Cleveland State falls to Wright State in double OT

Demonte Flannigan posted his seventh career double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds, but Cleveland State fell to visiting Wright State, 74-68, in double overtime Feb. 18.

Grant Bezinger had 26 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season, and Steven Davis had 17 points for Wright State (19-9, 10-5 Horizon League).

Cleveland State falls to 8-20, 4-12, and will travel to Detroit Mercy on Feb. 21 for the final road game of the regular season.

Basketball

KANSAS TOPS BAYLOR >> Landen Lucas made two free throws with 11 seconds left and No. 3 Kansas grabbed a stranglehold on the Big 12 race with a 6765 victory at No. 4 Baylor Feb. 18.

The Jayhawks (24-3, 122) have a three-game lead in the Big 12 standings over Baylor with four games to play. With one more win, Kansas will match the UCLA teams of the 1960s and 70s by winning its 13th consecutive conference championship.

HALL OF FAME FINALISTS

ANNOUNCED >> Chris Webber and Rollie Massimino are one step from the Hall of Fame.

The career 20-point-pergame NBA scorer and the coach who led Villanova to a stunning upset of Georgetown in the 1985 NCAA championship game were among the 14 finalists unveiled Feb. 18 for this year’s Basketball Hall of Fame induction class.

Previous finalists returning to the ballot include star point guard and Olympic gold medalist Tim Hardaway, winningest all-time boys high school coach Robert Hughes, Notre Dame women’s coach Muffet McGraw, former Wisconsin coach and four-time Division III national champion Bo Ryan and 10-time AAU women’s national champion team Wayland Baptist University.

Inductees will be announced at the Final Four on April 3.

UCONN EARNS 101ST

STRAIGHT WIN >> Napheesa Collier had 26 points and 12 rebounds and topranked Connecticut held off Tulane, 63-60, on Saturday night to push its record winning streak to 101 games.

Katie Lou Samuelson scored 15 consecutive UConn points in a secondhalf spurt and finished with 17. Gabby Williams added 14 rebounds for the Huskies (26-0, 13-0 American Athletic).

Kolby Morgan led Tulane (16-11, 7-7) with 19 points. Leslie Vorpahl had 16, and Tene Thompson 14.

The Green Wave pulled within two points three times late, but could never get a defensive stop. Finally, they got the ball with four seconds left, but Thompson’s desperation 3-pointer fell short.

NASCAR

RAIN DELAYS EVENT AT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL

SPPEDWAY >> The first official NASCAR event of Speedweeks has been delayed by rain at Daytona International Speedway.

The rain began during driver introductions Saturday night for the exhibition race. The Clash is the first event leading into the Feb. 26 season-opening Daytona 500.

Brad Keselowski is slated to start from the pole in a race comprised primarily of pole winners from last season. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is being replaced by Alex Bowman in the race because Earnhardt felt Bowman earned the right by substitute driving for Earnhardt last season. Earnhardt missed the second half of the year with a concussion.

Earnhardt is instead an analyst for this race for Fox Sports.