youth hockey team pending a police investigation in Buffalo, N.Y., into his role in an on-ice brawl.

Buffalo Junior Sabres president Kevyn Adams announced the suspension Sunday, a day after the melee occurred during a game between the Peterscoached 15-and-Under team and the Ontario-based Hamilton Junior Bulldogs.

A video posted on YouTube shows the fight escalating into the Sabres’ bench, when Peters becomes involved in attempting to separate the players.

At one point, Peters appears to shove a Hamilton player backward onto the ice.

Buffalo Police are investigating what happened, police spokesman Michael DeGeorge wrote in an email.

Peters was known for his physical style while playing six NHL seasons, including five with the Sabres. He scored four goals and seven points, and totaled 650 penalty minutes in 229 career games.

Creighton point guard turns himself into authorities: Creighton basketball player Maurice Watson Jr.’s attorneys say he has turned himself into authorities in Omaha, Neb., in response to an arrest warrant.

Omaha Police said in a statement Sunday that Watson had been dodging authorities since a warrant charging him with sexual assault was issued Thursday.

Watson’s attorneys told the Omaha World-Herald that Watson turned himself into authorities Sunday afternoon after driving in from Philadelphia.

A police report says a 19-year-old woman told investigators that Watson had nonconsensual sexual intercourse with her early in the morning Feb. 4.

Watson’s attorney, Stu Dornan, has said Watson denies the allegations.

The university announced Wednesday that Watson had been suspended from all athletic-related activities since Feb. 13. The 23-year-old senior point guard suffered a season-ending knee injury last month.

Day withdraws from World Golf Championship in Mexico: Jason Day has withdrawn from the Mexico Championship because of an infection in both ears and the flu.

The World Golf Championship, to be held in Mexico City this week for the first time and featuring the highest altitude for a PGA Tour event, was poised to have all the top 50 golfers in the world. Day is No. 2 in the world. He lost his top ranking last week to Dustin Johnson, who won at Riviera.

Day says the ear infections and flu have kept him from preparing properly.

This will be the first World Golf Championships event that the 29-year-old Australian has missed since the Cadillac Championship at Doral three years ago. He was coping with a thumb injury that year.

Murray recalls shingles struggle after Australian Open exit: Top-seeded Andy Murray said Sunday he is back to his best ahead of the Dubai Tennis Championships after recounting his struggles with shingles following his early exit from the Australian Open last month. Shingles is a common, painful skin rash. “I was a bit sick for 10 days, a couple of weeks, after I got back from Australia,” said Murray, who will play Malek Jaziri of Tunisia in the first round in Dubai. “I feel fresh and ready to go here.

“I had shingles,” he added. “It’s not terrible, but it’s not great. I had to go easy for a little while, so I wasn’t able to push that hard in training when I got back into it. But I’m fine now.”

Murray said he’s not sure if the illness had already started developing while he was playing in the Australian Open.